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  • declare [diklɛ́ə]

    1. prehodni glagol
    navesti, napovedati, razglasiti, izjaviti, objaviti, razodeti; ocariniti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    izjaviti se; odločiti se; pred koncem igre odstopiti (kriket)

    I declare! zares!
    to declare war on s.o. napovedati komu vojno
    well I declare! kaj takega!
    to declare o.s. povedati svoje mnenje
    to declare in debt tožiti zaradi dolga
    have you anything to declare? imate kaj za cariniti?
    to declare innings closed (ali off) objaviti konec igre (kriket)
  • enough2 [inʌ́f] prislov
    dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

    it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
    well enough še kar dobro, znosno
    be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
    it's true enough žal je res
    sure enough gotovo, prav zares
    curiously enough presenetljivo
    likely enough zelo verjetno
  • fair1 [fɛə] pridevnik
    lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
    pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

    the fair (sex) ženske
    a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
    to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
    to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
    a fair chance dobra priložnost
    a fair copy čistopis
    for fair dejansko, zares
    to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
    pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
    fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
    fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
    fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
    fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
    to be in a fair way dobro kazati
    what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
    fair wind ugoden veter
    to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
    fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
    a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
    to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati
  • faith [feiɵ] samostalnik (in)
    zaupanje; zvestoba; vera, veroizpoved; dana beseda, obljuba

    bad faith neodkritost, nepoštenost, verolomnost
    by my faith pri moji veri
    to have (ali put) faith in s.th. zaupati v kaj
    in faith, upon my faith častna beseda, zares
    to break faith with prelomiti obljubo komu, besedo snesti
    in good faith v dobri veri, pošteno, častno
    to keep faith biti mož beseda
    to pin one's faith (to; ali on) popolnoma se zanesti
    Punic faith izdajstvo
    to plight (ali pledge) one's faith dati besedo, obljubiti
    pravno in faith whereof v potrdilo česar
  • hand1 [hænd] samostalnik
    roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
    množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
    gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

    all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
    on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
    at hand blizu, pri roki
    at the hands of s strani nekoga
    bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
    a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
    a bold hand energična pisava
    with a bold hand pogumno
    by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
    by the hands of s posredovanjem
    hand cash gotovina pri roki
    a cool hand hladnokrvnež
    figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
    on every hand povsod okoli
    even hands izenačeno
    for one's own hand sebi v prid
    from hand to hand iz rok v roke
    from first hand iz prve roke
    from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
    from good hand iz dobrega vira
    the hand of God božja roka
    hand on heart roko na srce
    heart and hands iz vsega srca
    heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
    with a heavy hand s trdo roko
    with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
    his hand is out iz vaje je
    hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
    hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
    in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
    a legible hand čitljiva pisava
    on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
    near hand leva stran
    near at hand pri roki, blizu
    a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
    an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
    off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
    hands off! roke proč!
    hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
    on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
    on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
    out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
    hands up! roke kvišku!
    a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
    to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
    under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
    under the hand of podpisani...
    contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
    the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
    with one's own hand lastnoročno

    Z glagoli:

    to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
    to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
    to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
    to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
    to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
    to bear a heavy hand zatirati
    to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
    to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
    to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
    to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
    to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
    not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
    to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
    figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
    to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
    to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
    to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
    to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
    to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
    to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
    to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
    to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
    to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
    to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
    to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
    to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
    to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
    to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
    to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
    to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
    to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
    to hold hands držati se za roke
    to hold one's hand zadržati se
    to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
    to join hands združiti se
    to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
    to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
    to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
    to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
    to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
    to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
    to lend a hand pomagati
    to make a hand napraviti dobiček
    many hands make light work v slogi je moč
    to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
    to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
    to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
    to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
    to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
    figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
    to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
    to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
    to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
    to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
    to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
    it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
    to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
    to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
    to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
    to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
    to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
    to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
    to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
    time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
    to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
    to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
    to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
    figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
    to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
    to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
    to witness the hand of overiti podpis
    to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo
  • heart [ha:t] samostalnik
    srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje)
    množina srčne karte

    after one's own heart po želji, kot srce poželi
    at heart v duši, v srcu, po srcu
    an affair of the heart ljubezenska zadeva
    bless my heart! za boga!
    by heart na pamet
    at the bottom of one's heart na dnu srca
    heart's desire srčna želja
    from one's heart iskreno, iz srca
    for one's heart srčno rad
    heart and head navdušeno
    heart of oak srčika hrasta, figurativno srčen človek; leseno ladjevje
    heart and soul z dušo in telesom
    a heart-to-heart talk odkrit pogovor
    in good heart v dobrem stanju
    the land is in good heart zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana
    in the heart of v osrčju
    in one's heart skrivoma
    in one's heart of hearts v dnu duše, zares
    in heart dobre volje
    light of heart vesel, brezbrižen
    left heart levi srčni prekat
    king (queen) of hearts srčni kralj (dama)
    navtika my hearts! tovariši!, pogumni fantje!
    near one's heart všeč, pri srcu
    the very heart of the matter bistvo zadeve
    out of heart malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)
    sick at heart potrt, žalosten
    smoker's heart kadilčevo (bolno) srce
    searchings of heart tesnoba, sum
    to one's heart's content do mile volje, kot srce poželi
    with all one's heart iz vsega srca, srčno rad
    with a heavy heart s težkim srcem
    medicina disordered heart srčna nevroza

    Z glagoli:

    to break s.o.'s heart streti komu srce
    to clasp s.o. to one's heart prižeti koga na srce
    to cry one's heart out oči si izjokati
    to cut s.o. to the heart zadeti koga v srce, užaliti
    to do one's heart good dobro deti, osrečiti
    to eat one's heart out giniti od žalosti
    my heart fails pogum mi upada
    I cannot find it in my heart to; ali I don't have the heart to srce mi ne da, da bi
    to get (go) to the heart of priti (iti) stvari do dna
    to give heart opogumiti
    to give one's heart to s.o. dati komu srce
    to go near (ali to) one's heart ganiti
    my heart goes out to him sočustvujem z njim
    to grow out of heart postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)
    to have a heart imeti (dobro) srce
    have a heart! usmili se!
    to have no heart biti brez srca, neusmiljen
    to have s.th. at heart srčno kaj želeti
    to have one's heart in one's mouth v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen
    to have one's heart in one's boots biti zelo malodušen
    to have one's heart in the right place imeti srce na pravem mestu
    to have s.o.'s good at heart brigati se za dobro nekoga
    to have one's heart in one's work biti z vsem srcem pri delu
    his heart leaps up srce mu zaigra
    to lay s.th. to heart na srce položiti
    to lose heart izgubiti pogum
    to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
    to make one's heart bleed čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)
    to open one's heart to s.o. razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen
    to pluck up heart opogumiti se
    to pour out one's heart srce izliti
    to put s.o. in good heart razveseliti, razvedriti koga
    to put one's heart into s.th. biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom
    my heart sank srce mi je padlo v hlače
    to set one's heart on s.th. iz vsega srca kaj želeti
    to set one's heart at rest umiriti se, pomiriti se
    to take s.th. to heart k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti
    to take heart (of grace) zbrati pogum, opogumiti se
    to wear one's heart on one's sleeve imeti srce na jeziku
    to win s.o.'s heart srce osvojiti
    what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh povedati, kar ti leži na srcu
  • honest [ɔ́nist] pridevnik (honestly prislov)
    pošten, odkrit, odkritosrčen; nepokvarjen, pravi, pristen; pošteno zaslužen
    šaljivo vrl, pošten
    arhaično neomadeževan, nedolžen (ženska)

    to be quite honest about it po pravici povedati; da povem po pravici
    to turn (ali earn) an honest penny zaslužiti s poštenim delom
    to make an honest woman of poročiti zapeljano dekle
    honest goods pristna roba
    ameriško, sleng & šaljivo honest Injun častna beseda
    pogovorno honestly! kaj res! (začudenje); zares!, častna beseda!
  • mísliti to think (na of, o about); to believe; (premišljevati) to cogitate (o upon) to reflect (o upon), to meditate

    logično mísliti to reason (o about, on); (natančno, skrbno pretehtati) to deliberate; (meniti, domnevati) to mean, to suppose; ZDA to guess, to reckon; (biti mnenja) to be of the opinion; (predstavljati si) to imagine, to fancy, to conceive, to envisage, to realize; (upoštevati) to consider, to contemplate; (nameravati) to intend, ZDA to figure
    mislim da I think so, I suppose so, I should think so
    mislim da ne I don't think so
    mislim, da imate prav I dare say you are right
    ne morem si mísliti, da... I cannot imagine that...
    na to ni mísliti it's not to be thought of; that is out of the question
    to mi da mísliti this sets me thinking, this gives me food for thought, this makes me ponder
    kaj misliš o tem? what is your opinion about it?, what's your idea?
    povem, kar mislim I speak my mind
    mislim si svoje I have my own idea (ali ideas)
    mislili bomo na to we shall think of it, we shall not forget it
    na kaj (na koga) misliš? what (whom) are you thinking of?
    ni mísliti, da... it is not to be supposed that...
    ona dobro misli (hoče, namerava) she means well, her intentions are good
    ne misli več na to! don't give it another thought!, forget about it!
    oni dobro mislijo o tebi they think well of you, they have a good opinion of you
    nemogoče si je mísliti, da... it is unthinkable that...
    kaj misliš storiti? what do you intend to do?
    kaj pa misliš! what are you thinking of?
    misli name! remember me!
    to sem si mislil I thought so, I thought as much
    tega si ne bi mislil od tebe I wouldn't have expected that from you, I am surprised at you
    mísliti pri sebi to think to oneself
    to si lahko mislim I can well imagine (that)
    on misli le nase he only thinks of himself (ali pogovorno number one)
    človek bi mislil, da... anyone (ali one) would think that...
    mislim, da ne bo prišel I do not think he will come
    jaz mislim drugače I don't agree, I beg to differ
    kdo pa mislite, da sem jaz? who (ali arhaično whom) do you take me for?
    mislite si, kar hočete! you may think what you like!
    kdo bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
    o njem mislijo, da je bogat he is thought (ali supposed) to be rich
    takó se splošno misli that is the current opinion
    mislim, da je stara 30 let I imagine (ali I guess) she is (ali must be) thirty
    mísliti s svojo glavo to do some indepenedent thinking
    še v sanjah ne mislim nothing is further from my mind
    javnost misli the public feeling is...
    ne mislim nič hudega I mean no harm
    menda ne misliš, da... you don't suppose that...?
    ne bi si bil mislil, da so tako pošteni I would not have credited them with so much honesty
    tega ne misliš zares (resno)? you don't mean it?, surely you can't be serious?
    mislimo vse najbolje o tvojem prijatelju we hold your friend in the highest esteem
    ona misli le na svojo zabavo she thinks of nothing but her own pleasure
    takó jaz ne mislim that's not my way of thinking
    glasno mísliti to think aloud, to think out loud
  • proper1 [prɔ́pə] pridevnik
    pravi, primeren, prikladen (for za)
    dostojen, spodoben, neoporečen, korekten (vedenje itd.); svojski, lasten (to komu, čemu)
    točen, eksakten, natančen; sam, pravi, v ožjem smislu (običajno za besedo Slovenia proper ožja Slovenija)
    pristojen (oblast)
    britanska angleščina, pogovorno temeljit, dober, pravi (npr. udarci, lopov)
    slovnica lasten (proper name lastno ime)
    astronomija lasten (gibanje)
    grboslovje v naravnih barvah
    arhaično lep

    in the proper place na pravem mestu
    at the proper time o pravem času
    all in its proper time vse ob svojem času
    if you think (it) proper če (to) smatraš za primerno
    matematika proper fraction pravi ulomek
    it is proper spodobi se
    in the proper sense of the word v pravem smislu besede
    I am proper glad sem zares vesel
  • send*2 [send]

    1. prehodni glagol
    poslati, odposlati (to kam)
    odpraviti; spraviti v gibanje; izstreliti (naboj); usmeriti, nameriti (pogled) (at k, proti)
    udariti, vreči (žogo); (o bogu) dati, nakloniti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    poslati (for po)
    poslati sporočilo

    our attack sent the enemy flying naš napad je pognal sovražnika v beg
    to send s.o. about his business na kratko odpraviti koga, spoditi koga
    to send s.o. crazy znoriti koga
    to send coals to Newcastle napraviti nekaj nepotrebnega, odvečnega; v Savo vodó nositi
    to send s.o. to Coventry figurativno ne se hoteti družiti s kom
    to send for s.th. poslati po kaj, dati si prinesti kaj, naročiti kaj
    to send for the doctor poslati po zdravnika
    God send it may not be so! daj bog, da ne bi bilo tako!
    to send to invite s.o. poslati komu (po)vabilo
    to send one's love poslati prisrčen pozdrav, pozdraviti po kom
    to send s.o. mad (out of his mind) razdražiti, razbesneti koga, spraviti koga v blaznost, znoriti koga
    to send a message poslati sporočilo
    I sent him packing figurativno odpustil sem ga (iz službe), spodil sem ga
    to send by post poslati po pošti
    his playing really sends me njegovo igranje me zares prevzame (navduši)
    to send one's kind regards lepo pozdravljati
    to send to the right-about, send packing sleng na kratko koga odpraviti, odpustiti koga, poslati k vragu koga
    the news sent her into hysterics ob tej novici je postala histerična
    to send to school poslati v šolo
    to send to the skies sleng ubiti
    to send a shell izstreliti granato
    send him victorious! da bi (le) zmagal!
    send me a word! sporoči (piši, javi se) mi!
  • sheep množina sheep [ši:p]
    ovca
    množina ovce, čreda
    figurativno duhovna čreda, verniki, "ovčice", župljani; ovčja koža
    figurativno boječ, plah, malce omejen človek

    black sheep črna, garjava ovca
    sheep and goats dobri in hudobni
    sheep's head bedak
    wolf in sheep's clothing volk v ovčji koži
    a lost sheep figurativno izgubljena ovca
    sheep that have no shepherd figurativno nemočna množica (brez vodje)
    bound in sheep vezan v ovčje usnje (knjiga)
    to cast (to make) sheep's eyes at s.o. koprneče, zaljubljeno gledati koga
    to follow like sheep slepo slediti, iti za kom, ne imeti lastne podjetnosti
    you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb če že moraš biti obešen, naj bi se vsaj bilo izplačalo; če se greši, naj se (zares, pošteno) greši; kamor je šla sekira, naj gre še toporišče
    to return to one's sheep figurativno vrniti se k prvotnemu predmetu pogovora
  • slack1 [slæk]

    1. samostalnik
    nenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah
    množina, pogovorno dolge (ženske) hlače
    vojska, sleng dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.)
    prozodija nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi)
    pogovorno pavza, odmor

    to have a good slack pošteno, zares "izpreči"

    2. pridevnik (slackly prislov)
    mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)

    with a slack hand leno, brez energije
    slack lime gašeno apno
    a slack rope nenapeta, ohlapna vrv
    slack season mrtva sezona, mrtvilo
    slack in stays navtika ki se počasi premika
    slack trade, slack market trgovina medlo, slabo tržišče
    slack water mirujoča, mrtva voda
    slack weather vreme, ki človeka naredi lenega
    to be slack in one's duties zanemarjati svoje dolžnosti
    business is slack trgovina posli zastajajo, stagnirajo
    to keep a slack hand nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljati
    to keep a slack rein premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto

    3. prislov
    (v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostno

    slack-dried hops ne čisto posušen hmelj
    to slack bake premalo (se) speči
  • sure1 [šúə] pridevnik
    gotov, zanesljiv, siguren; varen, nenevaren; nedvomen, nezmoten, nezmotljiv, nesporen; stalen; prepričan (of o, that da)

    for sure gotovo, sigurno, nedvomno, vsekakor
    a sure draw skrivališče, v katerem je zanesljivo lisica
    a sure shot zanesljiv strelec
    a sure proof nesporen, zanesljiv dokaz
    a sure faith trdna vera
    sure thing ameriško, sleng gotova, zanesljiva stvar
    sure (thing)! ameriško, sleng gotovo! sigurno! vsekakor! zanesljivo!
    slow and sure počasen, ali siguren
    I am sure gotovo, zares
    I am sure of his honesty prepričan sem o njegovem poštenju
    I am sure I don't know zares ne vem
    I'm sure I didn't mean to hurt you zares (prav gotovo) vas nisem hotel žaliti
    well, I'm sure! (vzklik presenečenja)
    well, to be sure! no, kakšno presenečenje!
    are you sure? ali res?
    be sure! ne pozabi!
    be sure to (ali and) shut the window ne pozabi zapreti okno!
    to be sure pogovorno gotovo, brez dvoma, seveda
    he is sure to come gotovo (zanesljivo) bo prišel
    it is sure to turn out well gotovo se bo dobro končalo
    I feel sure of success gotov, prepričan sem o uspehu
    to make sure of (of s.th.) prepričati se (of o), biti prepričan (that da); zagotoviti si (kaj)
  • surety [šúəti] samostalnik
    gotovost, sigurnost
    pravno jamstvo, poroštvo, varščina, jamščina, kavcija; porok, garant; garancija
    zastarelo zanesljivost

    of a surety zastarelo gotovo, sigurno, zares
    to find surety najti poroka
    to be (to stand) surety for biti porok za, jamčiti za
  • 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
  • truth [tru:ɵ] samostalnik
    resnica, resničnost, realnost; iskrenost, poštenost; vdanost, zvestoba, zanesljivost; točnost, natančnost, pravilnost; veljavnost
    zastarelo stanovitnost, vztrajnost

    in truth, of truth zares, v resnici, resnično
    out of truth zaradi resnice, resnici na ljubo
    truth to nature točnost prikazovanja, predstavljanja
    god's truth sveta božja resnica
    gospel truth resnica iz svetega pisma, sveta resnica
    there is no truth in him on laže, on sploh ne govori resnice
    to tell the truth, truth to tell da povem resnico, po resnici
    to be out of truth tehnično ne se prilegati, ujemati
    I told him some home truths povedal sem mu nekaj gorkih, zanj neugodnih resnic
  • verity [vériti] samostalnik
    resnica, resničnost, dejstvo; realnost

    of a verity! zares! resnično!, v resnici!, dejansko!
    dreams are verities sanje so resnica
  • 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
  • will3 [wil]

    1. prehodni glagol
    2. os. ednina (you) will
    zastarelo (thou) willest
    3. os. wills
    zastarelo willeth [wíliɵ]
    preteklik in pretekli deležnik willed [wild]
    hoteti, določiti, odločiti; nameravati, (redko) ukazati

    God wills (ali willeth) it bog hoče to (tako)
    he who wills success is half way to it kdor trdno (zares) hoče uspeh, ga že na pol ima
    willing and wishing are not the same hoteti in želeti je dvoje; pravno v oporoki določiti, voliti, zapustiti
    she willed her money to a hospital svoj denar je (v oporoki) zapustila neki bolnici; vplivati na (koga), prisiliti, primorati (koga) (s hipnozo itd.)
    the mesmerist wills his patient hipnotizêr vsili pacientu svojo voljo
    to will o.s. into prisiliti se k

    2. neprehodni glagol
    hoteti, zahtevati, želeti, koprneti po
  • word1 [wə:d] samostalnik
    beseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor
    religija božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija
    zastarelo pregovor, (iz)rek, moto
    množina pričkanje, prerekanje

    the words tekst, libreto
    at a word na besedo, takoj
    by word of mouth ustno
    in so many words dobesedno, (na) kratko
    word for word od besede do besede, dobesedno
    beyond words neizrazljiv
    on the word, with the word na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedo
    in a word z eno besedo, skratka
    in other words z drugimi besedami
    upon my word (of honour)! pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!
    my word upon it! pri moji časti! častna beseda!
    a word to the wise pametnemu človeku zadostuje ena sama beseda
    a word and a blow po besedah takoj pretep (ravs)
    a word in (out of) season (ne)primeren nasvet
    a word or two beseda ali dve, nekaj besed
    big words hvalisanje, širokoustenje
    words and deeds besede in dejanja
    burning words ognjevite, plamteče besede
    fair, good words lepe, laskave besede
    high (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words ostre, hude, trde, jezne besede
    wild and whirling words divje, nepremišljene besede
    my word! prav zares! bogme!
    a play upon words besedna igra
    too beautiful for words neizrekljive lepote
    too silly for words preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumno
    to be a man of few words biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedami
    to be as good as one's word biti popolnoma zanesljiv
    to be better than one's word napraviti več, kot smo obljubili
    to be worse than one's word ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedo
    to break one's word prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besede
    hard words break no bones oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajo
    fine words butter no parsnips lepe besede (še) niso dovolj
    word came that... zvedelo se je, da...
    to eat one's word snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besede
    to give one's word dati (svojo) besedo, obljubiti
    to hang on s.o.'s words viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušati
    to have a word with imeti kratek razgovor z
    to have words with pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se z
    to have the last word imeti zadnjo besedo
    he has not a word to throw at a dog figurativno on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimi
    to have no words for ne imeti besed za, ne moči izraziti
    to keep one's word držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož beseda
    to leave word that... sporočiti, da...
    to make no word about ne izgubljati besed o
    to proceed from words to blows od besed priti do pretepa
    to put in (ali to say) a good word for zastaviti (reči) dobro besedo za
    to suit the action to the word od besed takoj preiti na delo
    to take s.o. at his word prijeti koga za besedo
    I took his word for it nisem dvomil o (verjel sem) njegovi besedi
    to retract one's word umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedo
    send me word! javi mi, sporoči mi!
    to send word of one's arrival obvestiti o svojem prihodu
    to waste words tratiti besede, zaman govoriti