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tír track, ZDA trackage; line; rails pl

železniški tír railway track
enojni (dvojni) tír single (double) track
industrijski tír factory (ali private) siding
stranski tír siding
vlak je skočil s tíra the train was derailed
spraviti koga iz tíra (figurativno) to put someone off his stride
vreči iz tíra to throw someone off the track
vržen iz tíra (figurativno) thrown out of gear
vedno hodi po istem tíru (figurativno) he always follows the same track
skočiti s tíra to run off the rails, to be derailed
spraviti kaj zopet v pravi tír to put something right again
prišel je iz tíra (figurativno) he has gone off the rails
prekoračenje tírov (prehod čez tire) je potnikom prepovedano! passengers must not cross the line!

tírati to drive; to push (k to)

tírati koga v obup to drive someone to despair
tírati kaj predaleč to push something too far

tísk print, printing; press; typography; impression; pogovorno type

v tísku in print, in the press, passing through the press
pripravljen, zrel, gotov za tísk in type; correct; ready to go to press
tísk in založba (DZS) printers and publishers (DZS)
debel tísk boldface, bold (ali heavy, thick) type
jasen (majhen, velik) tísk clear (small, large) type
nejasen, zabrisan tísk slur
klečeplazen tísk the reptile press
razprti tísk space type
poševni tísk italics pl
gotski tísk (črke) black letters pl, Gothic, Fraktur
dnevni tísk daily prints pl, daily press
senzacijski tísk (časopisje) the tabloids, the gutter press
svoboda tíska freedom of the press
knjiga je v tísku the book is being printed (ali is with the printers)
dati v tísk to put in print, to bring out, to publish
hitro dati knjigo v tísk to rush a book into print
iti v tísk to go to press
zavezati jezik tísku (figurativno) to throttle (ali to hamstring, zastarelo to jugulate) the press

tišína silence; (globoka) stillness, pesniško still; hush; (mir) quiet, quietness; calm

tišína! silence!, stop that noise!, stop talking!
popolna, mrtvaška, grobna tišína dead silence, dead calm
v globoki nočni tišíni in the dead of the night
v nočni tišíni in the still (ali in the hush) of night
globoka tišína a deep silence, a breathless silence

tkánje weaving; texture

napaka v tkánju flaw (ali fault) in weaving

tlà (sobna) floor; (zemlja) soil, ground

na tleh on the floor
na trdnih tleh on firm ground
gola tlà (deske) bare boards pl
na francoskih tleh on French soil
rodna tlà native soil
rodovitna tlà rich soil, (črnica) mould
nerodovitna tlà barren ground, barren (ali jejune) soil
peščena tlà sandy soil
parketna tlà parquet floor
tlà mu gorijo pod nogami (figurativno) the place is getting too hot for him
ta tlà so jim prevroča (figurativno) this place is too warm (ali hot) for them
napraviti komu tlà vroča pod nogami (figurativno) to make it hot for someone (ali too hot for someone)
izgubiti tlà pod nogami to lose one's foothold (ali footing), (v vodi) to be swept off one's feet, to go out of (ali beyond) one's depth
spodnesti, spodrezati komu tlà pod nogami to cut the ground from under someone's feet
vreči na tlà to knock to the ground
vreči koga na tlà to knock someone down, to floor

tlakováti to pave, (z okroglimi kamni) to cobble; (kuhinjo) to floor

pot v pekel je tlakovana z dobrimi nameni (figurativno) the road to hell is paved with good intentions

tléti to glow (ali to burn) faintly; to glim, to glimmer, to smoulder

sovraštvo tli v njem hatred smoulders in his heart
tleči pepel embers pl

to this; that; it

to je (krajšava: t.j.) that is, namely, (krajšava: i.e.)
o tem about this
v tem (medtem) (in the) meanwhile
skozi to through this, on account of this, by it
razen tega besides, moreover, as well
kako to? how so?
(pa) kaj za to? what of that?
to je vse that's all
to je možno that may be
to so oni they are the ones, pogovorno that's them
ne to ne ono (= nekaj vmesnega, srednjega) neither one thing nor the other, betwixt and between
pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu for all that
tega je 10 let ten years ago
jaz sem za to I am for it, I agree to it
ni mi do tega I don't care for it
samó še to bi (se) manjkalo! that would be all we need!, (pogovorno) that would put the tin lid on it!
pustimo to, kakor je! (pogovorno) let it go at that!
to mi boš plačal! you'll pay for this!, you'll smart for this!
koga misliš s tem? whom have you (ali pogovorno who've you got) in mind?
si to mislil, si to hotel reči? is that what you meant?
to se pravi that is to say
iz tega sledi... hence it follows...
vsi vedó to every one knows that
poleg vsega tega, (on) še pije apart from all that, he drinks, too

toast¹ [tóust]

1. samostalnik
pražena, popečena rezina (belega) kruha, popečenec; toast; s tekočino (vinom, mlekom) polit toast

a toast rezina popečenega kruha, namočena v vinu
as warm as toast prijetno topel
toast and water v vodi namočen popecenec
to have s.o. on toast britanska angleščina, sleng imeti koga v svojih rokah (v pesteh, v oblasti)

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
popeči (se), pražiti (se) (o rezinah kruha)
figurativno ogreti (se), greti (noge itd.) pri ognju

to toast one's feet (one's toes) temeljito si ogreti noge (prste na nogah)

today, to-day [tədéi]

1. prislov
danes; dandanes; zdaj

today week danes teden
today a man, tomorrow a mouse danes bogatin, jutri siromak

2. samostalnik
današnji dan

the youth of today današnja, sodobna mladina
today's današnji
today's paper, today's course današnji časopis, tečaj (kurz)
today is ours, tomorrow is yours danes meni, jutri tebi
one today is worth two tomorrows boljši je vrabcc v roki kot golob na strehi; bolje drži ga kot lovi ga

toe¹ [tóu] samostalnik
prst na nogi; konica, kapica (čevlja, nogavice); sprednji del podkve, kopita
figurativno konec, kraj (predmeta); ojačano podnožje stebra, oboka itd.
množina, pogovorno noge

on one's toes pogovorno živ, živahen, uren, hiter
from top to toes od glave do pet
big (great) toe palec na nogi
little toe mezinec na nogi
the light fantastic toe šaljivo ples, plesanje
toe dance ples po konicah prstov
toe dancer plesalec, -lka po konicah prstov; baletnik, baletka
pointed toes koničaste kapice (čevlja)
toe weight v podkev privit ozobec
to tread on s.o.'s toes pogovorno stopiti komu na prste (na kurje oko); (u)jeziti ali (u)žaliti koga
to turn up one's toes sleng, figurativno umreti

tóga zgodovina toga, pl, -s, togae

oblečen v tógo togaed

toil² [tɔ́il] samostalnik
(večinoma množina, figurativno) mreža; zanka

in the toils of debt zadolžen
taken in the toils ujet (zapleten) v mrežo, v zanko

tók¹ current; (vodni) stream, current; drift; (dogodkov) swim

električni tók electric current
istosmerni tók direct (ali continuous) current
izmenični tók alternating current
poraba (električnega) tóka consumption of electricity
Zalivski tók Gulf Stream
sredi, v sredini tóka in midstream
močan tók (elektrika) power current
slab, šibak tók (elektrika) low-tension current
inducirani tók induced current
močan vodni tók powerful current
jakost tóka current intensity, strength
proizvodnja tóka generation of current
potreba po tóku demand for electricity
plavati s tókom figurativno (proti tóku) to swim with (against) the stream (ali tide)
prepustiti se tóku (razmer) to resign oneself (ali to be resigned) to the course of events, to let things drift
tók jih žene they are carried along by the current, they drift

tók² case; box; covering; (nožnica) sheath; (za revolver) holster

vtakniti v tók to put (back) in a case, arhaično to encase; to sheathe
tók za očala spectacle case

token [tóukən] samostalnik
znak (of česa); simbol; dokaz; darilo za spomin, spomin(ek); žeton; bon

as a token of my gratitude kot znak (dokaz) moje hvaležnosti
by token, by the same (ali this) token iz istega razloga; nadalje; vrhu tega, razen tega
in token of v znak, v dokaz česa
more by token toliko bolj (več) (as, that ko, ker)
token aid (le) simbolična pomoč
token coin (kovinski) žeton (za vožnjo)
token import uvoz manjše količine blaga kot obveza prihodnjih večjih naročil
token money zasilni denar
token payment delno plačilo kot priznanje dolga
token strike solidarnostna (svarilna, opozorilna) stavka
token vote parlament odobritev denarnega zneska, čigar višina ni obvezna
to give s.o. a ring as a token of love dati komu prstan v dokaz (znak) ljubezni
I'll keep it as a token obdržal si bom to za spomin(ek)
to wear black as a token of mourning nositi črno obleko v znak žalovanja

tolážba consolation, comfort; solace

slaba tolážba poor (ali small) consolation, little or no consolation, cold comfort
to je slaba tolážba that is scant (ali poor) consolation
iskati tolážbo v pijači to seek solace in drink
našla je tolážbo v veri she found solace in religion
črpati tolážbo v to take comfort from
skušati najti tolážbo v... to try to find comfort in...
potreben tolážbe in need of consolation

toll² [tóul]

1. samostalnik
mitnina, carina, pristojbina, taksa; cestnina, mostnina, sejmarina, mletvina; (pre)voznina
zgodovina dajatev, davek
figurativno davek, dolg, žrtev

the toll of the road, the road toll figurativno cestni davek; žrtve, število mrtvih v prometnih nesrečah
the disease took a heavy toll bolezen je pobrala mnogo ljudi
the hurricane took toll of 100 lives orkan je uničil 100 življenj
to pay one's toll of plačati svoj davek za
to take toll pobirati mitnino (carino, pristojbino)
to take toll of pridržati, zadržati, odtegniti (kaj)
to take toll of s.o. figurativno zdelati, zmučiti koga
thoughts pay no toll figurativno misli so oproščene carine

2. neprehodni glagol
plačati ali pobirati javne dajatve (mitnino, carino, mostnino itd.)

tólpa band, gang

član tólpe member of a gang, gangster
oborožena tólpa an armed band
tatinska tólpa gang of robbers
združiti se v zločinsko tólpo pogovorno to gang up