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ujéti to catch; to capture; to take (someone) prisoner; to seize

ujéti koga pri dejanju to catch someone red-handed (ali in the act)
ujéti v past to trap, arhaično to entrap
ujéti koga na laži to catch someone out in a lie
nevihta nas je ujela we were caught in a storm
noč me je ujela I was overtaken by night (ali darkness)
ujel sem ga za rokav I caught him by the sleeve
niti ene ribe ni ujel he did not catch a single fish
naša mačka je ujela dve miši our cat has caught two mice
biti ujet, ujeti se to be caught, to get caught
bil je ujet vojska he was taken prisoner
bil sem ujet med umikom I was taken prisoner during the retreat
tatu so ujeli the thief has been caught

ukinítev abolition, abolishment; abrogation; annulment; cancelling, cancellation; pravo revocation, rescission

ukinítev suženjstva ZDA abolition
boj za ukinítev suženjstva ZDA abolitionism
zagovornik ukinítve suženjstva ZDA abolitionist
ukinítev (odvzem, preklic) licence revocation of a licence

úlica street, (ozka, majhna) lane, alley

na úlici in the street, ZDA on the street
glavna úlica main street, high street
enosmerna úlica one-way street
stranska úlica side street
čez úlico across the street
slepa úlica cul-de-sac, street with a dead end, dead-end street, figurativno blind alley, dead end
tlakovana, asfaltirana úlica paved, asphalted street
živahna úlica busy (ali crowded) street
človek z úlice the man in the street, man on the Clapham omnibus
prodaja na úlici street sale
seznam úlic street directory
čiščenje úlic street cleaning, scavenging
soba gleda na úlico the room faces the street
za parkiranje prepovedana úlica no-parking street
v kateri úlici stanujete? which street do you live in?
postaviti na úlico (na cesto) to turn out, to put out (in the street)
za promet zaprta úlica! street (ali road) closed for traffic!

ultimate [ʌ́ltimit]

1. pridevnik (ultimately prislov)
skrajni, zadnji, končni, dokončen, odločilen; najbolj oddaljen; temeljni, osnovni, prvobiten; elementaren

my ultimate goal moj najvišji cilj
the ultimate deterrent ostrašilo (se rabi za vodikovo bombo)
the ultimate outcome of the enquiry končni izid, rezultat preiskave
ultimate result končni rezultat
ultimate strain maksimalna obremenitev, pritisk
ultimate truths osnovne resnice

2. samostalnik
kar je zadnje (skrajno, osnovno); končni rezultat

ultimo [ʌ́ltimou] (latinsko) prislov
ekonomija preteklega (zadnjega) meseca (kratica: ult.)

thank you for your letter of the 10th ult. hvala vam za vaše pismo od 10. preteklega meseca

umbrella [ʌmbrélə] samostalnik
dežnik; sončnik
figurativno kompromis ali formula, ki omogoči politikom nasprotnih mišljenj, da se zedinijo

umbrella case, umbrella cover ovoj za dežnik
umbrella barrage vojska ognjeni zastor (zavesa)
aerial umbrella vojska formacija lovskih letal, ki ščiti operacije na zemlji, na morju ali v zraku; politika zaščita, okrilje
beach umbrella velik sončnik (na plaži)
umbrella stand stojalo za dežnike

umréti to die, to pass away; to expire; to decease; to depart this life; to give up the ghost; to yield up one's breath, to breathe one's last; to close one's eyes; žargon to bite the dust; žargon to pop off, to kick the bucket, to push up the daisies; (evfemistično) to go West, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest

umréti naravne smrti to die a natural death, to die in one's bed
nasilne smrti umréti to die a violent death, to die with one's boots on, to die by violence
umréti na grmadi zgodovina to die at the stake
umréti na morišču to die on the scaffold
umréti za jetiko to die of consumption
umréti od lakote to die of hunger
umréti od mraza to die of cold
umréti za rakom to die of cancer
umréti bedne smrti to die like a dog (ali the death of a dog)
umréti v bedi to die destitute (ali a pauper)
umréti od žalosti to die of grief
umréti od lastne roke to die by one's own hand
umréti sredi (aktivnega) dela to die in harness, to die in the shafts
umréti junaške smrti to die a hero (ali a hero's death)
hrabro umréti to die game (to the end)
umréti od strahu to die of fright
umrl je v najboljših letih he was taken in the prime of life
mislil sem, da bom umrl od smeha I thought I would die laughing
naj umrem, če je to res! I'll stake my life it isn't true (ali there isn't a word of truth in it)!
umrl je kot berač he died a beggar
naj na mestu umrem, če... I'll be damned if...

unable [ʌnéibl] pridevnik
nezmožen, nesposoben, ki ne more; nemočen, slaboten

to be unable to work biti delanezmožen
he is unable to move ne more se premakniti
to be unable for s.th. biti neprimeren, nezmožen za kaj

unacceptable [ʌnəkséptəbl] pridevnik (-bly prislov)
nesprejemljiv; neželjen, neprijeten (to za)
neugoden

unadaptable [ʌnədǽptəbl] pridevnik
neprilagodljiv; neuporaben; neprimeren (for, to za)

unadapted [ʌnədéptid] pridevnik
neprimeren (to za)
neprilagojen

unamenable [ʌnəmí:nəbl] pridevnik
neodgovoren (to law zakonu)
nedostopen (to reason za pametne razloge)

unaware [ʌnəwɛ́ə] pridevnik
ne vedoč (of, that za, da)
nepoučen, nezaveden; nesluteč

I was unaware of his presence nisem vedel za njegovo prisotnost
you are not unaware that... dobro veste, da...

uncareful [ʌnkɛ́əful] pridevnik
brezbrižen; brezskrben; neoprezen

to be uncareful of (for) ne se brigati za, biti brezbrižen do

unconcerned [ʌnkənsə́:nd] pridevnik (unconcernedly prislov)
brezbrižen, nevznemirjen (about zaradi)
ravnodušen, indiferenten (with do, za)
neprizadet; nevpleten (in v)
neudeležen; nezainteresiran (with za)
nepristranski

to be unconcerned about the future ne si delati skrbi s prihodnostjo

undenominational [ʌndinɔminéišənəl] pridevnik
interkonfesionalen, brezkonfesionalen

undenominational school šola za otroke vseh veroizpovedi

underdog [ʌ́ndədɔg] samostalnik
figurativno premaganec, ponižanec, oškodovanec, prikrajšanec; revež, žrtev socialne krivice

to feel for the underdog imeti sočutje za premaganega (za reveža)

underogatory [ʌndərɔ́gətəri] pridevnik
ne neugoden (to za)

underprop [ʌndəprɔ́p] prehodni glagol
podpreti (od spodaj), podpirati; ceniti

to underprop one's reputation skrbeti za, okrepiti svoj sloves

unfit [ʌnf ít]

1. pridevnik
nesposoben; nekvalificiran (for za)
neprimeren, neuporaben
šport ne v dobri formi

unfit for work nesposoben za delo
the flesh of this animal is unfit for food meso te živali ni užitno
she was unfit to play ni mogla, ni bila sposobna za igranje

2. prehodni glagol
onesposobiti (for za)