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flat¹ [flæt] pridevnik
raven, plosek, sploščen; medel, plehek, nezanimiv, pust, enoličen; prazen; razdišan; potrt; slab (prodaja); zveneč
glasba molovski; za pol tona znižan; napačen (petje); razglašen; onemogel, izčrpan; brezobresten; odkrit

sleng flat broke brez pare
flat calm mrtva tišina
to give a flat denial gladko odkloniti, zanikati
a flat lie debela laž
to meet with a flat refusal biti odločno zavrnjen
figurativno he fell as flat as a pancake popolnoma mu je spodletelo
to lay flat zravnati z zemljo
flat prices nizke enotne cene
flat race dirka brez ovir
his singing is flat poje za pol tona prenizko
to go into a flat spin zmesti se
that's flat to je moja zadnja beseda
flat nonsense popoln nesmisel
hudomušno B flat stenica
to tell flat naravnost povedati
ameriško flat silver srebrn pribor

globók deep; profound; (spanje) deep, fast, sound; (molk) dead; (čustvo) heart-felt, deep-seated, deep-felt, strong; (glas) low-pitched, deep; (tema) profound, thick; (poklon) low, deep, profound; (znanje) thorough, profound, deep; (ostroumen) penetrating; (razlika) profound, wide, far-reaching

globóka jama a deep cave
globók krožnik soup plate
globóka rana a deep wound
globók mislec a profoud (ali deep) thinker
globóko spoštovanje profound reverence
globóka tišina deep silence
10 m globóka luknja a hole 10 metres deep (ali 10 metres in depth)
do kolen, do gležnjev globók knee-deep, ankle-deep
do pasú globók waist-deep
dolgovati komu globóko zahvalo to be deeply indebted to someone
biti v globókem žalovanju to be in deep mourning
ribnik je na tem mestu 2m globók the pond is 2 metres deep in this place
odgovoril je z globókim basom he replied in a deep bass voice

gróben sepulchral; grave(-)

gróbna gomila sepulchral mound
gróbni napis epitaph
gróbni spomenik tombstone
gróbna tišina dead silence

mŕtev dead; (umrli, rajni) deceased, late

mŕtvi pl the dead; (brez življenja) lifeless, inanimate, inert; (brezčuten) insensible, benumbed, hardened (za against); (ugasel) extinct; past; (neproduktiven) idle
na pol mŕtev half-dead
mŕtev kot hlod stone dead, as dead as a doornail, dead as mutton
bolj mŕtev kot živ more dead than alive; more than half-dead
ves mŕtev na kaj dead keen on something, crazy about something, pogovorno into something
že davno mŕtev dead and gone
stoj, ali pa si mŕtev! stop, or you're a dead man!
mŕtev jezik dead language
mŕtva barva dull (ali lifeless) colour
mŕtev kapital unemployed (ali frozen) capital
mŕtva kopriva dead nettle
Mrtvo morje the Dead Sea
mŕtva sezona dead (ali off) season
mŕtva tišina dead silence
mŕtva oseba the deceased, dead person; vojska casualty
mŕtev tir dead-end siding
mŕtev kót dead ground, shielded angle, blind spot
mŕtva veja dead branch
mŕtva teža dead weight
mŕtva straža vojska forlorn hope
mŕtev prostor dead area
mŕtva točka tehnika dead centre, dead point, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
mŕtev tek tehnika lost motion, šport dead heat
kraljestvo mrtvih kingdom (ali realm) of the dead
sežig(anje) mrtvih cremation, incineration
smo na mŕtvi točki (figurativno) we are at a standstill
stvar je prišla na mŕtvo točko it came to a deadlock
pogajanja so prišla na mŕtvo točko the negotiations have come to a deadlock (ali to a dead end, to a standstill)
denar mu leži mŕtev v blagajni his money lies dead in a safe
biti ves mŕtev na kaj to be mad (ali crazy) about something, to be dead (ali mad) keen on something
delati se mrtvega to feign death, to sham dead
pretepsti do mŕtvega to beat black and blue
proglasiti za mŕtvega to declare someone dead, to officially pronounce someone dead
zbuditi (vstati) od mrtvih to raise (to rise) from the dead
zgruditi se mŕtev to drop dead, to die in one's boots, ZDA to die in one's tracks

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

múha zoologija fly; figurativno (muhavost) caprice, whim, freak, fancy, vagary, crotchet, bee in one's bonnet

cece múha tseste, tsetse fly
domača múha common housefly
konjska múha horsefly
mesarska múha flesh fly, blowfly, bluebottle
španska múha Spanish fly, cantharis, pl cantharides
umetna múha (kot vaba) fly, (za ribolov) dry fly, hackle fly, hackle, grey-drake, ZDA tail fly
múha na strelnem orožju sight, bead
opikan od múh fly-bitten
onesnažen od múh flyblown
biti od múh (biti nič vreden) to be of no use, to be good for nothing, to be a dead loss
na múho vzeti (figurativno) to take aim (kaj at something)
iz múhe slona narediti (figurativno) to make a mountain out of a molehill, to make mountains out of molehills
s kolom múhe pobijati (figurativno) to break a fly on the wheel
čudne múhe mu rojijo po glavi he's got bats in the belfry
lahkó bi bili slišali múho leteti (taka tišina je bila) you could have heard a pin drop
ubiti dve múhi z enim udarcem to kill two birds with one stone
v sili hudič múhe žre (figurativno) beggars can't be choosers, half a loaf is better than no bread

ponóčen nightly; nocturnal; night(-)

ponóčna luč nocturnal light, nightglow
ponóčna tišina silence of the night
ponóčno življenje nightlife; nocturnal life

sledíti to follow, (divjad po sledi) to track, to stalk; to come after (ali next); to be subsequent to; to ensue; to succeed

sledíti modi to follow the fashion
sledíti komu z očmi to keep someone in sight
nevihti je sledila tišina a calm followed the storm
poletju sledi jesen autumn follows summer
večerji je sledil ples the dinner was followed by a ball
Edvard VII. je sledil Viktoriji Edward VII succeeded Victoria
sledíti kot senca komu to shadow someone
pismo sledi trgovina letter to follow
nadaljevanje sledi to be continued
kakor dolgo sem jim sledil z očmi as long as I could keep them in view
sledíti iz to result from, (posledica) to be the result of, to be the consequence
iz tega še ne sledi, da je kriv it does not hence follow that he is guilty
iz česar sledi whence it follows
iz tega sledi, da... hence it follows that...
kot sledi as follows, as under
moje mnenje je kot sledi (je naslednje) my opinion is as follows

succeed [səksí:d]

1. prehodni glagol
slediti (komu, čemu), priti za (kom, čem); biti naslednik, naslediti; podedovati

2. neprehodni glagol
slediti, priti (to za kom, čem)
uspeti, posrečiti se, imeti uspeh, doseči svoj cilj (in pri čem, with pri)

succeeding ages bodoči časi (pokolenja)
autumn succeeds summer za poletjem pride jesen
a calm succeeded (to) the tempest po nevihti je sledila (nastopila) tišina
he succeeded as a doctor kot zdravnik je imel uspeh
he succeeded in doing s.th. posrečilo se mu je, nekaj napraviti
Edward VII succeeded Victoria Edvard VII je sledil Viktoriji
they succeeded with him dosegli so svoj cilj pri njem
he succeeded to his father's estate podedoval je očetovo posestvo
he succeeded his uncle as heir podedoval je po stricu
the plan did not succeed načrt se ni posrečil
we did not succeed in seeing him ni se nam posrečilo, da bi ga videli
we succeeded (very badly) imeli smo (zelo slab) uspeh
to succeed to the throne slediti na prestolu
to succeed to a title (a fortune) podedovati pravni naslov (premoženje)
nothing succeeds like success za enim uspehom pride drugi, uspeh rodi uspeh

vihár storm; thunderstorm; tempest; hurricane; (na morju) gale

vihár smeha gale of laughter
vihár odobravanja storm (ali a tempest) of applause
peščeni vihár sandstorm
področje, pas vihárjev storm zone, storm belt
mir, tišina pred vihárjem lull before a storm
vihár v kozarcu vode (figurativno) storm in a teacup
ves dan je divjal vihár the storm raged all day
dvigniti vihár to stir up a storm
sončni zahod, ki naznanja vihár a stormy sunset
pustiti, da vihár mine to let the storm blow over