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pripŕt ajar; slightly open

vrata so pripŕta the door is ajar
pustiti vrata pripŕta to leave the door ajar (ali slightly open)

prisóten present

povsod prisóten ubiquitous
vsi prisótni all persons present
med prisótnimi so bili... among those present were...
vsi prisótni so to videli all those present saw it
ugotoviti število prisótnih, šteti prisótne (pogovorno) to count the house, to calculate the attendance
človek ne more biti istočasno povsod prisóten one can't be everywhere at the same time

prisŕčen hearty, cordial; heartfelt, affectionate; warm-hearted, warm; amicable

prisŕčno prislov heartily, cordially, warmly, affectionately
prisŕčno so nas sprejeli they gave us a hearty reception

príti prihájati to come; (dospeti) to arrive (at, in); (pojaviti se) to turn up, to put in an appearance

príti, prihájati do to come to, to get to, to reach
príti, prihájati po kaj, koga to come for (ali to fetch) someone, something
príti, prihájati noter to come in
príti, prihájati skupaj to meet
príti, prihájati nazaj to come back, to return
príti, prihájati ob (denar) to lose (one's money)
ne príti, prihájati z besedo na dan (figurativno) to beat about the bush
príti, prihájati na dan to come (ali to be brought) to light
príti, prihájati bliže to come near, to approach
príti, prihájati z dežja pod kap (figurativno) to jump from the frying pan into the fire
ta beseda pride iz grščine this word is derived (ali comes) from Greek
príti, prihájati nad koga to befall someone
ne príti, prihájati blizu to keep (ali to hold) aloof, to keep one's distance
príti, prihájati peš to come on foot
sem je prišel peš, na konju, z avtom he walked, he rode, he drove here
príti, prihájati do krize to come to a head
odkod pride ladja? where does the boat hail from?
príti, prihájati na izpit to present oneself for an examination
najhujše še pride! the worst (of it) is yet to come!
príti, prihájati med ljudi to mix with other people
odkod to pride? how comes that?
naj pride, kar hoče! come what may!, whatever may happen!
tako ne boš prišel naprej this is not going to get you very far
prišlo mi je na pamet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, it crossed my mind
príti, prihájati v rabo to come into use
príti, prihájati k sebi to recover one's senses, (iz nezavesti) to come to, to come round, to come to oneself
kdor prej pride, prej melje first come first served
príti, prihájati komu v roke, v pest (figurativno) to fall into someone's hands
príti, prihájati zopet do sape to recover one's breath
to pride na isto that amounts to the same thing, pogovorno it all boils down to the same thing
príti, prihájati na svoje stroške to cover one's expenses
príti, prihájati komu na sled to get on someone's track
kako si prišel na to? how did you come to think of that?, what ever put that into your head?
nikoli ne bo prišlo do tega it will never come to that
pridi(te) z menoj! come (along) with me!
príti, prihájati do sporazuma to reach an understanding
prišel bom po tebe I'll call for you
včeraj mi je prišel povedat he came and told me yesterday
moja ura je prišla (figurativno) my hour has come
príti, prihájati komu na ušesa to reach someone's ears
kdo pride na vrsto? whose turn is it?
prišlo bo do vojne we shall have war, it will come to war
príti, prihájati do pretepa to come to blows
príti, prihájati na svet to come into the world, to be born
príti, prihájati na beraško palico to be reduced to beggary, to fall on evil days
slučajno príti, prihájati to happen ta come
príti, prihájati na vrsto to have one's turn
príti, prihájati na svoj račun to profit, to benefit (pri, ob by)
zelo prav príti, prihájati to come in very handy
príti, prihájati kot poklican, kot nalašč to arrive opportunely
príti, prihájati v poštev to come into consideration
ne príti, prihájati v poštev to be irrelevant (ali to be beside the point)
príti, prihájati do zaključka to reach a conclusion, to decide
ne pridi mi več pred oči! I will never see you again!
iz tega ne bo prišlo nič nothing will come of it
na to jaz ne bi bil nikoli prišel that would never have occurred to me
prišlo je čisto drugače it turned out quite differently
slučajno sem prišel na to I found it out accidentally
príti, prihájati do odločitve to come to a decision
priti v modo to come into fashion
príti, prihájati v denarno stisko to be hard up, to run short of money
prepozno príti, prihájati to be (too) late
príti, prihájati na spregled to turn up, to make one's appearance
príti, prihájati k zavesti to come to one's senses
kolikokrat prideš skupaj z njim? how often do you meet him?
nesreča nikoli ne pride sama misfortunes never come singly
to pride od tvojega dolgega ležanja v postelji that comes of your staying in bed so long

pritískati to press, to exert pressure; to weigh down (na upon)

pritískati na koga to put pressure on someone
pritískati na koga za denar to press someone for money
upniki so pritiskali nanj he was pressed by his creditors
pritískati za ukinjenje, odpravo česa to urge the abolition of something
delo pritiska the job is urgent

priznáti priznávati (dolg) to acknowledge, to recognize; (krivdo, napako, itd.) to confess, to concede, to own up; (dopuščati) to admit, to make admission; (odobriti) to ratify, arhaično to avouch; (pravico, pravo) to concede a claim, to give someone his (ali her) due; to do justice to

priznáti, priznávati koga za... to own someone for...
ne priznáti, priznávati za svojega, za svoje to disown someone, something
priznal mi je, da... he admitted to me that...
odkrito priznáti, priznávati to admit frankly
priznáti, priznávati otroka to recognize a child as one's own, to admit paternity
priznáti, priznávati za (kot) svoje to acknowledge as one's own
priznaj vendar! own up!
priznam svojo zmoto I admit I was wrong
vse priznáti, priznávati to confess everything, (žargon) to come clean, to own up, to cough it up
priznáti, priznávati zločin to confess to a crime
priznam, da nisem imel prav I acknowledge that I was wrong
priznavajo, da so to vedeli že prej they admit that they knew it before
priznáti, priznávati se za krivega to admit one's guilt
priznáti, priznávati se za premaganega to concede victory
ne hoteti priznáti, priznávati to disclaim, to disavow, to deny
to mu je treba priznáti, priznávati you have to grant him that
treba je, mora se priznáti, priznávati, da... it must be admitted (ali conceded) that...
priznáti, priznávati krivdo, priznáti, priznávati se za krivega to plead guilty
priznam, da bo treba premagati še mnogo težav I admit that we shall have to overcome many difficulties
rade volje priznamo usluge, ki nam jih je izkazal we readily acknowledge the services he has rendered us
priznáti, priznávati svoj poraz to admit defeat

prizòr scene, sight; (nenavaden) spectacle; view; aspect

grozen, strašen prizòr a dreadful spectacle
prizòr za bogove a sight for the gods
zelo prijeten prizòr a sight for sore eyes
nudil je smešen prizòr he made a spectacle of himself
strahotni prizòri so se dogajali horrible scenes occurred
prizòr se dogaja v Londonu the scene is set in London

procés kemija, tehnika process

sodni procés trial, case, legal proceedings, lawsuit, action at law
napraviti kratek procés s čim (figurativno) to make short work of something
delovni procés operation, procedure
kazenski procés criminal suit
razvojni procés process of development (ali of evolution)
procés proti čarovniku (-ici) zgodovina trial for witchcraft
civilni procés civil action (ali suit)
dobiti (izgubiti) procés to win (to lose) a suit
voditi procés to carry on a lawsuit
grozili so nam s procésom they threatened to bring an action against us
začeti procés to file a suit
začeti procés proti to commence (ali to institute) legal proceedings against, to bring someone up for trial

promise² [prɔ́mis]

1. prehodni glagol
obljubiti, dati besedo (to komu)

2. neprehodni glagol
vzbujati upanje, obetati

pogovorno I promise you to ti zagotavljam
to promise o.s. s.th. nadejati se česa, obetati si kaj
he promises well mnogo obeta
the weather promises fine videti je, da bo lepo vreme
I was promised a job obljubili so mi službo
Promised Land obljubljena dežela (tudi figurativno)

promovírati

promovírati koga za doktorja to confer the title (ali the degree) of doctor upon someone
biti promoviran to be awarded the degree of doctor, to get one's doctorate
promoviral je he has got his doctorate
promovirali so ga za častnega doktorja they (have) awarded him an honorary doctorate

prosíti to ask (koga za kaj something of someone, someone for something); (vljudno) to beg, to request; to pray

milo prosíti (rotiti) to supplicate, to implore, to conjure, to beseech, to entreat, to deprecate; (pismeno) to petition, to solicit; to memorialize; (prosjačiti) to beg, to go begging, to be a beggar
prosíti za koga to plead for, to intervene for; (če nismo razumeli)
prosim? I'm sorry, what did you say?, pardon?, I beg your pardon; (odgovor na zahvalo)
prosim! don't mention it!, no trouble!, you are (quite) welcome!
prosíti kruha to ask for bread
prosíti za uslugo to ask a favour
prosim vas oproščenja (odpuščanja) I beg your pardon
prosim vas, vrnite denar! please let me have the money back!
prosíti za roko (zasnubiti dekle) to ask in marriage, to propose (to)
prosíti vse svetnike v nebesih to pray to every saint in Heaven
lepo vas prosim, napravite mi to uslugo! I beg you to do me this service!
prosim, povej mi vendar! (please) do tell me!
sedite, prosim! please take a seat! sit down, please!
vas smem prosíti za ogenj (za sol)? may I trouble you for a light (the salt)?
prosim, bodi tako dober in... be good enough (ali be so kind as) to...
prosil sem ga za to I asked it of him, I asked him for it
ne daj se prosíti! don't wait to be asked
vas smem prosíti za vaše ime? may I ask your name?
prosim za besedo! may I have leave to speak?, ZDA may I have the floor?
prosíti za dovoljenje koga to ask leave of someone
prosíti za oproščenje to excuse oneself, to apologize, to beg pardon
prosim, da mi oprostite! pardon me!, I beg your pardon!, excuse me!, I am sorry!
prosíti za službo to apply for a job (ali post), to submit an application for a post

próstor room; space; (sedež) seat; (razstavni) site; (površina) area; (področje) tract, region

próstor! make way!, give way!, clear the way!
brezzračni próstor vacuum
življenjski próstor living space
zaradi pomanjkanja próstora for lack of space
trgovski próstori business premises pl
društveni próstori a society's premises
ni več próstora there is no room left
próstora je za vse there is room for all
vsi próstori so zasedeni all the places are taken
napraviti próstor za koga to make room for someone, to clear the way for someone
rezervirati próstor to book a seat
niti toliko próstora ni, da bi se človek obrnil there's not room enough to swing a cat
potreben bi bil mnogo večji prostor, kot (pa) je na voljo it would require much more space than is available here (ali than you've got here)
omejenost, pičlost próstora shortage of space
kazenski próstor šport penalty area

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

put by prehodni glagol
hraniti, prihraniti, dati na stran (denar); izogniti se, izogibati se (odgovoru); preskočiti koga, prezreti koga

Brown was put by in favour of Smith Smithu so dali prednost pred Brownom

quite [kwáit] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela; resnično, zares (quite a gentleman)
precej, ravno, prav, zelo

quite a precej, zares
quite a few veliko, mnogo
quite other čisto drugačen
quite the thing prava stvar, kot je treba, primeren
not quite proper ne ravno primeren
Oh quite!; ali quite so! res je, se strinjam
she (he) isn't quite ni prava dama (ni pravi gospod)

rain² [réin] neprehodni glagol
deževati; liti; (o nebu) poslati dež; (o solzah) teči, liti
figurativno padati, priti v gomilah, v množicah; deževati s prasketanjem (upon na)
prehodni glagol
liti, deževati (kaj), pustiti padati (dež)
figurativno prelivati (solze); metati (kamenje) (upon na)

it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining pitch forks lije kot iz škafa
it rained all night vso noč je deževalo
it is likely to rain kaže na dež, dež preti
it rained heavy drops debele kaplje so deževale
blows rained upon him udarci so deževali nanj
to rain stair-rods sleng deževati v ravnih, vertikalnih curkih
tears rained down her cheeks solze so ji lile po licih
her eyes rained tears iz oči so ji lile, tekle solze
it never rains but it pours figurativno nesreča nikoli ne pride sama
it rains in dežuje noter (v sobo)
it has rained itself out izlilo se je

rate² [réit] prehodni glagol
oceniti, določiti vrednost, preceniti; regulirati (kovanje denarja); smatrati (koga), šteti, prištevati, računati (among med, kot)
britanska angleščina oceniti davek, obdavčiti
navtika uvrstiti (ladjo) v razred ali kategorijo
sleng zaslužiti (kaj) po svojem položaju
neprehodni glagol
biti upoštevan, upoštevati se, šteti se, prištevati se, računati se (as kot, med)
biti ocenjen

I rate him among my friends štejem ga za svojega prijatelja
he is rated a rich man on velja za bogataša
I rate rice lower than wheat riž cenim manj (smatram za slabšo hrano) kot žito
houses are highly rated hiše so zelo obdavčene
this ship rates A 1 ta ladja ima najvišjo oceno (za zavarovanje)
to rate up a property oceniti lastnino višje, kot je vredna

rattle² [rætl] prehodni glagol
(za)rožljati, (za)ropotati (s čim); hitro govoriti (deklamirati, recitirati)
sleng prestrašiti, vznemiriti, razburiti, zmesti
lov goniti, biti za petami (divjačini)
neprehodni glagol
rožljati, žvenketati, ropotati, drdrati; klopotati, škripati, prasketati, pokati; spotakniti se, spodrsniti (over nad, čez, ob)
hropsti, hripati; blebetati, brbljati

rattled sleng zmeden, zbegan; popolnoma pijan
to rattle at the door potrkati na vrata
to rattle a chain, the sabre (za)rožljati z verigo, s sabljo
parlament to rattle the bill through the House hitro izglasovati zakonski osnutek v parlamentu
the car rattled through the streets avto je drdral skozi ulice
the windows rattled in their frames okna so (za)žvenketala v svojih okvirih
don't get rattled over it ne razburjajte, ne plašite se zaradi tega!

rávnokar just (now)

rávnokar je šel ven he has just gone out
rávnokar sem ga videl I have just seen him
rávnokar so prišli they have just got here

raw-boned [rɔ́:bound] pridevnik
suh, mršav, koščen

raw-boned deal pogovorno krivično ravnanje
raw-boned person živ okostnjak
he got a raw-boned deal grdó, krivično so ravnali z njim