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ratepayer [réitpeiə] samostalnik
davčni zavezanec, davkoplačevalec

ratepayer's hotel sleng ubožnica, ameriško poboljševalnica

rávno prislov just; exactly; precisely

rávno sem hotel iti I was just going
to rávno ne not quite, not exactly
rávno o pravem času just in time
rávno 5 funtov just 5 pounds
to je rávno za vas it is just the thing for you
ne rávno! not exactly!
rávno dve je ura it is just two o'clock
ni rávno moj prijatelj he is not exactly my friend
rávno zaradi tega for that very reason
rávno to potrebujemo this is the very thing we want
ker rávno hočeš since you insist upon it
rávno to sem mu rekel that is just what I told him
rávno prispel, dospel je he has just arrived
rávno to sem hotel vedeti that is the very thing I wanted to know
moja knjiga se rávno tiska my book is just being printed

rêči to say; to tell; to utter; (izraziti se) to express in words; (izjaviti) to declare; (kot priča) to depose

rêči "da" to say yes, to agree
rêči "ne" to say no (ali nay), to refuse
zopet, ponovno rêči to repeat
rêči bobu bob to call a spade a spade
rêči zbogom to say (ali to bid) goodbye (ali farewell)
na uho komu rêči to whisper in someone's ear
rêči komu svoje mnenje to give someone a piece of one's mind
rêči enkrat "da", enkrat "ne" to say and unsay
tako rekoč so to speak; as it were; as one might say; so to say
recimo, da... granted that...
recimo, da bi to bilo res... supposing (that) it were true...
kot se reče (ljudje rečejo) as the saying goes
dal mi je, reci in piši, 8 tolarjev he gave me precisely 8 tolars
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done, quick as thought
kratko rečeno... the long and the short of it is...
mimogrede rečeno... by the way, by the by (ali bye)
kot že rečeno as I have said already, as I said before
med nama rečeno between you and me
laže rečeno kot storjeno easier said than done
recimo let us say, say, suppose
reci odkrito! speak up (ali out)!
reci brez okolišenja! don't beat about the bush!
recimo, da je tako admitting that it is so (ali it to be so)
recimo, da je to res, kaj potem? say it were true, what then?
če lahko tako rečemo if one might put it this way
to je lepo rečeno that is nicely put
kaj naj rečem k temu? it is incredible!
ni kaj rêči o njegovi poštenosti his honesty cannot be called in question
nimam več kaj rêči I have nothing more to say
proti temu se ne da nič rêči there is nothing to be said against that
to se samó tako reče that's merely a way of putting it
on si ne da nič rêči he is deaf to all advice, he will not listen to reason
kar on reče, mora biti what he says goes
kako bi se to reklo v angleščini? how would you put that in English?
težko je rêči... it is hard to say...
ne more se rêči kdaj there is no saying when
rekli so mi, da je doma I was told that he was at home
kolikokrat sem to rekel? how often have I said (ali told you) that?
rekel sem svoje I had (ali I've had) my say, (kaj mislim) I spoke my mind
kar sem rekel, nisem oporekel I kept my word, I did not go back on my word
upravičeno lahko to rečem I could well say so
kaj bodo pa ljudje rekli (figurativno) what will people (ali they) say?
to je težavno, ali bolje rečeno, to je nemogoče it is difficult, or rather (ali knjižno nay), it is impossible
to je težavno, da ne rečem nemogoče! it is difficult, not to say impossible!
Je to res? Če ti pa rečem! Is it true? You can take my word for it!
ne vem, kaj hočeš rêči I don't follow you
kaj hočeš rêči s tem? what do you mean by that?
ravno sem hotel to rêči you have taken the words out of my mouth, it was on the tip of my tongue, I was going to say
preden sem sploh mogel kaj reči... before I could get a word out
vse še ni bilo rečeno o tem we haven't yet heard the last of it, we haven't yet got to the bottom of it

refuse¹ [rifjú:z] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
odkloniti, odbiti, zavrniti, odreči; ne hoteti uporabiti; odvreči; odbiti (snubca, ženitno ponudbo), dati "košarico"; upirati se, braniti se, reči ne; (o konju) ne hoteti preskočiti ovire; (o kartah) ne odgovoriti na barvo, ne prinesti izigrane barve
arhaično zatajiti (svoje ime)

to refuse a candidate (help, an invitation, an offer) odkloniti kandidata (pomoč, povabilo, ponudbo)
to refuse a chance ne izrabiti priložnosti
to refuse a request odbiti prošnjo
I refuse to believe ne maram verjeti, preprosto ne verjamem
he refused to stay branil se je, ni hotel ostati
tho horse refused the fence konj ni hotel preskočiti zapreke
we have been refused odklonili so nas

register¹ [rédžistə] samostalnik
register, vpisnik, dnevnik; spisek; matična knjiga (rojenih, umrlih); volilni spisek ali seznam; državljanska izkaznica
navtika ladijski katalog, zapisnik; kazalo, vsebina, indeks
množina letopis; registrator, naprava, ki beleži, šteje; registracija, registriranje, vnašanje
tehnično regulator (peči) za paro, za zrak; ventil
glasba register (orgel); obseg glasu ali tona instrumenta

register of births (marriages, deaths) register, matična knjiga rojstev (porok, smrti)
cash register blagajna z avtomatskim registriranjem iztržka
estate register zemljiška knjiga, kataster
hotel register register tujcev, knjiga gostov
parish register župnijska matična knjiga, spisek (rojenih, poročenih, umrlih)
to put on a register vnesti, vpisati v spisek (popis, seznam)

register² [rédžistə] prehodni glagol
zabeležiti, vpisati, zapisati, vknjižiti, protokolirati, registrirati; zakonsko zaščititi; priporočiti (poštne pošiljke, pismo itd.); (železnica) oddati (prtljago); prijaviti (otroke za obiskovanje šole); dati patentirati; avtomatsko zabeležiti, pokazati (o instrumentih, npr. o barometru)
figurativno čvrsto obdržati v duhu (čustvo ipd.); pokazati, izraziti (emocijo) na obrazu ipd.
vojska preskusiti, preskusno streljati (s topom itd.)

to register oneself vpisati se v volilni imenik
to register a company registrirati družbo
to register children for school vpisati otroke v šolo
to have one's luggage registered oddati prtljago (na železnici)
neprehodni glagol
ameriško vpisati se (v seznam, v spisek), zapisati se, prijaviti se (at the hotel v hotelu)
politika vpisati se v volilni imenik; posluževati se registrov (orgel); (o igralcu) igrati (v neki igri)

to register with a tradesman vpisati se v seznam odjemalcev pri trgovcu

reservation [rezəvéišən] samostalnik
pridržek, rezerva
pravno rezervat, pridržana pravica; pogoj
ameriško prirodni (indijanski) rezervat
ameriško rezervacija, rezerviranje (sedeža, sobe v hotelu, kabine itd.)

with reservation as to s pridržkom glede
with certain reservations z nekaterimi pridržki
without reservation brezpogojno, brez pridržka
to agree without reservation brez pridržka sprejeti, se strinjati
to telegraphe to a hotel for a reservation telegrafično rezervirati sobo v hotelu

rezervírati to reserve; to set apart (za for); (sobo, vstopnico) to book

rezervírati vstopnico to book a ticket
brzojavno rezervírati sobo v hotelu to telegraph to a hotel for a reservation
rezervírati sedež to book a seat in advance, to secure a seat
izključno si rezervírati to earmark
velika vsota je rezervirana (predvidena) a large sum is earmarked

seznám list; roll; register; catalogue

plačilni seznám payroll
seznám hotelskih gostov hotel register
telefonski seznám (imenik) dlrectory
seznám (popis) stroškov list of costs
črtati, brisati iz seznáma koga to strike someone off the list (ali roll)
napraviti seznám to make (ali to draw up) a list
vpisati v seznám to put on the list (ali roll)

sleep^*2 [sli:p] neprehodni glagol
spati; prespati noč (at pri, in v)
figurativno mirovati, počivati, biti nedejaven; spati večno spanje, počivati v grobu
prehodni glagol
prespati; dati (komu) prenočišče, prenočiti (koga)

here our forefathers sleep tu spe večno spanje naši predniki
to sleep like a log (like a top) figurativno spati kot ubit, kot polh
to sleep light imeti lahko, rahlo spanje
to sleep the clock round spati 12 ali 24 ur
we'll sleep on it figurativno to bomo prespali; bomo videli jutri
let sleeping dogs lie figurativno pustite te stvari pri miru (da ne bo nevšečnosti)
to sleep over one's work (za)spati pri delu
to sleep with one eye open napol spati, biti napol buden, ostati buden
to sleep with s.o. spati s kom, spolno občevati s kom
to sleep o.s. sober prespati svojo pijanost
this hotel sleeps 200 persons ta hotel ima 200 postelj
this tent sleeps six men v tem šotoru lahko spi šest mož
we can sleep five people lahko prenočimo (imamo postelje, ležišča) za pet oseb
the top sleeps vrtavka spi (stoji) (tj. se vrti tako hitro, da oko ne vidi nobenega premikanja)

slučáj chance; accident; (srečen) luck; (slep) hazard; contingency; (nesrečen) accident, mishap

čisti, gol slučáj the purest accident, pure chance, mere chance, quite an accident, pure luck
srečen slučáj happy chance, a piece of good luck
slučáj je ravno hotel as good (ali bad) luck would have it

soil² [sɔ́il]

1. samostalnik
umazanost, umazanija, nesnaga, nečistoča; madež (tudi figurativno)
močvirnata luknja, blatno ležišče (divjačine)

night-soil vsebina stranišča, greznice, ki se ponoči izprazni
to go (to run) to soil iskati zavetje

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamazati (se), umazati (se), onesnažiti (se)
figurativno omadeževati, umazati

this fabric soils easily to blago se hitro umaže
I would not not soil my hands with it jaz si ne bi hotel umazati rok s tem

stay² [stéi]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)ustaviti, zadržati, preprečiti, ovirati (napredek, razvoj)
pravno ustaviti, odgoditi (postopek); poravnati (prepir); (trenutno) potešiti, ublažiti (glad, nestrpnost); zadovoljiti (željo)
pogovorno ostati (vse) do, ostati za

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati; stati, mirovati; pričakovati, čakati (for koga, kaj, da)
začasno se zadrževati, muditi se, prebivati (at, in v, with pri)
obstati, ustaviti se, oklevati (v gibanju, v govoru itd.); biti na obisku (with pri)
šport vzdržati do konca, vztrajati; (redko) počivati, nehati; (redko) trdno stati

to stay at a hotel ložirati v hotelu
to stay at home ostati doma
he is staying in London sedaj se mudi v Londonu
to stay the execution odgoditi prisilno izvršbo (rubežen)
to come to stay pogovorno priti z namenom za popolno nastanitev (naselitev); ustaliti se
to stay a judg(e)ment odložiti izvršitev sodbe
the horse stays 3 miles konj vzdrži tri milje
will you stay dinner? boste ostali pri večerji?
he stayed with me for a month bil je moj gost mesec dni
to stay the night ostati čez noč, prenočiti
money won't stay in his hand denar nima obstanka v njegovih rokah, vedno je brez denarja
to stay put ameriško ostati na mestu, ostati nespremenjen
to stay the progress of an epidemic ustaviti napredovanje epidemije
this snow has come to stay ta sneg se bo držal, bo dolgo ostal
to stay s.o.'s stomach (začasno) potešiti komu glad, figurativno komu pokvariti tek (apetit)
to stay with it vzdržati to
the word has come to stay beseda je ostala, je prešla v vsakdanji jezik
stay! you forget one thing! stoj! nekaj pozabljaš!

sure¹ [šúə] pridevnik
gotov, zanesljiv, siguren; varen, nenevaren; nedvomen, nezmoten, nezmotljiv, nesporen; stalen; prepričan (of o, that da)

for sure gotovo, sigurno, nedvomno, vsekakor
a sure draw skrivališče, v katerem je zanesljivo lisica
a sure shot zanesljiv strelec
a sure proof nesporen, zanesljiv dokaz
a sure faith trdna vera
sure thing ameriško, sleng gotova, zanesljiva stvar
sure (thing)! ameriško, sleng gotovo! sigurno! vsekakor! zanesljivo!
slow and sure počasen, ali siguren
I am sure gotovo, zares
I am sure of his honesty prepričan sem o njegovem poštenju
I am sure I don't know zares ne vem
I'm sure I didn't mean to hurt you zares (prav gotovo) vas nisem hotel žaliti
well, I'm sure! (vzklik presenečenja)
well, to be sure! no, kakšno presenečenje!
are you sure? ali res?
be sure! ne pozabi!
be sure to (ali and) shut the window ne pozabi zapreti okno!
to be sure pogovorno gotovo, brez dvoma, seveda
he is sure to come gotovo (zanesljivo) bo prišel
it is sure to turn out well gotovo se bo dobro končalo
I feel sure of success gotov, prepričan sem o uspehu
to make sure of (of s.th.) prepričati se (of o), biti prepričan (that da); zagotoviti si (kaj)

swell¹ [swel]

1. samostalnik
oteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje
navtika valovanje po viharju
arhitektura izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča)
figurativno porast, naraščanje
glasba crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka
pogovorno imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama
sleng gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavalec

a swell in the population porast prebivalstva
a swell at s.th. poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec (at tennis tenisa)
a swell in politics figurativno visoka živina v politiki
a big swell figurativno visoka, vplivna oseba
a Latin swell poznavalec latinščine
a sudden swell of the river nenadno naraščanje reke
what a swell you are! kako si eleganten!
there was a heavy swell on valovi so bili zelo veliki

2. pridevnik
sleng tiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajen

a swell billiard-player izvrsten igralec (mojster) biljarda
swell clothes elegantna obleka
a swell hotel razkošen hotel
a swell person imenitna oseba, odličnik
swell society elegantna, fina družba
swell mob pogovorno hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopovi

table¹ [téibl] samostalnik
miza
figurativno pogrnjena miza, jed na mizi, obed, hrana; omizje, gostje; plošča (lesena itd.) z napisom; igralna miza (za biljard) itd.; tabela, tablica, popis, register
geografija plató, ravno zemljišče
tehnično deska
arhitektura plošča za oblogo

at table pri mizi, pri obedu
billiard-table miza za biljard
folding table zložijiva miza
kitchen-table kuhinjska miza
round table okrogla miza
multiplication table poštevanka
table of contents tabela, kazalo vsebine
table of exchanges ekonomija tabela (za preračunavanje) tečajev
sliding table raztezna miza
tea-table čajna miza
toilet-table toaletna miz(ic)a
writing table pisalna miza
the pleasures of the table užitki pri mizi (jedeh)
synoptic table sinoptična tabela
time-table vozni red
the twelve tables zgodovina, pravno zakoni 12 plošč
the two tables of the law religija plošči 10 božjih zapovedi
to be at table biti pri mizi, pri obedu
to clear the table pospraviti mizo
he keeps a good table pri njem se dobro jé
he kept the table amused zabaval je vse omizje
to lay on the table parlament odgoditi, odložiti (na kasneje)
these matters are on the table figurativno o teh zadevah (stvareh) se prav zdaj razpravlja
to learn one's tables učiti se poštevanke, računanja
to lie on the table ležati na mizi, figurativno biti odložen (na kasneje)
to set (to lay, to spread) the table pogrniti mizo
to set the whole table laughing, in a roar spraviti vse omizje v smeh, v krohot
to take the head of the table sesti na čelo mize
to turn the tables figurativno spremeniti (čemu) smer, spremeniti situacijo, obrniti vloge, obrniti srečo
the tables are turned sreča se je obrnila (drugemu v prid), vloge so obrnjene
to turn the table on the opponent pobijati nasprotnika z njegovim lastnim orožjem
I turned the tables on him spravil sem ga v stisko, v težave, v katere me je on hotel spraviti
to wait at table streči pri mizi

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

talk over prehodni glagol
pretresati, prediskutirati (a plan načrt)
pregovoriti, pridobiti (koga) z nagovarjanjem

to talk over an opponent pregovoriti nasprotnika
talk over it over with your parents pogovorite se o tem s starši
he wanted to leave the party, but they talked him out hotel je zapustiti stranko, pa so ga pregovorili

telescope word [téliskoup wə:d] samostalnik
iz dveh besed zložena beseda (npr. motel = motorist's + hotel)

temperanec [témpərəns] samostalnik
umerjenost, zmernost, vzdržnost, treznost
zastarelo samoobvladanje, hladnokrvnost

temperanec drink brezalkoholna pijača
temperanec hotel hotel, gostišče, kjer se točijo brezalkoholne pijače
temperanec movement (society) treznostno gibanje (društvo)