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korák step; (tempo) pace

dolg korák stride; (hoja) walk, gait
vojaški, brzi korák double, ZDA double time
hitri korák vojska quick time (ali pace)
paradni, pruski korák goose step
telovadni, gimnastični korák double-quick
čvrst korák brisk step
hlačni korák crotch
odločilen korák decisive step
napačen korák (spodrsljaj) false step
nagel korák a rash step
prvi koráki first steps pl beginnings pl (pregovorov itd.) advances pl
navadni korák vojska ordinary pace
preudaren korák prudent step; figurativno (ukrep) step, move, measure, motion
enakomernih korákov evenpaced
počasnih korákov slow-paced
naglih korákov at a fast pace
nadaljnji korák a further step
s hitrim korákom at a brisk pace
korák za korákom step by step, pace by pace, by steps, little by little, (postopoma) gradually
pri vsakem koráku at every step
na vsakem koráku (povsod) everywhere, (vedno) all the time
dolžina koráka length of stride
menjava koráka change of step
števec korákov pedometer
to je velik korák naprej! that's a big step (ali move) forward!
zima se bliža z velikimi koráki winter is coming upon us apace
držati korák z to keep pace (ali step) with, to be in step with, to keep up with, (figurativno) to keep abreast of (ali up-to-date with)
ne držati koráka to break step, to be out of step (s časom with the times)
izmeriti razdaljo s koráki to pace out the distance
delati velike koráke to make great strides
napraviti korák naprej (nazaj) to step (ali to take a step) forwards (backwards)
napraviti (potrebne) koráke (ukrepe) to take steps (proti against)
napraviti prvi korák (figurativno) to take the first step, to make the first move, to take the initiative
tudi koráka naprej ni mogel napraviti he couldn't walk a step further
napraviti velik korák do uspeha to make great progress towards success, to reach a milestone in one's career
iti v korák z to keep abreast of, to be in step with
prvi korák je vedno najtežji the first step is always the hardest
napraviti dolg korák to stride out
delati dolge koráke to take (ali to make) long strides
delati kratke koráke to take short strides
prvi korák je storjen (figurativno) the first step is taken
napraviti nekaj korákov to go a few steps, to take a few paces
(iz)meriti s koráki to pace (out)
vse moje koráke nadzorujejo they watch every step I take
napredovati z velikanskimi koráki to advance with giant strides
zadeva se ni niti za korák premaknila the affair hasn't got a step further
podaljšati korák to lengthen one's stride
priti iz koráka to get out of step
podvzeti (hitre) koráke to take (swift) steps (v zadevi in the matter)
pospešiti korák to quicken one's pace, to step out
skrajšati korák to shorten one's stride
(s)poznati koga po njegovih korákih (po hoji) to know (to recognise) someone by his step
usmeriti korák to direct one's footsteps
vzdržati korák to last the pace
voziti v koráku! slow down!, dead slow!, ZDA drive slow!

korenít radical; thorough

koreníto prislov thoroughly
koreníto poznati angleški jezik to have a thorough knowledge of the English language
doživeti koreníte spremembe to undergo radical (ali sweeping, thoroughgoing) changes
koreníti ukrepi radical measures pl

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

mêja (državna, deželna) frontier, border; (ločnica) boundary (-line); (mejno področje) borders pl, confines pl; figurativno limit, (skrajni konec) extreme point; (rob) edge, verge, skirt

na mêji on the frontier
onkraj mêje beyond the frontier, (v tujini) abroad
v mêjah (česa) within the borders (ali limits) (of something)
do (neke) gotove mêje to a certain extent, to some extent, up to a point
mestne mêje city boundaries pl
starostna mêja age limit
živa mêja hedge, hedgerow, quickset hedge
določitev mêje demarcation; delimitation
kršitev mêje violation of the frontier
prestopitev mêje frontier-crossing
mêja, ki se ne sme prestopiti figurativno pogovorno deadline
prekoračiti, prestopiti mêjo to cross the frontier, (figurativno) to exceed the limit (ali permission)
postaviti mêjo, mêje to put (ali to set) bounds to, to limit
začrtati mêjo to draw a boundary
določiti mêjo to determine (ali to set, to fix) a boundary
vse ima svoje mêje there is a limit to everything, we must draw the line somewhere
ne poznati mêje (figurativno) to know no bounds
njegova hvaležnost (njegovo začudenje) ni poznala mêjá his gratitude (his surprise) knew no bounds
to presega vse mêje that passes all bounds
moje potrpljenje je skoraj doseglo svojo mêjo I have almost reached the limit of my patience
držati v mêjah to keep within bounds, to check, to restrain
tvoriti mêjo čemu to form the boundary of something

mete¹ [mi:t] samostalnik
(tudi množina) meja, mejnik

pravno metes and bounds meje
figurativno to know one's metes and bounds poznati mero, ne prekoračiti meje

number¹ [nʌ́mbə] samostalnik
število, številka; zvezek, številka (revije, časopisa)
slovnica število (in the singular number)
točka programa
glasba, sleng popevka, ritem
poetično, množina stihi
sleng tip, patron

figurativno back number pozabljen (zastarel) človek (stvar)
science of numbers aritmetika
number one ego, jaz; navtika prvi častnik
golden number število, po katerem se izračuna datum Velike noči
ekonomija to raise to the full number kompletirati, popolniti
to appear in numbers izhajati v zvezkih
issued in numbers izdano v nadaljevankah, izdano v zvezkih
in round numbers okroglo
in number številčno, po številu
times without number neštetokrat
numbers of times često; vedno znova
without number neštevilno
pogovorno to have (got) s.o.'s number koga dobro poznati, koga do dna spregledati
to look after (ali take care of) number one misliti le na lastno korist
to lose the number of one's mess umreti
his number is (ali goes) up dnevi so mu šteti
one of their number nekdo iz njihove sredine
he is not of our number ne spada k nam
he is my opposite number in London on ima v Londonu isti položaj kot jaz tukaj

obrís outline; contour; sketch

v obrísu in outline
v grobih obrísih on rough lines
napraviti obrís to outline
narisati obríse to contour (česa something)
poznati kaj v obrísih to have a sketchy knowledge of something

on² [ɔn] prislov

1.
(tudi v zvezi z glagoli) na (to have a coat on biti oblečen v plašč, imeti plašč na sebi; to screw on priviti na kaj)

2.
(tudi v zvezi z glagoli) naprej, dalje (to talk on naprej govoriti; and so on in tako dalje)

3.

Razno:

on and on kar naprej
on and off tu in tam, včasih
from today on od danes naprej
the brakes are on zavore so pritegnjene
on with the show! naprej s programom!
to be on biti prižgan (luč, radio), odprt (voda), na programu (igra), v teku (borba)
ameriško, sleng to be on to spoznati koga ali kaj do dna, dobro poznati
to go on nadaljevati
sleng a bit on okajen
to get on in years starati se
to put on one's clothes (shoes, hat) obleči se (obuti se, pokriti se)

out⁶ [áut] samostalnik
zunanja stran; izhod (tudi figurativno)
tisk izpustitev besede ali besed v tekstu
ameriško, množina spor
ameriško, ekonomija, množina pošle zaloge ali blago
politika, množina tisti ki niso na oblasti, opozicija

ameriško at outs with everyone z vsemi skregan
to know the ins and the outs poznati v potankosti
politika the ins and the outs vladajoča in nasprotna stranka

pót¹ -í way, (steza) path, footpath, trail; (cesta) road, street; (utrta) track, walk; (planeta) orbit, course; (smer) route, course; (potovanje) (splošno) travel, (peš) march, (po kopnem) journey, trip, (po morju) voyage, crossing, passage

prepovedana pót! no thoroughfare!, (čez tuje zemljišče) trespassers will be prosecuted!, no trespassing!, keep out, private!
srečno pót! a pleasant journey!, arhaično God speed you!, (ironično, neprijetnemu gostu) good riddance
to pót (tokrat) this time
vsaki pót each time
božja pót (romanje) pilgrimage
pót nazaj return journey, pogovorno the way back
pót domov homeward journey, journey home, pogovorno the way home
pót po morju voyage
javna pót public road
jahalna, jezdna pót bridle path
gozdna pót forest road
križev pót religija Way of the Cross, figurativno via dolorosa
prečna pót crossroad
neravna pót bumpy road
neutrjena pót gravel road
shojena pót beaten track
trnova pót thorny path
vodna pót waterway
vozna pót carttrack, cart-road
uporabna pót serviceable road, thoroughfare
zaprta pót closed path (ali way)
ob póti by the roadside
preko póti over the way, across the road
na pol póta halfway, midway
po mirni, prijateljski póti in a friendly manner, amicably
na vsej póti od... all the way from...
biti na napačni póti to be on the wrong road ali track, to lose one's way
biti na slabi póti (figurativno) to lead a wicked life
biti na póti (potovanju) to travel, to journey, (poslovno) to be on te road
biti na dobri póti (do uspeha) to be well on the road (to success), (o stvari) to be working out well
ta pót je neprehodna, nemogoča this road is impassable, there is no through road
biti sredi póti to be halfway on one's journey
biti na najlepši póti, da... to be well on the way to...
utreti pót za... to pave the way for...
otrok je na póti (figurativno) there is a baby on the way
njen je na póti (= noseča je) she is expecting (a child), she is with child, pogovorno she is in the family way
biti komu na póti to be in someone's way, to stand in someone's light
on mi je na póti he is in my way
pót je prosta the way is clear (za koga for someone)
on je na póti v X. he is on his way to X.
biti na pravi póti to be on the right track, pogovorno to be on the ball
iti po (isti) póti nazaj to turn back
iti komu s póti to get out of someone's way (ali to shun someone, avoid someone)
iti rakovo pót to go backward
iti svojo pót to go one's own way
iti na pót to set out (ali forth, off) (on one's way), to embark upon a journey, to start out, (v tujino) to go abroad; to be bound for
iti po najkrajši póti v... to make a bee-line...
šli so vsak svojo pót they went their respective ways
krčiti si, utirati si pót to cut (ali to carve) one's way, to plough one's way through, to remove obstacles
napraviti pót komu to make way for someone
narediti, utreti pót (figurativno) to pave the way, to blaze a trail, to be a pioneer ali trailblazer
s silo si napraviti pót to force (ali to fight) one's way
kazati, voditi pót to lead the way
polena komu na pót metati (figurativno) to place difficulties in someone's way
našel bom sredstva in póti I shall find ways and means
izgubiti (najti) pót to lose (to find) one's way
pót si prihraniti (figurativno) to save shoe leather
napravite prosto pót! make way!
moramo pustiti, da gre stvar svojo pót we must let matters take their course
dobro poznati pót to know every bump (ali twist and turn) in the road
priti pol póti komu naproti to meet someone halfway
spraviti koga s póti (figurativno, na oni svet) to kill, (žargon) to bump someone off
utreti si pót skozi... to force one's way through (robidje the brambles)
ustaviti se na pol póta to stop halfway
vprašati za pót to ask one's way
vrniti se po isti póti nazaj (obrniti se) to retrace one's steps
pošteno (krepko) vzeti pót pod noge to put one's best foot forward
zaiti na krivo pót to take the wrong road ali path ali turning

predsódek prejudice, forejudgement

brez predsódkov without prejudice
predsódkov poln prejudiced, prejudicial
ne poznati predsódkov, biti vzvišena nad predsódki to be beyond prejudice
imeti predsódke to be prejudiced (proti against, za in favour of)
znebiti se vseh predsódkov to cast away all prejudices
on ima predsódke proti... he is biased against

rampant [rǽmpənt] pridevnik (rampantly prislov)
besen, divji, napadalen, razsajajoč; razposajen, objesten, razuzdan, nebrzdan; bujen, bohoten, hitro rastoč, ki se naglo širi

to be rampant razmahniti se
to grow rampant naglo se širiti, ne več meja poznati

read³ [red]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od to read

2. pridevnik
bran, čitan; načitan (in v)

the most read book najbolj brana knjiga
a well-read man načitan, izobražen človek
to be deeply (slightly) read in history temeljito (površno) poznati zgodovino

right² [ráit] pridevnik
pravi, pravilen; desni; točen, korekten, avtentičen, resničen; pravičen, pošten; primeren, umesten; zakonit; zdrav; normalen
matematika pravi
politika ki pripada desnici, simpatizira s konservativno stranko
arhaično prem, raven (le v: right line premica, ravna črta)

at right angles pod pravimi koti, pravokotno
on the right hand side na desni (strani)
on the right side of 50 še ne 50 let star
on the right bank of the Sava na desnem bregu Save
in one's right mind pri pravi (zdravi) pameti
out of one's right mind, not right in one's head ne čisto pri pravi (pameti)
right back šport desni branilec
right angle pravi kot
right arm, right hand desna roka (tudi figurativno)
the right heir zakoniti dedič
the right man on the right place pravi človek na pravem mestu
right side prava stran, lice (blaga)
a right turn obrat na desno (za 90°)
the right way prava pot, pravi način
I feel all right again počutim se zopet čisto dobro
right oh! pogovorno v redu! prav! dobro! prav tako! točno! seveda! se strinjam!
right you are! tako je! prav imate!
all right! (vse) v redu! prav! nimam nič proti!
that's right! tako je! pravilno!
are you all right up there? ste dobro nameščeni tam gori?
are we on the right way? ali smo na pravi poti?
see if the brakes are all right poglej, če so zavore v redu
to be right imeti prav
I was quite right in supposing... čisto prav sem imel, ko sem domneval...
is he quite right in his head (mind, senses)? je on čisto pri pravi (pameti)?
he is his father's right hand on je očetova desna roka
he is one of the right sort pogovorno on je dečko na mestu
to be as right as rain (as ninepence, as a trivet, as nails) dobro se počutiti, biti zdrav ko riba; biti v najlepšem redu
all came right vse se je izvršilo, kot je bilo treba
have you got the right time? imate točen čas? veste, koliko je točna ura?
to get on the right side of s.o. pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to get it right spraviti v red; pojasniti
I'll do him to rights dal mu bom, kar mu gre
to know the right people poznati prave ljudi, imeti (dobre) zveze
to put oneself right with s.o. opravičiti se pri kom
to put one's right hand to the work krepko se lotiti dela
to say the right thing najti pravo besedo
the solution is right rešitev je pravilna
I think it right that you should share the profits smatram za pravilno (pravično), da ste deležni dobička

rope¹ [róup] samostalnik
vrv, konopec, motvoz; niz
figurativno smrt z obešenjem; (v cirkusu) akrobatska vrv; laso; plezalna vrv, naveza
množina, sleng prijem, zvijača; (o vinu, pivu) židkost

on the high rope zviška, ošabno; besno
the rope vrv za obešanje, kazen obešanja
the ropes šport vrvi okoli ringa; boks(anje)
a rope of sand figurativno podpora brez prave pomoši, nezanesljiva pomoč, varljiva sigurnost
a rope of pearls niz biserov
bell-rope vrvica za zvonec
plenty of (enough) rope to hang oneself figurativno možnost, da sami sebi škodimo, drvimo v pogubo
to be on the rope (alpinizem) biti v navezi
to be on the ropes (v ringu) viseti na vrveh, figurativno, sleng biti v brezupnem položaju
to be on the high ropes figurativno prevzetovati, napihovati se, šopiriti se, biti ohol
to be at the end of one's rope biti na koncu svojih sredstev, svojega življenja
to give s.o. rope (plenty of rope) dati komu (popolno) svobodo delovanja (zlasti, da se kompromitira)
to give s.o. rope enough to hang himself dati komu dovolj prilike, da se uniči, ugonobi
to know the ropes biti na tekočem; dobro se spoznati na, biti dobro uveden (v stvari, ki jih drugi poznajo), poznati vse prijeme (zvijače); dobro vedeti, kaj je treba narediti
to learn the ropes uvesti se v delo
name not a rope where one has hanged himself ne omenjaj vrvi v hiši, v kateri se je nekdo obesil
to put s.o. up to the ropes uvesti koga v, dati komu vse potrebne podatke
to show s.o. the ropes uvesti koga v (neko) delo

shame¹ [šéim] samostalnik
sram, sramežljivost; sramota, nečast

from shame of iz sramu pred
shame!, for shame! sramota!
for shame!, shame on you! fej!, sram te bodi!
what a shame! kakšna sramota!
the shame of it! o ta sramota!
more shame to him! še bolj sramotno zanj!
a burning shame velika sramota
he is a shame to his family on je v sramoto svoji družini
he is quite without shame nobenega sramu ne pozna
he blushed with shame zardel je od sramu
to bring shame on s.o. nakopati sramoto komu
to bring shame on o.s. osramotiti se, nakopati si sramoto
to cry shame upon s.o. zmerjati koga, biti ogorčen nad kom
they all cried shame upon (on) him vsi so zagnali krik in vik proti njemu
to die with shame umreti, v zemljo se vdreti od sramu
to have no sense of shame nobenega sramu ne poznati
to have lost all shame, to be lost to shame nobenega sramu ne več poznati
to put s.o. to shame osramotiti koga
I take shame to say sram me je reči
I would think shame to do it sram bi me bilo storiti kaj takega

sight¹ [sáit] samostalnik
vid
figurativno oko, doseg oči; vidik, dogled, pogled, ogled; prizor, ogleda vredna znamenitost
množina znamenitosti (of a town kakega mesta)
pogovorno nenavaden ali žalosten pogled (prizor), grda zunanjost, strašilo; muha (na puški), merjenje, viziranje
fotografija iskalo
pogovorno masa, množina, kup
ameriško, sleng šansa

in sight v bližini, na dosegu, na dogledu
on sight na (prvi) pogied
at (first) sight na prvi pogled, brez priprave
out of sight iz vida, zunaj obzorja
within sight of v vidiku, v vidu
a (long) sight pogovorno (zelo) mnogo (of money denarja)
a sight for the gods prizor za bogove
a sight for sore eyes zelo prijeten prizor (pogled), privlačna oseba
sight unseen figurativno maček v žaklju; kupljen na slepo
bad (good) sight slab (dober) vid
the loss of sight izguba vida; oslepitev
long sight daljnovidnost
a long sight better daleč boljši
second sight figurativno preroški dar
payable at (on) sight plačljiv na pokaz
short (near) sight kratkovidnost
out of my sight! izgubi se mi izpred oči!
out of sight out of mind daleč od oči, daleč od srca
it is not right in my sight to ni prav po mojem mišljenju
it is a sight better than it was mnogo bolje je, kot je bilo
it was quite a sight! bil je to prizor za bogove!
to be in sight of videti
to catch sight of zagledati, ugledati (koga, kaj)
to come in sight pokazati se
it has cost him a sight of money to ga je veljalo kup denarja
to find favour in s.o.'s sight pridobiti si naklonjenost koga, prikupiti se, ugajati komu
to get sight of s.o. zagledati, opaziti koga
to get (to go) out of sight izginiti (iz vida)
to heave in sight pojavljati se, prikazovati se, postajati viden
to keep in sight imeti v vidu
to know by sight poznati po videzu
what a sight you look! kakšen pa si!, kot strašilo si videti!
to lose sight of izgubiti iz vida, ne več videti, figurativno pozabiti
to lose one's sight oslepeti
the letter was not meant for your sight pismo ni bilo namenjeno tebi
I should like it a jolly sight better stokrat rajši bi imel to
to make a sight of oneself smešno se obleči, osmešiti se
to play (to sing) at sight igrati na prvi pogled, brez priprave
to put out of sight skriti, ne posvečati pozornosti
to see the sights videti, ogledati si znamenitosti
I can't see (bear stand) the sight of him ne morem ga živega videti
to take a sight nameriti, ciljati; obrniti pogled
to take a sight at s.o. sleng osle pokazati komu

snuff² [snʌf]

1. samostalnik
vohanje, obvohavanje; vdih skozi nos
figurativno, zastarelo prezirljivo vihanje nosu; njuhalni tobak, njuhanec; zdravilo, ki se jemlje z njuhanjem
figurativno majhna količina, ščepec

a pinch of snuff ščepec njuhanca
to give s.o. snuff figurativno, pogovorno zasoliti jo komu, napraviti komu, da bo pomnil
to be up to snuff figurativno, pogovorno biti prebrisan, poznati vse zvijače
to take snuff njuhati, nosljati tobak

2. neprehodni glagol
vohati, obvohavati (at kaj)
figurativno prezirljivo vihati nos (at nad)
njuhati, nosljati tobak; smrkati
prehodni glagol
smrkniti, vdihati (kaj) skozi nos; povohati, poduhati
figurativno vohati, slutiti (kaj)

to snuff it spoznati (spregledati) prevaro

strange [stréindž]

1. pridevnik (strangely prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, redek, presenetljiv, nepričakovan; tuj, nepoznan, neznan, nov (to s.o. komu)
neseznanjen (to s.th. s čim)
nevešč, nevajen (to s.th. česa)
rezerviran, hladen, zadržan, boječ
zastarelo inozemski

a strange face tuj, neznan obraz
a strange remark čudna, nenavadna opazka
strange to say presenetljivo, čudno, za čuda
I am strange here ne poznam tega kraja
to be strange to s.th. ne poznati česa, ne biti vajen česa
he is a strange fellow on je čuden (čuden patron)
he is strange to this kind of work ni vajen tega dela
to feel strange in a place ne se počutiti doma(čega) v kakem kraju
to feel strange čudno, slabo se počutiti (zlasti imeti vrtoglavico, omotico ipd.)
strange that you should not have heard it čudno, da tega niste slišali
I don't like driving a strange car ne šofiram (vozim) rad tujega avtomobila
truth is often stranger than fiction resnica je često bolj presenetljiva kot fikcija
this writing is strange to me ta pisava mi je nepoznana

2. prislov
čudno, nenavadno, svojevrstno

swim¹ [swim] samostalnik
plavanje
figurativno rahlo drsenje; rib polno mesto, globina v reki; (redko) plavalni mehur
figurativno tok dogodkov, tekoči posli, posel
figurativno vrtogavica, omotica

the cross-channel swim plavanje čez Rokavski preliv
to be in (out of) the swim pogovorno (ne) poznati tekoče posle ali razmere, (ne) biti na tekočem
to be in the swim with spoznati se v
to go for a swim iti na plavanje (kopanje)
to have (to take) a swim kópati se, plavati