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poškodován damaged; hurt, injured

resno poškodován seriously hurt
pet oseb je bilo poškodovanih five persons were injured
hiša je bila močno poškodována the house was badly damaged

résen serious; grave; earnest; austere; (svečan) solemn; (nevaren) critical

to je résna stvar, zadeva this is a serious matter
résni simptomi grave symptoms pl
z résnim pogledom with a grave look
položaj postaja résen the situation is getting serious
résna bolezen serious illness
résna glasba serious music
résno čtivo serious reading
zakaj si videti tako résen? why do you look so serious? ➞ rešeno

sad [sæd] pridevnik (sadly prislov)
žalosten, otožen, melanholičen, zaskrbljen, potrt; nesrečen; ubog; klavrn, nič vreden, reven, beden; obžalovanja vreden; hudoben, zloben; neugoden, nepopravljiv; zelo potreben; temen; težak; nedovoljno vzhajan
arhaično resen

sad at žalosten ob (od, zaradi)
in sad earnest zelo resno
sad bread premalo vzhajan (in pečen) kruh
a sad coward klavern strahopetnež
a sad dog figurativno propadla oseba, izgubljenec; razvratnik
sad havoc hudo opustošenje
a sad accident, mistake obžalovanja vredna nezgoda (nesreča), napaka
a sadder and a wiser man oseba, ki jo je škoda izučila
a sad state žalostno, bedno stanje
to feel sad biti žalosten, potrt
he writes sad stuff kar on piše, je plaža

serious [síəriəs] pridevnik (seriously prislov)
resen, seriozen, resnoben, slovesen; trezen, premišljen, umirjen; pomemben, upoštevanja vreden
šaljivo "pobožen"

serious illness resna, nevarna bolezen
serious matter (music, reading) resna zadeva (glasba, čtivo)
are you serious? misliš (to) resno?
I am quite serious mislim popolnoma resno

settle down neprehodni glagol
usedati se, padati (usedlina, gošča); znajti se (in v)
vrniti se v vsakdanje življenje, (nikalno) ne se umiriti; posvetiti se, ponovno začeti (to kaj)
poročiti se; umiriti se (v nekem stanju)

to settle down on work resno se lotiti (oprijeti) dela
he settled down oženil se je, osnoval si je dom
he settled down in business posvetil se je trgovini

sit^*1 [sit]

1. neprehodni glagol
sedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa (on a jury porote)
zastopati v parlamentu (for koga)
imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na)
zaposliti se (over s čim)
študirati (under pri kom)

2. prehodni glagol
sedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na (a mule mezgu)
posaditi (the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)

to sit on the bench figurativno biti sodnik
the clothes sit loosely upon him obleka mu je preohlapna
to sit in Congress biti član Kongresa
to sit for an examination opravljati izpit
to sit on the fence politika, sleng, figurativno stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralen
the guilt sits light on his conscience ne peče ga vest zaradi krivde
to sit a horse jahati na konju
to sit in judgement on s.o. lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati koga
to sit on one's hands figurativno ne aplavdirati
it sits ill on you slabó vam (to) pristaja
he sits for Leeds on zastopa Leeds v parlamentu
to sit for (ali to) a painter sedeti slikarju za model
to sit for one's picture dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)
to sit a play through prisostvovati igri do konca
he is sitting pretty on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položaj
to sit pretty sleng imeti dobre karte, figurativno dobro se goditi (komu)
it sits heavy on the stomach to je težko prebavljivo
to sit upon s.o. figurativno sedeti na kom, jahati koga
don't you be sat upon! pogovorno ne pusti se hruliti!
to sit tight pogovorno ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvari
to want to sit (o kokoši) začeti kokodakati (za valjenje)
to sit well dobro sedeti (zlasti na konju)
to sit on the throne sedeti na prestolu, vladati
to know which way the wind sits vedeti odkod piha veter
his principles sit loose(ly) on him on svojih načel ne jemlje resno

sit on neprehodni glagol
pripadati kaki skupini in sodelovati v njenem delu

sit on a commission biti član komisije; vestno se lotiti, resno se posvetiti; tiščati, pritiskati (s.o. na koga)
the crime sit ons heavy on his conscience zločin mu teži vest; sleng grajati, oštevati, zmerjati
to sit on on ostati, sedeti še naprej

sober¹ [sóubə] pridevnik
trezen, ne pijan, iztreznjen; zmeren, spodoben, razumen, pameten, zdrave pameti; miren, umirjen, uravnovešen, nepretiran, hladnokrven, oprezen; resen, slovesen; razsoden; gol (o dejstvu); hladen, miren, nekričeč (o barvah); preprost, temen (o obleki)

as sober as a judge popolnoma trezen
in sober earnest čisto resno, brez šale
sober understanding zdrava pamet
to appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober opozoriti koga, da je njegovo trenutno mnenje pogojeno od razpoloženja

solemn [sɔ́ləm] pridevnik (solemnly prislov)
svečan, slovesen, vzvišen; ki zbuja spoštovanje; resen, resnoben, dostojanstven
pravno formalen
zastarelo važen, pomemben
zastarelo pompozen, razkošen

on such a solemn occasion ob tako slovesni (svečani) priliki
a solemn countenance resnoben izraz
solemn declaration slovesna izjava
solemn high mass cerkev slovesna vélika maša
a suit of solemn black črna svečana obleka
solemn state dinner svečan državen banket
a solemn warning resno, tehtno svarilo

straight¹ [stréit] pridevnik
raven, prem, premočrten; gladek (lasje); resen (obraz); pokončen; urejen, v redu, reden, na pravem mestu, v pravi višini; simetričen; direkten, neposreden
figurativno odkrit, pošten, iskren, preprost, nekompliciran
pogovorno zanesljiv, resničen (poročilo); dosleden
ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen; pravi, neponarejen, nepopačen, neizkrivljen, dobljen iz prvega vira; popoln; nerazredčen, čist brez vode (whisky itd.)

as straight as an arrow raven kot sveča
in a straight line v premi, ravni črti
straight angle iztegnjeni kot (180°)
straight arch lok v obliki obrnjene črke V
a straight back raven, neukrivljen (negrbast) hrbet
straight eye (dobra) mera na oko
straight face negiben, resen obraz
a straight fight poštena (nedogovorjena) borba
straight hair gladki lasje
a straight hit direkten zadetek
a straight knee ravno, neupognjeno koleno
straight legs ravne noge
a straight novel navaden (nekriminalen) roman
straight line matematika premica
straight speaking odkrito govorjenje
a straight tip sleng zanesljiv namig (nasvet), informacija iz prvega (zanesljivega) vira
a straight path ravna, prema steza
a straight race dirka, v kateri se udeleženci na vse pretege trudijo za zmago
a straight Republican ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen republikanec, republikanec skoz in skoz
the straight ticket ameriško pravi, uradni program stranke
accounts are straight računi so v redu
is everything straight? je vse v redu?
to keep a straight face resno se držati, zadržati smeh
to keep s.o. straight držati koga na uzdi
to put things straight spraviti stvari v red
to set one's papers straight spraviti v red svoje papirje
to set a room straight urediti, pospraviti sobo
to vote a straight ticket ameriško glasovati za nespremenjeno kandidatno listo

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

uncle [ʌ́ŋkl]

1. samostalnik
stric; ujec
pogovorno striček
sleng posojevalec proti zastavi

Uncle Sam tipičen Amerikanec; Amerikanci; ameriška vlada
maternal uncle ujec
my watch s at my uncle's sleng moja ura je v zastavljalnici
to speak (to talk) to s.o. like a Dutch uncle govoriti s kom pokroviteljsko (resno, a dobrohotno), z blago strogostjo

2. prehodni glagol
imenovati (koga) stric (striček)

vzéti to take

vzéti si čas to take one's time
vzéti si dopust to take a holiday; to get leave of absence
vzéti (jemati) čas to take up time
vzéti koga v avto to give someone a lift
vzéti eno z drugim to take one thing with another
vzéti v posest to take possession of
vzéti si k srcu to take (something) to heart
vzéti v presojo, v pretres to discuss, to examine
vzéti slovo od to take leave of
vzéti v poštev, v račun to take into account (ali into consideration)
vzéti (smatrati) kaj za samoumevno to take something for granted
vzéti na poskušnjo to take on trial; (ali trgovina on approval)
vzéti (v najem) stanovanje to take a flat
vzéti komu mere za obleko to measure someone for a suit, to take someone's measurements, za obutev to take someone's foot measurements
vzéti (kupiti) vozovnico to take a ticket
vzéti taksi to take a taxi
vzéti na znanje to take notice of
vzéti v najem, v zakup to rent
vzéti koga v službo to engage someone, to take someone into one's service
vzéti strup (zastrupiti se) to take poison
vzéti na kredit to take on credit
vzéti posojilo to raise a loan
vzéti koga za svojega (posvojiti) to adopt someone
vzéti v roke to take in one's hands
vzéti za zlo to take amiss, to take in bad part
vzéti pod streho (koga) to lodge, to take in, to shelter, to give shelter
vzéti nazaj to take back
vzéti življenje takšno, kot je to take the rough with the smooth
narazen vzéti to take apart, to take asunder
vzéti kaj za sveto resnico to take something for gospel truth
vzéti si življenje to take one's (own) life, to commit suicide
vzemi ali pa pusti! take it or leave it!
vzemi dežnik s seboj! take your umbrella!
vzemi to resno! take it seriously!
kakor se vzame (figurativno) that depends
vrag vzemi to! deuce take it!
vzela sta se they got married
tega si ne pustim vzéti I insist on it
vzemi se skupaj! (pridi spet k sebi!) be yourself!
vzemite se skupaj! (figurativno) pull yourself together!
vzemite me s seboj! take me along!
vse so mu vzeli they took everything from him

wage² [wéidž] prehodni glagol
spustiti se v (voditi, podvzeti) (vojno) (on proti)
zastarelo zastaviti; tvegati; najeti, vzeti v službo, namestiti
neprehodni glagol
boriti se, vojskovati se

to wage war against vojskovati se proti
to wage peace boriti se za mir, čuvati mir
to wage effective war on s.th. figurativno resno se lotiti česa

what [wɔt]

1. zaimek
(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

what for? čemu?, zakaj?
what ever for? toda zakaj?
what next? in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?
and what all pogovorno in kaj še vse
what not kar si bodi, karkoli
my hat, my gloves, and what not moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse
what if kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...
what of that? kaj za to?, nič za to
what though (I am poor) kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)
what about, what of kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o
what about a cup of tea? ali bi skodelico čaja?
what's it all about? za kaj (pa) gre?
so what?, what of it? prava reč!; nesmisel!
but what pogovorno ki ne (bi)
not a day comes but what makes a change ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)
what is the matter? kaj (pa) je?
what is he like? kakšen je on?
what he has suffered! kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!
well, what of it? no, in kaj za to?
what's up? kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?
to know what's what vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se
what is the news? kaj je novega?
you want a what? kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?
he claims to a what? kaj hoče on biti?
what is he the better for it? kaj ima on od tega?
I'll tell you what nekaj ti povem
Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?)

2. zaimek
(relativni zaimek) kar

do what I may naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)
happen what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče!
we know what he is busy with vemo, s čim se ukvarja
this is what we hoped for to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali
and what have you ameriško, sleng in kar imate podobnega, takega
but what razen (tega, teh)
he never had any money but what he absolutely needed imel je le najpotrebnejši denar
there was no one but what was excited nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen

3. pridevnik
kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

what luck! kakšna sreča!
what a queer idea! kakšna čudna ideja!
what a fool I am! kako sem neumen!
he got what books he wanted dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel
take what books you need! vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ
what use is this dictionary to you? čemu ti rabi ta slovar?

4. prislov
kako

what happy boys they are kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma
what with storms my return was delayed deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila
but what (pri nikalnici); pogovorno da ne
not a day but what it rains ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo
never fear but what we shall go! ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!

5. medmet
kaj!, kako!
britanska angleščina kaj ne?

what, do you really mean it? kaj, ti to resno misliš?
a good fellow, what? dober dečko, kaj ne?

6. veznik
pogovorno kolikor

he helped us what he could pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel