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perturbable [pətə́:bəbl] pridevnik
ki se ga da vznemiriti, zmesti

react [riǽkt] neprehodni glagol
reagirati, vplivati, delovati nasprotno ali nazaj; odgovoriti, reagirati (na); delovati, vplivati vzajemno (upon each other drugo na drugo)
upirati se (against)
kemija reagirati, delovati (on, upon na)
vojska napraviti protinapad, protiofenzivo; vznemiriti se, razdražiti se, razburiti se

how did she react when she heard the news? kako je reagirala (se zadržala), ko je slišala novico?
the plant reacts favourably to transplantation rastlina ugodno reagira na presaditev

tremble² [trembl] neprehodni glagol
tresti se, drgetati, drhteti, trzati (at, from, with od)
figurativno trepetati; prhotati, frfotati
figurativno plašiti se, biti (nekoliko) v skrbeh, v strahu, v negotovosti; vznemiriti se

to tremble with anger tresti se od jeze
to tremble all over, to tremble in every limb tresti se po vseh udih
to tremble in the balance figurativno kolebati, biti v negotovosti
his life trembles in the balance njegovo življenje visi na nitki, je v skrajni nevarnosti
to tremble for s.o., for one's safety trepetati za koga, za svojo varnost
I tremble to think what might have happened groza me je pomisliti, kaj bi se bilo lahko zgodilo
prehodni glagol
stres(a)ti

alarm¹ [əlá:m] samostalnik
preplah, strah, nemir; budilka

to give (ali raise, sound) the alarm dati znak za alarm
to cause alarm povzročiti nemir
alarm blast sirena
to take alarm vznemiriti se
in great alarm ves iz sebe

china [čáinə]

1. samostalnik
porcelan, glinasta posoda

to break china vznemiriti

2. pridevnik
porcelanski

countenance¹ [káuntinəns] samostalnik
zadržanje; pojava, zunanjost, lice; zadržanost; opora
figurativno podpora; odobravanje, naklonjenost; duševni mir

to change one's countenance spremeniti izraz obraza, prebledeti
to keep one's countenance premagovati se, ne se smejati
to give (ali lend) countenance pomagati komu, bodriti ga
to put out of countenance zmesti, zbegati, osramotiti
to keep in countenance bodriti, podpirati
in countenance zbran, nemoten
to stare out of countenance s pogledom zbegati
to lose countenance vznemiriti se, izbruhniti
the knight of woeful countenance vitez žalostne postave

flutter² [flʌ́tə] samostalnik
kriljenje, prhutanje; tresenje, vibracija; razburjenje, nemir, vznemirjenost; drhtenje
sleng špekulacija, hazardna igra; krok

to cause (ali make) flutter vznemiriti, razburiti
all in a flutter ves iz sebe

mésto¹ town; (veliko, VB) city, ZDA (že od 8.000 prebivalcev naprej) city; (kraj) locality, place; (v knjigi) passage; (služba) place, employment, post, (služabniško) situation; spot; stand, point

na méstu (takoj) on the spot, straight (ali right) away
v méstu in town
iz mésta from town
na samem méstu (kraju) pravo on the premises
na mojem méstu in my place
prav na tem méstu in this very place
na prvem méstu in the first place, first and foremost
častno mésto place of honour
glavno mésto capital, metropolis
podeželsko mésto country town
večno mésto the Holy City, Rome
industrijsko mésto manufacturing town
prazno mésto (služba) vacancy
dolnje mésto lower town (ali ZDA downtown)
gornje mésto upper (ali high) town
komandant mésta town major
zrasel v méstu townbred
sva iz istega mésta we are from the same place
ni na méstu (govoriti)... it is inappropriate (to speak)...
tu ni mést, da (bi govoril)... this is not the proper place (to speak)...
opazka ni bila na méstu (umestna) the remark was uncalled for
biti v méstu to be in town
ko bi jaz bil na tvojem méstu if I were in your place (ali position, figurativno shoes), if I were you
ne bi hotel biti na tvojem méstu I wouldn't like to he in your skin
vse mésto govori o tem it is the talk of the town, the whole town's talking about it
iti v mésto to go to (oziroma into) town
ne se ganiti z mésta not to stir
stopati na méstu to mark time
pojdite vsak na svoje mésto! go to your respective places!
potegovati se za kako mésto to apply for a post
postaviti koga na odgovorno mésto to place someone in a responsible position
vlak, ki vozi iz mésta (v mesto, v London) down train (up train)
vznemiriti mésto z velikim hrupom, razgrajanjem to paint the town red

repose¹ [ripóuz] samostalnik
počitek, počivanje, mirovanje, odmor; mir, pokoj, tišina, spanje, sen; oddih (from od)
umirjenost, mirnost; (umetnost) harmonija

in repose v mirovanju (tudi o vulkanu)
repose from toil oddih od napornega dela
to lack repose lahkó se pustiti vznemiriti
to seek (to take) repose iskati (najti) mir

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

thing¹ [ɵiŋ] samostalnik
stvar, reč, predmet, stvor; bitje, oseba; posel, delo
pogovorno oné, onegá
množina stvari, predmeti, obleka, pribor, potrebščine, hrana, lastnina
pogovorno pohištvo; orodje; posodje; književna dela; stanje stvari, dejstvo; okolnosti, razmere, odnosi; svojstva; ureditev; misli, izjave

the thing bistveno, prava stvar
above all things predvsem
and the things pogovorno in podobne stvari (podobno)
for one thing v prvi vrsti, prvo
the one thing or the other eno ali drugo
the first thing after prva stvar nato, takoj nato
every living thing vsako živo bitje
a dear old thing dobra stara duša
the latest thing (in hats) zadnja novost (v klobukih)
oh, poor thing! o, revče!
before all thing predvsem
in all things v vsakem oziru (pogledu)
out of things zunaj dogajanj
a pretty thing (ironično) lepa stvar
things person: pravno osebne, premične stvari
things real nepremičnine, realitete
things political stvari politike, politične zadeve
swimming things kopalne stvari potrebščine
things are improving stvari (stanje) se boljšajo
things have changed stvari (razmere) so se spremenile
things begin to look brighter položaj se polagoma popravlja
the thing was to get home najvažnejše je bilo priti domov
of all the things to do! in ravno to moraš napraviti
as things stand kot stvari stojé
to do the handsome thing by vesti se spodobno do
to have a thing about pogovorno biti ves mrtev na (kaj); imeti strah pred; imeti (kaj) proti
I am not the thing today ne počutim se dobro danes
I know a thing or two about it nekoliko se spoznam (razumem) na to
it is not the thing to do to se ne spodobi
it's one of those things tu se ne da nič napraviti
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
to make a (good) thing of pogovorno dobiti (izvleči) dobiček iz
to put things into s.o.'s head vznemiriti koga (s kako novico)
to put one's things on obleči se
to take off one's things sleči se
to take the things off the table pospraviti mizo (stvari z mize)
that's no small thing to ni majhna stvar (malenkost)
that's the thing to je (tisto) pravo
this is not the thing to ni (tisto) pravo (pravšno)
there's no such thing ni govora o tem
there was not a thing left nič ni ostalo

town [táun] samostalnik
mesto

the town mesto, mestno življenje; mestna občina (uprava); mestno prebivalstvo; mestni volivci
to town v mesto, britanska angleščina zlasli v London
out of town zunaj mesta, ne v mestu, na deželi, na potovanju
town and gown prebivalci in študentje mest Oxforda in Cambridgea
town clerk mestni sekretar (najvišji mestni uradnik)
town council mestni (občinski) svet
town councillor mestni (občinski) svétnik
town crier mestni izklicevalec, oklicevalec
town hall mestna posvetovalnica
town house hiša v mestu (v nasprotju s hišo na deželi); britanska angleščina rotovž; ameriško, olepševalno mestna ubožnica
town planning mestno planiranje
town rates občinske (mestne) dajatve
town major britanska angleščina, vojska poveljnik mesta
county town glavno mesto grofije (pokrajine)
girl of town, woman of town prostitutka
man about town svetski človek, lahkoživec; eleganten brezdelnež
he is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njem
to go up to town iti v mesto, (zlasti britanska angleščina) v London
to go to towns! imeti uspeh, uspešno (kaj) opraviti
to paint the townred vznemiriti mesto z velikim hrupom, z razgrajanjem
to take to town sleng zmesti, zmešati, zbegati