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force² [fɔ:s] prehodni glagol
siliti, izsiliti, vsiliti, prisiliti; obvladati; predreti, predirati; z naskokom vzeti; vdreti; oskruniti, posiliti; prenapenjati, forsirati

to force s.o.'s hand prisiliti koga
to force open nasilno odpreti
to force s.th. on s.o. vsiliti komu kaj
to force the pace pospešiti korak
to force a plant pospešiti rast rastline
to force o.s. upon s.o. vsiljevati se komu
to force division zahtevati glasovanje (v angleškem parlamentu)
to force one's way krčiti si pot
to force a position z napadom zavzeti položaj

forsírati to force, to strain; (siliti) to force, to compel, to constrain, to coerce

forsírati (pospešiti) korak to force the pace; (industrijo itd.) to support, to push, pogovorno to plug

gentle¹ [džéntl] pridevnik
vljuden, uglajen; blag, mil, nežen; krotek, ljubezniv; plemenit, imeniten

gentle pace počasen korak
the gentle sex ženski spol, ženske
gentle art (ali craft) ribolov
gentle traffic tihotapstvo
gentle reader spoštovani bralec
of gentle birth (ali blood) plemenitega rodu

gósji goose(-); (of) goose

gósja mast goose fat, goose grease
gósja jetrna pašteta goose-liver pâté
gósji (pruski paradni) korak goose step
gósja trava goose grass, cleavers
gósje pero (za pisanje) quill pen, quill
gósja pečenka roast goose
v gósjem redu in Indian file, in single file
iti v gósjem redu to walk in single (ali Indian) file

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo

keep^*2 [ki:p]

1. prehodni glagol
držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep body and soul together životariti
trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
to keep cool ostati miren
to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
to keep in countenance bodriti koga
to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
to keep guard stražiti
to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
God keep you! bog te varuj!
to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
to keep the law držati se zakona
to keep in mind zapomniti si
to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
to keep peace between obdržati mir med
to keep the peace držati se reda
ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
to keep time držati se takta
to keep good time biti točen (ura)
to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
to keep one's word držati besedo
to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati

ladder¹ [lǽdə] samostalnik
lestva
britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
the ladder of success pot do uspeha
figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu

láhek (po teži) light, weightless; lightweight; (netežaven) easy, not difficult

láhka atletika (light) athletics pl, games pl, track and field sports
láhki atlet athlete
láhko breme light burden
láhka hrana light food
láhek korak light tread, soft steps pl
láhka cigara (tobak) mild cigar (tobacco)
láhka konjenica light cavalry
láhka poškodba, rana light (ali flesh) wound
láhka roka light hand
láhka križarka light cruiser
láhko spanje light sleep
láhko noč! good night!
láhek slog easy (ali fluent) style
láhka teža (pri boksu) lightweight
láhka zmaga (figurativno) walkover
láhko vino light wine
bodi mu láhka zemlja! may the earth rest light on him!, may he rest in peace!
to je otročje láhko it is as easy as pie
načrt je otročje láhak the plan is foolproof
sedaj láhkó greš! you may go now!
láhka ženska (figurativno) fickle woman
z láhkim srcem with a light heart

march² [ma:č] samostalnik
vojska hod, pohod, korakanje, marš
glasba koračnica
figurativno napredek, napredovanje, tok (časa)

glasba dead march posmrtna koračnica
forced march pospešen marš
vojska a line (ali route) of march maršruta
slow (quick, double-quick) march počasen (hiter, zelo hiter) vojaški korak
to steal (ali gain) a march on s.o. prehiteti koga
march past mimohod, defile
on the march na pohodu
vojska quick march! naprej marš!
vojska march at ease! z navadnim korakom!

measured [méžəd] pridevnik (measuredly prislov)
odmerjen, merjen; pravilen, ritmičen; premišljen, pretehtan, preračunan; metričen

tehnično, aeronavtika measured distance zavorna pot
a measured mile uradno izmerjena milja
measured tread ritmičen korak

mend² [mend]

1. prehodni glagol
popraviti, zakrpati, izboljšati; urediti, pospešiti

2. neprehodni glagol
popraviti se, izboljšati se, poboljšati se, ozdraveti

to mend one's efforts podvojiti svoja prizadevanja
to mend the fire naložiti na ogenj
to mend one's pace pospešiti korak
navtika to mend sails razpeti jadra
to mend one's ways poboljšati se
least said soonest mended z manj besedi bo prej urejeno
mend or end! popravi ali odnehaj!
to be mending na poti k ozdravljenju
ameriško to mend ones fences izgladiti težave, ki so nastale med odsotnostjo

mile [máil] samostalnik
milja (1609 m)

nautical (ali sea) mile morska milja (1863 m)
miles easier (better, worse) mnogo lažje (boljše, slabše)
miles apart na milje oddaljen, figurativno neizmerno daleč
figurativno not to come within a mile of ne približati se niti za korak
give him an inch and he will take a mile če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
pogovorno that sticks out a mile to še slepec vidi
figurativno to miss s.th. by a mile popolnoma zgrešiti
navtika to make short miles hitro jadrati, pluti

movement [mú:vmənt] samostalnik
gibanje (tudi politika)
gib, premik
(tudi množina) ukrepi, koraki; (hiter) razvoj (dogodkov); prizadevanje, tendenca, nagnenje (to k)
potek zapleta (v literaturi), ritem (v verzu)
glasba stavek
glasba tempo
tehnično tek (stroja), premični deli stroja, kolesa
medicina stolica
ekonomija gibanje cen, prodaja, promet

to be in the movement iti v korak s časom

napáčen wrong; false; incorrect

napáčno prislov wrong, wrongly
napáčno ime false (ali fictitious) name
ni napáčno! not bad!
napraviti napáčen korak to take a false step
ura gre napáčno the clock is (ali goes, is going) wrong
napáčno uganiti (nepravo zadeti) to guess wrong
napáčno razumeti to misunderstand
napáčno me razumete you misunderstand me, you mistake me
kaj se ti zdi napáčno pri tem? what do you find wrong with it?
na napáčnega je naletel (figurativno) he had come to the wrong shop
peljati se z napáčnim vlakom to take the wrong train
napáčno je držal knjigo he was holding the book the wrong way up
napáčno delati, narediti to act wrong, to do wrong
napáčno izgovoriti (obvestiti, pisati) to mispronounce (to misinform, to misspell)
napáčno peti to sing out of tune
napáčno (pre) soditi to misjudge
zelo napáčno je od tebe, da ga podpiraš it is very wrong of you to support him
zaiti na napáčna pota (figurativno) to take the wrong path (ali turning)
ne bi bilo napáčno, če bi to poskusili it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it, we see no harm in trying it
obrnil si se na napáč naslov (osebo) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop
napáčna ideja a false idea
napáčen pojem a mistaken notion
napáčen odgovor a wrong answer
napáčen podatek, napáčna navedba false statement, misrepresentation
napáčna (telefonska) številka, napáčna zveza! sorry, wrong number!

odgovórnost responsibility; žargon the buck, the can

brez odgovórnosti without responsibility
na vašo odgovórnost at your risk
čut odgovórnosti sense of responsibility
na lastno odgovórnost on one's own account
poln odgovórnosti involving great responsibility, responsible
bati se odgovórnosti to be afraid of responsibility
odgovórnost je na tebi the responsibility rests on you
delati na lastno odgovórnost to act on one's own responsibility
izogniti se odgovórnosti to avoid (ali to shirk) responsibility
nositi polno odgovórnost to shoulder (ali to bear) one's full responsibility
naprtiti komu odgovórnost to pin responsibility on someone
napravi to na mojo odgovórnost do it and let me answer for it
obesili so mi vso odgovórnost za vrat (pogovorno) I was left holding the baby
odklanjati vso odgovórnost to disclaim all responsibility
poklicati na odgovórnost to call to account, to take someone to task; to hold someone responsible
prevzeti odgovórnost za kaj to take (the) responsibility for something, to take it upon oneself
jaz bom prevzel odgovórnost za ta korak I'll take responsibility for this step
prevzeti nezaželeno odgovórnost (figurativno, pogovorno) to carry the can (ali to be left holding the baby)
ne sprejeti, ne prevzeti odgovórnosti to accept no responsibility
osvoboditi, razrešiti, razbremeniti odgovórnosti to relieve of responsibility
otresti se odgovórnosti to shed (ali to shrug off) responsibilities
zahvaliti, naprtiti odgovórnost na to shift the responsibility on to, to pin responsibility on, (pogovorno) to pass the buck

olive-branch [ɔ́livbra:nč] samostalnik
oljčna vejica, simbol miru
množina otroci

to hold out the olive-branch napraviti prvi korak k spravi

opočásniti

opočásniti (se) to slow down; to slack
opočásniti svoje delo to slacken one's pace of work
opočásniti svoj korak to slacken (one's) pace

paráden parade(-); (slovesen) ceremonial, festal

parádni korak goose step
parádni marš march past
parádni konj parade horse
parádni prostor parade ground
parádna uniforma full-dress uniform, gala uniform

plésen -a, -o dancing; dance; ball

plésna dvorana ballroom, dance hall
plésna čajanka tea dance, thé dansant
plésni (lakasti) čevelj patent-leather dance shoe
plésen, -a, -o klub dance club
plésen, -a, -o korak step
plésni lokal (public) dance hall, palais de danse, (za mladino, s ploščami namesto orkestra) disco
plésna pesem dance song
plésni orkester dance band
plésna plošča dance-music record
plésni učitelj dancing master
plésni turnir dancing contest
plésna glasba dance music
plésna šola school
plésne vaje dancing lessons pl
plésni večer dance, dancing party
plésni venček (private) dancing party
plésna zabava ball
cenen, zanikrn plésni lokal ZDA žargon juke joint

plunge¹ [plʌndž] samostalnik
potapljanje, skok (v vodo, globino), padec; (nagel, silovit) zagon

figurativno to take the plunge napraviti odločilen korak