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wretched [réčid] pridevnik
reven, beden, nesrečen, ubog, pomilovanja vreden; slab, strašen, grozen; podel, prezira vreden; odvraten, ogaben, zoprn

the wretched nesrečniki
wretched horse ubogo kljuse
wretched health slabo, razrvano zdravje
wretched weather strašno, grozno vreme
wretched inn odvratna krčma
wretched food slaba hrana
I feel wretched zelo slabo se počutim

mismarriage [mismǽridž] samostalnik
neprimeren ali nesrečen zakon

tragic [trǽdžik] pridevnik
tragičen, pretresljiv, usoden; oznanjajoč nesrečo, nesrečen žalosten

tragic actor traged
a tragic event tragičen dogodek
tragic irony tragična ironija
don't be so tragic about it! pogovorno ne jemlji tega tako tragično!

assort [əsɔ́:t]

1. prehodni glagol
razporediti, razporejati, razvrstiti, razvrščati (with)
urediti, urejati; opremiti; sortirati

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
občevati; ujemati se

an ill-assorted couple nesrečen zakon

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

čŕn black

čŕno na belem (= pismeno) dati, napisati to put in writing
čŕn kot smola as black as soot (ali as ink)
čŕno na belem in black and white
to imam čŕno na belem I have it in writing
čŕna barva black (colour ali dye ali paint)
čŕna borza black market
čŕn kruh brown bread
čŕna kroglica (pri volitvah) blackball
čŕna lista (seznam), knjiga black list, black book
čŕna magija the black art
čŕna metalurgija iron metallurgy
čŕna nehvaležnost black ingratitude
čŕna (garjava) ovca black sheep
čŕna (žalna) obleka mourning, (widow's) weeds pl
črn, nesrečen dan unlucky day, black day
čŕno oblečen black-clad
čŕn kot vran as black as ebony
čŕno vino red wine
čŕno nebo a black sky
čŕno obrobljen black-edged
čŕno obrobljen pisemski papir black-bordered notepaper
delo na čŕno žargon scab work
delati kot čŕna živina to work like a nigger
čŕno se mi dela pred očmi my head begins to swim
dati, vnesti v čŕn seznam to blacklist
v čŕno (žalno) se obleči to wear (ali arhaično to don) mourning
udarec je zadel v čŕno the thrust went home
prisegati, da je čŕno belo to swear that black is white
vrag ni tako čŕn, kot ga slikajo the devil is not so black as he is painted
zadeti v čŕno to hit the mark

groan¹ [groun] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (under zaradi)
stokati, ječati, vzdihovati; rukati (jelen)
figurativno (for za) močno hrepeneti, koprneti; sikati, mrmrati

to groan down prisiliti k molku
to groan under (ali with) šibiti se pod
to groan inwardly biti nesrečen
groaning board miza, ki se šibi od jedi

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

luck [lʌk] samostalnik
srečno naključje, sreča, usoda

good luck! srečno!
bad (ali ill, hard) luck smola, nesreča
bad luck to him! bes ga plentaj!
to be down on one's luck imeti smolo
to be in luck's way; ali to be in luck imeti srečo
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
for luck za srečo
he has a run of luck sreča mu je naklonjena
in luck srečen, ki ima srečo
just my luck! kakšna smola!
out of luck nesrečen, ki nima sreče
pure luck slepa sreča, golo naključje
luck in sieve kratkotrajna sreča
streak of luck žarek sreče
to take pot luck sprejeti karkoli je pripravljeno za obed
to try one's luck at poskusiti srečo pri
as luck would have it k sreči, po nesreči (po vsebini)
worse luck na žalost, k nesreči
worst luck velika smola

pétek Friday

v pét on Friday
ob pétkih on Fridays
črni pétek (nesrečen dan) black Friday
veliki pétek religija Good Friday

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

starred [sta:d] pridevnik
zvezdnat (nebo); okrašen z zvezdami; odlikovan z zvezdo
tisk označen z zvezdico

ill-starred rojen pod nesrečno zvezdo, nesrečen

vèč more; plus

vèč kot... more than...
vèč (od njih) several
še vèč still more
vèč kot dovolj enough and to spare
vèč ljudi several people
ne vèč no more, no longer
vèč ali manj more or less
nič vèč no more
vèč dni several days, a day or two
vedno vèč in vèč more and more
nikoli vèč nevermore, never again
vèč kot enkrat more than once
vèč kot teden dni (kot en teden) for over a week
čim vèč, tem bolje the more the better
čim vèč dela, tem vèč potroši the more he works the more he spends
sem vèč kot zadovoljen I am more than satisfied
on ni vèč nesrečen he is no longer unhappy
ni ga vèč he is no more
bil si moj prijatelj, pa nisi vèč you used to be a fiend of mine but you aren't any longer
imam vèč denarja kot ti I have (ali pogovorno I've got) more money than you
vèč imaš, vèč hočeš imeti much will have more
vèč jih je kot nas there are more of them (than of us)
ne odlašaj vèč! delay no longer!, pogovorno don't put it off any longer!
nič vèč me ne zebe I don't feel cold any longer
vèč od njih poznam I know several of them
nimam vèč denarja I have no money left, I have no more money
spoznal, srečal sem se z vèč člani kluba I met several members of the club
ne misli vèč na to! don't think of it any more!, pogovorno forget it!
nisem mogel vèč molčati I could not remain silent any longer
ne bom vèč čakal I shall not wait any longer
ne maram vèč slišati nobene besede o tem I don't want to hear another word about it
od takrat ga nisem vèč videl I have not seen him since (then)

zákon

1. (postava, zaveza) law; act (of parliament); tehnika principle

pisani zákon statute
božji zákon divine law
Grimmov zákon gramatika Grimm's law
duh zákona the spirit of the law
po angleškem zákonu under English law
na temelju zákona by virtue of a law, under a law
zbirka zákonov digest (of laws)
zákon ponudbe in povpraševanja the law of supply and demand
zákoni perspektive the laws pl of perspective
kršilec zákona lawbreaker, transgressor, offender
kršitev zákona transgression (ali violation) of a law, offence, ZDA offense
oseba zunaj zákona outlaw
oseba, ki se pokorava zákonu law-abiding person
tolmačenje zákona interpretation of the law, law interpretation
luknja v zákonu loophole in the law
zaščiten z zákonom protected by law
novi (stari) zákon religija New (Old) Testament
z zákonom pooblaščen organ statutorily empowered authority
izdati zákon to pass (ali to promulgate) a law
izvrševati zákone to administer the law
odobriti zákon to ratify (ali to approve) a law
obiti zákon to circumvent (ali to evade) to get round the law
kršiti zákon to infringe (ali to violate, to transgress, to contravene) a law
pasti, priti pod zákon to come under a law
postati zákon to become law, to pass into law
postaviti koga izven zákona to outlaw someone
zákon je prevladal the law prevailed
sprejeti zákon parlament to pass a bill
izboljšati, spremeniti zákon to amend a law
razveljaviti, ukiniti zákon to abrogate (ali to repeal) a law
zákon velja the law is in force, the law is valid (ali binding)
zákon bo stopil v veljavo dne 1. januarja the law will come into force (ali will come into effect) on the 1st of January
temeljiti na zákonu to be based on statutory authority
urejati z zákonom to regulate by statute and constitution
uvajati z zákonom to introduce by statute
uveljaviti zákon to enforce a law, to put a law into force

2. (zakonska zveza) marriage, matrimony, wedlock

civilni zákon civil marriage
divji zákon cohabitation, concubinage
ločitev zákona divorce
nesrečen zákon an ill-assorted couple
poskusni zákon ZDA companionate marriage
njun zákon je bil srečen their marriage was a happy one
zákon je bil ločen the marriage was dissolved
ima sina iz prvega zákona she has a son by her first marriage
živela sta v srečnem zákonu they lived in connubial bliss
živeti v divjem zákonu (figurativno) to cohabit, to live together (as man and wife)