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mark¹ [ma:k] samostalnik
znak, znamenje; madež, brazgotina, praska, zareza; odtis, žig
britanska angleščina red, ocena (šolska)
ekonomija varstvena (tovarniška) znamka; cilj, tarča
figurativno standard, raven, norma, ugled; znak, križ (nepismenega človeka)
vojska tip, model
šport startno mesto (tek), mesto za kazenski strel (nogomet), sredina želodca (boks)
zgodovina marka, mejno ozemlje

ear mark razpoznavni znak na ušesu, figurativno razpoznavni znak
distinctive mark razpoznavni znak
a mark V tank tank tipa V
mark moot občinski zbor, shod
below the mark pod običajno ravnijo, nezadovoljiv, bolan
beside the mark mimo tarče, figurativno netočen, nepravilen, zgrešen, irelevanten
ameriško, sleng easy mark lahkovernež
šport to get off the mark startati
to hit the mark zadeti, uspeti
to leave one's mark pustiti sled
a man of mark ugleden človek
to make one's mark upon (ali with) uspeti, uveljaviti se pri
to make a mark in the calender zaznamovati dan v koledarju
sleng not my mark ni po mojem okusu, mi ne odgovarja
to miss the mark zgrešiti, ne uspeti
bad marks slabo spričevalo (v šoli)
to obtain full marks dobiti dobre ocene
off the mark čisto napačen, zgrešen
you are quite off the mark zelo se motite
to overshoot the mark ustreliti preko tarče; iti predaleč, gnati predaleč
straight off the mark takoj
(god) save the mark bog pomagaj če povem (opravičilo preden se pove kaj neprijetnega)
ekonomija trade mark varstvena (tovarniška) znamka
to toe the mark storiti svojo dolžnost
up to the mark na običajni ravni, zadovoljiv, dobrega zdravja
wide of the mark daleč mimo, figurativno zelo zgrešen
within the mark v dovoljenih mejah, upravičen
mark of mouth znak starosti (po konjevih zobeh)
marks of punctuation ločila
question mark vprašaj

market¹ [má:kit] samostalnik
trg, tržnica, tržišče; trgovina, trgovanje; povpraševanje (for)
denarni trg; tržna cena
ameriško trgovina z živili

the market borzni posredniki
at the market po tržni ceni
at the top of the market po najvišji tržni ceni
black market črna borza
the corn market žitni trg
money market denarni trg
covered market pokrita tržnica
in the market na trgu
active (ali lively) market živahen trg
dull market mrtev trg
the market is low (rising) tržne cene so nizke (se dvigajo)
to be in the market for potrebovati kaj, iskati, želeti kupiti ali imeti
to be on (ali in) the market biti naprodaj
to come into the market priti na trg, biti naprodaj
to boom (ali rig) the market dvigniti kurz
to find a market iti v prodajo
the market fell cene so padle
the market is all givers na trgu so samo prodajalci
to hold the market obvladati trg, obdržati cene
a market for leather povpraševanje po usnju
to make a market špekulativno dvigniti povpraševanje (po delnicah)
to make a good market of okoristiti se s čim
to meet with a ready market hitro prodati
to place (ali put) on the market postaviti na trg, dati naprodaj
to play the market špekulirati (na borzi)
figurativno to bring one's eggs (ali hogs) to a bad (ali the wrong) market ušteti se

marketing [má:kitiŋ] samostalnik
kupovanje in prodajanje na trgu
ekonomija tržništvo, celotni tržni mehanizem

to go marketing iti na trg
to do one's marketing nakupovati
marketing research raziskovanje tržišča

marrowbone [mǽrouboun] samostalnik
mozgova kost
množina, šaljivo kolena

to fall down on one's marrowbones pasti na kolena
to get down on one's marrowbones upogniti kolena, poklekniti
to go by marrowbone stage; ali to ride in the marrowbone coach iti peš

máslo (surovo) butter

sveže, presno máslo fresh butter, ZDA sweet butter
slano máslo salted butter
máslo za kuho cooking butter
stopljeno máslo melted butter
umetno máslo margarine, arhaično butterine
žaltavo, žarko máslo rancid butter
kalup za máslo butter-print
kepica, reženjček másla pat of butter
kruh z máslom bread and butter
delati máslo to churn butter
zabeliti z máslom to butter, to flavour with butter, to add butter
namazati z máslom to spread butter on
to je njegovo máslo (figurativno) he has a finger in the pie, he as a hand in it
iti kot po máslu (figurativno) to run smoothly, to go swimmingly, to go like clockwork
stvari gredo kot po máslu things are going swimmingly (ali like clockwork)
to nam gre kot po máslu (figurativno) pogovorno we're getting on like a house on fire
gre kot po máslu! it's going on swimmingly (ali like a house on fire)
vse je šlo kot po máslu (figurativno) it was all plain sailing, it was a piece of cake (ali pogovorno a pushover, žargon a doddle)

máša mass; (protestantska) (divine) service

črna máša mass for the dead
jutranja, zgodnja máša early mass
tiha máša low mass
navadna máša plain mass
péta, slovesna máša high mass
vélika máša full service
máša zadušnica requiem (mass)
máša polnočnica midnight mass (on Christmas Eve)
nova máša priest's first mass after ordination
otvoritvena šolska máša mass for the beginning of the school year
brati mášo to celebrate (ali to say) mass
iti k máši to go to mass
prisostvovati máši, biti pri máši to hear mass
šiba novo mášo pôje spare the rod and spoil the child

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

meat [mi:t] samostalnik
meso (hrana)
arhaično hrana, obed
sleng slast, užitek
figurativno substanca, vsebina

meat and drink hrana in pijača
to be meat and drink to s.o. biti v veliko zadovoljstvo, iti v slast
meats mesnine
cold meat hladna plošča
meat tea hladna večerja s čajem
green meat zelenjava
before meat pred jedjo
after meat po jedi
as full as an egg is of meat res poln
a thing full of meat zelo duhovita stvar
to make (cold) meat of e.o. umoriti koga
one man's meat is another man's poison ni vse za vsakega
that meat is for your master tega je škoda zate
meat packing plant industrijska klavnica

méd -ú honey

gozdni, divji méd, -ú wild honey
turški méd, -ú Turkish delight
méd, -ú v satovju honey in the comb
tekoč méd, -ú liquid honey, pure honey
trcan méd, -ú strained honey
sladek kot méd, -ú sweet as honey, honey-sweet
méd, -ú in mleko milk and honey
iti, prodajati se za méd, -ú (figurativno) to sell like hot cakes
to gre za méd, -ú (figurativno) it's going like hot cakes
nabirati méd, -ú to gather honey
dežela, kjer se cedita méd, -ú in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey

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

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

ménza mess; canteen; restaurant

častniška (podčastniška) ménza officers' (sergeants') mess
študentovska ménza students' refectory (canteen, restaurant)
iti v ménzo to go to mess
jesti v ménzi to mess

merit¹ [mérit] samostalnik
zasluga, vrednost, odlika, prednost, dobra stran

pravno the merits bistvo, glavne točke (zadeve)
pravno to decide a case on its merits upoštevati vse argumente za in proti
the merits and demerits of a case dobre in slabe stvari zadeve
pravno to inquire into the merits of a case temeljito zadevo preučiti, iti stvari do dna
on its own merits samo na sebi, v bistvu
without merit brez vrednosti, prazen, brez vsebine, neveljaven
to make a merit of šteti si v zaslugo
a man of merit zaslužen človek
to reward s.o. according to his merits nagraditi koga po njegovih zaslugah, dati komu kar mu gre
ekonomija merit pay plačilo po učinku
ekonomija, politika merit system sistem nastavitve in napredovanja na temelju sposobnosti

mess¹ [mes] samostalnik
jed, obrok (jedi); krma, klaja
vojska, navtika obednica in dnevni prostor, menza, stalno omizje pri jedi, menaža
slabšalno godlja, ričet; nered, nesnaga, umazanija, svinjarija, zmešnjava
figurativno kaša zadrega, stiska

vojska, navtika at mess pri mizi, pri obedu
to go to mess iti k obedu, v menzo
officers' mess oficirska menza
in a mess v neredu, umazan; figurativno v kaši
to clear up the mess urediti stvari
to get into a mess skuhati si lepo kašo
figurativno to make a mess of pokvariti, skaziti
you made a nice mess of it lepo kašo si skuhal
he was a mess strašno je izgledal; figurativno bil je zelo zanemarjen
a pretty mess! lepa reč!
to sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage žrtvovati kaj boljšega za materialno korist

mésto¹ town; (veliko, VB) city, ZDA (že od 8.000 prebivalcev naprej) city; (kraj) locality, place; (v knjigi) passage; (služba) place, employment, post, (služabniško) situation; spot; stand, point

na méstu (takoj) on the spot, straight (ali right) away
v méstu in town
iz mésta from town
na samem méstu (kraju) pravo on the premises
na mojem méstu in my place
prav na tem méstu in this very place
na prvem méstu in the first place, first and foremost
častno mésto place of honour
glavno mésto capital, metropolis
podeželsko mésto country town
večno mésto the Holy City, Rome
industrijsko mésto manufacturing town
prazno mésto (služba) vacancy
dolnje mésto lower town (ali ZDA downtown)
gornje mésto upper (ali high) town
komandant mésta town major
zrasel v méstu townbred
sva iz istega mésta we are from the same place
ni na méstu (govoriti)... it is inappropriate (to speak)...
tu ni mést, da (bi govoril)... this is not the proper place (to speak)...
opazka ni bila na méstu (umestna) the remark was uncalled for
biti v méstu to be in town
ko bi jaz bil na tvojem méstu if I were in your place (ali position, figurativno shoes), if I were you
ne bi hotel biti na tvojem méstu I wouldn't like to he in your skin
vse mésto govori o tem it is the talk of the town, the whole town's talking about it
iti v mésto to go to (oziroma into) town
ne se ganiti z mésta not to stir
stopati na méstu to mark time
pojdite vsak na svoje mésto! go to your respective places!
potegovati se za kako mésto to apply for a post
postaviti koga na odgovorno mésto to place someone in a responsible position
vlak, ki vozi iz mésta (v mesto, v London) down train (up train)
vznemiriti mésto z velikim hrupom, razgrajanjem to paint the town red

mill¹ [mil] samostalnik
mlin; tovarna, predilnica
zaničevalno "fabriciranje" (diplom)
sleng pretep

coffee mill kavni mlinček
cotton mill bombažna predilnica
paper mill papirnica (tovarna)
saw mill žaga (podjetje)
sugar mill sladkorna tovarna
wind-mill mlin na veter
spinning mill predilnica
the mills of God grind slowly božji mlini meljejo počasi
to draw water to one's mill napeljati vodo na svoj mlin
figurativno that is grist to his mill to je voda na njegov mlin
figurativno to go through the mill iti skozi trdo šolo, mnogo preživeti
figurativno to put s.o. through the mill komu kri puščati, preizkusiti koga
to have been through the mill mnogo pretrpeti

mímo by; past; passing; over; (= razen) beside

mímo mene (proti moji volji) against my will, (brez mene) without me, (brez moje privolitve) without my consent
iti mímo to pass by
šel je tu mímo he passed by here
šla je mímo cerkve she went past the church
peljati se mímo to drive past
vsi mímo (= razen mene) all (ali everyone) except me, all but me, all but I

mind¹ [máind] samostalnik
spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

the human mind človekov duh
history of the mind idejna zgodovina
things of the mind duhovne stvari
his is a fine mind je pametna glava
one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
absence of mind raztresenost
presence of mind prisotnost duha
to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
to change one's mind premisliti se
the mind's eye vizija
in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
to come to mind priti na misel
to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
to lose one's mind znoreti
to make up one's mind odločiti se
to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
out of one's (right) mind nor
to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
to slip one's mind pozabiti
to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca

molčé tacitly, in silence; without saying anything, without mentioning anything

molčé iti preko, preiti to pass over in silence

mórje sea, (svetovno) ocean; pesniško billow

ob mórju by the sea
na mórju at sea; at the seaside, on the seashore
na odprtem mórju on the open sea, on the high seas
onstran mórja beyond the sea
prek mórja overseas, oversea
odprto mórje high sea, open sea, pesniško main
Črno (Rdeče, Mrtvo) mórje the Black (the Red, the Dead) Sea
Kaspijsko mórje the Caspian Sea, the Caspian
Jadransko mórje the Adriatic Sea, the Adriatic
Severno mórje the North Sea
Sredozemsko mórje the Mediterranean, pogovorno the Med
Tiho mórje the pacific, the Pacific Ocean
kipenje mórja surf (of the sea)
mirovanje mórja calm (ali calmness) of the sea
bitka na mórju naval battle
nagrbančeno, nagubano mórje choppy sea
razburkano mórje a heavy sea, a rough sea, an angry sea
mórje krví (figurativno) seas pl of blood
mórje oblakov a sea of clouds
mórje težav a sea of troubles
vožnja po mórju naviagation, seafaring, voyage
iti na mórje to go to the seaside, to go to the sea
peljati se čez mórje to cross the sea
biti na mórju to be at the seaside, to be by the sea
potovati po mórju to voyage
potovati po mórju in po kopnem to travel by land and sea
mórje je razburkano the sea is running high, there is a heavy swell
pasti v mórje (s krova) to fall overboard
vreči v mórje (z ladje) to throw overboard
to je kaplja v mórje (figurativno) it's a drop in the bucket
mórje obliva obalo the sea washes the coast
navadil sem se na mórje I have got used to the sea
posvetiti se mórju (postati mornar) to go to sea, to follow the sea, to decide on a sailor's life (ali humoristično a life on the ocean wave)
vsa družina je na mórju all the family are at the seaside
kapljica v mórje (figurativno) a drop in the ocean