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loose¹ [lu:s] pridevnik (loosely prislov)
svoboden, prost, rešen (of, from česa)
odvezan, spuščen (lasje); ohlapen (obleka), rahel (zemlja), razmajan (vrata), majav (zob), mlahav (človek), redek (tkanina), mehek (ovratnik)
kemija prost, nevezan
pogovorno prost, na razpolago
figurativno nejasen, nenatančen, nestalen, netočen, zanikrn (prevod), neslovničen; lahkomiseln, površen, nesramen, nemoralen

loose ends malenkosti, ki jih je treba še urediti
at loose ends v neredu, zanemarjen; v negotovosti
to be at loose ends biti brez stalne zaposlitve, ne vedeti kaj storiti
loose bowels driska
a loose criminal zločinec na svobodi
to break loose pobegniti, osvoboditi se
to come (ali get) loose rešiti se, osvoboditi se; odvezati se, odpeti se, zrahljati se, odluščiti se (barva)
to cut loose from osvoboditi se (vpliva, vezi)
a loose fish pokvarjenec
a loose hour prosta ura
to have a loose tongue preveč govoriti, vse izblebetati
to have a screw loose ne imeti vseh kolesc v glavi, biti malo prismojen
there's a screw loose somewhere nekaj je narobe, nekaj je sumljivo, nekaj smrdi
vojska in loose order v razmaknjeni vrsti (vojaki)
to let loose izbruhniti, dati si duška, ne obvladati se
loose make (ali build) nerodna postava
to play fast and loose biti lahkomišljen, neuvideven
to ride with a loose rein popustiti vajeti, biti prizanesljiv
to set loose spustiti, osvoboditi
to work loose zrahljati se, razmajati se (vijak)
loose handwriting neizpisana pisava
ekonomija loose cash gotovina
a loose novel opolzek roman

mark¹ [ma:k] samostalnik
znak, znamenje; madež, brazgotina, praska, zareza; odtis, žig
britanska angleščina red, ocena (šolska)
ekonomija varstvena (tovarniška) znamka; cilj, tarča
figurativno standard, raven, norma, ugled; znak, križ (nepismenega človeka)
vojska tip, model
šport startno mesto (tek), mesto za kazenski strel (nogomet), sredina želodca (boks)
zgodovina marka, mejno ozemlje

ear mark razpoznavni znak na ušesu, figurativno razpoznavni znak
distinctive mark razpoznavni znak
a mark V tank tank tipa V
mark moot občinski zbor, shod
below the mark pod običajno ravnijo, nezadovoljiv, bolan
beside the mark mimo tarče, figurativno netočen, nepravilen, zgrešen, irelevanten
ameriško, sleng easy mark lahkovernež
šport to get off the mark startati
to hit the mark zadeti, uspeti
to leave one's mark pustiti sled
a man of mark ugleden človek
to make one's mark upon (ali with) uspeti, uveljaviti se pri
to make a mark in the calender zaznamovati dan v koledarju
sleng not my mark ni po mojem okusu, mi ne odgovarja
to miss the mark zgrešiti, ne uspeti
bad marks slabo spričevalo (v šoli)
to obtain full marks dobiti dobre ocene
off the mark čisto napačen, zgrešen
you are quite off the mark zelo se motite
to overshoot the mark ustreliti preko tarče; iti predaleč, gnati predaleč
straight off the mark takoj
(god) save the mark bog pomagaj če povem (opravičilo preden se pove kaj neprijetnega)
ekonomija trade mark varstvena (tovarniška) znamka
to toe the mark storiti svojo dolžnost
up to the mark na običajni ravni, zadovoljiv, dobrega zdravja
wide of the mark daleč mimo, figurativno zelo zgrešen
within the mark v dovoljenih mejah, upravičen
mark of mouth znak starosti (po konjevih zobeh)
marks of punctuation ločila
question mark vprašaj

mind¹ [máind] samostalnik
spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

the human mind človekov duh
history of the mind idejna zgodovina
things of the mind duhovne stvari
his is a fine mind je pametna glava
one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
absence of mind raztresenost
presence of mind prisotnost duha
to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
to change one's mind premisliti se
the mind's eye vizija
in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
to come to mind priti na misel
to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
to lose one's mind znoreti
to make up one's mind odločiti se
to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
out of one's (right) mind nor
to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
to slip one's mind pozabiti
to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca

mischief [misčif] samostalnik
škoda, nesreča, zlo, vzrok nesreče neprilika; zloba, krivica objestnost, prešernost, nagajrvost, navihanost, vragolija
pogovorno navihanec, vražič

to be up to (ali full of) mischief pripravljati vragolijo
to do s.o. a mischief škoditi komu, storiti komu krivico; vulgarno raniti, ubiti
to get into mischief zabresti v neprilike
to keep out of mischief izogibati se zlu, biti dober
to make mischief between sejati razdor med
to mean mischief snovati zlo
to play the mischief with grdo ravnati s, z
napraviti nered, to run into mischief zaiti v nevarnost
what (who, how, where) the mischief kaj (kdo, kako, kje) za vraga
the mischief of it is that nerodna stvar pri tem je, da
there is mischief brewing nekaj se kuha
the mischief was a nail in the tyre vzrok nesreče je bil žebelj v pnevmatiki

mísliti to think (na of, o about); to believe; (premišljevati) to cogitate (o upon) to reflect (o upon), to meditate

logično mísliti to reason (o about, on); (natančno, skrbno pretehtati) to deliberate; (meniti, domnevati) to mean, to suppose; ZDA to guess, to reckon; (biti mnenja) to be of the opinion; (predstavljati si) to imagine, to fancy, to conceive, to envisage, to realize; (upoštevati) to consider, to contemplate; (nameravati) to intend, ZDA to figure
mislim da I think so, I suppose so, I should think so
mislim da ne I don't think so
mislim, da imate prav I dare say you are right
ne morem si mísliti, da... I cannot imagine that...
na to ni mísliti it's not to be thought of; that is out of the question
to mi da mísliti this sets me thinking, this gives me food for thought, this makes me ponder
kaj misliš o tem? what is your opinion about it?, what's your idea?
povem, kar mislim I speak my mind
mislim si svoje I have my own idea (ali ideas)
mislili bomo na to we shall think of it, we shall not forget it
na kaj (na koga) misliš? what (whom) are you thinking of?
ni mísliti, da... it is not to be supposed that...
ona dobro misli (hoče, namerava) she means well, her intentions are good
ne misli več na to! don't give it another thought!, forget about it!
oni dobro mislijo o tebi they think well of you, they have a good opinion of you
nemogoče si je mísliti, da... it is unthinkable that...
kaj misliš storiti? what do you intend to do?
kaj pa misliš! what are you thinking of?
misli name! remember me!
to sem si mislil I thought so, I thought as much
tega si ne bi mislil od tebe I wouldn't have expected that from you, I am surprised at you
mísliti pri sebi to think to oneself
to si lahko mislim I can well imagine (that)
on misli le nase he only thinks of himself (ali pogovorno number one)
človek bi mislil, da... anyone (ali one) would think that...
mislim, da ne bo prišel I do not think he will come
jaz mislim drugače I don't agree, I beg to differ
kdo pa mislite, da sem jaz? who (ali arhaično whom) do you take me for?
mislite si, kar hočete! you may think what you like!
kdo bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
o njem mislijo, da je bogat he is thought (ali supposed) to be rich
takó se splošno misli that is the current opinion
mislim, da je stara 30 let I imagine (ali I guess) she is (ali must be) thirty
mísliti s svojo glavo to do some indepenedent thinking
še v sanjah ne mislim nothing is further from my mind
javnost misli the public feeling is...
ne mislim nič hudega I mean no harm
menda ne misliš, da... you don't suppose that...?
ne bi si bil mislil, da so tako pošteni I would not have credited them with so much honesty
tega ne misliš zares (resno)? you don't mean it?, surely you can't be serious?
mislimo vse najbolje o tvojem prijatelju we hold your friend in the highest esteem
ona misli le na svojo zabavo she thinks of nothing but her own pleasure
takó jaz ne mislim that's not my way of thinking
glasno mísliti to think aloud, to think out loud

mnógo (pred ednino) much; a great (ali a good) deal (of), a lot (of), pogovorno lots (of), bags (of); (pred množino) many, a great (ali a good) many; (pred ednino in množino) plenty of; a considerable amount

mnógo manj much less
v mnogem in many respects
mnógo boljši (bolje) much better
mnógo sreče! good luck!, lots of luck!
mnógo zabave! have a good time!
mnógo več ljudi many more people
mnógo bolj težaven much (ali far) more difficult
imajo mnógo denarja they have a lot of money, pogovorno they've got loads (ali pots, bags) of money
imam mnógo časa I have plenty of time
imajo mnógo dela they have much (ali a great many things) to do
ni mnógo takih, kot je on there are few men like him, there aren't many like him
nisem ga mnógo videl I haven't seen much of him
on mnógo bere he is a great reader
on mnógo dela (pije) he works (drinks) hard, he is a hardworking (hard-drinking) man
jaz mnógo dam manj I have a high opinion of him
mnógo vpitja za nič much ado about nothing
ne si mnógo storiti iz... not to make much of...
preli(va)ti mnógo krvi (solzá) to shed much blood (many tears)
jaz bi mnógo rajši (šel) I had much rather (go)
imamo mnógo časa, da ujamemo vlak (žargon) we've bags of time to catch the train
mnógo hoče več (pregovor) much wants more

nájmanj the least; least of all; the minimum; the least amount

niti nájmanj ne not in the least
ob sobotah je tu nájmanj ljudi on Saturdays we have the poorest attendance here
on je nájmanj delal he worked least
to je nájmanj, kar moremo storiti it is the least one can do
niti nájmanj ne dvomim I have not the slightest doubt
niti nájmanj se ni pritoževal he didn't complain in the least

nájveč most; at the most; mostly

nájveč, kar sem mogel storiti, je bilo... the most I could do was...
nájveč dve milji two miles at the outside
nájveč ljudi most people
nájveč časa porabim za branje I spend most of my time reading
ostal bom tam nájveč 10 dni I shall stay there ten days at the outside (ali at the most)

naspróten contrary, opposite, arhaično contrariant, zastarelo contrarious; (nenaklonjen) opposed, unwilling, hostile, adverse to, disinclined to; (obraten) converse

nasprótni dokaz counterevidence
nasprótna izjava counterdeclaration
nasprótna sila counterforce; opposed force
nasprótna stran ulice the opposite side of the street
nasprótna stranka the opposite party
nasprótna terjatev counterdemand, counterclaim
naspróten veter a contrary wind, an adverse wind
biti čisto naspróten od to be opposite to
igrati na nasprótni strani šport to play for the opposing (ali opposite) side
storil si prav nasprótno od tistega, kar bi bil moral storiti you have done the exact opposite of what you ought to have done

necessity [nisésiti] samostalnik
potreba, sila, nuja
(tudi množina) pomanjkanje

to bow to necessity ukloniti se sili
necessity knows no laws sila kola lomi
to make a virtue of necessity napraviti od nuje vrlino; hvaliti se s čim, kar smo morali storiti
necessity is the mother of invention v sili je človek iznajdljiv
of necessity nujno, neizbežno
under the necessity (of doing s.th.) prisiljen (kaj narediti)

nékaj something; some, any; prislov somewhat; (nekoliko) a little, a bit

nékaj denarja some money
nékaj knjig some books
nékaj novega something new
nékaj tega some of this
nékaj kratov several times, a couple of times
za nékaj časa for some time
nékaj takega something of the kind, this kind of thing
to je nékaj zame that's what I want
nékaj je na tem there is something in that
lahko dobim nékaj tega kolača? may I have some of this cake?
nékaj je treba storiti something must be done
to mi bo vzelo nékaj časa that will take me some time
če nimaš denarja, ti ga dam nékaj if you have no money, I will give you some
gre mi nékaj na bolje I am getting on rather better
nékaj ljudi se je že drsalo tam there were some people skating already
dal ji je brošo ali nékaj takega (podobnega) he gave her a brooch or something of the kind

nikákor ne by no means, not at all, on no account; in no way; arhaično nowise

tega nikákor ne morem storiti I can't possibly do it

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

obvézan² (obligiran) obliged; engaged; bound; beholden

obvézan k molčečnosti bound to secrecy
obvézan sem to storiti I am under an obligation to do it
niste obvézani, da mi odgovorite you are under no obligation to answer me

office [ɔ́fis] samostalnik
služba, zaposlitev, opravilo, dolžnost, urad, pisarna, poslovalnica; ministrstvo
ekonomija filiala, podružnica
ekonomija zavarovalno društvo; usluga
cerkev oficij, verski obred
britanska angleščina, množina gospodarska poslopja
britanska angleščina, sleng namig

britanska angleščina Home Office notranje ministrstvo
britanska angleščina Foreign Office ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve
to be in office biti na vladi
to come into office priti na vlado, nastopiti službo v ministrstvu
Holy Office inkvizicija
britanska angleščina booking office blagajna za vozovnice
box office blagajna za vstopnice
sleng to give s.o. the office namigniti komu
sleng to take the office razumeti namig
good office ljubeznivost
good offices dobra dela, pomoč
to hold office službovati
to resign (ali leave) one's office odpovedati službo
to take (ali enter upon) office nastopiti službo, sprejeti ministrstvo
to do s.o. a good (bad) office storiti komu (slabo) uslugo
ill office grdo ravnanje
the last offices pogrebni obred
to perform the last offices to izkazati komu zadnjo čast
Office for the Dead črna maša
divine office brevir

one¹ [wʌn] pridevnik
eden, ena; edin, neki, enak, isti

one day nekega dne (v prihodnosti ali preteklosti)
one or two eden ali dva, par
all one vseeno
it is all one to me vseeno mi je
one another drug drugega
one after another drug za drugim
one with another povprečno
like one o'clock na vso moč
one and the same eden in isti
ten to one zelo verjetno
one at a time posamič, ločeno
with one voice soglasno
one man in ten vsak deseti (človek)
all were of one mind vsi so bili istega mnenja
no one man could do it sam tega ne bi zmogel nihče
his one thought njegova edina misel
the one way to do it edini način, kako to storiti
to become one združiti se
to be one too many for s.o. biti malo pretežko za koga
to be made one poročiti se, biti združen v zakonu
to make one pridružiti se komu
to make one of pripadati komu (čemu), biti del koga (česa)

pa and; but, however

pa četudi (al)though, even though
pa tudi (celó) če even if...
pa dobro well then
pa vendar (and) yet, still, nevertheless, but yet, for all that, notwithstanding
pa naj bo! then let it be!
kaj pa je? what is the matter (here)?
pa kaj zato (potem)? what of it?, so what?
moj oče pa moja mati my father and my mother
pa to je jasno! why, that is clear!
tako pravijo, pa jaz tega ne verjamem so they say, but I (myself) do not believe it
on lahkó to stori, pa vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
prosili smo ga, on pa tega ni hotel storiti we asked him, but he would not do it
pa tudi če bi tako bilo... even so...

possible² [pɔ́səbl] samostalnik
kar je mogoče, možno
šport največje število točk; možen kandidat (športnik, član moštva)

to do one's possible storiti vse kar je mogoče

power¹ [páuə] samostalnik
moč, sila, sposobnost (telesna in duševna)
množina zmožnosti, sposobnosti, dar, talent; vlada, oblast, gospostvo (over nad)
vpliv
pravno polnomočje, pooblastilo
politika moč, sila, oblast (power politics politika sile)
država, velesila (great powers velesile)
vplivna oseba, vplivno mesto; višja sila, božanstvo, duhovi (the powers above višja sila, bogovi)
pogovorno množina, sila česa (a power of people sila ljudi)
matematika potenca (x to the power of three x na tretjo potenco)
fizika sila, energija, zmogljivost
elektrika (jaki) tok
tehnično mehanična, gonilna sila (horse power konjska sila)
optika zmogljivost povečanja leče

within (out of) my power (ni) v moji moči
pogovorno more power to you (ali to your elbow) ! srečno!, mnogo uspeha!
to do all in one's power storiti, kar je komu mogoče
absolute power neomejena oblast
to be in power biti na oblasti, biti na krmilu
to be in s.o.'s power biti v oblasti koga
to come into power priti na oblast
to have s.o. in one's power imeti koga v oblasti
to have (no) power over s.o. (ne) imeti oblast(i) nad kom, (ne) imeti vpliv(a) pri kom
pravno full power, s polnomočje
pravno power of attorney pooblastilo, polnomočje
the powers that be oblast, oblastniki
tehnično mechanical powers stroji
power on z motorjem v teku
power off v prostem teku (motor)
under one's own power z lastno silo (tudi figurativno)
the A.B.C. powers Argentina, Brazilija, Čile

proceed [prəsí:d] neprehodni glagol
nadaljevati pot, napotiti se (to)
figurativno nadaljevati se, napredovati; uspeti, iti po sreči, priti naprej; nadaljevati (with kaj)
nadaljevati govor (he proceeded to say nadaljeval je, nato je rekel)
ravnati, delati po načrtu; preiti (to k)
lotiti se, nameniti se (to do s.th. kaj storiti)
izvirati (from)
pravno začeti sodni postopek (against proti)

to proceed with s.th. lotiti se česa, izvesti kaj
to proceed to business lotiti se dela, začeti
britanska angleščina to proceed to a degree doseči višjo akademsko stopnjo