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tíčati to be; to stick (v in)

tíčati do ušes, do vratú v dolgovih to be up to one's ears in debt
kje pa tičiš ves ta čas? where have you been all this time?
vedno doma tíčati to be a stay-at-home
on vedno doma tiči he stays indoors; he is a stay-athome, he is a homebody (ali homebird)
vedno skupaj tíčati (figurativno) to be inseparable
v tem grmu tiči zajec (figurativno) that's the gist (of the whole matter), that is where the dog is buried, (tu je težava) there's the rub, that's the whole point
ključ tiči v vratih the key is in the lock

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

tóčen precise, accurate, correct, punctual; exact

tóčen čas the correct (ali the right) time
tóčen kot ura as regular as clockwork
moj brat je tóčen plačnik my brother pays up promptly (ali is very prompt in his payments)
tóčen spomin exact memory
tóčno prislov precisely, punctually, exactly, in due time, in (ali on, to) time, at the right time
na sekundo tóčen to the second, on the dot
tóčen ob osmih at 8 o'clock sharp, on the stroke of eight
koncert se je začel tóčen ob 9. uri the concert began at 9 o'clock sharp

touch-and-go [tʌ́čəngóu] pridevnik
površen, nagel, nemetodičen; tvegan, riskanten, kočljiv, nevaren, kritičen

we were touch-and-go all the time ves čas smo bili v riskantnem (nevarnem, kočljivem) položaju

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

trátiti to dissipate; to squander; to waste; to trifle away, to fritter away; to lavish

trátiti čas to waste time
ne trati besed z njim! don't waste words (ali your breath) on him!
trátiti svoje premoženje to squander one's fortune
trátiti denar za nekoristne stvari to fritter away one's money on useless things
trátiti (zapravljati) denar to lavish money
trátiti svoj čas z neumnostmi, bedastočami to waste (ali to fritter away) one's time, to moon about

trespass [tréspəs]

1. samostalnik
prestopek, prekršek, pregrešek, delikt; nepooblaščeno, brezpravno stopanje v prostore ali hoja po zemljišču
figurativno žalitev; protizakonito prisvajanje tuje lastnine, jemanje; zloraba

trespass board prepovedna tabla (plošča)

2. neprehodni glagol
napraviti prestopek (prekršek), pregrešiti se (against proti)
pravno nezakonito si prisvojiti tujo lastnino; okrnjevati, motiti tujo posest; zlorabljati

no trespassing! prehod (vstop) prepovedan!
to trespass on s.o.'s good nature zlorabljati dobroto, potrpežljivost kake osebe
to trespass on s.o.'s preserves figurativno komu v zelnik hoditi, škodo delati
to trespass on s.o.'s hospitality zlorabljati gostoljubje kake osebe
to trespass on s.o.'s time jemati komu čas

trgátev vintage; grape-harvesting, grape-gathering, grape harvest

čas trgátve vintage time

trifle away prehodni glagol
razsipavati z, zaman tratiti, zapravljati

to trifle away one's time čas zapravljati
to trifle away one's fortune on s.th. tratiti svoje premoženje za kaj

tumble out neprehodni glagol
zlesti iz postelje

it is time to tumble out čas je, da se vstane

turn¹ [tə:n] samostalnik
vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja
figurativno izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza
ekonomija prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba
figurativno sposobnost, talent, dar (for za)
nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz
pogovorno živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka)
tisk obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk
šport trojka (pri drsanju)
množina, medicina menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about izmenoma, menjaje se
at every turn pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času
before one's turn preden smo na vrsti
by turns, in turns izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim
every one in his turn! vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!
in turn po vrsti
in the turn of a hand v hipu, kot bi trenil
out of one's turn zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu
to a turn izvrstno
a turn of anger napad jeze
turn of the century konec stoletja
a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) preobrat, preokret sreče, usode
a turn to the left zavoj na levo
turn of life medicina klimakterij
the turn of the tide oseka, figurativno sprememba položaja, preobrat
done to a turn (s)pečen kot treba
hand's turn ročno delo
to be of humorous turn imeti smisel za humor
to be on the turn biti na preokretnici, prelomnici
he is fond of old turns of expression on se rad starinsko izraža
whose turn is it? kdo je na vrsti?
now it is my turn sedaj sem jaz na vrsti
the milk is on the turn mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo
the cake is done to a turn kolač je ravno prav pečen
to do s.o. a good (bad) turn napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo
he did me an ill turn škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel
one good turn deserves another roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo
to (a)wait one's turn čakati, da pridemo na vrsto
to give s.o. a turn prestrašiti koga
to have a turn for languages ima dar za jezike
he has a curious turn of mind čudnega značaja je
I heard short turns in the music-hall slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju
left (right) turn! britanska angleščina, vojska na levo (desno)!
we read turn and turn about menjavali smo se pri čitanju
don't speak out of your turn! ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!
it serves my turn to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)
to take a turn at s.th. kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati
to take a turn to the right zaviti na desno
to take turns medsebojno se menjavati (at rowing pri veslanju)
to take a turn in the park napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku
to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) obrniti se na boljše (slabše)
disease took a favourable turn bolezen se je obrnila na bolje

turn to prehodni glagol
zaposliti
neprehodni glagol
lotiti se (dela), oprijeti se (česa), začeti delati, krepko delati

all were turned to vsi so bili (vneto) zaposleni
you must turn to again! znova se morate lotiti!
it's time we turned to čas je, da bi se lotili (dela)

twiddle [twidl]

1. samostalnik
vrtljaj, majhen obrat, zasuk

2. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti, obračati sem in tja
neprehodni glagol
igrati se (with s čim)
vrteti se

to twiddle one's thumbs (ali fingers) figurativno vrteti palce (od dolgočasja), čas presti, lenariti

unborn [ʌnbɔ́:n] pridevnik
(še) nerojen; bodoč

ages unborn prihodnji, bodoči, čas(i)

up² [ʌp] pridevnik
ki gre (vozi) gor; ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu; višji; s tendenco navzgor; pokonci; vzšel (sonce); narasel (reka); živeč v notranjosti (dežele)
pogovorno razburjen; končan; enak(ovreden)

the up coach kočija, ki vozi navkreber
up line železnica proga, ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu
up platform peron za vlake v mesto
up stroke tanka črta pri (pisanih) črkah
the up train vlak, ki vozi proti (glavnemu) mestu, v London
1 d up povišana (cena) za 1 peni
up and doing before day pogovorno že pred dnevom na nogah
already up and about pogovorno že (zopet) na nogah
to be up late dolgo čuti, bedeti
to be high up in school biti med najboljšimi v šoli
he is up in this subject v tem predmetu je on na višini, je dobro podkovan
to be up with the lark figurativno zelo zgodaj vsta(ja)ti
to be up against a hard job pogovorno stati pred težko nalogo
to be up against opposition naleteti na odpor
to be (had) up for pogovorno biti pozvan pred sodnika zaradi
to be one up šport biti za točko boljši
up for pripravljen za
to be up for election biti na volilni listi
to be up biti na čelu
to be up in years biti že v letih
to be up for examination opravljati (delati) izpit
to be up for sale biti naprodaj
to be up for trial biti (stati) pred sodiščem; obravnavati se
the fire is up ogenj plamti, plapola
the game is 10 points up igra se do 10 točk
the game is up igre je konec (tudi figurativno)
he is still up with his competitors še vedno je dorasel svojim tekmecem
how are you up for cash? pogovorno kako si (kaj) pri denarju?
the hunt is up lov je odprt
it's all up (ali sleng U.P.) with him z njim je konec
his temper is up razburjen je
the storm is up navtika vihar besni
Parliament is up parlament je končal zasedanje
time is up čas je potekel
there's much money up on this game pri tej igri gre za velike vsote
what's up? pogovorno kaj pa je?, kaj se je zgodilo?
prices are up cene se dvigajo
school is up pouk se je končal
I was up at six bil sem pokonci ob šestih

uporábiti uporábljati to use (za for), to make use (kaj of something); to bring into use; to employ; to apply

tega nimam za kaj uporábiti, uporábljati I have no use for it
uporábiti, uporábljati zavore to apply the brakes
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati to put to good use
to pravilo se da uporábiti, uporábljati tudi za naš primer this rule applies to (ali in) our case as well
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati čas to make good use of one's time

urgent [ə́:džənt] pridevnik (urgently prislov)
nujen, pritiskajoč, vztrajno zahtevajoč; vztrajen, vnet; zelo potreben; resen

an urgent matter nujna zadeva
an urgent need of hudo, težko pomanjkanje (česa), potreba (po čem)
time is urgent čas pritiska
he is an urgent advocate of reform on je vztrajen (vnet, goreč) zagovornik reforme
to be in urgent need of money nujno potrebovati denar
to be urgent about (ali for) s.th. siliti (pritiskati) za kaj
to be urgent with s.o. to... (ali for) pritiskati na koga, da... (za)

veljávnost validity; currency

čas, trajanje veljávnosti time of validity

venal [vi:nl] pridevnik
kupljiv (služba, volilni glasovi); podkupljiv, korupten, korumpiran

venal judges, politicians podkupljivi sodniki, politiki
a venal period korumpiran čas (doba)

vogue [vóug] samostalnik
(priljubljena) moda; navada; priljubljenost, popularnost, ugajanje; uspeh

in vogue v modi, moderen; zdaj priljubljen
the vogue vladajoča moda
all the vogue zadnja moda, zadnji krik mode
it is all the vogue to je zdaj moda
to be in full vogue biti velika moda
to acquire vogue naleteti na odziv
to bring into vogue prinesti v modo
to come into vogue priti v modo
to go out of vogue iti (priti) iz mode
his poems had a great vogue njegove pesmi so se zelo brale
his novels had a great vogue 20 years ago njegovi romani so bili zelo priljubljeni pred 20 leti
war novels had a short-lived vogue vojni romani so bili kratek čas v modi
such shoes are the vogue takšni čevlji so zdaj v modi