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déti (reči) to say; (položiti) to put; (storiti) to do

dobro déti to do good
dobro mi dé it does me good
nič ne dé it does not matter; never mind; it is of no consequence
deni to na mizo put it on the table

dévati

v nič dévati to abase, to degrade
iz kože dévati to skin, to flay
dévati na stran to lay aside, to lay by

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

devoted [divóutid] pridevnik (devotedly prislov) (to)
vdan, zvest, podvržen, navdušen; obsojen

his is a devoted head obsojen je na propad

dèž rain

močan, hud dèž heavy rain, pelting rain; (ploha) shower, downpour
silen dèž torrential rain
droben dèž drizzle, mizzle
dèž granat, udarcev a rain of shells, of blows
dèž pepela a rain of ashes
množina dèž ja rainfall
dèž gre, pada it rains, it is raining
dèž lije it is pouring with rain (ali pouring down)
dèž lije kot iz škafa it is raining cats and dogs, it is bucketing down
kar naprej gre dèž it keeps raining
na dèž kaže it looks like rain, it's probably going to rain, we're in for rain
dèž se je izlil it has rained itself out
dèž je ponehal it has stopped raining
priti z dèžja pod kap (figurativno) to fall out of the frying pan into the fire, to go from bad to worse
stati v dèžju to stand in the rain
za dèžjem pride sonce after rain comes sunshine (ali comes fair weather)
ustvarjanje umetnega dèžja cloud seeding
govori kot dèž he's chattering (ali he chatters) away nineteen to the dozen

dežêla country; land; province

na dežêli in the country
na dežêlo to the country
deveta dežêla fairyland, land of milk and honey, Cockaigne, wonderland, lotusland, land of plenty
obljubljena dežêla the Promised Land
dežêla podpisnica signatory country
dežêla v razvoju developing country, underdeveloped country
sveta dežêla the Holy Land
hiša na dežêli country house, villa, (manjša) cottage, country home
dežêla, v kateri se cedita med in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey
življenje kot v deveti dežêli a life of idleness and luxury
iti na dežêlo to go on a trip to the country
tuje dežêle foreign countries
preseliti se na dežêlo to move to the country
iti v krtovo dežêlo (figurativno) to die
živeti na dežêli to live in the country

diamond¹ [dáiəmənd] samostalnik
mineralogija diamant, demant
matematika romb; karo (karte)
tisk vrsta črk
ameriško baseballsko igrišče
množina poševno sečišče dveh prog

diamond cut diamond, diamond against diamond zvijača proti zvijači, kosa na kamen
diamond cut into angles briljant
cutting diamond, glazier's diamond steklarski demant
English diamonds, black diamonds črni premog
figurativno rough diamond neolikan, a pošten človek
a small diamond karta nizke vrednosti
diamond of the first water najboljše vrste

die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

diéta diet; low diet

mlečna diéta milk diet
nizkokalorična diéta low-calorie diet
biti na diéti to be on a low diet; to diet oneself
strogo se držati diéte to keep to one's diet
predpisati diéto to diet (komu someone), to put someone on a diet

difficulty [dífikəlti] samostalnik
težava, težavnost; zadrega
ameriško, množina nesoglasje

to make (ali raise) difficulties povzročati težave, ugovarjati
with difficulty težko, komaj
to be in difficulties for money biti v denarni stiski
to throw difficulties in s.o.'s way delati komu težave
to come up (ali experience) a difficulty naleteti na težavo

din² [din] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
ropotati; oglušiti

to din into s.o. ears trobiti komu na ušesa

dínar dinar

na vsak dínar gledati figurativno to look after the pennies
dínar »metati« ➞ novec

ding [diŋ] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
zvoniti, doneti, ropotati
pogovorno nenehno govoriti
pogovorno zabičati

to ding into s.o.'s ears trobiti komu na ušesa

dinner [dínə] samostalnik
obed, kosilo, večerja

dinner plate plitvi krožnik
public dinner banket
to have (ali take) dinner kositi, večerjati
dinner without grace spolni odnosi pred poroko
early dinner kosilo
late dinner večerja
dinner is ready jed je na mizi

dírka race; racing

avtomobilska dírka motor race
avtomobilske dírke motor racing
kolesarska dírka cycle race
kolesarske dírke cycling
konjska dírka horse race
konjske dírke racing, the races
iti na dírke to go to the races, to go to race meetings
prisostvovati konjskim dírkam to go to horse-race meetings, to be a racegoer
udeležiti se dírke to compete (ali to take part) in a race
konjska dírka brez zaprek flat race

disabuse [disəbjú:z] prehodni glagol
odpreti komu oči, povedati resnico; razočarati

to disabuse one's mind of s.th. izbiti si kaj iz glave, ne misliti več na kaj
to disabuse o.s. spoznati svojo zmoto

discretion [diskréšən] samostalnik
preudarnost, opreznost, previdnost; takt, obzirnost; razsodnost, preudarek; molčečnost; pooblastilo, upravičenost

at (ali upon, on) discretion poljubno, po mili volji
to surrender at discretion vdati se na milost in nemilost
years of discretion odrasla doba
to use one's own discretion ravnati po lastnem preudarku
to act with discretion obzirno ravnati
to leave a wide discretion dopuščati veliko svobodo dejavnosti
discretion is the better part of valour opreznost je boljša od hrabrosti
within one's own discretion po lastni preudarnosti

disguise² [disgáiz] samostalnik
preobleka; pretvara; pretveza, hlimba, krinka

a blessing in disguise le navidezno zlo, sreča v nesreči
in disguise pod krinko
to throw off all disguise priti z barvo na dan
under the disguise of pod pretvezo
to travel in disguise potovati pod tujim imenom, inkognito

diskrétnost discretion

mene je sama diskrétnost I'm the soul of discretion, I'm discretion itself
lahko računate na mojo diskrétnost you may count on me to keep it a secret

display² [displéi] samostalnik
sijaj, razkazovanje, parada; razstava; slavnostna oprema; razvitje; debel tisk; bahanje

to make a great display of bahati, ponašati se s čim
on display razstavljen, na razstavi