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akadémski akadémijski academic(al)

akadémsko leto academic year
on je akadémsko izobražen he has had a university education

ákcija action; move; act; activity; (delnica) share, ZDA stock, stocks

skupna ákcija joint action
stopiti v ákcijo to go into action
začeti ákcijo to initiate an action, to take an action (v in)
on je vedno v ákciji he is always active (ali busy), he is always on the go

áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

alive² [əláiv] pridevnik
živ, živahen
elektrika pod napetostjo; veljaven; dovzeten; zavesten; produktiven

are you alive to what is going on? veste, kaj se dogaja?
to be fully alive to s.th. jasno se česa zavedati
to be alive with mrgoleti česa
alive and kicking živahen
man alive! človek božji!
there's no man alive who can... nihče na svetu ne more...
he was alive to the advantage spoznal je korist

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

amatêr amateur

s slikarstvom se ukvarja kot amatêr he paints as a hobby
amatêrstvo amateurism

among(st) [əmʌ́ŋ(kst)] predlog
med, izmed

from among(st) izmed
he is numbered among(st) the dead imajo ga za mrtvega
they quarelled among(st) themselves sprli so se

anna [ǽnə] samostalnik
indijski novčič (1/16 rupije)
pogovorno mešanec

he has eight annas of dark blood je na pol mešanec

antipód antipode

antipódi pl the antipodes
on je antipód svojega brata he is the exact opposite of his brother

anyhow¹ [énihau] prislov
nekako; vsekakor, v vsakem primeru; kakorkoli; površno, slabo

to feel anyhow ne se dobro počutiti
he could not come anyhow nikakor ni mogel priti

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da

anywhere [éniwɛə] prislov
nekje; povsod, kjerkoli, kamorkoli

I cannot find him anywhere nikjer ga ne morem najti
he meets friends anywhere povsod srečuje prijatelje
scarcely (ali hardly) anywhere skoraj nikjer
ameriško anywhere from ... to nekako od ... do

à propos by the way

à propos, ali ti je povedal, da... by the way (ali bye), did he tell you that...; (ravno prav, o pravem času) opportunely, seasonably, just at the right time

apt [æpt] pridevnik (aptly prislov) (for)
zmožen, sposoben; primeren, prikladen (at)
vešč, spreten

I am apt to forget verjetno bom pozabil
he is very apt to learn hitro se uči
we are all apt to make mistakes vsakdo se lahko zmoti
apt to take fire vnetljiv
he is apt to succeed verjetno bo doživel uspeh
apt to quarrel prepirijiv
apt to get angry jeznorit

as¹ [æz] prislov
kot, tako kot, prav tako

as big again še enkrat tako velik
as clear as crystal kristalno čist
as good as dead kakor če bi bil mrtev
as long as dokler
as soon as bržko
as quiet as a mouse tih ko miška
I thought as much to sem si mislil
as well tudi, prav tako
just as well prav tako
as well as prav tako kakor, nič manj od
as yet doslej
not as yet še ne
he might just as well leave lahko bi že odšel

aspirácija aspiration (za, po for, after)

on ima visoke aspirácije he has great aspirations

asses [əsés] prehodni glagol
pravno ceniti (upon s.o.)
obdavčiti; določiti (škodo); kaznovati

he was assesed in (ali at) $ 5 moral je plačati $ 5 davka

atilt [ətílt] prislov
naprej nagnjeno

to ride (ali run) atilt naprej nagnjen (s kopjem) jahati
he runs atilt my opinions nasprotuje mojim nazorom
to set atilt prevrniti

authority [ɔ:ɵɔ́riti] samostalnik (with)
ugled; moč, veljava, oblast; vpliv; pooblaščenje; vir poročil; ugledna oseba, strokovnjak
(tudi množina) oblast, urad

to be in authority, to carry authority imeti oblast
to be without authority ne imeti oblasti, nič ne veljati
on the best authority iz najboljšega vira
full authority pooblastilo
he is no authority on the subject v tej zadevi ni odločilen
set in authority ki ima oblast
to give authority pooblastiti

avantúra adventure; unexpected incident; daring enterprise

ljubezenska avantúra love affair, intrigue
iskati avantúre to seek adventure
on se rad spušča v avantúre he likes engaging in hazardous undertakings