Franja

sréčnež sréčnik lucky person; fortunate

(ti, Vi) sréčnež, sréčnik! lucky you!

story¹ [stɔ́:ri]

1. samostalnik
zgodba, pripoved, povest; zabavna zgodba, anekdota; pripovedka, bajka
zastarelo zgodovina, historiat; legenda; verzija; fabula, dejanje (romana), zaplet (drame)
pogovorno laž, izmišljotina; lažnivec
literature junaška pesem, saga

according to your story po tem, kar vi pripovedujete, po vaši verziji
always the old story figurativno vedno ista zgodba (pesem)
the Caruso story zgodba o Carusu
cock-and-bull story otročja izmišljotina
the story of my life moji doživljaji, moje življenje
a funny story zabavna, smešna zgodba
oh you story! o ti lažnivec!
nursery story otroška bajka, pravljica
short story novela
but that is another story toda to je (že) druga zgodba
it is quite another story now figurativno to je zdaj nekaj čisto drugega
the story goes that... govori se, pravijo, da...
to make (to cut) a long story short na kratko povedano, da na kratko povem
don't tell stories! ne izmišljaj si stvari!, ne govori laži!
you have been telling me a story eno si mi natvezel

2. prehodni glagol
okrasiti z zgodovinskimi ali legendarnimi scenami
neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati

subject¹ [sʌ́bdžikt]

1. samostalnik
podložnik, podanik, državljan; predmet (stvar) pogovora, téma; učni predmet
glasba téma; razlog, povod, vzrok, motiv (for za)
človek, oseba
slovnica osebek, subjekt
filozofija ego; poskusni predmet (oseba, žival); mrlič (za seciranje)
medicina oseba, pacient

on the subject of gledé, kar se tiče, kar zadeva
a subject for complaint razlog za pritožbo
the subject of ridicule predmet posmehovanja
compulsory (optional, additional) subject obvezen (izbiren, dodaten) učni predmet
a hysterical subject histerična oseba (pacient)
a nervous subject živčna oseba, živčnež
the liberty of the subject državljanska svoboda
a ticklish subject kočljiv, delikaten predmet
he is a French subject on je francoski državljan
there is no subject for joking ni nobenega razloga za zbijanje šal
to change the subject menjati témo (razgovora)
to drop a subject opustiti razgovor o nekem predmetu
to wander from the subject oddaljiti se od predmeta

2. pridevnik
podvržen, podložen, podrejen (to komu, čemu)
odvisen (to od)
nesamostojen (država itd.); občutljiv (to za)
nagnjen (to k)
izpostavljen (to čemu)

subject to pogojèn z, s pogojem; odvisen od (česa), s pridržkom
subject to his consent če on privoli
subject to your approval s pogojem (pridržkom), da vi odobrite
subject to duty podvržen carini
subject to ridicule izpostavljen posmehu
I am subject to indigestion podvržen sem prebavnim motnjam
the treaty is subject to ratification pogodba mora biti ratificirana, da postane veljavna
she is subject to headaches ona je nagnjena h glavobolom
to hold subject imeti v podložnosti, v odvisnosti
to be held subject biti odvisen

surname [sə́:neim] samostalnik

1. samostalnik
priimek, družinsko ime
zastarelo vzdevek

2. prehodni glagol
dati komu ime (priimek, vzdevek), imenovati s priimkom

to be surnameed imeti priimek (vzdevek)
Attila surnamed the Scourge of God Atila z vzdevkom božji bič (šiba božja)
he was surnamed Brown like you pisal se je Brown kot vi

šáliti se to jest, to joke, to make fun (z of), to have fun (z with), to trifle (z with)

vi se šalite! you can't be serious!, pogovorno you must be kidding!
s tem se ni šáliti se this is no joking matter
z njim se ni šáliti se he is not to be trifled with, you can't joke (ali trifle) with him

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

than [ðæn, ðən] veznik
kot, kakor

more than 300 people več kot 300 ljudi
rather than rajši kot
none other than you noben drug kot vi
a man than whom no one was more beloved ni ga bilo bolj priljubljenega človeka, kot je bil on
it is casier said than done to je lažje rečeno kot storjeno
she did it better than he bolje to napravila kot on
I would rather walk than drive jaz bi rajši šel peš, kot pa da bi se peljal

thought¹ [ɵɔ:t] samostalnik
misel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt
množina mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir
figurativno minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kanček

a beauty beyond thought lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljati
engaged in thought zamišljen, zatopljen v misli
the leading thought vodilna misel
a penny for your thoughts! figurativno rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?
(up)on second thought(s) po (zrelem) premisleku
quick as thought bliskovit
after further thought I saw I was wrong ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav
you are often in my thoughts često mislim na vas
I had (some) thoughts of coming nekako sem nameraval priti
he had no thought of paying his debt prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolg
he did not give a thought to his doings niti hip ni pomislil, kaj dela
he is a thought smaller than you on je nekoliko manjši kot vi
his sole thought is to make money njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarja
it never entered my thoughts nikoli mi ni (to) prišlo na misel
to read s.o.'s thoughts brati misli kake osebe
a thought struck me v glavo mi je šinila misel
second thoughts are best figurativno ni se treba prenagliti
to speak one's thoughts povedati svoje mnenje
she takes no thought for her appearance ona ne pazi na svojo zunanjost
to take no thought for the morrow ne misliti na jutrišnji dan
to take thought zamisliti se, premisliti
he took thought before replying premislil je, preden je odgovoril
thank you for your kind thought of me hvala vam za vašo ljubeznivo pažnjo do mene
the wish is father to the thought (ta) misel izhaja iz želje (je težko uresničljiva)

understand^* [ʌndəstǽnd]

1. prehodni glagol
razumeti, umeti, pojmiti; razumeti se, spoznati se (how to nedoločnik kako...)
uvideti, spoznati, izkusiti; smatrati, misliti, predpostaviti, podrazumeti

2. neprehodni glagol
razumeti, imeti razum; biti informiran
zastarelo zvedeti, slišati

to understand about s.th. biti informiran o čem
to understand one another (each other) razumeti se med seboj (eden drugega), zlágati se, harmonirati
to understand business razumeti se na posle
he understands horses razume se, spozna se na konje
he can't understand a joke on ne razume šale
I understand from his manner vidim po njegovem vedenju
I understand he died last week zvedel sem (slišal sem, slišim), da je umrl pretekli teden
I understand that you spread these rumours slišim (slišal sem, pravijo), da vi širite te govorice
am I to understand that this sum is meant to cover all expenses? naj razumem (naj to pomeni), da naj ta vsota krije vse stroške?
do I (ali am I to) understand that you refuse? hočete s tem reči, da odklanjate?
it is an understood thing that... samo po sebi se razume, da...
that is understood to se razume samo po sebi
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to make s.o. understand dati komu razumeti; razložiti komu
to make o.s. understood in French sporazume(va)ti se v francoščini, znati toliko francosko, da se sporazumemo (s kom)
it must be clearly understood that if you go, you go alone moramo si biti čisto na jasnem, da, če greste, greste sami
what did you understand him to say? kako ste razumeli njegove besede?

up³ [ʌp] prislov

1.
gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazaj

up from the grounds figurativno od temeljev
up till now doslej
from my youth up od moje mladosti naprej
up with the Democrates! živeli demokrati!
hands up! roke kvišku!
you can sail up as far as Sisak lahko se peljete z ladjo do Siska po reki navzgor
he looked for it up and down po vseh kotih in oglih je iskal to
this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije

2.
bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo)
figurativno više, na višjo stopnjo

up and up više in više, vedno više
come up! pridi bliže!
speak up! govori(te) glasneje!
he came up and asked me the way približal se mi je in me vprašal
to move up in the world povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)
I think of running up North mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever

3.
v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.

to grow up (od)rasti
hurry up! pohiti!, brž!
the nation is up in arms narod se je uprl z orožjem
my blood was up kri mi je zavrela
the cider is up very much jabolčnik se zelo peni
shares (prices) are up delnice (cene) se dvigajo

4.
popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupaj

to burn up zgoreti
to eat up all the cherries pojesti vse češnje
to drink up izpiti, popiti
to follow up a success do kraja izkoristiti uspeh
to bind up skupaj povezati
to lock up the house zakleniti vsa hišna vrata
to tear up a piece of paper raztrgati kos papirja na koščke
the street was up ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana

5.
zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogah

high up in the air visoko v zraku
I live two storeys up stanujem v 2. nadstropju
to be early up biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajati
the Prime Minister is up ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedo
to stand up stati pokonci
to sit up sedeti v postelji

6.
v mestu, na univerzi, v šoli

up in London v Londonu
up to town v London
up for a week teden dni v mestu (v Londonu)
the undergraduates come up next week študentje se vrnejo (na univerzo) prihodnji teden
to stay up for the vacation ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice

7. up to
a) (vse) do; proti, prek

up to now doslej
I had mud up to the knees blato mi je segalo do kolen
he was all right up to yesterday bil je čisto zdrav do včeraj
to be up to date biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)
I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it plačal bom do 1000 din za to
b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustrezno

up to the door (ali knocker) sleng izvrstno, prima
up to par figurativno "na višini"
not up to expectations neustrezno pričakovanjem
not yet up to the ropes figurativno še neuveden, ki se še ne spozna
up to sample po (ustrezno) vzorcu
his book is not up to much njegova knjiga ni kaj prida vredna
to live up to one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom
your work is not up to your usual standard tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežeš
to be up to s.th. nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kaj
what are you up to? kaj nameravaš?
it is up to you (to decide) vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitev
to be up to a thing or two figurativno biti prebrisan
to feel up to s.th. čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kaj
to get up to s.o. držati korak s kom
to be up to the mark figurativno biti na višini
to be up to snuff sleng biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)
I am up to your little game dobro vem, kaj spletkariš
what has he been up to? kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?
you have been up to some trick again! si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!
I am not up to travelling nisem sposoben za potovanje
it is up to you to prove it vi morate to dokazati

8.
pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)

I was up to A. A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor)

9.

up with na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti z
to come up with s.o. dohiteti koga
to keep up with držati korak s
up with you! vstani!, pridi gor!
up against proti
up into gori v, gor
up on više (od, kot)
up till vse do

use² [ju:z] prehodni glagol
rabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas)
zastarelo navaditi (to na)

to use one's brains (ali wits) uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možgane
use your eyes! odpri oči!
to use care skrbno (pazljivo) postopati
to use diligence da(ja)ti si truda
to use one's best efforts napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)
to use exercises delati vaje
to use force uporabiti silo
this geyser uses a lot of gas ta plinska peč porabi mnogo plina
how did they use you? kako so ravnali z vami?
to use s.o. ill slabo ravnati s kom
I cannot use my left hand ne se posluževati svoje leve roke
to use one's legs peš iti, pešačiti
to use imprecations preklinjati
to use a right uživati (neko) pravico
may I use your name? se lahko sklicujem na vas?
to use tobacco kaditi
I have used all the paint porabil sem vso barvo
how does the world use you? pogovorno kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?
neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)

the beggar used to come every day berač je imel navado prihajati (je prihajal) vsak dan
it used to be said navadno se je reklo (bila je navada reči)
he does not come as often as he used (to) ne prihaja več tako pogosto kot prej
they used to live here prej so stanovali tu
used you to know him? ste ga vi poznali?
there used to be a tree there tam je nekoč bilo drevo

vow² [váu] prehodni glagol
zaobljubiti (se), slovesno (s prisego) obljubiti; priseči; obvezati se s slovesno obljubo; slovesno zatrjevati, zagotavljati, prepričevati (that da)
zastarelo prizna(va)ti

to vow and declare slovesno izjaviti
to vow fidelity to the king priseči zvestobo kralju
to vow obedience svečano obljubiti pokorščino
he vowed to avenge the insult prisegel (si) je, da se bo maščeval za žalitev
I vow, you are vastly amusing zares, vi ste nad vse zabavni

yourself množina yourselves [jɔ:sélf, -sélvz] zaimek (v zvezi z you ali z velelnikom)

1.
(poudarjeno, emfatično) (ti) sam, (vi, Vi) sami

you yourself told me, you told me yourself vi sami ste mi povedali
you must see for yourself sam moraš videti, se prepričati
you are not yourself today danes te ni moč prepoznati, nisi pravi
you are not quite yourself after this illness nisi čisto pravi, nisi še dober po tej bolezni
what will you do with yourself today? kaj boš delal (počenjal) danes?
by yourself (ti) sam, brez (tuje) pomoči
you'll be left by yourself ostal boš (čisto) sam
do you learn French by yourself? ali se sami učite francosko?

2. povratni
se, sebe, si, sebi

be yourself! vzemi se skupaj!, pridi spet k sebi!
help yourself! postrezi(te) si, vzemi(te) si!
you may congratulate yourself lahko si čestitaš
don't trouble yourself! ne trudi(te) se!
pull yourselves together! vzemite se skupaj!
shut the door behind yourself! zapri(te) vrata za seboj!
how's yourself? sleng kako pa kaj ti?, kako pa gre tebi?