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mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

no¹ [nou] pridevnik
noben, nobeden

on no account pod nobenim pogojem nikakor
of no account nevažen, nepomemben
no one nihče
no man nihče, noben človek; kdor je vedno proti
no man's land sporno ozemlje, vojska ozemlje med dvema frontama
no parking parkiranje prepovedano
no such thing nič takšnega
there is no denying ne more se zanikati
there is no knowing (saying) nemogoče je vedeti (reči)
vojska, sleng no bon zanič, ne gre
no confidence vote glasovanje o nezaupnici
no doubt seveda, nedvomno
no end zelo, močno, silno
there is no end ni konca ne kraja
to have no end of a time odlično se zabavati
no fear brez strahu, brez bojazni
no go zaman, nemogoče
no meaning nesmisel
by no means nikakor ne
now no mistake dobro me poslušaj
and no mistake gotovo, brez dvoma
no odds nič ne de
no picnic ni lahko, ni šala
in no time takoj, nemudoma, hitro
no two ways about it ni druge izbire
no wonder ni čudno, naravno
no vent nikakor
no song no supper brez dela ni jela
no cards no flowers fraza v angleških osmrtnicah (brez vabil za pogreb, cvetje hvaležno odklanjamo)
no thourough-fare prepovedan prehod

part¹ [pa:t] samostalnik
del, kos; sestavni del, sestavina
matematika del ulomka (three parts tri četrtine)
tehnično posamezen del (parts list seznam posameznih delov, spare part nadomestni del)
delež, udeležba (he wanted no part in the proposal o predlogu ni hotel nič vedeti)
del telesa, ud, organ (the privy parts spolni organi)
zvezek (knjige: the book appears in parts)
stranka v sporu (he took my part postavil se je na mojo stran)
dolžnost (I did my part storil sem svojo dolžnost)
gledališče, figurativno vloga (to act a part in igrati vlogo koga v; the government's part in the strike vloga vlade v stavki)
glasba (pevski ali instrumentalni) glas, part (to sing in parts večglasno peti, for several parts za več glasov)
arhaično, množina nadarjenost, zmožnosti (a man of parts zmožen človek, pametna glava)
pokrajina, predel, območje (in foreign parts v tujini, in these parts v teh krajih)
ameriško preča

part by part del za delom, kos za kosom
in part deloma
to be art and part biti udeležen pri čem, biti sestavni del česa
to have a part in s.th. biti udeležen pri čem
for my part kar se mene tiče
on the part of od, od strani
of parts nadarjen, odličen, mnogostranski
on my part z moje strani
the most part največji del
for the most part večinoma
to have neither part nor lot in ne imeti nobenega opravka s čim
to play a part ne biti iskren, varati, igrati
to play a noble part ravnati plemenito
part and parcel bistveni del česa
to take s.th. in good (ill; ali bad) part ne zameriti, dobro sprejeti (zameriti, slabo sprejeti)
to take part in sodelovati, udeležiti se
to take the part of; ali to take s.o.'s part biti na strani koga, zagovarjati koga
payment in parts plačilo na obroke
slovnica part of speech besedna vrsta
to be careful of one's parts of speech paziti na čistočo govora

past⁴ [pa:st] predlog
(časovno) čez (half past seven pol osmih, she is past forty ima čez 40 let)
figurativno brez, izven (dosega, območja, področja)

past all belief neverjeten
past comparison brez primere
past cure neozdravljiv
past comprehension popolnoma nerazumljiv
past endurance neznosen, nevzdržen
past hope brezupcn
past all shame popolnoma brez sramu
to be past one's Latin ne vedeti ne kod ne kam
he is past praying for ni mu več pomoči
pogovorno I wouldn't put it past him to bi mu zlahka pripisal

place¹ [pléis] samostalnik
prostor, kraj, mesto
ekonomija kraj, sedež (podjetja itd.); dom, hiša, stanovanje, kraj bivanja, pokrajina
pogovorno lokal
navtika kraj, pristanišče (place of call pristanišče, kjer ladja pristane)
sedež, mesto pri mizi; služba, službeno mesto, položaj, dolžnost
matematika decimalno mesto; družbeni položaj, stan
figurativno vzrok, povod
šport tekmovalčevo mesto

place of amusement zabaviščni prostor, zabavišče
place of birth; ali one's native place rojstni kraj
place of employment delovno mesto
place of worship (božji) hram
of this place tukajšnji
in this place tukaj, na tem mestu
at his place pri njem doma
from place to place s kraja v kraj
in all places povsod
in place mestoma, tu pa tam
put yourself in my place postavi se v moj položaj
to find one's place znajti se na pravem mestu
this is not the place for to ni pravo mesto za
it is not my place to do this ni moja stvar to narediti
to put s o. in his place pokazati komu, kje mu je mesto
there is no place for doubt ni vzroka za dvom
to give place to odstopiti mesto, umakniti se komu
ameriško going places uspeti, ogledati si znamenitosti nekega kraja
in place na pravem mestu, primeren
in place of namesto
in the first place predvsem
in the last place nazadnje, končno
to keep s.o. in his place zaustaviti koga, paziti, da ne postane preveč domač
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto
out of place na nepravem mestu, neprimeren, brez službe
to take place goditi se, vršiti se
to take the place of; ali to take s.o.'s place zamenjati koga, nadomeščati koga
take your places sedite na svoja mesta
in the next place potem
there is no place like home preljubo doma, kdor ga ima

poznáti to know (koga someone), to be acquainted (with someone), to be familiar (with someone)

samo po videzu ga poznam I know him only by sight
poznáti po imenu to know by name
že več let ga poznam I have known him for years
poznamo jih že pet let we have known them for five years
ne hoteti poznáti koga to cut someone, to turn one's back on someone, to give someone the cold shoulder, to cold-shoulder someone
ne poznáti (ne vedeti za) to be ignorant of, to be a stranger to
ne poznam strahu I am devoid of fear
on ne pozna težav he is ignorant of the difficulties, he does not know the difficulties
pozna se mu na obrazu, da je utrujen one can see by his face that he is tired
ne poznajo se mu leta he does not look his age
žal vas (jaz) ne poznam you have the advantage of me

private¹ [práivit] pridevnik (privately prislov)
privaten, zaseben, oseben; zadržan; zaupun; nemoten; neuraden, neslužben; tajen, skriven

to be private to s.th. biti poučen o čem, vedeti kaj
private-clothes-man tajni policist v civilu
sleng private eye privatni detektiv
ekonomija private company trgovska družba z neomejeno zavezo
ekonomija private limited company družba z omejeno zavezo
for one's private ear zaupno
in private privatno, zaupno, skrivaj
private means (ali income) dohodek od rente
private parts spolni organi
private hotel penzion
britanska angleščina private soldier navaden vojak
by private bargain pod roko (kupiti, prodati)
politika private bill poslančev osebni predlog
pravno private law osebna pravica
private theatre amatersko gledališče

rávno prislov just; exactly; precisely

rávno sem hotel iti I was just going
to rávno ne not quite, not exactly
rávno o pravem času just in time
rávno 5 funtov just 5 pounds
to je rávno za vas it is just the thing for you
ne rávno! not exactly!
rávno dve je ura it is just two o'clock
ni rávno moj prijatelj he is not exactly my friend
rávno zaradi tega for that very reason
rávno to potrebujemo this is the very thing we want
ker rávno hočeš since you insist upon it
rávno to sem mu rekel that is just what I told him
rávno prispel, dospel je he has just arrived
rávno to sem hotel vedeti that is the very thing I wanted to know
moja knjiga se rávno tiska my book is just being printed

right¹ [ráit] samostalnik
pravica, pravo, pravičnost; veljavna (upravičena) zahteva; izključna pravica (to do, na)
desna stran; desnica; prava stran, sprednja stran
množina pravo (normalno, dejansko, resnično) stanje stvari, resnica; red

by right, of right po zakonu, zakonito, pravzaprav
by right of zaradi; na temelju
in right of (her husband) v imenu (svojega soproga); s strani (svojega soproga)
on the right na desni
to the right na desno
by right(s) po pravici, z vso pravico
right and wrong prav in neprav, pravica in krivica
right of disposal pravica razpolaganja
right of inheritance dedno pravo (pravica)
right of notice pravica odpovedi
right of redemption (repurchase) pravica, prodano zopet nazaj kupiti
right of search pravica do preiskave
right of succession nasledstvena pravica
rights and duties pravice in dolžnosti
right of way prednost v cestnem prometu; pravica do prehoda (čez zasebno posest)
the Right parlament desnica, konservativna stranka
the rights and wrongs of a case pravilna (resnična, dejanska) in napačna dejstva (stanje) primera
countess in her own right grofica po lastnem (dednem) pravu (ne po možitvi)
mineral right rudosledna pravica
women's rights pravica žena, ženska enakopravnost
all rights reserved vse pravice pridržane
to be in the right imeti prav, imeti pravico na svoji strani, biti upravičen
to bring s.th. to rights spraviti nekaj v red, urediti
it is my right to know imam pravico, da vem
he claimed the crown in right of his father zahteval je krono kot dedič svojega očeta
he has a little fortune in right of his wife ima nekaj premoženja po ženini upravičenosti
to do the right pravo narediti
to do s.o. right ravnati s kom pravično (pravilno, korektno, dostojno)
to give s.o. his right dati komu njegovo pravico
to have a right (no rights) imeti pravico (ne imeti pravic)
to keep to the right držati se desne, iti (voziti) po desni strani
to put (to set) to rights urediti, spraviti v red
he sat on my right sedel je na moji desni strani
to stand on (to assert) one's rights ne odstopiti od svojih pravic, vztrajati pri svojih pravicah
to turn to the right kreniti, zaviti na desno
I want to know the rights of the affair hočem vedeti dejansko (resnično) stanje zadeve

right³ [ráit] prislov
prav, pravilno; premo, naravnost, direktno; desno; dobro, kot treba, zadovoljivo; popolnoma, čisto, zelo, temeljito; takoj

right off, right away ameriško takoj, na mestu
right after dinner takoj po večerji
right ahead, right on ravno, premo, naravnost (naprej)
right in the middle prav v sredi(ni)
(rotten) right through (gnil) skoz in skoz (popolnoma)
right turn! vojska na desno!
right eyes! vojska pogled na desno!
right up strmo navzgor (kvišku)
right well zelo (dobro), celó
Right Honourable britanska angleščina ekscelenca (plemiški naslov za plemiče nižje od markiza)
I am right glad zelo sem vesel
to come right in ameriško iti naravnost noter
to get s.th. right pravilno, popolnoma razumeti
nothing goes right with me vse mi gre narobe, nič mi ne uspe
to guess right prav(ilno) uganiti
he hit right and left udrihal je desno in levo, na vse strani
to know right well prav dobro vedeti
if I remember right če se prav spomnim
to put (to set) right spraviti v red, urediti
it serves him right prav mu je
to turn right obrniti se, zasukati se

rope¹ [róup] samostalnik
vrv, konopec, motvoz; niz
figurativno smrt z obešenjem; (v cirkusu) akrobatska vrv; laso; plezalna vrv, naveza
množina, sleng prijem, zvijača; (o vinu, pivu) židkost

on the high rope zviška, ošabno; besno
the rope vrv za obešanje, kazen obešanja
the ropes šport vrvi okoli ringa; boks(anje)
a rope of sand figurativno podpora brez prave pomoši, nezanesljiva pomoč, varljiva sigurnost
a rope of pearls niz biserov
bell-rope vrvica za zvonec
plenty of (enough) rope to hang oneself figurativno možnost, da sami sebi škodimo, drvimo v pogubo
to be on the rope (alpinizem) biti v navezi
to be on the ropes (v ringu) viseti na vrveh, figurativno, sleng biti v brezupnem položaju
to be on the high ropes figurativno prevzetovati, napihovati se, šopiriti se, biti ohol
to be at the end of one's rope biti na koncu svojih sredstev, svojega življenja
to give s.o. rope (plenty of rope) dati komu (popolno) svobodo delovanja (zlasti, da se kompromitira)
to give s.o. rope enough to hang himself dati komu dovolj prilike, da se uniči, ugonobi
to know the ropes biti na tekočem; dobro se spoznati na, biti dobro uveden (v stvari, ki jih drugi poznajo), poznati vse prijeme (zvijače); dobro vedeti, kaj je treba narediti
to learn the ropes uvesti se v delo
name not a rope where one has hanged himself ne omenjaj vrvi v hiši, v kateri se je nekdo obesil
to put s.o. up to the ropes uvesti koga v, dati komu vse potrebne podatke
to show s.o. the ropes uvesti koga v (neko) delo

sit^*1 [sit]

1. neprehodni glagol
sedeti; (o kokoši) sedeti na jajcih, valiti; čepeti; sedeti kot model (slikarju); biti za vzorec; imeti sedež, bivati; ležati; pristajati (o obleki); opravljati službo (navadno) sedé; biti član kakega telesa (on a jury porote)
zastopati v parlamentu (for koga)
imeti sejo, zasedati; sesti (on na)
zaposliti se (over s čim)
študirati (under pri kom)

2. prehodni glagol
sedeti (v sedlu), imeti sedež na (a mule mezgu)
posaditi (the hen on eggs kokošja jajca)

to sit on the bench figurativno biti sodnik
the clothes sit loosely upon him obleka mu je preohlapna
to sit in Congress biti član Kongresa
to sit for an examination opravljati izpit
to sit on the fence politika, sleng, figurativno stati ob strani, ne se opredeliti, biti nevtralen
the guilt sits light on his conscience ne peče ga vest zaradi krivde
to sit a horse jahati na konju
to sit in judgement on s.o. lastiti si pravico sojenja drugih, soditi, kritizirati koga
to sit on one's hands figurativno ne aplavdirati
it sits ill on you slabó vam (to) pristaja
he sits for Leeds on zastopa Leeds v parlamentu
to sit for (ali to) a painter sedeti slikarju za model
to sit for one's picture dati se slikati, sedeti (pozirati) za svojo sliko (portret)
to sit a play through prisostvovati igri do konca
he is sitting pretty on je v dobrem položaju, ima dober položaj
to sit pretty sleng imeti dobre karte, figurativno dobro se goditi (komu)
it sits heavy on the stomach to je težko prebavljivo
to sit upon s.o. figurativno sedeti na kom, jahati koga
don't you be sat upon! pogovorno ne pusti se hruliti!
to sit tight pogovorno ostati neomahljivo na svojem mestu, vztrajati pri stvari
to want to sit (o kokoši) začeti kokodakati (za valjenje)
to sit well dobro sedeti (zlasti na konju)
to sit on the throne sedeti na prestolu, vladati
to know which way the wind sits vedeti odkod piha veter
his principles sit loose(ly) on him on svojih načel ne jemlje resno

skrivnóst secret; mystery

državna skrivnóst state secret
skrivnósti narave the secrets of nature
velika, huda skrivnóst a dead secret
skrivnósti človeškega srca the secrets of the human heart
to je javna skrivnóst it is an open secret
čuvati, obdržati skrivnóst to keep a secret
nimava nobenih skrivnósti med seboj we have no secrets from each other
mehanika zanj nima skrivnósti mechanics have no secrets for him
biti zavit v skrivnóst to be shrouded in mystery
izdati skrivnóst to betray a secret, (figurativno) to spill the beans
uvesti koga v skrivnóst, izdati komu skrivnóst to let someone into a secret
izbrbljati skrivnóst to let out a secret, (figurativno) to let the cat out of the bag
izvabiti, izvleči skrivnóst iz to worm a secret out of
(raz)rešiti skrivnóst to solve a mystery
pojasniti skrivnóst to clear up a mystery
odkriti skrivnóst to find out a secret
skrivnóst mu je «ušla» he let a secret slip out
vedeti za skrivnóst to be in the secret, (pogovorno) to be in the know

skúšnja experience; (izkustvo) practice; gledališče rehearsal

generalna skúšnja gledališče final rehearsal
glavna (gledališka) skúšnja dress rehearsal
iz skúšnje, po skúšnjah by (ali from) experience
vodja (gledališke) skúšnje rehearser
dobre (slabe, neprijetne) skúšnje pleasant (unpleasant) experiences (s kom with someone)
imel sem slabe skúšnje I have had unpleasant experiences
pomanjkanje skušenj lack of experience
iti na skúšnjo to go to a rehearsal
imeti gledališko skúšnjo to rehearse
vedeti iz skúšnje, po lastnih skúšnjah to know by (ali from) experience

spláčati se to pay; to be worth the money

splača se it pays
splača se vedeti it is worth knowing
kmetu se splača, da... it pays a farmer to...
komaj se splača (kupiti) it is hardly worth while (buying)
ne splača se it doesn't pay, it is not worth while (ali worth the trouble)
zločin se ne splača crime doesn't pay

suppose [səpóuz] prehodni glagol
domnevati; dopustiti, sprejeti kot možno; smatrati, predpostavljati; imeti kot predpogoj (kaj)
neprehodni glagol
misliti, domnevati

always supposing s pogojem, da...
I suppose so verjetno, menda, tako mislim
Is he at home? -- I suppose so. Je on doma? -- Mislim, da je. Verjetno. Menda.
I suppose you've heard it menda (verjetno) ste to slišali
it is not to be supposed that... ni misliti, da...
I don't suppose he will come mislim, da ne bo prišel
you will come, I suppose? mislim (upam), da boste prišli?
suppose it rains vzemimo (recimo), da dežuje (bi deževalo)
suppose we went for a walk? kaj ko bi šli na sprehod?
suppose you meet me at 5 o'clock predlagam, da se dobiva ob petih
he is supposeed to be able to do it od njega se pričakuje, da bo mogel to napraviti
he was supposed to be dead mislili so (zanj), da je mrtev
you are not supposed to know everything ni ti treba vsega vedeti
why, that was to be supposed no, to se je moglo pričakovati
I suppose him to be an artist domnevam, da je umetnik; imam ga za umetnika
let us suppose that to be true domnevajmo (vzemimo, recimo), da je to res
his style of living supposes a big fortune njegov način življenja predpostavlja (da misliti na) veliko premoženje

tether [téðə]

1. samostalnik
povodec, konopec, tudi veriga (za privezanje živali h kolu itd.)
figurativno obseg, področje (znanja itd.), (duševno) obzorje; razum; pamet

to be beyond one's tether prekoračiti svoje sile, svoje sposobnosti
to be at the end of one's tether figurativno biti pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne vedeti naprej, ne vedeti, kaj bi napravili

2. prehodni glagol
privezati (žival na povodec)
figurativno omejiti

unconscious [ʌnkɔ́nšəs]

1. pridevnik
nezaveden
medicina nezavesten; nenameren, nehoten; neprostovoljen; zamišljen

an unconscious humour neprostovoljen humor
an unconscious mistake nenamerna napaka
to be unconscious of s.th. ne vedeti (opaziti) česa, ne se zavedati česa

2. samostalnik

the unconscious podzavest; nezavestnost

vréden worth, (moralno) worthy; deserving; (dragocen) costly, valuable, precious

vréden pozornosti worthy of notice
vréden pohvale praiseworthy
vréden življenja worthy to live
vréden graje blameworthy
biti vréden česa to be worthy of something
ta stvar je vrédna 10 funtov this thing is worth ten pounds
še prebite pare ne biti vréden not to be worth a brass farthing (ali a fig, a straw)
vrédno je vedeti it is worth knowing
ni omembe, ni besede vrédno it's not worth mentioning
ni vrédno govoriti o tem it's nothing to speak of
on je vréden našega spoštovanja he showed himself worthy of the confidence placed in him
biti vréden truda (pogovorno) to be worth it
je vrédno truda it's worth the rouble
ni vrédno truda it isn't worth the trouble, it is not worth (one's) while
sta eden drugega vrédna (figurativno) the pot calls the kettle black
vem, koliko je kaj vrédno I know the difference between chalk and cheese

vsáj (najmanj) at least; at the very least; at the very least; at any rate; narečno leastwise, leastways

jaz vsáj mislim tako at any rate that's what I think
ko bi vsáj mogel vedeti! arhaično could I but know!
on bo prišel, vsáj obljubil je he is going to come, at any rate he has promised to
vsáj toliko je star kot jaz he is my age at least