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wonder¹ [wʌ́ndə] samostalnik
čudo; nekaj čudovitega, osupljivega; čudežen dogodek, čudežno delo, čudež; (za)čudenje, začudenost

in wonder začuden
for a wonder čudežno; presenetljivo; čudno
a nine-days'wonder kratkotrajna senzacija
(it is) no wonder that... nič čudnega (ni), da...
to be filled with wonder biti ves začuden
he is a wonder of skill on je čudo spretnosti
to work (ali to do) wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
he kept his word, for a wonder za čuda je držal svojo besedo
to look all wonder ves začuden (debelo) gledati
he swore and no wonder zaklel je, in nič čudnega (če je)

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

work^(*)2 [wə:k]

1. prehodni glagol
delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati
poetično umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo)
trgovina poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju)
sleng prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati
matematika izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to work o.s. into a rage pobesneti
to work the bellows goniti meh
to work a farm voditi farmo (kmetijo)
to work a change izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
to work wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
to work one's will uresničiti svojo voljo
can you work the screw loose? lahko zrahljate vijak?
to work (one's way) through college sam se vzdrževati med študijem
my partner works the Liverpool district moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola
to work a slave to death do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
servants are not worked now as they were formerly od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč
to work a crane upravljati z žerjavom
to work a coal seam izkoriščati plast premoga
to work a ship upravljati ladjo
to work one's way pot si utreti (napraviti)
these machines are worked by steam te stroje poganja para
it is a good scheme, but can you work it? to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
this belief has worked much evil to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla
the candidate works the district kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju
to work one's passage navtika zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
to work one's horses priganjati konje k delu
to work one's social relations in business izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati
navtika križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje)
figurativno krčevito delati

to work against time delati v tekmi s časom
to work like a dog (ali horse; ali nigger) delati kot črna živina
my stove works well moja peč dobro dela
your method won't work z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli
I tried but it did not work poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
the poison began to work strup je začel delovati
to work into a crowd vriniti se v množico
to work loose zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
waves work to and fro valovi so razburkani
to work double tides delati podnevi in ponoči
that won't work with me to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni)

work off prehodni glagol
obdelati, izdelati; dovršiti
tisk odtisniti; odpeti se, odvezati se; rešiti se, znebiti se (česa); najti kupce; dati si duška

to work off one's bad temper stresti svojo slabo voljo (na)
I work offed off my feet with fatigue noge so mi skoraj odpadle od utrujenosti
to work off the stiffness by exercise razgibati svoje odrevenele ude

work out prehodni glagol
rešiti (matematično nalogo), izračunati; napraviti, izvesti, izpeljati, uresničiti, doseči; obdelati, oblikovati, izdelati, razviti (idejo, načrt); izbrisati, zbrisati, prečrtati; izčrpati, izkoristiti, z delom plačati

the sum will not work out vsota se ne da izračunati
he work outed out his sentence in jail odslužil je svojo kazen v ječi
this mine is work outed out ta rudnik je izčrpan

worship² [wə́:šip] prehodni glagol
častiti, oboževati, gojiti kult do; spoštovati

to worship one's mother oboževati svojo mater
to worship the golden calf figurativno malikovati zlato tele (denar, mamona)
neprehodni glagol
moliti; udeležiti se službe božje; čutiti spoštovanje

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

write out prehodni glagol
v celem izpisati, napisati v neskrajšani obliki; prepisati, kopirati

to write out fair prepisati na čisto, napraviti čistopis
to write out over again še enkrat prepisati
to write o.s. out izčrpati svojo pisateljsko žilo, izpisati se

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

zadovóljen satisfied (z with); pleased (with), contented (with), content (with)

malo zadovóljen z dissatisfied with
zelo sem zadovóljen I am highly satisfied
zadovóljen s svojo usodo contented with one's lot
nisem zadovóljen z njim I am not satisfied with him
biti z malim zadovóljen to be thankful for small mercies
mama ne bo zadovóljna Mother won't be pleased
upamo, da boste zadovóljni s poslanim blagom we hope the goods sent will give you full satisfaction

zadovoljíti to satisfy (koga someone), to content; to suit

zadovoljíti svojo radovednost to satisfy one's curiosity
to bo zadovoljilo moje zahteve this will suit my requirements
ne bo mogel zadovoljíti vseh svojih upnikov he will not be able to satisfy all his creditors
zadovoljíti potrebe ljudstva to meet the needs of the people
njega je težko zadovoljíti he is difficult to please
ne moreš vseh zadovoljíti (vsem ustreči) you can't please everybody
to ne zadovoljuje popolnoma it leaves something to be desired
zadovoljíti se to be satisfied (z with), arhaično to rest satisfied (ali content); to content oneself (z with), to put up (z with), to acquiesce (z to)
reveži se morajo zadovoljíti z malim beggars cannot be choosers

zadovóljnost zadovóljstvo contentment, satisfaction, content; pleasure; contentedness; gratification

izraziti svoje zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo to express one's satisfaction
svoje delo opravljam v popolno zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo svojega očeta I do my work to my father's complete satisfaction
urediti (kaj) v svojo popolno zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo to settle (something) to one's entire satisfaction
zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo je več vredno kot bogastvo happiness is worth more than wealth, content is the true philosopher's stone

zadŕgniti to tie, to tighten; (s trakom) to lace (tight); (zavozlati) to knot

ne zadrgni vozla premočno! don't pull the knot too tight!
v pasu je bila zelo zadrgnjena (stisnjena) her waist was laced tight
zadŕgniti svojo mošnjo (figurativno) to tighten one's purse strings, close one's purse

zahvála thanks pl; giving thanks; acknowledgment

v zahválo za in (grateful) thanks for
izraziti svojo zahválo to express one's thanks
veliko zahválo sem dobil za to! (ironično) small (pogovorno much) thanks I got for it!
dolžan sem vam globoko zahválo I owe you a great debt of thanks
blagovolite sprejeti mojo najtoplejšo (iskreno) zahválo please accept my warmest (heartfelt) thanks
prisrčna zahvála cordial thanks
vreden zahvále thankworthy, worthy of thanks, deserving thanks
izražamo vam najtoplejšo zahválo za vašo naklonjenost we express to (ali we tender) you our warmest thanks for your favour
odkloniti z zahválo to decline with thanks
tolikšna plemenitost (radodarnost) je zaslužila vsaj nekaj zahvále such generosity deserved at least some acknowledgment

zalóga stock; store

v, na zalógi in stock, in store
ne (več) na zalógi out of stock
vsa zalóga the whole stock; (rezerva za silo) stockpile
zalóga živil provisions pl
zalóge za zimo stores pl for the winter
delati si zalóge to stockpile
držati v zalógi (v rezervi) to hold (ali to keep) in store
imeti v zalógi to have in stock, to stock
napraviti si zalógo česa to lay in (ali to take in) a stock (of)
obnoviti svojo zalógo to renew one's stock
moje zalóge gredo h kraju my stores are getting low

zamúda lateness; delay; coming behind one's time

imeti zamúdo to be behind time
imeli smo pet minut zamúde we were five minutes late
vlak je imel precéj zamúde the train was very late (ali was well behind time)
ladja ima veliko zamúdo the boat is long overdue
vlak ima zamúdo the train is late (ali behind time, not up to time)
vlak ima 10 minut zamúde the train is 10 minutes overdue
to je povzročilo našo zamúdo that is what delayed us (ali threw us late)
biti v zamúdi za plačilo davkov to be in arrears (ali behind) with one's taxes
sem v zamúdi s svojo korespondenco I am behindhand (ali in arrears) with my correspondence

zanemáriti zanemárjati to neglect; (delo) to leave undone; to be remiss, to be negligent (ali neglectful) of, to be careless in (ali of, about); (ne upoštevati) to disregard, to ignore

zanemáriti, zanemárjati svojo dolžnost to fail in one's duty, to be remiss in one's duties, ZDA to be derelict in one's duty
dejstvo, ki ga ne smemo zanemáriti, zanemárjati a fact that must not be overlooked
zanemáriti, zanemárjati svoje zdravje to be (oziroma to become) careless about one's health
zanemáriti, zanemárjati se to neglect oneself, to be (ozir. to become) slovenly

zapečátiti to seal (up); to affix a seal; to set one's seal (kaj on ali to something)

to je zapečatilo njegovo usodo that sealed his fate
zapečátiti usodo Rima to seal the fate of Rome
njegova usoda je zapečatena his fate is sealed
podpisano in zapečateno od mene given under my hand and seal
mučenci so zapečatili svojo vero s svojo krvjo religija the martyrs sealed their faith with their blood
s sedmimi pečati zapečatena knjiga a book sealed with seven seals, (figurativno) a profound mystery

zastáviti

1. to give in pawn, to pawn; to pledge; to put in pledge; VB žargon to pop; ZDA žargon to hock

zastavljam svojo čast I stake my honour
zastavil je uro v zastavljalnici he pawned his watch
zastavljen in pawn

2. (zadelati, zapreti) to obstruct, to block up

zastáviti komu pot to stand in the way of someone

zavést consciousness; senses pl; (prepričanje, vednost) knowledge, perception

brez zavésti senseless, insensible, unconscious
on ni pri zavésti he is not conscious
imam zavést, da sem storil svojo dolžnost I feel conscious of having done my duty
izgubiti zavést to lose consciousness, to lose one's senses, to faint
priti k zavésti to recover (ali to regain) one's senses