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desét ten

stran 10 page 10 (ten)
kakih desét about ten
kakih desét oseb some ten persons
v kakih desétih dnevih in ten days or so
ura je četrt čez desét it is a quarter past ten
desét zapovedi biblija decalogue, the ten commandments pl
desét let je star he is ten
stavim 10 proti 1, da... I lay ten to one that

desire¹ [dizáiə] samostalnik (for, to do)
poželenje, hrepenenje; želja, zahteva, prošnja; zaželeno

to have no desire for s.th. ne marati česa
by desire po želji
to satisfy a desire izpolniti željo
in accordance with one's desire po želji koga

désni -a, -o right, right-hand; grboslovje dexter

na désni on the right
na désno to the right
na désni strani on the right-hand side
na désnem bregu Ljubljanice on the right bank of the Ljubljanica
na désno! right turn!
na désno usmerjen rightward
désni bok ladje, na desni strani ladje starboard
désno krilo vojska politika šport right wing
désna stran (konja, voza) off side
biti komu désna roka to be someone's right-hand man
v désnem zgornjem kotu in the top right-hand (ali right-hand top) corner
hoditi, voziti po désni strani, držati se désne to keep to the right
zaviti na désno to turn right, to take a right turn

detail² [dí:teil] samostalnik
majhna skupina; posameznost, nadrobnost; element; droben opravek
ameriško policijski odred

in detail nadrobno
to go into detail, to come down into detail podrobno obdelati
down to the smallest detail do najmanjših podrobnosti
domačno a mere detail postranska stvar

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

dèž rain

močan, hud dèž heavy rain, pelting rain; (ploha) shower, downpour
silen dèž torrential rain
droben dèž drizzle, mizzle
dèž granat, udarcev a rain of shells, of blows
dèž pepela a rain of ashes
množina dèž ja rainfall
dèž gre, pada it rains, it is raining
dèž lije it is pouring with rain (ali pouring down)
dèž lije kot iz škafa it is raining cats and dogs, it is bucketing down
kar naprej gre dèž it keeps raining
na dèž kaže it looks like rain, it's probably going to rain, we're in for rain
dèž se je izlil it has rained itself out
dèž je ponehal it has stopped raining
priti z dèžja pod kap (figurativno) to fall out of the frying pan into the fire, to go from bad to worse
stati v dèžju to stand in the rain
za dèžjem pride sonce after rain comes sunshine (ali comes fair weather)
ustvarjanje umetnega dèžja cloud seeding
govori kot dèž he's chattering (ali he chatters) away nineteen to the dozen

dežêla country; land; province

na dežêli in the country
na dežêlo to the country
deveta dežêla fairyland, land of milk and honey, Cockaigne, wonderland, lotusland, land of plenty
obljubljena dežêla the Promised Land
dežêla podpisnica signatory country
dežêla v razvoju developing country, underdeveloped country
sveta dežêla the Holy Land
hiša na dežêli country house, villa, (manjša) cottage, country home
dežêla, v kateri se cedita med in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey
življenje kot v deveti dežêli a life of idleness and luxury
iti na dežêlo to go on a trip to the country
tuje dežêle foreign countries
preseliti se na dežêlo to move to the country
iti v krtovo dežêlo (figurativno) to die
živeti na dežêli to live in the country

die¹ [dai] neprehodni glagol (of od, zaradi)
umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti
pogovorno hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots (ali shoes) on umreti nasilne smrti
to die in the last ditch vzdržati do konca
to die game hrabro umreti; ostati zvest
to die hard biti trdoživ
to die in harness umreti sredi dela
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
never say die nikoli ne obupuj
to be dying for s.th. hrepeneti po čem
to die by one's hand narediti samomor
to die of laughing počiti od smeha
a die wish zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)
were I to die for it četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

different [dífrənt] pridevnik (differently prislov) (from)
različen, drugačen, drugovrsten, nepodoben; nenavaden

in a different way drugače
as different as chalk from cheese ko noč in dan (različen)

difficulty [dífikəlti] samostalnik
težava, težavnost; zadrega
ameriško, množina nesoglasje

to make (ali raise) difficulties povzročati težave, ugovarjati
with difficulty težko, komaj
to be in difficulties for money biti v denarni stiski
to throw difficulties in s.o.'s way delati komu težave
to come up (ali experience) a difficulty naleteti na težavo

dig^*1 [dig] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
kopati, izkopati, (iz)dolbsti; riti; suniti; raziskovati, preučevati
ameriško, sleng vneto delati, guliti se

to dig at s.o zbadati koga
to dig in the ribs suniti med rebra
to dig a pit for s.o. kopati komu jamo, grob
to dig one's way krčiti si pot

diléma dilemma

v veliki dilémi on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi to be in a dilemma, to be on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi ali... ali... to be in two minds whether... or...
priti v dilémo to be thrown into a dilemma
spraviti koga v dilémo to put someone in(to) a dilemma
postaviti koga v resno dilémo to place someone in a serious dilemma

dip¹ [dip]

1. prehodni glagol (in, into)
potopiti, pomočiti, pomakati; pobarvati (from, out of)
črpati, zajemati; spustiti (zastavo)

2. neprehodni glagol (in, into, under)
potopiti, potapljati se; nagniti, spustiti se; zniž(ev)ati se; padati (into)
pokukati

to dip deeply into one's purse globoko seči v žep
to dip up zajeti
to dip one's pen in gall žolčno pisati
to dip into a book prelistati knjigo
to dip headlights zasenčiti avtomobilske luči
to dip the flag spuščati in dvigati zastavo v pozdrav

dip² [dip] samostalnik
potopitev, potapljanje; kratka kopel; jamica; nagnjenost, pobočje, padec; sveča; bežen pogled; omaka
sleng žepar

to have (ali take) a dip okopati se
the dip of the compass inklinacija magnetnice
the dip of the horizon depresija horizonta
a dip in price padec cen

dírka race; racing

avtomobilska dírka motor race
avtomobilske dírke motor racing
kolesarska dírka cycle race
kolesarske dírke cycling
konjska dírka horse race
konjske dírke racing, the races
iti na dírke to go to the races, to go to race meetings
prisostvovati konjskim dírkam to go to horse-race meetings, to be a racegoer
udeležiti se dírke to compete (ali to take part) in a race
konjska dírka brez zaprek flat race

disappointment [disəpɔ́intmənt] samostalnik
razočaranje; nezadovoljstvo; človek, ki je razočaral

to meet with a disappointment razočarati se
disappointment in love nesrečna ljubezen

discretion [diskréšən] samostalnik
preudarnost, opreznost, previdnost; takt, obzirnost; razsodnost, preudarek; molčečnost; pooblastilo, upravičenost

at (ali upon, on) discretion poljubno, po mili volji
to surrender at discretion vdati se na milost in nemilost
years of discretion odrasla doba
to use one's own discretion ravnati po lastnem preudarku
to act with discretion obzirno ravnati
to leave a wide discretion dopuščati veliko svobodo dejavnosti
discretion is the better part of valour opreznost je boljša od hrabrosti
within one's own discretion po lastni preudarnosti

disgrace¹ [disgréis] samostalnik
sramota; nemilost

to bring disgrace on (ali upon) s.o. onečastiti, osramotiti koga
in disgrace v nemilosti
to fall into disgrace with s.o. pasti v nemilost koga, zameriti se komu
to be a disgrace to s.o. biti komu v sramoto

disguise² [disgáiz] samostalnik
preobleka; pretvara; pretveza, hlimba, krinka

a blessing in disguise le navidezno zlo, sreča v nesreči
in disguise pod krinko
to throw off all disguise priti z barvo na dan
under the disguise of pod pretvezo
to travel in disguise potovati pod tujim imenom, inkognito

dish¹ [diš] samostalnik
skleda, krožnik; jed
množina posode
arhaično skodelica
ameriško, pogovorno dekle; votlina, jama

to bave a hand in the dish biti v kaj zapleten
a dish of chat kramljanje
to lay a thing in s.o.'s dish dati komu kaj pod nos
standing dish običajna jed
dish of gossip kramljanje