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domá at home; in

je on domá? is he in?, is he at home?
je Vaš oče domá? is your father in, is your father at home?
ni ga domá he is not at home, he is away, he is away from home
domá narejen (kruh) home-made (bread)
držati se domá to keep to the house
on vedno tiči domá he never goes (ali gets) out, he is a stay-at-home
on je domá iz Ljubljane he is a native of Ljubljana
domá je najlepše there's no place like home
počutiti se kot domá to feel at home
bodite kot domá! make yourself at home!
biti domá v (figurativno) to be at home in (ali with), to be familiar with
nisem domá v tem predmetu (figurativno) I am not familiar with this subject
ljubo domá, kdo ga ima east, west, home's best; pesniško be it ever so humble, there's no place like home

donkey [dʌ́ŋki] samostalnik
zoologija osel
figurativno bedak

to talk the hind leg of a donkey govoriti kot dež
donkey's years cela večnost
pogovorno to ride the black donkey biti trmast
the donkey means one thing, the driver another mnenja so različna
since (ali for) donkey's years že od nekdaj

dôsti enough; sufficiently; (precéj) rather, pretty, fairly; (obilno) amply; a great deal of; (zadovoljivo, primerno) satisfactorily

več kot dôsti more than enough, enough and to spare
za danes bo dôsti that will do for today
dôsti dobro veš, da je to prepovedano you know well enough that it is forbidden
on ima dôsti denarja he has plenty of money, he is flush with money
dôsti! enough!; that will do!
dôsti je smeha! stop laughing!

dovólj enough; sufficiently

dovólj časa enough time
več kot dovólj more than enough, enough and to spare
dovólj mi je tega I've had enough of it
to je dovólj jasno za vsakogar anyone can see that, it's as plain as a pikestaff
ni dovólj močan za svoje delo he is not strong enough for his work
boste imeli dovólj 2 kg? will two kilos be enough (ali pogovorno do)?
dovólj sem ga videl (pogovorno) I have seen enough of him
dovólj mi je tega življenja! I'm sick of this life
dovólj bodi, da (če) rečem... suffice it to say...
dovólj je! that's enough!, that will do!
dovólj! Enough!; Stop!
dovólj o tem, govorimo o čem drugem! enough of that, let's change the subject!

drág dear; (necenén) expensive; dear; costly

drág kamen a precious stone
drága večerja an expensive dinner
dráge volje willingly, readily; with a good grace
knjiga je drága the book is expensive (ali dear)
moj drági! my dear!
drági moj prijatelj! my dear friend!
vino je tu zelo drágo wine is very dear here
drágo mi je I am glad (ali pleased)
napravite, kot Vam je drágo do as you like, do just as you please
če ti je življenje drágo if you value your life
karkoli ti je drágo anything you like
to mi je predrago this is too expensive for me
to je eden najdražjih hotelov v Parizu it is one of the most expensive hotels in paris
vrnil sem mu milo za drágo I paid him in his own coin, I gave him tit for tat; I got even with him
to je tisto, kar mi je najdražje na svetu that is what I hold dearest on earth
drágó prodajati to sell dear
to te bo drágó stalo it will cost you dear
drágó je to plačal he paid dear for it
to mi bo drágo plačal I'll take it out of him, I'll make him pay dearly (ali dear) for it

drèn botanika cornel; dogwood

zdrav kot drèn as fit as a fiddle

drugáče otherwise; in another (ali different) way (ali manner); differently (od from)

takó ali drugáče somehow; one way or other
drugáče (v drugih ozirih) in other respects; (sicer) else
to je čisto drugáče it is quite difrerent, pogovorno it's not at all like that
v mojem primeru je (ravno) drugáče in my case the boot is on the other foot
čisto drugáče (ravno nasprotno) just the other way, just the other way round
če ni drugáče možno if there is no other way
na to gledam čisto drugáče I look upon it in quite a different light
drugáče misliti to differ in opinion
sedaj drugáče misliti to have second thoughts
drugáče postopati, ravnati kot sicer (običajno) to act differently than usual
ne morem drugáče, kot da se smejem I can't help laughing
stôri to takoj, drugáče (sicer) ti bo žal do it at once, or you'll regret it (ali you'll be sorry)

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks

duck¹ [dʌk] samostalnik
zoologija raca; amfibijsko vozilo
pogovorno srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba
ameriško, vojska našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid
pogovorno nič, ničla (kriket)

a lame duck dolžnik; invalid
like a duck in a thunderstorm potrt, otožen; zgubljen
to play (ali make) ducks and drakes metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati
to make a duck ne zadeti nobene točke (v kriketu)
like water off a duck's back brez učinka, kot bob ob steno
pogovorno a duck of a očarljiv
(to take to s.th.) like a duck to water (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja
a fine day for young ducks deževno vreme
duck's egg šport nič, nobena točka (kriket)

duty [djú:ti] samostalnik
dolžnost, obveznost; služba, funkcija (on, upon)
dajatev, davek, taksa, carina; spoštovanje
britanska angleščina, tehnično delo, proizvodnost, storilnost, produktivnost; količina vode za zalivanje jutra zemlje

customs duty uvozna carina
in duty bound po dolžnosti
to do duty for služiti kot, biti enako dober kot
off duty prost službe
on duty v službi, na straži
to go on duty stopiti v službo
to lay duty on zacariniti
liable to duty carinski (blago)
in duty bound dolžnosten
to send one's duty to s.o. izraziti komu spoštovanje
to take up one's duties prevzeti dolžnosti
to do one's duty by s.o. opraviti svojo dolžnost do koga
to pay duty on goods plačati carino za blago
duty off brez carine
duty paid ocarinjen

dva dve two

po dva, po dve in pairs, by twos
stran dve page two
dve in pet je sedem two and five make (ali are) seven
tako gotovo, kot je dve in dve štiri as sure as eggs is eggs
to me je stalo dva funta in dva penija this cost me two pound, twopence
ura je ravnokar odbila dve the clock has just struck two
pred dvema dnevoma two days ago
ne najdeš dveh takih, kot je on! you won't find anybody to match him!
otrok še ni dve leti star the child is not two yet
iti po dva in dva (v parih) to go in pairs (ali two by two)
hoditi v gručah po dva in tri to walk in twos and threes
za prepir sta potrebna dva it takes two to make a quarrel

dvójček -íca twin; twin brother, twin sister

dvójčka, -čici twins pl; twin brothers pl, twin sisters pl; mineralogija twin crystals pl
rojen kot dvójček, -íca twinborn
siamska dvójčka Siamese twins
mesti dvójčici twinned towns
Dvojčka astronomija Gemini, the Twins
enojajčna (dvojajčna) dvójčka identical (fraternal) twins
telefon dvójč party line

elbow¹ [élbou] samostalnik
anatomija komolec
tehnično koleno; stranski naslon (pri stolu)

at one's elbow pri roki
sleng to lift the elbow (too often) piti več, kot je pametno
out at elbows v raztrgani obleki; reven
up to the elbows in work zelo zaposlen
more power to your elbows! mnogo uspeha!
to rub elbows with s.o. družiti se s kom

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet

embassy [émbəsi] samostalnik
poslaništvo, ambasada; misija, poslanstvo

on an embassy kot odposlanec

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

enáko prislov equally; alike; likewise; in the same manner; just the same

enáko star of the same age; coeval
enáko oddaljen equidistant
približno enáko velik much of a size
enáko deliti to share alike
enáko si bomo razdelili we'll share and share alike, žargon we'll split (everything) even Steven
enáko rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam I'd just as well go there as anywhere else
enáko prezirati svoje prijatelje in svoje sovražnike to despise oneself' friends and one's enemies alike
to pride na enáko it amounts to the same thing
enáko vračati to repay in kind, to retaliate
ti besedi se enáko izgovarjata these two words are pronounced alike (ali have the same pronunciation)

enclosure [inklóužə] samostalnik
ograja, plot; ograjen prostor; priloga

to send as enclosure poslati kot prilogo, kot vzorec brez vrednosti
Enclosure Act zakon, po katerem postane občinsko zemljišče zasebno

equality [i:kwǽliti] samostalnik
enakost, enakopravnost

on a footing of equality enakopravno, enakovredno
sign of equality enačaj
to be on equality with družiti se kot s sebi enakim; ocenjevati po istem merilu

equally [í:kwəli] prislov
prav tako, enako

equally with prav tako kot
equally good prav tako dober, nič slabši