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dókler as long as

dókler ne until, till
to mi bo v spominu, dokler bom živel I shall remember it as long as I live
nisem šel, dókler ni (on) prišel I did not go until he came
kuj železo, dókler je vroče! strike while the iron's hot; make hay while the sun shines

doktorírati to take one's doctorate (ali one's doctor's degree); to take the degree of doctor

pravkar je doktoríral he has just got his doctorate
doktoriral je iz prava na univerzi v X he gratuated from the University of X with a doctorate in law
doktoriral je iz filozofije leta 1931 he was awarded his Ph.D. (degree) in 1931

dólg debt; sum due; (zadolženost) indebtedness; (obveze) liabilities pl

brez dólga debtless, free from debt, (posestvo) unencumbered
časten dólg debt of honour
hipotekarni dólg mortgage
neizterljiv dólg, dólg, katerega plačilo je malo verjetno (žargon) bad debt
izterljiv dólg recoverable debt
viseč dólg floating debt
državni, narodni dólg national debt
biti brez dólgov, ne imeti dólgov to be out of debt
biti, izvleči se iz dólgov (figurativno) to be out of the red
delati dólgove to contract (ali to incur) debts; to get into debt
čez glavo, do vratu tičati v dólgovih to be up to one's ears (ali eyes, neck) in debt
dobiti dólg povrnjen to recover a debt
plačati dólg to honour a debt, to discharge a debt
poravnati svoje dólgove to settle one's debts
odplačati dólg to pay off a debt, to sink a debt
do zadnje pare plačati svoj dólg to pay one's debt to the last farthing
tičati (globoko) v dólgovih to be (deep) in debt
vpisati komu v dólg trgovina to debit someone, to enter a sum on the debit side
zabresti, zaiti v dólgove to run into debt, to fall into debt
kup dólgov a mountain of debts
rešiti se enega dólga, a pri tem napraviti drugega (figurativno) to rob Peter to pay Paul

dólgčas boredom; dullness; tediousness, tedium; (enoličnost) monotony

zelo mi je dólgčas I am bored, I'm bored stiff, pogovorno I'm browned-off
v mestu je dólgčas there's no life (ali pogovorno it's dead boring) in town
dólgčas mi je z njim I feel dull with him
dólgčas mi je po njem I miss him, I long to see him again
dólgčas preganjati to dispel (ali to fight off, to stave off) one's boredom; to beguile the weary hours (z branjem with reading)
umirati od dólgčasa to be bored to extinction

dolóčba provision

po dolóčbah under the provisions
ustavne dolóčbe provisions pl of the constitution; constitutional provisions pl
dolóčba v pogodbi stipulation

določíti to define; to establish; to determine; to fix

določíti za to destine, to earmark for
sredstva za to se določijo v poračunu funds for that purpose are earmarked (ali set aside) in the budget; pravo (pravila) to lay down, to provide
(z zakonom, z ustavo) by law, by the constitution

dolžnóst duty; obligation; task

po dolžnósti in duty bound
čut dolžnósti sense of duty
neprijetna dolžnóst unpleasant duty
storjen preko dolžnósti supererogatery
moja sveta dolžnóst my bounden duty
nehvaležna dolžnóst thankless duty
vršilec dolžnósti vicegerent
v dolžnóst (v d.) konzula acting consul
javiti se na dolžnóst to report for duty
izpolnitev dolžnósti carrying out one's duty
moja dolžnóst je, da grem tja it is incumbent on me to go there
opravljati svoje dolžnósti to attend to one's duties; to perform one's duties
ne opraviti svoje dolžnósti to fail in one's duty
prevzeti dolžnósti to take up one's duties
storiti svojo dolžnóst to do one's duty
to smatram za svojo dolžnóst I think it my duty
smatram za svojo dolžnóst, da (rečem)... I think it my duty to (say)..., I deem it my duty to (say)...
odvezati dolžnósti to relieve of an obligation, to release from an obligation
zanemarjati svoje dolžnósti to be slack in one's duties

domá at home; in

je on domá? is he in?, is he at home?
je Vaš oče domá? is your father in, is your father at home?
ni ga domá he is not at home, he is away, he is away from home
domá narejen (kruh) home-made (bread)
držati se domá to keep to the house
on vedno tiči domá he never goes (ali gets) out, he is a stay-at-home
on je domá iz Ljubljane he is a native of Ljubljana
domá je najlepše there's no place like home
počutiti se kot domá to feel at home
bodite kot domá! make yourself at home!
biti domá v (figurativno) to be at home in (ali with), to be familiar with
nisem domá v tem predmetu (figurativno) I am not familiar with this subject
ljubo domá, kdo ga ima east, west, home's best; pesniško be it ever so humble, there's no place like home

domačín native, aboriginal; indigene; member of a family

domačíni pl the local people, the locals; (v isti hiši) inmates pl
domačínska delovna sila native labour
zaposliti samo domačíne ZDA to indigenize

domišljíja imagination; fancy; fantasy

v domišljíji in imagination
bujna domišljíj rich imagination
čista domišljíj pure imagination
vaša bolzen je le domišljíj your illness is only imaginary
treba je imeti precej domišljíje, da to verjameš it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that

domovína native country; native land; fatherland; mother country; homeland; native soil; home

v domovíni at home
druga domovína country of adoption
hrepenenje po domovíni homesickness, nostalgia
hrepeneti po domovíni to be homesick
zapustiti domovíno to leave one's country, arhaično to expatriate oneself

done [dʌn] pretekli deležnik od do
opravljen, narejen, končan; ubit; izčrpan; kuhan, pečen
sleng opeharjen, prevaran

done! velja!
when all is (said and) done končno, na koncu koncev
done brown opeharjen
done for uničen, mrtev, ubit
this done nato
done to the wide (ali world) popolnoma poražen, v zadnjih vzdihljajih
it's not done, it's not a done thing to je nezaslišano
that's not done to se ne spodobi
done up izčrpan; obnovljen
what's done cannot be undone kar je, je
well done, done to a turn dobro pečen ali kuhan
well done! dobro!, odlično!

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

dopoldánski morning

dopoldánski pouk morning lessons pl
dopoldánski čas morning time
dopoldánska ura morning hour
v dopoldanskih urah in the morning, in the morning hours, in the forenoon

dopóldne in the morning; in the forenoon; a.m.

danes dopóldne this morning
jutri dopóldne tomorrow morning
v nedeljo dopóldne on Sunday morning

doslúh

v doslúhu within hearing
zunaj doslúha out of earshot

dospéti (priti) to arrive (v at, in), to come (v to), to get (v to); (poteči, rok) to mature, to become mature, to fall (ali to become) due, to expire

dospéti o pravem času to arrive at the right time
dospéti v zadnjem trenutku to arrive at the last moment
brž ko boste dospeli v London as soon as you arrive in London
je to pismo dospelo z jutranjo pošto? did this letter arrive by the morning post?
dospeli smo bili do Maribora we had got as far as Maribor

dostôp access; entrance; approach; admission; entry; admittance

prost dostôp open access
dostôp samó poslovno admittance only on business
dostôp dovoljen le članom only members are admitted
dostôp prepovedan! no admittance!; out of bounds!
dostôp pod kaznijo prepovedan trespassers will be prosecuted
imeti dostôp do to have access to
imeti prost dostôp v hišo kake osebe to have the run of someone's house

dote [dout] neprehodni glagol
čenčati, biti otročji

to dote on s.o. biti noro zaljubljen v koga

dotík touch; contact; (bližina) contiguity

pri dotíku at a touch
pri najrahlejšem dotíku at the slightest touch
priti v dotík z to get (ali to come) into contact with