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descriptive [diskríptiv] pridevnik (descriptively prislov)
opisen

to be descriptive of s.th. opisovati kaj

desirous [dizáiərəs] pridevnik (desirously prislov) (of, to do)
željan; poželjiv

to be desirous of s.th. želeti si kaj, hrepeneti po čem

destructive¹ [distrʌ́ktiv] pridevnik (destructively prislov) (of, to)
uničevalen, razdiralen, poguben, škodljiv

to be destructive of s.th. uničiti, opustošiti kaj
kemija destructive distillation suha destilacija

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

dickens [díkinz] samostalnik
pogovorno vrag

the dickens! presneto!
what the dickens kaj za vraga
why the dickens zakaj za vraga

diffident [dífidənt] pridevnik (diffidently prislov) (of)
plah, boječ, skromen; ki si ne zaupa

to be diffident in doing s.th. bati se kaj storiti

disabuse [disəbjú:z] prehodni glagol
odpreti komu oči, povedati resnico; razočarati

to disabuse one's mind of s.th. izbiti si kaj iz glave, ne misliti več na kaj
to disabuse o.s. spoznati svojo zmoto

disappoint [disəpɔ́int] prehodni glagol (in, with, at)
razočarati; pustiti na cedilu; besedo snesti

to disappoint of s.th. preprečiti kaj, onemogočiti, prekrižati (načrt); vzeti komu kaj

discredit² [diskrə́dit] samostalnik
slab glas, sramota; dvom, nezaupanje, sum

to bring discredit on s.o., to bring s.o. into discredit v slab glas, ob ugled koga spraviti, diskreditirati koga
to throw discredit on s.th. v slabo luč kaj spraviti
to be to the discredit of s.o. biti komu v sramoto

dish¹ [diš] samostalnik
skleda, krožnik; jed
množina posode
arhaično skodelica
ameriško, pogovorno dekle; votlina, jama

to bave a hand in the dish biti v kaj zapleten
a dish of chat kramljanje
to lay a thing in s.o.'s dish dati komu kaj pod nos
standing dish običajna jed
dish of gossip kramljanje

diskreditírati to discredit

diskreditírati kaj to throw discredit on something
diskreditírati koga to bring someone into disrepute, to bring discredit on someone, to bring someone into discredit, to bring disrepute on someone
diskreditírati koga pri kom pogovorno to get someone in wrong with someone

dispense [dispéns] prehodni glagol
deliti, razdajati; odpustiti, odvezati česa; pripravljati ali deliti zdravila

to dispense with ne potrebovati česa, prihraniti kaj; odpraviti, pogrešati; shajati, prebijati se brez
dispensing chemist lekarnar

dispose [dispóuz] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
razpolagati, ukazati, urediti, razpostaviti, razmestiti; odrediti; znebiti se, odstraniti; (z)likvidirati; ovreči; proda(ja)ti; opraviti

man proposes, God disposes človek obrača, Bog obrne
to dispose of s.th. razpolagati s čim; urejati kaj; uničiti; ubiti; (raz)prodati; porabiti
to dispose of by will zapustiti v oporoki
to dispose of in marriage poročiti
to dispose of by auction prodati na dražbi
to dispose of once and for all za vselej urediti
to dispose of one's child to school poslati otroka v šolo
more than can be disposed of več kot je treba
a thing to be disposed of stvar, ki se da dobiti ali prodati
to dispose of a claim urediti reklamacijo
to dispose of goods prodati blago

distress¹ [distrés] samostalnik
nadloga; gorje, žalost, tuga; sila, beda, revščina, stiska; nevarnost; zaplemba; zaplenjeno blago

distress signal znak kot prošnja za pomoč
distress committee odbor za pomoč pri katastrofah
to be in great distress for s.th. nujno kaj potrebovati
to levy a distress on zarubiti, zapleniti
pravno warrant of distress ukaz o izvršitvi

dive² [daiv] samostalnik
skok na glavo (v vodo); strmoglaven let, pikiranje
ameriško beznica; restavracijska klet

to make a dive at (ali for) s.th. zagrabiti kaj
to take a dive skočiti na glavo (v vodo)
figurativno to take a dive into s.th. poglobiti se v kaj
a nose dive strmoglaven let

do^*1 [du:]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati
sleng varati
gledališče igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti
domačno pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovati

to do battle bojevati se
to do better poboljšati se
to do one's best na vso moč se truditi
to do s.o.'s bidding izpolniti ukaz koga
to do one's bit storiti svojo dolžnost
to do brown oslepariti
to do business trgovati
to do credit biti v čast
to do one's damnedest na vso moč se truditi
I have done my best potrudil sem se, kar se da
to do a drink piti
to do a favour izkazati ljubeznivost
to do good prijati, dobro (komu) storiti
to do a guy popihati jo, zbežati
to do one's hair počesati se
to do harm škodovati
to do one's heart good prijati komu
to do the heavy ošabno se vesti
to do the honours poskrbeti za goste
to do s.o. an ill turn zagosti jo komu
to do s.o. injustice storiti komu krivico
to do justice odkrito priznati; pogovorno s slastjo pojesti
how do you do dober dan, pozdravljeni
to do like for like vrniti milo za drago
to do the messages iti po opravkih
to do a mean thing podlo ravnati
to make do prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvi
pogovorno nothing doing s tem ne bo nič
to do a part imeti vlogo
to do pictures iti v kino
to do a place ogledati si kak kraj
to do s.th. on the Q. T. delati kaj na skrivaj
to do sums reševati (računske) naloge, delati račune
pogovorno to do the talking imeti glavno besedo
to do things by halves delati stvari na pol
sleng to do time sedeti v ječi
to do s.o. a good turn narediti komu uslugo
to do the trick doseči namen
to do o.s. well privoščiti si
to do well dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutiti
well-to-do premožen, bogat
to do a room pospraviti sobo
do well and have well kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi
that will do to zadostuje
that won't do to ne gre, to ni dovolj
one must do at Rome as the Romans do kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tuliti
it was do or die with him šlo mu je za življenje ali smrt
what can I do for you? s čim vam lahko postrežem?

dobesédno word for word, literally, in so many words, verbatim

dobesédno prevesti to translate word for word
to so bile dobesédno njegove besede these were his very words
razumeti, vzeti kaj dobesédno to take something at face-value

dobíti to get; to receive; to gain; to win; (s prošnjo) to obtain

dobíti zopet (nazaj) to retrieve
dobíti darilo to receive a present
dobíti poklon (udarec, ukaz) to receive a compliment (a blow, an order)
dobíti prvo nagrado to win the first prize
dobíti dovoljenje to get leave (to)
dobíti vročino medicina to catch a fever
dobil je mesto po mojem priporočilu he obtained the situation through my recommendation
si dobil moje pismo včeraj? did you receive my letter yesterday?
dobil je, kar mu gre he's got what he deserves
kaj si dobil za svoj rojstni dan? what did you get for your birthday?
dobíti jih (figurativno) to get it, to catch it
jih boš že dobil (po glavi)! you'll catch it!
ta artikel se povsod dobi this article is to be got everywhere
mila ni mogoče dobíti soap is not to be had (ali is unobtainable, is not available)
kakor dobljeno, tako izgubljeno ill-gotten, ill spent
kemikalije se dobivajo iz... chemicals are obtained from...
jih boš dobil! (figurativno) you will catch it!
dobíti, zadeti glavni dobitek to hit the jackpot

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

dognáti to find; to ascertain (da that...); to establish

dognano dejstvo an established fact
imeti (kaj) za dognano to take (something) for granted