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telefonírati to telephone; to phone; to ring; to ring up; ZDA to call up, to call on the (tele)phone; (izbrati številko) to dial

telefonírati komu to ring someone up (on the telephone); to give someone a ring
telefoniraj mi! ring me up!, give me a ring!
medkrajevno telefonírati to make a trunk call
oseba, ki telefonira caller

zadonéti to sound, to resound; to ring

zasmejal se je, da je vse zadonelo the whole place resounded with his laughter

zazvoníti to ring

zvon je zazvonil the bell rang

zvoníti to ring (a bell oziroma bells); (potrkavati) to chime

zvoníti umrlemu to toll for someone, to knell, to toll someone's death knell

alárm alarm; call to arms; warning of danger

letalski alárm air-raid warning; alert
napačen alárm false alarm
slep alárm false alarm
konec alárma all clear (signal)
dvigniti alárm to raise the alarm
dvigniti požarni alárm to raise a fire alarm
trobiti, dati znak za alárm to sound, to give, to ring the alarm
dati znak za konec zračnega alárma to give the all clear

annual¹ [ǽnjuəl] pridevnik (annually prislov)
leten, vsakoleten, enoleten

(trgovina) annual balance letna bilanca
annual report letno poročilo
annual ring branika, letnica
in an annual round od leta do leta

bell¹ [bel] samostalnik
zvon, zvonec; udarec na zvon, zvonjenje; potapljaški zvon
botanika popek; zvočni lijak; mehurček

to answer the bell iti odpret vrata
to bear the bell nositi zvonec, voditi
to carry off the bell dobiti prvo nagrado
passing bell navček
all went merrily as a marriage bell vse je šlo kakor po maslu
diving bell potapljaški zvon
to curse by bell, book and candle prekleti do desetega kolena
it is ringing a bell with me to me na nekaj spominja
as sound as a bell zdrav ko riba
with bells on v slovesni obleki; z navdušenjem
to ring the bell pozvoniti; sleng uspešno opraviti
peal (ali chime) of bells zvončkljanje
bell push gumb (zvonca)
to ring one's own bell sam sebe hvaliti
within the sound of Bow bells v Londonu
ring of bells zvonjenje
mornarica one to eight bells štiriurna straža

bôksarski

bôksarski dvoboj boxing match, bout, prizefight
bôksarske rokavice boxing gloves
bôksarski ring ring

change¹ [čeindž] samostalnik
sprememba; menjava; borza; drobiž, prestop, prehod
astronomija mlaj
množina potrkavanje (z zvonovi)

for a change za spremembo
change of air sprememba razmer
medicina change of life klimakterij
to get the change out of s.o. ugnati koga
to ring the changes pogosto menjati službo, ponavljati isto z drugimi besedami
to take a change out of s.o. maščevati se nad kom; kaznovati koga
small change drobiž
to take the change on s.o. (pre)varati koga
a change for the better poboljšanje
a change for the worse poslabšanje

curtain¹ [kə́:tn] samostalnik
zavesa, zastor, zagrinjalo
figurativno bariera, pregraja; konec (v gledališču)

behind the curtain na skrivnem
to draw a curtain over s.th. potegniti zastor preko česa; figurativno zaključiti pogovor o čem
to draw the curtains skup potegniti zastore
to draw back the curtains narazen potegniti zastore
to take the curtain priti pred zastor (po ploskanju)
to drop (ali ring down) the curtain končati kaj
to raise the curtain otvoriti, začeti, odpreti
iron curtain železna zavesa
to call before the curtain poklicati pred zastor
to take one's last curtain zadnjič nastopiti

čaróben (čaroven) magic(al); (lep) fairy, charming, ravishing, dazzling, fascinating, enchanting

čaróbna preproga magic carpet
čaróben prstan magic ring

čaróven magic

čaróvni krog magic circle
čaróvni obesek amulet, talisman
čaróvna pijača (ljubezenska) love potion, philtre, ZDA philter
čaróvna palica magic wand, magician's ali conjurer's wand
čaróvna preproga magic carpet
čaróvni prstan magic ring

engagement [ingéidžmənt] samostalnik
delo, zaposlitev; obveznost, dolžnost; obljuba; zaroka; boj, spopad; najetje, angažma

to meet one's engagement izpolniti svojo obveznost
close engagement spopad
under engagement zadolžen
engagement ring zaročni prstan
to break off the engagement razdreti zaroko
without engagement neobvezno

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

hat¹ [hæt] samostalnik
klobuk; kardinalski klobuk
figurativno kardinalstvo

sleng my hat! za vraga!
top hat cilinder
britanska angleščina, sleng a bad hat pokvarjenec
as black as my hat čisto črn
figurativno red hat kardinalstvo
hat in hand hlapčevsko, servilno
high hat domišljav
hats off to him! klobuk dol pred njim!
under one's hat v tajnosti, skrivoma
ameriško at the drop of a hat takoj, zaradi najmanjšega povoda
I'll eat my hat if naj me vrag vzame, če
his hat covers his family čisto sam je, nikogar nima
to hang up one's hat in s.o.'s house obnašati se v tuji hiši po domače, ugnezditi se pri kom
to keep it under one's hat obdržati kaj zase
to pass (ali send) round the hat for pobirati denarne prispevke za
to raise one's hat odkriti se v pozdrav
to receive the hat postati kardinal
to take one's hat off to s.o. klobuk pred kom sneti
to throw one's hat in the ring izzvati koga na boj
to talk through one's hat širokoustiti se, pretiravati
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka v pozdrav

kôlo (ples) round dance, kolo; kind of national dance

voditi kôlo to lead the dance
plesati kôlo to dance in a ring

labo(u)r² [léibə]

1. neprehodni glagol
(težko) delati (at pri, za)
truditi se, mučiti se, boriti se (for za)
prebijati se, z muko napredovati (along)
težko se prebijati (through skozi)
močno se zibati (ladja)
medicina imeti porodne popadke
arhaično & poetično obdelovati (zemljo)

2. prehodni glagol
podrobno obdelati, dolgovezno razgljabljati

labo(u)ring man delavec
to labo(u)r a point dolgovezno razpredati
to labo(u)r under a delusion napačno domnevati
to labo(u)r under difficulties boriti se s težavami
to pull (ali ply, tug) the labo(u)ring oar opravljati glavno delo

níti not even

níti... níti neither... nor
ne morem níti kupiti... I can't even buy...
níti odgovoril nisem I didn't even answer
níti telefoniral mi nisi, ko si bil v mestu! you never even gave me a ring (ali rang me up) when you were in town!
níti on níti njegova sestra neither he nor his sister

oblák cloud

brez obláka, oblákov cloudless, serene
nizko ležeči obláki aeronavtika low cloud level
gradovi v oblákih (figurativno) castles in Spain
tvorba oblákov cloud formation
utrganje oblákov a cloudburst
zidanje gradov v obláke (figurativno) building castles in the air, wishful thinking
dvigati se visoko pod obláke to rise high into the sky
kriki so se dvignili do oblákov the shouts made the welkin ring
leteti nad obláki aeronavtika žargon to fly over the top
(po)let nad obláki over-the-top flight
obláki se kopičijo the clouds are baking up
iz oblákov pasti (figurativno) to drop from the clouds
oblák se je utrgal there was a violent downpour
zidati gradove v obláke to build castles in the air
živeti v oblákih (figurativno) to be (ali to have one's head) in the clouds