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hostage [hɔ́stidž] samostalnik
talec, -lka; zastavek, zalog

hostages to fortune žena in otrok
to give hostages to fortune obvezati se za kaj, izpostavljati se nevarnosti ali izgubiti
to hold s.o. hostage imeti koga za talca

hot¹ [hɔt] pridevnik (hotly prislov)
vroč; oster, pekoč, začinjen (jed); razgret, razvnet, strasten
figurativno oster, živ, kričeč (barva); razburjen, jezen; pohoten, vročekrven, ki se goni (žival); najnovejši (novica), svež (sled)
sleng odličen, izvrsten; opolzek (npr. gledališka igra)
pogovorno nevaren, neprijeten
ameriško, sleng ukraden ali pretihotapljen; zasledovan (policijsko); radioaktiven
elektrika pod električno napetostjo (žica)
glasba ognjevit, hiter

I am hot vroče mi je
hot and hot zelo vroč, naravnost s štedilnika
like a cat on hot bricks nestrpen, kakor na trnju
in hot blood v afektu, v hudem razburjenju
to be hot for (ali on) biti zagledan v kaj, goreče kaj želeti
to be hot in (ali on) biti odličen (v stroki)
he is not so hot ni tako odličen
pogovorno hot under the collar besen, razjarjen
to drop s.th. like a hot potato naglo kaj izpustiti
a hot favourite velik favorit, verjeten zmagovalec
to be in hot water biti v škripcih
to get into hot water for zaiti v težave zaradi
to get into hot water with s.o. imeti s kom opravka
figurativno hot water nesreča, težava, škripec
to get hot over s.th. razburiti se, razvneti se
to get too hot prevroče (neprijetno) postati
it goes like hot cakes gre dobro v prodajo
you are getting hot si blizu cilja, "vroče" (v igri)
in hot haste v veliki naglici
to make it hot for s.o. podkuriti komu
hot news senzacionalne novice
news hot from the press pravkar objavljena novica
the place was getting too hot for him tla so mu postajala prevroča
in hot pursuit of tesno za petami
a hot patriot goreč rodoljub
hot spices pekoče začimbe
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo, dokler je vroče
hot and strong silovit(o)
sleng hot stuff odličen, izvrsten, prima
a hot scent (ali trail) sveža sled
hot on the track of na sveži sledi, za petami
hot temper ognjevit temperament, vročekrvnost
I went hot and cold srh me je spreletel
hot words ostre besede
hot work težko delo

hotéti to be willing; to want; (marati) to like; (želeti) to wish, to want, to desire; (nameravati) to intend, to purpose, to mean, to have in view

rajši hotéti to prefer
ne hotéti to be unwilling
hočeš cigareto? will you have a cigarette?
kaj hočete? what do you want?
kaj hočeš od mene? what do you want of me?
on ve, kaj hoče he knows what he wants, he knows his mind
kakor hočete as you like, as you please, as you wish, suit yourself
naj to hoče ali ne whether he likes it or not
hočeš-nočeš whether you like it or not, willy-nilly, willing or unwilling
noče sprejeti denarja he won't accept the money
naj stane, kar hoče whatever the cost, whatever it may cost
kaj hočete reči s tem? what do you mean by it?
ona dela, kar hoče she has her own way
sam ne ve, kaj hoče he does not know his own mind
hočem, da greš domov I want you to go home
s silo hoče, da grem domov he insists on my going home, he insists I go home
imamo vse, kar hočemo we have all we want, we want for nothing
hočemo mu dobro we wish him well
kaj mi hoče (čemu mi bo) ta knjiga? I have no use for this book
hoče mi se (piti) I feel like a drink, I feel thirsty, I'd like a drink
dobro vem, kaj on hoče I fully appreciate (ali I realise full well) what he has in mind
kakorkoli hočete as you like (ali choose ali please), at your discretion
hoče biti (dela se, da je) znanstvenik he pretends to be a scientist
hočeš, da te peljem z avtom (na postajo)? would you like me to drive you (to the station)?, shall I drive you (to the station)?
hočete še malo mesa? will you have (ali take) a little more meat?
kaj sem hotel reči? what was I going to say
hotel sem samo reči, da... I only meant to say that...
hotel je telelefonirati, pa je pozabil he meant to call, but he forgot
(sam) si to hotel you asked for it (yourself)
hotela me je udariti she felt like hitting me
usoda je hotela, da... it was fated that...
srce mi je hotelo počiti my heart was ready to burst (ali to break)
on je tako hotel he wanted it that way
hotel se je poročiti he wanted to get married, he was about to be married
nesreča je hotela (as) ill luck (ali misfortune) would have it
na vsak način je hotel imeti nov avto he insisted on having a new car
jaz bi hotel (iti) I should like (I'd like) to (go)
kaj bi hoteli še več? what more could you wish for?
hotéti in želeti je dvoje willing and wishing are not the same

how¹ [háu] prislov
kako (vprašanje in vzklik)

how about...? kako pa kaj...?
how are you? kako se počutiš?
how do you do dober dan (pozdrav)
how much?, how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
how ever do you do it? kako le to narediš?
how so?; ali how come? kako?, kako to misliš?
how the deuce (ali devil, dickens) ? kako za vraga?
how goes it? kako kaj gre?
how in the world? kako vendar?
how is that? odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?
how now? kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?
and how! in še kako!
here's how! pogovorno na zdravje (pri pitju)
that's how tako, na tak način
pogovorno a nice how-do-you-do (ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!

how² [háu] samostalnik
način postopka

the how of it način, kako se kaj naredi
the hows and whys kako in zakaj

hudíč devil; the devil, Satan; the Evil One; pogovorno old Harry, old Nick

hudíča oh, bother!
kaj, hudíča, si delal tam? what the mischief were you doing there?
kam, hudíča, je pa šel? where on earth has he got to?
kdo, hudíča, ti je to rekel? who the devil (ali the dickens ali on earth) told you that?
hudíč ga je obsedel he has the devil in him
risati hudíča bolj črnega, kot je to paint the devil blacker than he is
hudíča klicati to talk of the devil
v sili hudíč muhe žre figurativno beggars can't be choosers; drowning men clutch at straws; half a loaf is better than no bread

hudík hudír deuce

kaj, hudík, hudírja, si naredil? what the devil (ali the hell) have you done?

hug² [hʌg] prehodni glagol
objeti, priviti k sebi, držati se česa; laskati komu

to hug a belief sveto verjeti
to hug o.s. on (ali for) čestitati si za kaj, k čemu; biti zadovoljen s seboj zaradi
to hug the shore (bank, wall) držati se ob obali (pri bregu, ob zidu)
figurativno to hug one's chains dobro se počutiti v hlapčevstvu
the car hugs the road well avto se dobro drži ceste

hum² [hʌm]

1. neprehodni glagol
brenčati, brundati, momljati; obotavljati se, oklevati
sleng smrdeti
pogovorno sukati se (pri delu)

2. prehodni glagol
brundati pesem

to hum and ha jecljati, obotavljati se (pri govorjenju)
to make things hum ukreniti kaj

humo(u)r¹ [hjú:mə] samostalnik
humor, razpoloženje, temperament, šegavost
množina norčije, šale
zgodovina telesni sok

in the humo(u)r for s.th. razpoložen za kaj, pri volji za kaj
good (ill) humo(u)r dobra (slaba) volja
out of humo(u)r slabe volje, ozlovoljen
sense of humo(u)r smisel za humor
when the humo(u)r takes him kadar je pri volji
zgodovina cardinal humo(u)rs glavni telesni sokovi (kri, sluz, žolč itd.)
aqueous (ali vitreous) humo(u)r steklovina v zrklu

hustle² [hʌsl]

1. prehodni glagol
suniti, suvati, dregniti
figurativno siliti, ščuvati koga (into k)
odvrniti koga (out of od)

2. neprehodni glagol
prerivati se, preriniti se (through skozi)
hiteti
ameriško, pogovorno prizadevno delati
ameriško, sleng goljufati, prosjačiti, pehati se za denarjem

ome on now! hustle! ne zapravljaj časa! pohiti!
to hustle s.th. through izvesti kaj

hvaléžnost gratitude; gratefulness; thankfulness; (komu, za to someone, for)

iz hvaléžnosti za in gratitude for
usluga iz hvaléžnosti a grateful service
pokazati svojo hvaléžnost to show one's gratitude
sijati od hvaléžnosti to glow (ali to be radiant) with gratitude
s hvaléžnostjo kaj sprejeti to accept something gratefully
sprejmite, prosim, izraze moje globoke hvaléžnosti please accept my heartfelt thanks

idea [aidíə] samostalnik
ideja, misel, duševna predstava, pojem; zamisel, zasnova, načrt; smoter, namen; mnenje
glasba tema
filozofija prapodoba

the Idea absolutna ideja, absolutnost
in idea v duhu, v mislih
the idea of such a thing!; ali the (very) idea!; ali what an idea! pomisli, kaj takega!, kakšna neumnost!
what's the (big) idea? kaj naj to pomeni?, kakšna neumnost je spet to?
it is my idea that moje mnenje je, da
the idea is namen stvari je
that's the idea! tako je!, za to gre!
the young idea otroška pamet
the idea entered my mind prišlo mi je na misel
to form an idea of ustvariti si mnenje o, predstavljati si kaj
to get ideas into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to get the idea of razumeti kaj
to have no idea of ne imeti pojma o čem
to strike a new idea skreniti na drugo pot

ignorance [ígnərəns] samostalnik
ignoranca, nevednost, omejenost

to be in ignorance of s.th. ne vedeti za kaj

ignorant [ígnərənt] pridevnik (ignorantly prislov)
neveden, neumen, nešolan, nepoučen, ne zavedajoč se

an ignorant sin nevede storjen greh
to be ignorant of s.th. ne vedeti za kaj
he is not ignorant of what happened on dobro ve, kaj se je zgodilo

ill¹ [il] pridevnik
slab, zloben, zèl; poguben, škodljiv, zlohoten; neugoden; sovražen, okruten; bolan (of, with)

to do an ill turn to s.o. škoditi komu
to do s.o. an ill service napraviti komu medvedjo uslugo
he is ill to please težko mu je ugoditi
to be taken (ali to fall) ill (of, with) zboleti (za)
with an ill grace nerad, nevoljno
ill moment neugoden trenutek
ill wind neugoden veter
it is an ill wind that blows nobody good v vsaki stvari je tudi kaj dobrega
ill weeds grow apace kopriva ne pozebe, plevel dobro uspeva

ill² [il] prislov
slabo, hudo; težko, komaj

it ill becomes you ne spodobi se zate
to bear s.th. ill težko kaj prenašati
I can ill afford it težko si to privoščim
to do s.o. ill škoditi komu
ill at ease neprijeten, slab počutek
to fall out ill spodleteti
to fare ill ne imeti sreče
ill got, ill spent kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
he is ill off slabo mu gre
to speak (think) ill of s.o. o nekom slabo govoriti (misliti)
to take ill zameriti, šteti v zlo
to turn out ill ponesrečiti se, ne uspeti
it went ill with him zanj se je slabo izteklo, izkupil jo je

iméti to have; pogovorno to have got; to possess, to be in possession of; to keep, to hold, to own

ne iméti not to have, to be in want of, to be short of, to lack, to be destitute of, to be devoid of
iméti dar za to have a gift for, to have a talent for
iméti glavno besedo to be the spokesman
iméti čas za to have time for
iméti govor to make a speech, to deliver an oration
iméti zadnjo besedo to have the last word (ali the final say)
iméti ime to bear a name
iméti nahod to have a cold
iméti nekaj denarja to have some money
iméti izbiro to have a choice
iméti napako to have a fault
iméti prav to be right
ne iméti prav to be wrong
iméti posla z to have dealings with
iméti prijatelja v kom to have a friend in someone
iméti koga za norca to regard someone as a fool
iméti potrpljenje to have patience, to be patient
iméti težave to have difficulties
iméti srečo to be lucky, to be in luck, (stalno) to have a run of good luck
ne iméti sreče to be unlucky, to be ill-fated, to be out of luck, to be down on one's luck, to strike a bad patch
iméti pri roki to have on hand, to have near at hand, to have handy
iméti usmiljenje z to take pity on, to pity, to commiserate with
iméti pravico do to be entitled to
iméti referendum to hold a referendum
iméti volitve to hold elections
iméti za posledico to entail
iméti v vidu to have in view
rad iméti to like, to be fond of
najrajši iméti to prefer above all
rajši iméti to prefer, to like better
sedaj imamo zimo it is winter now
imam nekaj denarja pri sebi I have some money on me
to nima nič na sebi it is of no consequence
kako se imaš? how are you getting on?, how are you?
dobro se imejte! have a good time!
ima me, da bi (šel) I have a good mind to (go)
imel je priti včeraj he was to come yesterday
hoteti kaj iméti (želeti) to desire, to wish, to want something
imam ga za poštenjaka I believe him to be an honest man
za koga me (pa) imate? whom (pogovorno who) do you take me for?
iméti koga na hrani in stanovanju to board and lodge someone
iméti obzir to be considerate
iméti na zalogi, v skladišču to have in store, in stock

impatient [impéišənt] pridevnik (impatiently prislov)
nestrpen, nepotrpežljiv, nemiren, nevoljen

impatient at s.th. nevoljen, razburjen zaradi česa
impatient for željan česa, pohlepen po čem
impatient of jezen na, nepotrpežljiv do, občutljiv za
to be impatient of ne trpeti, ne prenašati česa
to be impatient to do s.th. goreče želeti kaj narediti

impervious [impə́:viəs] pridevnik (imperviously prislov)
neprepusten, neprediren, nepristopen, neprehoden

impervious to gluh za kaj