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wing¹ [wiŋ] samostalnik
perut, krilo (tudi figurativno)
okrilje; stran, krilo (vrat, zgradbe, vojske)
gledališče odrska stran, stranska kulisa
šaljivo laket (človeka)
sleng sprednja noga (štirinožca)
aeronavtika krilo, nosilna površina
pogovorno pilotski znak
šport krilo
aeronavtika skupina treh (ameriško šestih)
eskadrilj; (po)let, letenje
množina, gledališče stranske kulise

on the wing v (po)letu, leteč; figurativno na potovanju
birds are on the wing ptice so v poletu, leté
under s.o.'s wing(s) pod okriljem koga
to clip s.o.'s wings figurativno pristriči komu krila
he is always on the wing on nikoli ne miruje
to come on the wings of the wind privihrati kot veter, priti na krilih vetra
the news spread on the wings of the wind vest se je bliskovito razširila
to get the wings napredovati v položaj pilota
to lend (ali to add) a wing to s.th. pospešiti kaj
fear lent her wings strah ji je dal hitrost
riches take wings bogastvo hitro skopni
to take wings vzleteti, poleteti, odleteti
to take under one's wings vzeti pod svoje okrilje

wish¹ [wiš] samostalnik
želja; voščilo; volja, težnja, hrepenenje, koprnenje, sla (for po, za)
predmet želja, želeni predmet

wishes množina (dobre) želje, pozdravi
good, best wishes dobre, najboljše želje (voščila)
according to my wishes po mojih željah
to have one's wish videti svojo željo uresničeno
he has had his wish dobil je, kar je želel
if wishes were horses beggars might ride figurativno od dobrih želja še nihče ni bil sit
the wish is father to the thought človek hitro verjame, kar želi; kar človek želi, to mu hitro na pamet pride

work¹ [wə:k] samostalnik
(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja)
množina stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela
vojska utrdbe, utrdbena dela
(edninska konstrukcija) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna
tehnično mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos
množina, religija dobra dela

in work zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)
out of work brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen
a work of art umetniško delo, umetnina
a work of genius genialno delo
works of a clock mehanizem ure
the works of Bach Bachova dela
works of mercy dobrodelna dela
earth works arhitektura zemeljska dela
good works dobra dela
iron works talilnica železa, železarna
Minister of Works minister za javna dela
glass works steklarna
gas works plinarna
Public Works javna dela
out works arhitektura zunanja dela
stone works zidarska dela
upper works navtika nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo
wood works lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti
shock-work udarniško delo
to be out of work biti brez dela, biti brezposeln
to be at work delati, delovati, funkcionirati
it's all in the day's work to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela
to cease (ali to stop) work nehati z delom
I did a good day's work veliko sem naredil danes
to give s.o. the works ameriško, pogovorno ozmerjati, premlatiti koga
to get (ali to set) to work lotiti se dela, začeti delati
to go (ali to set) about one's work lotiti se svojega dela
to have plenty of work to do imeti mnogo dela
I have my work cut out for me imam polne roke dela
to make sad work of it figurativno vse uničiti
to make short (ali quick) work of hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati
that is your work to je tvoja naloga
to look for work iskati delo

worst² [wə:st] samostalnik
najslabša, najhujša stvar; kar je najslabše ali najhujše

at (ali the) worst v najslabšem primeru
at the (ali their) worst v najslabšem stanju. v posebno neugodnih okoliščinah
the illness is at its worst bolezen je dosegla višek
the worst is soon over najhujše, najhujši trenutek hitro mine
to be prepared for the worst biti pripravljen na najhujše
if the worst comes to the worst ako se zgodi najhujše, v najhujšem primeru
to do one's worst napraviti kar najslabše možno
do your worst! kar napravi to (najslabše, kar moreš)!, napravi, kar hočeš!
to get the worst of it najslabše se odrezati, biti poražen
to see s.o. (s.th.) at his (its) worst videti koga (kaj) z najslabše strani

wrath [rɔ:ɵ ameriško ræɵ] samostalnik
srd, jeza, besnost, gnev; kazen, maščevanje

slow to wrath ki se ne razjezi hitro
to be wrath against (ali with) biti jezen na

zadréga embarrassment; difficulty; quandary; perplexity; predicament

denarne zadrége financial difficulties pl, evfemizem humoristično pecuniary embarrassment
biti v zadrégi to be in difficulties, to be in a quandary, to be ill at ease, to be at a loss, to be in a fix, to be in embarrassed circumstances
v lepi zadrégi smo we are in a nice (pretty, sorry) pickle
sem v veliki zadrégi, kaj naj storim I am completely at a loss what to do
biti v denarni zadrégi to be short of money
bili smo v veliki zadrégi, kaj naj odgovorimo we were hard put to it to find an answer, we were completely at a loss (ali we were stumped) for an answer
moja edina zadréga je, kaj naj izberem my only trouble is which one to choose
spretno se izvleči iz zadrége (iz stiske) to extricate oneself neatly from a predicament, to find a neat way out of a difficult situation
pomagati komu iz zadrége to save someone from embarrassment
spraviti koga v zadrégo to put (ali pogovorno to land) someone in an embarrassing situation, to embarrass someone, to put someone in a predicament (ali in a quandary)
njega hitro spraviš v zadrégo he is easily embarrassed
biti v zadrégi za odgovor to be stumped for an answer

zamázati to soil, to sully, to smear, to stain, to dirty, to daub, to smudge

zamázati se to soil, to dirty, to smudge, to smear
zamázati si roke to dirty one's hands
zamázati s kitom, z zamazko to putty
to blago se hitro zamaže this fabric soils easily

zamerljív resentful; touchy; huffy, huffish; peevish; pettish

zelo (hitro) zamerljív easily huffed

zatoníti (sonce) to set, to go down; to wane, to wane rapidly

njegova priljubljenost je hitro zatonila his popularity has waned rapidly

znájti se (orientirati se) to orient oneself, to orientate oneself, to know one's way around; to find one's bearings; figurativno to be resourceful; to see how the land lies

sam se znajti to shift for oneself, to make shift; to contrive
on se zelo dobro znajde he manages very well
moram se znajti I must shift as well as I can
ne morem se znajti (pogovorno) I'm at my wits' end
ne se znajti to be baffled
hitro znájti se to adapt rapidly