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trivial [triviəl] pridevnik (trivially prislov)
trivialen, banalen, navaden, vsakdanji, enoličen; obrabljen; neznaten, nepomemben; beden, ničeven, nič vreden; plehek, neduhovit, plitev, cenen
botanika & zoologija (o imenih) ljudski

the trivial round vsakdanjost, vsakdanje življenje, rutina življenja
trivial loss nepomembna izguba

unromantic [ʌnrəmǽntik] pridevnik (unromantically prislov)
neromantičen, prozaičen, vsakdanji; suhoparen

workaday [wə́:kədei]

1. pridevnik
vsakdanji, običajen; ki je brez dogodkov, prozaičen; deloven (clothes obleka)

workaday life vsakdanje življenje

2. samostalnik
delavnik, delovni dan

this workaday world ta prozaični svet

livelihood [láivlihud] samostalnik
preživljanje, prehranitev, vsakdanji kruh

to make (ali earn, gain) a (ali one's) livelihood zaslužiti za vsakdanji kruh
to pick up a scanty livelihood životariti

living² [liviŋ] samostalnik
življenje, preživljanje, vsakdanji kruh
cerkev dohodek, nadarbina

to make (ali earn) one's living preživljati se
to make a living out of preživljati se s čim, živeti od česa

common¹ [kɔ́mən] pridevnik (commonly prislov)
skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgaren

to make common cause with podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvar
sleng common or garden zelo vsakdanji, šablonski
glasba common chord trozvok
slovnica common gender dvojni spol
by common consent soglasno
the common herd plebejci
common noun občno ime
Court of common Pleas civilnopravno sodišče
common rights človeške pravice
common salt kuhinjska sol
common weal splošna blaginja
common woman pocestnica

délati to work, to be at work; to do; to make; to manufacture; (biti zaposlen) to be employed (funkcionirati) to function

težko délati to toil, to labour
délati za koga to work for someone
kaj delaš (sedajle)? what are you doing (now)?
délati v akordu to be a pieceworker, to do piecework
nimam kaj délati I have no work to do
délati kot črna živina to work like a nigger (ali like a slave)
delati na čem to work on something, to be busy with something, to be engaged on something
délati po navodilih to act (ali to proceed) according to instructions (ali as instructed), to follow the instructions
on dela le za svojo korist he looks only after his own interests
prekomerno délati to overwork someone
délati napake to make mistakes
délati krivico komu to do wrong to someone
délati za vsakdanji kruh to work for one's daily bread
on dela na svojo roko figurativno he is not authorized to act; pogovorno he's acting off his own bat
dela po svoji mili volji he has his own way, he pleases himself
površno délati to botch, to bungle
délati kot mravlja a to be busy as a bee
délati sitnosti to cause trouble
délati težave to make difficulties
stroj dela the machine is working (ali running)
stroj ne dela (je brez dela) the machine is idle, (je pokvarjen) the machine is out of order
trdo délati to work hard, to labour, to toil, to drudge
pri kom si dajete délati obleke? who is your tailor?
dan se dela it is dawn, it is daybreak, day is dawning
délati se (pretvarjati se) to pretend, to make pretence, to feign
dela se bolnega he pretends to be ill
dela se neumnega he plays the fool
dela se gluhega he pretends he is deaf
délati se norca iz koga to make fun of someone, to make a fool of someone
dela se bogatega he pretends to be rich, he makes believe he is rich
delal sem se jeznega I pretended to be angry
delal se je, kot da ničesar ne vidi he pretended to see nothing
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé arhaično no mill, no meal

keep¹ [ki:p] samostalnik
zgodovina osrednji grajski stolp, trdnjava, temnica; življenjske potrebščine, oskrba, stanovanje in hrana, vzdrževanje; paša, krma
vojska utrdba, reduta
množina igra, pri kateri zmagovalec obdrži dobitek

to play for keeps igrati za dobitek
sleng for keeps za vedno
to earn one's keep preživljati se, zaslužiti za vsakdanji kruh

krùh bread

brez krùha breadless, (brez posla) unemployed
črn krùh brown (ali black) bread
domač krùh home-made (ali household) bread
bel krùh white bread
ječmenov krùh barley bread
koruzen krùh ZDA corn pone
ržen rye bread
svež krùh fresh (ali new) bread
star, suh krùh stale bread
(ne)kvašen krùh (un)leavened bread
vojaški krùh ration bread
pražen krùh toast
naš vsakdanji krùh our daily bread
hlebec, štruca krùha loaf of bread
kos, reženj krùha a piece, a slice of bread
ob krùhu in vodi on bread and water
krùh z maslom bread and butter
ostanki krùha left-over bread
pražilec za krùh toaster
košarica za krùh breadbasket
rezilni stroj za krùh bread slicer
skorja krùha a crust of bread
krùha in iger! bread and circuses!
boj za vsakdanji krùh the struggle for life
pomanjkanje krùha shortage (ali scarcity) of bread
deliti s kom krùh to break bread with someone
on ni vreden krùha, ki ga jé he is not worth his salt
ni imel skorje krùha he had not a crust of bread to eat
ostati brez krùha (figurativno) to be thrown out of work
pritrgovati si krùh od ust to stint oneself
odjesti komu krùh to take the bread out of someone's mouth
jesti tuj krùh (figurativno) to serve other people, to be dependent on other people
prišel je do krùha pogovorno he's got it made
peči krùh to bake bread
služiti si svoj krùh z... to get one's living by...
sam si mora služiti krùh he has to earn his own living
težko si služiti krùh to work hard for a living
kako si služi svoj krùh? (figurativno) how does he earn (ali make, win) his bread (ali his living)?
skregati se s svojim krùhom (figurativno) to quarrel with one's bread and butter, not to know which side one's bread is buttered on
stati v vrsti za krùh to stand in a bread-line
krùh je vzhajal the bread has risen
živeti ob krùhu in vodi to be put on bread and water

scrub² [skrʌb] prehodni glagol
ribati, drgniti; močno s ščetko sestrugati (off)
dobro oprati, (i)zdrgniti
neprehodni glagol
ribati, dobro oprati
figurativno mučiti se, garati

to scrub for one's living mučiti se za svoj življenjski obstanek, za svoj vsakdanji kruh

stay² [stéi]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)ustaviti, zadržati, preprečiti, ovirati (napredek, razvoj)
pravno ustaviti, odgoditi (postopek); poravnati (prepir); (trenutno) potešiti, ublažiti (glad, nestrpnost); zadovoljiti (željo)
pogovorno ostati (vse) do, ostati za

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati; stati, mirovati; pričakovati, čakati (for koga, kaj, da)
začasno se zadrževati, muditi se, prebivati (at, in v, with pri)
obstati, ustaviti se, oklevati (v gibanju, v govoru itd.); biti na obisku (with pri)
šport vzdržati do konca, vztrajati; (redko) počivati, nehati; (redko) trdno stati

to stay at a hotel ložirati v hotelu
to stay at home ostati doma
he is staying in London sedaj se mudi v Londonu
to stay the execution odgoditi prisilno izvršbo (rubežen)
to come to stay pogovorno priti z namenom za popolno nastanitev (naselitev); ustaliti se
to stay a judg(e)ment odložiti izvršitev sodbe
the horse stays 3 miles konj vzdrži tri milje
will you stay dinner? boste ostali pri večerji?
he stayed with me for a month bil je moj gost mesec dni
to stay the night ostati čez noč, prenočiti
money won't stay in his hand denar nima obstanka v njegovih rokah, vedno je brez denarja
to stay put ameriško ostati na mestu, ostati nespremenjen
to stay the progress of an epidemic ustaviti napredovanje epidemije
this snow has come to stay ta sneg se bo držal, bo dolgo ostal
to stay s.o.'s stomach (začasno) potešiti komu glad, figurativno komu pokvariti tek (apetit)
to stay with it vzdržati to
the word has come to stay beseda je ostala, je prešla v vsakdanji jezik
stay! you forget one thing! stoj! nekaj pozabljaš!

wrest [rest]

1. samostalnik
povlek, poteg, sunek, hiter obrat; iztrganje, izvitje
glasba kladivce za uglaševanje (harfe)
tehnično razperilo, razvodka

2. prehodni glagol
(s silo) trgati, vleči, z naporom dobiti ali izsiliti
figurativno odvrniti, speljati v stran; skriviti, popačiti (besedilo itd.)

to wrest a living from barren land iz neplodne zemlje z velikim trudom izsiliti svoj vsakdanji kruh (življenjski obstanek)