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prevail [privéil] neprehodni glagol
prevladovati, prevladati (over nad)
biti razširjen, obstajati; premagati (against koga, kaj)
razpasti se, razširiti se; uveljaviti se, obdržati se

to prevail (up)on s.o. pregovoriti koga, prepričati, pridobiti koga
I could not prevail (up)on myself srce mi ni dalo

crumple¹ [krʌ́mpl]

1. prehodni glagol
mečkati, gubati, krčiti
figurativno premagati, uničiti

2. neprehodni glagol
mečkati, gubati se

to crumple up (s)krčiti, zrušiti se; popustiti; razpasti

dust¹ [dʌst] samostalnik
prah
britanska angleščina smeti
botanika cvetni prah
sleng denar
figurativno zemlja
figurativno posmrtni ostanki

to bite the dust zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželo
to kick up (ali make, raise) a dust vzdigniti prah, razburiti
to throw dust into s.o.'s eyes vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
to shake the dust off one's feet jezen oditi
ameriško to give the dust to s.o. prehite(va)ti koga
ameriško to take s.o.'s dust zaostajati
to lick the dust prilizovati se
honoured dust posmrtni ostanki
in the dust ponižan
to make the dust fly švigniti, energično nastopiti
down with the dust! denar na roko!
humbled in (ali to) the dust ponižan
to fall to dust razpasti

fall^*1 [fɔ:l]

1. neprehodni glagol (in, to, from)
pasti, padati; pripasti, pripadati; podreti, prevrniti, zgruditi se; popustiti, popuščati; upadati; spustiti se
zoologija roditi se; spuščati se; izlivati se; viseti; (z)manjšati, poleči se; poginiti; podleči; z vnemo se lotiti; propadati; zgoditi se; morati

2. prehodni glagol
ameriško, narečno sekati drevesa

o fall adoing začeti kaj (npr. alaughing zasmejati se)
to fall asleep zaspati
to fall to blows stepsti, spopasti se
to fall due zapasti (menica)
to fall dumb onemeti
to fall from favour pasti v nemilost
to fall flat doživeti neuspeh
to fall foul of spopasti se, napasti; prepirati se
to fall from grace grešiti
to fall in love zaljubiti se
to fall in two razpoloviti se
to fall into habit navaditi se
to fall into conversation with s.o. začeti pogovor s kom
to fall a prey (ali victim, sacrifice) postati žrtev
to fall into a rage pobesneti
to fall heir to podedovati po
to fall to pieces razpasti
to fall on a sword figurativno narediti samomor
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo, izvleči se
his face fell kislo je pogledal
to fall to one's lot biti komu usojeno
to fall between two stools usesti se med dva stola
to fall into oblivion biti pozabljen

kós² (komad) piece; (velik) chunk; (tanka rezina) slice; (del) part; (sladkorja) lump; (predmet) article

kós pohištva piece (ali pogovorno stick) of furniture; (glasbeni) piece (of music); (poti) stretch; (zemlje, gredica) bed, patch, plot
po kósu apiece, each
kós za kósom piece by piece, piecemeal
na kóse to pieces
kós mila a cake of soap
kós zemlje a plot (ali a piece, a patch) of land (ali of ground)
po čem je kós? how much apiece?
prodajajo se po kósu they are sold separately (ali singly)
blago (tekstil) po kósu piece goods pl
po tri funte kós at three pounds each
delo po kósu piecework, paid for piece rate (ali by the piece)
iz enega kósa of one piece
delati po kósu, od kósa (na akord) to do piecework, to work piece rate
hiša razpada kós za kósom the house is crumbling away bit by bit
razpasti na kóse to fall to (ali to break into) pieces
raztrgati na kóse to tear (ali to cut) to pieces, (skritizirati) to pull to pieces, to pick holes in
prodajati po kósu (na drobno) to sell by retail, to retail
razstaviti na kóse (demontirati) to take to pieces
razbiti na kóse to smash in pieces

phut [fʌt] samostalnik & prislov
pok

pogovorno to go phut izjaloviti se, razpasti, počiti

piece¹ [pi:s] samostalnik
kos, komad; del (stroja itd.); primerek (npr. a piece of advice nasvet)
določena trgovska količina (npr. bala papirja, blaga; sod vina itd.)
vojska revolver, puška, top; kovanec; (umetniško) delo, manjše literarno delo, gledališki komad, odlomek; šahovska figura
sleng ženska, deklina
pogovorno kos poti, hipec, kratek čas

all of a piece izcela, iste vrste, skladen
by the piece po kosu (prodajati)
piece by piece kos za kosom, po kosih
to break to pieces razbiti na koščke
vojska, sleng it's a piece of cake to je lahko
a bad piece of business grda stvar
a piece of news novica, vest
a piece of poetry pesem
a piece of flesh ženska
a piece of beauty lepa ženska
a piece of virtue vzor kreposti
a piece of water jezero
a piece of work delo
šaljivo a piece of goods človek
a piece of luck sreča, srečen slučaj
a dramatic piece gledališka igra
test piece vzorec
a piece of eight figura (šah, dama)
to fall to pieces razpasti
field piece top
fowling piece lovska puška (za ptiče)
to give s.o. a piece of one's mind povedati komu svoje mnenje
pogovorno to say one's piece povedati, kar ti leži na duši
to go to pieces zrušiti se (človek), izgubljati živce
in pieces razbit, v kosih
of a piece with prav tak kakor, v zvezi s čim
to pay by the piece plačati po kosu, plačati na akord
to pick (ali pull) to pieces raztrgati, skritizirati
šaljivo pick up the pieces! vstani!, poberi se!
to take to pieces razstaviti (stroj)

razšíriti to widen, to broaden; to expand, to dilate, to distend; (novico) to spread, to circulate, to disseminate, to diffuse; to propagate

razšíriti se to extend, to broaden, to expand, to widen; figurativno to spread, to gain ground, to be diffused; (razpasti se, razsajati) to grow (ali to wax) rife

razvalína ruin

človeška razvalína figurativno wreck
on je samo še razvalína he is a complete wreck
biti v razvalínah to lie in ruins
razpasti v razvalíne to collapse in ruins

rife [ráif] povedkovnik pridevnik
zelo razširjen, pogosten, zelo poznan; splošen; številen; prevladujoč; poln, napolnjen (with z)

to be rife biti razširjen, vladati, prevladovati, razsajati (o kugi)
to grow (to wax) rife razširiti se, razpasti se, razmahniti se

ruin¹ [rúin] samostalnik
razvalina, kup ruševin, ruševina, podrtija; razpad, propad(anje), razsulo, rušenje, uniče(va)nje, ugonabljanje; zlom, poguba; onečaščenje; trpljenje
figurativno onemogočenje, izjalovitev, spodlet, vzrok propada
množina razvaline, ruševine, ostanki

in ruins v ruševinah, podrt, razrušen
blue ruin slab gin (vrsta brinovca)
to be the ruin of s.o. uničiti koga
he will be the ruin of me on bo moja poguba
he is but a ruin of his former self (what he was) on je le senca tega, kar je bil
to bring to ruin povzročiti propad (uničenje, pogubo), privesti do propada
to be on the brink (verge) of ruin biti na robu propada
to fall to ruins razpasti v razvaline (ruševine)
to go (to run) to ruin razpasti; konec vzeti
to lay in ruins spremeniti v ruševine, v razvaline
to lie in ruins biti v razvalinah
to tumble into ruin razpadati v ruševine