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tangle [tæŋgl]

1. samostalnik
zamotanost; zavozlanje, zaplet, zapletenost; zmešnjava, zmeda

tangle of hair zamršeni lasje
his business is in a tangle njegovo poslovanje je v največjem neredu

2. prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamešati, zmešati, zavozlati, zamršiti, zamotati; komplicirati; preplesti (with z)

a tangled business zamotana, komplicirana zadeva
neprehodni glagol ((tudi tangle up)
zamotati se, zaplesti se, z(a)mešati se, zavozlati se; komplicirati se; spustiti se (v boj)

only a few planes dared to tangle with the allied fleets le malo letal se je upalo zaplesti (spustiti se) v boj z zavezniškimi zračnimi flotiljami

tohubohu, tohu-bohu [tóuhu:bóuhu:] samostalnik
kaos, zmeda, zmešnjava

tripe [tráip] samostalnik
vampi
sleng ničvredna stvar, slaba roba, izmeček, škart, šund
figurativno zmeda, zmešnjava
pogovorno neumnost, bedastoča
sleng bednik
množina, vulgarno čreva, drobovje, trebuh

tumble¹ [tʌmbl] samostalnik
padec, zrušenje; prevračanje, "kozolec", salto; valovanje sem in tja
figurativno nered, zmeda, zmešnjava, direndaj
ameriško, sleng znak zanimanja ali priznanja

to get a tumble pasti (padem)
to give s.o. a tumble sleng zanimati se za koga
he wouldn't even give her a tumble najmanjšega zanimanja ni pokazal zanjo, zanj je ni bilo
he left all his things in a tumble vse svoje stvari je pustil v neredu

upset² [ʌ́pset] samostalnik
prevrnitev, prekuc; preprečenje (načrtov); nered, zmeda, vznemirjenje, razburjenje, jeza; prepir
pogovorno poraz favorita

after the upset of the car potem ko se je avto prevrnil
the carriage had an upset voz se je prevrnil
it gave me quite an upset to me je popolnoma zmedlo
stomach upset, gastric upset želodčne motnje, pokvarjen želodec

whirl¹ [wə:l] samostalnik
vrtinec; vrtenje, vrtinčenje
figurativno zmešnjava, zmeda; razburjenje; vrtoglavica

a whirl of passion vrtinec strasti
to be in a whirl figurativno izgubiti glavo
to give s.th. a whirl ameriško, pogovorno preskusiti kaj
her thoughts were in a whirl v glavi so se ji vrtinčile misli ena za drugo

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

lép -a, -o beautiful, fine; pretty, nice, handsome; sweet; (obraz) good-looking; pesniško beauteous; (vreme) fair, fine, favourable; (rast, stas) wellmade, well-proportioned, well-formed, wellshaped, shapely; (ljubek) lovely, graceful, charming

lép, -a, -o kot slika as pretty as a picture
lép, -a, -oo darilo (premoženje, kompliment) a handsome present (fortune, compliment)
lép, -a, -oa godlja, zmeda a nice mess
lép, -a, -oa pot good road
lép, -a, -oi spol the fair sex
lép, -a, -oa priložnost (znesek) a fair chance (amount)
lép, -a, -oa vsota a round (ali respectable) sum
lép, -a, -oe goré beautiful mountains pl
lép, -a, -oo vreme fine weather
lép, -a, -oe umetnosti fine (ali liberal) arts pl
lép, -a, -o začetek a nice beginning
lép, -a, -oe pozdrave tvoji sestri! best regards to your sister!
lép, -a, -oega dne one fine day
lép, -a, -oa pisava a fair hand
imeti lép, -a, -oo pisavo to write a fair hand
od lép, -a, -oih besed se ne da živeti fine words butter no parsnips
lép, -a, -oo mnenje boste imeli o meni you will have a fine opinion of me, what are you going to think of me?
barometer kaže "lepo" the barometer stands at fair
to ni lepó od tebe that's not nice of you
ta je pa lép, -a, -oa! a fine (ali story), this is!
to je vse lép, -a, -oo, toda... that's all very well (ali fine), but...
kar praviš, je vse prav lép, -a, -oo, toda... what you say is all very fine, but...
to bi bilo še lepše! that would beat everything!, that would cap it all!