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road¹ [róud]

1. samostalnik
cesta, pot
navtika sidrišče (zunaj luke)
ameriško, železnica železniška proga, tir, tračnice; potovanje

any road pogovorno vsekakor
by road po cesti
in the road napoti
on the road na potovanju, na poti, na turneji
road construction gradnja cest
road safety regulations množina cestni prometni predpisi
high road, main road glavna cesta
private road zasebna pot
rule of the road cestni prometni predpis(i); predpis za vožnjo (po cesti, po morju)
royal road figurativno varna pot, lahka pot
there is no royal road to success pot do uspeha ni lahka
the road is made železnica kretnice so postavljene
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to be in s.o.'s road biti komu napoti
he is on the road to fame postal bo slaven
to get into s.o.'s road delati komu napoto
to get out of the road iti (komu) s poti, napraviti (komu) prosto pot
to give on the road pustiti iti mimo, umakniti se
to go on the roads potovati po trgovskih poslih
to leave the road navtika izpluti s sidrišča
to take the road kreniti, iti ali odpraviti se na pot, napotiti se, odpotovati
to take to the road britanska angleščina, arhaično postati cestni ropar (razbojnik)

2. pridevnik
cestni

road bend (curve) cestni ovinek (vijuga, zavoj)
road junction cestno vozlišče, križišče
road map karta cest
road sign cestni (prometni) znak

scarlet [ská:lit]

1. samostalnik
škrlat; škrlatna tkanina

2. pridevnik
škrlaten; rdeč
figurativno vlačugarski

scarlet admiral rdeči admiral (metulj)
scarlet fever škrlatinka; sleng, arhaično navdušenje za vojaško službo (v rdečih suknjičih)
scarlet hat kardinalski klobuk (čast)
scarlet rash medicina osepnice
scarlet runner botanika rdeči fižol
the scarlet woman, the scarlet whore Biblija nečistnica, razvratnica, figurativno (papeški) Rim, rimska Cerkev
to turn (to flush) scarlet postati rdeč kot paprika (kot kuhan rak)

véčen eternal; everlasting; perpetual; never-ending; permanent; endless; ceaseless, incessant

za véčno in (ali to, for) perpetuity, for ever and ever
véčno mesto (Rim) the Eternal City
véčni Žid the Wandering Jew
véčni sneg perpetual snow
véčno življenje eternal life, life everlasting
Večni Oče religija the Eternal (Father)
njegove véčne (neprestane) šale his everlasting jokes
véčno prislov eternally, endlessly, perpetually, everlastingly, incessantly, ceaselessly
za véčno for ever

vodíti (iti prvi) to lead, to go first; to lead the way; to take the lead; to conduct; (upravljati) to manage, to direct, to be the manager; to control; to boss; to run; (ladjo) to pilot, to steer

vodíti v modi to set the fashion
vodíti ples to lead the dance
vodil nas je skozi pravi labirint ulic he guided us through an absolute labyrinth of streets
pes je vodil slepca the dog was leading the blind man
pustí se vodíti od žene he lets his wife manage him
vodíti s 3 goli šport to lead by 3 goals
človeka često vodijo njegove strasti a man is often swayed by his passions
vodíti koga za nos (figurativno) to lead someone up the garden path, to pull someone's leg
vodíti psa na vrvici to lead a dog on the leash
vodíti razpašno življenje to lead a life of debauchery
vodíti v skušnjavo to lead into temptation
vodíti vojno z... to make war on..., to wage war with...
cesta vodi v X. the road leads to X.
vodíti pogajanja to be in negotiation
vodíti v teku (preteči druge) to get ahead of, to outstrip
kdo vodi (v teku, šport) who is ahead?
vodíti posle to manage, to run a business
on vodi vse (pogovorno) he runs the whole show
kam to vodi? what are we coming to?
to ne vodi nikamor that gets us nowhere
to lahko daleč vodi that could take us a long way
vodíti knjige ekonomija to keep the books
vodíti sestanek (sejo, zborovanje) to be in the chair, to (take the) chair, to preside over a meeting
kdo je vodil sestanek? who presided over the meeting?, who was in the chair?
dejavnosti, zadeve to conduct activities, affairs
vodíti družbene odnose to manage a society's affairs
vsa pota vodijo v Rim all roads lead to Rome

woman¹ množina women [wúmən, wímin]

1. samostalnik
ženska, žena; ženski spol (ženske); ljubica; metresa; soproga, žena; sobarica, postrežnica; ženska čud (narava), ženska čustva; moški z ženskimi lastnostmi, "baba"

the woman figurativno ženska, tipično žensko
woman's man ženskar
woman's reason ženska logika
woman of the world svetska, svetovnjaška ženska; izkušena ženska
woman of all works ženska (deklè) za vsa dela
born of woman od ženske rojen (umrljiv)
woman's wit ženska intuicija
the scarlet woman figurativno poganski Rim, papeški Rim; posvetni duh
single woman samostojna ženska; (stara) devica
an old woman starka
it's the woman in her to je žensko(st) v njej (kar je ženskega v njej)
there's a woman in it za tem tiči (kaka) ženska, tu ima ženska prste vmes
to make an honest woman of vzeti (zapeljano dekle) za ženo
to play the woman biti rahločuten ali plah (boječ), pokazati strah (bojazen), jokati, cmeriti se
there is too much of the woman in him preveč je ženskega v njem

2. pridevnik
ženski

woman artist umetnica
woman friend prijateljica
woman doctor zdravnica
woman student študentka
woman suffrage ženska volilna pravica
woman hater sovražnik žensk
woman servant služkinja