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preoccupy [pri:ɔ́kjupai] prehodni glagol
prej zasesti; prevzeti (misel); delati komu skrbi

prerecorded [pri:rikɔ́:did] pridevnik
elektrika prej sneman (radijska oddaja)

pre-shrunk [prí:šrʌ́ŋk] pridevnik
prej skrčen (blago)

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da

before² [bifɔ́:] predlog
pred, v navzočnosti

before all predvsem
to be (ali go) before the mast biti navadni mornar
to be before one's time priti prezgodaj; biti napreden za svoje čase
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
to carry everything before o.s. imeti v vsem uspeh
before you can say Jack Robinson takoj, kakor bi trenil
before long kmalu
before now že prej
to run before the sea veslati z valovi
to love before o.s. ljubiti bolj kot samega sebe
the question before us vprašanje, ki ga je treba rešiti
before s.o.'s eyes v prisotnosti, vpričo koga

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

but³ [bʌt] prislov
samo, le, šele

all but skoraj, domala
I all but fell skoraj bi bil padel
anything but vse prej kot
but yesterday šele včeraj
we bought nothing but that (pogovorno what) is needed kupili smo samo potrebno
but just pravkar

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

čás time; (doba) epoch; tide, (razdobje) period; space of time; (letni čas) season; (ura) hour; gramatika tense; (vmesni) interval, interim, meantime

božični čás Christmastime, Christmastide, arhaično yuletide
poletni (delovni) čás daylight saving time
konični čás (ure) rush hour, peak hours pl
prometno šibki čás offpeak (ali slack) hours pl
slabi, težki čási hard times pl
skrajni čás! high time!
prosti čás leisure; spare time
ves moj čás the whole of my time
s časom in the course of time, gradually
o pravem čásu in time; in the nick of time; in due course of time, ZDA on time
od čása do čása every now and then, from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while
čez nekaj čása some time afterwards
od tega čása since that time
v kratkem čásu in a short time
za kratek čás for a short time
pred čásom, predčasno prematurely
pred nekaj čása some time ago
že nekaj čása prej for some time past
že dolgo čása for a long time
že pred dolgo čása long ago, a long time ago; ZDA pogovorno way back
med tem čásom in the meantime, (in the) meanwhile
od tega čása naprej from this time onward, henceforth
od tistega čása dalje from that time forward
v istem čásu at the same time
nekaj čása (prislov) awhile, (samostalnik) a while
ob nepravem čásu at the wrong time, out of season
ob kateremkoli čásu, ob vsakem čásu at any time
ves čás all along, all the time
pred davnim čásom long ago
v teku čása in the course of time
vsak čás zdaj any time now
v starih čásih in olden times
v dobrih starih čásih in the good old days
v tistem čásu at that time
ob katerem čásu? at what time?
v sedanjem čásu at present, now
v določenem čásu within a fixed period, in due course
zadnje čáse lately
za vse čáse for all time
prav v zadnjem čásu quite recently
od davnih čásov from time immemorial, from time out of mind
ob določenem čásu at the appointed time
v prostem čásu at one's leisure
šala o nepravem čásu ill-timed jest
škoda čása za to it's a mere waste of time
vsaka stvar ob svojem čásu everything in its season
vse ob svojem čásu there is a time for everything, all in good time
v čásu, v čásih poplav in times of flood
čás beži time flies
skrajni čás je it is high time
to je samo vprašanje čása it's only a question of time
je že tudi čás! (it's) about time, too!
to je samo izguba čása it's a sheer waste of time
za to je še čás there is plenty of time for that
za to je še do jutri čás it can wait till tomorrow
bil je čás, ko... time was when...
za to je treba čása this takes time
določiti čás to fix a date
dati komu čás to give someone time
imate malo čása zame? can you spare me a moment?
čás se mu vleče time hangs heavy on his hands
ne imeti čása za... to have no time for
krajšati si čás to while away the time
izkoristiti čás to take time by the forelock
imam nekaj prostega čása I have some time to spare
iti (vštric) s čásom to be abreast of the times
nimam dosti čása, ne smem izgubljati čása I have no time to spare
kje so lepi stari čási? pesniško where are the snows of yester year?
kako dolgo čása ga ni! what a long time he has been gone!
korakati s čásom to move with the times
čási so minuli, ko... time was, when...
čás je potekel time is up
preganjati čás (figurativno) to while away the time
prihraniti čás to save time
prebiti svoj čás to pass one's time
njegov čás je prišel his hour has struck
čakati svoj čás to bide one's time
držati korak s čásom to keep pace with the times
priti ravno o pravem čásu to come in the nick of time
čás bo pokazal time will show, time will tell
čás presti (figurativno) to twiddle one's thumbs
je škoda čása (ne izplača se) it is not worth while
ob nepriličnem čásu priti h komu to intrude upon someone's time
štopati čás to time with a stopwatch
on je videl boljše čáse he had known better times
vzeti mnogo čása to take long
precéj čása mi bo vzelo, da... it will take me ages to...
to mi vzame skoraj ves moj čás it takes up nearly all my time
vzemite si čás! take your time!
ubi(ja)ti čás to kill time
ves čás sem to vedel I have known it all the time (ali all along)
precéj čása te že nisem videl I haven't seen you for ages
precéj čása bo trajalo, da... it will take some time to...
zapravljati tratiti (svoj) čás to waste one's time, to fritter away one's time, ZDA žargon to boondoggle
med tem čásom se je marsikaj zgodilo many things have happened in between
čás je denar time is money
preživljati težke čáse to have a hard time
čás hitro teče time passes quickly (ali races by, flies)

čím as soon as; the moment...; no sooner... than...

čímprej as soon as possible
čím prej tem bolje the sooner the better
čím več tem bolje the more the better
čím... tem... the... the...
čím večji tem važnejši the bigger the more important
čím več imaš, tem več hočeš imeti the more you have, the more you want
čím je stopil v sobo, že je videl... as soon as he entered the room, he saw..., no sooner did he enter the room than he saw...

day [dei] samostalnik
dan; obletnica

all day, all the day, all day long ves dan
the day after the fair prepozno
the day before the fair prezgodaj
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
ameriško between two days ponoči
broad day beli dan
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
sleng call it a day smatraj za opravljeno
to carry (ali gain, get, win) the day zmagati
to end one's days umreti
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give s.o. the time of the day povedati komu, koliko je ura; pozdraviti ga
far in the day proti večeru
first day nedelja
to have one's day imeti srečo
to have a day of it, to take a merry day of it dobro se zabavati, uživati
if a day natanko, nič več in nič manj od
day in day out dan za dnevom
in the days of old nekoč, prej
to lose the day zgubiti bitko
men of the day znameniti ljudje
to name on (ali in) the same day with dati se primerjati s čim
one's off day slab dan (v športu)
every other (third etc.) day vsak drugi (tretji itd.) dan
one day or other pred kratkim, nedavno, oni dan
one's out day uspešen dan (v športu)
the day of judgement sodni dan
in the face of day pri belem dnevu
to pass the time of the day pogovarjati se, klepetati
the present day danes
to save up (ali put by) for a rainy day prihraniti za hude čase
this day danes
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
one of these days kmalu
without day za nedoločen čas
in the days of yore nekoč
to know the time of day biti buden, paziti, biti izkušen
the Lord's day nedelja

ênkrat once; some time

ênkrat na dan once a day
ênkrat ali dvakrat once or twice
ênkrat slučajno once by chance
ênkrat za vselej once for all
ênkrat pač (prej ali slej, kadarkoli) at some time or other
niti ênkrat not once
končno ênkrat at last
še ênkrat once more, once again, the same again
še ênkrat toliko as much (oziroma many) again; twice as much (oziroma many)
pozneje ênkrat by and by
to pot ênkrat this once
drugo leto ênkrat some time next year
za ênkrat for once, for the time being
niti ênkrat ni deževalo it never rained once
bil je ênkrat (slučajno) točen he was in time for once in a way
to je kar lahkó, ko ênkrat vidite, kako se tega lotiti it is easy enough once you see how to tackle it
kar je ênkrat narejeno, je narejeno once it is done, it is done

ere¹ [ɛə] predlog
arhaično pred

ere long kmalu
ere now nekoč, (že) prej, doslej
ere this že prej

fine⁴ [fain] pridevnik
droben, tenek, fin; rahel, nežen; lep, sijajen, odličen; eleganten; čist; jasen; oster (nož), nabrušen; dobro razvit; bister; prevzeten

fine arts lepe umetnosti
one fine day lepega dne
one of these fine days prej ali slej
fine middling srednje dober
to call things by fine names imenovati grdo z lepimi besedami
fine gold čisto zlato
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
not to put too fine point upon it povedati naravnost in brez olepšavanja
to say fine things about s.o. hvaliti koga
fine words butter no parsnips od lepih besed se ne da živeti

from [frɔm, frəm] predlog
od, iz, z, zaradi, po

apart from neglede na
from the beginning od začetka
from a child od otroških let
different from različen od
from day to day z dneva v dan
to defend from braniti pred
to descend from biti po izvoru, izvirati iz
to draw from nature risati po naravi
to die from umreti zaradi
from my own experience iz lastne izkušnje
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
from first to last od začetka do konca, od A do Z
to hide s.th. from s.o. skrivati kaj pred kom
to judge from soditi po
to keep s.o. from doing s.th. braniti komu, da česa ne stori
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
to suffer from trpeti zaradi
from time to time tu pa tam
where are you from? od kod si (ste)?
to tell from razlikovati od
from of old zdavnaj, davno
from on high od zgoraj
from memory na pamet
from post to pillar od Poncija do Pilata
six from nine leavas three devet manj šest je tri
trgovina from date od danes
from title to colophone od prve do zadnje strani
from above od zgoraj
from affar od daleč
from amidst iz sredine
from among izmed
from before od prej
from behind od zadaj, izza
from below (ali beneath) od spodaj
from between izmed (dveh)
from beyond z one strani
from out ven iz
from under izpod
from without od zunaj
from within od znotraj

hang^*2 [hæŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
obesiti, obešati; pobesiti, pobešati (glavo); obesiti (sliko), nalepiti (tapete)

2. neprehodni glagol
viseti, biti obešen, obesiti se; nagniti se, lebdeti; obotavljati se (tudi žoga pri športu)
ameriško, pravno ovirati porotnike pri odločitvi

hang it (all)! naj gre k vragu!
hang you! da bi te vrag pocitral!
I'll be hanged first! prej se dam obesiti!
I'll be hanged if vrag naj me vzame, če
well, I'm hanged! kaj takega!, vrag naj me pocitra!
ameriško it was a hung jury porotniki se niso mogli zediniti o krivdi
to hang between life and death viseti med življenjem in smrtjo
to hang by a hair (ali rope, single thread) figurativno viseti na nitki
to hang in the balance biti dvomljivo
to hang in doubt biti negotov, kolebati
to hang fire prepozno (se) sprožiti (puška); figurativno biti počasen, neodločen, omahovati, obotavljati se
to hang one's head pobesiti glavo
to hang o.s. obesiti se
to hang a leg vleči nogo
to let things go hang pustiti, da gre vse k vragu; pustiti stvari pri miru
to hang a room with paper nalepiti v sobi tapete
sleep hangs on my eyelids veke so mi težke, oči mi lezejo skupaj
time hangs heavy on my hands ne vem, kaj naj počnem s časom, predolgo mi traja, vleče se

izglèd (zunanjost) appearance, look, aspect; (upanje) prospect (s pl), chance; expectation

dobri izglèdi good prospects (ali chances)
slabi izglèdi slender chances, bleak prospects
ima dobre izglède za službo he has a good chance of getting the post (ali job)
izglèdi niso sijajni the outlook is not too bright
izglèdi so enaki ničli the chances are nil
izglèdi so vse prej kot rožnati prospects are anything but rosy
nima izglèdov za uspeh he has no chance (ali not a chance, not a hope) of success
pokvariti si izglède to spoil one's chances

kmálu soon, (v kratkem) shortly; before long; early; presently

bom kmálu nazaj I'll be back soon
kmálu po moji vrnitvi soon after my return
knjiga bo kmálu izšla the book will be published shortly, the book will be out soon
kmálu se vrni! come back soon!
kmálu bom prejel pismo I'll receive a letter shortly
ti bi kmálu to obžaloval you'd soon regret it
kmálu bi bil padel I nearly (ali almost) fell
ne boš tako kmálu našel boljšega prijatelja! you won't find a better friend in a month of Sundays!
kmálu nato, kmálu potem soon afterwards
kar najbolj kmálu (čim prej) as soon as possible, at your earliest convenience

kompromitírati to compromise

prej ali slej te bo gotovo kompromitiral sooner or later he is bound to compromise you
kompromitiral je svoj ugled he has compromised his reputation
kompromitírati se to commit oneself, to compromise oneself
ne kompromitiraj se s takimi ljudmi! do not compromise yourself (ali pogovorno don't get involved) with such people!

long² [lɔŋ] prislov
dolgo

as (ali so) long as dokler, samo če
long after dolgo potem
long ago zdavnaj
not long ago pred kratkim
as long ago as 1900 že l. 1900.
long before že zdavnaj prej
long since že davno
all day long ves dan
so long! na svidenje!
don't be long ne pomudi se
to be long in doing s.th. potrebovati mnogo časa za kaj napraviti
I won't be long ne bom dolgo odsoten
he won't be long for this world ne bo več dolgo živel
no (ali not any) longer nič več, ne delj
to hold out longer dlje zdržati