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frippery [frípəri] samostalnik
stara šara, navlaka, droben cenen nakit
množina ničvredne stvari
zastarelo starinarnica
figurativno našemljenost

rack⁷ [ræk]

1. samostalnik
drnec, dir; droben korak

2. neprehodni glagol
dirkati; teči v lahnem diru, v drncu

raylet [réilit] samostalnik
majhen, droben žarek; žarkec

seed-pearl [sí:dpə:l] samostalnik
droben biser

spit² [spit] samostalnik
pljuvanje; pljunek, slina; jezno pihanje (zlasti mačke); droben dež, dežek, rahlo sneženje; jajčeca nekaterih žuželk, zaplod, zapljunek, ličinka
figurativno kratka oddaljenost
pogovorno natančna podoba

spit and polish temeljito čiščenje in loščenje
a spit away malo proč (stran)
he is the dead spit of you podoben ti je kot jajce jajcu
he is the very spit of his father prav tak je kot njegov oče; izrezan oče je

sprat [spræt]

1. samostalnik
zoologija sprat (vrsta slanika)
kolektivno sprati
hudomušno droben otrok
sleng kovanec za 6 penijev

to throw a sprat to catch a herring (mackerel, whale) figurativno vložiti malo, da bi dobili mnogo; ponuditi nekaj malega v upanju, da bomo za to dobili nekaj velikega; z majhnimi stroški mnogo dobiti

2. neprehodni glagol
loviti sprate

stiver [stáivə] samostalnik
droben holandski kovanec
figurativno (počen) groš, para; malenkost

not a stiver niti groša (pare), nič
he has not a stiver nima prebite pare
I don't care a stiver mi je popolnoma vseeno, se požvižgam

dèž rain

močan, hud dèž heavy rain, pelting rain; (ploha) shower, downpour
silen dèž torrential rain
droben dèž drizzle, mizzle
dèž granat, udarcev a rain of shells, of blows
dèž pepela a rain of ashes
množina dèž ja rainfall
dèž gre, pada it rains, it is raining
dèž lije it is pouring with rain (ali pouring down)
dèž lije kot iz škafa it is raining cats and dogs, it is bucketing down
kar naprej gre dèž it keeps raining
na dèž kaže it looks like rain, it's probably going to rain, we're in for rain
dèž se je izlil it has rained itself out
dèž je ponehal it has stopped raining
priti z dèžja pod kap (figurativno) to fall out of the frying pan into the fire, to go from bad to worse
stati v dèžju to stand in the rain
za dèžjem pride sonce after rain comes sunshine (ali comes fair weather)
ustvarjanje umetnega dèžja cloud seeding
govori kot dèž he's chattering (ali he chatters) away nineteen to the dozen

pádati to fall; to drop; (manjšati se) to decrease, to decline, to sink, to wane, to ebb; (cena) to drop, to fall, to go down

dež (toča sneg, sodra) pada it rains (it hails, it snows, it sleets)
cene padajo prices are falling (ali dropping)
delnice padajo shares are on the decline
barometer pada the barometer is falling
droben dež pada (prší) it is drizzling
megla pada fog (ali mist) comes down (ali descends)
pádati v oči (figurativno) to strike the eye
njihovo število pada their number is shrinking, they are fewer in number
zastor pada the curtain is dropping (ali falling) ➞ pasti (padem)

small¹ [smɔ:l] pridevnik
majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
narečno ozek
figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

at a small rate poceni
in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
small cattle drobnica
small drinker slab pivec
small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
small gross 10 ducatov
small hand navadne pisane črke
small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
small letters male črke
small means nezadostna sredstva
a small place majhen kraj
a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
small rain dežek, droben dež
small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
to feel small sramovati se
I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč

tire² [táiə]

1. samostalnik
narečno (pre)utrujenost

2. prehodni glagol
utruditi, utrujati, oslabiti, izčrpati
figurativno dolgočasiti

to tire to death do smrti utruditi
to tire out popolnoma utruditi (izčrpati, zdelati)
neprehodni glagol
utruditi se, onemoči, omagati, opešati
figurativno zamrzeti, naveličati se (of česa)

you must never tire of repeating it nikoli se ne smete naveličati to ponavljati
small print is tiring to the eyes droben tisk utruja (je utrudljiv za) oči

utrúditi utrújati to tire, to fatigue; to weary; to fag

utrúditi, utrújati koga to make someone tired
utrúditi, utrújati se to become tired (ali fatigued), to tire, to flag, to be tired out
do smrti utrúditi, utrújati to tire to death
popolnoma utrúditi, utrújati to tire out
droben tisk utruja oči small print is tiring to the eyes