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decision [disížən] samostalnik
odločitev, sklep
pravno razsodba; odločnost

to come to a decision odločiti se
a man of decision odločen človek
decision of character značajnost

déloven working; labouring; labour

délovni čas working hours pl
délovni dan workday
délovna enota work unit
délovno dovoljenje work permit
délovna izmena, posad shift
délovna halja overall
délovni konflikt labour conflict
délovna metoda working method, operating method
délovna obleka (pajac, žaba) overalls pl
délovno orodje tools pl
délovno področje sphere of action, field of activity
délovno ljudstvo working people
délovni program schedule of work, work plan
délovni razred working class
délovna sila manpower, labour resources, workers pl, labour
pomanjkanje délovne sile labour shortage
délovna služba labour service
délovni načrt work plan
délovni odbor working (ali advisory) committee
délovni pogoji working conditions pl
délovni stroški labour costs pl
délovna storilnost efficiency of labour
délovni teden working week
délovno taborišče labour camp
délovni tovariš workmate, workfellow, fellow workman
délovna vnema enthusiasm for the job, keenness to get the job done
délovna zaščita safety provisions pl for workers
bedno plačana délovna sila sweated labour
délovna celota a working whole
délovni človek (ljudje) working man (people)
délovna skupnost (organizacija) working community (organization)
délovna sredstva labour resources
délovni odnosi labour relations pl
délovne obveznosti working obligations pl
število délovnih ur work load

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

dispose [dispóuz] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
razpolagati, ukazati, urediti, razpostaviti, razmestiti; odrediti; znebiti se, odstraniti; (z)likvidirati; ovreči; proda(ja)ti; opraviti

man proposes, God disposes človek obrača, Bog obrne
to dispose of s.th. razpolagati s čim; urejati kaj; uničiti; ubiti; (raz)prodati; porabiti
to dispose of by will zapustiti v oporoki
to dispose of in marriage poročiti
to dispose of by auction prodati na dražbi
to dispose of once and for all za vselej urediti
to dispose of one's child to school poslati otroka v šolo
more than can be disposed of več kot je treba
a thing to be disposed of stvar, ki se da dobiti ali prodati
to dispose of a claim urediti reklamacijo
to dispose of goods prodati blago

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

dolgočásiti to bore; to tire; to weary

te dolgočasim? am I boring you?
vse ga dolgočasi everything palls on him, he finds no enjoyment in anything
silno, na smrt dolgočásiti to bore to distraction, to bore someone stiff
dolgočásiti se to feel dull, to be bored, to feel bored (ali pogovorno browned-off)
dolgočasim se I'm getting bored; I am bored
na smrt se dolgočásiti to be bored to extinction (ali to tears), to die of boredom, to be bored stiff
z njim se človek ne dolgočasi one cannot feel dull with him, he keeps you alive

dosléden consistent; constant; logical

dosléden človek stickler
doslédno (prislov) consistently; constantly
doslédno temu consequently, accordingly, logically

drink² [driŋk] samostalnik
pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
sleng morje

in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
hard drink opojna pijača
soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
small drink pivo
to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin

drúžba society; company; (povabljena) party; social gathering

komunistična drúžba communist society; (sloj) set, gang; (igralska) troupe; trgovina company, partnership; (združenje) union
delniška drúžba jointstock company
komanditna drúžba limited partnership
kreditna drúžba loan-society
drúžba z omejeno zavezo limited (liability) company (krajšava: Ltd); ZDA incorporated company (krajšava: Inc)
trgovska drúžba trading company
registrirana drúžba registered (ZDA incorporated) company
Kraljevska Družba (= akademija znanosti) the Royal Society
zavarovalna drúžba insurance company
splošno koristna drúžba non-profitmaking (ZDA nonprofit) company
elitna, odlična drúžba fashionable society
meščanska drúžba civil society
večerna drúžba evening party
visoka drúžba high society
zaključena drúžba private party
naše dolžnosti do drúžbe our duties towards society
moška (ženska) drúžba stag (hen) party
družiti se s slabo drúžbo to associate with (ali to keep) bad company
rad imeti drúžbo, rad biti v drúžbi to be fond of company
iti, hoditi v drúžbo to go into society
nisem rad v njihovi drúžbi I don't like to be in their company
izogibati se drúžbe to avoid society, to shun company; to lead a retired life, to keep oneself aloof (from company)
delati komu drúžbo to keep company with someone, to share someone's company
biti v drúžbi z to be in company with
dobro se počutim v njihovi drúžbi I feel at ease in their company
ustanoviti drúžbo to set up a company
razpustiti drúžbo to dissolve a partnership, to wind up a company
zahajati mnogo v drúžbo to get around (ali about)
zaiti v slabo drúžbo to get into bad company, to get in with a rotten set, to be thrown together with bad companions
njegove drúžbe je človek hitro sit a little of his company goes a long way

družína family

človek z družíno family man
oče številne družíne the father of a large family
igralska družína troupe, troop
potujoča igralska družína travelling theatre, troupe of strolling players
sveta družína religija the Holy Family
načrtovanje družíne family planning
je iz dobre družíne he comes of a good family
vsa družína je bila zbrana the whole family were gathered together
z vso družíno (pogovorno) with kith and kin

družínski (of) family

družínski član member of a family
družínski človek (ki tiči doma) family man
družínska doklada family allowance
družínski (domači) krog family (domestic) circle
družínski nakit (dragulji) heirlooms pl
družínska kronika family records pl
družínski oče pater familias
družínska podobnost family likeness
družínski poglavar head of a family
družínski rodovnik family tree
družínske zadeve family affairs pl
družínsko življenje family life, home life

dumb¹ [dʌm] pridevnik (dumbly prislov)
nem, onemel, molčeč
ameriško, domačno bedast, neumen

to strike s.o. dumb osupiti koga
to be dumb molčati ko riba
a dumb dog molčeč človek
deaf and dumb gluhonem
the dumb millions brezpravne mase

dvómiti to doubt, to have doubts (o, gléde about); to question (o čem something); to be doubtful (of); to be in doubt

ne dvomiti o to have no doubts about
dvómiti o poštenju kake osebe to doubt someone's honesty
o tem ne dvomim I have no doubt (ali I make no question) of it
ne morem dvómiti o njegovi besedi I cannot doubt his word
dvomim, da je to res I doubt the truth of that
ne dvomim, da bo prišel I have no doubt (that) he will come, pogovorno I've no doubt he's coming, I don't doubt for a moment he's on his way
ne dvomim, da ste hoteli to storiti I have no doubt you intended to do it
dvomim, če bo prišel I doubt whether (ali if) he will come
po tem začne človek dvómiti o vsem after that, one begins to feel doubtful of everything

dvospôlen bisexual; hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic

dvospôlen človek hermaphrodite

easy¹ [í:zi] pridevnik (easily prislov)
lahek, lahkoten; zlóžen; udoben; miren, popustljiv, brezskrben, lahkomiseln; gladko tekoč; premožen

easy of access lahko dostopen
easy of belief lahkoveren
easy does it! le počasi, nikamor se ne mudi!
as easy as damm it, ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
in easy circumstances v ugodnih razmerah
sleng on easy street v dobrih razmerah
to make easy pomiriti
an easy market tržišče, na katerem ni povpraševanja
a lady of easy virtue pocestnica, lahkoživka
under easy sail počasen
on easy terms pod ugodnimi plačilnimi pogoji
sleng easy on the eye prijeten, čeden na pogled
an easy man popustljiv, prilagodljiv človek
sleng easy meat ne preveč nevaren nasprotnik; lahek posel

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

expectation [ekspektéišən] samostalnik
pričakovanje; upanje na dediščino; slutnja, domneva, verjetnost

against all expectation proti pričakovanju
to answer (ali meet, come up to) one's expectation(s) izpolniti, kar smo pričakovali
expectation of life pričakovana dolžina življenja
beyond expectation več kakor bi človek upal
contrary to expectation nepričakovano
to fall short of (ali not to come up to) one's expectation(s) razočarati, ne izpolniti pričakovanja
on the tiptoe of expectation v velikem pričakovanju

experience¹ [ikspíəriəns] samostalnik
arhaično poskus; skušnja, izkustvo; doživljaj; kvalifikacija

to know by (ali from) experience vedeti po lastnih skušnjah
man of experience skušen človek
experience table tabela umrljivosti
my experience moje skušnje
my experiences moji doživljaji

family [fǽmili] samostalnik
družina, rodbina, rodovina, rod; družinski člani

in the family way noseča
in a family way neprisiljeno, po domače
family name priimek
family tree rodovnik
ameriško the President's official family člani kabineta
family man človek z družino
family planning načrtovanje družine
family likeness družinska podobnost
family allowance družinska, otroška doklada
of old family plemenitega rodu
to have a large family imeti veliko otrok