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mèd (predlog) (mèd dvema) between, pesniško betwixt; (med mnogimi) among, amongst, amid(st); (časovno) during

mèd učno uro during the lesson
biti mèd dvema alternativama to be between two alternatives
nobene podobnosti ni mèd njima there is no likeness between them, they bear no likeness to each other
to naj ostane mèd nama this must remain a secret between us
mèd nama rečeno between you and me, between ourselves, humoristično between you, me and the gatepost
lebdeti mèd nebom in zemljo to hover between heaven and earth
zaprt med štirimi stenami shut up within four walls
oče je razdelil svoje imetje mèd otroke the father shared his property among his children
mèd štirimi očmi in private, tête-à-tête
je razlika mèd njim in menoj there is a difference between him and me
ni ga več mèd nami he is no more amongst us
razdeliti si vsoto mèd seboj! divide the sum among you!, pogovorno split the lot between you!
ženijo, poročajo se mèd seboj they intermarry

medálja medal

medálja za zasluge ZDA Medal for Merit
ves pokrit z medáljami bemedalled
lice (hrbet) medálje obverse (reverse) of a medal
medálja za hrabrost ZDA vojska Medal of Honour
imetnik medálje medallist, (vojak) holder of a medal
odlikovan z medáljo awarded a medal (ali decoration), decorated, holding a medal
nositi medáljo to wear a medal
druga plat medálje the reverse of the medal, the other side of the medal
vsaka medálja ima (tudi) drugo (temno) plat there are two sides to every coin, every rose has its thorn
podeliti (vojaku) medáljo to decorate (ali to award a medal to) (a soldier)

medicína (zdravilo) medicine; (veda) science of medicine, medicine

njegov sin študira medicíno his son is reading medicine, his son is a student of medicine
sodna medicína forensic medicine

medium² [mí:diəm] samostalnik (množina media, mediums)
sredina, srednja pot
biologija, fizika, kemija srednik, medij
medicina gojišče; reklamno sredstvo (radio, TV itd.); sredstvo, pripomoček, posrednik

at a medium povprečno
by (ali through) the medium of s pomočjo, s posredovanjem
the just medium zlata sredina
to hit upon (ali find) the happy medium najti srednjo pot
social medium okolje
ekonomija medium of exchange valuta, denar

médved zoologija bear, he-bear

Veliki Medved astronomija Ursa Major, the Great Bear, the plough, Charles's Wain, the Wain, ZDA the Big Dipper
Mali Medved Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, ZDA the Little Dipper
rjavi médved brown bear
beli, severni, polarni médved polar bear
sivi médved grizzly bear
médved, medvedek (igrača) teddy bear
jamski médved (prehistoric) cave bear
iti na lov na médvede to go bear-hunting
plesati kot médved to dance like a bear
ne prodajaj médvedove kože, dokler nisi médveda ujel sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear, don't count your chickens before they are hatched

meek [mi:k] pridevnik (meekly prislov)
pohleven, skromen, ponižen, pokoren, skrušen, krotek

as meek as a lamb krotek kot jagnje

meet^*2 [mi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
srečati, sestati se s kom; spoznati, predstaviti, biti predstavljen komu; počakati koga (na postaji)
figurativno zadovoljiti, izpolniti (željo); spoprijeti se s kom, nastopiti proti komu
figurativno postaviti se po robu, premagati (težave), rešiti (problem), opraviti s čim; naleteti na koga; ustrezati, ujemati se; izpolniti (obveznosti), plačati (stroške)

2. neprehodni glagol
srečati se, sestati se, zbrati se; spoznati se; združiti se, stikati se (ceste), dotikati se, priri vstik; ujemati se, skladati se; naleteti (with na)
doživeti, pretrpeti (with)

to meet each other (one another) srečati se
well met! lepo, da smo se sestali!
pleased to meet you veseli me, da sva se spoznala
meet Mr. Brown da vam predstavim g. Browna
ekonomija to meet a bill plačati dolg, honorirati (menico)
to meet the case zadostvovati, biti primeren
to meet one's death umreti
he met his fate umrl je
he met his fate calmly sprijaznil se je zusodo
to meet the eye prikazati se, pasti v oči
to meet s.o's. eye spogledati se s kom
there is more in it than meets the eye za tem tiči več
to meet the ear priti na ušesa
to meet expenses plačati stroške
the supply meets the demand ponudba ustreza povpraševanju
to meet s.o. half way popustiti, iti na pol pota nasproti
to meet one's match naleteti na sebi enakovrednega človeka
to make both ends meet shajati (s plačo)
to meet misfortunes with a smile hrabro prenašati nesreče
to meet trouble half way biti prezgodaj zaskrbljen, prezgodaj se razburjati
to meet s.o.'s wishes izpolniti komu želje
to meet with doživeti, naleteti na kaj, ameriško strinjati se
he met with an accident ponesrečil se je
to meet with success uspeti
to be well met dobro se ujemati
this coat does not meet ta suknja je pretesna

meeting [mí:tiŋ] samostalnik
sestanek, snidenje, srečanje, zbor, shod, seja
šport miting, športna prireditev; stik (dveh linij itd.)

meeting of (the) minds figurativno popolno soglasje, pravno konsenz
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek

mêgla (gosta) fog; mist; (redka) haze; astronomija nebula

gosta mêgla thick mist
pas goste mêgle (nad morjem) fog-bank
zelo gosta mêgla pea-souper
zadržan zaradi mêgle (o ladji) fogbound
z dimom mešana mêgla smog
signal v gosti mêgli (železnica) fogger, fog signal, (zvočni) foghorn
umetna mêgla smoke screen
bila je gosta mêgla it was foggy
mêgla se dviga fog is rising
mêgla se spušča, pada fog is coming down
opoldne se je mêgla dvignila at noon the mist lifted
postaviti signale (petarde) zaradi goste mêgle to set fog warning signals (detonators)
videti stvari v mêgli to see things in a mist
zaviti v mêglo to mist

meglén foggy, misty; hazy; figurativno (nejasen) nebulous

megléna ideja (figurativno) a foggy idea
bilo je megléno it was foggy
imeti megléne pojme o to be (a bit) hazy about

mêja (državna, deželna) frontier, border; (ločnica) boundary (-line); (mejno področje) borders pl, confines pl; figurativno limit, (skrajni konec) extreme point; (rob) edge, verge, skirt

na mêji on the frontier
onkraj mêje beyond the frontier, (v tujini) abroad
v mêjah (česa) within the borders (ali limits) (of something)
do (neke) gotove mêje to a certain extent, to some extent, up to a point
mestne mêje city boundaries pl
starostna mêja age limit
živa mêja hedge, hedgerow, quickset hedge
določitev mêje demarcation; delimitation
kršitev mêje violation of the frontier
prestopitev mêje frontier-crossing
mêja, ki se ne sme prestopiti figurativno pogovorno deadline
prekoračiti, prestopiti mêjo to cross the frontier, (figurativno) to exceed the limit (ali permission)
postaviti mêjo, mêje to put (ali to set) bounds to, to limit
začrtati mêjo to draw a boundary
določiti mêjo to determine (ali to set, to fix) a boundary
vse ima svoje mêje there is a limit to everything, we must draw the line somewhere
ne poznati mêje (figurativno) to know no bounds
njegova hvaležnost (njegovo začudenje) ni poznala mêjá his gratitude (his surprise) knew no bounds
to presega vse mêje that passes all bounds
moje potrpljenje je skoraj doseglo svojo mêjo I have almost reached the limit of my patience
držati v mêjah to keep within bounds, to check, to restrain
tvoriti mêjo čemu to form the boundary of something

melancholy [mélənkəli]

1. samostalnik
melanholija, otožnost, potrtost

2. pridevnik
melanholičen, otožen, potrt
figurativno žalosten, boleč (a melancholy duty)

melon [mélən] samostalnik
botanika melona

water melon lubenica
sugar melon dinja
ameriško, sleng to cut a melon razdeliti dobiček

memorandum [memərǽndəm] samostalnik (množina memorandumda, memorandumdums)
zapisek, zaznamek
ekonomija, pravno dogovor, pogodbena listina
ekonomija račun, komisijski zapisek
pravno kratek zapis (dogovorjenih točk)
politika memorandum, spomenica

to make a memorandum of s.th. zapisati kaj
memorandum of association dogovor o ustanovitvi družbe
ekonomija to send on a memorandum dati v komisijo, poslati na ogled

memory [méməri] samostalnik
spomin, sloves (posmrtni)

from (ali by) memory po spominu
in memory of v spomin na
to the best of my memory v kolikor se spomnim
to call to memory poklicati komu v spomin, spomniti se
to commit to memory vtisniti si v spomin
to escape one's memory pozabiti
to have a good (weak) memory imeti dober (slab) spomin
to retain a clear memory of ohraniti v dobrem spominu
if my memory serves me (right) če se prav spomnim
before (ali beyond) memory pred davnim časom
within living memory v spominu sedaj živečih
within the memory of men od pamtiveka
retentive (ali tenacious) memory dober spomin
tehnično memory store skladišče informacij (v stroju, ki obdeluje podatke)

meníca bill (of exchange); draft

dolgoročna meníca long-dated bill, long paper
kratkoročna meníca short-dated bill, short paper
dolg na meníco bill debt
nekrita meníca uncovered bill
zapadla meníca matured bill
pred rokom plačana meníca anticipated bill of exchange
ponareditev (ponareditelj) meníce forgery (forger) of a bill
ponarediti meníco to forge (ali to counterfeit) a bill
izstaviti meníco to draw a bill
podaljšati meníco to renew a bill
podpisati meníco to sign a bill
plačati meníco to honour (ali to answer, to take up) a bill
sprejeti, akceptirati meníco to accept a bill
neplačane meníce bills pl of abeyance

meníčen (of a) bill

meníčna banka discount bank
meníčni porok guarantor of a bill
meníčno poroštvo, jamstvo security given by a bill
meníčni posrednik discountbroker
meníčni rok days pl of grace
meníčno pravo laws pl on bills of exchange
meníčni formular draft form
meníčni zahtevek claim based upon a bill of exchange

méniti to mean; to think; to opine; to be of opinion; to believe

jaz menim drugače I think otherwise, I don't agree, I beg to differ
kaj menite, bi pili skodelico čaja? what do you say to a cup of tea?
méniti se (pogovarjati se) to talk (z with), to converse (with someone on some topic)
méniti se za kaj to give (ali to pay) heed to, to heed something, to care about something
ne menite se za to! don't bother, don't trouble (yourself) about it!
ne se méniti za kaj to take no notice of something, to show no interest in something
ne menim se za govorice ljudi I don't bother (ali mind) what people say
ne se méniti za nevarnost to disregard (ali to ignore) danger

mensa [ménsə] samostalnik
latinsko miza

pravno divorce a mensa et thoro ločitev od miz in postelje

méra measure; (velikost) size; (obsežnost) extent, dimension

normalna méra standard; gauge; (stopnja) degree; (merjenje) measurement; (razmerje) rate, scale, index; (zmernost) moderation, temperance; (verz) metre, measure; glasba bar, time; (ukrep) measure, step
mére in uteži measures and weights pl
dobra (slaba) méra full (short) measure
dolžinska méra linear (ali long) measure
ploščinska méra square (ali superficial) measure
prostorninska méra cubic measure
votla méra measure of capacity
največja skupna méra matematika greatest common measure
obrestna méra rate of interest
zvrhana méra heaped up (ali strike, struck-) measure
do neke mére to a certain degree, in some measure; to a certain extent, to some extent
v obilni méri amply, richly
v veliki méri to a high degree, to a great (ali large) extent; largely, higly
prek mére beyond measure, beyond all bounds
v neki méri in a measure
čez vse mére exceedingly, excessively, immoderately, out of all measure
v isti méri kot... in the same measure as...
v enaki méri alike
napravljen po méri made to measure
obleka po méri bespoke suit, ZDA custom suit
po méri narejena oblačila clothes pl made to measure, ZDA custom clothes pl
enota mére unit of measure
krojač, ki dela po méri bespoke tailor
dati dobro méro to give good measure
držati se mére to be moderate, to observe due moderation
napraviti vse potrebne mére (ukrepe) to take all the necessary steps
podvzeti (lotiti se) primerne mére (ukrepe) to take appropriate action
podvzeti temeljite, dalekosežne mére to take sweeping measures
podvzeti vse potrebne previdnostne mére to take all due precautions
on ne pozna mére he knows no bounds
to presega vse mére that goes beyond all bounds
prekoračiti méro (figurativno) to overstep the mark, to go too far
napraviti méro polno (figurativno) to fill the cup to the brim
do kolikšne mére mu moremo zaupati? how far can he be trusted?
vzeti komu méro za kaj to take someone's measurements for something
vzeli so mi méro za plašč (za obleko) I have been measured for a coat (for a suit)