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tiščáti to press, to squeeze; (čevelj) to pinch; to oppress; to lie heavy on; (porivati) to push

čevlji me tiščé the shoes are too tight
tiščáti se skupaj to huddle together
dolg ga tišči the debt is a bit too much for him

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

to² [tu:] prislov
v normalnem (zlasti zaprtem) stanju; v mirnem položaju

to and fro, to and back sem in tja
to bring s.o. to spraviti koga k zavesti
that brought me to to me je spravilo k sebi
to come to priti k sebi, zavedeti se, osvestiti se
to fall to planiti (na jed, jedačo)
the horses are to konji so vpreženi
close to čisto pri roki
shut the door to (dobro) zaprite vrata
to set to lotiti se dela, pravilno začeti

tón glasba tone; sound; note; voice; manner of speaking; (barvni) tint, shade of colour

obseg tonov diapason
višina tóna glasba pitch
s posmehljivim tónom (glasom) jeeringly
z jeznim tónom (glasom) in an angry tone
dati tón glasba to give the note
dajati tón za (figurativno) to set the tone of, to set the style
prepovedujem si ta tón (od vas)! I won't have you talk to me in that tone of voice!
spremeniti tón to change one's tone (ali one's tune)
znižati (zvišati) svoj tón to drop (to raise) one's voice

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se

top² [tɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
opremiti s konico, z vrhom; pokriti, (o)kronati
agronomija odrezati vršičke; doseči vrh; zadeti, pogoditi, udariti (vrh, teme); biti višji, zavze(ma)ti prvo mesto, prekositi, nadkriliti
trgovina preseči, priti čez (ceno)
sleng obglaviti, obesiti

to top a hill priti na vrh griča
he tops me by 3 inches 3 cole je višji od mene
to be topped biti premagan
that tops all I ever saw to prekaša vse, kar sem (le) kdaj videl
he tops 5 feet nekaj čez 5 čevljev je visok
the dog topped the fence pes je preskočil plot
to top one's part gledališče odlično igrati svojo vlogo
to top the class biti najboljši v razredu

2. neprehodni glagol
dvigati se, vzpenjati se nad; izkazati se, odlikovati se; vladati nad, prevladovati

touch¹ [təč] samostalnik
dotik, dotikanje, stik, kontakt; zveza, spoj; otip, otipavanje; čutilo tipa, tip; občutnost, tankočutnost; lahen udarec; lahen napad (bolezni ipd.)
glasba udarec; (umetnost) poteza, črta; karakteristična, značilna poteza, izraz
figurativno roka, stil, izvedba, umetnost, spretnost
figurativno kakovost; pečat, kov, žig; primes, sled, nadih, malce
sleng stroka, področje
sleng izvabljenje (denarja), izprošen denar; prisleparjenje, kraja, "izžicanje"

at a touch pri dotiku
out of touch with brez stika z
on the slightest touch pri najrahlejšem dotiku
within touch of na dosegu
the touch of nature prirodna črta, simpatičnost po prirodi
a touch of pepper malce popra
a touch of romance nadih romantike
a touch of the sun sončarica
finishing touch zadnja poteza
a shilling touch sleng cena enega šilinga, stane en šiling
the Nelson touch figurativno spretnost (umetnost) izvleči se iz težavnega položaja
soft to the touch mehak za otip
that was a (near) touch! za las je šlo!
this isn't my touch to se me ne tiče
he has a touch of genius nekaj genialnega je v njem
be had a near touch za las (komaj) je ušel nevarnosti
to get into touch with priti v stik z, vzpostaviti zvezo z
to keep in touch with s.o. biti v stalnem stiku, imeti stalno zvezo s kom
to lose touch with s.th. izgubiti stik s čim
to put s.o. in touch with povezati, zvezati koga z (tudi telefonično)
to put s.th. to the touch postaviti kaj na preskušnjo

touch² [təč] prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, dotikati se; (o)tipati, potipati; spraviti v dotik (stik); udarjati, igrati (na klavir, na strune), ubirati (strune); lahno se dotakniti (kakega predmeta); ukvarjati se s čim, imeti opravka z; pokusiti; vzeti, dvigniti, prejeti (plačo)
sleng izvabiti (denar) od koga, prevarati, ukaniti, ogoljufati, oslepariti; priti v stik (s čim), mejiti na, naslanjati se na, segati do, raztezati se do; ganiti, užalostiti; užaliti, vznemiriti, pretresti, razburiti; (pri)zadeti, pustiti sledove na; vplivati na
pogovorno biti enak (komu), doseči (koga), meriti se (s kom); pogoditi, uganiti; skicirati; šatirati; modificirati; žigosati (žlahtno kovino)
neprehodni glagol
dotikati se, dotakniti se, priti v stik, mejiti; vplivati na, imeti posledice za
navtika pristati za kratek čas

the apples are touched with frost jabolka so pozebla
clouds are touched with red oblaki so rdeče obarvani
I was touched by his story njegova zgodba me je ganila
it touches none but him to zadeva (se tiče) le njega
to touch bottom dotikati se dna; figurativno doseči najnižjo ceno
his brain (ali he) is touched v njegovi glavi ni vse v redu
to touch the bell pozvoniti
it touched me to the heart to mi je šlo k srcu
I was touched to tears bil sem do solz ganjen
I do not touch cocktails koktajlov se ne dotaknem
no one can touch her for (ali in) beauty nihče se ne more meriti z njo po lepoti
he touches 5 feet visok je 5 čevljev
to touch glasses trčiti s čašami
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka (v pozdrav)
how does this touch him? kakšno zvezo ima to z njim? kaj se to njega tiče?
to touch lucky imeti srečo
nobody can touch him nihče mu ni enak, se ne more meriti z njim
to touch s.o. for two pounds izvabiti iz (upiliti, navrtati) koga za 2 funta
to touch to the quick zadeti v živo, prizadeti (koga), užaliti
to touch on the raw razžaliti, razjeziti, razkačiti
the soap won't touch these spots milo ne doseže ničesar pri teh madežih
to touch the spot pravo pogoditi
to touch wood potrkati po lesu (da se ubranimo zlih sil usode)
touch wood! ne kličimo nesreče!
this touches on treason to meji na izdajo, to je že kot izdaja

toward² [təwɔ́:d ameriško tɔ́:rd] predlog
(krajevno) k, proti, v smeri, v bližini

with his back toward me s hrbtom proti meni
he lives toward London stanuje v bližini Londona; (časovno) proti, okoli, približno okoli
toward noon proti poldnevu; nasproti, proti, k; kar se tiče, gledé
hostile toward communism sovražen do komunizma
a tendency toward co-operation tendenca h kooperaciji
to save money toward buying a house varčevati denar za nakup hiše
he gave me 5 pounds toward my expenses dal mi je 5 funtov za kritje mojih izdatkov

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

transcribe [trænskráib] prehodni glagol
prepisati, kopirati; transkribirati
radio posneti

to transcribe a program(me) posneti program (za poznejši prenos)

treat² [tri:t] prehodni glagol
ravnati (s kom), postopati; obravnavati; tretirati (koga); vesti se, obnašati se (proti komu); zdraviti (bolnika, bolezen)
kemija delovati na; smatrati (as za, kot)
(po)gostiti (to s čim), plač(ev)ati za koga; nuditi užitek (komu)
politika, zgodovina skušati pridobiti si (volilce) s plačevanjem pijače, z "volilnim golažem"
neprehodni glagol
dogovarjati se (about o, with z)
pogajati se; manipulirati, ravnati (of z)
razpravljati, govoriti, pisati (of o)
plačevati za zapitek, pijačo itd.

to treat s.o. brutally brutalno ravnati s kom
to treat o.s. to gostiti se z
he treated me to a good dinner pogostil me je, plačal mi je za dobro večerjo
to treat s.o. for caneer zdraviti koga zaradi raka
to treat s.o. like a lord kraljevsko koga pogostiti
to treat o.s. to a bottl of champagne privoščiti si buteljko šampanjca
this book treats of an interesting topic ta knjiga obravnava zanimivo témo
he treated my words as a joke smatral je moje besede za šalo
as we treat others, we must expect to be treated kakor mi z drugimi, tako oni z nami
it is my turn to treat jaz sem na vrsti, da plačam (za zapitek, za pijačo itd.)
he is being treated for nervous depression zdravijo ga zaradi živčne depresije

tremble² [trembl] neprehodni glagol
tresti se, drgetati, drhteti, trzati (at, from, with od)
figurativno trepetati; prhotati, frfotati
figurativno plašiti se, biti (nekoliko) v skrbeh, v strahu, v negotovosti; vznemiriti se

to tremble with anger tresti se od jeze
to tremble all over, to tremble in every limb tresti se po vseh udih
to tremble in the balance figurativno kolebati, biti v negotovosti
his life trembles in the balance njegovo življenje visi na nitki, je v skrajni nevarnosti
to tremble for s.o., for one's safety trepetati za koga, za svojo varnost
I tremble to think what might have happened groza me je pomisliti, kaj bi se bilo lahko zgodilo
prehodni glagol
stres(a)ti

trésti to shake; to agitate, (močnó) to toss; to jog, to joggle

trésti se to shake, to tremble, to shiver; to vibrate; to quiver (od with); (voz) to jolt
roke se mu tresejo his hands shake
mraz me trese I shiver with cold
dvorana se trese od... the hall shakes with...
hiša se je tresla od eksplozij the house shook with the explosions
trésti se od besa to quiver with rage
trésti se od mrzlice to shake with fever
trésti se kot šiba na vodi to tremble like a leaf
vsi se tresejo pred njim every one trembles before him (ali is scared of him)
trésti se od mraza to shiver (ali to shudder) with cold
hlače so se mi tresle (figurativno) I had my heart in my mouth, I shook in my shoes
tresel se je od smeha his sides shook with laughter, he shook with laughter
trésti se po vsem telesu to tremble in every limb, to tremble all over, to be all of a shake
tresti se od strahu to tremble (ali to shake) with fear

tŕgati (puliti) to pluck, to pull; (nabirati) to gather, (sadje, cvetlice) to pick; (strgati, raztrgati) to tear, to rend, to lacerate

tŕgati na kose, koščke to tear to pieces, to bits
trga me v ušesu I have an earache
tŕgati se za... to fight for, to scramble for...
ljudje se trgajo za to blago there is a great demand for these goods
tŕgati se za meso to scramble for meat
tŕgati se za prostor, za sedež to scramble for a place
ljudje se trgajo za njegovo knjigo his book is selling like hot cakes

trick¹ [trik] samostalnik
trik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju)
navtika služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)

full of tricks poln spletk
the tricks of the trade (posebne) poslovne zvijače
the whole bag of tricks vreča (kup, koš) zvijač
none of your tricks with me! tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!
to be up to a trick or two znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagati
to be up to s.o.'s tricks spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebe
I was up to his tricks nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedel
to do (to turn) the trick sleng doseči cilj; izvesti ukano
he has a trick of frowning ima to razvado, da mršči čelo
he played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodel
I know a trick worth two of that poznam še nekaj boljšega kot to
to take up the trick dobiti vzetek (pri kartanju)

trifle [tráifl]

1. samostalnik
malenkost, bagatela, nepomembnost
figurativno majhna vsota
figurativno mrvica, košček
kulinarika narastek, napihnjen kolač
množina posoda, predmeti iz kositra

a trifle too long za malenkost predolg
that is a mere trifle to me to je le malenkost zame
to waste one's time on trifles zapravljati čas z malenkostmi

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
igra(čka)ti se; šaliti se, delati (počenjati) šale, norčije, burke (with z)
zabavati se; flirtati; površno delati; čas tratiti

he is not to be trifled with z njim se ni šaliti, on ne pozna šale
to trifle with one's food obirati se pri jedi

trík trick; dodge; stunt; artifice

poln tríkov full of tricks
tvoji tríki pri meni ne vžgejo! none of your tricks with me!
spregledati tríke kake osebe to be up to someone's tricks

trip up neprehodni glagol
spotakniti se
prehodni glagol
spotakniti, podstaviti nogo, podreti; uničiti; zasačiti, ujeti koga pri napaki (v govoru ali delu)

he tried to trip me up skušal me je spotakniti

tŕn thorn; spine; prickle

brez tŕnov without a thorn, spineless, thornless
poln tŕnov thorny
beli tŕn hawthorn, (redko) whitethorn
črni tŕn blackthorn, sloe
to mi je tŕn v peti (figurativno) it is a thorn in my flesh (ali in my side)
moj uspeh mu je tŕn v peti he envies me my success
biti kot na tŕnih (figurativno) to be on tenterhooks, (žargon) to be like a cat on hot bricks
ni rože brez tŕna (there is) no rose without a thorn