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colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

dangerous [déindžərəs] pridevnik (dangerously prislov) (to za)
nevaren, tvegan

to appear dangerous biti videti besen

deprimíran depressed; downcast

biti deprimíran to be in poor (ali low) spirits; to feel sorry for oneself
bil je videti skrajno deprimíran he looked utterly depressed

drift¹ [drift] samostalnik
naplavina, prodovina; zamet, kup, metež; tok, smer; vodoravni rov; brod; gonilna moč; namen, težnja; zanos; pomen; prebijalo; viseča ribiška mreža; pašnik; neodločnost

to see the drift of s.o.'s remark videti, kam pes taco moli
to catch s.o.'s drift razumeti, kaj ima kdo za bregom
the policy of drift politika čakanja
geologija glacial drift morena

dúša soul; (duh) spirit; ghost; figurativno mind

600 dúš (prebivalcev) 600 souls
dobra dúša a good soul, a good fellow
pokojna dúša departed soul
sorodna dúša congenial soul, kindred spirit
neumrljivost dúše religija immortality of the soul
rešitev dúše religija salvation of the soul
preseljevanje dúš transmigration of souls, metempsychosis
z dúšo in telesom with all one's heart and soul, wholeheartedly
iz vse dúše, z vso dúšo with all one's heart
(vseh) vernih dúš dan religija All Souls' Day
iz globine moje dúše from the depths of my soul
pri moji dúši! (up)on my soul!, by my soul
iz (do) dna svoje dúše from (to) the bottom of one's heart
v globini moje dúše in my heart of hearts
dúša in srcé česa the life and soul of something
v dnu svoje dúše in one's innermost soul
biti eno srce in ena dúša to be of one heart and mind
on je plemenita dúša he is a generous soul, he is a noble-minded person
biti komu vdan z dúšo in telesom to be devoted body and soul to someone
on je prava dúša podjetja he is the very soul of the enterprise
žive dúše ni bilo tam not a living soul was there
žive dúše ni na ulici there is not a soul in the street
on je dobra dúša he is a good old soul
dúša me boli it grieves me to the very heart
nekaj imam, nekaj mi leži na dúši something preys upon my mind
izdihniti dúšo to give up, to yield up the ghost, to draw one's last breath
sramovati se v dno svoje dúše to be deeply ashamed (of)
to mi teži dúšo that weighs heavily upon me
vso svojo dúšo vložiti v delo to put one's whole heart into one's work
žive dúše ne vidim I do not see a single soul
žive dúše ni bilo videti there wasn't a soul to be seen
povedati, kar nam leži na dúši pogovorno to say one's piece

dvójen double; twofold

dvójna postelja double bed
dvójni program (v kinu) double bill, double feature
dvójna vsota double the sum
dvójno število double the number
dvójni znesek double the amount
dvójni tir double track
soba z dvójno (zakonsko) posteljo a double-bedded room
dvójno knjigovodstvo double-entry bookkeeping
dvójno delujoč double acting
igrati dvójno igro to play a double game
plačati dvójno ceno za to pay double (the price) for
dvójno videti to see double

elegánten elegant; (po modi) stylish, fashionable, smart; well-dressed

elegántna družba the smart set
elegántno je oblečena she is smartly dressed
videti je zelo elegántna she looks very smart

eyeful [áiful] samostalnik
kolikor lahko naenkrat zagledamo
pogovorno pašnja za oči

pogovorno to get an eyeful dobro si ogledati, videti nekaj zanimivega

face¹ [feis] samostalnik
obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of v navzočnosti, pred (kom)
to draw (ali pull, wear) a long face biti videti potrt, kislo se držati
in the face of day ob belem dnevu; odkrito
his face fell nos se mu je povesil
to fly in (to) the face of s.o. upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga
to fly in the face of Providence izzivati usodo
you have a good face zdravi ste videti
navtika guide face drsa zapore
full face obraz od spredaj
half face profil
to have the face to (do s.th.) upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)
in (the) face of vpričo, neglede na, vkljub
I could hardly keep a straight face komaj sem zadrževal smeh
to look in the face of s.o. drzno koga gledati
to lose the face zgubiti ugled
to make (ali pull) faces at spakovati se nad
to make a wry face at s.th. kislo kaj gledati
face to face with naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo
on the face of it očitno, na prvi pogled
to put a bold (ali good) face on s.th. ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu
to put a new face on s.th. postaviti kaj v drugo luč
a right about face popoln obrat
to run one's face dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom
to save one's face za las uiti sramoti
to set one's face against s.th. upirati se čemu
to set one's face like a flint biti neuklonljiv
to shut the door in one's face preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta
to show one's face priti, prikazati se
to show a face izzivalno se vesti
to s.o.'s face odkrito, v navzočnosti koga
to tell straight to s.o.'s face naravnost komu povedati
to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face očitati, oponašati komu kaj
face value imenska vrednost

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

gill¹ [gil] samostalnik
zoologija škrga; mesnati izrastki na glavi nekaterih ptičev
botanika listič (gobe)
pogovorno gube pod brado

to look green about the gills imeti nezdrav videz, biti videti potrt
rosy about the gills zdravega videza
stewed about the gills pijan ko žolna

grasp¹ [gra:sp]

1. prehodni glagol (at)
prijeti, pograbiti
figurativno razumeti, doumeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati
figurativno prizadevati si za kaj

to grasp the nettle ugrizniti v kislo jabolko, pogumno se lotiti
to grasp at a straw prijeti se vsake bilke
to grasp the shadow and let go the substance loviti senco in ne videti dejanskega stanja
grasp all, lose all kdor hoče dobiti vse, zgubi vse

half² [ha:f, hæf] pridevnik
polovičen; površen, nepopoln

at half the price za pol cene, po polovični ceni
to gain half the battle polovico že dobiti, opraviti že pol dela
to have half a mind to na pol se odločiti za kaj
half a loaf is better than no bread boljši vrabec v roki, kot golob na strehi
to see with half an eye takoj sprevideti, videti brez najmanjšega truda
a half share pol deleža
half shot opit
navtika half three tri in pol sežnja

hint¹ [hint] samostalnik
migljaj; navodilo (on za)
namigavanje, namig, aluzija (at na)
figurativno sled (of česa)

to drop (ali give) a hint namigniti
to take a hint razumeti namig
there is a hint of trouble videti je, da bodo težave

húd bad; evil; (čas, doba) hard; (rana) bad, (občutljiva) sore; (jezen) angry; ZDA sore, mad

húda bolezen serious illness
húda bolečina great pain
húdi časi hard times pl
húd kašelj a bad cough
húd mraz a very severe frost
húd veter sharp wind
húda vročica (mrzlica) a virulent fever
húda vročina intense heat
húda ura thunderstorm
nič húdega sluteč unsuspecting
ta je pa že prehuda! this is outrageous!
delati húdo kri figurativno to create ill-feeling
nič húdega ti ne delam I do you no harm
nič húdega ne mislim (nočem) I don't mean any harm
nič húdega ni v tem there is no harm in it
ne bom ti naredil nič húdega I shall not hurt you
ona ima húd jezik she has a wicked (ali spiteful, malevolent) tongue
nič húdega ne nameravati (misliti) to mean no harm
nič húdega ne vidim v tem I don't see anything bad in it
biti húd na koga to be angry with someone, to be cross with someone, to be furious (ali mad) with someone
húd je name ZDA he is mad with me, VB he is angry with me
v najhujšem primeru at the worst; in the worst case
če pride do najhujšega if the worst comes to the worst
če bi se zgodilo najhujše if it comes to the worst
najhujše še pride the worst is yet to come
húdo (prislov) badly
toliko hujše! all the worse!; so much the worse
vedno hujše worse and worse
bodi pripravljen na najhujše! be prepared for the worst!
húdo se motiš there you are greatly mistaken
húdo mi je, da (ker) ne morem priti I feel sorry that I cannot come
ni tako húdo, kot je videti (figurativno) his bark is worse than his bite
húdo je z njim he is badly off, he is in a bad way, he is unwell
húdo (trda) je za denar money is scarce
saj ni tako húdo! it is not so bad (as you think)
mnogo húdega prestati (figurativno) to go through hell, to have a rough time

invisible¹ [invízəbl] pridevnik (invisibly prislov)
neviden, neopazen

to be invisible ne sprejemati obiskov
he was invisible ni se dal videti
invisible ink nevidno črnilo
the Invisible Empire Kukluksklan
ekonomija invisible exports pasivne usluge, nevidni eksporti

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

izglédati to look; to seem; to appear; to look like

izgleda bolan he looks ill
dobro izglédati to look well
izgleda (videti je), da bo dež it looks like rain

izhód exit; way out; egress; outlet; egression; opening; figurativno (možnost) resort

izhód v sili emergency exit
kot zadnji izhód (figurativno) in the last resort
izhód na morje outlet (ali egress) to the sea
ni drugega izhóda (figurativno) there is no other way (ali no choice)
napraviti izhód za dim to provide a vent (ali a vent-hole) for the smoke
videti izhód (figurativno možnost) to see a way out
ne vidim nobenega izhóda (figurativno) I am at my wit's end
to je položaj brez izhóda it is a deadlock (ali stalemate), pogovorno we're in a cleft stick, we're up a gum tree
sprejmem to le kot zadnji izhód I accept it only as a last resort

kákšen what; what kind of, what sort of

kákšne knjige potrebuješ? what kind of books do you require (ali want)?
kákšen je on? what is he like?
kákšen je videti? what does he look like?
kákšen človek pa je on? what kind of a man is he?
kákšno lepo vreme! what fine weather!
kákšen norec! what a fool!
kákšne uporabnosti je to? what use is this?