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heap¹ [hi:p] samostalnik
kup, gomila
pogovorno množica, kup
ameriško, sleng stara krača (avto)

heap of charcoals oglenica, kopa
in heaps na kupe
that's heaps to je več ko dovolj
he is heaps better neprimerno boljše se počuti
heaps of times neštetokrat
to be struck (ali knocked) all of a heap biti zbegan, ostati brez besed

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

lack¹ [læk] samostalnik
pomanjkanje, stiska, potreba

for lack of zaradi pomanjkanja česa
no lack of dovolj česa, obilje česa

lack² [læk]

1. prehodni glagol
trpeti pomanjkanje česa; ne imeti česa

2. neprehodni glagol
primanjkovati, manjkati

money is lacking primanjkuje denarja
he is lacking in courage nima dovolj poguma
I lack nothing ničesar mi ne manjka, imam vsega dovoij
I was lacking bil sem odsoten, manjkal sem

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

načúditi se to wonder (at)

ne morem se dovolj načúditi se I am lost in wonder, I cannot get over my surprise

nagovoríti to address; to harangue; (ogovoriti) to accost

nagovorila me je na ulici she addressed (ali accosted, approached) me in the street
(dovolj) se nagovoríti to talk to one's heart's content, to have one's say; to get tired (ali weary) of speaking

nahodíti se to take a long walk; to get enough walking done

ob sobotah in nedeljah se nahodim za ves teden we get a whole week's walking done at the weekend; (utruditi se od hoje) to walk one's legs off, to tire oneself out by walking
za danes smo se dovolj nahodili pogovorno we've done enough traipsing around for today

nasušíti to dry (a desired quantity); to get the drying done

nasušíti jabolka to dry the apples
nasušíti si dovolj zdravilnih zelišč to dry enough medicinal herbs

natréti to rub (in); to finish rubbing; to rub down, to massage, to knead

natréti dovolj orehov za potico to crack enough nuts for a cake

nay [néi]

1. prislov
arhaično ne; in celo, ne samo

2. samostalnik
odklonilen odgovor
parlament kdor glasuje proti

yea and nay neodločno, bi in ne bi
to say (s.o.) nay odbiti (komu) kaj
it is enough, nay, too much dovolj je in celo preveč

nažéti to reap (a desired amount)

naželi so dovolj pšenice they have reaped enough wheat

near¹ [níə] prislov
blizu, v bližini, bližje
pogovorno skoraj, málodane
figurativno varčno; (z negacijo) niti približno

near by blizu
to draw near približevati se
far and near od blizu in daleč, povsod
to go (ali come) near to doing s.th. skoraj kaj narediti
near at hand pri roki, blizu
not near so bad še zdaleč ne tako slabo
it is nowhere near enough še zdaleč ni dovolj
near upon kmalu nato
to live near varčno ali borno živeti
near to blizu (do česa)

no² [nou] prislov (za or)
ne; (s komparativom) nič, sploh ne

vojska, sleng no compree ne razumem
whether or no da ali ne
no sooner ... than komaj ... že
no sooner said than done rečeno - storjeno
let no sooner said than done rečeno storjeno
let us have no more of it dovolj besedi
no more nič več, ne več, niti
no little nemalo
no less than vsaj, najmanj, nič manj od
no less for vkljub
no longer ne več
no longer (ago) than yesterday šele včeraj

oprávek errand; business

oprávki pl pursuits pl
po oprávkih on business
imeti oprávka z to deal with, to have dealings with
z njim ni prijetno imeti oprávka he is a difficult customer
imeti oprávke, biti po oprávkih to do the errands
tekati po oprávkih to run errands, to go on errands
z njim nočem (imeti) nobenega oprávka I will have no dealings with him
imam oprávke v mestu I have some things to see to in town, I have some shopping to do in town
imam drugih oprávkov (drugega posla, dela) (dovolj) (figurativno) I have (ali I've got) oterher fish to fry
s tem nočemo imeti nobenega oprávka we don't want to have anything to do with it

oprávljen done; performed; settled

s tem je stvar oprávljena! (= dovolj o tem!) (so) that's that!

out³ [áut] predlog
iz, ven, izven, zaradi

from out iz, izven
out of doubt nedvomno
to be out of one's depth ne znati dovolj; prevzeti se
to be out of a thing ne imeti več česa, zmanjkati
to bo out of it ne imeti pojma, ne biti vključen
out of breath zadihan
out of fashion (ali date) zastarel
out of doors zunaj
out of keeping with neharmoničen, neprimeren
out of order pokvarjen
out of patience pri kraju s potrpljenjem
out of place ne na pravem mestu, neumesten
out of the ordinary nič posebnega
out of pocket na izgubi
out of print razprodan (knjiga)
out of the question nemogoče, ne pride v poštev
out of shape izmaličen, v slabi kondiciji
out of sorts razdražljiv, siten
out of step ne v koraku s kom ali čim
times out of number neštetokrat
two out of three dva od treh
out of the way odročen, nenavaden
out of wedlock nezakonski, ne v zakonu (otrok)
out of the woods izven nevarnosti
out of work brezposeln
out of one's own head sam od sebe, na svojo pobudo
ekonomija out of stock razprodan, ne več na zalogi
ekonomija to take out of bond vzeti blago iz carinskega skladišča

pognojíti to dung, to manure; to fertilize

ta polja niso dovolj pognojena these fields are not sufficiently manured

poročíti (starši sina, hčer) to give in marriage (one's son, one's daughter); (duhovnik ženina in nevesto) to marry, to join in wedlock (ali in holy matrimony)

poročíti se to marry, to get married (to), to wed
dobro se je poročila she has made a good match
dovolj je star, da se poroči he is old enough to get married (ali to settle down)
poročíti se iz ljubezni to marry for love