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šokírati to shock

bil sem šokiran, ko sem to slišal I was shocked to hear it
prizor, ki bi vas šokiral a sight that would shock you
bila je šokirana, ko ga je videla tako bledega in shujšanega she was shocked to find him so pale and thin

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

ták tákšen such (a); of such kind (ali sort, shape, manner, size, habits, characteritd.); suchlike; such as this; that sort of

ták, tákšen, kakršen such as
ták, tákšen in ták, tákšen such and such
v ták, tákšenih primerih in such cases, in cases like these
kot ták, tákšen as such
nekaj ták, tákšenega something like this
nič ták, tákšenega nothing of the sort, no such thing, nothing like it
na ták, tákšen način in such a way
kaj ták, tákšenega še nisem videl I have not seen the like before
nimam časa za ták, tákšene, kot si ti I have no time for the likes of you
ták, tákšene stvari se dogajajo such things do happen
rekel je, da se je bil izgubil ali nekaj ták, tákšenega he said he had lost his way, or some such thing
dejstva je treba videti taka, kot so one must (be prepared to) face the facts
povej to le ták, tákšenim ljudem, ki jim lahko zaupaš tell it only to such people as you can trust
prizor je bil ták, tákšen, da bi kogarkoli prestrašil the sight was such as to frighten any one
kakršen oče, takšen sin like father, like son
kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga like master, like man

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

take up prehodni glagol
dvigniti, pobrati; gor odnesti, vzeti s seboj gor; vpi(ja)ti, absorbirati (tekočino, vlago); zavzemati, jemati (čas, prostor); vzeti (na ladjo, na vlak itd.) (potnike); ujeti, prijeti, aretirati; prekinitit, pasti v besedo, ugovarjati, motiti, popraviti (govornika); vzeti (koga) za varovanca; začeti (študij, branje itd.), lotiti se (posla, poklica, dela), vzeti v roke; baviti se (s čim); nadaljevati (govor, preiskavo, izpraševanje, zasliševanje itd.)
medicina podvezati (žilo); povzeti (refren); pobrati (zanko); prevzeti (delnice); zategniti (jermen); pokupiti (knjige); sprejeti (službo); stanovati v
tehnično zatesniti; grajati
neprehodni glagol
zadovoljiti se, strinjati se (with z)
vdati se v
tehnično zapreti se sam od sebe (spah, stik, vrzel)
pogovorno začeti ljubezensko razmerje
ameriško začeti se (šola)

to take up the cudgels for figurativno krepko, goreče braniti, se zavzemati za
to take up current opinions privzeti trenutna naziranja (mnenja)
to take up the gauntlet (ali glove) pobrati rokavico, figurativno sprejeti izzivanje
to take up a thief prijeti, ujeti tatu
to take up time vzeti, jemati čas
to take up under debate ekonomija diskontirati (menico)
to take up with plain food zadovoljiti se s preprosto hrano
to be taken up with biti zaposlen z, biti poglobljen v
sponges take up water gobe vpijajo vodo
the train stopped to take up passengers vlak se je ustavil, da bi vzel (nove) potnike
he takes up with a bad lot druži se s tolpo malopridnežev

talk¹ [tɔ:k] samostalnik
pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

the talk of the town figurativno stvar, o kateri vsi govore
full of talk brbljav, žlobudrav
idle talk prazno besedičenje, govoričenje
he is all talk on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)
she is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njej
there is much talk and no work veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič
those people are nothing but talk teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo
it will all end in talk iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah
to make talk govoriti zaradi govorjenja
there is talk of his being bankrupt govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu
I want to have a talk with him rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

talk hack prehodni glagol
nevljudno, kljubovalno nazaj odgovarjati, jezikati, imeti dolg jezik

children should not talk hack otroci ne bi smeli odgovarjati (jezikati)

têči to run; to flow, to stream; (čas) to go by (ali on), to pass by, to roll by; (stroj) to go, to work, to play; (promet) to circulate; (posoda) to leak, to run out

beseda mu teče gladko he speaks fluently (ali volubly, glibly)
stvar teče gladko things are running smoothly (ali like clockwork), things are going swimmingly (ali without a hitch), it's all plain sailing, VB žargon it's a doddle
kri teče blood is (being) shed (ali spilt)
kri je tekla there has been bloodshed
kri mu teče iz nosa he has a nose bleed, his nose is bleeding
têči v prazno (motor) to idle
zadeva še teče the affair is still continuing (ali is not over yet)
pusti stvari, da tečejo, kot hočejo! let things take their course!
voda teče iz pipe the tap is running
kri, ki mi teče po žilah the blood coursing through my veins
obresti tečejo od 1. maja the interest runs (ali accrues) from May 1st
teči, kot da bi šlo za življenje to run for dear life

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

tempt [tempt] prehodni glagol
skušati, zavesti (privesti) v skušnjavo, mikati, izzivati, mamiti, zapeljevati, zbujati poželenje; pregovoriti; staviti na preskušnjo

a tempting offer vabljiva, zapeljiva ponudba
to tempt Providence skušati, izzivati usodo
to tempt one's fate izzivati svojo usodo
I am tempted to... mika me, hoče se mi, sem v skušnjavi, da...
I was strongly tempted to resist zelo me je mikalo, da bi se uprl
nothing would tempt me to do it nič me ne bi zavedlo, da bi to storil
his proposal does not tempt me njegov predlog me nič ne mika

tether [téðə]

1. samostalnik
povodec, konopec, tudi veriga (za privezanje živali h kolu itd.)
figurativno obseg, področje (znanja itd.), (duševno) obzorje; razum; pamet

to be beyond one's tether prekoračiti svoje sile, svoje sposobnosti
to be at the end of one's tether figurativno biti pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne vedeti naprej, ne vedeti, kaj bi napravili

2. prehodni glagol
privezati (žival na povodec)
figurativno omejiti

than [ðæn, ðən] veznik
kot, kakor

more than 300 people več kot 300 ljudi
rather than rajši kot
none other than you noben drug kot vi
a man than whom no one was more beloved ni ga bilo bolj priljubljenega človeka, kot je bil on
it is casier said than done to je lažje rečeno kot storjeno
she did it better than he bolje to napravila kot on
I would rather walk than drive jaz bi rajši šel peš, kot pa da bi se peljal

thank² [ɵæŋk] prehodni glagol
zahvaliti se

to thank s.o. for s.th. zahvaliti se komu za kaj
(I) thank you! hvala!
no, thank you! ne, hvala!
(yes), thank you! (da), prosim!
thank you for nothing (ironično) se najlepše zahvaljujem; hvala vam tudi za to, bom že brez vas!
thanking you in anticipation (ali beforehand, ali in advance) zahvaljujoč se vam vnaprej
I'll thank you for some bread prosim (vas) malo kruha
I will thank you to leave that to me bil bi vam hvaležen, če bi to prepustili meni
he has only himself to thank for it samo sebi se mora za to zahvaliti (si to pripisati)
your tea, sir, thank you vaš čaj, gospod, prosim!

think^* [ɵiŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

2. neprehodni glagol
misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
to think scorn of prezirati
to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
think away prehodni glagol odmisliti

thirst² [ɵə:st] neprehodni glagol
biti žejen; žejati
figurativno hlepeti (after, for po)
zahtevati

the thirsting flowers žejne cvetke
thirsting for blood žejen krvi, krvoželjen
to thirst for revenge hlepeti po maščevanju
to thirst for wine biti žejen vina
to thirst to do s.th. goreče želeti, da bi kaj napravili

this množina these [ðis, ði:z]

1. zaimek
ta, to

all this vse to
this and that to in ono, marsikaj
after this po tem
this above all predvsem to
before this pred tem
by this medtem, med tem časom; doslej
ere this nekoč
for all this zato, zaradi tega; kljub vsemu temu
from this od zdaj, odslej
like this tako(le)
this, that and the other vse mogoče stvari, razne reči
this is my brother to je moj brat
these are my children to so moji otroci
it is like this stvar je taka
this is what happened tole se je zgodilo
this is the way to do it tako(le) se to naredi
he should have been here by this zdajle bi že moral biti tu
they were talking about this, that and the other govorili so o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem

2. pridevnik
ta, to; današnji

in this country v tej (naši) deželi
this day danes
this year to leto; tekoče leto; letos
this day week (fortnight) danes teden (14 dni)
in these days dandanes
(for) these three weeks zadnje tri tedne
to this day do danes, še danes
this morning to jutro, danes zjutraj, davi
this afternoon danes popoldne
this evening danes zvečer, drevi, nocoj
this once to pot edino, edinole tokrat
this time to pot
business is bad these days posli gredo slabo te dni (v teh časih)
take this book, not that one vzemite to knjigo, ne one

3. prislov
tako

this much tako mnogo, toliko
this far tako daleč

though, tho' [ðou]

1. veznik
čeprav, četudi, dasi

as though kakor (kot) če
even though tudi če, pa čeprav
what though nič za to če, kaj za to, če; (pa) četudi
what though the way is long? kaj za to, če je pot dolga?
he was running as though the devil was after him tekel je, kot da bi mu bil vrag za petami
I shall buy it, even though it should cost a hundred pounds kupil bom to, pa čeprav bi stalo 100 funtov

2. prislov
pogovorno (na koncu stavka) seveda, resda, zares; vendar(le), vsekakor

I wish he were here, though rad bi, da bi on bil tu, seveda
you knew it, though? ti si to, seveda, vedel'?

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)

thread¹ [ɵred] samostalnik
nit, nitka, sukanec, dreta, preja; vlakno; vlakno (v mesu, stročnicah); las, kocina, volna (ovce, koze, kamele); pajčevina
botanika prašnik
tehnično navoj (vijaka)
mineralogija tanka žila
figurativno nit (misli, govora), zveza, povezanost; življenjska nit

thread and thrum dobro in slabo
thread lace čipka iz platna, bombaža
the thread of life nit življenja
the thread of a screw navoj na vijaku
Lisle thread sukanec iz mesta Lille
my suit is worn to the last thread moja obleka je do kraja ponošena
to cut one's mortal thread figurativno napravili samomor, skrajšati si življenje
to gather up the threads figurativno sestaviti, povzeti
he had not a dry thread on him ene (same) suhe nitke ni bilo na njem
I haven't a thread fit to wear prav ničesar nimam, kar bi oblekel
his life hung by a thread njegovo življenje je viselo na nitki
to lose the thread of izgubiti nit (zvezo), zatakniti se, obtičati v (po)govoru
to take things thread and thrum figurativno vzeti dobro s slabim
to take up the thread of a narrative nadaljevati prekinjeno pripovedovanje