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welladay, wellaway [wélədéi, -wéi]

1. samostalnik
tarnanje, tožba; gorjé, beda

2. medmet
ah!, na žalost!, joj!

worm¹ [wə:m] samostalnik
zoologija črv, črv deževnik, glista
tehnično orodje spiralne oblike, vzvoj na vijaku, cevasta naprava za kondenziranje, za hlajenje, kita (vez) pod pasjim jezikom
figurativno podel, potuhnjen človek (kreatura)
figurativno notranja muka, trpljenje, glodajoča žalost, skrb
množina, medicina gliste, glistavost

worm of conscience grizenje vesti; pekoča vest
book-worm knjižni molj (hrošček ali oseba)
earth worm deževnik
glow worm kresnica
silk worm sviloprejka
tapeworm trakulja
food for worms hrana za črve, mrlič, mrtvec
I am a worm today slabo se počutim danes
a worm will turn figurativno še taka potrpežljivost ima svoje meje

afraid [əfréid] povedkovnik pridevnik (of)
prestrašen, boječ; zaskrbljen

to be afraid of s.th. bati se česa
to make afraid prestrašiti
pogovorno I am afraid žal, na žalost, oprostite
I am afraid not žal ne

cupboard [kʌ́bəd] samostalnik
omara, kredenca

skeleton in the cupboard skrita žalost ali sramota v družini

ganiti

1. to move; to touch; to affect; to impress; to strike; (zbuditi pomilovanje) to arouse pity

to me ne gane that makes no impression on me
Vaša obzirnost me gane I am highly appreciative of your tactfulness
zelo me je (to) ganilo it has touched me deeply
njene besede so me ganile do solz her words moved me to tears
njegova žalost me je do srca ganila his grief touched me to the heart

2. (premakniti) to move, to stir

s prstom ni ganil zame he did not lift (ali raise) a finger for me
ganiti se (z mesta) to move, to stir, to budge

glódati (o miši itd.) to gnaw; to nibble; (kost) to pick; (črv) to eat into

kes in žalost ga glodata remorse and sorrow are preying upon him
zavist ga gloda he is consumed with jealousy
glódati se (o osebi) to fret, to chafe
glódati se od zaskrbljenosti to eat one's heart out with anxiety

heart [ha:t] samostalnik
srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje)
množina srčne karte

after one's own heart po želji, kot srce poželi
at heart v duši, v srcu, po srcu
an affair of the heart ljubezenska zadeva
bless my heart! za boga!
by heart na pamet
at the bottom of one's heart na dnu srca
heart's desire srčna želja
from one's heart iskreno, iz srca
for one's heart srčno rad
heart and head navdušeno
heart of oak srčika hrasta, figurativno srčen človek; leseno ladjevje
heart and soul z dušo in telesom
a heart-to-heart talk odkrit pogovor
in good heart v dobrem stanju
the land is in good heart zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana
in the heart of v osrčju
in one's heart skrivoma
in one's heart of hearts v dnu duše, zares
in heart dobre volje
light of heart vesel, brezbrižen
left heart levi srčni prekat
king (queen) of hearts srčni kralj (dama)
navtika my hearts! tovariši!, pogumni fantje!
near one's heart všeč, pri srcu
the very heart of the matter bistvo zadeve
out of heart malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)
sick at heart potrt, žalosten
smoker's heart kadilčevo (bolno) srce
searchings of heart tesnoba, sum
to one's heart's content do mile volje, kot srce poželi
with all one's heart iz vsega srca, srčno rad
with a heavy heart s težkim srcem
medicina disordered heart srčna nevroza

Z glagoli:

to break s.o.'s heart streti komu srce
to clasp s.o. to one's heart prižeti koga na srce
to cry one's heart out oči si izjokati
to cut s.o. to the heart zadeti koga v srce, užaliti
to do one's heart good dobro deti, osrečiti
to eat one's heart out giniti od žalosti
my heart fails pogum mi upada
I cannot find it in my heart to; ali I don't have the heart to srce mi ne da, da bi
to get (go) to the heart of priti (iti) stvari do dna
to give heart opogumiti
to give one's heart to s.o. dati komu srce
to go near (ali to) one's heart ganiti
my heart goes out to him sočustvujem z njim
to grow out of heart postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)
to have a heart imeti (dobro) srce
have a heart! usmili se!
to have no heart biti brez srca, neusmiljen
to have s.th. at heart srčno kaj želeti
to have one's heart in one's mouth v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen
to have one's heart in one's boots biti zelo malodušen
to have one's heart in the right place imeti srce na pravem mestu
to have s.o.'s good at heart brigati se za dobro nekoga
to have one's heart in one's work biti z vsem srcem pri delu
his heart leaps up srce mu zaigra
to lay s.th. to heart na srce položiti
to lose heart izgubiti pogum
to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
to make one's heart bleed čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)
to open one's heart to s.o. razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen
to pluck up heart opogumiti se
to pour out one's heart srce izliti
to put s.o. in good heart razveseliti, razvedriti koga
to put one's heart into s.th. biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom
my heart sank srce mi je padlo v hlače
to set one's heart on s.th. iz vsega srca kaj želeti
to set one's heart at rest umiriti se, pomiriti se
to take s.th. to heart k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti
to take heart (of grace) zbrati pogum, opogumiti se
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve imeti srce na jeziku
to win s.o.'s heart srce osvojiti
what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh povedati, kar ti leži na srcu

jag² [džæg] samostalnik
narečno majhen tovor
ameriško, sleng popivanje, pijanost
narečno krpa

to have a jag on imeti ga pod kapo
crying jag pijanska žalost

luck [lʌk] samostalnik
srečno naključje, sreča, usoda

good luck! srečno!
bad (ali ill, hard) luck smola, nesreča
bad luck to him! bes ga plentaj!
to be down on one's luck imeti smolo
to be in luck's way; ali to be in luck imeti srečo
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
for luck za srečo
he has a run of luck sreča mu je naklonjena
in luck srečen, ki ima srečo
just my luck! kakšna smola!
out of luck nesrečen, ki nima sreče
pure luck slepa sreča, golo naključje
luck in sieve kratkotrajna sreča
streak of luck žarek sreče
to take pot luck sprejeti karkoli je pripravljeno za obed
to try one's luck at poskusiti srečo pri
as luck would have it k sreči, po nesreči (po vsebini)
worse luck na žalost, k nesreči
worst luck velika smola

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

odrážati (odsevati) to reflect

odrážati se to be reflected
knjiga odraža ideje stoletja the book mirrors the ideas of the century
njegova globoka žalost se odraža v njegovi glasbi his grief is reflected in his music

potláčiti to oppress; to repress; to depress; to suppress; to press down; (zatreti) to subdue; to stifle; to crush; (čustva) to restrain, to quell; (z nasiljem) to ride rough-shod over

potláčiti upor to crush a revolt
potláčiti svojo žalost to stifle one's grief
ki se more potláčiti suppressible
potláčiti svoja čustva to restrain one's feelings
potláčiti govorice to stifle rumours

reflect [riflékt]

1. prehodni glagol
odsevati, odbijati (svetlobo, zvok, toploto), reflektirati; (o zrcalu) odražati, zrcaliti; metati (npr. krivdo, dobro ali slabo luč, madež itd.) (on s.o. na koga)
biti v čast (sramoto); ukriviti, nazaj zviti, upogniti; premisliti, razmisliti, premišljevati (o čem)

to be reflected in zrcaliti se v
the book reflects the ideas of the century v knjigi se zrcaljo ideje stoletja
his grief is reflected in the music he wrote at that time njegova globoka žalost se zrcali, se odraža v glasbi, ki jo je tedaj komponiral
to shine with reflected light figurativno sijati v slavi koga drugega

2. neprehodni glagol
premišljevati, premisliti; odbijati se, odražati se; neugodno se izraziti, prezirljivo (škodljivo) govoriti (upon o)

to reflect credit on s.o. čast delati komu
to reflect on imeti slab učinek, slabe posledice za, metati slabo luč na, kopičiti očitke na
she reflected on my conduct grajala je (imela je pripombe za) moje vedenje
his failure would reflect on us njegov neuspeh bi imel posledice tudi za nas
their behaviour reflects on their upbringing njihovo vedenje meče slabo luč na njihovo vzgojo
this reflects none too favourably on them to jih ne kaže v dobri luči

skeleton¹ [skélitən]

1. samostalnik
skelet, okostnjak; suhec, mršavec; lesnati del rastline; okostje, ogrodje (ladje, letala), rebra (dežnika)
figurativno skica, osnutek
figurativno družinska sramota, mučna tajnost
vojska & navtika kader

a skeleton at the feast figurativno nekdo (nekaj), ki družbi kvari veselje; prikazen (duh) preteklosti
skeleton crew najpotrebnejša posadka (moštvo)
a skeleton in the cupboard (closet) (in the family, in the house), family skeleton tajna žalost ali sramota v družini
skeleton regiment polk z mirnodobskim številom vojakov
she is a regular skeleton ona je pravi pravcati okostnjak
he was reduced to a skeleton postal je pravi skelet, sama kost in koža ga je

2. pridevnik
skeleten
ekonomija, pravno okviren

skeleton agreement okviren dogovor
skeleton law okviren zakon

speechless [spí:člis] pridevnik (speechlessly prislov)
skop z besedami, redkobeseden; nem, onemel (with od)
neizrekljiv, nem (o bolečini)

speechless grief neizrekljiva žalost
speechless with horror onemel od groze

stifle¹ [stáifl] prehodni glagol
(za)dušiti, potlačiti; ugasiti (ogenj)
figurativno zadušiti, uničiti (upanje)
neprehodni glagol
zadušiti se; ugasniti se; ugasniti

to stifle one's grief potlačiti svojo žalost
to stifle a revolt zadušiti upor
to be stifled with the smoke (za)dušiti se od dima
to stifle a yawn zadušiti zehanje

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

zrcáliti to mirror; to reflect

zrcáliti se to be mirrored (v in), to be reflected (v in)
v tej knjigi se zrcalijo ideje našega stoletja this book reflects the ideas of our century
njegova žalost se zrcali v glasbi, ki jo je tedaj komponiral his grief is reflected in the music he wrote at that time

žál

1. (medmet) alas; what a pity!

2. prislov unfortunately, regretfully

žál jutri ne morem priti I am sorry I shall not be able to come tomorrow
nič žalega mu nisem storil I have done him no harm
on ne bi muhi storil nič žalega he wouldn't hurt a fly
ni mi žál nobenega truda I don't mind (taking) any amount of trouble
žál ne morem ustreči tvoji želji I am sorry I cannot comply with your request
žál (na žalost) ne moremo tega napraviti unfortunately that can't be done
žál moram reči I regret (ali I am sorry) to say
žál vidim, da... I am sorry to see that...
žál moram iti I am afraid I have to go
žál mi je zanj I am sorry for him, I pity him
žál beseda offensive word
žál ne I am afraid not