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medtém in the meantime; meanwhile; in the interval; ZDA betweentimes

medtém se je zgodilo mnogo stvari many things have happened in between, much water has flown under the bridge
kje boš ti medtém where will you be meanwhile
medtém ko while, whilst
medtém ko delam while I work
njegov brat je bogat, medtém ko je on reven his brother is rich while he is poor

míš zoologija mouse, pl mice

poljska míš field mouse
gorska míš (egiptovski skakač) jerboa
vodna míš shrew mouse
slepe míši (igra) blind man's buff
ne ptič ne míš neither fish, flesh nor fowl
moker sem kot míš (figurativno) I am soaking wet
bil je moker kot míš he was soaked to the skin
reven kot cerkvena míš as poor as a church mouse
igrati se slepe míši to play blind man's buff
loviti míši to catch mice, (maček) to mouse
prežati kot mačka na míš to watch like a cat watching a mouse
videti bele míši (imeti delirium tremens) (žargon) to see pink elephants
kadar mačke ni doma, míši plešejo when the cat's away the mice will play
tresla se gora, rodila se míš (figurativno) the mountain has laboured, the mountain has brought forth a mouse

mouse¹ [maus] samostalnik (množina mice)
miš
sleng podpluto oko
figurativno strahopetec
tehnično vrv na poteg z utežjo

field mouse poljska miš
as poor as a church mouse reven kakor cerkvena miš
as silent as a mouse tih kakor miška
to play like a cat with a mouse igrati se kakor mačka z mišjo

nájsi (čeprav) although, though

nájsi je še tako reven however poor he may be, poor as he is
nájsi nas je še tako malo, branili bomo svojo zemljo few as we are we shall defend our country

out² [áut] prislov

1.
ven, iz (tudi v zvezi z glagoli: to go out iti ven, to die out izumreti)

2.
zunaj, zdoma (he is out zunaj je, ni ga doma)

3.
ne na delu (a day out prost dan)

4. vojska
na (bojnem) polju
navtika na morju

5.
ne v zaporu (out on bail na svobodi proti kavciji)

6.
priobčen (knjiga the book came out in June)
predstavljen javnosti (dekle)

7.
odkrit (the secret is out tajna je prišla na dan)

8. šport
zunaj, ven, ne v igri, izven igrišča; (boks) knockoutiran

9. politika
ne v vladi (the democrats are out)

10.
ne v vaji (my fingers are out)

11.
porabljen, ne na zalogi (the potatoes are out)

12.
do kraja, čisto (to hear s.o. out koga do kraja poslušati, tired out čisto izčrpan)

13.
izpahnjen (roka), ki preplavlja (reka)

14.
napačen, zmoten (his calculations are out njegovi računi so napačni)

15.
dan v najem (zemlja), izposojen (knjiga)

16.
jasno, glasno (to laugh out glasno se zasmejati, speak out! govori glasneje!, povej že jasno in glasno!)

17. aeronavtika
končan (pogovor)

18.
razno

out and out popolnoma, docela
out and about (zopet) na nogah, pokonci
out and away daleč (najboljši itd.)
to be out miniti, ne biti v modi, biti na izgubi, biti zunaj, ne biti doma, ne priti v poštev, iziti (knjiga), ne goreti, biti ugašen
that is out! ne pride v poštev!
to be out in a thing motiti se
to be out for s.th. iskati kaj, zavzeti se za kaj
to be down and out na nič priti
to be out with s.o. ne biti več prijatelj, biti hud na koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
we had an evening out zvečer smo šli ven
out at heels reven
out at elbows revno oblečen
out on a limb izpostavljen
way out izbod
the workers are out delavci stavkajo
out with him! ven ga vrzi!
ekonomija to insure out and home zavarovati za pot tja in nazaj

padavína precipitation; precipitate

padavíne pl atmospheric precipitations pl, rainfall and snowfall
reven s padavínami with a low rainfall, (suh) dry
letna množina padavín annual rainfall
merilec padavín rain gauge

postáti¹ (postanem) to become; to get; (sčasoma) to grow (up, out of); to rise; (nenadoma) to turn, to turn out, to prove

postáti bogat to become (ali to grow) rich
postáti hud, jezen to get angry
postáti lačen (reven, star) to get hungry (poor, old)
postáti mlajši to grow younger
postáti običajen to become common
postáti slabši to grow worse, to worsen
postáti zdravnik to become a doctor
mraz (pozno, temno) postaja it is getting cold (late, dark)
postal je bled he went (ali turned, grew) pale
Napoleon je postal cesar Napoleon became emperor
postal je katolik he has turned Catholic
kaj hoče on postáti? what is he going to be?
kaj je postal (on) (kaj je z njim)? what has become of him?, what ever became of him?

relative¹ [rélətiv] samostalnik
sorodnik, -ica
slovnica oziralni zaimek

a poor relative reven sorodnik
he is a relative of mine on je (neki) moj sorodnik, v sorodstvu sem z njim

rúda ore

bakrena, železna rúda copper ore, iron ore
reven z rúdo yielding poor ore
kopanje rúde output of ore
ležišče, najdišče rúde ore deposit
izpiranje rúde ore dressing
vsebujoč rúdo containing ore, ore-bearing
pralnica rúde ore-washing plant
slediti rúdo to prospect

shirt¹ [šə:t] samostalnik
(moška) srajca; spodnja srajca; ženska bluza z ovratnikom in manšetami; moška nočna srajca

shirt of mail železna srajca
night shirt nočna srajca
stripped to the shirt, in one's shirt v (sami) srajci; figurativno vsega oropan, brez vsega
near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin figurativno najprej sem jaz, nato pa (šele) drugi; bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
to get s.o.'s shirt out sleng, figurativno razjeziti koga
to give s.o. a wet shirt sleng koga takó utruditi z delom, da se oznoji
not to have a shirt to one's back biti zelo reven
he has not a shirt to his name on je velik revež, nima ničesar
to keep one's shirt on sleng ne se razburjati, obvladati se, brzdati se
to lose one's shirt izgubiti svojo zadnjo srajco
to put one's shirt on (upon) vse, tudi zadnji svoj dinar staviti (na konja itd.)

sound¹ [sáund] samostalnik
zvok, zven, glas, šum; ton; slušaj, doseg sluha
figurativno vtis; pomen, smisel
zastarelo sporočilo, naznanilo

within the sound of v slušaju
sound amplifier ojačevalec zvoka
the sound of a bell glas zvona, zvonjenje
sound and fury prazne (gole) besede
I don't like the sound of it to mi ni všeč, tu nekaj ne more biti v redu
there was much sound but little sense in his speech njegov govor je bil poln donečih besed, a reven idej

what [wɔt]

1. zaimek
(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

what for? čemu?, zakaj?
what ever for? toda zakaj?
what next? in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?
and what all pogovorno in kaj še vse
what not kar si bodi, karkoli
my hat, my gloves, and what not moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse
what if kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...
what of that? kaj za to?, nič za to
what though (I am poor) kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)
what about, what of kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o
what about a cup of tea? ali bi skodelico čaja?
what's it all about? za kaj (pa) gre?
so what?, what of it? prava reč!; nesmisel!
but what pogovorno ki ne (bi)
not a day comes but what makes a change ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)
what is the matter? kaj (pa) je?
what is he like? kakšen je on?
what he has suffered! kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!
well, what of it? no, in kaj za to?
what's up? kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?
to know what's what vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se
what is the news? kaj je novega?
you want a what? kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?
he claims to a what? kaj hoče on biti?
what is he the better for it? kaj ima on od tega?
I'll tell you what nekaj ti povem
Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?)

2. zaimek
(relativni zaimek) kar

do what I may naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)
happen what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče!
we know what he is busy with vemo, s čim se ukvarja
this is what we hoped for to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali
and what have you ameriško, sleng in kar imate podobnega, takega
but what razen (tega, teh)
he never had any money but what he absolutely needed imel je le najpotrebnejši denar
there was no one but what was excited nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen

3. pridevnik
kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

what luck! kakšna sreča!
what a queer idea! kakšna čudna ideja!
what a fool I am! kako sem neumen!
he got what books he wanted dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel
take what books you need! vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ
what use is this dictionary to you? čemu ti rabi ta slovar?

4. prislov
kako

what happy boys they are kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma
what with storms my return was delayed deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila
but what (pri nikalnici); pogovorno da ne
not a day but what it rains ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo
never fear but what we shall go! ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!

5. medmet
kaj!, kako!
britanska angleščina kaj ne?

what, do you really mean it? kaj, ti to resno misliš?
a good fellow, what? dober dečko, kaj ne?

6. veznik
pogovorno kolikor

he helped us what he could pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel

žvêplo kemija sulphur; ZDA sulfur; arhaično brimstone

žvêplu podoben sulphurous, sulphureous
dodajanje žvêpla sulphuration
žvêplo v palicah stick sulphur, sulphur rolls pl
rudnik žvêpla sulphur mine
vsebujoč žvêplo sulphuric, sulphurous
reven z žvêplom poor in sulphur
izvir, vrelec žvêpla sulphur spring
vezan z žvêplom sulphuretted
rafinerija žvêpla sulphur refinery