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metáti to throw; (kovanec, žogo) to toss; to pitch, to fling; to hurl; (s fračo) to sling

metáti kamenje na koga to throw stones at someone
metáti novec v zrak to toss a coin
metáti komu pesek v oči (figurativno) to throw dust in someone's eyes
metáti luč na kaj to throw light on something
metáti kopje šport to throw the javelin
stran metáti to throw aside, to toss away
metáti se (preskušati moč) to wrestle
metáti se komu v naročje to fling oneself into someone's arms

métla broom; besom

jahanje čarovnic na métli riding on a broomstick
nova métla dobro pometa a new broom (ali besom) sweeps clean, new brooms sweep well

metóda method; form of procedure; system; manner

ta knjiga je napisana brez metóde this is a disjointed book
vsak ima svojo metódo every one has his own way of doing things
uporabiti novo metódo to apply (ali to adopt) a new method

mettle [metl] samostalnik
pogum, vnema; kov, čud

a man of mettle človek dobrega kova
a horse of mettle isker konj
to be on one's mettle dati vse od sebe, izkazati se
to put s.o. on his mettle spodbuditi koga, da se izkaže
to try s.o.'s mettle preizkusiti koga

mèv

rekel ni ne bev ne mèv he kept mum, he was tongue-tied, žargon he didn't say a dicky bird; you couldn't get a word out of him

mézda wage (s pl), pay

minimalna mézda minimum wage, living wage
osnovna mézda basic wage
visoke (nizke) mézde high (low) wages
povišanje mézd wage rise, wage increase
znižanje mézd wage cuts pl wage reductions pl
zamrznitev mézd wage freeze
delavec, ki dela za bedno mézdo wage slave
dobivati dobro mézdo to get good wages
mézde so bile povišane wages have gone up, there has been a pay rise

mezínec little finger

to imam v mezíncu (figurativno) I have it at my fingertips
z mezíncem ne migniti (figurativno) not to lift a finger
oviti si koga okoli mezínca (figurativno) to twist (ali to wind, to wrap) someone round one's little finger

mickle [mikl] pridevnik & samostalnik
arhaično & škotsko velik; množina

many a little (ali pickle) makes a mickle iz malega zraste veliko

middle-bracket [mídlbrækit] pridevnik
s srednjim dohodkom

a middle-bracket income srednji dohodek

mien [mi:n] samostalnik
dobesedno obraz, lice, izraz v obličju, drža, vedenje

a man of haughty mien ošabnež
noble mien plemenito vedenje

mighty¹ [máiti] pridevnik
močen, silen, mogočen
pogovorno velikanski, čudovit

bigh and mighty domišljav
a mighty swell velika živina
mighty works čudeži

migljáj hint; nod; sign; (namig) tip; suggestion; (z očmi) wink

dati migljáj to drop a hint, to give a hint
migljáj s kolom a broad hint
razumeti migljáj to take a hint

mígniti

kot bi mignil (= v hipu) before you could say "knife" (ali "Jack Robinson"); in a jiffy
s prstom, z mezincem ne mígniti not to stir a finger, not to lift a finger

míkati (vabiti) to attract, to tempt, to allure, to entice; to charm; (volno) to hackle

zelo me mika, da... I have a good (ali great) mind to...
njegov predlog me nič ne mika his proposal does not tempt me

míl (značaj) gentle, sweet; (podnebje) soft, mild, balmy, bland, temperate, genial; (ljubek) graceful; (obziren) benign, benignant, mild, indulgent, lenient; (zima) mild, gentle; (barva, zvok) mellow

pod mílim nebom in the open air
míla kazen a mild (ali lenient) punishment
míla klima mild climate
míl značaj mild temper
mílo povedano, rečeno to put it mildly, to say the least of it
zima je bila míla the winter was mild
drži se kot míla jera he is cutting a sorry figure
mílo soditi to judge leniently
sreča mi ni míla fortune does not favour me
vrniti mílo za drago to return tit for tat, to give as good as one got, to get one's own back, arhaično to give a Roland for an Oliver
vrnil sem mu mílo za drago I paid him back in his own coin; I served him with the same sauce

mildew¹ [míldju:] samostalnik
plesen, snet, bersa

a spot of mildew lisa od vlage (v papirju)

mile [máil] samostalnik
milja (1609 m)

nautical (ali sea) mile morska milja (1863 m)
miles easier (better, worse) mnogo lažje (boljše, slabše)
miles apart na milje oddaljen, figurativno neizmerno daleč
figurativno not to come within a mile of ne približati se niti za korak
give him an inch and he will take a mile če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
pogovorno that sticks out a mile to še slepec vidi
figurativno to miss s.th. by a mile popolnoma zgrešiti
navtika to make short miles hitro jadrati, pluti

miljé milieu; surroundings pl; sphere

miljé vpliva na človeka a man's surroundings leave their stamp on him

mill-pond [mílpɔnd] samostalnik
mlinski jez
šaljivo Atlantik

like a mill-pond; ali smooth as a mill-pond mirno (morje)

millstone [mílstoun] samostalnik
mlinski kamen, žrmelj

hard as the nether millstone trd ko kamen, neusmiljen
figurativno between upper and nether millstone med mlinskimi kamni
to have a millstone about one's neck imeti težko življenje
to see into a millstone vse spregledati, ironično slišati travo rasti
to weep millstones jokati brez solz