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tete-a-tete [téitatéit]

1. samostalnik
razgovor med štirimi očmi; majhna zofa za dve osebi

2. pridevnik
zaupen, med šitirimi očmi

3. prislov
zaupno, med štirimi očmi

vis-à-vis [ví:za:vi:]

1. prislov & predlog
na drugi strani, prek ceste (poti); nasproti (to, with s.o. komu)

2. pridevnik
nasproti ležeč

3. samostalnik
nekaj (oseba, stvar), kar je komu nasproti (plesni partner itd.); srečanje; vrsta kočije ali divana za 2 osebi, obrnjeni ena proti drugi

vis-à-vis

1. (oseba) person opposite

2. prislov opposite, facing

stanuje vis-à-vis naše hiše (cerkve) he lives opposite our house (opposite the church)
kramljati s svojim vis-à-visjem to talk with the person opposite

wait-a-bit [wéitəbit] samostalnik
botanika trnov grm; vrsta gloga, belega trna

desetínka a (ali one) tenth; (the) tenth part

dvajsetína a (ali one) twentieth; the twentieth part

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

kák kaka, kako a, an; some; any; what a...

imaš kak tolar pri sebi? have you any money about you?
kaka nevihta! what a storm!
kakih 50 let some 50 years
kaki zadnji dve leti in the last two years or so

nekák a, one, a certain; some; any... whatever; a sort of; a kind of; of some sort

nekák pes a dog of sorts
nekák odvetnik a lawyer of a sort

néki -a, -o a; one; a certain

možakar je néki, -a, -o Smith the man is a certain (Mr.) Smith
néki, -a, -o g. (Ta in Ta) a Mr. (So-and-so, Whatsit, What's his name)

stó a (ali one) hundred

štiri stó four hundred
120 dni one hundred and twenty days
nekaj čez stó a hundred odd
okrog stó about a hundred
5 od stó five per cent
stó let star človek a centenarian
tek na stó metrov hundred metres, hundred metres' sprint (ali race)
stodvajset (120) a great hundred, a long hundred
staviti 1:100 to bet one to hundred

štiridesetína a (ali one) fortieth

tísoč a (ali one) thousand

tísoč raznih stvari a thousand different things pl
na tísoče thousands pl (of)
Tisoč in ena noč (pravljice) The Arabian Nights pl, The Thousand and One Nights pl

akreditírati to accredit (pri to); trgovina to open a credit in someone's favour

ambulánca (poštni voz pri vlaku) sorting van on a mail train, travelling post-office; ZDA postal car

aprióren a priori

apriorno prislov a priori

aterírati (letalo) to land, to come down; (ladja) to land, to make a landfall

avdícija glasba audition; trial hearing; ZDA pogovorno try-out; performance of a piece of music

biti na avdíciji, podvreči (se) avdíciji to have an audition, to audition

avtostôpati to thumb a ride (ali a lift); to hitch a lift

bábji of (ali belonging to) an old woman; oldwomanish; like a(n old) woman

bábje leto Indian (arhaično St. Luke's ali St. Martin's) summer; gossamer; fine days in autumn
bábje pšeno sleet
bábje čenče trash, old wives' tale, nonsensical talk
bábje čenče! stuff and nonsense!