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rack² [ræk] prehodni glagol
opremiti (hlev) z jaslimi; napolniti jasli s krmo; namestiti ali postaviti na polico, obesiti na obešalnik; hraniti, krmiti (konja)

to rack up a horse privezati konja k jaslim, dati konju sena v jasli

rehang^* [ri:hǽŋ] prehodni glagol
zopet obesiti; nalepiti nove zidne tapete

sky² [skái] prehodni glagol
suniti (žogo), da zleti visoko v zrak; obesiti (sliko) visoko na steno

sling^*5 [sliŋ] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obesiti ali vreči (over prek)
dvigniti (z zanko, vrvjo, jermenom itd.); potegniti kvišku
medicina dati roko v prevezo

to sling a hammock obesiti visečo mrežo (za ležanje)

throw up prehodni glagol
vreči, zagnati kvišku, v zrak; dvigniti
vojska postaviti (barikade), zgraditi (barake); zapustiti, opustiti, odstopiti, na klin obesiti (službo, mesto itd.); izbljuvati, izbruhati (hrano itd.)
tisk poudariti; očitati (komu kaj)
neprehodni glagol
bruhati, bljuvati
lov dvigniti glavo (pes, ki je izgubil sled)

throw up your hands! roke kvišku!
to throw up the cards (od)vreči karte (tudi figurativno)
to throw up one's eyes pogledati kvišku
to throw up one's hands (od začudenja, ogorčenja itd.) skleniti (stegniti) roke nad glavo
to throw up the sponge figurativno podleči, opustiti borbo ali tekmovanje, priznati svoj poraz

trellis [trélis]

1. samostalnik
rešetka, (železna, žična, lesena) mreža, (leseno) okrižje; (rešetkasta) senčnica, zelena uta; brajdnik, latnik

2. prehodni glagol
zamrežiti; preplesti; obesiti (trto) na latnik

trellised window zamreženo okno

turn up prehodni glagol
obrniti navzgor, dvigniti (kvišku); zavihati (navzgor); prekopati, izkopati, prinesti na dan; najti besedo v slovarju; odkriti (karte); močneje odviti (pipo, plin, radio)
sleng opustiti, zapustiti, na klin obesiti (posel, službo)
pogovorno izzvati gnus, stud, slabost
navtika poklicati (moštvo) na krov
neprehodni glagol
obrniti se, zavihati se navzgor; (nenadoma) priti, pojaviti se, priti na dan; dogoditi se, primeriti se, nastopiti, vmes priti; nastati, izkazati se za

they turned up a buried treasure (a skeleton) in that field Nna oni njivi so izkopali zakopan zaklad (okostnjak)
to turn up one's sleeves zavihati si rokave
to turn up one's nose at s.th. figurativno (za)vihati nos nad čim, namrdniti se ob čem
his nose turned up at my suggestion nos se mu je zavihal ob mojem predlogu
the sight of it turns me up pogled na to mi zbudi gnus
the smell nearly turn uped me up zaradi smradu sem začel skoraj bruhati
he always turns up when nobody expects it vedno se pojavi, kadar tega nikdo ne pričakuje
at what time did he turn up? obklej se je prikazal (pojavil, prišel)?
to turn up like a bad penny (o osebi); figurativno neprestano se pojavljati, prihajati na površje
to turn up one's toes figurativno umreti
to wait for s.th. to turn up čakati (na to), da se nekaj zgodi

axe¹, ax [æks] samostalnik
sekira
figurativno obglavljenje

to have an axe to grind zasledovati zasebne cilje, imeti nekaj za bregom
to put (ali fit) the axe in the helve rešiti uganko, doseči cilj
to apply the axe znižati proračun
to get the axe biti odpuščen, zgubiti službo
to hang up the axe na klin obesiti
to set (ali lay) the axe to the root of lotiti se zatiranja česa

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

drum¹ [drʌm] samostalnik
boben
anatomija bobnič; bobnanje; bobnar; valj; del stebra
zastarelo popoldanska ali večerna družba

to beat a big drum delati bučno reklamo, obesiti na véliki zvon
beat of drum bobnanje
roll of drums glasno bobnanje
drum major glavni polkovni bobnar
drums and fifes vojaška godba

fasten [fá:sn]

1. prehodni glagol (upon, on)
pritrditi, pričvrstiti, privezati; zavozlati; podtakniti, podtikati

2. neprehodni glagol
oprije(ma)ti, držati se; zapreti se (vrata)

to fasten one's eyes (ali looks) upon s.th. upreti oči, zagledati se v kaj
to fasten a crime upon s.o. naprtiti komu zločin
to fasten a nickname upon s.o. obesiti komu vzdevek
to fasten a quarrel začeti prepir
to fasten upon a pretext izgovarjati se s čim

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

head² [hed] samostalnik
glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt
domačno plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu)
ekonomija postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija
sleng latrina

above one's head težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga
at the head of na čelu
by head and shoulders; ali by the head and ears s silo, na silo
(by) head and shoulders above mnogo boljši od
by a short head za dolžino nosu, figurativno z majhno prednostjo
crowned heads kronane glave
a deer of the first head petleten jelen ali srnjak
navtika down by the head s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi
head of the family družinski poglavar
heads of state državni voditelji
the head and front bistvo, politika glava zarote, vodja upora
from head to foot od nog do glave, popolnoma
head first (ali foremost) z glavo naprej, figurativno nepremišljeno
a large head of game velik trop živali
hot head vročekrvnež
a beautiful head of hair gosti lasje
head over heels narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos
old head on young shoulders pameten mlad človek
off one's head; ali out of one's head nor
over one's head viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo
over head and ears; ali head over ears preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma
on this head o tem predmetu
out of one's own head sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku
two heads are better than one kolikor glav, toliko misli
head of water vodni steber
heads or tails obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)
twopence a head 2 penija na osebo
sleng King's (Queen's) head poštna znamka
weak in the head slaboumen
head, cook and bottle washer kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo
figurativno on your head be it! naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren
ten head of cattle deset glav živine

Z glagoli:

to beat s.o.'s head off prekositi koga
pogovorno to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s head off uničiti koga
to bring to a head pripeljati do krize
figurativno to break one's head glavo si razbijati
to carry one's head high nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen
to come to a head priti do krize, zaostriti se; medicina zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir)
sleng to do a thing on one's head igraje kaj napraviti
to drag in by the head and ears s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči
to eat (ali cry, scream, run) one's head off pretirano se razburjati
it entered my head v glavo mi je padlo
to give s.o. his head figurativno popustiti uzde
to get s.th. through one's head doumeti, razumeti kaj
to go over s.o.'s head biti pretežko za koga
to go to s.o.'s head v glavo stopiti
this horse eats his head off ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden
to have a good head for biti nadarjen za
to have a head imeti "mačka"
to have a good head on one's shoulders biti dobre glave
to have one's head in the clouds figurativno živeti v oblakih, sanjariti
to have one's head screwed in the right way imeti glavo na pravem koncu
to have a head like a sieve imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv
to hit the nail on the head točno zadeti
to keep one's head ostati miren
figurativno to keep one's head above water obdržati se nad vodo, životariti
to knock s.th. on the head onemogočiti kaj
to lay (ali put) heads together glave stikati, posvetovati se
to let s.o. have his head pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi
to lie on s.o.'s head biti komu v breme
to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
I cannot make head or tail of ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave
to make head izbiti na čelo, napredovati
to make head against uspešno se upirati
to be put over the heads of other persons pri napredovanju preskočiti druge
to put s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to put s.th. into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head izbiti komu kaj iz glave
to put s.th. out of one's head izbiti si kaj iz glave
to put one's head in the lion's mouth izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to rear one's head glavo dvigniti
to run in s.o.'s head vrteti se komu po glavi
to run one's head against a brick wall riniti z glavo skozi zid
to shake one's head odkimati
to shake one's head at z glavo zmajati
to suffer from swelled (ali swollen) head biti zelo domišljav
to take the head prevzeti vodstvo
to take s.th. into one's head v glavo si kaj vtepsti
to talk over s.o.'s head za koga preučeno govoriti
to talk s.o.'s head off utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem
to talk through the back of s.o.'s head neprestano v koga govoriti
to throw o.s. at the head of obesiti se komu za vrat
to talk one's head off nenehno govoriti
to turn one's head v glavo stopiti
to turn s.o.'s head glavo komu zmešati
to win by a head zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)
to work one's head off pretegniti se od dela, garati
heads I win, tails you lose izgubiš v vsakem primeru

heel¹ [hi:l] samostalnik
peta, podpetnik; zadnje kopito; zadnja živalska noga; peta, ven moleč del predmeta (npr. držaj godala); spodnji del (jambora, gredi itd.)
ameriško, sleng baraba

heel of Achilles Ahilova peta
at (ali on, upon) s.o.'s heels komu za petami
down at (the) heel; ali out at heels ponošenih pet, figurativno oguljen, strgan, v slabih razmerah
to heel pri nogi (pes), figurativno ubogljivo, voljno
figurativno under the heel of pod peto, pod oblastjo
heels over head; ali head over heels na pete na glavo, na vrat na nos
the iron heel figurativno trda oblast, železna peta
by the heel and toe od vseh strani
from head to heels od glave do pete
neck and heels od nog do glave
ameriško heel of the hand peščaj

Z glagoli:

to be carried with the heels foremost biti odnesen s petami naprej, mrtev
to bring to heel upogniti koga
to come to heel priti k nogi (pes), figurativno zvesto slediti, ubogati
to have s.o. by the heels imeti koga v oblasti
to have the heels of prehiteti koga
to kick (ali cool) one's heels dolgo čakati, ameriško, sleng plesati
to kick (ali tip, turn) up one's heels umreti, pete iztegniti
not to know if one is on one's head or heels ne vedeti, kje se koga glava drži
to lay (ali clap) by the heels ujeti, zvezati, spraviti v zapor
my heart sank into my heels srce mi je padlo v hlače
to show a clean pair of heels pete pokazati, bežati
to take to one's heels pete odnesti, pobegniti
to tread on s.o.'s heels obesiti se komu na pete
to turn on one's heel zasukati se na peti

kávelj hook

obesiti na kávelj, viseti na kávlju to hang up on a hook

klín wedge; peg; pin; spike; (tesarski) tenon; (osi) cotter, (razcepljen) split pin; tiskarstvo quoin; wooden nail; (zagozda) chock; (sadilni) dibble; (pri lestvi) rung; (za obleko) peg

klín hladnega zraka wedge of cold air
obesiti na klín (figurativno, službo, mesto itd.) to quit, to give up, to throw up, to throw in the sponge (ali the towel)
obesiti medicino na klín (figurativno) to give up medicine
obesiti službo na klín to throw up one's job
pritrditi s klínom to wedge
razdvojiti s klínom to wedge apart
klínu podoben wedgelike
zabiti klín v (med) to drive a wedge into (between)
klín se s klínom izbija one nail drives out another, diamond cut diamond, like cures like, rudeness must be met with rudeness

land² [lænd]

1. prehodni glagol
(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v)
izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave)
pogovorno udariti, usekati koga
pogovorno ujeti, dobiti
šport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol

2. neprehodni glagol
pristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku)
šport, pogovorno priti v cilj

the cab landed him at the station taksi ga je pripeljal do postaje
he was landed in the mud pristal je v blatu
to land s.o. in difficulties spraviti koga v težave
to land s.o. with s.th. obesiti komu kaj na vrat
to land o.s. in; ali to be landed in zabresti v kaj
to land a husband ujeti, dobiti moža
to land a prize dobiti nagrado
to land in prison dospeti v ječo
he landed him one usekal ga je
to land on s.o. navaliti na koga
to land a blow udariti
to land on one's head pasti na glavo
to land on one's feet doskočiti na noge
to be nicely landed biti v dobrem položaju
to land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit spraviti koga v zadrego
to land second biti drugi v cilju

let in prehodni glagol
spustiti noter; vstaviti; objasniti, razodeti komu, zaupati komu (on kaj)
oslepariti (for za)
spraviti v težave

it would let in all sorts of evils to bi na stežaj odprlo vrata zlu
to let s.o. in for s.th. obesiti komu kaj na vrat
to let o.s. in for s.th. spustiti se v kaj

rokàv sleeve; (rečni) branch of a river, backwater; (morski) channel

brez rokavov sleeveless
ki ima (dolge) rokàve (long-) sleeved
deska za likanje rokàvov sleeveboard
ščitnik za rokàve sleeve protector, oversleeve
obesiti se komu za rokàv to cling to someone's sleeve (tudi figurativno)
prišiti rokàve, opremiti z rokàvi to sleeve
iz rokàva stresti (figurativno) to throw off, to toss off, to do something offhand, to write, to speak extempore
zavihati rokàve to tuck up (to roll up) one's sleeves, (figurativno) to gird up one's loins, to pull up one's socks, to take off one's coat (and get down to work)
zavihaj rokàve! (figurativno) pull up your socks!

sleeve [sli:v]

1. samostalnik
rokav (obleke)
tehnično obojka, ki povezuje cevi; cev; torba (etui) za gramofonske plošče

half sleeve narokavnik
lawn sleeves rokavi iz fine tkanine, podobni škofovskim rokavom
leg-of mutton sleeve trikotni rokav
to creep up s.o.'s sleeve figurativno prilizovati se komu
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti skrito karto, pripravljeno za uporabo
to have s.th. up one's sleeve figurativno imeti nekaj za bregom, nekaj pripravljati, imeti skrite namene
to hang (to pin) on s.o.'s sleeve obesiti se komu za rokav, figurativno ravnati se po njegovih nazorih itd.
to laugh in one's sleeve škodoželjno se smejati
to roll (to turn) up one's sleeves zavihati rokave, figurativno pripraviti se za delo, za borbo
to wear one's heart (up)on one's sleeve figurativno preodkrito kazati svoja čustva, biti preveč zaupljiv

2. prehodni glagol
opremiti (obleko) z rokavi, prišiti rokave
tehnično opremiti z obojkami