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now¹ [náu] prislov
sedaj; torej, tedaj, sedaj, nato (pri pripovedovanju)

from now on od sedaj naprej
up to now do sedaj
now and again (ali then) tu pa tam, včasih
now ... now sedaj ... sedaj
now ... then sedaj ... potem
now or never sedaj ali nikoli
come now!; ali now now! ne tvezi!, pojdi no!
just now pravkar, pred kakšnim trenutkom

once¹ [wans] prislov
enkrat, nekoč, svojčas

once and again, once or twice od časa do časa, ponovno
once again, once more še enkrat
once a day enkrat na dan
once (and) for all enkrat za vselej
pogovorno once in a blue moon zelo redko
once bit twice shy kdor se enkrat opeče, ne bo več poskušal; izkušnja te nauči previdnosti
not once niti enkrat, nikoli
once (upon a time) nekoč
once in a while (ali way) tu in tam, včasih, redko
once and away enkrat za vselej; včasih
all at once nenadoma, istočasno
at once takoj
more than once večkrat

penny [péni] samostalnik (množina pennies, pence)
peni (angleški drobiž, 1/100 funta)
ameriško cent (kovanec)
figurativno majhna vsota, denar

in for a penny, in for a pound kdor reče A, mora reči tudi B; začeto delo je treba končati
to make a penny zaslužiti denar
to spend a penny iti na stranišče
he hasn't a penny to bless himself with nima niti beliča
a pretty penny čedna vsota denarja
take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves kamen na kamen palača
to turn an honest penny zaslužiti denar s priložnostnim delom
in pennies s posameznimi kovanci po 1 peni
a penny for your thoughts če bi le vedel, kaj misliš
a penny plain and twopence coloured posmeh cenenemu blišču
a penny soul never came to twopence malenkosten človek nikoli ne uspe
penny number zvezek romana v nadaljevanjih
in penny numbers po malem
zgodovina Peter's penny letni davek za papeža; prispevek za dobrodelne in cerkvene namene

pig¹ [pig] samostalnik
prašič, svinja; svinjina.
tehnično šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj
pogovorno umazanec, požeruh, svinja

in pig breja (svinja)
sucking pig odojek
guinea pig morski prešiček
ameriško, sleng blind pig skrivna točilnica
figurativno to carry pigs to market hoteti kupčevati
to bring one's pigs to a pretty (ali wrong) market narediti slabo kupčijo
figurativno to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v žaklju
pigs in clover ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igre
to go to pigs and whistles iti rakom žvižgat, propasti
in less than a pig's whistle na mah
ameriško, sleng in a (ali the) pig's eye! traparija!
when the pigs fly nikoli
to make a pig of o.s. požrešno jesti, žreti
please the pigs če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščale
pigs might fly čudeži se utegnejo zgoditi
to stare like a stuck pig gledati ko zaboden vol

pot¹ [pɔt] samostalnik
lonec, lonček, ročka; kangla, vrč (za pivo)
tehnično talilni lonec, topilnik
pogovorno pehar denarja
šport, pogovorno pokal, nagrada
pogovorno polog (pri kvartanju); past (košara) za lov na rake
sleng marihuana; okrogel klobuk; mera za sadje; z vodo napolnjena luknja
pogovorno "visoka živina"

ink pot črnilnik
tea pot čajnik
chamber pot nočna posoda
sleng big pot visoka živina, pomembna oseba
sleng a pot of money na kupe denarja
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
to enjoy one's pot uživati ob vrčku piva
sleng to go to pot propasti, iti k vragu
to keep the pot boiling; ali to make the pot boil životariti, ohraniti stvar v teku
sleng to put on the pot visoko staviti (na dirki)
to put the pot on preveč zahtevati, pretirati
to pot a quart into a pint pot poskusiti kaj nemogočega
sleng to take a pot at streljati na koga
a watched pot never boils kdor nestrpno čaka, nikoli ne dočaka
pots and pans kuhinjska posoda

povòd cause, reason, occasion; inducement (za to)

dati povòd to occasion, to give occasion (za kaj for something)
ni povòda za bojazen (za jezo) there is no need ali call to be afraid (to be angry)
biti povòd za kaj to be the reason for something
brez povòda for no reason
najmanjši povòd the slightest motive
nikoli nismo imeli najmanjšega povòda za pritožbo we never had the least reason to complain
imeti povòd za to have occasion to...

pôzno late; at a late hour

prepozno too late
pôzno zvečer late in the evening
hoditi pôzno spat, prihajati pozno domov to keep late hours
pôzno vstajati to get up late
pôzno postaja it is getting late
pôzno se je oženil he got married late in life
bolje pôzno kot nikoli better late than never

premakníti to move, to shift; to set in motion; to stir up; to budge

premakníti se to move; to stir oneself; to budge; (figurativno) to be started
ne se premakníti z mesta not to stir
nikamor se ne premakníti, ne se premakníti z mesta to mark time
nikoli se ne premakne iz hiše he never stirs out of the house

prigábiti to disgust

kruh se nam nikoli ne prigabi arhaično bread never goes against the stomach
že sam vonj kuhinje se mi je prigabil the very smell of the cooking turned my stomach
življenje se mi je prigabilo I am sick (ali weary) of life

primanjkováti to lack

primanjkuje nam gotovine, blaga we are short of cash, of goods
primanjkuje denarja money is lacking
primanjkuje mi denarja I am in want (ali I am short) of money
primanjkuje nam... we are short of, we lack, we need...
ničesar mi ne primanjkuje I lack nothing
primanjkuje mu poguma he is lacking in courage
naročil (nam) ne primanjkuje there is no lack of orders
začelo nam je primanjkováti živil our food supplies began to run short
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli primanjkovalo you will never go short of water here

príti prihájati to come; (dospeti) to arrive (at, in); (pojaviti se) to turn up, to put in an appearance

príti, prihájati do to come to, to get to, to reach
príti, prihájati po kaj, koga to come for (ali to fetch) someone, something
príti, prihájati noter to come in
príti, prihájati skupaj to meet
príti, prihájati nazaj to come back, to return
príti, prihájati ob (denar) to lose (one's money)
ne príti, prihájati z besedo na dan (figurativno) to beat about the bush
príti, prihájati na dan to come (ali to be brought) to light
príti, prihájati bliže to come near, to approach
príti, prihájati z dežja pod kap (figurativno) to jump from the frying pan into the fire
ta beseda pride iz grščine this word is derived (ali comes) from Greek
príti, prihájati nad koga to befall someone
ne príti, prihájati blizu to keep (ali to hold) aloof, to keep one's distance
príti, prihájati peš to come on foot
sem je prišel peš, na konju, z avtom he walked, he rode, he drove here
príti, prihájati do krize to come to a head
odkod pride ladja? where does the boat hail from?
príti, prihájati na izpit to present oneself for an examination
najhujše še pride! the worst (of it) is yet to come!
príti, prihájati med ljudi to mix with other people
odkod to pride? how comes that?
naj pride, kar hoče! come what may!, whatever may happen!
tako ne boš prišel naprej this is not going to get you very far
prišlo mi je na pamet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, it crossed my mind
príti, prihájati v rabo to come into use
príti, prihájati k sebi to recover one's senses, (iz nezavesti) to come to, to come round, to come to oneself
kdor prej pride, prej melje first come first served
príti, prihájati komu v roke, v pest (figurativno) to fall into someone's hands
príti, prihájati zopet do sape to recover one's breath
to pride na isto that amounts to the same thing, pogovorno it all boils down to the same thing
príti, prihájati na svoje stroške to cover one's expenses
príti, prihájati komu na sled to get on someone's track
kako si prišel na to? how did you come to think of that?, what ever put that into your head?
nikoli ne bo prišlo do tega it will never come to that
pridi(te) z menoj! come (along) with me!
príti, prihájati do sporazuma to reach an understanding
prišel bom po tebe I'll call for you
včeraj mi je prišel povedat he came and told me yesterday
moja ura je prišla (figurativno) my hour has come
príti, prihájati komu na ušesa to reach someone's ears
kdo pride na vrsto? whose turn is it?
prišlo bo do vojne we shall have war, it will come to war
príti, prihájati do pretepa to come to blows
príti, prihájati na svet to come into the world, to be born
príti, prihájati na beraško palico to be reduced to beggary, to fall on evil days
slučajno príti, prihájati to happen ta come
príti, prihájati na vrsto to have one's turn
príti, prihájati na svoj račun to profit, to benefit (pri, ob by)
zelo prav príti, prihájati to come in very handy
príti, prihájati kot poklican, kot nalašč to arrive opportunely
príti, prihájati v poštev to come into consideration
ne príti, prihájati v poštev to be irrelevant (ali to be beside the point)
príti, prihájati do zaključka to reach a conclusion, to decide
ne pridi mi več pred oči! I will never see you again!
iz tega ne bo prišlo nič nothing will come of it
na to jaz ne bi bil nikoli prišel that would never have occurred to me
prišlo je čisto drugače it turned out quite differently
slučajno sem prišel na to I found it out accidentally
príti, prihájati do odločitve to come to a decision
priti v modo to come into fashion
príti, prihájati v denarno stisko to be hard up, to run short of money
prepozno príti, prihájati to be (too) late
príti, prihájati na spregled to turn up, to make one's appearance
príti, prihájati k zavesti to come to one's senses
kolikokrat prideš skupaj z njim? how often do you meet him?
nesreča nikoli ne pride sama misfortunes never come singly
to pride od tvojega dolgega ležanja v postelji that comes of your staying in bed so long

queen¹ [kwi:n] samostalnik
kraljica, vladarica (tudi figurativno)
kraljica (šah), dama (karta)
zoologija matica (pri čebelah)

queen consort kraljeva žena
queen dowager kraljica vdova
queen mother kraljica mati
queen of the Adriatic Benetke
queen of hearts lepotica
Queen Anne is dead! to je že stara stvar
in the reign of queen Dick nikoli
Queen's English pravilna, čista angleščina
britanska angleščina queen's weather sončen dan

rain² [réin] neprehodni glagol
deževati; liti; (o nebu) poslati dež; (o solzah) teči, liti
figurativno padati, priti v gomilah, v množicah; deževati s prasketanjem (upon na)
prehodni glagol
liti, deževati (kaj), pustiti padati (dež)
figurativno prelivati (solze); metati (kamenje) (upon na)

it is raining cats and dogs, it is raining pitch forks lije kot iz škafa
it rained all night vso noč je deževalo
it is likely to rain kaže na dež, dež preti
it rained heavy drops debele kaplje so deževale
blows rained upon him udarci so deževali nanj
to rain stair-rods sleng deževati v ravnih, vertikalnih curkih
tears rained down her cheeks solze so ji lile po licih
her eyes rained tears iz oči so ji lile, tekle solze
it never rains but it pours figurativno nesreča nikoli ne pride sama
it rains in dežuje noter (v sobo)
it has rained itself out izlilo se je

razbúriti razbúrjati to excite, to agitate, to rouse; to irritate; to alarm, to upset, to stir up

razbúriti, razbúrjati se to get excited (ali upset, alarmed) about something, to excite someone, to get excited, to lose one's temper, to go up in the air, to work someone up
ne razburjaj se! don't get excited!, take it easy!, (pogovorno) keep your hair on!
on se nikoli ne razburi he never gets flustered (ali excited)
razbúriti, razbúrjati se za prazen nič to fly into a rage for no reason, to fly into a temper for nothing

recover¹ [rikʌ́və]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti nazaj, zopet prejeti; ponovno osvojiti; ponovno najti; ponovno (koga) priklicati, privesti, spraviti k zavesti, k življenju; oživiti, ozdraviti; preboleti; osvoboditi, rešiti (from pred, od, iz)
nadomestiti, nadoknaditi (izgubo, čas), popraviti; rešiti kopno zemljo pred vodo, morjem; (redko) doseči, priti v (kraj); dobiti nadomestilo, odškodnino; zahtevati, terjati, pobrati, inkasirati (vplačilo, denar, dolgove); dati zopet v prvotni položaj (orožje, top itd.)

to recover one's breath zopet k sapi priti
to recover damages for sth. dobiti odškodnino za kaj
to recover a debt dobiti dolg povrnjen
chemicals are recovered from... kemikalije se dobivajo iz...
dead man cannot be recovered to life mrtvega ni mogoče oživiti
to be recovered from a cold ozdraveti od prehlada
to recover one's legs postaviti se spet na noge
he has recovered his father's death prebolel je očetovo smrt
he never recovered his losses nikoli ni prebolel svojih izgub
to recover oneself priti spet k sebi, umiriti se
to recover one's self-possession zopet se umiriti, se obvladati
we recovered the track spet smo našli sled
to recover land from the sea rešiti zemljo pred morjem

2. neprehodni glagol
opomoči si (from od)
okrevati, ozdraveti, priti zopet k sebi, zavesti se; ponovno oživeti; biti odškodovan
šport vrniti se na startni položaj

to recover from a blow opomoči si od udarca
to recover from a long illness okrevati od dolge bolezni
he recovered slowly počasi je okreval
to recover in one's (law) suit dobiti svojo pravdo (proces)

rédko rédkoma seldom; rarely; now and then; infrequently, off and on

zelo rédko, rédkoma (skoraj nikoli) hardly ever, once in a blue moon
rédko, rédkoma naseljen sparsely inhabited

sánjati to dream; to see in a dream

sanjalo se mi je I dreamt
sanjal sem nekaj čudnega I had a strange dream
niti sanja se mi ne (figurativno) I have not the haziest notion
še sanja se mi ne, da bi... (daleč proč, kaj še) I would not dream of it!
to se mi še sanjalo nikoli ni that never entered my head, I never dreamt (ali thought) of such a thing
to se ti je moralo sánjati you must have dreamt it

sedáj now; at present; actually; this moment; at the moment of speaking (oziroma writing)

sedáj ne not at present
do sedáj until now, up to now, up to this time
ravno sedáj just now, this moment
za sedáj for the present, for the time being, for this once, for the nonce
takoj sedáj immediately, instantly, at once
sedáj ali nikoli now or never
od sedáj naprej from now on, from this time on, henceforth, in the future
sedáj...sedáj now... now, sometimes... sometimes, at one time... at another
sedáj to, sedáj ono now this... now that
kaj sedáj? what now?, well then?
sedáj, ko... now that...
sedáj te pa imam! now I have caught you!, pogovorno now I've got you!

seldom [séldəm]

1. prislov
redko(kdaj), malokdaj

seldom or never redko, da ne rečem nikoli

2. pridevnik
arhaično redek

shadow¹ [šǽdou] samostalnik
senca (določene oblike)
množina mrak, tema
figurativno varstvo, zaščita
figurativno imitacija, kopija, posnemanje
figurativno prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektiv

without a shadow of doubt brez najmanjšega dvoma
shadow boxing šport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)
shadow cabinet figurativno kabinet, vlada v senci
the shadow of a shade lažni videz
under the shadow of the throne pod zaščito prestola
shadow factory lažna tovarna
to be afraid of one's own shadow lastne sence se bati
he is but a shadow of his former self on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bil
to catch at shadows loviti fantome
there never was a shadow between him and his friend nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljem
coming events cast their shadows before prihodnji dogodki se dajo slutiti
may your shadow never grow less figurativno vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!
to pursue a shadow zasledovati senco
to quarrel with one's own shadow figurativno biti zelo razdražljiv
to be reduced to a shadow spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figurativno obstajati le po imenu
to throw away the substance for the shadow izpustiti plen za njegovo senco
to be worn to a shadow zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjak