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place² [pléis] prehodni glagol
postaviti, položiti, namestiti; naložiti (denar); zaposliti, namestiti, dati službo, položaj
ekonomija spraviti (blago) na trg, vložiti kapital, vnesti, knjižiti, skleniti (pogodbo itd.); prepoznati, spomniti se koga
šport plasirati

to place confidence in imeti zaupanje v koga
I cannot place him ne vem, kam bi ga del; ne morem se spomniti, od kje ga poznam
to place in order urediti, postaviti na pravo mesto
to place a contract skleniti pogodbo
ekonomija to place an order naročiti
to place a call najaviti telefonski pogovor
to place on record zapisati, vknjižiti
šport to be placed plasirati se, biti med prvimi tremi

práti (perilo) to wash, to launder, (lase) to shampoo

da(ja)ti prat (svoje) perilo v pralnico to send one's washing to the laundry
kje si daješ prat perilo? where do you get (ali have) your washing done?
ona pere za nas she does our washing
ona pere (hodi prat) za druge she does other people's washing
to blago se dobro pere this material washes well

quarter¹ [kwɔ́:tə] samostalnik
četrtina, četrt (a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene)
četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje (he won the quarter zmagal je v teku na četrt milje)
mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, ameriško 25 funtov, 11,34 kg; britanska angleščina 2,91 hl)
ameriško, škotsko šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja
grboslovje eno od štirih polj grba
astronomija lunin krajec (first quarter prvi krajec, last quarter zadnji krajec)
ameriško četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart (residential quarter stanovanjska četrt)
stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figurativno od kje piha veter?)
predel, kraj (in this quarter v teh krajih)
smer (in that quarter v ono smer)
stran (from another quarter z druge strani)
vir (from a good quarter iz dobrega vira)
družbeni krog (in government quarters v vladnih krogih)
usnje za peto (čevlja)
tehnično 4 palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu)
vojska, (tudi množina) stan, bivališče (to be confined to quarters biti v hišnem priporu)
(tudi vojska) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev (to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri)
navtika bok krme (on the port quarter na levi strani krme)
navtika borbeni položaj posadke (to beat to quarters sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask (ali call, cry) for quarter prositi za milost
to give quarter izkazati milost, pomilostiti
to give fair quarter prizanesti
a bad quarter of an hour neprijetni trenutki
at close quarters od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)
to live in close quarters stanovati na tesnem
from every quarter; ali from all quarters od vseh strani
hind quarters stegna
high quarters višji krogi
it has gone the quarter ura je odbila četrt
the proper quarter pristojno mesto
to take up one's quarters nastaniti se
to beat up the quarters of pogosto obiskovati

quarter² [kwɔ́:tə]

1. prehodni glagol
razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca)
grboslovje razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho
vojska (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be quartered at (in) stanovati kje)
pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi)
navtika določiti borbeni položaj posadke

2. neprehodni glagol
stanovati, živeti (at pri)
tekati sem in tja (psi)

figurativno to quarter o.s. on s.o. vseliti se pri kom

query¹ [kwíəri] samostalnik
vprašanje
ekonomija povpraševanje; dvom
tisk vprašaj (ob tekstu)

query (kratica qu. , uvod v vprašanje) vprašanje je, če
query, where are we to find it? vprašanje je, kje naj to najdemo

race² [réis] neprehodni glagol
dirkati, drveti, teči, hiteti; jadrati; meriti se v teku, v hitrosti (with z)
tekmovati (with z)
teči za stavo; iti s polno paro, z vso brzino (vijak, propeler itd.); redno prisostvovati konjskim dirkam, biti vnet gledalec konjskih dirk

a racing man ljubitelj konjskega športa.
the race racing world ljubitelji konjskega športa
the blood raced to his head kri mu je planila v glavo
prehodni glagol
pognati v dir, v tek; dreviti; meriti se, tekmovati v teku itd. s kom; jahati (konja) v dirki; dohiteti

he raced me through Italy drevil me je skozi Italijo (ne da bi se kje ustavila)
to race a train tekmovati v hitrosti z vlakom
he raced his horse against the train drevil je konja v tekmi z vlakom
to race one's fortune away zaigrati premoženje v stavah na konjskih dirkah

rise^*2 [ráiz] neprehodni glagol
vsta(ja)ti; vzhajati, vziti; dvigniti se; dvigati se, vzpenjati se; (na)rasti; upreti se, spuntati se, nasprotovati (against, on čemu)
(o ceni) rasti, skakati; (o glasu) rasti; postati močnejši, povečati se; (o laseh) ježiti se; (o ribi) priplavati iz globine, da bi ugriznila v vabo
gledališče dvigniti se (zastor); (o zgradbah) dvigati se, moleti, štrleti v višino; postati viden, pokazati se, pojaviti se, nastopiti, nastati; porajati se; izvirati
parlament odložiti se, odgoditi se, zaključiti se (o seji, zasedanju)

a rising barrister mnogo obetajoč odvetnik
rising ground vzpetina, strmina
the rising sun vzhajajoče sonce
to rise above mediocrity dvigniti se nad poprečje
to rise in arms upreti se z orožjem, zgrabiti za orožje, dvigniti se
to rise early zgodaj vsta(ja)ti
to rise from one's bed vstati iz postelje
to rise from the dead religija vstati od mrtvih
to rise on the hind legs (o konju) vzpenjati se na zadnje noge
to rise to a higher rank napredovatt (v službi)
to rise with the lark zgodaj vsta(ja)ti
to rise to the occasion (to a difficulty) biti kos, biti dorasel položaju (težavi)
to rise in rebellion upreti se, pobuniti se, spuntati se
to rise to a high pitch visoko se povzpeti
to rise to the requirements biti kos (dorasel) zahtevam
to rise in the world družbeno napredovati, napraviti kariero; uspeti v življenju
the barometer has risen barometer se je dvignil
her colour rose zardela je
blisters rise on my skin mehurji se mi delajo na koži
the fish rose to the bait riba je ugriznila v vabo, je prijela
she rose above envy obvladala je svojo zavist
where does the Danube rise? kje izvira Donava?
he rose to be a colonel povzdignil se je do polkovnika
he rose from the ranks povzpel se je iz navadnega vojaka
on what day does Parliament rise? kdaj se zaključi zasedanje parlamenta?
my gorge rises to this sight vzdiguje se mi (za bruhanje) ob tem pogledu, pogled na to mi zbuja gnus
the hair will rise on your head lasje na glavi se vam bodo naježili
it rises in my mind na misel mi prihaja
the mare is rising five kobila je v petem letu starosti
our quarrel rose from a misunderstanding naš prepir je nastal iz nesporazuma
the river rises from a spring in the mountains reka izvira v (nekem) gorskem studencu
prehodni glagol
pustiti (koga, kaj) vstati; dvigniti, prinesti na površino; zagledati

not to rise a partridge (a fish) nobene jerebice (ribe) ne dvigniti (videti)

slúžiti to serve, to be in service; (rabiti se) to be used (kot as)

slúžiti v vojski to serve in the army
slúžiti svojo učno dobo to serve one's apprenticeship
slúžiti si kruh to earn one's living
sam si mora slúžiti kruh he has to earn his own living
trdó si slúžiti kruh to work hard for a living
slúžiti za zgled to serve as an example
kje služite? where are you working?, who are you working for?
to naj ti služi kot svarilo! let this be a warning to you!
slúžiti svojemu namenu to serve one's purpose
ta plašč mi dobro služi this coat wears well
čemu služi to? what is the use of that?
nihče ne more slúžiti dvema gospodarjema no one can serve two masters

snow¹ [snóu] samostalnik
sneg, snežna odeja; snežno stanje; snežna belina, bleščeče bela barva; bele lise na TV ekranu
sleng kokain, heroin (droga)
množina snežne padavine (mase), visok (obilen) sneg
poetično beli lasje

as white as snow kot sneg bel
everlasting snow večni sneg
a fall of snow snežne padavine
flakes of snow snežinke
how is the snow in Slovenia? kakšne so snežne razmere (stanje) v Sloveniji?
where are the snows of yester year? figurativno kje so lepi stari časi?

somewhere [sʌ́mwɛə] prislov
nekje, kjerkoli; nekam, kamorkoli

somewhere else nekje drugod, nekam drugam
somewhere about 1970 nekje (nekako) okrog leta 1970
somewhere about here tukaj nekje, v bližini
somewhere towards midnight nekje (enkrat) proti polnoči
somewhere or other ne vem kje, kjerkoli, kamorkoli
he is somewhere about fifty on je kakih 50 let star
he lives somewhere near us on stanuje nekje blizu nas
let's go somewhere pojdimo kam(orkoli)!

stár old; aged; advanced in years; (starodaven) ancient; (postaran) elderly; (staromoden) old-fashioned, (zastarel) antiquated, rusty; (beseda) archaic, obsolescent, obsolete; (obrabljen) used, worn, (ponošen) wornout, threadbare; (fraza) hackneyed, trite, timeworn; exploded; (že rabljen) secondhand (pohištvo furniture); (kruh, pivo, novica, šala) stale

stári vek ancient times, antiquity
stár dovtip, vic old joke
stáro železo scrap iron, scrap
stár grešnik inveterate sinner
stár (izkušen) mornar (figurativno) old salt
stár (odslužen) vojak veteran
stári Rimljani the ancient Romans pl
stára obleka worn-out (ali cast-off) clothes pl
na stára leta in one's old age
v stárih časih in ancient (ali in former) times
stári oče, stára mati grandfather, grandmother
stáro in mlado young and old
stára šara junk, lumber
stár kot zemlja as old as the hills
srednje stár middle-aged
stár kot Matuzalem as old as Methuselah
po stárem (načinu) in the old way
dobri stári časi the good old times pl
stára devica an old maid
diplomat stáre šole a diplomat of the old school
zgodba stára kot svet a story as old as the hills
stári jeziki ancient languages pl, classics pl (s konstr. v sg)
stára zgodovina ancient history
stára številka (časopisa) back number
iz stárih časov from days of yore
stára navada železna srajca habit is second nature
koliko ste stári? how old are you?, what age are you?, what is your age?
on je 15 let stár he is fifteen (years of age)
toliko je stár kot jaz he is my age, pogovorno he's the same age as me
stár sem več kot 30 let I am over thirty
on še ni (je blizu) 40 let stár he is on the right (ali on the sunny) side of forty
je že preko 40 let (star) he is on the wrong (ali on the shady) side of forty
ona še ni 20 let stára she is not yet out of her teens
to te dela stárega that makes you look old, pogovorno it puts years on you
on je kaki dve leti starejši od mene he is some two years my senior
on je (že) čez 70 let (star) he is seventy odd
ne bo delal stárih kosti he won't make old bones
stár postajati to grow old
vse gre po stárem everything's going on in the same old way
vse ostane pri stárem everything stays as it was (ali as before)
(zdravstveno) še nisem »stari« I am not my old self yet
kje so dobri stári časi? where are the good old days?

such [sʌč]

1. pridevnik
takšen, tak; (pred pridevnikom) takó; podoben; (za samostalnikom v množini) kot (as na primer)
tako velik, zelo velik, izreden
pravno zgoraj navedeni, omenjeni

such a takšen
such as takšen kot, tak kot
such a(n) one zastarelo tak in tak, nekdo, neki
Mr. such and such g. Ta in Ta
such being the case ker je stvar tako, ker je takó
such a day! kakšen dan!
such another disaster še ena takšna nesreča
in such or such a place na tem ali onem mestu
no such thing nič takega, ni govora o tem
such was not my idea tega nisem mislil
there are such things take stvari se dogajajo
they gave us such a fright tako so nas prestrašili
we had such sport imenitno smo se zabavali
he said he had lost his way, or some such thing rekel je, da je bil zašel, ali nekaj takega
no such thing as a room was to be had in the whole town v celem mestu ni bilo mogoče najti eno samo sobo
do you think she will believe you? no such thing! mislite, da vam bo verjela? Kje pa! (Kaj še! Ni govora o tem!)
such master, such servant kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga

2. prislov
takó

such a nice day tako lep dan

3. zaimek
takšen, neki takšen
pogovorno isti
trgovina & vulgarno zgoraj omenjeni

arhaično & poetično such as tisti, ki; kdor; vsi
as such kot tak(šen)
all such vsi takšni
and such (like) in takšni, podobni
such or such of ta ali oni od
such as believe that are mistaken tisti, ki to verjamejo, se varajo (motijo)
he is a fool, but I am not such on je bedak, jaz pa nisem
I have a car I can lend you, such as it is imam avto, ki vam ga lahko posodim, kaj prida pa ni

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

tíčati to be; to stick (v in)

tíčati do ušes, do vratú v dolgovih to be up to one's ears in debt
kje pa tičiš ves ta čas? where have you been all this time?
vedno doma tíčati to be a stay-at-home
on vedno doma tiči he stays indoors; he is a stay-athome, he is a homebody (ali homebird)
vedno skupaj tíčati (figurativno) to be inseparable
v tem grmu tiči zajec (figurativno) that's the gist (of the whole matter), that is where the dog is buried, (tu je težava) there's the rub, that's the whole point
ključ tiči v vratih the key is in the lock

vprašánje question; query; interrogation

črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
gornje vprašánje the above question
indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
nujno vprašánje urgent question
nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
odprto vprašánje open question
pereče vprašánje burning question
sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
pravno vprašánje question of law
sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
načeti vprašánje to raise a question
napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone

žúliti to pinch, (do rane) to gall, to rub sore, to chafe

čevelj me žuli my shoe pinches
vem, kje (ga, jo itd.) čevelj žuli (figurativno) I know where the shoe pinches