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prebíti to break through, to pierce; to pass through; (čas) to pass (the time), to spend

prebíti led to break the ice
prebíti noč brez spanja to spend a sleepless night
prebíti zid to breach a wall
prebíti zvočni zid to break the sonic barrier
prebíti se (s komolci) skozi množico to elbow one's way through a crowd
s težavo se prebíti skozi življenje to have great difficulty in making both ends meet, to earn a meagre living, to lead a precarious existence, to live from hand to mouth
prebíti se skozi leto to manage to survive another year

prebiválec inhabitant; resident; dweller; (prehoden, začasen) temporary resident, arhaično sojourner

prebiválec planeta denizen of a planet

preboléti to get over; to recover (from)

preboléti bolezen to get over one's illness
prebolel je dolgo bolezen he has recovered from a long illness
prebolela je hudo bolezen she has gone through a severe illness
preboléti krivico to forget an injustice
ne bo prebolel njene smrti he will not get over her death

prebráti to select, to pick out, to sort out; (knjigo) to read (all) over (ali through)

bežno prebráti to skip through
prebráti v presledkih to read in snatches
skrbno prebráti to peruse
prebráti knjigo od začetka do konca to read a book from cover to cover
z muko prebráti knjigo to wade through a book

prebrodíti to wade through; to ford

prebrodíti težavo to overcome a difficulty

prebudíti prebújati to wake (up), to awaken, to awake; to arouse, to rouse (tudi figurativno)

prebudíti, prebújati se to wake (up), to awake, to be awakened (ali roused), to rouse
hrup me je prebudil the noise woke me up
vso hišo boš prebudil you'll wake the whole house
hrup, ki bi prebudil mrtvece a noise to waken the dead
žal mi je, da sem vas prebudil I am sorry I woke you up
prebudíti, prebújati iz letargije (apatije) to arouse from lethargy (apathy), to shake someone out of his lethargy
narava se prebudi spomladi nature wakes in spring

precaution [prikɔ́:šən] samostalnik
previdnost, opreznost, svarilo, varnostni ukrep

as a precaution iz previdnosti
to take precautions narediti varnostne ukrepe

precedénčen precedent

precedénčen primer a precedent; test case
brez precedénčnega primera without precedent

precedent¹ [présidənt] samostalnik
pravno prejšnji primer (ki se nanj sklicujemo), precedens

without precedent brez precedenčnega primera
to take s.th. as a precedent šteti kaj za precidenčen primer

precéjšen (pretty) considerable; pretty large; (obsežen) large-scale; figurativno handsome

precéjšna doba considerable length of time
precéjšna količina a pretty considerable quantity
pridobiti si precéjšnje premoženje to acquire a handsome fortune

precéniti to overestimate, to overvalue; (oceniti) to estimate, to value; to rate

precéniti diamant to value a diamond

precèp cleft; fissure; figurativno (primež) vice; dilemma; scrape

biti v precèpu figurativno to be on the horns of dilemma, to be in a cleft stick
dobiti koga v precèp to drive someone into a corner, to get someone into a corner
imeti koga v precèp to have someone over a barrel

precious¹ [préšəs] pridevnik (preciously prislov)
dragocen, drag (kamen); plemenit, žlahten (kovina); ljub, drag
figurativno nenaraven, afektiran
pogovorno lep, popoln

a precious rascal popoln lopov
a precious lot better than daleč boljši od
a precious sight more veliko več
my precious! ljubezen moja!
a precious mess lepa godlja
precious style nenaraven stil

precipice [présipis] samostalnik
prepad
figurativno nevaren položaj, nevarnost

on the brink of a precipice na robu prepada

prečastíti -a Right Reverend (krajšava: Rt Rev.); Very Reverend

prečastíti, -a škof iz X. the Right Reverend (the) Bishop of X.

prečítati to read (something to the end); to read through; to peruse; to read all over; (razvozlati) to decipher, to unravel

prečítati časopis to peruse a newspaper
bežno, na hitro prečítati časopis to skim the daily paper
prečítati knjigo to finish a book
prečítati od začetka do konca to read through from cover to cover
on je mnogo prečital (je zelo načitan) he is widely (ali deeply) read, he has been a great reader, he is a walking (ali living) dictionary

prečŕtati to delete; to cancel, to cross off (ali out); to strike through (ali out), to blot; to expunge

prečŕtati besedo to strike a word through
prečrtaj to ime! strike this name off (ali out)!

prečúti (prebedeti) to spend (time) awake

prečúti noč to spend a sleepless night
prečuta noč a wakeful (ali sleepless) night

préd¹ prislov (prej) before; beforehand; previously

préd pomisliti to premeditate
malo préd a short time before

préd² (krajevno) before, in front of; ahead of; (časovno) previous to, up to, prior to; ago, since, back

préd hišo before (ali in front of) the house
préd pričami (notarjem) in the presence of witnesses (of a Notary Public)
dve uri préd časom two hours before time (ZDA ahead of time)
préd Kristom before Christ (krajšava: B.C.)
préd polnočjo before midnight
10 minut préd 9. uro 10 minutes to (ZDA of) nine
préd poldnevom in the morning, in the forenoon
préd pol ure (14 dnevi, enim mesecem, dvema letoma) half an hour (a fortnight, a month, two years) ago
préd kratkim recently, of late, lately
préd vsem first of all, above all
(prav) préd mojimi očmi before my very eyes
ne préd 10. uro not till ten o'clock
dan préd mojim odhodom the day before (ali previous to) my departure
préd nekaj urami a few hours back
delo je bilo gotovo šest mesecev préd planom the work was completed six months ahead of schedule
on je prav (tik) préd nami he is just ahead of us
šel je préd menoj he preceded me, he went in front, he led the way
tekla je préd nami she ran ahead of us
vlak ne bo odpeljal préd osmo uro the train will not leave till (ali before) 8 o'clock
imeti kaj préd seboj (figurativno) to have something coming to one, to be in for something
nimava (nimamo) nobenih skrivnosti drug préd drugim we have no secrets from each other (from one another)
imeti prednost préd kom to have the advantage of someone
imeti kaj préd očmi (figurativno) to have (ali to keep) something in mind (ali in view, in sight)
ne pride mi več préd oči he shuns me
od teme se ne vidi prst préd očmi it is pitch-dark
ne bom odpotoval préd enim tednom I shan't start for a week (ali for a week yet)