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tardigrade [tá:digreid]

1. samostalnik
zoologija tardigarda (vodna žuželka)
zastarelo, zoologija lenivec

2. pridevnik
počasen, pozen, kasen, netočen; len

to be tardigrade prepozno priti

taste² [téist] prehodni glagol
(p)okusiti, (p)okušati (jedi); preskusiti, preiskati; jesti majhne zalogaje; jesti, piti; (ob)čutiti, izkusiti, doživeti; poskušati; uživati; ohs (p)otipati
figurativno poskusiti
neprehodni glagol
imeti okus (of po)
figurativno dišati (of po)
po(s)kusiti, doživeti (of kaj)

to taste blood figurativno priti na okus
to taste of salt imeti okus po soli, po slanem
the milk tastes sour mleko ima kisel okus

težáva difficulty; hardship; trial; trouble; quandary; embarrassment; crisis; figurativno snag

v težávi (stiski) in trouble
denarne težáve embarrassments pl
biti v denarnih težávah to be in financial difficulties
delati težáve to raise difficulties, to make trouble
on skuša delati težáve he tries to make trouble
žal mi je, da vam delam take težáve (sitnosti) (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
imeti težáve s policijo to be in trouble with the police
sam (si) iskati težáve to ask (ali to go looking) for trouble
težáva je v tem, da... the trouble (ali the snag) is that...
naleteti na težávo to come up against a difficulty
na nepričakovano težávo to come up against a snag
nastopila je neka težáva a difficulty arose
izogniti se težávi to avoid (ali to evade) difficulty
biti v (hudih) težávah (figurativno) to be in deep water
premostiti težáve to get over (ali to overcome) the difficulties
premagati, prebroditi težávo to surmount a difficulty
povzročiti komu velike težáve to put someone to much trouble
prihraniti komu težáve to spare someone trouble
priti iz težáv to escape from difficulties, (figurativno) to be out of the wood
smelo se spoprijeti s težávami (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
zabresti v težáve to get into trouble
trpeti zaradi prebavnih težáv to suffer from digestive troubles

that³ [ðæt] veznik
da; da bi; (zato) ker; ko

in order that, to the end that da bi
so that tako, da
now that sedaj, ko
I am sorry that you can't come žal mi je, da ne morete priti
we eat that we may live jémo, da bi mogli živeti
he lives that he may eat on živi, da bi mogel jesti
I was so tired that I fell asleep bil sem tako utrujen, da sem zaspal
now that we know the reason sedaj, ko vemo za razlog
it is 3 years that she went away tri leta je, da (odkar) je odšla
at the time that I was born v času, ko sem se rodil
it is rather that prej (je), ker
not that it mightn't be better ne, ker ne bi moglo biti bolje

thing¹ [ɵiŋ] samostalnik
stvar, reč, predmet, stvor; bitje, oseba; posel, delo
pogovorno oné, onegá
množina stvari, predmeti, obleka, pribor, potrebščine, hrana, lastnina
pogovorno pohištvo; orodje; posodje; književna dela; stanje stvari, dejstvo; okolnosti, razmere, odnosi; svojstva; ureditev; misli, izjave

the thing bistveno, prava stvar
above all things predvsem
and the things pogovorno in podobne stvari (podobno)
for one thing v prvi vrsti, prvo
the one thing or the other eno ali drugo
the first thing after prva stvar nato, takoj nato
every living thing vsako živo bitje
a dear old thing dobra stara duša
the latest thing (in hats) zadnja novost (v klobukih)
oh, poor thing! o, revče!
before all thing predvsem
in all things v vsakem oziru (pogledu)
out of things zunaj dogajanj
a pretty thing (ironično) lepa stvar
things person: pravno osebne, premične stvari
things real nepremičnine, realitete
things political stvari politike, politične zadeve
swimming things kopalne stvari potrebščine
things are improving stvari (stanje) se boljšajo
things have changed stvari (razmere) so se spremenile
things begin to look brighter položaj se polagoma popravlja
the thing was to get home najvažnejše je bilo priti domov
of all the things to do! in ravno to moraš napraviti
as things stand kot stvari stojé
to do the handsome thing by vesti se spodobno do
to have a thing about pogovorno biti ves mrtev na (kaj); imeti strah pred; imeti (kaj) proti
I am not the thing today ne počutim se dobro danes
I know a thing or two about it nekoliko se spoznam (razumem) na to
it is not the thing to do to se ne spodobi
it's one of those things tu se ne da nič napraviti
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
to make a (good) thing of pogovorno dobiti (izvleči) dobiček iz
to put things into s.o.'s head vznemiriti koga (s kako novico)
to put one's things on obleči se
to take off one's things sleči se
to take the things off the table pospraviti mizo (stvari z mize)
that's no small thing to ni majhna stvar (malenkost)
that's the thing to je (tisto) pravo
this is not the thing to ni (tisto) pravo (pravšno)
there's no such thing ni govora o tem
there was not a thing left nič ni ostalo

thought¹ [ɵɔ:t] samostalnik
misel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt
množina mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir
figurativno minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kanček

a beauty beyond thought lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljati
engaged in thought zamišljen, zatopljen v misli
the leading thought vodilna misel
a penny for your thoughts! figurativno rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?
(up)on second thought(s) po (zrelem) premisleku
quick as thought bliskovit
after further thought I saw I was wrong ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav
you are often in my thoughts često mislim na vas
I had (some) thoughts of coming nekako sem nameraval priti
he had no thought of paying his debt prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolg
he did not give a thought to his doings niti hip ni pomislil, kaj dela
he is a thought smaller than you on je nekoliko manjši kot vi
his sole thought is to make money njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarja
it never entered my thoughts nikoli mi ni (to) prišlo na misel
to read s.o.'s thoughts brati misli kake osebe
a thought struck me v glavo mi je šinila misel
second thoughts are best figurativno ni se treba prenagliti
to speak one's thoughts povedati svoje mnenje
she takes no thought for her appearance ona ne pazi na svojo zunanjost
to take no thought for the morrow ne misliti na jutrišnji dan
to take thought zamisliti se, premisliti
he took thought before replying premislil je, preden je odgovoril
thank you for your kind thought of me hvala vam za vašo ljubeznivo pažnjo do mene
the wish is father to the thought (ta) misel izhaja iz želje (je težko uresničljiva)

throne¹ [ɵróun] samostalnik
prestol; stol (cerkvenega dostojanstvenika); kraljevska oblast, kralj; vladanje

thrones množina, cerkev tretji red angelov
the speech from the throne prestolni govor
to come to the throne, to mount the throne priti na (zasesti) prestol
to succeed to the throne slediti na prestolu

tin tack [tíntæk] samostalnik
tapecirni žebljiček

to come down to tin tacks figurativno, pogovorno priti k stvari

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

to² [tu:] prislov
v normalnem (zlasti zaprtem) stanju; v mirnem položaju

to and fro, to and back sem in tja
to bring s.o. to spraviti koga k zavesti
that brought me to to me je spravilo k sebi
to come to priti k sebi, zavedeti se, osvestiti se
to fall to planiti (na jed, jedačo)
the horses are to konji so vpreženi
close to čisto pri roki
shut the door to (dobro) zaprite vrata
to set to lotiti se dela, pravilno začeti

tóčka point; (poročila) item, point, (dnevnega reda) point; (kraj) spot, place; (mesto v knjigi) passage, item; (postavka) point, item; (živilskih kart ipd.) point, coupon

tóčka za tóčko point by point, item by item, in detail
do neke (določene) tóčke to a certain extent
njegova močna (šibka) tóčka his strong (weak) point
bistvene tóčke pravo the merits pl of a case
boleča tóčka (one's) sore point
izhodiščna tóčka starting point, point of departure
mrtva tóčka dead centre, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
sporna tóčka point at issue
stična tóčka point of contact
kritična, mrtva tóčka (zastoj) deadlock
zmaga po tóčkah winning on points
dotakniti se boleče tóčke to touch a sore spot
doseči tóčko šport to make (ali to score) a point
izgubiti po tóčkah to lose on points
premagati po tóčkah koga to outpoint someone
priti na mrtvo tóčko (figurativno) to reach deadlock, to come to a standstill
spraviti z mrtve tóčke to release from a deadlock

top¹ [tɔp]

1. samostalnik
vrh, vrhunec (gore); najvišja točka (česa); krona, vrh (drevesa); teme, glava; zgornji konec; začetek; pena (pri pivu); pokrov
navtika krov, paluba; šop, pramen (las, volne); površje; izbor, izbira
figurativno smetana; najvišja stopnja, prvo mesto, najvišji rang; cilj
figurativno višek, vrhunec; višina (glasu); nebo (pri postelji)
množina, sleng visoke osebnosti, visoke "živine"

at the top na vrhu
from top to toe od glave do pet
on (the) top nad, vrh, vrh tega
the top of the school najboljši učenec šole
the top of all creation krona ustvaritve
top of the milk figurativno najboljša točka programa
at the top of one's voice na ves glas
at the top of one's speed, on top z največjo hitrostjo
off one's top sleng prismojen
to the top of one's bent kolikor je le mogoče, do skrajnosti; v popolno zadovoljstvo
from top to bottom od zgoraj navzdol
the top of the water površje vode
the top of the morning to you! (irsko) lepo jutro vam (želim)!
to be (to become) top biti (postati) prvak; biti na čelu
to be on top biti močnejši, biti na površju
to be at the top of the tree figurativno biti na najvišjem položaju, pri krmilu
he is top of his class on je prvi v razredu
he is tops on je sijajen dečko
to blow one's top sleng razjeziti se, razburiti se
to come out on top iziti kot zmagovalec ali kot najboljši (npr. pri izpitu itd.)
to come to the top priti na površje (na čelo); uspeti, imeti uspeh
to go over the top vojska jurišati iz rova; figurativno, sleng tvegati skok, poročiti se
the car ran at the top of its speed avto je drvel z največjo hitrostjo
to shout at the top of one's voice na ves glas (na vse grlo) zakričati, zavpiti
to take the top of the table zavzeti mesto na gornjem koncu mize; figurativno predsedovati
to take the top off odpiti peno (piva)

2. pridevnik
najvišji, zgornji; glavni, prvi
pogovorno prvorazreden, izvrsten

top boy najboljši učenec
top dog figurativno prvak, zmagovalec
top line naslovna vrsta
top prices najvišje cene
top speed največja hitrost
to be in top form (shape) biti v najboljši formi

touch¹ [təč] samostalnik
dotik, dotikanje, stik, kontakt; zveza, spoj; otip, otipavanje; čutilo tipa, tip; občutnost, tankočutnost; lahen udarec; lahen napad (bolezni ipd.)
glasba udarec; (umetnost) poteza, črta; karakteristična, značilna poteza, izraz
figurativno roka, stil, izvedba, umetnost, spretnost
figurativno kakovost; pečat, kov, žig; primes, sled, nadih, malce
sleng stroka, področje
sleng izvabljenje (denarja), izprošen denar; prisleparjenje, kraja, "izžicanje"

at a touch pri dotiku
out of touch with brez stika z
on the slightest touch pri najrahlejšem dotiku
within touch of na dosegu
the touch of nature prirodna črta, simpatičnost po prirodi
a touch of pepper malce popra
a touch of romance nadih romantike
a touch of the sun sončarica
finishing touch zadnja poteza
a shilling touch sleng cena enega šilinga, stane en šiling
the Nelson touch figurativno spretnost (umetnost) izvleči se iz težavnega položaja
soft to the touch mehak za otip
that was a (near) touch! za las je šlo!
this isn't my touch to se me ne tiče
he has a touch of genius nekaj genialnega je v njem
be had a near touch za las (komaj) je ušel nevarnosti
to get into touch with priti v stik z, vzpostaviti zvezo z
to keep in touch with s.o. biti v stalnem stiku, imeti stalno zvezo s kom
to lose touch with s.th. izgubiti stik s čim
to put s.o. in touch with povezati, zvezati koga z (tudi telefonično)
to put s.th. to the touch postaviti kaj na preskušnjo

trail¹ [tréil] samostalnik
utrta pot, steza; vlečka (obleka); rep; sled; proga (dima ipd.)
vojska rep lafete; sled
botanika plazilka

at the trail vojska s puško vodoravno v roki (v pripravljenosti)
off the trail na napačni sledi
trail of blood krvava sled
to be on s.o.'s trail biti komu na sledi
to get on the trail priti na sled
to get off the trail izgubiti sled
to keep a trail slediti sledi, iti za sledjo

trenútek moment; instant

trenút, prosim! just a moment, please!
v trenútku (takoj) in a moment, on the instant, this instant
v trenútku (= kot bi mignil) in an instant, in a trice, in a jiffy, in no time
v istem trenútku at the same moment
v tem trenútku at this instant
vsak trenútek every moment, at any moment
v pravem trenútku in the nick of time
v nekaj trenútkih (hitro) in a matter of moments
primeren trenútek fitting moment
niti za trenútek not for a moment
to je pravi trenútek now is the time, it's the right time
v trenútku je bilo vse končano everything was over in a flash
počakajte trenútek, prosim! please wait a moment!
priti v pravem trenútku to come in the nick of time

tŕg (v mestu) square, (zaokrožen) circus; (mestece) borough, market town; (živilski) market, market place

Nelsonov tŕg (v Londonu) Trafalgar Square
enoten jugoslovanski tŕg united Yugoslav market
Evropski skupni tŕg European Common Market
na prostem tŕgu on the free market
ribji tŕg fish market
mrtev tŕg (figurativno) dull market
živahen tŕg active (ali lively) market
denarni tŕg money market
domači tŕg home market
položaj na tŕgu state of the market
kupec, kupovalka na tŕgu ZDA marketer
prodajalec, -lka na tŕgu marketeer
žitni tŕg corn market
tŕg za živino cattle market
tŕg za seno hay market
iti na tŕg to go to market
plasirati, postaviti na tŕg to place, to put on the market
priti na tŕg (biti naprodaj) to come on to the market
vreči artikel na tŕg to put an article on the market
dati na tŕg, hoditi na tŕg, kupovati na tŕgu to market
tŕg je bil dobro založen z zelenjavo the market was well supplied with vegetables

trouble¹ [trəbl] samostalnik
težava, trud, napor, motnja, motenje, nadloga; nevšečnost, neprijetnost; skrb, žalost, trpljenje, bol, muka; breme (to komu), nesreča, zlo, stiska; tegoba; napaka, pogreška, pomanjkljivost, slaba stran; komplikacija, problem, sitnost(i); kočljiv položaj
narečno porod; bolezen
politika nemir, konflikt; kraval, škandal, afera
tehnično okvara, motnja, defekt

in trouble v stiski (težavi, nepriliki)
digestive troubles prebavne motnje, težave
heart trouble srčna bolezen
labour troubles delavski nemiri
troubles in the Near East nemiri na Bližnjem Vzhodu
to ask for trouble, to look for trouble sam si iskati (delati) težave, izzivati usodo
the trouble is that... težava je v tem, da...
(it is) no trouble! (to ni) nobena težava!; že dobro!; prosim!
(I am) sorry to give you such trouble žal mi je, da vam delam take sitnosti
she is a great trouble to her family ona je (v) veliko breme svoji družini
to be in trouble with the police imeti težave (nevšečnosti) s policijo
to be out of one's troubles osvoboditi se skrbi (težav), priti iz neprilik
I have been through much trouble veliko sem prestal (pretrpel)
to get into trouble zaiti v težave
to get a girl into trouble zapeljati dekle
to go to much trouble da(ja)ti si mnogo truda
to give s.o. the trouble, to put s.o. to much trouble povzročiti komu težave (skrb), spraviti koga v hude nevšečnosti
to make trouble delati težave
we did it to spare you trouble naredili smo to, da bi vam prihranili trud
to stir up trouble povzročati zmedo, nemir
I don't want to be a trouble to you ne bi vas hotel vznemirjati
he won't even take the trouble to answer ne vzame si niti truda, da bi odgovoril
to take great trouble (to take no trouble at all) veliko (nobenega) truda si ne da(ja)ti
troubles never come singly nesreča nikoli ne pride sama

tryst [tráist; trist]

1. samostalnik
dogovor, domenek; (dogovorjen) sestanek, rendez-vous
pravno sodna razprava
škotsko (živinski) sejem

to keep (to break) the tryst priti (ne priti) na sestanek; držati (ne držati) dogovor

2. prehodni glagol
določiti sestanek; dogovoriti se (za kraj, čas)

turn² [tə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti
vojska obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi (into v)
šport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati (against proti)
zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti
ekonomija v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati
figurativno lepo formulirati (stavek)
zastarelo speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se
figurativno postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k)
obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož)
zastarelo prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack vojska odbiti napad
to turn the (ali one's) back (up)on hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od
to turn bankrupt priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben
he turned many books in his life figurativno mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju
to turn s.o.'s brain znoriti koga
his brain has turned with overwork zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela
to turn bridle obrniti se, začeti se umikati
to turn bear (bull) ekonomija špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi
to turn into cash spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti
to turn the cat in the pan figurativno stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti
to turn Catholic postati katoličan
to turn the cheek figurativno obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru
to turn one's coat figurativno obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)
he turned his coat izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik
to have an old overcoat turned dati si obrniti star površnik
turned commas narekovaj
to turn colour spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)
to turn a compliment napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)
to turn a street corner zaviti okoli uličnega vogala
to turn the corner figurativno srečno prebroditi krizo
to turn a difficulty izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo
to turn a deaf ear narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati
to turn to a dictionary zateči se k slovarju
to turn to the doctor obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika
to turn the edge of a knife skrhati nož
to turn the edge of a remark napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko
to turn English into Slovene prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino
to turn king's (ameriško state's) evidence pravno postati glavna obremenilna priča
he is just turning 50 pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto
to turn a film snemati film
to turn one's face to the wall obrniti obraz proti steni, figurativno biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti
to turn the enemy's flank obiti sovražnikov bok
to turn s.o.'s tiank figurativno prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati
to turn one's flght northwards usmeriti svoj polet proti severu
to turn ground prekopati zemljo
his hair has turned grey osivel je
to turn one's hand to s.th. lotiti se, oprijeti se česa
she can turn her hand to anything ona je zelo spretna, praktična
not to turn a hand to help s.o. s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali
my head turns vse se mi vrti v glavi
his head turned with the success uspeh mu je stopil v glavo
to turn one's head obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj
to turn s.o.'s head zmešati komu glavo
to turn headsprings šport delati (vrteti) kolesa
to turn head over heels prekucniti se, prekopicniti se
to turn s.o.'s heart figurativno pregovoriti koga
to turn s.th. inside out obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj
the joke was turned against me šala je letela name
the key won't turn ključ se ne mara zavrteti
the leaves are beginning to turn listje začenja spreminjati barve
to turn to the left obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo
to turn loose odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; ameriško streljati, ustreliti
to turn s.o. mad napraviti koga blaznega
you will turn me mad zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas
the milk has turned (sour) mleko se je skisalo
the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) toplo vreme je skisalo mleko
to turn s.th. in one's mind premišljevati kaj
to turn pale postati bled
it turned her pale prebledela je ob tem
to turn an honest penny živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)
to turn s.th. to one's profit obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj
to turn rancid postati žaltav
to turn s.o. to religion spreobrniti koga (k veri)
to turn and rend napasti s sramotenjem
to turn the scale nagniti tehtnico, figurativno odločifi (kaj)
to turn s.o. sick povzročiti komu slabost
she turned sick slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je
to turn a somersault napraviti prekuc, salto
to turn one's steps home kreniti domov
my stomach turns (at) želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi
it turns my stomach ob tem se mi obrača želodec
to turn a table leg stružiti nogo za mizo
to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figurativno obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj
to turn tail obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
the tide has turned nastopila je oseka, figurativno sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)
to turn one's thumb down figurativno odkloniti, ne hoteti
to turn traitor postati izdajalec
to turn turtle navtika, sleng prevrniti se
to turn upon s.th. biti odvisen od česa
to turn everything upside down postaviti vse na glavo
the boat turned upside down čoln se je prevrnil
my umbrella turned inside out dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)
to turn a Latin verse skovati latinski stih
to turn water into wine spremeniti vodo v vino
my coat won't turn water moj plašč ni nepremočljiv
I don't know which way to turn ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figurativno ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to turn a wheel (za)vrteti kolo
the wheel turns kolo se vrti
the wind has turned zapihal je drug veter (tudi figurativno)
the whole world has turned topsy-turvy cel svet je postavljen na glavo
this wood turns well ta les se dobro struži
even a worm will turn figurativno tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden

ujetníštvo captivity

pasti, priti v ujetníštvo to be taken prisoner; to fall into captivity