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grób -a, -o (surov) brutal; (osoren) bluff; gruff; (vedenje) rude, unmannerly, ill-bred; (neotesan) unpolished, boorish, uncouth, vulgar, churlish; (tkanina) coarse, rough, thick

v grób, -a, -oem stanju in a rough state
z grób, -a, -oim glasom in a rough voice
grób, -a, -oo obdelan rough and ready
grób, -a, -o glas gruff voice
grób, -a, -oa dela, grób, -a, -oo delo rough work, drudgery
ženska za grób, -a, -oa dela charwomam, pl -women, pogovorno char, evfemizem cleaning lady
grób, -a, -oo (prostaško) govorjenje rude (ali vulgar) language
grób, -a, -oo ravnati s kom to illtreat someone, to maltreat someone, to handle someone roughly, to manhandle someone
grób, -a, -oó igrati šport to play rough

jaw¹ [džɔ:] samostalnik
anatomija čeljust
množina usta, žrelo, golt
tehnično čeljust (pri stroju); grlo (kanala)
mornarica vilica za vesla
pogovorno jezikavost, brbljivost, čenča, zmerjanje
pogovorno moralna pridiga

lower jaw spodnja čeljust
upper jaw zgornja čeljust
all jaw samo govorjenje
none of your jaw! molči!
to hold one's jaw umolkniti, držati jezik za zobmi
in the jaws of death v krempljih smrti, v veliki nevarnosti

nós nose; figurativno, pogovorno snout, žargon nozzle, ZDA schnozzle; humoristično proboscis; (ladje) head; (voh) scent; (vrča) beak, spout; figurativno (graja) rebuke; (vonj) scent, smell

prav pred nósom, izpred nósa under the very nose (of)
na vrat na nós head over heels, in a great hurry, precipitately, helter-skelter
orlovski nós aquiline nose, Roman nose
ploščat nós flat nose
potlačen nós pug nose
velik nós big nose
zakrivljen nós hawk nose, beak, hook nose, hooked nose
zavihan nós turned-up nose
pijančev nós grog-nose
govorjenje skozi nós nasal twang
dobiti jo po nósu (figurativno) to be reproved (ali rebuked, reprimanded, snubbed)
dobil jo je po nósu he went away with a flea in his ear
govoriti skozi nós to speak through one's nose, to speak with a nasal twang
imeti kaj (prav) pred nósom to have something under one's (very) nose (ali in plain view)
imeti dober nós to be keen-scented, (za kaj) to have a good (ali sharp) nose (for something), to have a keen scent (for something)
povsod ima svoj nós (figurativno) he is a busybody
imeti zamašen nós (od nahoda) to have a stuffy (ali stuffed up) nose
iti, hoditi za nósom (delati po nagonu) to follow one's nose
oditi z dolgim nósom to go away with a long face, to go off with a flea in one's ear
obrisati se pod nósom (figurativno) to go away empty-handed, to have one's trouble for nothing, to be left out in the cold
lahko se pod nósom obrišeš za to! (figurativno) you may whistle for it!, pogovorno you'll be lucky!
čistiti si nós (usekniti se) to blow one's nose
krvaveti iz nósa to have a nose bleed
iz nósa mi teče my nose is running
komu kaj pod nós dati to bring something home to someone, to rub it in
visoko nós nositi (figurativno) to turn up one's nose; to be self-conceited
kri mi teče iz nósa my nose is bleeding
premagati koga za dolžino nósú šport to win (ali to beat someone) by a nose
potegniti koga za nós to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone
vlak mi je pred nósom ušel (odpeljal) I missed the train by a hair
ne videti dalj od nósa to see no farther than the end of one's nose
nikoli ne vildiš niti ped pred nósom! you never see an inch before your nose!
ne vidiš ped pred nósom! you can't see beyond the end of your nose!
vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose at, to look down one's nose at, to look disdainfully at (someone)
zaničljivo vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose in disdain at; to sneer at
voditi, vleči koga za nós (figurativno) to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone, to make a fool of someone, to hoax someone
vtikati svoj nós v to pry (ali to nose) into, to poke one's nose into
vtikati svoj nós v tuje zadeve to stick one's nose into other people's business
v vse vtika svoj nós he pokes his nose into everything
zapreti komu vrata pred nósom to shut the door in someone's face, (zaloputniti) to slam the door in someone's face
on ima dober nós za ceneno blago he has a nose for bargains
dati se voditi za nós to be a dupe (of someone)

plain¹ [pléin] pridevnik (plainly prislov)
preprost, enostaven, navaden; brez okraskov, preprost (soba itd.); nevzorčast, enobarven (blago); črno-bel (fotografija, risba); nemikaven, neprivlačen, neuglajen (obraz, dekle); jasen, razumljiv, nedvoumen, brez ovinkov (pogovor), očiten, razločen; nerazredčen (alkohol); odkrit, pošten; srednji, nepomemben, povprečen
metalurgija nelegiran (npr. jeklo); raven, plosk (dežela)
figurativno gol, čist (nesmisel)

plain clothes civilna obleka
plain cooking domača kuhinja
plain card navadna karta (razen kralja, dame in fanta)
plain fare domača hrana
as plain as plain can be; ali as plain as the nose on one's face; ali plain as a pikestaff; ali as plain as point jasno kot beli dan
plain dealer poštenjak, odkrit človek
plain dealing odkritost, iskrenost, pošteno trgovanje
plain knitting gladko pletenje (same desne)
in plain English; ali in plain language brez ovinkov, naravnost (povedati)
plain living preprost način življenja
plain paper nečrtan papir
plain sewing bela vezenina, šivanje belega perila
plain speaking odkrito govorjenje
plain truth čista resnica
to be plain with naravnost komu povedati

pridušén stifled; smothered; (glas) subdued; (zvok) deadened, muffled

pridušén ton undertone
s pridušénimi kletvicami with smothered curses
pridušéno prislov with a subdued voice, under one's breath, (govorjenje) in an undertone

rank³ [ræŋk] pridevnik (rankly prislov)
obilen, bohoten, razkošen (with z)
(pre)bújen, košat; bujno porastel z, zaraščen; gosto raščen; (o zemlji) ploden, roden, masten; vnet, zažgan, žaltav, žarek; oduren, ostuden, ogaben, zoprn, grob, odbijajoč, smrdljiv; nedostojen, nespodoben, obscen, pohoten, pokvarjen; močan; skrajni; čist(i), očiten, očit, popoln, pravi
domačno slab, hudoben

rank language nespodobno govorjenje
a rank lie debela (gola, očitna) laž
rank nonsense pravi (popoln) nesmisel
rank swindle očitna sleparija, goljufija
rank treason prava (pravcata), očitna izdaja (izdajstvo)

razvléči to draw out; to extend, to expand, to stretch, to distend

razvléči testo to roll out pastry
razvleči zgodbo to spin out a story
razvléči besede, govorjenje to drawl

skill [skil]

1. samostalnik
veščina, spretnost, izkušenost, strokovno znanje, talent, pripravnost (at, in za, v)
zastarelo razumevanje, uvidevanje

I have no skill in gardening na delo na vrtu se nič ne razumem

2. neprehodni glagol
arhaično, poetično biti pomemben, važen, koristen; koristiti, pomagati

it skills not nič ne de, to ni važno
what skills talking? kaj koristi govorjenje?

spodóbiti se to befit; to behove; to be becoming

kot se spodobi as it should be, (francosko) comme il faut
ne spodobi se vam govoriti o tem you ought not (ali should not) talk about that
tako govorjenje se mlademu fantu ne spodobi a young chap shouldn't talk like that
to se ne spodobi za tako mladega moža that's not becoming for so young a man
spodobi se, da pokažeš kaj hvaležnosti it behoves you to show some gratitude

straight¹ [stréit] pridevnik
raven, prem, premočrten; gladek (lasje); resen (obraz); pokončen; urejen, v redu, reden, na pravem mestu, v pravi višini; simetričen; direkten, neposreden
figurativno odkrit, pošten, iskren, preprost, nekompliciran
pogovorno zanesljiv, resničen (poročilo); dosleden
ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen; pravi, neponarejen, nepopačen, neizkrivljen, dobljen iz prvega vira; popoln; nerazredčen, čist brez vode (whisky itd.)

as straight as an arrow raven kot sveča
in a straight line v premi, ravni črti
straight angle iztegnjeni kot (180°)
straight arch lok v obliki obrnjene črke V
a straight back raven, neukrivljen (negrbast) hrbet
straight eye (dobra) mera na oko
straight face negiben, resen obraz
a straight fight poštena (nedogovorjena) borba
straight hair gladki lasje
a straight hit direkten zadetek
a straight knee ravno, neupognjeno koleno
straight legs ravne noge
a straight novel navaden (nekriminalen) roman
straight line matematika premica
straight speaking odkrito govorjenje
a straight tip sleng zanesljiv namig (nasvet), informacija iz prvega (zanesljivega) vira
a straight path ravna, prema steza
a straight race dirka, v kateri se udeleženci na vse pretege trudijo za zmago
a straight Republican ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen republikanec, republikanec skoz in skoz
the straight ticket ameriško pravi, uradni program stranke
accounts are straight računi so v redu
is everything straight? je vse v redu?
to keep a straight face resno se držati, zadržati smeh
to keep s.o. straight držati koga na uzdi
to put things straight spraviti stvari v red
to set one's papers straight spraviti v red svoje papirje
to set a room straight urediti, pospraviti sobo
to vote a straight ticket ameriško glasovati za nespremenjeno kandidatno listo

strong [strɔŋ]

1. pridevnik
močan, krepak, čvrst, zdrav; žilav, odporen; energičen, odločen, neomajen; živ, živahen, prizadeven, vnet, podjeten; bister, pameten, prenikav, nadarjen. (za); izrazit; prepričljiv, tehten; vpliven; alkoholen, močan (pijača); ki ima šanse za uspeh (kandidat); hud (veter), smrdljiv, žaltav
slovnica krepak (glagol)
trgovina trajen, soliden, trpežen, stalen
vojska številen, močan po številu
agronomija rodoviten
zastarelo sramoten, škandalozen; ogorčen (boj)

the strong mogočne, vplivne osebe, na katerih strani je moč (oblast)
strong argument tehten, prepričljiv argument
strong as a horse močan kot konj
by the strong arm (hand) s silo
strong breath neprijeten duh iz ust
strong butter žarko, žaltavo maslo
strong cheese oster, močno dišeč sir
strong face energičen obraz
strong flavour oster, neprijeten okus
strong language robato govorjenje, psovke, kletvice
a strong market trgovina ustaljen trg (tržišče)
strong meat težka hrana; figurativno tisto, kar morejo razumeti le zelo pametni ljudje
strong memory dober spomin
strong measures ostre, drastične mere (ukrepi)
strong mind pametna glava, bister um
a strong nose markanten, izrazit nos
the stronger sex močnejši (moški) spol
a strong proof prepričljiv dokaz
to be strong on imeti (kaj) za važno, živahno sodelovati pri (čem)
he is as strong as a horse močan je kot konj (bik)
to be strong in the purse imeti mnogo denarja
he is strong in mathematics on je dober matematik
to have a strong hold upon (over) imeti veliko moč (oblast, vpliv) na
how strong were they? koliko jih je bilo (po številu)?
to take strong measures privzeti energične ukrepe
that is too strong! ta je pa prehuda!
to use strong language robato, grobo se izražati, preklinjati, psovati

2. prislov
močno, zelo energično; izrecno, silno

I am strong against further concessions sem odločno proti nadaljnjim koncesijam
to come (to go) it rather strong sleng iti v skrajnost, pretiravati
to be going strong sleng dobro uspevati (iti), biti v dobri formi
to come out strong figurativno pošteno se lotiti (česa)
he feels strong about it to mu je pri srcu; vznemirja se zaradi tega

taboo [təbú:]

1. samostalnik
tabu; posvečena, sveta, prepovedana stvar ali oseba; prepoved; nedotakljivost; prekletstvo (v Polineziji)

to put s.th. under taboo proglasiti kaj za tabu

2. pridevnik
svet, posvečen; nedotakljiv, prepovedan, tabu; zloglasen; izključen, izobčen

3. prehodni glagol
proglasiti za tabu, prepovedati; prekleti; izobčiti, izključiti

such talk is tabooed in good society takšno govorjenje ni dopuščeno v dobri družbi

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

tall [tɔ:l]

1. pridevnik
visok, visoke postave; dolg in tanek; vitek; velik
pogovorno bahav, bahaški, širokousten; pretiran, neverjeten; fantastičen, kolosalen, nenavaden
zastarelo lep, krasen, drzen; spreten

tall hat cilinder (pokrivalo)
a tall story neverjetna ali komaj verjetna zgodba
he is six feet tall on je šest čevljev visok
a tall talk bahavo govorjenje, bahanje
I am tired of his tall talk naveličan (sit) sem njegovega širokoustenja
that is a tall order to je pretirana zahteva, preveč zahtevano

2. prislov
bahavo, ošabno, prevzetno, domišijavo, naduto

to talk tall širokoustiti se, bahati se, postavljati se

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti

truce [tru:s] samostalnik
vojska premirje; odmor, počitek

flag of truce bela (parlamentarska) zastava
the truce of God zgodovina božji mir
a truce to (ali with) talking naj se neha govorjenje! konec, dovolj je govorjenja!
a truce to your compliments! nehajte z laskanjem!

umázan dirty; soiled, filthy; sordid; slovenly; mean; foul; (skop) stingy, niggardly

umázano moder dull blue
umázani dobički sordid gains pl
umázano govorjenje foul language
umázano ravnanje (postopek) a sordid way of behaving (ali of doing things)
ulice so umázane the streets are dirty (blatne muddy)
prati umázano perilo pred ljudmi (figurativno) to wash one's dirty linen in public

unparliamentary [ʌnpa:ləméntəri] pridevnik
neparlamentaren
figurativno surov, robat

unparliamentary language robato izražanje (govorjenje)

vile [váil] pridevnik (vilely prislov)
brez vrednosti, nič vreden; podel, nizkoten, hudoben, slab, pokvarjen; prostaški, vulgaren, odvraten, ogaben, oduren, grd; samoten, miren, strahopeten, vreden prezira; slab (hrana itd.)
pogovorno popolnoma malopriden, ničvreden

a vile dinner zelo slaba večerja
a vile mind izprijen duh
vile language prostaško govorjenje
a vile temper čemerno razpoloženje
vile weather grdo vreme
the vilest of traitors najnizkotnejši izdajalec