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koledárski calendar

koledársko leto calendar year
koledárski mesec calendar month
koledársko četrtletje calendar quarter

lájnati to grind a barrel-organ; figurativno to parrot, to recite in a singsong voice

vedno isto lájnati (figurativno) to keep harping on the same string
organist vse leto lajna iste melodije the organist churns out the same tunes all year round

late² [léit] prislov
kasno, pozno; prej
poetično nedavno

as late as vse do
as late as last year šele (ali še) lansko leto
better late than never boljše kasno, kakor nikoli
pogovorno late in the day zelo pozno, prekasno
to sit up late ostati dolgo pokonci, bedeti
early or late; ali sooner or later prej ali slej
late of prej stanujoč v, prej zaposlen pri
later on potem, kasneje

loteríjski lottery (-)

loteríjski boben lottery drum
loteríjski dobitek lottery prize
loteríjska srečka lottery ticket
loteríjsko žrebanje se vrši štirikrat na leto the draw takes place four times a year
prodajalec loteríjskih srečk lottery office keeper, collector
prodajalna loteríjskih srečk lottery office
uspeh je često loteríjski success is often a lottery

lúnin of the moon; lunar

lúnino leto lunar year
lúnin kolobar halo round the moon, lunar aurora
lúnine mene phases pl of the moon
lúnin mrk eclipse of the moon, lunar eclipse
lúnin obstret, venec lunar halo
lúnin svit moonlight
pri lúninem svitu by moonlight
lúnin žarek moonbeam

lunisoláren lunisolar

lunisolárno leto lunisolar year

mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing

manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
manjka mi denarja I am short of money
manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst

mársikak marsikatéri many a

mársikak, marsikatério leto many a year

mlájši younger; junior; minor

mlájši družabnik junior partner
Grad mlájši Grad Junior (krajšava: Jr.)
moj mlájši brat my younger brother
leto je mlájši od mene he is my junior by a year, he is one year younger than I
videti si mlájši, kot v resnici you do not look your age

nagráda reward; award; prize, premium; recompense; (honorar) fee, royalty, honorarium; (plačilo) remuneration; bonus, bounty

kot nagráda (plačilo) za... as a reward for...
Kidričeva nagráda the Kidrič award (za leto 1977 for 1977)
dobitnik nagráde prizewinner
razdelitev nagrad (v šoli) prize-giving
dobiti nagrádo to win a prize
dobil je prvo nagrádo he won (ali he carried off) the first prize
dati nagrádo to award a prize
razpisati nagrádo to offer a reward
razpisati nagrádo na glavo kake osebe to set a price on someone's head (ali life)
podelitev Prešernovih nagrád the presentation of the Prešeren Awards
tolažilna nagráda consolation prize

naslédnji (the) next; (the) following; subsequent, consecutive, ensuing; succesive

naslédnji hip (the) next moment
za naslédnje leto for the ensuing year
naslédnji dan, naslédnjega dne on the following day
v mojem naslédnjem pismu in my next letter
v naši naslédnji številki in our next issue (ali number)
naslédnji drugi dan the next day but one
naslédnj, ki je prišel, je bil... the next to come was...
moje mnenje je naslédnje: my opinion is as follows:

nesréčen (duševno) unhappy, grievous, wretched; (slučajno) unlucky, unfortunate, luckless; (nenaklonjen) fatal, sinister, ill-fated, ill-starred, inauspicious

nesréčen slučaj unfortunate accident
nesréčen v igri, srečen v ljubezni unlucky in cards, lucky in love
to je bilo nesréčno leto it was an ill-starred year
imeti nesréčno roko (figurativno) to be a butterfingers, to be constantly breaking things

nosíti (paket ipd.) to carry; (nakit, obleko, čevlje) to wear; (ime, plod) to bear; (podpirati) to support, to uphold, to sustain, to hold up

on z lahkoto nosi 100 kg he can easily carry sixteen stone
stebri nosijo vso težo strehe the pillars support all the weight of the roof
nosíti pri sebi to have about one
nikoli ne nosim mnogo denarja pri sebi I never carry much money on me
slana voda bolje nosi kot sladka salt water is more buoyant than fresh
ta obleka (to blago) se dobro nosi this suit (this material) wears well
to obleko bom nosil še ene leto this suit will last me another year
nosíti očala to wear glasses
nosíti obresti to bear (ali to yield) interest
nosíti posledice to bear (ali to suffer) the consequences
nosíti stroške, odgovornost to bear the costs, the responsibility
dobro nosíti svoja leta to wear well, to be hale and hearty for one's age
nosíti krivdo to be to blame (za for)
visoko nosíti glavo to carry one's head high, to be haughty
nosíti vodo v Savo (figurativno) to carry coals to Newcastle

nóv new; (nedaven) fresh, recent, late; (nenošen, nerabljen) not worn, not used; (neraziskan) unexplored; figurativno (novopečen) freshly baked, fresh; (dodaten) additional, more

skoraj nóv, kot nóv nearly new, as good as new
čisto nóv quite new, spanking new, brand new
Novo leto New Year, New Year's Day
nóva luna new moon
najnovejše novice the latest news
nóva obleka a new dress
Novi svet (Amerika) the New World
nóva moda new look, new fashion
dobiti nóve moči to recover
zame to ni nič nóvega that is no news to me
kaj je nóvega? what's the news?, ZDA what's new?
to mi je nóvo it's news to me
pod soncem ni nič nóvega there is nothing new under the sun
to je bil nóv dokaz njegove nesposobnosti it was a further (ali additional) proof of his incompetence
začeti nóvo življenje (figurativno, poboljšati se) to turn over a new leaf
živeti nóvo življenje to lead a new life
želim vam srečno nóvo leto! I wish you a happy New Year!
nóva metla dobro pometa a new broom sweeps clean
to je nóvo zame (tega še nisem slišal) that's a new one on me

obsodíti to sentence (na smrt to death); to condemn (na smrt to death); to find guilty (of), to give judgment against

obsodíti na globo to fine
vnaprej obsodíti to prejudge, to foredoom
obsodíti na plačilo stroškov to award costs against someone
obsodíti na težko delo to sentence to hard labour
obsodíti na 5 let ječe to sentence to five years' imprisonment
pogojno obsodíti to put on probation
obsodíti pogojno na eno leto to bind over for a year

other¹ [ʌ́ðə] pridevnik
drug, ostali, drugačen

the other day ondan
every other vsak drug
every other year vsako drugo leto
on the other hand po drugi plati
far other from ours čisto drugačen od našega
other than razen, različen
just the other way; ali the other way around ravno nasprotno, povsem drugače

per [pə:] predlog
po, na

ekonomija as per account po priloženem računu
ekonomija as per your letter po vašem pismu
per annum na leto, letno
per diem na dan, dnevno
per mensem na mesec, mesečno
per cent odstotek
per capita na glavo, po človeku
per head na glavo, po človeku
per order po naročilu
per post po pošti
per rail po železnici
per steamer s parnikom
per procurationem (p.p.) po pooblaščencu
per se samo po sebi
pogovorno as per usual kot običajno

pétje singing; song; (cerkveno) choir-singing, chanting; (ptičje) warbing

dvoglasno, triglasno pétje two-part singing, three-part singing
večglasno pétje part-singing
gregorijansko pétje Gregorian chant, plainsong
petelinje pétje crowing, cockcrow
ob petelinjem pétju at cockcrow
škrjančkovo pétje the song of the skylark
šolsko pétje class singing
učitelj, -ica pétja singing teacher, singing coach, singing master, singing mistress
učiti se pétja to learn singing
s pétjem sprejeti novo leto to sing the New Year in
uspavati otroka s pétjem to sing a child to sleep

plóden fertile, fruitful; productive, prolific; (zemlja) rich, fat; (kritika) constructive

plódno leto plentiful year, bumper year
plódna zemlja (črnica) mould
napraviti plódno to fertilize

pogójno prislov conditionally

pogójno obsoditi to bind over (za 1 leto for a year)
bil je pogójno obsojen za 2 leti he was bound over for two years
pogójno izpuščen pravo released on parole
pogójno izpuščeni kaznjenec prisoner released on parole