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premôči (premagati) to overcome, to overwhelm; to manage to acquire

tega ne premorem (si ne morem privoščiti) I cannot afford it
to je vse, kar premorem this is all my worldly property, arhaično these are all my goods and chattels (ali all my bag and baggage)

preslíšati not to hear; to miss hearing; not to catch what has been said; (namenoma) to ignore

preslišal sem, kar je rekel I could not catch (ali hear) what he said

pretty¹ [príti] pridevnik (prettily prislov)
ljubek, čeden, prisrčen, dražesten, mikaven; afektiran, izumetničen, gizdav
pogovorno precejšen

pretty gentlemen gizdalini
a pretty how d'you do neroden položaj
a pretty mess (ali kettle of fish) you've made of it lepo kašo si si skuhal
a pretty penny precejšen znesek
ameriško a pretty pass kritičen položaj
a pretty way off kar precej daleč od tukaj

pretty³ [príti] prislov
prilično, precej

pretty good kar dober, ne slab
it is pretty much the same thing to je skoraj isto
sleng sitting pretty kot ptička na veji

príča witness; (očividec) eyewitness

pri tej príči (takoj) at once, immediately, on the spot, pogovorno straight off
bremenilna (razbremenilna) príča witness for the prosecution (witness for the defence)
zaprisežena príča sworn witness; deponent, ZDA affiant
kriva príča perjured witness
poročna príča witness to a marriage
pred príčami in the presence of eyewitnesses
(križno) zasliševanje príče (cross-)examination (ali hearing) of a witness
izpoved príče deposition, evidence, testimony
biti príča to witness
poklicati za príčo call to witness, to call someone in evidence
izjaviti, izpovedati kot príča to witness, to bear witness, to testify, to give evidence
biti zaslišan kot príča to be put into the witness-box
bil sem pozvan kot príča v tej razpravi I was summoned as witness in this trial
príča je bila podkupljena the witness was bribed
pripeljati príče to produce witnesses
zaslišati príče pravo to hear evidence
ne morem ti povedati pri tej príči (kar takoj) pogovorno I can't tell you straight off

priméra comparison; parallelism

v priméri z in comparison with; (as) against, (as) compared with, as compared; (prispodoba) simile
to ni nič v priméri s tem, kar smo doživeli v vojni that is nothing to what we experienced in the war
brez primére beyond (ali out of) all comparison, without comparison

pripetíti se to happen; to chance; to occur (komu to someone), to come to pass, to come about; to befall (komu someone)

naj se pripeti, kar hoče whatever may befall
slučajno se je pripetilo, da... it happened that...
to se je pripetilo sinoči it happened last night
često se pripeti... it often happens (that)...
isti dogodek seje pripetil pretekli teden the same incident occurred last week

pripovedováti to relate; to tell

pripovedoval je svojo verzijo he related his version
pripoveduje (govori) se the story goes, it is rumoured, rumour has it
pripovedujem (to), kar sem slišal I report (ali I repeat) this from hearsay
komu to pripoveduješ? (= kot da tega ne vem!) you're telling me!
to pripoveduj svoji stari materi! (ironično) tell that to the marines!

priprávljen ready; prepared

na vse priprávljen (figurativno) equal to any emergency
priprávljen za odhod na morje, za izplutje ready for sea
priprávljen na smrt ready for death
večerja je priprávljena dinner is ready
on je hitro priprávljen za hudobijo he is always ready for mischief
ti si kar hitro priprávljen za kritiziranje drugih you are too ready to criticize others
priprávljen sem, da grem (za odhod) I am ready to go
on ima hitro priprávljen izgovor he is ready with excuses
priprávljeni, pozor, zdaj! šport ready, steady, go!

príti prihájati to come; (dospeti) to arrive (at, in); (pojaviti se) to turn up, to put in an appearance

príti, prihájati do to come to, to get to, to reach
príti, prihájati po kaj, koga to come for (ali to fetch) someone, something
príti, prihájati noter to come in
príti, prihájati skupaj to meet
príti, prihájati nazaj to come back, to return
príti, prihájati ob (denar) to lose (one's money)
ne príti, prihájati z besedo na dan (figurativno) to beat about the bush
príti, prihájati na dan to come (ali to be brought) to light
príti, prihájati bliže to come near, to approach
príti, prihájati z dežja pod kap (figurativno) to jump from the frying pan into the fire
ta beseda pride iz grščine this word is derived (ali comes) from Greek
príti, prihájati nad koga to befall someone
ne príti, prihájati blizu to keep (ali to hold) aloof, to keep one's distance
príti, prihájati peš to come on foot
sem je prišel peš, na konju, z avtom he walked, he rode, he drove here
príti, prihájati do krize to come to a head
odkod pride ladja? where does the boat hail from?
príti, prihájati na izpit to present oneself for an examination
najhujše še pride! the worst (of it) is yet to come!
príti, prihájati med ljudi to mix with other people
odkod to pride? how comes that?
naj pride, kar hoče! come what may!, whatever may happen!
tako ne boš prišel naprej this is not going to get you very far
prišlo mi je na pamet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, it crossed my mind
príti, prihájati v rabo to come into use
príti, prihájati k sebi to recover one's senses, (iz nezavesti) to come to, to come round, to come to oneself
kdor prej pride, prej melje first come first served
príti, prihájati komu v roke, v pest (figurativno) to fall into someone's hands
príti, prihájati zopet do sape to recover one's breath
to pride na isto that amounts to the same thing, pogovorno it all boils down to the same thing
príti, prihájati na svoje stroške to cover one's expenses
príti, prihájati komu na sled to get on someone's track
kako si prišel na to? how did you come to think of that?, what ever put that into your head?
nikoli ne bo prišlo do tega it will never come to that
pridi(te) z menoj! come (along) with me!
príti, prihájati do sporazuma to reach an understanding
prišel bom po tebe I'll call for you
včeraj mi je prišel povedat he came and told me yesterday
moja ura je prišla (figurativno) my hour has come
príti, prihájati komu na ušesa to reach someone's ears
kdo pride na vrsto? whose turn is it?
prišlo bo do vojne we shall have war, it will come to war
príti, prihájati do pretepa to come to blows
príti, prihájati na svet to come into the world, to be born
príti, prihájati na beraško palico to be reduced to beggary, to fall on evil days
slučajno príti, prihájati to happen ta come
príti, prihájati na vrsto to have one's turn
príti, prihájati na svoj račun to profit, to benefit (pri, ob by)
zelo prav príti, prihájati to come in very handy
príti, prihájati kot poklican, kot nalašč to arrive opportunely
príti, prihájati v poštev to come into consideration
ne príti, prihájati v poštev to be irrelevant (ali to be beside the point)
príti, prihájati do zaključka to reach a conclusion, to decide
ne pridi mi več pred oči! I will never see you again!
iz tega ne bo prišlo nič nothing will come of it
na to jaz ne bi bil nikoli prišel that would never have occurred to me
prišlo je čisto drugače it turned out quite differently
slučajno sem prišel na to I found it out accidentally
príti, prihájati do odločitve to come to a decision
priti v modo to come into fashion
príti, prihájati v denarno stisko to be hard up, to run short of money
prepozno príti, prihájati to be (too) late
príti, prihájati na spregled to turn up, to make one's appearance
príti, prihájati k zavesti to come to one's senses
kolikokrat prideš skupaj z njim? how often do you meet him?
nesreča nikoli ne pride sama misfortunes never come singly
to pride od tvojega dolgega ležanja v postelji that comes of your staying in bed so long

púliti to pull, to pluck

púliti se za kaj to care for something, to be concerned about something, to be keen on something
za to se ne pulim I don't care for it
kar pulijo se za to blago there is a great demand for these goods

radiate [réidieit]

1. neprehodni glagol
žareti, prihajati iz žarišča (središča), širiti se žarkasto na vse strani; bleščati se, svetiti se
elektrika svetlikati se, iskriti se

2. prehodni glagol
izžarevati, širiti, razprostirati
figurativno oddajati, izražati (veselje, ljubezen, življenje ipd.)

he radiates happiness on kar žari od sreče
to radiate love, warmth izžarevati ljubezen, toploto

rag¹ [ræg] samostalnik
cunja, krpa, capa; platno, platneno blago iz krp
množina ponošena, razcapana obleka, obleka za vsak dan
šaljivo obleka
slabšalno žepni robec, zavesa ipd.; ničvreden časopis, bankovec; del, odlomek, košček katerekoli stvari; droben, majhen, neznaten ostanek, sled, trohica; revež, bednik, razcapanec, raztrganec

the rag zastava
the Rag šaljivo častniški klub v Londonu
in rags v cunjah, razcapan, raztrgan
not a rag to one's back niti krpice, cunjice na telesu
not a rag of evidence niti sledu o kakem dokazu, nobenega dokazilnega gradiva
worn to rags ponošen, iznošen do cap, capast, cunjast
there is not a rag of truth in what you say niti trohice resnice ni v tem, kar pravite
that meat is boiled to rags to meso je čisto razkuhano
to cook to rags razkuhati
to cram on every rag (of sail) navtika dvigniti, razpeti vsa jadra
to get one's rag out pogovorno razjeziti se
I haven't a rag to put on nimam kaj obleči
to show a red rag to a bull razdražiti bika z rdečo krpo, figurativno razkačiti koga
to spread every rag of sail navtika razpeti vsa razpoložljiva jadra
ameriško to take the rag off (the bush) prekositi, posekati, preseči vse, vsakega
to tear to rags raztrgati na koščke
his reputation is torn to rags od njegovega ugleda ni ostalo niti sledu

rain¹ [réin] samostalnik
dež
(figurativno) naliv
množina deževje, nalivi

the rains deževna doba (v tropih)
the Rains navtika deževna cona (Atlantika, 4°-10° sev. širine)
a rain of ashes dež pepela
a rain of compliments (congratulations) dež, ploha komplimentov (čestitk)
rain or shine ob vsakem vremenu, figurativno v vseh okoliščinah, naj se zgodi, kar hoče
a heavy rain naliv, ploha
we shall go rain or shine šli bomo, pa naj dežuje ali sije sonce, ob vsakem vremenu
it was pouring with rain lilo je v potokih
to stand in the rain stati v dežju

rather¹ [rá:ðə] prislov
prej, rajši, raje; precéj

rather good precéj dober, kar dober
rather good than bad prej dober kot slab
rather a long way precéj dolga pot, precéj daleč
rather before nekaj prej
the rather that... toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...
grey rather than white prej siv kot bel
I rather think that... jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...
I had rather that... jaz bi rajši...
I had rather stay jaz bi rajši ostal
he left rather than join me rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružil
I would rather die than betray him jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)
he would rather have died than revealed it on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkril
I would (had) much rather (not) go jaz bi precéj rajši (ne) šel
thank you, I had rather not hvala, (rajši) ne
his remark was rather foolish njegova opazka je bila precéj bedasta
the play was rather a success (gledališka) igra je imela precejšen uspeh

rázen except, with the exception of; but; (knjižno) save

rázen če unless
rázen da except that, (knjižno) save that
rázen tega besides, in addition
vsi rázen enega all but one
vsi rázen mene everyone except (ali but) me
vsi rázen njega everyone except him
nič rázen... nothing but...
rázen v nepredvidenih okoliščinah barring unforeseen circumstances
nimam ničesar rázen tega, kar zaslužim I own nothing except what I earn myself
rázen nemščine govori ona tudi rusko besides German she also speaks Russian
pridem jutri, rázen če določite kak drug dan I shall come tomorrow unless you (should) decide on another day
počutil sem se dobro, rázen da me je bolela glava I felt well except that I had a headache
rázen dveh razbitih oken je bila hiša nepoškodovana except for two broken windows the house was intact
rázen ubijanja je on vsega zmožen he's ready for (ali capable of) anything short of murder

razveseljív delightful, pleasant, agreeable, favourable, encouraging, pleasing; gratifying

kar je zame najbolj razveseljívo, je to, da... what pleases me most is that...
razveseljíva novica good news
pogled v prihodnost ni nič kaj razveseljív (the) prospects for the future are far from (being) cheerful

ready¹ [rédi] pridevnik
pripravljen, gotov; hiter, brz; spreten, vešč, okreten, sposoben (at, in v, pri)
voljan, rad; nagnjen (k); neposreden, bližnji, ki je na dosegu, pri roki, primeren; udoben, lahek, preprost; kratek, direkten (način, pot)
trgovina uporaben; otipljiv, prijemljiv, čist
arhaično takojšen (o plačilu)

ready capital obratni kapital
a ready consent hitra, takojšnja privolitev
ready for death pripravljen na smrt
ready for sea pripravljen za odhod na morje, za izplutje
ready for take-off pripravljen za vzlet
a ready pen figurativno spreten pisec
a ready reply hiter, odrezav odgovor
ready source pripravljene (izdatne) zaloge
a ready speaker spreten govornik
ready to suspect nagnjen k sumničenju
a ready workman spreten, okreten delavec
a ready writer pisatelj, ki hitro ustvarja
dinner is ready večerja je pripravljena (servirana)
the readiest way najpreprostejši, najlažji način (to pay one's debts plačevanja dolgov)
tickets ready! pripravite vozovnice, prosim!
I am ready to go pripravljen sern za odhod, da grem
you are too ready to criticize others ti kar prehitro kritiziraš druge
he is not clever, but he is ready on ni bister, a kaže dobro voljo
he is ready with excuses on ima hitro izgovore pri roki
he is ready to get angry on hitro vzkipi, se razjezi
he was ready to faint skoraj onesvestil se je
I was ready to drop with fatigue komaj sem se držal na nogah od utrujenosti
to find a ready market (sale) naleteti na dober odjem, dobro iti v prodajo
English money finds ready acceptance everywhere angleški denar povsod radi sprejemajo
to give a ready consent rad privoliti
to have a ready report biti odrezav
to get (to make) ready pripraviti (se)
he seized the readiest weapon pograbil je prvo orožje, ki mu je prišlo v roke
ready, steady, go! šport pripravljeni, pozor, zdaj!

reap [ri:p] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(po)žeti, dobiti ali pobrati sadove, pospraviti žetev; imeti koristi
figurativno (po)žeti (slavo, hvalo itd.)

to reap large profits požeti, pobrati, dobiti velike dobičke
to reap the fruits of one's work žeti sadove svojega dela
to reap experience nabirati si skušenj
to reap one's reward pobrati nagrado
to reap where one has not sown figurativno imeti korist (dobiček) od tujega dela
to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sejati veter in žeti vihar, figurativno trpeti posledice svojega nespametnega početja
one reaps as one sows človek žanje, kar je sejal

recall¹ [rikɔ́:l] samostalnik
odpoklic (poslanika itd.); odpust; preklic, razveljavitev; ponoven poklic, poziv (to k)
ameriško suspendiranje uradnika, sodnika
vojska znak (z bobnom itd.) za ponovno zbiranje
navtika znak (z zastavo) za vrnitev ladje

without recall brez preklica, nepreklicno
actions are beyond recall dejanj ni mogoče preklicati; kar je storjeno, je storjeno
it is past (beyond) recall to je nepreklicno, se ne da preklicati; to je pozabljeno
to sound the recall vojska trobiti k ponovnemu zbiranju, k vrnitvi