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wear¹ [wɛ́ə] samostalnik
nošenje, oblačenje, način oblačenja; noša, obleka; moda; obraba, trganje, guljenje (obleke); trajnost, trpežnost

foot-wear obutev
household wear domača obleka
for autumn wear za nošenje v jeseni
for hard wear (obleka) za delo, za štrapac
wear and tear naravna obraba; ekonomija odpis za zmanjšanje vrednosti
in general wear v modi, modern
evening wear večerna obleka
the worse for wear obrabljen, ponošen, ki se ne da več obleči; pogovorno vinjen, pijan
of never-ending wear neobrabljiv, neuničljiv
there is still a great deal of wear in it to se da še dobro nositi
there's a lot of wear left in my dress moja obleka se bo lahko še dolgo nosila
the coat I have in wear plašč, ki ga navadno nosim
the rug shows wear preproga je obrabljena

whole hog [hóulhɔg] samostalnik
sleng celota

to go (the) whole hog temeljito opraviti svoje delo; vse delo opraviti

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

working² [wə́:kiŋ] pridevnik
ki dela, deluje; deloven; ki je v pogonu (teku, obratovanju)

working capital obratni kapital (sredstva)
working class delavski razred
working costs splošni delovni stroški
working expenses obratovalni, režijski stroški
working day delovni dan, delavnik
working drawing arhitektura gradbeni (stavbeni) načrt (plan)
working hour delovna ura
working life vsakdanje življenje
working papers množina delovne osebne listine (zlasti mladoletnikov)
working partner aktiven družabnik
working power tehnično zmogljivost
working majority za delo (diskusijo) zadostna večina

world [wə́:ld] samostalnik
svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

all over the world po vsem svetu
in the world na svetu
for all the world za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko
not for all the world za nobeno ceno
for all the world like natanko, kot
not for worlds, not for anything in the world za nič na svetu ne
out of the world odmaknjen od sveta
out of this world pogovorno fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden
worlds away from zelo oddaljen od
to the world sleng popolnoma
tired to the world sleng na smrt utrujen
on top of the world na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih
a world of zelo mnogo, množica (of difficulties težav)
a world too big mnogo prevelik
the world of letters učeni svet
world without end od veka do veka
to the world's end do konca sveta
the beginning of the world začetek sveta
animal (vegetable) world živalski (rastlinski) svet
citizen of the world svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit
man of the world izkušen človek
the lower world podzemlje; pekel
the New World Novi svet, Amerika
the wise old world dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje
Prince of this world figurativno vrag
all the world and his wife were there vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam
to begin the world (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku
she is all the world to me ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu
who in the world is that man? kdo vendar je oni človek?
to be brought into the world zagledati luč sveta
to carry the world before one imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju
to come into the world priti na svet, roditi se
what in the world am I to do? kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?
it did me a world of good zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)
to be drunk to the world pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti
I would not do it for all the world za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)
to forsake the world odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje
as the world goes v našem, sedanjem času
to go out of the world umreti
I would give the world to learn it vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel
how goes the world with you? kako je kaj z vami?
to have the world before one figurativno imeti življenje pred seboj
to let the world slide figurativno pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride
to live out of the world živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti
to make a noise in the world figurativno postati slaven
what will the world say? kaj bodo rekli ljudje?

zabeléžiti to put (ali to note, to write) down; to take (ali to make) note(s) (kaj of something); (na kratko) to jot down; (vnesti) to enter, to register

zabeležite (vpišite) me za 1.000 SIT put me down for 1,000 tolars
zabeleži(te) si to, prosim! please, make a note of it!
zabeléžiti čas prihoda na delo in odhoda z dela (pogovorno) to check in, to check out; to clock in, to clock out; to sign on, to sign off

zadôsti enough; sufficiently

zadôsti sem ga videl I've seen enough of him
zadôsti je bogat, da živi brez dela he is rich enough to live without taking a job
ni zadôsti močan za svoje delo he is not strong enough for his job (ali for that job of his)

zadovóljnost zadovóljstvo contentment, satisfaction, content; pleasure; contentedness; gratification

izraziti svoje zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo to express one's satisfaction
svoje delo opravljam v popolno zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo svojega očeta I do my work to my father's complete satisfaction
urediti (kaj) v svojo popolno zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo to settle (something) to one's entire satisfaction
zadovóljnost, zadovóljstvo je več vredno kot bogastvo happiness is worth more than wealth, content is the true philosopher's stone

zagrêbsti to bury; (truplo) to inter, to bury

zagrêbsti zaklad to bury a treasure
zagrêbsti se v delo to bury oneself in one's work

zahtéven pretentious, pretending, exacting

zelo zahtéven of great pretension
zahtévno delo exacting piece of work
zahtéven učitelj exacting master
on je zelo zahtéven he is very demanding

zakopáti to bury; to inter; to dig in

zakopáti bojno sekiro (figurativno) to bury the hatchet
zakopáti zaklad to bury a treasure
zakopáti koga živega to bury someone alive
zakopáti se vojska to dig oneself in
zakopáti se v svoje delo to bury oneself in one's work

zamúden retardatory; retardative; (počasen) remiss

zamúdno delo time-consuming work
to je zamúdno delo this job takes up a good deal of time
zamúden dopisovalec a remiss correspondent

zapustíti zapúščati to leave; (v oporoki) to will, to bequeath; (pustiti na cedilu) to abandon, to forsake, to desert

zapustíti, zapúščati neizbrisen vtis to leave one's mark (na upon, on)
sluh in vid sta ga zapustila he lost both sight and hearing
zapustila mi je ves svoj denar she bequeathed all her money to me
svoj denar je zapustil neki bolnišnici he left his money to a hospital
delavci so zapustili delo (the) workmen have struck work, (ali are on strike)
zapustíti, zapúščati ljubimca (ljubico) to jilt (ali to reject, to throw over, pogovorno to drop, to ditch) one's lover (one's girl, one's sweetheart)
stražar ne sme zapustíti, zapúščati svojega mesta a sentinel must not desert his post
moči ga zapuščajo he is sinking, his health is failing
moči so ga zapustile his strength failed him
zapustíti, zapúščati se (figurativno) to neglect oneself, to grow careless and slovenly

zaríti to dig in

zaríti se v (svoje) delo to bury oneself in one's work

zatopljèn absorbed (v in)

zatopljèn v svoje delo absorbed in one's work

zdrúžen associated; joint; united

zdrúženno delo associated labour
zdrúženna kontrola joint control
zdrúženno podjetje joint enterprise
zdrúženni delavci associated workers pl
zdrúženni proizvajalci associated producers pl
zdrúženno upravljanje joint management
zdrúženni v delu associated in labour
zdrúženne zavezniške sile the united forces pl of the allies
Združeni narodi United Nations pl
Združene države Amerike (ZDA) the United States of America (the U.S.A., USA)
Združeni tisk ZDA United Press
osnovna organizacija zdrúžennega dela basic organization of associated labour

zeal [zi:l] samostalnik
vnema, gorečnost, žar, navdušenje (for, in za)

full of zeal ves vnet (za delo, službo ipd.)
to make a great show of zeal (po)kazati pretirano vnemo, razkazovati izredno vnemo
to show zeal for one's work (po)kazati vnemo za svoje delo

zvézek copybook, notebook, exercise book

črtan zvézek ruled exercise book; (knjiga) volume, tome, number, part, fascicle
delo v 4 zvézkih a work in four volumes
izdaja v zvézkih publication in parts (ali in fascicles)
izdano v zvézkih issued (ali coming out) in parts
izhajati v zvézkih to appear (ali to come out) in parts
knjiga (roman) v treh zvézkih a three-volume book (novel)

žéjen thirsty; (figurativno) thirsting (for, after), desirous (of something)

biti žéjen to be (ali to feel) thirsty
delo, ki napravi koga žéjnega thirsty work

žénski female; woman's, women's; feminine; womanly, womanish

žénsko društvo women's club (ali association), VB Women's Institute
žénska kaprica feminine caprice
žénsko ročno delo needlework
žénski samostan convent, nunnery
žénski spol female sex, gentle sex, gramatika feminine gender
žénska vlada (figurativno) women's rule, gynarchy, (arhaično) regiment of women, (humoristično) petticoat government
žénska zvijača woman's trick
žénska narava feminine nature