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try on prehodni glagol
poskusiti, pomeriti (a new dress novo obleko)

to try it on with s.o. sleng preskušati koga (da bi videli, kaj moremo doseči pri njem, zlasti pri ženski)
no use trying it on with me pri meni je vse zaman (ne boš nič opravil, dosegel)

túdi also; too; as well; likewise; so; moreover, in addition

ne samo... ampak tudi... not only... but also
jaz túdi I too, me too, so (am) I, so (do) I
on govori tudi nemško he speaks German too
túdi tu here too
túdi ne nor, neither
lahko prideš in tvoja sestra túdi you can come, and your sister too (ali and so can your sister)
on prihaja in njegov brat túdi he is coming and his brother is too (ali also ali and so is his brother)
Moj brat govori angleško. - Jaz tudi. My brother speaks English. - So do I.
Jaz tega ne morem verjeti. - Mi tudi ne. I cannot believe it. - Neither (ali nor) can we.
Tega nisem vedel. - Jaz tudi ne. I didn't know that. - Neither did I.
Tudi če bi to bilo res, ne smeš tega reči Even if it were true you should not say that
to mislim túdi narediti I mean to do it, too

turn¹ [tə:n] samostalnik
vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja
figurativno izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza
ekonomija prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba
figurativno sposobnost, talent, dar (for za)
nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz
pogovorno živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka)
tisk obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk
šport trojka (pri drsanju)
množina, medicina menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about izmenoma, menjaje se
at every turn pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času
before one's turn preden smo na vrsti
by turns, in turns izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim
every one in his turn! vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!
in turn po vrsti
in the turn of a hand v hipu, kot bi trenil
out of one's turn zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu
to a turn izvrstno
a turn of anger napad jeze
turn of the century konec stoletja
a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) preobrat, preokret sreče, usode
a turn to the left zavoj na levo
turn of life medicina klimakterij
the turn of the tide oseka, figurativno sprememba položaja, preobrat
done to a turn (s)pečen kot treba
hand's turn ročno delo
to be of humorous turn imeti smisel za humor
to be on the turn biti na preokretnici, prelomnici
he is fond of old turns of expression on se rad starinsko izraža
whose turn is it? kdo je na vrsti?
now it is my turn sedaj sem jaz na vrsti
the milk is on the turn mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo
the cake is done to a turn kolač je ravno prav pečen
to do s.o. a good (bad) turn napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo
he did me an ill turn škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel
one good turn deserves another roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo
to (a)wait one's turn čakati, da pridemo na vrsto
to give s.o. a turn prestrašiti koga
to have a turn for languages ima dar za jezike
he has a curious turn of mind čudnega značaja je
I heard short turns in the music-hall slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju
left (right) turn! britanska angleščina, vojska na levo (desno)!
we read turn and turn about menjavali smo se pri čitanju
don't speak out of your turn! ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!
it serves my turn to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)
to take a turn at s.th. kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati
to take a turn to the right zaviti na desno
to take turns medsebojno se menjavati (at rowing pri veslanju)
to take a turn in the park napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku
to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) obrniti se na boljše (slabše)
disease took a favourable turn bolezen se je obrnila na bolje

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

turn to prehodni glagol
zaposliti
neprehodni glagol
lotiti se (dela), oprijeti se (česa), začeti delati, krepko delati

all were turned to vsi so bili (vneto) zaposleni
you must turn to again! znova se morate lotiti!
it's time we turned to čas je, da bi se lotili (dela)

twinkle [twiŋkl]

1. samostalnik
svetlikanje, bleščanje, migljanje, migotanje, utripanje, mežikanje; iskrenje; trzaj, tren (očesa); kratek, hiter premik
figurativno hip, trenutek

in a twinkle, in the twinkle of an eye v hipu, kot bi trenil (z očesom)
a humorous twinkle šegavo mežikanje

2. neprehodni glagol
migljati, migotati, utripati, mežikati, žmeriti; treniti (z očesom); hitro se premikati sem in tja; iskriti se, svetlikati se, bleščati se, zasvetiti se
prehodni glagol
oddajati (svetlobo) s svetlikanjem (iskrenjem); mežikati (z očmi)

to twinkle at a joke pomežikniti ob dovtipu
stars are twinkling in the sky zvezde utripajo na nebu

twinkling [twíŋkliŋ]

1. samostalnik
svetlikanje, bleščanje, migljanje, migotanje; mežikanje
fizika iskrenje, scintilacija
figurativno hip, trenutek

in a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, in the twinkling of a bedpost v hipu, kot bi (z očesom) trenil

2. pridevnik
bleščeč, iskreč se; mežikajoč; migotajoč, utripajoč

udréti se to sink (v into)

najrajši bi se udrl v zemljo od sramu I could have died of shame

ugájati

ugaja mi... I like, I am pleased with, I relish; I am fond of, I love, I am partial to; I find it agreeeable; (ustreza mi) it suits me, it is convenient to me
to mi ugaja I am pleased with it, it pleases me
ne ugaja mi... I don't like, it displeases me, (mrzim) I detest, I abhor, I am loath to...
kakor vam ugaja as you like
meni ugaja (je všeč) I have taken a fancy (ali a liking) to...
ti ta soba ugaja? does this room suit you?
kako vam ugaja naše mesto? how do you like our town?
kako ti ugaja to vino? how do you find this wine?
ta vrsta glasbe mi ne ugaja that sort of music does not appeal to me
ta kava mi ni ugajala (prijala) I did not like this coffee
misel, da bi ostal tu, mi ne ugaja I do not relish the idea of staying here

uhó ear; (šivanke) eye (of a needle); (košare, posode) handle

srednje uhó middle ear
zunanje uhó auricle
ostro uhó keen ear, quick ear
oslovsko uhó (v knjigi) dog-ear
napraviti oslovsko uhó (v listu, knjigi) to dog-ear (a page, a book)
bolečina v ušesu earache
vnetje ušesa otitis
vnetje srednjega ušesa inflammation of the middle ear
ušesa me bolé I have (ali pogovorno I've got) earache
krik, ki gre skozi ušesa an earsplitting, earpiercing scream
šumenje v ušesih buzzing in the ears
ščitnik za uhó earflap, ZDA earmuff
zrcalo za uhó medicina auriscope, otoscope
biti gluh na levo uhó to be deaf in the left ear
do ušes je zadolžen he is up to his ears in debt, he is over head and ears in debt
biti do ušes zaljubljen to be head over heels in love
imeti ostro uhó (figurativno) to have a quick (ali a sharp) ear, to have excellent hearing
pocukati, povleči koga za uhó to tweak, to pull someone's ear
napeti ušesa to prick up one's ears, to be all ears
naleteti na gluha ušesa to find deaf ears
nekaj bi ti rad povedal na uhó I'd like a word in your ear
prišlo mi je na uhó it came to my hearing
naviti komu ušesa to tweak someone's ears
pridigati gluhim ušesom (figurativno) to fall on deaf ears
(za)mašiti si ušesa to stop up one's ears
poslušati le z enim ušesom to listen with only half an ear
konj striže z ušesi the horse twitches his ears
vleči na ušesa to listen attentively, to prick up one's ears
za ušesa privleči (kako zadevo) (figurativno) to drag in a matter by the ears
v (levem, desnem) ušesu mi zveni my (left, right) ear is ringing (ali is burning)
pri enem ušesu noter, pri drugem pa ven (figurativno) (it goes) in (at) one ear and out (at) the other
v ušesih mi je zvenelo (= morali so govoriti o meni) my ears were burning
stene imajo ušesa walls have ears
v uhó me piši! (žargon) go and fly a kite!

úm reason, intellect, intelligence; sense; understanding; mind; brains pl; wit

človek ostrega úma a man of sharp intellect
brez úma out of one's senses, out of one's (right) mind
omračen úm clouded mind
je bistrega úma he is quick-witted, he is bright
bil je največji úm svojega časa he was the greatest intellect of his time
ves iz úma je he is out of his wits (ali out of his mind)
úm se mu je omračil he is mentally deranged, he is out of his senses, his mind is unhinged, he has lost his reason, he has gone mad
kaj ti pade na úm! what an absurd idea!
ne pade mi na úm, da bi to naredil I am not so stupid as to do it
ni ji prišlo na úm, da bi zaprla plin she had not the sense to turn off the gas
priti na úm komu to enter someone's mind
prišlo mi je na úm, da... I was struck by the idea that..., it occurred to me that...
priti nazaj na um to recur (ali to come back) to mind

umázati to dirty, to soil; to sully

ne bi si hotel umázati rok s tem I would not soil my hands with it
umázati se to dirty, to soil
to blago se hitro umaže this fabric soils easily

unknown [ʌnnóun]

1. pridevnik
nepoznan, neznan, tuj
zastarelo nedolžen, (spolno) nedotaknjen

Unknown Warrior, Unknown Soldier Neznani junak

2. prislov
brez vednosti

he went unknown to me šel je brez moje vednosti (ne da bi jaz vedel za to)

3. samostalnik
neznano
matematika neznanka

an equation of 2 unknowns enačba z 2 neznankama

untold [ʌntóuld] pridevnik
nepovedan, nerečèn; nepreštet; neštet, neštevilen, brezštevilen; neizmeren; neizrekljiv, neizrečen

untold wealth neizmerno bogastvo
to leave a story untold ne povedati zgodbe
to leave nothing untold vse povedati
you can trust him with untold gold lahko mu zaupate zlato, ne da bi ga prešteli

unwitting [ʌnwítiŋ] pridevnik
nezavesten, ne vedoč za; nenameren

unwittingly prislov nevede; nezavestno
I helped him unwitting(ly) pomagal sem mu, ne da bi vedel za to

úpanje hope; hopefulness; expectation; expectancy; anticipation; (bright) prospect

goljufivo, varljivo úpanje false hope(s)
prazno úpanje vain hope
zadnje (skoraj neuresničljivo) úpanje forlorn hope, figurativno (zanesljivo) sheet anchor
brez úpanja hopeless, past (all) hope
poln úpanja full of hope, hopeful
niti trohice úpanja not a glimmer of hope, (pogovorno) not the ghost of a chance, not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance
Rt Dobrega Upanja the Cape of Good Hope
žarek úpanja a ray (ali a gleam) of hope
úpanje, da bo prišel there is (some) hope that he will come, it is hoped he will come, hopefully he will come
zanj ni več úpanja he is past hope
nobenega úpanja ni bilo, da bi on prišel there was no prospect of his coming
on je moje zadnje úpanje he is my last hope, he is my only remaining hope
dajati komu úpanje to hold out hope to someone
dajati mnogo úpanja to promise well, to be very promising
gojiti úpanje to cherish (ali to entertain) a (ali the) hope
imeti malo úpanja, da... to hope against hope that...
imam le slabo, šibko úpanje I have only a faint hope
nobenega úpanja več ne imeti to be out of hope, to have no hope left
imeti úpanje to stand a chance
nikoli ne izgubljaj úpanja! (= ne obupaj!) never say die!
opustiti vsako úpanje to abandon hope, to give up every hope
oklepati se úpanja to cling to hope (ali one's hopes)
preseči úpanja to exceed hopes
prevarati koga v úpanju to frustrate someone's hopes
razočarati koga v úpanju to disappoint someone, to frustrate someone
moje úpanje se ni uresničilo my hopes have not been realized
upati brez úpanja zmage to hope against hope
vdajati se úpanju, da... to allow oneself the hope of..., to hope for..., to be in hopes that...
komu vsako úpanje vzeti to deprive someone of all hope
vzeti komu úpanje to dampen someone's hopes
zbujati úpanje to give (ali to inspire) hope, to raise expectations, to provide grounds for hope
zbujati komu úpanje to raise hopes in someone
zbujati prazno úpanje to raise false hopes
živeti v úpanju za, za... to live in hopes of (kaj something)
malo úpanja je ostalo (ostaja) there is little hope left

upírati se to resist (komu someone); to offer (ali to put up) resistance; to oppose; to be reluctant

upírati se se skušnjavi to resist a temptation
upírati se se mrazu to resist frost
upira se mi (studi se mi) it disgusts me
mleko se mi upira I loathe milk
upira se mi, da bi to storil I am reluctant to do it

uspéti to succeed (v in); to be successful; to prove successful, to meet with success; to gain one's ends; to manage, to achieve, to contrive

ne uspéti to fail
uspéti v življenju to make one's way in the world
uspelo mi je priti tja I contrived to get there
načrt ni uspel the plan did not succeed
pri svojem zadnjem izpitu ni uspel he failed in his last examination
ni nam uspelo, da bi jih videli we did not succeed in seeing them
pri svojem poskusu nisem uspel I was not successful in my attempt
njegova gledališka igra ni uspela his play failed (ali pogovorno was a flop, flopped)

usual [jú:žuəl]

1. pridevnik
običajen, navaden

as usual, šaljivo as per usual kot po navadi, kot običajno
it has become the usual thing with us to je postalo običajno pri nas
it is not usual for him to come so early ni (to) njegova navada, da bi prišel tako zgodaj
it is usual for shops to close at 7 o'clock trgovine se navadno zapirajo ob sedmih
the train is later than (is) usual vlak je prišel kasneje kot navadno

2. samostalnik
kar (kolikor) je običajno; običajna mera

how is life these days? -- The usual. (pogovorno) Kako je kaj? -- Kot običajno.

utegníti to have time

če bom utegnil, bom prišel if I have time, I shall come
to utegne biti res that might be true
utegnemo zamuditi vlak we may miss the train
kaj bi se mu bilo utegnilo zgoditi? what might have happened to him?
nisem ga utegnil obiskati I had no time to see him
ne utegnem (= nimam časa) I cannot afford the time