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sváštvo relationship (ali affinity) by marriage

biti v sváštvu to be connected by marriage

škrípec tehnika pulley; figurativno fix, pinch; scrape, dilemma, straits pl, trouble, pogovorno hot water

v škrípcih (figurativno) (v precepu) in a cleft stick
biti v škrípcih to be in a fix (ali in a scrape, in a tight corner, in a tight spot), to be hard pressed, to have one's back to the wall
biti v hudih škrípcih to be in dire straits
biti v škrípcih za denar to be hard up
dvigniti s škrípcem to hoist with a pulley

šlamástika quandary; scrape; predicament; žargon fix, jam, mess, stew, hot water

biti v šlamástiki pogovorno to be in a pretty pickle, to be in hot water, to be in the soup

teens [ti:nz] samostalnik
množina mlada leta (od 13. do 19. leta starosti)

to be in one's teens biti v starosti pod 20 let (od 13. do 19. leta starosti)
she is out of her teens starejša je kot 19 let

ték² course; (tekmovalen) race; heat; (motorja) run, running

v téku in progress, under way, going on
v téku časa in the course of time
v polnem téku (figurativno) in full swing, in full activity
mrtev, prazen ték avtomobilizem neutral (gear)
hitri ték šport sprint
ték na pol milje half-mile race
maratonski ték marathon
štafetni ték relay race
ték čez zapreke obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
ték čez drn in strn cross-country race
ték na dolge (kratke) proge long-distance (short-distance) race
tekmovanje v téku čez zapreke steeplechase
biti v téku to be going on, to be in progress
stvar je v téku the matter is being dealt with
žetev je v polnem téku harvesting is in full swing
spraviti v ték to set in motion
spustiti se v ték to break into a run
tekmovati v téku to run a race
tekmoval bom s teboj v teku do onega drevesa I'll race you to the tree over there
mrtev, neodločen ték šport dead heat
prazen ték (stroja) backlash

tenter-hook [téntəhuk] samostalnik
tehnično kavelj za razpenjanje

to be on tenter-hooks figurativno biti v veliki napetosti, biti kot na žerjavici
to keep s.o. on tenter-hooks figurativno držati, imeti koga na natezalnici, mučiti koga

težáva difficulty; hardship; trial; trouble; quandary; embarrassment; crisis; figurativno snag

v težávi (stiski) in trouble
denarne težáve embarrassments pl
biti v denarnih težávah to be in financial difficulties
delati težáve to raise difficulties, to make trouble
on skuša delati težáve he tries to make trouble
žal mi je, da vam delam take težáve (sitnosti) (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
imeti težáve s policijo to be in trouble with the police
sam (si) iskati težáve to ask (ali to go looking) for trouble
težáva je v tem, da... the trouble (ali the snag) is that...
naleteti na težávo to come up against a difficulty
na nepričakovano težávo to come up against a snag
nastopila je neka težáva a difficulty arose
izogniti se težávi to avoid (ali to evade) difficulty
biti v (hudih) težávah (figurativno) to be in deep water
premostiti težáve to get over (ali to overcome) the difficulties
premagati, prebroditi težávo to surmount a difficulty
povzročiti komu velike težáve to put someone to much trouble
prihraniti komu težáve to spare someone trouble
priti iz težáv to escape from difficulties, (figurativno) to be out of the wood
smelo se spoprijeti s težávami (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
zabresti v težáve to get into trouble
trpeti zaradi prebavnih težáv to suffer from digestive troubles

tight [táit]

1. pridevnik
tesen; ozek, tesno se oprijemajoč (obleka); neprepusten (za vodo, zrak); močan; čvrsto nategnjen, napet (vrv); stisnjen, nabito poln; zgoščen, kompakten
figurativno nepremičen
figurativno zožen, utesnjen; komaj zadosten, pičel (o denarju); kočljiv
pogovorno skop(uški), stiskaški
sleng pijan, nadelan

as tight as an owl figurativno pijan ko mavra
tight shoes tesni, ozki čevlji
a tight squeeze gosta gneča
a tight lass zastarelo čedno, stasito dekle
money is tight za denar je trda
to be in a tight corner (place, spot) biti v škripcih
to get out of a tight hole izvleči se iz škripcev
my bag is tight moja torba je nabito polna
to keep a tight rein (hand) on s.o. držati koga čvrsto na vajetih
to keep a tight hand on the reins pritegniti vajeti
he needs a tight hand over him zanj je potrebna trda roka
to draw tight nategniti, napeti, zategniti

2. prislov
tesnó, močnó, čvrsto; pičlo

to sit tight figurativno čvrsto, uporno vztrajati pri svojih pravicah (mišljenju, stališču), ne popuščati

tight rope [táitroup] samostalnik
nategnjena, napeta vrv; (žičnata) vrv (akrobatov)

tight rope acrobat akrobat na vrvi
tight rope dancer, tight rope walker vrvohodec
to be on the tight rope biti v težavnem, nevarnem položaju

top¹ [tɔp]

1. samostalnik
vrh, vrhunec (gore); najvišja točka (česa); krona, vrh (drevesa); teme, glava; zgornji konec; začetek; pena (pri pivu); pokrov
navtika krov, paluba; šop, pramen (las, volne); površje; izbor, izbira
figurativno smetana; najvišja stopnja, prvo mesto, najvišji rang; cilj
figurativno višek, vrhunec; višina (glasu); nebo (pri postelji)
množina, sleng visoke osebnosti, visoke "živine"

at the top na vrhu
from top to toe od glave do pet
on (the) top nad, vrh, vrh tega
the top of the school najboljši učenec šole
the top of all creation krona ustvaritve
top of the milk figurativno najboljša točka programa
at the top of one's voice na ves glas
at the top of one's speed, on top z največjo hitrostjo
off one's top sleng prismojen
to the top of one's bent kolikor je le mogoče, do skrajnosti; v popolno zadovoljstvo
from top to bottom od zgoraj navzdol
the top of the water površje vode
the top of the morning to you! (irsko) lepo jutro vam (želim)!
to be (to become) top biti (postati) prvak; biti na čelu
to be on top biti močnejši, biti na površju
to be at the top of the tree figurativno biti na najvišjem položaju, pri krmilu
he is top of his class on je prvi v razredu
he is tops on je sijajen dečko
to blow one's top sleng razjeziti se, razburiti se
to come out on top iziti kot zmagovalec ali kot najboljši (npr. pri izpitu itd.)
to come to the top priti na površje (na čelo); uspeti, imeti uspeh
to go over the top vojska jurišati iz rova; figurativno, sleng tvegati skok, poročiti se
the car ran at the top of its speed avto je drvel z največjo hitrostjo
to shout at the top of one's voice na ves glas (na vse grlo) zakričati, zavpiti
to take the top of the table zavzeti mesto na gornjem koncu mize; figurativno predsedovati
to take the top off odpiti peno (piva)

2. pridevnik
najvišji, zgornji; glavni, prvi
pogovorno prvorazreden, izvrsten

top boy najboljši učenec
top dog figurativno prvak, zmagovalec
top line naslovna vrsta
top prices najvišje cene
top speed največja hitrost
to be in top form (shape) biti v najboljši formi

touch¹ [təč] samostalnik
dotik, dotikanje, stik, kontakt; zveza, spoj; otip, otipavanje; čutilo tipa, tip; občutnost, tankočutnost; lahen udarec; lahen napad (bolezni ipd.)
glasba udarec; (umetnost) poteza, črta; karakteristična, značilna poteza, izraz
figurativno roka, stil, izvedba, umetnost, spretnost
figurativno kakovost; pečat, kov, žig; primes, sled, nadih, malce
sleng stroka, področje
sleng izvabljenje (denarja), izprošen denar; prisleparjenje, kraja, "izžicanje"

at a touch pri dotiku
out of touch with brez stika z
on the slightest touch pri najrahlejšem dotiku
within touch of na dosegu
the touch of nature prirodna črta, simpatičnost po prirodi
a touch of pepper malce popra
a touch of romance nadih romantike
a touch of the sun sončarica
finishing touch zadnja poteza
a shilling touch sleng cena enega šilinga, stane en šiling
the Nelson touch figurativno spretnost (umetnost) izvleči se iz težavnega položaja
soft to the touch mehak za otip
that was a (near) touch! za las je šlo!
this isn't my touch to se me ne tiče
he has a touch of genius nekaj genialnega je v njem
be had a near touch za las (komaj) je ušel nevarnosti
to get into touch with priti v stik z, vzpostaviti zvezo z
to keep in touch with s.o. biti v stalnem stiku, imeti stalno zvezo s kom
to lose touch with s.th. izgubiti stik s čim
to put s.o. in touch with povezati, zvezati koga z (tudi telefonično)
to put s.th. to the touch postaviti kaj na preskušnjo

tree [tri:]

1. samostalnik
drevo; steblo, deblo
zastarelo križ, vislice
tehnično gred, vreteno

tree of bearing age rodovitno drevo
tree of knowledge of good and evil Biblija drevo spoznanja
tree calf fino telečje usnje za vezavo knjig z liki, podobnimi steblom
boot tree kopito za škornje
cross trees navtika lesen križ na vrhu jambora
family tree, genealogical tree rodovnik
rose tree rožni grm
at the top of the tree figurativno na največjem položaju v svojem poklicu
to be up a tree pogovorno, figurativno biti v stiski, v škripcih, v brezizhodnem položaju
he cannot see the wood for the trees figurativno zaradi dreves (od samih dreves) ne more razpoznati gozda
as the tree is, so is the fruit jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa

2. prehodni glagol
pognati, spoditi (žival) na drevo; dati na kopito
figurativno, pogovorno spraviti v škripce, v stisko, v težave (koga)

the dog treed the squirrel pes je prepodil veverico na drevo

trim¹ [trim] samostalnik
red, (pravilno) stanje; razpoloženje, (telesno, duševno) stanje; oprema, (gala, paradna) obleka, okras
navtika opremijenost, oborožitev, pripravljenost; pravilen položaj (jader, jamborov) proti vetru; uravnoteženost (tovora, bremena)

in fighting trim vojska pripravljen za boj, za borbo (tudi figurativno)
in good trim, out of trim dobro, slabo opremljen; figurativno dobro, slabo razpoložen
in travelling trim v potovalni opremi, obleki
trim of the hold pravilna namestitev tovora v ladijskem skladišču
to be in trim biti v dobrem stanju
to be in sailing trim biti pripravljen za plovbo
to put in trim spraviti v red, v dobro stanje

tujína foreign country, foreign parts pl

v tujíni abroad
biti v tujíni to be abroad
iti v tujíno to go abroad
živeti v tujíni to live abroad

under [ʌ́ndə]

1. predlog
pod; pod vodstvom, pod zaščito; pod vplivom (pritiskom); za časa, za vladanja, med; na osnovi, na temelju, v smislu, po

from under izpod
under age mladoleten
under arms pod orožjem
under one's belt figurativno v želodcu
no one under a bishop nobeden manj kot škof
under darkness v temi, v zaščiti teme
under construction v gradnji
under 20 years of age pod 20 leti starosti
the children under her charge otroci v njenem varstvu
under these circumstances v teh okoliščinah
a criminal under sentence of death na smrt obsojeni zločinec
under consideration v proučevanju, v pretresanju
under that edict na osnovi one odredbe
under favour če se sme reči
employee under notice nameščenec z odpovedjo
the matter under discussion zadeva, ki je v diskusiji
under my hand and seal z mojim podpisom in pečatom
under (ali by) one's own hand lastnoročno
under hatches v zaporu; propadel, mrtev; navtika pod palubo
under the king John za časa vlade kralja Ivana
under the novelty pod vtisom te novosti
patient under misfortunes potrpežljiv v nesreči
under pretence that... pod pretvezo, da...
under pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
under penalty of fine pod kaznijo globe
ship under the sea navtika brez pomoči morju izpostavljena ladja
under the treaty po pogodbi
the under thirties osebe pod 30 leti
under the rose figurativno zaupno
the car is under repair avto je v popravilu
she is under treatment ona je na zdravljenju
I cannot do it under an hour potrebujem najmanj eno uro za to
to be under a cloud figurativno biti v nemilosti; biti v denarni stiski
the ship is under sail ladja pluje z razpetimi jadri
the ship is under way ladja je na poti
he spoke under his breath govoril je zelo tiho
to study under a professor študirati pod vodstvom profesorja
the total falls under what was expected celotna vsota je ostala pod pričakovanjem

2. prislov
spodaj; niže; manj

as under kot (je) niže navedeno
boys of 15 and under 15 let in manj stari dečki
to go under ameriško podleči, propasti
the firm is sure to go under tvrdka bo gotovo propadla
the sun is under sonce je zašlo

3. pridevnik
spodnji; nižji; podrejen

the under classes nižji razredi
the under dog pogovorno pes (; figurativno oseba), ki podleže v boju
the under jaw spodnja čeljust
the under side spodnja stran
an under dose premajhna doza

use¹ [ju:s] samostalnik
raba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa)
pravno užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček
cerkev obredi kake Cerkve, liturgija

beyond all use čisto nenavaden
in use v rabi
of use uporaben, koristen
of no use neuporaben, brezkoristen
in common use v splošni rabi
out of use ne v rabi, ne več uporaben
fit for use uporaben
with use s trajno rabo
the Anglican use anglikanski obred
value in use dejanska vrednost
use and wont šege in navade
according to his use and wont po njegovi (svoji) stari navadi
directions (ali instructions) for use navodila za uporabo
use makes perfect vaja naredi mojstra
use is second nature stara navada je železna srajca
once a use and ever a custum česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez zna
can I be of use? lahko (kaj) pomagam?
is this of use to you? lahko to kaj porabite?
crying is no use nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokati
it is (of) no use (running) brez koristi, zaman je (teči)
what's the use (of it)? kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?
to be in daily use biti vsak dan v rabi
to bring into use uporabiti
to be out of use ne biti v rabi (v navadi)
to come into use priti v splošno rabo
to fall (ali to pass) out of use postati neuporaben, zastareti
you will find these shoes of use in the mountains videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorah
everything has its use vsaka stvar je za kaj uporabna
I have no use for it nimam kaj početi s tem
I have no use for such people nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudi
have you lost the use of your tongue? si izgubil dar govora?
he lost the use of his right eye ne vidi več na desno oko
to make use of s.th. uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česa
to make use of s.o.'s name sklicevati se na koga
to put out of use vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)
to put to (good) use (dobro) uporabiti

V v (kje?) in, at; (kam?) into, to

v šoli (= v zgradbi) in the school, (pri pouku) at school
v šolo to school
v gledališču at the theatre
v 3. nadstopju on the third (3rd) floor, ZDA on the fourth (4th) floor
v Londonu (veliko mesto) in London
v Kamniku (malo mesto) at Kamnik
v London, v Francijo to London, to France
v mestu in town
v inozemstvu, v inozemstvo abroad
izgubljen v temi lost in the dark (ali darkness)
slab v angleščini weak in English
v torek on Tuesday
dvakrat v letu twice a year
v tistem času at that time
v starih časih in ancient times
v novejšem času in recent times
v mojih letih at my age
v pradobi in prehistoric times
v tem trenutku at this moment
v pravem času at the right moment, just in time
pozno v noč late into the night
v roku 10 dni within 10 days
v vojni in miru at war and at peace
v ta namen for this purpose
v imenu... in the name of...
v redu in order
biti v dobrih odnosih s kom to be on good terms with someone
hiša je bila v plamenih the house was on fire
biti v skrajni bedi to be in utter poverty
ste kdaj bili v Londonu? have you ever been to London?
biti v vojni to be at war
dospeti, prispeti v London to arrive in London
hoditi v šolo to go to school
pasti v vodo to fall into the water
ne morem mu tega vbiti v glavo I can't drive it into his head
vreči v koš za odpadke to throw into the wastepaper basket
vreči v zrak to throw into the air
zdrobiti v prah to pulverize, to reduce to dust
živeti v Sloveniji to live in Slovenia
to delo bom končal v roku treh mesecev (v treh mescih) I shall finish this job (ali work, task) within three months

variance [vɛ́əriəns] samostalnik
sprememba; različnost, neskladnost, razhajanje; nesloga, spor, prepir, prerekanje, pričkanje
pravno protislovje, divergenca

to be at variance with biti v protislovju z, razlikovati se od; ne se skladati (on glede); biti v sporu z
they are at variance ne razumejo se med seboj
that set them at variance to jih je razdvojilo (sprlo)

večína majority; the greater (ali major) part; the bulk; most; plurality

absolutna (ogromna, vladna, velika, pičla, silna, relativna, potrebna, enostavna, dvetretjinska) večína absolute (crushing, government, great, narrow, overwhelming, relative, necessary, simple, two-thirds) majority
ogromna večína a swingeing victory
večína naroda the mass of the nation
večína (od) nas the bulk of us, most of us
večína glasov majority of votes
večína ljudi the majority of people, most people
z dvema glasovoma večíne by a majority of two
z večíno glasov by a majority of votes, ZDA by a plurality (of votes)
biti v veliki večíni to be in a substantial majority
večína je za predlog the ayes have it
ženske so bile v večíni the women were in the majority
dobiti absolutno večíno to obtain an absolute majority
bila je dosežena večína 200 glasov proti zakonskemu osnutku there was a majority of 200 against the bill
s svojim glasom je odločil večíno he had a casting vote
priključiti se večíni parlament to join the majority

veljáva worth; value; (vozovnice ipd.) validity; currency; pravo operation

ta zakon je še v veljávi that law is still in force
ti kovanci so še v veljávi these coins are still legal tender
biti v splošni veljávi to be current
ostati v veljávi to remain in force
stopiti v veljávo to come into operation (ali into force), to be put into operation (ali force), pravo to take effect
novi vozni red je stopil v veljávo pretekli teden the new timetable came into operation last week