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pést fist

polna pést a handful, a fistful
stisnjena pést clenched (ali closed) fist
na lastno pést (figurativno) on one's own account, on one's own
udarec s pestjo punch, žargon fourpenny one
pravica, pravo pésti club law, fist law
boriti, tepsti se s péstjó to brawl, to have a punch-up (ali fistfight)
groziti s péstjó to shake one's fist at someone
imeti koga v pésti (figurativno) to have someone in the hollow of one's hand
udariti po mizi s péstjó to bring one's fist down heavily on the table
v pést se smejati to laugh inwardly, to laugh up one's sleeve
dobil sem ga v pést (figurativno) I have got him into my clutches
iti (naprej) na lastno pést to go (ahead) on one's own
bíti, udariti s péstjó to punch, to strike with one's fist, to fist
udariti koga s péstjo to give someone a punch
borba, pretep s péstmi punch-up, fistfight, humoristično bout of fisticuffs
stisniti pésti to clench one's fists

petard [petá:d] samostalnik
petarda, strelni naboj

to hoist with his own petard premagati koga z njegovim orožjem, ujeti se v lastno zanko

pétdeseti -a, -o the fiftieth

v pétdeseti, -a, -oh letih (starosti) in one's fifties, (stoletja) in the fifties

pétek Friday

v pét on Friday
ob pétkih on Fridays
črni pétek (nesrečen dan) black Friday
veliki pétek religija Good Friday

Péter Peter; Pete

kuštravi Péter (v otroških zgodbah) shockheaded Peter
Petrov novčič (cerkveno) Peter's pence

péti (pôjem) to sing, (v cerkvi) to chant; (o zvonu) to ring; (ptice) to warble, to twitter, to chirp; (petelin) to crow; (pesnikovati) to be a poet, to compose poetry

péti v zboru to sing in a choir
péti z not brez vaje to sight-read
péti po notah to read music, to sing from a score (ali from music)
prenizko péti to sing too low, to sing flat
previsoko péti to sing too high, to sing sharp
péti (vesele) božične pesmi to sing (Christmas) carols, to go carol-singing
večglasno péti to sing in parts
enoglasno péti to sing in unison
učiti se péti to learn singing
začeti péti to intone, to begin to sing
napačno péti to sing out of tune
prav(ilno) péti to sing in tune
péti na vse grlo to sing at the top of one's voice
péti komu hvalo to sing someone's praises
péti vedno isto pesem (figurativno) to be always harping on the same theme
korakali so in peli na vse grlo they marched on, singing at the top of their voices

phase [féiz] samostalnik
faza, mena, razvojna stopnja

to enter upon its last phase priti v zadnjo fazo
astronomija the phases of the moon lunine mene
elektrika phase advancer fazni premikač
elektrika phase voltage fazna napetost
gas (liquid, solid) phase plinska (tekoča, trdna) faza (v termodinamiki)
elektrika three-phase current trifazni tok

picture¹ [píkčə] samostalnik
slika, podoba, risba, portret; predstava, duševna slika
pogovorno utelešenje, videz, slika; natančna podoba koga
figurativno grafičen prikaz, oris, nazoren opis
pogovorno lepa oseba, lep predmet
fotografija fotografija; film
množina kino
medicina klinična slika (blood picture krvna slika)

to be in the picture biti poznan, slaven
to come into the picture postati slaven, postati zanimiv
out of the picture nepomemben, pozabljen
to have one's picture taken fotografirati se
to sit for one's picture dati se slikati, pozirati za portret
to form a picture of s.th. ustvariti si sliko o čem, predstavljati si kaj
to keep s.o. in the picture stalno koga obveščati, gledati, da je na tekočem
to go to the pictures iti v kino
to be the picture of misery biti utelešena beda
the child is the very picture of his father otrok je izrezan oče
he looks the very picture of health videti je kot utelešeno zdravje
she is a perfect picture lepa je kot slika
TV picture frequency slikovna frekvenca
TV picture tube slikovna elektronka

pidgin [pídžin] samostalnik
latovščina, žargon
pogovorno posel, delo, zadeva

pidgin English spačena angleščina, ki jo govorijo v Aziji
pogovorno that's not my pidgin to ni moje delo, to se me ne tiče

piece¹ [pi:s] samostalnik
kos, komad; del (stroja itd.); primerek (npr. a piece of advice nasvet)
določena trgovska količina (npr. bala papirja, blaga; sod vina itd.)
vojska revolver, puška, top; kovanec; (umetniško) delo, manjše literarno delo, gledališki komad, odlomek; šahovska figura
sleng ženska, deklina
pogovorno kos poti, hipec, kratek čas

all of a piece izcela, iste vrste, skladen
by the piece po kosu (prodajati)
piece by piece kos za kosom, po kosih
to break to pieces razbiti na koščke
vojska, sleng it's a piece of cake to je lahko
a bad piece of business grda stvar
a piece of news novica, vest
a piece of poetry pesem
a piece of flesh ženska
a piece of beauty lepa ženska
a piece of virtue vzor kreposti
a piece of water jezero
a piece of work delo
šaljivo a piece of goods človek
a piece of luck sreča, srečen slučaj
a dramatic piece gledališka igra
test piece vzorec
a piece of eight figura (šah, dama)
to fall to pieces razpasti
field piece top
fowling piece lovska puška (za ptiče)
to give s.o. a piece of one's mind povedati komu svoje mnenje
pogovorno to say one's piece povedati, kar ti leži na duši
to go to pieces zrušiti se (človek), izgubljati živce
in pieces razbit, v kosih
of a piece with prav tak kakor, v zvezi s čim
to pay by the piece plačati po kosu, plačati na akord
to pick (ali pull) to pieces raztrgati, skritizirati
šaljivo pick up the pieces! vstani!, poberi se!
to take to pieces razstaviti (stroj)

pierce [píəs]

1. prehodni glagol
prebiti, predreti, prebosti, prevrtati
figurativno prodreti (mraz, zvok, svetloba)
figurativno spoznati, spregledati, pronikniti
figurativno ganiti, prizadeti

2. neprehodni glagol
predreti (into v, through skozi)

the cold pierced him to the bone mraz mu je rezal do kosti

pig¹ [pig] samostalnik
prašič, svinja; svinjina.
tehnično šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj
pogovorno umazanec, požeruh, svinja

in pig breja (svinja)
sucking pig odojek
guinea pig morski prešiček
ameriško, sleng blind pig skrivna točilnica
figurativno to carry pigs to market hoteti kupčevati
to bring one's pigs to a pretty (ali wrong) market narediti slabo kupčijo
figurativno to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v žaklju
pigs in clover ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igre
to go to pigs and whistles iti rakom žvižgat, propasti
in less than a pig's whistle na mah
ameriško, sleng in a (ali the) pig's eye! traparija!
when the pigs fly nikoli
to make a pig of o.s. požrešno jesti, žreti
please the pigs če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščale
pigs might fly čudeži se utegnejo zgoditi
to stare like a stuck pig gledati ko zaboden vol

pig² [pig] neprehodni glagol
oprasiti se

to pig it živeti kakor v svinjaku
to pig together tiščati se skupaj

pigskin [pígskin] samostalnik
svinjska koža, svinjsko usnje
sleng sedlo
ameriško, pogovorno nogometna žoga

to jump into the pigskin skočiti v sedlo, zajahati (konja)

piján drunk, drunken; inebriated; tipsy; intoxicated; in a drunken condition

biti piján to be drunk; evfemizem to be under the influence (ali under the weather)
piján je kot muha he is dead drunk, he is as drunk as a lord
piján kot mavra (as) tight as an owl
piján kot klada, do nezavesti dead (ali blind) drunk, pogovorno dead to the world; žargon sloshed, soused, sozzled, smashed, plastered; drunk and incapable
piján kot žolna (as) drunk as a lord (ali a fish, a fiddler)
piján krví (figurativno) drunk with blood
piján od veselja wild with joy
postati piján to get drunk
kadar je piján, ne ve, kaj govori when he is in his cups, he doesn't know what he's saying
voziti avto v pijánem stanju to drive while under the influence of drink (ali while intoxicated), pogovorno to drink-drive

pijánec drunkard; a drunken (ali intoxicated, tipsy) man; toper, soaker, boozer, tippler, guzzler; habitual drunkard

kroničen pijánec confirmed drunkard, sot, soak, soaker, an inebriate
hud pijánec a heavy drinker
pijánec se spreobrne, ko se v jamo zvrne who drinks, will drink again; once a drunkard, always a drunkard

pijánost drunkenness; inebriation; intoxication; tipsiness

v pijánosti zmagoslavja in the exultation of victory
prespati pijánost to sleep oneself sober
voziti v pijánosti to drive while intoxicated, pogovorno to drink-drive

pile⁴ [páil]

1. prehodni glagol
kopičiti, nakopičiti, grmaditi, nagrmaditi, skladati (tudi up)
naložiti, natrpati (on na)
prenatrpati
pogovorno gnati do skrajnosti, pretirati

2. neprehodni glagol (zlasti z up)
nakopičiti se, natlačiti se
pogovorno zdrenjati se (into v, out of iz)
ameriško, pogovorno plezati, plaziti se

to pile up arms zložiti puške v piramido
pogovorno to pile it on pretiravati
to pile in stlačiti se v tesen prostor
to pile on (ali up) the agony s pretiravanjem povečati bolečino
to pile up nasesti (ladja), razbiti avion, doživeti letalsko nesrečo

pilgrim¹ [pílgrim] samostalnik
romar, božjepotnik, popotnik; prvi priseljenec

the Pilgrim Fathers skupina angleških puritancev, ki je ustanovila kolonijo Plymouth v ZDA
the Pilgrim of Great Britain (ali the U.S.) društva za pospeševanje angloameriškega prijateljstva

pill¹ [pil] samostalnik
pilula, bobika
figurativno grenka pilula
vojska, sleng izstrelek, granata bomba
britanska angleščina, sleng žoga (tenis, golf)
britanska angleščina, sleng, množina biljard

to gild (ali sweeten, sugar) the pill omiliti kaj
figurativno to swallow a bitter pill požreti grenko pilulo, vgrizniti v kislo jabolko
a pill to cure an earthquake kapljica v morje, polovičarstvo
britanska angleščina a game of pills biljardna igra