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déjstvo fact; matter of fact

déjstvo je, da... the fact is that...
to je déjstvo, ki ga vsi poznamo it is a fact known to us all
to nič ne spremeni na déjstvu that does not alter the fact (da... that...)
postaviti koga pred gotovo déjstvo to confront someone with an accomplished fact
biti postavljen pred gotovo déjstvo to be faced with an accomplished fact
temelječ na déjstvih based on facts
ujemati se z déjstvi to fit the facts
to ni najmanj važno (= je precej, zelo važno) déjstvo this is not the least important fact
to déjstvo ni niti malo važno this fact is not in the least important

doubt² [daut] samostalnik
dvom, negotovost, pomislek, sum

no doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt brez dvoma, gotovo
to give s.o. the benefit of the doubt imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazov
not a shadow of doubt niti najmanjši sum
to make no doubt ne dvomiti, biti prepričan
to be in doubt dvomiti; sumiti

doughnut [dóunʌt] samostalnik
krof, ocvrtek

ameriško, pogovorno doughnuts to dollars popolnoma gotovo

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks

drvéti to rush; to run

drvéti z avtom v X to rush by car to X
drvéti na postajo to rush to the station
drvéti v gotovo smrt to rush to certain death
drvi v pogubo he's well on the road to ruin

dva dve two

po dva, po dve in pairs, by twos
stran dve page two
dve in pet je sedem two and five make (ali are) seven
tako gotovo, kot je dve in dve štiri as sure as eggs is eggs
to me je stalo dva funta in dva penija this cost me two pound, twopence
ura je ravnokar odbila dve the clock has just struck two
pred dvema dnevoma two days ago
ne najdeš dveh takih, kot je on! you won't find anybody to match him!
otrok še ni dve leti star the child is not two yet
iti po dva in dva (v parih) to go in pairs (ali two by two)
hoditi v gručah po dva in tri to walk in twos and threes
za prepir sta potrebna dva it takes two to make a quarrel

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

fact [fækt] samostalnik
dejstvo, resničnost, resnica; dejanje; ugotovitev

pravno before the fact pred zagrešitvijo zločina
in (point of) fact, as a matter of fact pravzaprav, po pravici povedano, dejansko
it is a positive fact to je čista resnica, čisto gotovo
facts are stubborn things proti dejstvom smo brez moči
pogovorno the facts of life resnica o spolnem življenju
taken in the fact zasačen pri samem dejanju
pravno before the fact pred izvršitvijo dejanja

fail¹ [feil]

1. neprehodni glagol
manjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči (in)
ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu

2. prehodni glagol
izneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polom

to fail to come ne priti
not to fail to do it gotovo narediti
you cannot fail to find gotovo boste našli
I fail to see ne morem razumeti
to fail in duty zanemarjati svojo dolžnost
to fail in one's word besedo snesti
my heart has failed me nisem imel dovolj poguma
his voice failed glas mu je odpovedal
to fail in business propasti, bankrotirati
the prophesy failed napoved se ni izpolnila

fail² [feil] samostalnik ➞ failure
neuspeh; napaka; nesrečnik, -nica

without fail čisto gotovo

fate [feit] samostalnik
usoda; smrt, propad

as sure as fate čisto gotovo
the Fates rojenice, sojenice, Parke
to meet one's fate umreti, biti ubit
to decide (ali fix, seal) s.o.'s fate odločiti o usodi koga

going¹ [góuiŋ] pridevnik
idoč, gredoč, tekoč; uspešen

going, going, gone prvič, drugič, tretjič! (na dražbi)
to be going to nameravati, hoteti
I am going to come nameravam priti, (gotovo) bom prišel
a going concern uspešni posel
the greatest scoundrel going največji lopov na svetu
to keep going ohraniti v teku
to set going spraviti v tek

gun¹ [gʌn] samostalnik
strelno orožje, puška, top
ameriško pištola, revolver; strel; lovec (kot član lovske družine)

a great (ali big) gun vplivna oseba, velika "živina"
to stand (ali stick) to one's guns držati se svojega prepričanja, ostati zvest, ne odnehati
as sure as a gun čisto gotovo, tako gotovo kakor amen v očenašu
navtika, pogovorno to blow great guns močno pihati, tuliti (veter); besneti, divjati
vulgarno, navtika son of a gun podlež
gun dog pes, ki se ne ustraši strela

interesíran interested; having an interest (za kaj in something)

nekdo je gotovo interesíran, da to ostane tajno someone is certainly interested in keeping it secret

karkóli whatever; anything

karkóli drugega anything else
karkóli delaš,... whatever you do,...
karkóli hočete anything you please
karkóli se utegne zgoditi, tega ne bom storil I won't do it, whatever happens
karkóli on prosi, bo gotovo dobil whatever he asks for, he is sure to get

knowledge [nɔ́lidž] samostalnik
znanje, poznavanje, vednost, spoznanje; izkustvo, veščina; poznanstvo; obvestilo, vest

carnal knowledge of s.o. spolno občevanje s kom
general knowledge splošna izobrazba
it is common knowledge splošno je znano, vsi vedo
to the best of my knowledge and belief po moji najboljši vednosti in vesti
not to my knowledge ne da bi vedel
to my certain knowledge za gotovo vem
to come to one's knowledge zvedeti, priti na ušesa
without my knowledge brez moje vednosti
it has grown out of all knowledge ne da se več prepoznati

kompromitírati to compromise

prej ali slej te bo gotovo kompromitiral sooner or later he is bound to compromise you
kompromitiral je svoj ugled he has compromised his reputation
kompromitírati se to commit oneself, to compromise oneself
ne kompromitiraj se s takimi ljudmi! do not compromise yourself (ali pogovorno don't get involved) with such people!

likely² [láikli] prislov
verjetno

most (ali very) likely zelo verjetno
as likely as not skoraj gotovo, zelo verjetno

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy