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measure¹ [méžə] samostalnik
mera, merilo (tudi figurativno)
stopnja, obseg; del, delež; razmerje, meja
poetično metrum, pesniška mera
glasba takt, ritem
arhaično ples
kemija menzura, stopnja
geologija, množina sloji, ležišča
pravno ukrep

cubic measure prostorninska mera
lineal (ali long) measure dolžinska mera
square (ali superficial) measure ploskovna mera
measure of capacity votla mera
unit of measure merska enota
matematika greatest common measure (G.C.M.) največja skupna mera
beyond (ali out of all) measure prekomeren, čez mero
in a great measure v veliki meri
to have s.o.'s measure oceniti značaj koga
to take s.o.'s measure vzeti komu mero, umeriti; figurativno oceniti značaj koga
to have hard measures biti vtežkih okoliščinah
he is our measure takega človeka potrebujemo
man is the measure of all things človek je merilo za vse
(made) to measure po meri (narejen)
in some (ali in a certain) measure vneki meri
to set measures to omejiti
short (full) measure slaba (dobra) mera
for good measure povrh
to take measures podvzeti korake, ukreniti kaj
without measure neizmeren
the measure of my days trajanje mojega življenja
2 is a measure of 4 2 je deljenec od 4
arhaično to tread a measure plesati

medicine¹ [méd(i)sin] samostalnik
zdravilo; medicina, zdravstvo; čarovnija (pri Indijancih)

forensic medicine sodna medicina
to give s.o. some of his own medicine povrniti milo za drago
to take one's medicine vzeti zdravilo; figurativno sprejeti kazen, požreti hudo pilulo
ameriško, sleng he is bad medicine je nevaren človek

merilo measure (tudi figurativno); (orodje) measuring tool; scale; ruler, criterion; standard; gauge; (trak) tape measure, tape

človek je merilo za vse man is the measure for all things
po merilih on the basis of criteria
skupna merila common criteria, common scale

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

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

mísliti to think (na of, o about); to believe; (premišljevati) to cogitate (o upon) to reflect (o upon), to meditate

logično mísliti to reason (o about, on); (natančno, skrbno pretehtati) to deliberate; (meniti, domnevati) to mean, to suppose; ZDA to guess, to reckon; (biti mnenja) to be of the opinion; (predstavljati si) to imagine, to fancy, to conceive, to envisage, to realize; (upoštevati) to consider, to contemplate; (nameravati) to intend, ZDA to figure
mislim da I think so, I suppose so, I should think so
mislim da ne I don't think so
mislim, da imate prav I dare say you are right
ne morem si mísliti, da... I cannot imagine that...
na to ni mísliti it's not to be thought of; that is out of the question
to mi da mísliti this sets me thinking, this gives me food for thought, this makes me ponder
kaj misliš o tem? what is your opinion about it?, what's your idea?
povem, kar mislim I speak my mind
mislim si svoje I have my own idea (ali ideas)
mislili bomo na to we shall think of it, we shall not forget it
na kaj (na koga) misliš? what (whom) are you thinking of?
ni mísliti, da... it is not to be supposed that...
ona dobro misli (hoče, namerava) she means well, her intentions are good
ne misli več na to! don't give it another thought!, forget about it!
oni dobro mislijo o tebi they think well of you, they have a good opinion of you
nemogoče si je mísliti, da... it is unthinkable that...
kaj misliš storiti? what do you intend to do?
kaj pa misliš! what are you thinking of?
misli name! remember me!
to sem si mislil I thought so, I thought as much
tega si ne bi mislil od tebe I wouldn't have expected that from you, I am surprised at you
mísliti pri sebi to think to oneself
to si lahko mislim I can well imagine (that)
on misli le nase he only thinks of himself (ali pogovorno number one)
človek bi mislil, da... anyone (ali one) would think that...
mislim, da ne bo prišel I do not think he will come
jaz mislim drugače I don't agree, I beg to differ
kdo pa mislite, da sem jaz? who (ali arhaično whom) do you take me for?
mislite si, kar hočete! you may think what you like!
kdo bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
o njem mislijo, da je bogat he is thought (ali supposed) to be rich
takó se splošno misli that is the current opinion
mislim, da je stara 30 let I imagine (ali I guess) she is (ali must be) thirty
mísliti s svojo glavo to do some indepenedent thinking
še v sanjah ne mislim nothing is further from my mind
javnost misli the public feeling is...
ne mislim nič hudega I mean no harm
menda ne misliš, da... you don't suppose that...?
ne bi si bil mislil, da so tako pošteni I would not have credited them with so much honesty
tega ne misliš zares (resno)? you don't mean it?, surely you can't be serious?
mislimo vse najbolje o tvojem prijatelju we hold your friend in the highest esteem
ona misli le na svojo zabavo she thinks of nothing but her own pleasure
takó jaz ne mislim that's not my way of thinking
glasno mísliti to think aloud, to think out loud

mixer [míks:] samostalnik
mešalec, mešalnica

pogovorno a good mixer družaben človek; človek, ki se dobro znajde v družbi

mood² [mu:d] samostalnik
razpoloženje, čud
množina muhavost
fotografija razpoloženjska slika

he is a man of moods je muhast človek
in the mood for razpoložen za kaj
in no mood for nerazpoložen za kaj
in a good mood dobre volje
mood music razpoloženjska glasba

mother¹ [mʌ́ðə] samostalnik
mati; mati prednica (v samostanu)
arhaično, medicina histerija

artiflcial mother inkubator
mother earth mati zemlja
pogovorno to kiss mother earth pasti
Mother's Day materinski dan
every mother's son vsak človek
mother country domovina
necessity is the mother of invention sila kola lomi
zoologija Mother Carey's chicken viharnica (ptica)
Mother Hubbard široka, ohlapna ženska obleka
kemija mother liquor (ali liquid) lužna usedlina
mother lode glavna rudna žila
botanika mother of thousands vrsta divjega lanu

možàt manly; manful; virile; courageous; masculine

možàt človek a he-man

načêlen based on principles; principled; fundamental

načêlen človek a man of principle
načêlno vprašanje a question of principle
načêlno prislov on principle; fundamentally

načítan well-read, widely read; of vast reading; erudite

zelo načítan človek a man of vast (ali extensive) reading
ona je zelo načítana she is well-read

naredíti to do; (izdelati) to make, to manufacture; (izvršiti) to carry out, to perform, to execute; (dovršiti) to bring to an end, to complete

kaj naredíti? what is to be done?
ne vem kaj naredíti (figurativno) I am all at sea
kaj naj človek naredi? what is one to do?
prav vse (možno) naredíti to leave no stone unturned
nerad kaj naredíti to do something with a bad grace
površno, slabo naredíti to bungle
naredíti čemu konec to put an end to something
naredíti napako to make a mistake (ali a blunder)
naredíti komu uslugo to do someone a service (ali a favour)
naredíti komu slabo uslugo to do someone a bad turn, to do someone a disservice
rad kaj naredíti to do something willingly, to do something with a good grace
to bi se dalo naredíti that could be done
naredíti se nevednega to pretend not to know, to act as if one did not know
naredil sem se gluhega I pretended to be deaf
naredíti se bolnega to feign illness, to malinger
naredil sem (se), kot da sem jezen I pretended to be angry

natánčen exact; accurate; precise; punctilious; particular (za, v on, about, in)

natánčen človek a meticulous person
ne bodi tako natánčen! don't be so particular!

navzóč navzóčen present

povsod navzóč, navzóčen ubiquitous
med navzóč, navzóčenimi among those present
biti navzóč, navzóčen pri to be present at, to attend, to be in attendance at
nisem bil navzóč, navzóčen pri seji I was not present at (ali I did not attend) the meeting
človek ne more biti povsod navzóč, navzóčen one cannot be everywhere at the same time
vsi navzóč, navzóčeni so to videli all those present saw it
zapisati, zabeležiti imena navzóč, navzóčenih to take down the names of those present
seznam navzóč, navzóčenih attendance list, attendance sheet
ugotoviti število navzóč, navzóčenih to report the attendance, (pogovorno) to count noses, to count the house
navzóč, navzóčeni so izvzeti present company excepted

neandertálski Neanderthal

neandertálski človek (pleme) Neanderthal man (race)

necessity [nisésiti] samostalnik
potreba, sila, nuja
(tudi množina) pomanjkanje

to bow to necessity ukloniti se sili
necessity knows no laws sila kola lomi
to make a virtue of necessity napraviti od nuje vrlino; hvaliti se s čim, kar smo morali storiti
necessity is the mother of invention v sili je človek iznajdljiv
of necessity nujno, neizbežno
under the necessity (of doing s.th.) prisiljen (kaj narediti)

neizkúšen inexperienced, unexperienced; inexpert; (nevešč) unskilled, untrained; (neuveden) uninitiated, unversed

neizkúšen človek a new hand, a greenhorn

nepísmen illiterate; unlettered; unschooled, unlearned, untaught; ignorant

nepísmen človek illiterate

nepomémben insignificant; unimportant; trivial

on je čisto nepomémben človek he ss a mere cipher
nepomémbna izguba a trivial loss