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gavrán zoologija raven

črn kot gavrán raven; raven-haired
kot gavrán črni kodri (las) pesniško raven locks pl

go² [gou] samostalnik
hoja tek; odhod; požirek, grižljaj; vrstni red; moda; dejavnost, energija; napad bolezni
sleng izpit

all the go velika moda
on the go v teku
a capital go prijetna zadeva
at the first go-off v samem začetku
it was a near go malo je manjkalo, za las je šlo
is it a go? smo se sporazumeli?, velja?
Great (Little) go glavni (sprejemni) izpit (na univerzi)
to have a go at s.th. lotiti se česa
it's no go tako ne gre, nima smisla
a pretty go presenetljiva zadeva
quite the go čisto navadno
a rum (ali queer) go čudna zadeva
that's the go je že tako na svetu

inch¹ [inč] samostalnik
palec, cola (2,54 cm); malenkost
množina rast, postava

at an inch zelo natančno
by inches; ali inch by inch ped za pedjo, po malem, polagoma
an inch of cold iron vbod z bodalom
every inch a popoln, od glave do pete
give him an inch and he will take an ell če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
a man of your inches mož tvoje rasti
not to yield an inch ne umakniti se niti za ped
to flog s.o. within an inch of his life prebičati koga skoraj do smrti
within an inch za las, skoraj

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

krókar

1. zoologija crow; raven

črn kot krókar raven
kot krókar črni kodri (las) raven locks pl

2. (ponočnjak) revel(l)er

málo little; a little; few (pl)

po malem gradually; little by little
čisto málo a tiny bit
prav tako málo kot... no more than...
v málo dneh in a few days
počakaj málo! wait a moment!
jaz málo spim I don't sleep (ali I'm not sleeping) very much, I sleep little
še málo ne not a bit
on je málo znan he is little known
še málo ne slutiš, kaj te čaka you've no idea (ali arhaično you little dream) what is in store for you
málo vas je there aren't many of you, there are (only) a few of you, you are few
málo bolje mi je I am a little (a triffle) better
imam le málo prijateljev I've only a few friends, I have but few friends
málo je takih kot on there aren't many like him, there are few like him
málo ljudi misli tako few people think so
tistih málo ljudi, ki so bili navzoči the few people who were present
niti málo nisem zadovoljen I am far from being satisfied
málo, da tega nisem pozabil I had almost forgotten it
málo, da ni umrl he was likely to die
zelo málo next to nothing
málo za tem soon (ali shortly) after
málo prej a few moments ago, a short while ago; shortly before
za málo se mi zdi prositi za uslugo I scorn to ask a favour
málo (za las) je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was a near miss
málo je manjkalo, pa bi ga povozilo he was within an ace of being run over
málo je manjkalo, da se ni ubil he had a narrow escape (ali a close shave), he was within an ace of getting killed
bolje málo kot nič half a loaf is better than no bread

margin¹ [má:džin] samostalnik
rob, meja (tudi figurativno)
presežek
ekonomija marža, razlika med kupno in prodajno ceno, dobiček; vplačana vsota za kritje borzne transakcije
ekonomija meja rentabilnosti

on the margin of good taste na meji dobrega okusa
as by (ali per) margin kot je ob robu (zapisano)
in the margin na robu, ob strani (zabeleženo)
bled margin do besedila odstrižen rob
cropped margin preveč odstrižen rob
by a narrow margin komaj, za las
to have a narrow margin of profit imeti zelo majhen dobiček
margin of safety varnostni faktor
margin release key čezrobnik (pri pisalnem stroju)
margin stop robnik (pri pisalnem stroju)

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

miss³ [mis]

1. prehodni glagol
zamuditi (priložnost, vlak); zgrešiti, izpustiti; ne imeti, biti brez, ne dobiti; preslišati, spregledati, ne opaziti; pogrešati izogniti se

2. neprehodni glagol
ne zadeti, zgrešiti (strel); spodleteti

pogovorno to miss the bus (ali boat) zapraviti šanse
to miss fire ne sprožiti se; figurativno ne uspeti, ne zbuditi zanimanja
to miss one's footing spodrsniti
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
to miss one's mark zgrešiti cilj, ne uspeti
he didn't miss much nič mu ni ušlo, ni mnogo zamudil
I just missed running him over za las sem se ga izognil (da ga nisem povozil)
to miss the point of ne razumeti poante česa
to miss a trick preslišati, ne uspeti videti
to miss out zamuditi (priliko); izpustiti, preskočiti (besedo)
aeronavtika missed approach zgrešen dolet

narrow¹ [nǽrou] pridevnik (narrowly prislov)
ozek, tesen; omejen, pičel, suh, mršav; stisnjen (oči); ozkosrčen; natančen, temeljit (preiskava)
britanska angleščina skop (with)

by a narrow margin z majhno prednostjo
to have a narrow squeak za las uiti, komaj uiti
a narrow inspection natančen pregled
to live in narrow circumstances živeti v bedi
narrow majority majhna večina
to make a narrow escape komaj (za las) uiti
in the narrower sense of the word v ožjem pomenu besede
geografija the Narrow Seas Rokavski preliv in Irsko morje
figurativno the narrow way trnova pot
narrow vowels ozki samoglasniki
within narrow bounds zelo omejen

near² [níə] pridevnik
bližnji; pereč (problem); skop, varčen; levi (del živali, ceste); zvest (prevod)

a near friend zaupen prijatelj
near miss le malo zgrešen zadetek
it was a near thing komaj je šlo, za las je manjkalo
near work za oči naporno delo
the near distance del slike med ozadjem in sprednjim delom
near akin v bližnjem sorodstvu
ameriško near true skoraj gotovo
the nearest way najkrajša pot
the Near East Bližnji Vzhod

neck¹ [nek] samostalnik
vrat, tilnik; izrez (obleke); vratina (meso)
anatomija vrat (maternice itd.); vrat pri violini, vrat steklenice
geografija ožina (morska, kopenska) soteska
tisk konus tiskarske črke

to break one's neck zlomiti si vrat; ameriško nečloveško se namučiti, ugonobiti se
to break the neck of a task izvršiti najtežji del naloge
to crane one's neck (at, for) stegovati vrat
Derbyshire neck golša
neck and neck division glasovanje, pri katerem dobita obe strani enako število glasov
sleng to get (ali catch) it in the neck biti hudo kaznovan, trpeti
he's got a neck predrzen je
to have a lot of neck biti zelo predrzen
neck and heel docela, trdno (vezati)
neck and neck bok ob boku (dirkalni konji), enako število glasov, enak
neck or nothing vse ali nič
on (ali in) the neck of neposredno po
to put one's neck in a noose izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to risk one's neck staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to save one's neck rešiti se, rešiti si glavo
to stick one's neck out for mnogo tvegati za
a stiff neck trdoglavost
stiff-necked trdoglav
to take s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
neck and crop popolnoma, kot dolg in širok
to throw s.o. out neck and crop na pete na glavo koga ven vreči
to tread on s.o.'s neck zaviti komu vrat
up to one's neck do grla
to win by a neck zmagati za dolžino vratu (konjske dirke), za las zmagati (glasovanje)
ameriško, pogovorno neck of the woods soseščina

noose¹ [nu:s] samostalnik
zanka, petlja

šaljivo (matrimonial) noose zakonski jarem
to put (ali run) one's head in the noose ujeti se v zanko
to slip one's head out of the hangman's noose za las uiti vislicam

ondulácija (vode) undulation, ripple; (žitnega polja) waving; (terena) rise and fall, lift; (draperije) flow; (pričeska) wave; curl; crinkle

vodna ondulácija (las) water wave
trajna ondulácija permanent wave, pogovorno perm
aparat za trajno ondulácijo perming set
dati si delati trajno ondulácijo to have a permanent wave (ali pogovorno perm), to have one's hair permed
hladna ondulácija (las) cold wave
ondulácija s škarjami marcel wave

post¹ [póust] samostalnik
drog, steber, kol
šport vratnica gola, startno mesto (starting-post)
ciljna črta (winning-post)
mineralogija navpičen sloj premoga (rude), podpornik v rudniku

as deaf as a post gluh kakor kanon
to be beaten at the post za las premagan tik pred ciljem
left at the post premagan
from pillar to post od Poncija do Pilata
between you and me and the bed-post na štiri oči, med nama, zaupno
door-post vratnica

prámen

prámen las a tuft of hair, lock; (kosem, šop) flock
prámen svetlobe beam, jet of light

raven¹ [réivən]

1. samostalnik
zoologija krokar

2. pridevnik
črn kot krokar

raven locks kot krokar črni kodri (las)

restorer [ristɔ́:rə] samostalnik
vzpostavitelj, obnovitelj, popravljalec; strokovnjak za obnavljanje umetnin, restavrator
medicina okrepčilo

hair restorer sredstvo za obnovitev rasti las
health restorer sredstvo za ozdravljenje

rešíti to save, to rescue; (osvoboditi) to deliver; to redeem; (na morju) to salvage; (nalogo itd.) to solve

rešíti svojo čast to save (oziroma to vindicate) one's honour
rešíti si kožo (figurativno) to save one's skin
rešíti se (znebiti se) koga to get rid of someone
rešíti skrivnost, problem to solve a mystery, a problem
rešíti situacijo to retrieve the situation
rešíti uganko to solve (ali to work out, to puzzle out) a riddle
rešíti komu življenje to save someone's life
rešíti svoj ugled to save one's reputation
rešil sem ga bede I saved him from utter poverty
zdravnik upa, da ga bo rešil the doctor hopes to pull him through
rešili so ga, da ni utonil he was saved from drowning
rešíti si glavo (figurativno) to save one's bacon
rešíti se to save someone, to be saved (ali rescued, delivered), to come off unscathed, to get away with a whole skin
komaj, za las se rešíti to have a narrow escape, to escape by the skin of one's teeth
reši se, kdor se more! every man for himself!, run for your lives!

róla (papirja) roll

film v róli roll film
róla (zvitek) las ringlet