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untraceable [ʌntréisəbl] pridevnik
nenajdljiv, neizsledljiv; ki se mu ne more najti sled

work off prehodni glagol
obdelati, izdelati; dovršiti
tisk odtisniti; odpeti se, odvezati se; rešiti se, znebiti se (česa); najti kupce; dati si duška

to work off one's bad temper stresti svojo slabo voljo (na)
I work offed off my feet with fatigue noge so mi skoraj odpadle od utrujenosti
to work off the stiffness by exercise razgibati svoje odrevenele ude

anywhere [éniwɛə] prislov
nekje; povsod, kjerkoli, kamorkoli

I cannot find him anywhere nikjer ga ne morem najti
he meets friends anywhere povsod srečuje prijatelje
scarcely (ali hardly) anywhere skoraj nikjer
ameriško anywhere from ... to nekako od ... do

balance¹ [bǽləns] samostalnik
tehtnica; ravnotežje, protiutež; nihalo; kritje
trgovina bilanca; saldo
ameriško, hudomušno ostanek

to be (ali hang, tremble, swing) in the balance viseti na nitki, biti v kritičnem položaju
to lay in balance tvegati
off one's balance ves iz sebe, razburjen
balance of payments plačilna bilanca
to carry forward the balance prenesti ostanek na nov račun
to keep one's balance ohraniti ravnotežje
to lose one's balance zgubiti ravnotežje
to strike a balance narediti bilanco; najti ravnotežje; figurativno izvesti posledice
balance of power politično ravnotežje
(trembling) in the balance neodločen
to be weighed in the balance and found wanting ne izpolniti upov, razočarati

beat about neprehodni glagol
pluti proti vetru; iskati, truditi se; tavati, bloditi

beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
beat about in one's mind tuhtati, preudarjati
beat about for skušati najti, iskati

beséda word; (izraz) expression, term; (izrek) saying; (obljuba) promise

z besédami in writing
z drugimi besédami in other words
z eno besédo in a (ali one) word
beséda ob (ne)pravem času a word in (out of) season
in, niti beséde o tem! Pst! and mum's the word!
in konec besédi! and that's that!
na dan z besédo! (govori!) spit it out!, out with it, man!, ZDA pogovorno talk turkey!
prav s temi besédami in so many words
častna beséda word of honour
častna beséd! word of honour!, upon ali on my honour!, honestly!
nobene beséde več! not another word!
beséda za besédo word for word, literally
ostre beséde harsh (ali angry) words
božja beséda gospel
grde beséde foul language
lepe beséde fair words
prazne beséde empty (ali idle) words
sladke beséde flattering words
izvedena beséda derivative
novo skovana beséda newly coined word
zložena beséda compound word
same beséde! mere words!
enozložna beséda monosyllable
težko izgovorljiva beséda tongue twister
strokovna beséda technical term
zelo zastarela beséda obsolete word
zastarela beséda archaic word, archaism
človek redkih besédi a man of few words
spojena beséda portmanteau word (npr. smog = smoke + fog)
izpeljava besed derivation of words; etymology
tvorba besed word-formation
števec besed telefonija word counter
beséda je o... the point is, the point in question is...
ne biti mož beséda not to keep one's word
on je mož beséda he is a man of his word, he is true to his word
vse to so same prazne beséde that's all idle chatter
pametnemu je ena beséda dovolj a word to the wise
beséda je dala besédo one word led to another
dati svojo (častno) besédo to pledge one's word, to give one's word
dati komu besédo to allow someone to speak
biti mož beséda to keep one's word, to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word
njegova beséda je zakon (figurativno) what he says goes
držati svojo besédo to keep one's word
držal bom svojo besédo I will keep my word
ni držal svoje beséde he went back on his word
imam besédo na jeziku I have the word on the tip of my tongue
ti imaš besédo it is your turn to speak, (na sestanku) you have the floor, you may take the floor
ne dati drugim beséde to monopolize the conversation
imeti zadnjo besédo to have the last word
imeti odločilno (zadnjo) besédo pri to have the final say in
jaz imam zdaj besédo it's my turn now, now I'll have my say
imeti véliko besédo to talk big
on ima glavno besédo he is the spokesman
v tej stvari nimam nobene beséde več I no longer have any say in this matter
od lepih besed še nihče ni bil sit fine words butter no parnips
čim manj je besed, tem bolje je least said soonest mended
izbirati beséde to pick one's words
ni izgubljal, tratil besede o... he wasted no words on...
naglasiti, poudariti besédo to stress (ali to emphasize) a word
zaman izgubljati beséde to waste words
izraziti z besédo to word
niti beséde ni omenil o tem he did not breathe a word of it
odvzeti komu besédo to stop someone from speaking
pasti komu v besédo to interrupt someone, to cut short, pogovorno to chip in
prositi za besédo to beg permission to speak, to ask leave to speak
prosim za besédo! (ZDA) may I have the floor?
oprostite besedi! saving your presence!
prihranite si svoje beséde! save your breath
sploh me ne pusti do beséde he does not let me a word in edgeways
priti do beséde to get a word in edgeways
ne priti z besédo na dan (žargon) to beat about the bush
nisem mogel priti do beséde I couldn't get a word in
prijeti koga za besédo to take someone at his word
ne najdem (ne morem najti) besed I am at a loss for words
tudi beséde resnice ni v tem there is not a word of truth in it
prevračati beséde to quibble over words
lastne beséde človek ne more slišati v tem hrupu in this din you can't hear yourself speak
snesti svojo besédo not to keep one's word, to break one's word
reči dobro besédo za koga to intercede in someone's favour, to say a good word for someone, to plead for someone
premisliti beséde to ponder one's words
skovati besédo to coin a word
ne upati si z besédo na dan žargon to beat about the bush
pretehtati svoje beséde to mind one's p's and q's, to ponder one's words
vzeti komu besédo iz ust to take the words out of someone's mouth
zastaviti svojo besédo arhaično to pledge one's word (ali honour)
zastaviti dobro besédo za koga to put in a word for someone
umakniti svojo besédo to retract one's word, to go back on one's promise
verjeti na besédo to take on trust
ubogati na besédo to obey to the letter
lahko mi verjamete na besédo you may take my word for it; you can believe every word I say
vleči beséde to drawl
tudi beséde ni rekel he never said a word (ali žargon humoristično a dicky bird)
reči besédo o pravem času to drop a timely hint; arhaično to say a word in season
človek se lahkó zanese na njegovo besédo his word is as good as his bond
izvleči se z lepimi besédami to talk one's way out
dobiti besédo to have leave to speak, to be allowed to speak; parlament to catch the Speaker's eye
(takrat) ni znal beséde angleški he could not then speak a word of English
beséde ne ziniti to button up one's mouth
iskal sem to besédo pri več avtorjih I have looked that word up in several authors
beséda ni konj (figurativno) hard words break no bones

doss² [dɔs] neprehodni glagol
sleng spati, prenočiti

to doss down najti prenočišče

dúšek (požirek) draught; gulp; vent

v dúšku at a draught, at a gulp
dati dúška to vent, to give vent, to give way (to)
v dúšku kaj izpiti to drink something at one gulp; to drink off at a draught; to toss off
dati si dúška to air one's feelings
dati dúška svoji jezi to give vent to one's anger
dal je dúška svojemu veselju he gave vent to his joy
najti si dúšek to find a vent (for)
njegovo sovraštvo si je našlo dúška he has found a vent for his hatred
na dúšek je izpraznil svoj kozarec he emptied his glass at one gulp

eksisténca existence; being; life

bedna eksisténca a wretched existence
borba za eksisténca struggle for existence
najti eksisténco to find one's livelihood

enák equal, even, (vrednost) equivalent, (isti) same, identical; (podoben) like, alike, similar; (enoličen) uniform; equable

dve enáki števili two equal numbers
enáka razdalja equidistance
enáka temperatura an even temperature
biti enák to equal, to be the equal of, to be equal, to be on a par with
ni mu enákega he has no equal, there is no one to match him, he is without an equal, he is unrivalled
ni ti enák he is not your equal
to ni bil enák boj it was not an equal fight
boj med enakima nasprotnikoma equal fight
boriti se ob enákih pogojih to fight on equal terms
naleteti, najti sebi enákega to meet one's match
imeti enáke deleže to have equal shares
vsi državljani so enáki pred zakonom all citizens are equal before the law
skušati biti enák to emulate, to vie with
sta kar enáka (= imata iste napake) they are tarred with the same brush!
plačati (vrniti) enáko z enákim (figurativno) to give someone tit for tat, to pay someone back in his own coin
enako se z enákim druži birds of a feather flock together

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

híba (napaka) defect; fault; (telesna) deformity

híba v izolaciji elektrika a fault in insulation
najti híbo pri to find fault with

izvóhati to scent; to smell; to nose out; to detect; (izslediti) to ferret out

izvóhati divjačino to scent game
izvóhati (najti) službo to get wind of a job
izvóhati (odkriti) zaroto to smell a plot
mačka je izvohala meso na mizi the cat smelt the meat on the table

izvòr origin; source; root; (osebe) birth, extraction

izvòr besede the origin (ali derivation) of a word
imeti izvòr to originate
izvòr Baskov ni znan the origin of the Basque race is unknown
nihče ne pozna izvòra njegovega premoženja no one knows the source of his wealth
treba je najti izvòr zla the source of the evil must be discovered
imeti svoj izvòr v to owe one's origin (ali birth) to..., to derive one's origin from...

lay^*1 [lei]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, polagati, odložiti, odlagati, postaviti; (z)nesti jajca, pripraviti (kurjavo, mizo) prekriti podložiti obložiti (with , tla itd. s čim)
nanesti (barvo); predložiti, vložiti (npr. zahtevo, before pri)
pripisati, pripisovati (to komu)
zasnovati (načrt); poleči (žito); pomiriti, umiriti, ublažiti (veter, valove)
vojska nameriti (top); splesti (vrv); naložiti (kazen), na.ložiti jih komu; zastaviti (čast, glavo)
vulgarno spolno občevati

2. neprehodni glagol
valiti (jajca); staviti

to lay one's accounts with računati s kom ali čim
to lay an accusation against obtožiti, vložiti tožbo
to lay an ambush (ali snare, trap) pripraviti zasedo
to lay bare razgaliti, odkriti
to lay bricks polagati opeko
to lay blame on zvaliti krivdo na koga
to lay blows (ali stick, it) on naložiti jih komu
to lay one's bones položiti svoje kosti, pokopati
to lay claim to postaviti svojo zahtevo; zahtevati kaj zase
to lay a coat of paint premazati z barvo
to lay the cloth (ali the table) pogrniti, pripraviti mizo
to lay s.th. to s.o.'s charge (ali at s.o.'s door) zvaliti krivdo na koga
to lay the damages at zahtevati od koga povračilo za škodo
to lay the dust poškropiti, da se poleže prah
to lay eyes on zagledati, opaziti
to lay field to field povečati posest z nakupom mejnih njiv
to lay fault to s.o. pripisati komu krivdo
to lay the fire podkuriti peč
to lay one's finger on s prstom kaj pokazati, najti
to lay a finger on položiti roko na koga, tepsti
to lay for zalezovati, čakati v zasedi
to lay hands on dobiti v roke, polastiti se, dvigniti roko na koga
to lay hands on o.s. napraviti samomor
to lay (fast) by the heels zapreti v ječo
to lay hold on (ali of) zgrabiti, prijeti; figurativno ujeti se za kaj
to lay one's hopes on veliko pričakovati od, staviti upe na
to lay heads together stikati glave, posvetovati se
to lay s.th. to heart gnati si kaj k srau, položiti na srce
to lay a ghost pregnati duha
to lay an information against prijaviti koga
to lay low (ali in the dust) podreti, pobiti na tla; figurativno ponižati
to lay lunch pripraviti mizo za kosilo
to lay open odkriti, razodeti
to lay o.s. open izpostaviti se
to lay s.th. on the shelf odložiti kakšno delo
to lay to sleep (ali rest) položiti k počitku; figurativno pokopati
to lay (great, little) store upon pripisovati (veliko, majhno) važnost čemu
to lay siege to oblegati
to lay stress (ali weight, emphasis) on dati poseben povdarek čemu
to lay one's shirt on vse zastaviti
the scene is laid in Paris odigrava se v Parizu
to lay troops (on) nastaniti čete (pri)
to lay s.o. under an obligation naložiti komu nalogo
to lay s.o. under necessity prisiliti koga
to lay s.o. under contribution pripraviti koga, da kaj prispeva
to lay a wager staviti
to lay waste opustošiti
to lay wait for čakati koga v zasedi
to lay the whip to s.o.'s back (pre)bičati koga
the wind is laid veter se je umiril

level² [levl] samostalnik
tehnično libela, vodna tehtnica; nivelacijski instrument; ravnina, gladina; nivo, raven, stopnja; višina (vode, glasu)
mineralogija (raven) rov

see level morska gladina
level of sound glasovna višina
ameriško, pogovorno on the level pošten(o), odkrit(o)
on a level with na isti višini s, z
low production level nizka stopnja produkcije
to put o.s. on the level of others izenačiti se z drugimi
to sink to the level of pasti na raven koga
to find one's level najti svoje pravo mesto
on the same level na isti ravni
politika a conference on the highest level konferenca na najvišji ravni
to rise to higher levels napredovati

loss [lɔs] samostalnik
izguba, izgubljanje; škoda, neuspeh, potrata

ekonomija at a loss z izgubo (delati, prodajati)
to be at a loss biti v zadregi, ne vedeti kako
to be at a loss for words ne najti besed
to cut a loss zmanjšati izgubo
dead loss popolna izguba
to stand the loss plačati izgubo (zavarovalnica)
ameriško to throw s.o. for a loss potlačiti, pobiti koga

maščevánje vengeance, revenge, zastarelo avengement

kot (za) maščevánje za as vengeance for
krvno maščevánje blood feud
to bo moje maščevánje that will be my revenge
hlepeti po maščevánju to thirst for revenge
izpostaviti se maščevánju kake osebe to lay oneself open to someone's vengeance
skušati si najti (se maščevati) nad kom to seek vengeance upon someone
tak pokol vpije po maščevánju such slaughter cries (ali calls) to heaven for vengeance

match² [mæč] samostalnik
enak ali enakovreden človek (stvar)
ekonomija ista kvaliteta; ženitev, možitev, zakon, (dobra) partija
šport igra, tekma

to be (more than) a match for s.o. biti komu kos
to be a bad (good) match slabo (dobro) se ujemati
his match njemu enakovreden, njegova žena
to make a match of it poročiti se
a love match zakon iz ljubezni
to meet (ali find) one's match najti sebi enakovrednega

medium² [mí:diəm] samostalnik (množina media, mediums)
sredina, srednja pot
biologija, fizika, kemija srednik, medij
medicina gojišče; reklamno sredstvo (radio, TV itd.); sredstvo, pripomoček, posrednik

at a medium povprečno
by (ali through) the medium of s pomočjo, s posredovanjem
the just medium zlata sredina
to hit upon (ali find) the happy medium najti srednjo pot
social medium okolje
ekonomija medium of exchange valuta, denar