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  • delujóč acting, working

    hitro delujóč swift-working
    počasi (hitro) delujóč strup slow (quick)-acting poison
    delujóč vulkan active volcano
  • doctor1 [dɔ́ktə] samostalnik
    zdravnik, doktor; umetna ribiška muha
    navtika, sleng ladijski kuhar
    sleng sredstvo za ponarejanje vina
    domačno orodje za popravilo

    doctor's lock patentna ključavnica
    pogovorno doctor's stuff zdravilo, strup
    to be under the doctor zdraviti se
    lady doctor zdravnica, doktorica
    to take one's doctor('s degree) promovirati
  • etikéta (za pakete, prtljago itd.) label; tag; (za označbo cene) ticket; tally; (ceremonial) etiquette; ceremony; ceremonial; convention

    jahati na etikéti (figurativno) to be very formal, to be a stickler for etiquette
    ne gledamo na etikéto ni, nam do etikéte (figurativno) we don't stand on ceremony
    steklenica ima etikéto »strup« the bottle is labelled »poison«
    pogrešiti se, napraviti prestopek proti etikéti to commit a solecism (ali a breach of etiquette)
  • káčji

    káčji kamen serpentine
    káčja koža snake skin
    káčji pastir zoologija dragonfly
    káčji pik snakebite
    káčji strup snake venom
    káčje usnje snake leather
    káčja zalega brood of snakes, figurativno biblija generation of vipers
    káčji ples serpentine dance, snake dance
    káčje ride serpentine windings pl
  • label2 [léibl] prehodni glagol
    etiketirati, oblepiti z etiketami
    figurativno označiti, karakterizirati

    the bottle was label(l)ed "poison " na steklenici je bil napis "strup"
    to be label(l)ed a criminal imeti žig zločinca
  • míšji mouse (-)

    míšji iztrebek mouse-dung
    míšja luknja mouse-hole
    míšji strup rat poison, arhaično ratsbane
    míšja past mousetrap
  • mrtváški deathlike; cadaverous; dead; mortuary

    mrtváško bled deadly pale, livid
    mrtváška tišina dead silence; dead calm
    mrtváški zvon (navček) funeral bell, deathbell, passing bell
    mrtváška glava death's head, skull, (svarilo, npr. za strup) skull and crossbones
    mrtváški oder catafalque
    mrtváški ples the dance of death
    mrtváška nosila bier
    mrtváški voz hearse
    mrtváško tih still as death
    mrtváška bledica deathly pallor
  • oznáčen marked; denoted; (z etiketo) labelled; characterized

    na steklenici je bilo z etiketo oznáčeno »strup« the bottle was labelled »poison«
  • počási slow, slowly

    vozite počási! slow!, slow down!
    (le) počási! take your time!
    počási voziti to drive slowly
    počási delujoč strup slow poison
    on počási dojema he is slow on the uptake
    počási napredovati to make slow progress
    počási se daleč pride more haste, less speed; easy does it
    on dela počási in zanesljivo he is slow but sure
    kar počási! (se nikamor ne mudi) easy does it!, take it easy!
  • podgána rat

    poln podgán rat-infested, infested with rats
    strup za podgáne rat poison, arhaično ratsbane
    loviti podgáne to rat, to hunt rats
  • podgánji rat's; ratlike

    podgánji rep rat's tail, (figurativno) rattail
    podgánji strup rat poison, arhaično ratsbane
  • puščíčen

    puščíčna konica arrowhead
    puščíčen strup arrow poison
  • rat-catcher [rǽtkæčə] samostalnik
    lovec podgan, podganar

    rat-catchers množina, sleng vrsta (nepravilne) lovske obleke
    rat-catcher's bane strup za podgane
  • slow [slóu]

    1. pridevnik (slowly prislov)
    počasen (of, in v, pri)
    len; malo inteligenten, ki težko in počasi umeva; topoglav; zastajajoč (o uri), netočen; slaboten (ogenj); nemaren; nepripravljen, nerad, nenaklonjen; oklevajoč; nenapreden, zaostal, zastarel; slab, ki stagnira (kupčije); dolgotrajen, dolgočasen (o zabavi)
    sleng moreč; postopen, dolgo časa delujoč; ki ne dopušča hitrega premikanja, mehek (o zemljišču)

    a slow current počasen tok
    slow growth počasna rast
    slow poison počasi delujoč strup
    a slow worker počasen delavec
    slow and steady počasen in vztrajen
    slow and sure počasen in siguren
    he is slow and sure on dela počasi in zanesljivo
    he is slow to anger on se težko razjezi
    it is a slow entertainment ta zabava je dolgočasna
    this is very slow to ni prav nič zabavno, to je dolgočasno
    you have been slow about it precéj časa si potreboval za to
    to be slow to do z nevoljo, nerad, proti svoji volji delati
    to be slow of wit biti počasne pameti
    he was slow to see the point težko je razumel, za kaj gre
    he was not slow to seize the opportunity hitro je pograbil priložnost
    to make slow progress počasi napredovati
    slow and steady wins the race figurativno vztrajnost, čeprav počasna, zmaguje
    he is slow in the uptake on počasi dojema
    my watch is 3 minutes slow moja ura zaostaja 3 minute

    2. prislov
    počasi

    slow! vozite počasi!
    read slower! čitaj(te) počasneje!
    my watch goes slow moja ura zaostaja

    3. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (večinoma slow down, slow off, slow up)
    zmanjšati (čemu) hitrost; počasneje hoditi ali voziti; zavlačevati, odlašati, zadrževati

    4. samostalnik
    (kriket) počasna žoga
  • sudden [sʌdn]

    1. pridevnik (suddenly prislov)
    nenaden, nepričakovan, nepredviden; nagel, hiter, prenagljen nepremišljen
    zastarelo hitro učinkujoč

    a sudden death nenadna smrt
    sudden poison hitro učinkujoč strup
    a sudden turn nenaden (pre)obrat
    he was very sudden in his decision bil je nagel v svoji odločitvi

    2. prislov
    poetično nenadoma

    3. samostalnik
    nenaden dogodek, nenadnost

    (all) of a sudden (čisto) nepričakovano, nenadoma, naenkrat, kot z jasnega (neba)
    on a sudden nenadoma
  • system [sístim, -təm] samostalnik
    sistem, sestav; ustroj; omrežje (prekopov, telegrafsko itd.); metoda, metodična klasifikacija; organizacija

    on system sistematično
    the system, this system figurativno vesoljstvo, kozmos
    the system medicina organizem, telo
    a system of pipes sistem cevi ali napeljav
    system of roads cestno omrežje
    digestive system prebavila
    mountain system gorski sistem
    railway system, railroad system železniško omrežje
    social system družbeni sistem
    nervous system živčni sestav, živčevje
    solar system sončni sistem
    there is no system in this way of doing nobene metode ni v takšnem počenjanju
    to lack system nobenega sistema (metode) ne imeti
    the poison went into his system strup je prodrl v njegov organizem
  • 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
  • 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
  • work(*)2 [wə:k]

    1. prehodni glagol
    delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati
    poetično umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo)
    trgovina poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju)
    sleng prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati
    matematika izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga)
    sleng prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

    to work o.s. to death ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
    to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
    to work o.s. into a rage pobesneti
    to work the bellows goniti meh
    to work a farm voditi farmo (kmetijo)
    to work a change izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
    to work wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
    to work one's will uresničiti svojo voljo
    can you work the screw loose? lahko zrahljate vijak?
    to work (one's way) through college sam se vzdrževati med študijem
    my partner works the Liverpool district moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola
    to work a slave to death do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
    servants are not worked now as they were formerly od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč
    to work a crane upravljati z žerjavom
    to work a coal seam izkoriščati plast premoga
    to work a ship upravljati ladjo
    to work one's way pot si utreti (napraviti)
    these machines are worked by steam te stroje poganja para
    it is a good scheme, but can you work it? to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
    this belief has worked much evil to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla
    the candidate works the district kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju
    to work one's passage navtika zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
    to work one's horses priganjati konje k delu
    to work one's social relations in business izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno

    2. neprehodni glagol
    delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati
    navtika križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje)
    figurativno krčevito delati

    to work against time delati v tekmi s časom
    to work like a dog (ali horse; ali nigger) delati kot črna živina
    my stove works well moja peč dobro dela
    your method won't work z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli
    I tried but it did not work poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
    the poison began to work strup je začel delovati
    to work into a crowd vriniti se v množico
    to work loose zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
    waves work to and fro valovi so razburkani
    to work double tides delati podnevi in ponoči
    that won't work with me to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni)