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wrestling [résliŋ]

1. samostalnik
rokoborba, težka borba, boj (tudi figurativno)

all-in wrestling prosta rokoborba

2. pridevnik
rokoborski

wrestling match tekma v rokoborbi

wriggle² [rigl]

1. neprehodni glagol
vijugati se, viti se, zvijati se, prerivati se, riniti se; prilizovati se; po kačje se premikati naprej
figurativno plaziti se, po krivih potih iti

2. prehodni glagol
premikati, viti, zvijati

to wriggle into vsiliti se v, z zvijačo si pridobiti (naklonjenost)
to wriggle out of spretno se umakniti iz, zmuzniti se od
to wriggle one's way into zmuzniti se v
to wriggle through preriniti se skozi, izmotati se

wrinkle¹ [riŋkl]

1. samostalnik
guba (v obrazu, v koži, v obleki, na vodi)
geologija zgubanje; vdolbina, neravnost

2. prehodni glagol
(na)gubati, nagrbančiti
neprehodni glagol
delati gube, (na)gubati se (koža, voda), nagrbančiti se; zmečkati se (obleka)

to wrinkle one's brow namrščiti obrvi
his face wrinkled into a smile obraz se mu je skremžil v nasmeh
to wrinkle one's nose vihati nos, namrdrniti se
to wrinkle (up) one's forehead nagubati čelo

wrong¹ [rɔŋ] samostalnik
krivica; zmota, zabloda, napačnost, greh; (redko) škoda, žalitev
pravno prestopek, prekršek, pregrešek, delikt, nedovoljeno dejanje

public wrong javen delikt, kaznivo dejanje
private wrong kršenje zasebnega prava
to commit a wrong zagrešiti (zakriviti, narediti) krivico
to be in the wrong biti v zmoti, ne imeti prav
to do wrong napak, ne prav delati, grešiti
to do s.o. wrong, to do wrong to s.o. delati (narediti) komu krivico
to know the right from the wrong razlikovati pravico od krivice
to make wrong right popraviti krivico, spremeniti slabo v dobro
to put s.o. in the wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to right a wrong popraviti krivico
to suffer wrong trpeti krivico

X, x [eks] množina X's, x's, Xs, xs [éksiz]

1. samostalnik
(črka) X, x

a capital (large) X veliki X
a little (small) x mali x; matematika (prva) neznanka, figurativno nedoločeno število, neznana veličina, neznan faktor; x-os, abscisa; X (rimska številka) 10; cerkev krajšava za Christ Kristus; predmet v obliki črke X; ameriško, pogovorno desetdolarski bankovec

2. pridevnik
štiriindvajseti

x, x- iksaste oblike
X hook kavelj v obliki črke X
double X (XX), triple X (XXX) dvojne, trojne jakosti (ale, stout pivo)

yank¹ [jæŋk] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno nagel, močan poteg, trzaj
škotsko nenaden močan udarec ali sunek
prehodni glagol
hitro ali sunkovito potegniti, iztrgati

the car will yank you home in a jiffy avto vas bo v hipu potegnil domov
he yanked out his knife naglo je izvlekel, potegnil svoj nož
to yank up kvišku potegniti
neprehodni glagol
pogovorno urno se premikati, skakati sem in tja

yarn¹ [ja:n] samostalnik
preja; (spreden) sukanec
navtika vrv
pogovorno, figurativno (neverjetna, izmišljena, razburljiva) zgodba

horror yarn grozljiva zgodba
spun yarn (iz dveh do štirih niti) spletena vrv
to spin a yarn pripovedovati razburljivo, grozljivo zgodbo; pretiravati v opisovanju kakega dogodka

year [ji: britanska angleščina tudi jə:] samostalnik
leto
množina doba, starost
astronomija perioda, obhodni čas (planeta)

year by year, from year to year od leta do leta, iz leta v leto
year in year out, year after year od leta do leta, leto za letom, skozi vsa leta
years before pred(mnogimi) leti
poetično in years v letih, star
a man in years starček
every other year vsako drugo leto
for years to come za prihodnja leta
for years leta in leta, mnogo let
once a year enkrat na leto
from year's end to year's end od začetka do konca leta
year-long enoleten, leto dni trajajoč
last year lansko leto, lani
next year prihodnje leto
civil (common, legal) year navadno leto
leap-year, bissextile year prestopno leto
church (Christian, ecclesiastical) year cerkveno leto
Great Year, Perfect Year veliko (platonsko) leto (26.000 let)
astronomical, solar year sončno leto
old year staro leto
New year novo leto
a happy New year srečno novo leto
New year's Day novoletni dan, Novo leto (l. jan.)
New year's Eve novoletni večer, silvestrovo
in the year of our Lord, in the year of grace v letu Gospodovem
school year šolsko leto
this year's exhibition letošnja razstava
many years' experience mnogoletno izkustvo
she is clever for her years bistra je za svoja leta
he is well on in years on je že v letih, je že star
she died at eight years old umrla je v starosti 8 let

yellow dog [jéloudɔg] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno manjvredna oseba ali stvar

yellow-dog contract ameriško, sleng pogodba med delodajalcem in delojemalcem, v kateri se slednji obveže, da ne bo pristopil k nobenemu sindikatu

yeoman množina yeomen [jóumən] samostalnik
zgodovina svobodnik, mali posestnik; član prostovoljne konjenice
navtika, ameriško intendantski podčastnik

yeoman of the Guard vojak (kraljeve) telesne straže, gardist
yeoman('s) service (zvesta) pomoč v sili; dragocena usluga

yes [jes]

1. prislov
da; pač

yes, indeed da, resnično, v resnici
oh, yes o, pač; (vprašalno) res?
Can't you hear me? -- Yes, I can. Me ne morete slišati? -- Pač, morem.
to say yes to s.th. potrditi kaj

2. samostalnik (množina yeses)
(beseda) da

Yes and No vrsta uganke
with a loud yes z glasnim da
to confine oneself to yes and no omejiti se na da in ne
to say yes privoliti, dati svoj da

yield² [ji:ld] prehodni glagol
donašati, prinašati, dajati; proizvajati; dopustiti, dovoliti; odstopiti (s.th. to s.o. komu kaj)
(redko) uvideti, priznati

to yield 10% donašati 10%
to yield assistance da(ja)ti, nuditi pomoč
to yield a city, a fortress predati mesto, trdnjavo
to yield good crops dajati dobre letine (žetve) (o zemlji)
to yield consent privoliti
to yield due honours izkazati dolžne časti
to yield the point priznati poraz (v debati)
to yield a profit trgovina prinesti dobiček
to yield s.th. to be done dopustiti, da se nekaj naredi (zgodi)
to yield s.o. thanks biti komu hvaležen
to yield precedence to s.o. dati komu prednost
to yield submission podvreči se
to yield the palm (to s.o.) priznati se poraženega (od koga)
yield right of way! dajte prednost (v cestnem prometu)
to yield a place to s.o. odstopiti, narediti prostor komu
to yield one's rights odreči se svojim pravicam
to yield oneself prisoner predati se v ujetništvo
to yield up the breath (ghost, life) izdihniti (dušo), umreti
neprehodni glagol
donašati, (ob)roditi, dajati; vdati se, popustiti; podleči, podvreči se; privoliti (to v)
zaostajati (to za)

to yield well, poorly dobro, slabo obroditi
this apple-tree yields well ta jablana dobro rodi
to yield to conditions privoliti v pogoje
to yield to despair vda(ja)ti se obupu
the ground yielded under him tla so se mu vdala pod nogami
to yield to superior forces vdati se, ukloniti se premoči
to yield to temptation podleči skušnjavi
to yield under pressure popustiti pod pritiskom
to yield to the times prilagoditi se časom (času)
they yield to our soldiers in courage oni zaostajajo za našimi vojaki glede hrabrosti

yore [jɔ:]

1. prislov
zastarelo nekoč, prej, takrat

2. samostalnik
arhaično davni čas(i), davnina

of yore davno, nekdaj, nekoč
in days of yore v starih, davnih časih

young¹ [jʌŋ] pridevnik
mlad; mladeniški; svež; nov; nezrel, neizkušen, nevešč (in v)

young America ameriška mladina
young blood figurativno mladi član družine; gizdalinček
the young day zgodnje, rano jutro
young days mladost
young lady gospodična
a young man mladenič
young love mlada, mladostna ljubezen
her young man njen izvoljenec
her young ones njeni otroci
the young one of an animal mladič živali
young Mr. Smith g. Smith junior
a young person mladenka
young people mladina
the young Turks mladoturki
Black the younger Black mlajši
the day is still young dan se šele začenja
to grow young again pomladiti se
she looks young for her years videti je mlada za svoja leta
the young ones cackle as the old cock crows (pregovor) jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa

yourself množina yourselves [jɔ:sélf, -sélvz] zaimek (v zvezi z you ali z velelnikom)

1.
(poudarjeno, emfatično) (ti) sam, (vi, Vi) sami

you yourself told me, you told me yourself vi sami ste mi povedali
you must see for yourself sam moraš videti, se prepričati
you are not yourself today danes te ni moč prepoznati, nisi pravi
you are not quite yourself after this illness nisi čisto pravi, nisi še dober po tej bolezni
what will you do with yourself today? kaj boš delal (počenjal) danes?
by yourself (ti) sam, brez (tuje) pomoči
you'll be left by yourself ostal boš (čisto) sam
do you learn French by yourself? ali se sami učite francosko?

2. povratni
se, sebe, si, sebi

be yourself! vzemi se skupaj!, pridi spet k sebi!
help yourself! postrezi(te) si, vzemi(te) si!
you may congratulate yourself lahko si čestitaš
don't trouble yourself! ne trudi(te) se!
pull yourselves together! vzemite se skupaj!
shut the door behind yourself! zapri(te) vrata za seboj!
how's yourself? sleng kako pa kaj ti?, kako pa gre tebi?

youth [ju:ɵ]

1. samostalnik
mladost; mladina, mladi svet; mladenič

in my youth v moji mladosti, v mojih mladih letih
the youth of the world mlada doba sveta, rani, zgodnji časi
all the youth of the village vsa vaška mladina
the dreams of youth mladostna sanje
in the prime of youth v cvetu mladosti
promising youth obetaven mladenič
youth will have its fling mladost se mora iznoreti; mladost norost

2. pridevnik
mladinski

youth hostel mladinski (počitniški) dom
youth movement mladinsko gibanje
youth organizer mladinski organizator, mladinski vodja

z with; by

z odprtimi rokami with open arms
z vso močjo with all one's might
udariti z gorjačo to strike with a cudgel
z vašim dovoljenjem with (ali by) your leave
vstopil je z menoj he went in with me
pojdi z menoj! come along with me!
kaj (pa) je z vami? what is the matter with you?
z današnjim dnem (naprej) from this day (forth)
z eno besedo in a word
z enim udarcem at a blow
z avtom by car
potovati z vlakom, z ladjo to travel by train, by boat
smo v sorodu z njimi we are relations of theirs
zmagati z mnogimi glasovi to win by many votes

za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

dan za dnem day by day
eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
korak za korakom step by step
enkrat za vselej once and for all
za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
za gorami beyond the mountains
jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
za mojim hrbtom behind my back
za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
za glavo večji taller by a head
za sedaj for the present
za šalo by way of a joke
argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
za menoj! follow me!
(kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
starejši za pet let five years older
jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
beseda za besedo word for word
mož za možem man by man
zanimanje za... interest in...
za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
biti za kaj to be in favour of something
kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
on jé za tri he eats as much as three
povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
odšel je za vedno he left for good
voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
pustiti za seboj to leave behind

zabíti¹

zabíti v to drive in, to beat in, to ram in(to), to hammer in(to); to knock in
zabíti drog v zemljo to sink a post
zabíti žebelj to drive a nail in

zablóda aberration; error; mistake; delusion; fallacy, false belief

biti v zablódi to be (ali to labour) under a misapprehension, to be mistaken