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woolsack [wúlsæk] samostalnik
vreča volne
parlament sedež lorda kanclerja (v Gornjem domu) (zaradi z volno napolnjene blazine)
figurativno funkcija lorda kanclerja

to reach the woolsack, to be raised to the woolsack postati lord kancler
to take the seat on the woolsack začeti sejo v Gornjem domu

word¹ [wə:d] samostalnik
beseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor
religija božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija
zastarelo pregovor, (iz)rek, moto
množina pričkanje, prerekanje

the words tekst, libreto
at a word na besedo, takoj
by word of mouth ustno
in so many words dobesedno, (na) kratko
word for word od besede do besede, dobesedno
beyond words neizrazljiv
on the word, with the word na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedo
in a word z eno besedo, skratka
in other words z drugimi besedami
upon my word (of honour)! pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!
my word upon it! pri moji časti! častna beseda!
a word to the wise pametnemu človeku zadostuje ena sama beseda
a word and a blow po besedah takoj pretep (ravs)
a word in (out of) season (ne)primeren nasvet
a word or two beseda ali dve, nekaj besed
big words hvalisanje, širokoustenje
words and deeds besede in dejanja
burning words ognjevite, plamteče besede
fair, good words lepe, laskave besede
high (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words ostre, hude, trde, jezne besede
wild and whirling words divje, nepremišljene besede
my word! prav zares! bogme!
a play upon words besedna igra
too beautiful for words neizrekljive lepote
too silly for words preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumno
to be a man of few words biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedami
to be as good as one's word biti popolnoma zanesljiv
to be better than one's word napraviti več, kot smo obljubili
to be worse than one's word ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedo
to break one's word prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besede
hard words break no bones oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajo
fine words butter no parsnips lepe besede (še) niso dovolj
word came that... zvedelo se je, da...
to eat one's word snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besede
to give one's word dati (svojo) besedo, obljubiti
to hang on s.o.'s words viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušati
to have a word with imeti kratek razgovor z
to have words with pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se z
to have the last word imeti zadnjo besedo
he has not a word to throw at a dog figurativno on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimi
to have no words for ne imeti besed za, ne moči izraziti
to keep one's word držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož beseda
to leave word that... sporočiti, da...
to make no word about ne izgubljati besed o
to proceed from words to blows od besed priti do pretepa
to put in (ali to say) a good word for zastaviti (reči) dobro besedo za
to suit the action to the word od besed takoj preiti na delo
to take s.o. at his word prijeti koga za besedo
I took his word for it nisem dvomil o (verjel sem) njegovi besedi
to retract one's word umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedo
send me word! javi mi, sporoči mi!
to send word of one's arrival obvestiti o svojem prihodu
to waste words tratiti besede, zaman govoriti

world [wə́:ld] samostalnik
svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

all over the world po vsem svetu
in the world na svetu
for all the world za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko
not for all the world za nobeno ceno
for all the world like natanko, kot
not for worlds, not for anything in the world za nič na svetu ne
out of the world odmaknjen od sveta
out of this world pogovorno fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden
worlds away from zelo oddaljen od
to the world sleng popolnoma
tired to the world sleng na smrt utrujen
on top of the world na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih
a world of zelo mnogo, množica (of difficulties težav)
a world too big mnogo prevelik
the world of letters učeni svet
world without end od veka do veka
to the world's end do konca sveta
the beginning of the world začetek sveta
animal (vegetable) world živalski (rastlinski) svet
citizen of the world svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit
man of the world izkušen človek
the lower world podzemlje; pekel
the New World Novi svet, Amerika
the wise old world dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje
Prince of this world figurativno vrag
all the world and his wife were there vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam
to begin the world (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku
she is all the world to me ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu
who in the world is that man? kdo vendar je oni človek?
to be brought into the world zagledati luč sveta
to carry the world before one imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju
to come into the world priti na svet, roditi se
what in the world am I to do? kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?
it did me a world of good zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)
to be drunk to the world pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti
I would not do it for all the world za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)
to forsake the world odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje
as the world goes v našem, sedanjem času
to go out of the world umreti
I would give the world to learn it vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel
how goes the world with you? kako je kaj z vami?
to have the world before one figurativno imeti življenje pred seboj
to let the world slide figurativno pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride
to live out of the world živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti
to make a noise in the world figurativno postati slaven
what will the world say? kaj bodo rekli ljudje?

worth¹ [wə:ɵ] pridevnik
vreden; veljaven

for all one is worth pogovorno kolikor kdo (z)more, po najboljših močeh
worth doing vreden, da se naredi
not worth reading nevreden branja
what is he worth? kolikšno premoženje ima?
he is worth a million on je milijonar
he is worth £ 1000 a year on ima 1000 funtov dohodkov na leto
worth the money (price) vreden denarja (cene), ne predrag
not worth a curse (ali a damn; ali a penny) piškavega groša (prebite pare) ne vreden
worth the trouble vreden truda
worth mentioning omembe vreden
to be worth it; pogovorno, to be worth while biti vreden truda, izplačati se
the game is not worth the candle ta stvar se ne izplača
it is not worth much to ni drago
to be not worth one's salt nič ne biti vreden, biti popolnoma brez vrednosti
take it for what it is worth vzemi to táko, kot je
I tell you the news for what it is worth povem vam novico brez vsakega jamstva (kot sem jo pač slišal)
he pulled for all he was worth vlekel je, kar je le mogel (na vso moč)
we worked hard but it was worth it trdo smo delali, a se je izplačalo

wrangler [rǽŋglə] samostalnik
prepirljivec; diskutant, debatêr
(= senior wrangler) študent univerze v Cambridgeu, ki je dobil 1. nagrado na izpitu iz matematike
ameriško kravji pastir, kavboj, govedar

he is a wrangler on zna diskutirati (debatirati)

wreak [ri:k] prehodni glagol
stresti (jezo, maščevanje itd.) (on, upon na, nad)
(redko) zadostiti, potešiti (pohlep)
zastarelo maščevati (krivico, osebo) (upon nad)

to wreak vengeance upon maščevati se nad
to wreak one's rage upon s.o. stresti svojo jezo nad kom

wreck¹ [rek] samostalnik
na obalo vrženi predmeti, naplavine (z morja); razbitine ladje; zapuščena, razbita, nasedla ladja; brodolom
figurativno propadel človek
figurativno razvalina
figurativno propad, uničenje, razrušenje
množina bedni ostanki, razbitki, podrtine

the wreck of the carriage razbitine vagona
he is (the) mere wreck of his former self on je le še senca tega, kar je bil prej
the wreck of my hopes propad mojih upov
to go to wreck (and ruin) propasti
to save one's fortune from wreck rešiti svoje premoženje pred propadom
the beach was strewn with wrecks obala je bila posuta z naplavljenimi razbitinami ladij
he perished in the wreck of "Titanic" izgubil je življenje v brodolomu Titanica

wring^*2 [riŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
iztisniti, izžeti (sadje itd.), stiskati, izžemati, ožeti; zviti, zaviti (vrat), oviti, lomiti, viti (roke); skriviti, skremžiti (obraz); izkriviti, popačiti (pomen); iztisniti, izsiliti (davek, denar); stisniti (komu roko)
figurativno stiskati (srce), mučiti

to wring s.o.'s hand stisniti komu roko
to wring the neck of an animal zaviti vrat živali
I'll wring your neck vrat ti bom zavil
to wring one's hands in pain roke viti od bolečine
to wring a confession from s.o. izsiliti priznanje iz koga
to wring money from (ali of) s.o. izsiliti, izžeti denar iz koga
my shoe wrings me čevelj me tišči (žuli)
his face was wrung with pain obraz mu je bil skremžen od bolečine
it wrings my heart zelo sem potrt zaradi tega
he wrings my words from their true meaning on pači pravi pomen mojih besed

2. neprehodni glagol
zviti se, kriviti se; povzročati bolečino, mučiti

write^* [ráit] prehodni glagol
(na)pisati (a letter pismo)
zapisati, opis(ov)ati, prikaz(ov)ati; naznaniti, sporočiti; sestaviti, skleniti (pogodbo)
neprehodni glagol
pisati, pismeno sporočiti; baviti se s pisanjem, s pisateljevanjem, pisateljevati

to write o.s. pisati se, imenovati se, označiti se (a duke za vojvodo)
I wrote a letter to him, pogovorno I wrote him a letter pisal sem mu pismo
to write a letter in ink (na)pisati pismo s črnilom
to write a good hand lepo pisati
to write to ask pismeno vprašati
to write shorthand stenografirati
innocence is written in his face nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu
to write insurance upon s.o.'s life skleniti življenjsko zavarovanje za koga
to write poetry pisati pesmi, pesnikovati
to write a check (britanska angleščina cheque) napisati (izpolniti) ček
to write (o.s.) a man biti polnoleten
to write for s.th. pisati za kaj, pismeno naročiti
written all over popolnoma popisan (papir)
written in (ali on) water figurativno nezapisan (kot važen), minljiv

writing¹ [ráitiŋ] samostalnik
pisanje, pisava, način pisanja; stil; pismo; rokopis; spis, pismeni sestavek; pisateljevanje
(množina) slovstvena dela
glasba komponiranje; listina, dokument; kar je napisano; članek

in writing pismeno
in one's own writing lastnoročno
the writings of Dickens Dickensova dela
hand writing pisava, rokopis
type writing tipkanje
letter-writing pisanje pisem, dopisovanje
the writing on the wall figurativno méne tékel, zlovešč omen, nesrečo znaneč dogodek, pretnja o skorajšnjem propadu

wrong² [rɔŋ] pridevnik
zmoten, nepravi, pogrešen, napačen, naroben; ki ni v redu, ki je v neredu; neprimeren, nepripraven; nekoristen, neugoden

wrong act prekršek
a wrong answer napačen, nepravi odgovor
the wrong side narobna stran (of material blaga)
wrong one, sleng wrong'un (kriket) žoga, ki leti čisto drugače, kot je igralec pričakoval
(the) wrong side out na ven (narobe) obrnjena notranja stran (oblačila)
the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonit
to be wrong ne imeti prav
the clock is wrong ura ne gre prav
you are wrong in believing that nimaš prav (motiš se), če to verjameš
not to be far wrong ne se zelo (z)motiti
I was not far wrong in guessing skoraj sem uganil
something is wrong with him nekaj je narobe z njim
what's wrong with you? kaj pa je (narobe) s teboj?
to be in the wrong box figurativno biti v škripcih (v nerodnem položaju, v zagati); ne biti na mestu; biti na zgubi
it is the wrong side out to je narobe, obrnjeno
to be on the wrong side of 50 biti nad 50 let star
what's wrong with a cup of tea? pogovorno kako bi bilo s skodelico čaja?
to do the wrong thing in the wrong place ravno narobe (napačno) kaj napraviti
what do you find wrong with it? kaj se ti zdi pri tem narobe (ti ni pri tem všeč)?
to get (to have) hold of the wrong end of the stick figurativno (popolnoma) napačno razumeti (imeti čisto napačno mnenje, vtis)
to get out of the bed (on) the wrong side figurativno, pogovorno z levo nogo vstati; biti slabe volje
he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth figurativno smeh ga bo že minil
to prove s.o. wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to go wrong zaiti; spodleteti, ne iti (biti) v redu
he holds the book the wrong way narobe drži knjigo
he found himself in the wrong shop figurativno, pogovorno ni na pravega naletel
it is very wrong of you to support him zelo napak je od vas, da ga podpirate
to take the wrong train peljati se z napačnim vlakom
to take the wrong turning (ali path) figurativno zaiti na kriva pota

wrought [rɔ:t]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od to work

2. pridevnik
izdelan, obdelan, predelan; kovan; okrašen; vézen

hand-wrought ročno izdelan
wrought iron kov(a)no železo
wrought steel varjeno jeklo
wrought into shape (iz)oblikovan
a beautifully wrought tray krasno izdelan pladenj
he wrought wonders on je naredil čuda

yak² [j æk]

1. samostalnik
čvekanje, blebetanje, brbljanje; (neprestano) govorjenje
ameriško smeh, smejanje; dovtip

2. neprehodni glagol
neprestano govoriti, brbljati

she yakked on endlessly about her operation kar naprej, brez konca in kraja je govorila o svoji operaciji

year [ji: britanska angleščina tudi jə:] samostalnik
leto
množina doba, starost
astronomija perioda, obhodni čas (planeta)

year by year, from year to year od leta do leta, iz leta v leto
year in year out, year after year od leta do leta, leto za letom, skozi vsa leta
years before pred(mnogimi) leti
poetično in years v letih, star
a man in years starček
every other year vsako drugo leto
for years to come za prihodnja leta
for years leta in leta, mnogo let
once a year enkrat na leto
from year's end to year's end od začetka do konca leta
year-long enoleten, leto dni trajajoč
last year lansko leto, lani
next year prihodnje leto
civil (common, legal) year navadno leto
leap-year, bissextile year prestopno leto
church (Christian, ecclesiastical) year cerkveno leto
Great Year, Perfect Year veliko (platonsko) leto (26.000 let)
astronomical, solar year sončno leto
old year staro leto
New year novo leto
a happy New year srečno novo leto
New year's Day novoletni dan, Novo leto (l. jan.)
New year's Eve novoletni večer, silvestrovo
in the year of our Lord, in the year of grace v letu Gospodovem
school year šolsko leto
this year's exhibition letošnja razstava
many years' experience mnogoletno izkustvo
she is clever for her years bistra je za svoja leta
he is well on in years on je že v letih, je že star
she died at eight years old umrla je v starosti 8 let

yet¹ [jet] prislov
še vedno, še; doslej, že (v vprašanjih); vendarle

yet again spet in spet
yet a moment (samo) še trenutek
yet once (more) še enkrat
as yet doslej
but yet toda vendarle
never yet še nikoli
not yet še ne
nothing yet še nič
(pri primerniku) yet better še boljši (bolje)
yet richer še (celó) bogatejši
there is yet time še je čas
some are yet to come nekateri morajo še priti
he may come yet on utegne še priti
have you finished yet? ste že končali?
need you go yet? morate že iti?
I have not yet finished nisem še končal
the largest yet found specimen doslej največji najdeni primerek
he will win yet vendarle bo še zmagal
he'll be hanged yet še obesili ga bodo, končal bo na vislicah
while he was yet alive ko je še živel
it is strange and yet true čudno (neverjetno) je, a vendarle resnično

za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

dan za dnem day by day
eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
korak za korakom step by step
enkrat za vselej once and for all
za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
za gorami beyond the mountains
jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
za mojim hrbtom behind my back
za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
za glavo večji taller by a head
za sedaj for the present
za šalo by way of a joke
argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
za menoj! follow me!
(kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
starejši za pet let five years older
jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
beseda za besedo word for word
mož za možem man by man
zanimanje za... interest in...
za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
biti za kaj to be in favour of something
kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
on jé za tri he eats as much as three
povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
odšel je za vedno he left for good
voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
pustiti za seboj to leave behind

zabeléžiti to put (ali to note, to write) down; to take (ali to make) note(s) (kaj of something); (na kratko) to jot down; (vnesti) to enter, to register

zabeležite (vpišite) me za 1.000 SIT put me down for 1,000 tolars
zabeleži(te) si to, prosim! please, make a note of it!
zabeléžiti čas prihoda na delo in odhoda z dela (pogovorno) to check in, to check out; to clock in, to clock out; to sign on, to sign off

začéti to begin, to start; to commence; to set about; to make a start; (ples) to open, to lead off; (razgovor) to launch, to broach, to moot (a subject)

zopet, znova začéti to begin (ali to start) again; (biti prvi) to be a pioneer, to pave the way (for), to break (new) ground
začéti diskusijo to start a discussion
začéti delikaten pogovor (figurativno) to break the ice
začéti na napačnem koncu to begin at the wrong end
začéti pogajanja z to enter into negotiations with
začéti s proizvedbami to set enquiries on foot
začéti pravni postopek proti to institute (ali to take) legal proceedings against
začéti pogovor z to engage in a conversation with
začéti govor to begin a speech
začéti kampanjo to open a campaign
začéti prepir to begin to quarrel
začéti z učenjem latinščine to start learning Latin, pogovorno to start Latin
začéti neko stvar (lotiti se) to start on a thing
začéti trgovino to set up (ali to start in) a business
začéti pri sebi (figurativno) to begin at home
začéti peti to burst into song
začel je pisati he began writing (ali to write)
začel je z malega he began on a small scale
zopet je začelo deževati the rain has set in again
šole (pouk) se začno 1. oktobra school starts on October 1st
začéti delati to start work, to commence working (ali to work)
začni(te) od začetka! begin at the beginning!
slabo je začel he has had a bad start
začel je piti (figurativno) he has taken to drink
predstava se začne ob devetih the performance begins at nine
najslabši del poti se začne v X. the worst stretch of road begins at X.
letos se je zima zgodaj začela winter has set in early this year

začúden astonished; amazed; surprised

bolj začúden kot prestrašen more surprised than frightened
biti začúden to be astonished (at), to be amazed (at), to be surprised, to wonder (at, about)
bil sem začúden, da me ne pozna I was surprised he did not know me
bil sem močnó začúden I was struck with wonder, I was lost in astonishment, I was amazed
bil je zelo začúden, ko me je videl he was astonished to see me
ne bodi tako začúden! don't put on that look of surprise!

zadéti to hit

zadéti na mino pomorstvo to hit a mine
zadéti terno, glavni dobitek (figurativno, priti nenadoma do denarja) to hit the jackpot
zadéti z glavo ob kaj to hit one's head against (ali upon) something
zadéti v črno to hit the nail on the head, to hit it
zadéti na (najti) nafto to strike oil
zadel si! you have hit it!
slikar ni zadel izraza mojega obraza the painter has not caught the expression of my face
zadéti v loteriji to win (ali to gain, to draw) a prize in a lottery (ali in a raffle)
zadéti ob, na to strike (ali to knock, to jostle) against, to bump into (ali against)
zadéti na to strike upon, to hit on
zadéti v polno to score a direct hit