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izbírati to choose; to select; to pick out; to sort out

težko je izbírati med tema dvema knjigama there is not much to choose between these two books (= obe sta enaki)

Memphian [mémfiən] pridevnik
memfiški

Memphian darkness egiptovska tema

overtake^* [ouvətéik] prehodni glagol
dohiteti, prehiteti; presenetiti, zalotiti, ujeti; nadoknaditi (zamujeno)

overtaken in drink pijan
do not overtake prehitevanje prepovedano
he was overtaken by darkness tema ga je presenetila

prehitéti prehitévati to overtake; to outgo; to outpass; to pass by

tema ga je prehitela he was overtaken by darkness
moja ura prehiteva my watch is fast
prehitéti, prehitévati avto to pass a car
prehitéti, prehitévati koga v teku to outrun someone
prehitéti, prehitévati koga v hoji to walk faster than someone, to outstrip someone
prehitéti, prehitévati koga to get ahead of someone, (pustiti za seboj) to outdistance someone, (figurativno) to steal a march on someone

róg horn

jelenov róg antler
lovski róg hunting horn, bugle
róg obilja the horn of plenty, cornucopia
trobiti na róg to blow the horn
tema je kot v rógu it is pitch-dark
róge pokazati (figurativno) to show one's horns, to resist, to show resistance
trobiti v isti róg (figurativno) to sing the same song (ali tune); to act in concert
róge nastaviti (možu) to cuckold
nositi rógove (mož) to be cuckolded
ugnati koga v kozji róg (figurativno) to drive someone into a corner, to corner someone, to stalemate someone, to stymie (ali to stimy) someone, to intimidate someone
njega ne uženeš lahkó v kozji róg he does not scare easily
zgrabiti bika za róge (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns

sore² [so:]

1. pridevnik (sorely prislov)
ranjen, poln ran, ves v ranah, vnet (with od)
boleč; občutljiv
ameriško razdražljiv, jezen, užaljen, hud (about zaradi)
velik, skrajen (stiska, sila); otožen, žalosten, vznemirjen

in sore distress v veliki stiski
a bear with a sore head figurativno godrnjač, nergač
sore conscience nečista vest
a sore subject neprijetna (kočljiva, boleča) téma (predmet pogovora)
a sore throat vneto grlo, vnetje grla
a sight for sore eyes lep, prijeten pogled
to be sore figurativno kuhati jezo
he is sore on the subject občutljiv je za to stvar
she is in sore need of help skrajno je potrebna pomoči
to be foot sore imeti noge v ranah (ožuljene, zlasti od hoje)
to have a sore arm imeti bolno roko
to have a sore throat imeti bolečine v grlu
he was sore at heart srce ga je bolelo, pretreslo ga je
to feel sore about s.th. biti užaljen zaradi česa
I touched him in a sore spot figurativno dotaknil sem se ga na ranjenem (občutljivem) mestu

2. prislov
boleče, kruto, muke polno; zelo

sore afflicted globoko užaloščen

touchy [tʌ́či] pridevnik
občutljiv; razdražijiv, živčen; zamerljiv; hitro užaljen; kočljiv, tvegan, riskanten

a touchy subject kočljiva téma; kemija visoko eksploziven, lahkó gorljiv

zatêči

1. (oteči: noga, roka itd.) to swell (up)

zatekle noge swollen legs pl
lice mi zateka my cheek is swelling

2.

zatêči koga to catch, to surprise, to overtake someone
tema ga je zatekla he was overtaken by darkness
zatêči vlomilca pri dejanju to surprise a burglar in the act

3.

zatêči se k čemu to have recourse to something, to fall back on something, to resort to something
zatêči se k orožju to have recourse to arms
zatêči se k sili to have resort to force

4.

zatêči se (izgubiti se) to go astray
zatêči k slovarju to refer to a dictionary
zatêči se v gozdove to take to the woods

zatéti to surprise; to overtake

tema ga je zatela he was overtaken by darkness