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soak [sóuk]

1. samostalnik
namočenje, namakanje, prepojitev; tekočina za namakanje
pogovorno popivanje
sleng pijanec
sleng težak udarec
sleng zastavitev, zastava

to put in soak zastaviti

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
namočiti (se), namakati (se); prepojiti (napojiti) (se); pronicati, mezeti
pogovorno čezmerno piti; vpijati; izsesati (tekočino) (out)
sleng opijaniti (koga)
pogovorno piti ga, biti pijanec
sleng kaznovati (koga)
ameriško, sleng natepsti, pretepsti
figurativno izmolsti (kaj) iz koga, "osušiti" (koga) za kaj
sleng zastaviti (kaj)

to soak o.s. into zatopiti se v
to soak through a filter pronicati skozi cedilo
I am soaked through (with rain) do kosti sem premočen (od dežja)
soaking wet popolnoma premočen
he soaked me 10 shillings osušil me je za 10 šilingov
the path is soaked steza je razmočena
blotting paper soaks up ink pivnik vpija črnilo
to soak in (up) vpijati, absorbirati; napojiti se

sponge² [spʌndž] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
umivati (se), prati (se) čistiti (se), drgniti (se), treti (se) z gobo
vojska čistiti (cev strelnega orožja); napojiti se; nabirati (morske) gobe
figurativno biti zastonjkar (prisklednik, parazit), živeti na tuj račun, zastonj jesti ali piti, pustiti si plačati (večerjo itd.); iztisniti (kaj) (from iz)

to sponge a dinner zastonj priti do večerje
to sponge on one's friends živeti na račun svojih prijateljev
they sponge on him mora jim plačevati (dajati) za pijačo

swill [swil]

1. samostalnik
pomije, odplaka, kuhinjski odpadki; slaba pijača; (redko) popivanje

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (tudi swill out)
izpirati, izprati, splakniti; izliti vodo čez, na; pohlepno piti, lokati, žlampati

to swill o.s. drunk opiti se, opijaniti se

tea [ti:]

1. samostalnik
čaj
botanika čajevec, (kitajski) čajev grm

afternoon tea, five-o'clock tea malica s čajem ob petih popoldne
tea biscuit čajno pecivo
tea board servirni pladenj za čaj
tea bread, tea cake čajni kolač, sladko pecivo
tea caddy škatlica za čaj
tea cosy, tea cozy grelec čajnika
tea chest zaboj za čaj (za transport)
beef-tea močna goveja juha, bujon
black tea fermentiran čaj
camomile tea kamilični čaj
green tea samo na soncu posušen čaj
high tea, meat tea lahka večerja s čajem okoli šestih; obilen obrok s čajem namesto večerje
to take tea with piti čaj z

2. prehodni glagol
pogostiti s čajem, z malico
neprehodni glagol
piti čaj; malicati

we tea at 5 o'clock popoldne ob petih imamo čaj

tiff² [tif]

1. samostalnik
sleng požirek; slaba pijača

2. prehodni glagol
srkati, srkniti, pomalem piti, srebati

toast² [tóust]

1. samostalnik
napitnica, zdravica; oseba ali stvar, ki ji velja napitnica
zastarelo (slavljena) lepotica

to give (to propose, to submit) the toast of s.o. napiti, nazdraviti komu
she was a great toast in her day svoje dni so ji mnogo napijali in jo slavili

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
piti na zdravje kake osebe, napiti, nazdraviti komu

wassail [wʌsl, wǽseil]

1. samostalnik
zastarelo popivanje, pitje; pijača za take prilike; napitnica; pivska pesem; (vesela) božična pesem

wassail horn pivski rog

2. neprehodni glagol
popivati
britanska angleščina peti božične pesmi (od hiše do hiše) (= to go wassailing)
prehodni glagol
piti na zdravje kake osebe

wine [wáin]

1. samostalnik
vino; vinu podobna pijača (iz raznega sadja in alkohola)
medicina raztopina kakega zdravila v vinu; vinsko rdeča barva
figurativno študentovski sestanek pri vinu po večerji
figurativno pijanost

Adam's wine šaljivo voda
new wine in old bottles figurativno mlado vino rado prekipi
spirit of wine špirit, alkohol
tears of strong wine kapljice, ki se naredijo na notranji strani kozarca, napolnjenega do polovice s kakim težkim vinom (npr. porto ipd.)
sweet (dry) wine sladko (trpko) vino
sparkling (ali gassy) wine peneče se vino
current wine ribezljevo vino
over the walnuts and the wine pri poobedku, po kosilu
good wine needs no bush figurativno dobro blago se samo hvali, ne potrebuje reklame
to be in wine biti vinjen, pijan

2. prehodni glagol
oskrbeti, pogostiti z vinom
neprehodni glagol
piti vino

brátovščina brotherhood; fraternity; fellowship

piti brátovščino s kom to drink together the customary pledge of friendship, after which the parties may adopt intimate forms of address (in Slovene, to address each other as ti)

break^*1 [breik]

1. prehodni glagol
lomiti, prelomiti, zlomiti, odlomiti; skrhati; raztrgati, pretrgati, odtrgati; poškodovati, (po)kvariti; odpreti, odpečatiti; prestreči, prekiniti; odvaditi; (pre)kršiti; oslabiti, ublažiti; (iz)uriti (konja v ježi); uničiti; obzirno sporočiti; izčrpati; orati, kopati; (iz službe) odpustiti, degradirati

2. neprehodni glagol
zlomiti, skrhati, razbiti, raztrgati se; razpasti, razpadati; počiti, razpočiti se; poslabšati se (vreme); svitati; ločiti se, spremeniti smer; propasti, zbankrotirati; vlomiti

to break asunder pretrgati, prelomiti
to break an army razpustiti vojsko
to break s.o.'s back zlomiti komu vrat, uničiti ga
pogovorno to break the back of s.th. opraviti najtežji del česa
to break the bank izčrpati banko
to break the blow prestreči udarec
to break the bounds prekoračiti mejo
to break bread jesti
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati
to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, uporabiti drastična sredstva
to break cover zapustiti skrivališče, izkobacati se
to break a custom odvaditi se
the day is breaking svita se, dani se
to break a drunkard of drinking odvaditi pijanca piti
to break the engagement razdreti zaroko
to break even pokriti stroške, poravnati se
to break faith prelomiti prisego, izneveriti se
to break a fall zadržati padec
to break one's fast nekaj pojesti
to break the flax treti lan
to break (new) ground ledino orati, začeti nov obrat
to break hold iztrgati se
to break the ice prebiti led
to break lance with začeti s kom pismeno diskusijo
to break the law kršiti zakon
to break loose odtrgati se, zbežati; prekršiti
to break a match razdreti zaroko
to break the neck of s.th. izvržiti najtežji del naloge, končati kaj
to break o.s. of a habit odvaditi se česa
to break the news povedati novico
to break open nasilno odpreti
to break a promise ne izpolniti obljube
to break s.o.'s pride ponižati koga
to break to pieces zdrobiti (se); razpasti
to break small zdrobiti
to break the thread prekiniti, pretrgati
to break water priti na površino
who breaks pays sam pojej, kar si si skuhal
to break wind prdniti
to break short dokončati
break your neck! veliko sreče!

cúkati to pull; to tug

cúkati koga za rokav to tug someone by the sleeve
cúkati ga (piti vino) to tipple, to booze

čáj tea

lipov čáj lime-blossom tea (ali infusion), infusion of lime leaves and lime blossom
fermentiran čáj black tea
kamilični čáj camomile tea
čáj iz poprove mete peppermint tea
malica s čájem (ob petih popoldne) afternoon tea, five-o'clock tea
škatlica za čáj tea-caddy
jedilni obrok s čajem (kot večerja) high tea, meat tea
piti čáj to take tea, to have tea
popiti skodelico čája to have ali to take a cup of tea
kuhati čáj to make tea
skuhati čáj to make the tea

do^*1 [du:]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati
sleng varati
gledališče igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti
domačno pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovati

to do battle bojevati se
to do better poboljšati se
to do one's best na vso moč se truditi
to do s.o.'s bidding izpolniti ukaz koga
to do one's bit storiti svojo dolžnost
to do brown oslepariti
to do business trgovati
to do credit biti v čast
to do one's damnedest na vso moč se truditi
I have done my best potrudil sem se, kar se da
to do a drink piti
to do a favour izkazati ljubeznivost
to do good prijati, dobro (komu) storiti
to do a guy popihati jo, zbežati
to do one's hair počesati se
to do harm škodovati
to do one's heart good prijati komu
to do the heavy ošabno se vesti
to do the honours poskrbeti za goste
to do s.o. an ill turn zagosti jo komu
to do s.o. injustice storiti komu krivico
to do justice odkrito priznati; pogovorno s slastjo pojesti
how do you do dober dan, pozdravljeni
to do like for like vrniti milo za drago
to do the messages iti po opravkih
to do a mean thing podlo ravnati
to make do prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvi
pogovorno nothing doing s tem ne bo nič
to do a part imeti vlogo
to do pictures iti v kino
to do a place ogledati si kak kraj
to do s.th. on the Q. T. delati kaj na skrivaj
to do sums reševati (računske) naloge, delati račune
pogovorno to do the talking imeti glavno besedo
to do things by halves delati stvari na pol
sleng to do time sedeti v ječi
to do s.o. a good turn narediti komu uslugo
to do the trick doseči namen
to do o.s. well privoščiti si
to do well dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutiti
well-to-do premožen, bogat
to do a room pospraviti sobo
do well and have well kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi
that will do to zadostuje
that won't do to ne gre, to ni dovolj
one must do at Rome as the Romans do kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tuliti
it was do or die with him šlo mu je za življenje ali smrt
what can I do for you? s čim vam lahko postrežem?

drink² [driŋk] samostalnik
pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
sleng morje

in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
hard drink opojna pijača
soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
small drink pivo
to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin

elbow¹ [élbou] samostalnik
anatomija komolec
tehnično koleno; stranski naslon (pri stolu)

at one's elbow pri roki
sleng to lift the elbow (too often) piti več, kot je pametno
out at elbows v raztrgani obleki; reven
up to the elbows in work zelo zaposlen
more power to your elbows! mnogo uspeha!
to rub elbows with s.o. družiti se s kom

fántovščina stag party, bachelor's farewell party

piti fántovščino to have one's final fling as a bachelor
prirediti proslavo fántovščine to give a stag party

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

hard² [ha:d] prislov
trdo, trdno; težko, hudo, naporno; pridno, hitro; čisto zraven, tik

hard at hand; ali hard by čisto zraven
hard on; ali hard after tik za
to be hard hit biti hudo udarjen, prizadet
to be hard pressed; ali to be hard put to it biti v hudi stiski, biti na tesnem
to be hard up biti v denarni stiski
to die hard težko umreti
to drink hard močno piti
hard earned težko zaslužen
to follow hard upon tesno slediti
hard got težko pridobljen
to look hard at nepremično koga gledati, z očmi meriti
hard set v stiski; trmast; negiben
it will go hard with him slabo mu kaže, trda mu prede
to run one hard biti komu za petami
hard upon takoj nato
to try hard zelo se potruditi

hotéti to be willing; to want; (marati) to like; (želeti) to wish, to want, to desire; (nameravati) to intend, to purpose, to mean, to have in view

rajši hotéti to prefer
ne hotéti to be unwilling
hočeš cigareto? will you have a cigarette?
kaj hočete? what do you want?
kaj hočeš od mene? what do you want of me?
on ve, kaj hoče he knows what he wants, he knows his mind
kakor hočete as you like, as you please, as you wish, suit yourself
naj to hoče ali ne whether he likes it or not
hočeš-nočeš whether you like it or not, willy-nilly, willing or unwilling
noče sprejeti denarja he won't accept the money
naj stane, kar hoče whatever the cost, whatever it may cost
kaj hočete reči s tem? what do you mean by it?
ona dela, kar hoče she has her own way
sam ne ve, kaj hoče he does not know his own mind
hočem, da greš domov I want you to go home
s silo hoče, da grem domov he insists on my going home, he insists I go home
imamo vse, kar hočemo we have all we want, we want for nothing
hočemo mu dobro we wish him well
kaj mi hoče (čemu mi bo) ta knjiga? I have no use for this book
hoče mi se (piti) I feel like a drink, I feel thirsty, I'd like a drink
dobro vem, kaj on hoče I fully appreciate (ali I realise full well) what he has in mind
kakorkoli hočete as you like (ali choose ali please), at your discretion
hoče biti (dela se, da je) znanstvenik he pretends to be a scientist
hočeš, da te peljem z avtom (na postajo)? would you like me to drive you (to the station)?, shall I drive you (to the station)?
hočete še malo mesa? will you have (ali take) a little more meat?
kaj sem hotel reči? what was I going to say
hotel sem samo reči, da... I only meant to say that...
hotel je telelefonirati, pa je pozabil he meant to call, but he forgot
(sam) si to hotel you asked for it (yourself)
hotela me je udariti she felt like hitting me
usoda je hotela, da... it was fated that...
srce mi je hotelo počiti my heart was ready to burst (ali to break)
on je tako hotel he wanted it that way
hotel se je poročiti he wanted to get married, he was about to be married
nesreča je hotela (as) ill luck (ali misfortune) would have it
na vsak način je hotel imeti nov avto he insisted on having a new car
jaz bi hotel (iti) I should like (I'd like) to (go)
kaj bi hoteli še več? what more could you wish for?
hotéti in želeti je dvoje willing and wishing are not the same