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whip² [wip]

1. prehodni glagol
ošvrkniti z bičem (a horse konja)
bičati, šibati; biti, tepsti; goniti, gnati z bičem; segnati, zgnati
pogovorno prekositi, potolči, premagati; oviti (z motvozom, s sukancem) (about okoli)
dvigati (breme, premog itd.) (s škripcem)

to whip a carpet iztepavati preprogo
to whip the pavement figurativno udarjati ob pločnik (o dežju)
to whip creation vse prekositi
to whip into line poenotiti; politika spraviti k disciplini (člane stranke)
to whip a top poditi vrtavko
to whip s.th. into s.o. vtepati komu kaj
to whip out iztrgati
whiped cream tolčena smetana
to whip eggs stepati beljak
to whip the cat figurativno skopariti; ne delati v ponedeljek
to whip a knife out of one's pocket hitro potegniti nož iz žepa
to whip stream ribe loviti z neprestanim metanjem trnka v vodo

2. neprehodni glagol
drveti, divjati; hiteti; plapolati (v vetru)

to whip down the stairs zdrveti po stopnicah (navzdol)

who [hu:] zaimek
kdo
pogovorno koga; kateri, -a, -o; ki; tisti, -a, ki; kdor

I who... jaz, ki...
who is so deaf as he who will not hear ni večjega gluhca od tistega, ki noče slišati
to know who's who vedeti, kdo je kdo
Who is Who? Kdo je kdo? (seznam vidnejših osebnosti)
who could I ask? pogovorno koga bi lahko vprašal?
I forget who all was there ne vem več, kdo vse je bil tam

whole¹ [hóul] pridevnik
cel, ves; popoln; nerazdeljen; nerazrezan, nerazlit; nezmanjšan; brez odbitka; pravi, čisti (sorodstvo); nepoškodovan, neranjen, (redko) zdrav

with one's whole heart iz vsega srca, iz globine duše
whole brother pravi (rodni, telesni) brat
a whole 10 days celih 10 dni
whole milk polnomastno mleko
whole note glasba cela nota
whole rest glasba cela pavza
the whole year vse (celo) leto
he is the whole show (ali thing) on je osebnost
(made) out of whole cloth figurativno, ameriško popolnoma izmišljen
to get off with a whole skin celo (zdravo) kožo odnesti
to go the whole hog (ali figure) temeljito kaj izvršiti (opraviti)

whole hog [hóulhɔg] samostalnik
sleng celota

to go (the) whole hog temeljito opraviti svoje delo; vse delo opraviti

wind¹ [wind] samostalnik
veter; vihar, vihra; vetrna tromba
aeronavtika smer vetra; zrak; vonj, duh, voh
medicina vetrovi, napenjanje, plini; dih, dihanje; (trebušna) prepona
množina strani neba; (umetni) zračni tlak
glasba, ednina, konstrukcija pihala
figurativno prazne besede, čenče

between wind and water figurativno na občutljivem mestu
from the four winds z vseh strani neba, od vsepovsod
in(to) the wind's eye, into the teeth of the wind proti vetru
by the wind navtika s spodnjim vetrom (veter z boka proti ladijskemu kljunu)
off the wind s polovičnim vetrom (med bočnim in krmilnim)
to the four winds na vse (štiri) vetrove
like the wind kot veter, kot strelica, hitro
capful of wind vetrič, sapica od časa do časa
a fair (contrary) wind ugoden (neugoden) veter
puffed up with wind figurativno napihnjen, nadut, domišljav
slant of wind navtika sunek ugodnega vetra
sound in wind and limb v odlični telesni kondiciji
to be in the wind figurativno biti v zraku
there is s.th. in the wind figurativno nekaj je v zraku
all his promises are but wind vse njegove obijube so le prazne besede
it is an ill wind that blows nobody good v vsaki nesreči je tudi kaj dobrega
to break wind medicina spuščati vetrove
to catch wind of s.th. zavohati kaj
to cast (ali to fling; ali to throw) to the wind na vse vetrove vreči, figurativno zapravljati, ne se zmeniti za
to come from the four winds priti z vseh strani sveta
to find out how the wind blows (ali lies) ugotoviti, kako veter piha (tudi figurativno)
to get (the) wind of s.th. zavohati, zasumiti, priti na sled, zvedeti, slišati kaj
the affair got (ali took) wind stvar se je razvedela
to get the wind up prestrašiti se, imeti tremo; pobesneti
to have lost one's wind biti ob sapo
to have one's wind taken biti paraliziran zaradi udarca v trebušno prepono (pri boksanju)
to hit in the wind figurativno zadati udarec v želodec
to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, pognati komu strah v kosti
to raise the wind sleng, figurativno dobiti potrebni denar; dvigniti prah
the wind rises veter nastane, se dvigne
to lose one's wind priti ob sapo
to recover one's wind zopet k sapi priti
to go to the winds figurativno propasti
he preaches to the winds govori v veter (zaman, stenam)
to sail before the wind pluti, jadrati z vetrom v hrbtu
to sail close to the wind figurativno delati nekaj, kar je komaj še pošteno; mejiti na nezakonitost; figurativno skrajno varčno gospodariti
to pump wind into the tire napolniti pnevmatiko z zrakom
to sail with every shift of wind jadrati, kakor veter potegne, figurativno obračati svoj plašč po vetru
to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sejati veter in žeti vihar
to speak to the winds govoriti v veter, zaman (stenam) govoriti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno prehiteti koga s čim, kar je on hotel napraviti, ter ga s tem oškodovati; premagati koga z njegovim lastnim orožjem
to be troubled with wind medicina imeti vetrove
to whistle down the wind figurativno zaman kaj želeti

wire¹ [wáiə]

1. samostalnik
žica; brzojavna žica
pogovorno brzojavka; žična mreža, predmet iz žice; kabel; brzojavno omrežje
glasba struna
poetično godalo
množina žice pri lutkovnem gledališču
figurativno skrivne niti (zveze, vpliv)
sleng žepar, dolgoprstnež

by wire brzojavno, telegrafsko
barbed wire bodeča žica
gold wire zlata žica
live wire z električnim tokom nabita žica, figurativno močan značaj (duh)
to be a live wire figurativno biti zelo dinamičen
to get (to send) a wire dobiti (poslati) brzojavko
to pull the wires ravnati z lutkami na žici, figurativno imeti vse niti v svojih rokah, biti nevidni pobudnik
to pull (the) wires for office z zvezami si priskrbeti službo

2. pridevnik
žičen; narejen iz žice

wire potentiometer elektrika žični potenciometer
wire fence žična ograja
wire road žičnica

work¹ [wə:k] samostalnik
(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja)
množina stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela
vojska utrdbe, utrdbena dela
(edninska konstrukcija) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna
tehnično mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos
množina, religija dobra dela

in work zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)
out of work brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen
a work of art umetniško delo, umetnina
a work of genius genialno delo
works of a clock mehanizem ure
the works of Bach Bachova dela
works of mercy dobrodelna dela
earth works arhitektura zemeljska dela
good works dobra dela
iron works talilnica železa, železarna
Minister of Works minister za javna dela
glass works steklarna
gas works plinarna
Public Works javna dela
out works arhitektura zunanja dela
stone works zidarska dela
upper works navtika nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo
wood works lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti
shock-work udarniško delo
to be out of work biti brez dela, biti brezposeln
to be at work delati, delovati, funkcionirati
it's all in the day's work to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela
to cease (ali to stop) work nehati z delom
I did a good day's work veliko sem naredil danes
to give s.o. the works ameriško, pogovorno ozmerjati, premlatiti koga
to get (ali to set) to work lotiti se dela, začeti delati
to go (ali to set) about one's work lotiti se svojega dela
to have plenty of work to do imeti mnogo dela
I have my work cut out for me imam polne roke dela
to make sad work of it figurativno vse uničiti
to make short (ali quick) work of hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati
that is your work to je tvoja naloga
to look for work iskati delo

worse¹ [wə:s]

1. samostalnik
slabši, hujši; bolj bolan, slabšega zdravja
trgovina slabši, nižji

worse and worse vedno slabši (hujši)
the worse tem stabši
so much the worse toliko slabši
he went worse every day vsak dan je bilo slabše z njim
that only made matters worse to je stvari le poslabšalo
(not) to be the worse for (ne) biti na slabšem (na škodi, trpeti) zaradi
you would be none the worse for a walk sprehod ti ne bi škodil
to be (none) the worse for drink (ne) biti pijan
I like him none the worse for his gruffness zaradi njegove grobosti ga nimam nič manj rad
the worse for wear obrabljen, ponošen

2. prislov
slabše, hujše

he has lost his job and is worse off than ever izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej
they do it worse than before hujše (slabše) počenjajo kot prej
none the worse nič slabše (hujše), nič manj
to grow worse and worse vse bolj se slabšati

zabrísati to blur; figurativno to obliterate; to efface

zabrísati se to become effaced, figurativno to vanish
zabrísati vse sledove to remove all traces
podpis je bil zabrisan the signature was blurred
zabrísati (vreči) komu resnico v obraz to fling the truth in someone's teeth

zacelíti (se) to heal (up); to cicatrize

čas zaceli vse rane time is a great healer

zádnji last; final; ultimate; rear; posterior, back; latter, lattermost

zádnji del the hindpart, the backside, (ladje) stern
zádnji del hiše the back of the house
moj zádnji (najvišji) cilj my ultimate goal
zádnja četa rearguard
zádnji del telesa posterior
zádnja (zadajšnja) luč (pri vozilu) rear light
zádnje tri ure the last three hours
te zádnje tri dni (for) these three days
v zádnjem času latterly
zádnje čase recently
v zádnjih dneh julija in the latter days of July
zádnja leta življenja the latter days of one's life
v zádnjih izdihljajih at one's last gasp
na vse zádnje after all, finally, at last
(ta) zádnja leta, v (teh) zádnjih letih in recent years, arhaično of late years
prav do zádnjega to the very last
do zádnjega moža to the last man
zádnje noge hind legs pl
zádnji, a ne najmanj važen last but not least
to je zádnje, kar se lahko zgodi this is the last thing one would expect to happen
zádnja leta sem jo zelo redko videla I have seen very little of her these last (ali in recent) years
prišel je (kot) zádnji he was the last to come
upati do zádnjega to hope to the last
to so zádnja poročila this is the latest news (ali stop-press news)
ležati v zádnjih izdihljajih to be at the last gasp
zabaviščni lokali so bili zasedeni do zádnjega prostora the places of entertainment were crowded to the doors
izkazati komu zádnjo čast to attend someone's funeral

zadonéti to sound, to resound; to ring

zasmejal se je, da je vse zadonelo the whole place resounded with his laughter

zajémati to ladle (out); (vodo iz čolna ipd.) to scoop

kdor vse objame, nič ne zajame grasp all, lose all

zakadíti to smoke, to fill with smoke

zakadíti se v (planiti na) to fall upon, to rush at, to pounce on
on vse zakadi he spends all his money on smoking
zakadilo se je za njim a cloud of smoke rose behind him

zamàn in vain, vainly; to no purpose, to no profit; ineffectually, unavailingly, fruitlessly

zamàn govoriti to waste words
vse je bilo zamàn it was all to no effect, it was all for nothing, it came to nothing, it achieved nothing
zamàn se mučiti to labour in vain
trud je bil zamàn the efforts proved abortive
zamàn trošiti to waste, to squander
zamàn se truditi (figurativno) to beat the air, to beat one's head against a brick wall

zanímanje interest (za in); (za zabavo) hobby

živo zanímanje lively interest
ima zanímanje za vse, kar vidi he takes an interest in everything he sees
izgubiti vse zanímanje za... to lose all interest in...
pokazati zanímanje za to take an interest in
zbuditi pri kom zanímanje za... to excite someone's interest in..., to interest someone in...
zbujati splošno zanímanje to arouse public interest

zanímati to interest (koga someone), to be of interest (to someone), to be interesting (to someone)

to me ne zanima I am not interested in it, it has no interest for me, this is of no interest to me
zanimalo te bo zvedeti, da... if will be interesting for you to know that...
zanímati se za... to be interested in, to take an interest in, to have an interest in, to interest oneself in
zelo se zanimam za glasbo I take a great interest in music
njega zanima vse (zanima se za vse), kar vidi he takes an interest in everything he sees

zaostríti to sharpen; to point; to provide with a point (oziroma with a sharp edge); figurativno to aggravate

zaostríti se to grow sharp (ali pointed, keen); (napetost) to become tense (ali strained); (kriza) to culminate, to come to a head, to come to a critical point
odnosi med državama se vse bolj zaostrujejo the relations between the two countries are becoming more strained every day

zapíti

zapíti denar to squander one's money (ali to waste one's substance) on drink
zapíti se to take to drink; to be addicted to drink
on zapije vse, kar zasluži he spends all he earns on drink

zarotíti se to conspire (proti against), to plot (proti against)

vse se je zarotilo proti njemu everything conspired against him
vse se je zarotilo, da mu gre po sreči (figurativno) all things conspired to make him happy