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beséda word; (izraz) expression, term; (izrek) saying; (obljuba) promise

z besédami in writing
z drugimi besédami in other words
z eno besédo in a (ali one) word
beséda ob (ne)pravem času a word in (out of) season
in, niti beséde o tem! Pst! and mum's the word!
in konec besédi! and that's that!
na dan z besédo! (govori!) spit it out!, out with it, man!, ZDA pogovorno talk turkey!
prav s temi besédami in so many words
častna beséda word of honour
častna beséd! word of honour!, upon ali on my honour!, honestly!
nobene beséde več! not another word!
beséda za besédo word for word, literally
ostre beséde harsh (ali angry) words
božja beséda gospel
grde beséde foul language
lepe beséde fair words
prazne beséde empty (ali idle) words
sladke beséde flattering words
izvedena beséda derivative
novo skovana beséda newly coined word
zložena beséda compound word
same beséde! mere words!
enozložna beséda monosyllable
težko izgovorljiva beséda tongue twister
strokovna beséda technical term
zelo zastarela beséda obsolete word
zastarela beséda archaic word, archaism
človek redkih besédi a man of few words
spojena beséda portmanteau word (npr. smog = smoke + fog)
izpeljava besed derivation of words; etymology
tvorba besed word-formation
števec besed telefonija word counter
beséda je o... the point is, the point in question is...
ne biti mož beséda not to keep one's word
on je mož beséda he is a man of his word, he is true to his word
vse to so same prazne beséde that's all idle chatter
pametnemu je ena beséda dovolj a word to the wise
beséda je dala besédo one word led to another
dati svojo (častno) besédo to pledge one's word, to give one's word
dati komu besédo to allow someone to speak
biti mož beséda to keep one's word, to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word
njegova beséda je zakon (figurativno) what he says goes
držati svojo besédo to keep one's word
držal bom svojo besédo I will keep my word
ni držal svoje beséde he went back on his word
imam besédo na jeziku I have the word on the tip of my tongue
ti imaš besédo it is your turn to speak, (na sestanku) you have the floor, you may take the floor
ne dati drugim beséde to monopolize the conversation
imeti zadnjo besédo to have the last word
imeti odločilno (zadnjo) besédo pri to have the final say in
jaz imam zdaj besédo it's my turn now, now I'll have my say
imeti véliko besédo to talk big
on ima glavno besédo he is the spokesman
v tej stvari nimam nobene beséde več I no longer have any say in this matter
od lepih besed še nihče ni bil sit fine words butter no parnips
čim manj je besed, tem bolje je least said soonest mended
izbirati beséde to pick one's words
ni izgubljal, tratil besede o... he wasted no words on...
naglasiti, poudariti besédo to stress (ali to emphasize) a word
zaman izgubljati beséde to waste words
izraziti z besédo to word
niti beséde ni omenil o tem he did not breathe a word of it
odvzeti komu besédo to stop someone from speaking
pasti komu v besédo to interrupt someone, to cut short, pogovorno to chip in
prositi za besédo to beg permission to speak, to ask leave to speak
prosim za besédo! (ZDA) may I have the floor?
oprostite besedi! saving your presence!
prihranite si svoje beséde! save your breath
sploh me ne pusti do beséde he does not let me a word in edgeways
priti do beséde to get a word in edgeways
ne priti z besédo na dan (žargon) to beat about the bush
nisem mogel priti do beséde I couldn't get a word in
prijeti koga za besédo to take someone at his word
ne najdem (ne morem najti) besed I am at a loss for words
tudi beséde resnice ni v tem there is not a word of truth in it
prevračati beséde to quibble over words
lastne beséde človek ne more slišati v tem hrupu in this din you can't hear yourself speak
snesti svojo besédo not to keep one's word, to break one's word
reči dobro besédo za koga to intercede in someone's favour, to say a good word for someone, to plead for someone
premisliti beséde to ponder one's words
skovati besédo to coin a word
ne upati si z besédo na dan žargon to beat about the bush
pretehtati svoje beséde to mind one's p's and q's, to ponder one's words
vzeti komu besédo iz ust to take the words out of someone's mouth
zastaviti svojo besédo arhaično to pledge one's word (ali honour)
zastaviti dobro besédo za koga to put in a word for someone
umakniti svojo besédo to retract one's word, to go back on one's promise
verjeti na besédo to take on trust
ubogati na besédo to obey to the letter
lahko mi verjamete na besédo you may take my word for it; you can believe every word I say
vleči beséde to drawl
tudi beséde ni rekel he never said a word (ali žargon humoristično a dicky bird)
reči besédo o pravem času to drop a timely hint; arhaično to say a word in season
človek se lahkó zanese na njegovo besédo his word is as good as his bond
izvleči se z lepimi besédami to talk one's way out
dobiti besédo to have leave to speak, to be allowed to speak; parlament to catch the Speaker's eye
(takrat) ni znal beséde angleški he could not then speak a word of English
beséde ne ziniti to button up one's mouth
iskal sem to besédo pri več avtorjih I have looked that word up in several authors
beséda ni konj (figurativno) hard words break no bones

cross⁴ [krɔs]

1. prehodni glagol
križati; prekrižati, narediti znak križa; prečrtati
figurativno preprečiti; onemogočiti, pokvariti komu račune; prečkati; prepeljati; zajahati (konja)

2. neprehodni glagol
poprek ležati; križati se; preiti; prepeljati se; srečati se

to be crossed in love biti nesrečno zaljubljen
to cross the cudgels vdati se
it crossed my mind domislil sem se
to cross the palm podkupiti, dati napitnino
figurativno to dot the i's and cross the t's jasno se izražati; nadrobnosti navesti; loviti pičice na i
to cross s.o.'s hand with a piece of money stisniti komu denar v roko
to cross the Styx umreti
to cross the floor prestopiti k drugi stranki
to cross the path of s.o. srečati koga; figurativno zastaviti komu pot

gage¹ [geidž] samostalnik
zastava, zastavek, jamstvo, poroštvo; poziv na boj

to give on gage zastaviti
to hold in gage obdržati kot jamstvo
to throw down a gage izzvati, pozivati na boj

imovína property; fortune; possession; belongings pl

vsa moja imovína all my goods and chattels pl
izgubil je vso svojo imovíno he has lost all he had
biti brez imovíne to have no property, to be poorly off, to live from hand to mouth
izgubiti imovíno to lose one's fortune, to be ruined, to be reduced to poverty, ekonomija to fail, to go bankrupt
pognati, zapraviti imovíno to run through one's fortune, to play ducks and drakes with one's money
investirati svojo imovíno to invest one's fortune
zastaviti imovíno (posestvo) to mortgage (one's estate)

mortgage¹ [mɔ́:gidž] samostalnik
pravno zastava, poroštvo (v nepremičninah), zastavnica, zastavno pismo; hipoteka, poroštveno pismo

to give in mortgage zastaviti
by mortgage hipotečno
to borrow on mortgage vzeti posojilo na hipoteko
to foreclose a mortgage izjaviti, da je hipoteka zapadla
to lend on mortgage posoditi na hipoteko
to raise a mortgage on vzeti hipotečno posojilo na kaj

object¹ [ɔ́bdžikt] samostalnik
predmet, stvar
ironično predmet posmeha ali usmiljenja; cilj, smoter, namen
slovnica objekt

no object brez pridržkov, postranska stvar (v oglasih)
money is no object denar ne igra vloge
salary no object plača je postranska stvar
what an object you are! kako pa izgledaš!
with the object of doing s.th. z namenom kaj narediti
to make it one's object to do s.th. zastaviti si cilj nekaj narediti
there is no object in doing that nesmiselno je to narediti
slovnica direct object objekt v tožilniku, direktni objekt

pawn² [pɔ:n] samostalnik
zastava, zastavljena stvar, zastavljanje

in (ali at) pawn v zastavljalnici, zastavljen
to give in pawn zastaviti

pledge¹ [pledž] samostalnik
jamstvo, poroštvo, zastava, zalog
zgodovina talec, porok; obljuba, zaobljuba, obveza; zdravica, napitnica
figurativno dokaz ljubezni

pledge of love otrok, dokaz ljubezni
in pledge of kot jamstvo za; figurativno kot dokaz za; kot znak, da
under (the) pledge of secrecy pod obljubo molčečnosti
to hold in pledge imeti v zalogu
to put in pledge dati v zalog, zastaviti
to redeem one's pledge izpolniti zaobljubo
to take (ali sign) the pledge odpovedati se pijači
to take in pledge vzeti kot zalog

scale² [skéil]

1. samostalnik
skledica pri tehtnici
množina tehtnica; tehtanje (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)

the Scales astronomija Tehtnica
a pair of scales tehtnica
his fate was in the scale njegova usoda je bila na tehtnici
to go to scale figurativno biti premagan
to hold the scales even držati tehtnico v ravnotežju, figurativno soditi nepristransko, objektivno
to throw one's influence into scale figurativno zastaviti ves svoj vpliv
to throw one's sword into the scale figurativno podpreti svojo zahtevo z orožjem
to turn the scale figurativno odločiti
it turned the scale into my favour to je nagnilo tehtnico v mojo korist

2. prehodni glagol
tehtati (tudi figurativno)
neprehodni glagol
(redko) biti težak, tehtati, biti stehtan (zlasti pred in po konjski dirki)

it scales 5 pounds (to) tehta 5 funtov

stop² [stɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up)
zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od)
navtika privezati (ladjo)
slovnica označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila
glasba pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas)

2. neprehodni glagol
ustaviti se, obstati
pogovorno ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom)
(pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

a badly spelt and badly stopped letter pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak
stop thief! primite tatu!
to stop in bed ostati v postelji
to stop a blow odbiti, parirati udarec
to stop a blow with one's head hudomušno dobiti udarec po glavi
to stop s.o.'s breath sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga
to stop a bullet sleng biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen
to stop a car ustaviti, stopati avto
to stop a cheque prepovedati izplačilo čeka
to stop dead (short) nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan
to stop doing s.th. prenehati s čim
shall you stop for dinner? boste ostali na večerji?
to stop one's ears (za)mašiti si ušesa, figurativno ne hoteti slišati
to stop a gap zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi
I am going to stop a few days zaustavil se bom nekaj dni
to stop s.o.'s mouth zamašiti komu usta
do stop that noise! nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!
stop your nonsense! dovolj je vaših neumnosti!
he'll stop at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši
to stop payment ustaviti plačilo
to stop running nehati teči
he stopped me from speaking preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje
he never stops to think nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)
to stop a tooth plombirati zob
my watch has stopped ura se mi je ustavila
to stop the way zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
to stop work ustaviti delo
to stop a wound ustaviti krvavitev rane

wage¹ [wéidž] samostalnik
(večinoma množina) plača; dnina, dnevni zaslužek; mezda; (tedenska) plača fizičnega delavca, služinčadi; plačilo, nagrada; povračilo
zastarelo zalog, zastava, varščina

wage freeze začasna zamrznitev, prepoved povečanja mezd, plač
to get good wages dobivati dobro plačo
living wages plača, ki je zadostna za življenje
to earn the wages of sin figurativno biti obešen ali obsojen na smrt
to lay one's life in wage zastaviti svoje življenje

waggon ameriško wagon [wǽgən]

1. samostalnik
(tovorni) vagon; tovorni voz; furgon, kamion
ameriško, pogovorno otroški voziček
ameriško, sleng vojna ladja; avto

by waggon ekonomija na os
to be on the (water) waggon sleng biti abstinent, odpovedati se alkoholu
to hitch one's waggon to a star vzeti si za svetal zgled, zastaviti si visok cilj

2. prehodni glagol
prevažati v vagonu
neprehodni glagol
peljati se, potovati v vagonu

way¹ [wéi] samostalnik
pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer
navtika kurz

way in vhod
way out izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figurativno priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; pogovorno okolica, stran; figurativno pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; navtika, množina grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke
a long (ali a great) way off (ali from here) daleč stran od tu
any way vsekakor, v vsakem primeru
by way of na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi
by the way mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno
by way of compliment kot kompliment
in a way nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma
in every way v vsakem pogledu (oziru)
in many ways v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)
in more ways than one v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)
in a polite (friendly) way vljudno (prijazno)
in a small way skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno
not by a long way še dolgo ne
in some (ali several) ways v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)
one way or another tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako
over the way na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto
on one's way to na poti k
no way nikakor ne
some way or other na ta ali na oni način
the other way round v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno
under way navtika na poti, na vožnji
well on one's way v polnem teku
ways and means pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)
Ways and Means parlamentarna budžetna komisija
the way of the world tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj
the way of the cross religija križev pot
no way inferior nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši
the good old ways dobri, stari običaji
high way glavna cesta, državna cesta; figurativno običajni način delovanja
Milky Way rimska cesta (na nebu)
lion in the way zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)
permanent way železnica tir, tračnice
permanent-way man železnica progovni delavec
nothing out of the way nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)
somewhere London way nekje v okolici Londona
right of way pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)
this way please! semkaj, za menoj, prosim!
this is not in my way to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim
to ask the (ali one's) way vprašati za pot
to be in a bad way biti v slabem položaju
to be in the family way biti noseča, pričakovati otroka
to be by way of being angry skoraj pobesneti
to be in s.o.'s way biti komu napoti, motiti koga
to be under way biti na poti
the conference was already under way konferenca je bila že v teku
to be on the way biti na poti, približevati se
to be in a way pogovorno biti vznemirjen, razburjen
it is not his way to ni njegova navada
the furthest way about is the nearest way home najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša
to clear the way umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod
to come by way of Paris priti prek Pariza
to come (ali to fall) in s.o.'s way srečati koga, naleteti na koga
to gather way povečati hitrost
to find one's way znajti se
to get in the way biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati
to get in the way of s.th. razumeti kaj
to get out of the way iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)
to give way umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti
to force one's way izsiliti, utreti si pot
to go a long way iti daleč
to go one's way oditi, iti po svoji poti
to go (ali to take) one's own way iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih
to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figurativno umreti
to have it both ways po potrebi si izbrati
you can't have it both ways ne moreš imeti obojega; figurativno ne more biti volk sit in koza cela
to have one's own way delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo
if I had my (own) way če bi šlo po mojem
to live in a great (small) way razkošno (skromno) živeti
to look the other way stran gledati
to look s.o.'s way gledati proti komu
to lose way izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost
to lose one's way zaiti, izgubiti se
to make way napredovati; figurativno prodreti, uspeti
to make one's own way iti po svoji poti, oditi
to make the best of one's way iti čim hitreje, pohiteti
to pave the way for utreti pot za
to put o.s. out of the way truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga
to see a way out videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)
to stand in the way of s.o. ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot
to twist one's way through zvijati se (kot kača) skozi
to work one's way študirati, preživljati se z delom
where there's a will there's a way hoteti je moči

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