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dopásti se ➞ ugajati; to please; to suit

pustiti si dopásti se (figurativno) to stomach (kaj something)
ti se ji dopadeš she's taken a fancy to you

dopisováti to correspond

dopisováti si s kom to correspond with someone

dopovédati

dopovédati komu kaj to make someone understand something; to teach someone better; to make the matter clear to someone
ni si pustil dopovédati he could not be brought to understand

dopúst leave; holiday; vacation; vojska furlough, leave of absence

na dopústu on leave, on furlough, on (a) holiday
bolezenski dopúst sick leave
letni dopúst annual holiday
enotedenski dopúst a week's holiday
plačan dopúst holidays pl with pay, leave with pay
pogojni dopúst (kaznjenca) ticket of leave
prošnja za dopúst request (ali application) for leave
podaljšanje dopústa extension of leave
prekoračenje dopústa absence without leave (krajšava: AWOL)
biti na dopústu to be on leave
dati dopúst vojska to grant leave, ZDA to furlough
imeti en dan dopústa to have a day off
koliko dopústa imaš? how much leave have you got?
letos nisem imel dopústa I have had no holiday this year
odobriti dopúst vojska to grant leave (ali furlough) (to)
iti na dopúst to go on leave (ali on holiday)
prekoračiti dopúst to overstay one's leave
prositi za dopúst to ask for leave
dopúst si vzeti to take a holiday

dovolílnica permit; licence

imetnik dovolílnice licence holder, holder or a permit
dati dovolílnico to grant a permit
vzeti, priskrbeti si dovolílnico to take out a permit (ali a licence)
lovska dovolílnica shooting licence, game licence
ribiška dovolílnica permit to fish, fishing permit

dovolíti to allow; to permit; to concede

dovolíti si to take the liberty (of)
če bo vreme dovoljevalo weather permitting
dovolite mi dostaviti, da... permit me to add that...
to besedilo dovoljuje več razlag this text admits of (ali is open to) several interpretations
dovolite mi, da Vam pomagam allow me to help you
ne moremo vam dovolíti kajenja tu we cannot allow you to smoke here
dovoljujem si Vam pisati I take the liberty of writing to you
ne morem si dovolíti, da bi imel dva avtomobila I can't afford to run two cars
dovoljujem si vam spročiti... I beg to inform you...

draw^*1 [drɔ:]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, vlačiti, potegniti; pritegniti, nategniti, napeti, nategovati; dvigniti; raztegniti; privlačiti; izvabiti; populiti, izdreti; (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati, prikazati; zasnovati, načrtati; točiti, črpati, sesati; dobiti, dobivati; (s)pačiti
trgovina izdati, trasirati (menico); preiskati (lovci grmovje) (from)
sklepati; vdihniti (to, into)
pregovoriti (from)
odvrniti, odvračati (od česa)
šport neodločeno igrati
mornarica gaziti

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči (se); bližati se, prihajati; žrebati; dihati; ugrezniti, ugrezati, pogrezati se; skrčiti, krajšati se
šport neodločeno igrati

to draw attention opozoriti
to draw a bead on s.o. nameriti na koga puško ali samokres
to draw cloth pospraviti mizo (po jedi)
to draw first blood prvi napasti
to draw blood preliti kri, raniti
to draw blank ne zaslediti plena; figurativno razočarati se
to draw the long bow pretiravati, izmišljati si
to draw breath vdihniti, zajeti sapo
to draw a chicken otrebiti piščanca
to draw the curtain potegniti zastor; figurativno zaključiti pogovor, narediti konec
draw to a close (ali an end) bližati se koncu
to draw it fine natanko odmeriti
to draw a deep breath globoko vdihniti
to draw battle neodločeno končati bitko
to draw game neodločeno končati (igro)
to draw the line at zarisati ostro mejo
to draw lots žrebati
draw it mild! ne izmišljaj si, ne pretiravaj!
to draw one's sword against s.o. napasti koga
to draw a veil over s.th. prikriti, zastreti kaj
to draw stumps končati igro (cricket)
to draw rein ukrotiti
figurativno to draw the teeth of onesposobiti
to draw interest obrestovati se
to draw a conclusion from s.th. sklepati iz česa
to draw a sigh vzdihniti

draw upon prehodni glagol
nakopati (o.s. si)

draw upon s.o. izdati menico na ime koga

dŕgniti to rub (ob against, on); to chafe (ob against)

dŕgniti si premrle roke to rub one's frozen hands together

drink^*1 [driŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
piti, popiti, srkati; zapiti

2. neprehodni glagol
popivati, pijančevati; nazdraviti; globoko dihati

to drink the air vdihavati zrak
to drink o.s. to death napiti se do onemoglosti
to drink hard (ali deep, like a fish) piti ko žolna
to drink a toast nazdraviti komu
to drink one's fill napiti se, kolikor komu drago
to drink the waters piti mineralno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to drink s.o. under the table spraviti koga pod mizo
to drink o.s. into an illness nakopati si bolezen s pijančevanjem

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks

dúšek (požirek) draught; gulp; vent

v dúšku at a draught, at a gulp
dati dúška to vent, to give vent, to give way (to)
v dúšku kaj izpiti to drink something at one gulp; to drink off at a draught; to toss off
dati si dúška to air one's feelings
dati dúška svoji jezi to give vent to one's anger
dal je dúška svojemu veselju he gave vent to his joy
najti si dúšek to find a vent (for)
njegovo sovraštvo si je našlo dúška he has found a vent for his hatred
na dúšek je izpraznil svoj kozarec he emptied his glass at one gulp

dvákrat twice; two times

dvákrat dva je štiri twice two is four
dvákrat toliko twice as much
on je dvákrat starejši od mene he is twice my age
on je dvákrat bogatejši od tebe he is twice as rich as you
danes sem ga dvákrat videl I have seen him twice today
ne si pustiti dvákrat reči česa not to need to be told a thing twice
dvákrat boljši twice as good
dvákrat (dobro) kaj premisliti to think twice about something
dvákrat (ponovno) povedan twice-told

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

earn [ə:n] prehodni glagol
pridobiti, zaslužiti

to earn one's daily bread (ali living, livelihood) preživljati se, kruh si služiti
to earn fame zasloveti

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

ease¹ [i:z] samostalnik
mir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanje

at one's ease udobno, mirno, brez zadrege
ill at ease slabega počutja
to set at ease pomiriti
at heart's ease po mili volji
vojska at ease! voljno!
to set (ali put) at ease hrabriti; zadovoljiti
to take one's ease udobno si urediti
with ease lahko, brez težav

ease² [í:z]

1. prehodni glagol
lajšati, miriti, blažiti; rahljati

2. neprehodni glagol
popustiti

to ease one's mind pomiriti se, dušo si olajšati
navtika ease her! počasneje!
to ease s.o. of his purse oskubsti koga
to ease o.s. opraviti telesno potrebo
to ease s.o. of s.th. ukrasti komu kaj

easy² [í:zi] prislov
lahko, z lahkoto; udobno

to go (ali take) things easy ne si preveč prizadevati, ne se preveč gnati
mornarica easy! počasi!
easy all! nehajte veslati; voljno!

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet