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ustáviti to stop, to put a stop to; to bring to a standstill, to stay; to arrest, to cease; to bring to a halt; to suspend; to check; to hold up

ustáviti se to stop, to halt; to come to a standstill (ali hold-up)
ustáviti delo to stop (ali to suspend, to cease) work, to strike; (pogovorno) to knock off work
ustáviti kri to staunch blood
ustáviti krvavitev rane to stop a wound
ustáviti plačo to withold someone's salary, to stop someone's pay
ustáviti plačila to stop payments
ustáviti (štopati) avto to stop a car
ustáviti sovražnosti to suspend hostilities
ustavil me je na ulici he stopped me in the street
ustavili so mu pokojnino his pension (ali allowance) has been stopped
ustáviti napredovanje sovražnika to halt an enemy advance
ustavili so ga sredi njegovega govora he was interrupted right in the middle of his speech
ustáviti vlak, stroj to stop a train, a machine
zdravnik je ustavil krvavenje the doctor staunched the flow of blood
ves promet je bil ustavljen all traffic was stopped, (začasno was suspended)
biti ustavljen (ne moči naprej) to be at a stop
nenadoma se ustáviti to stop short, to stop dead
popolnoma se ustáviti to come to a full (ali dead) stop
on se ne bo pred ničemer ustavil he'll stop at nothing
ura se mi je ustavila my watch has stopped
se ta vlak ustavi v Kranju? does this train stop at Kranj?
za nekaj dni se bom ustavil v Parizu I am going to stay a few days in paris

ustrelíti to shoot (dead), to kill by shooting

ustrelíti na to shoot at
bil je ustreljen kot špijon he was shot as a spy
ustrelite ga, če bo skušal pobegniti! shoot him if he tries to escape!
dezerterji so bili ustreljeni the deserters were shot
ustrelil se je he has shot himself
ustrelíti se v glavo to blow one's brains out

usual [jú:žuəl]

1. pridevnik
običajen, navaden

as usual, šaljivo as per usual kot po navadi, kot običajno
it has become the usual thing with us to je postalo običajno pri nas
it is not usual for him to come so early ni (to) njegova navada, da bi prišel tako zgodaj
it is usual for shops to close at 7 o'clock trgovine se navadno zapirajo ob sedmih
the train is later than (is) usual vlak je prišel kasneje kot navadno

2. samostalnik
kar (kolikor) je običajno; običajna mera

how is life these days? -- The usual. (pogovorno) Kako je kaj? -- Kot običajno.

ušésa ears pl

do ušésa up to the ears
preko ušésa over (head and) ears
do ušés zaljubljen head over heels in love
šumenje v ušésih buzzing in the ears, medicina tinnitus
ušésa me bolijo I have (the) earache
naleteti na gluha ušésa to find (to fall on) deaf ears
moja svarila so naletela na gluha ušésa my warnings fell on deaf ears
preko ušés je zadolžen he is up to his eyes (ali ears) in debt
napeti, napenjati ušésa to prick up (ali to strain) one's ears
naviti komu ušésa to warm someone's ears
povleči koga za ušésa to pull (ali to tug) someone's ears
poslušati na vsa ušésa (figurativno) to be all ears
prišlo mi je na ušésa it came to my hearing
pridigati gluhim ušésom to fall on deaf ears
konj striže z ušési the horse twitches his ears
vleči na ušésa to prick up one's ears
zamašiti, mašiti si ušésa to stop (up) one's ears
zardeti do ušés to blush to the roots of one's hair; to blush to one's ears
v ušésih mi zveni, šumí my ears are ringing (ali are burning)
stene imajo ušésa (figurativno) the walls have ears, arhaično little pitchers have long ears

utŕniti (svečo) to snuff

solze so seji utrnile she shed tears

vain [véin] pridevnik (vainly prislov)
brezuspešen, jalov, brez koristi, zastonjski; nadut, domišljav, nečimrn, bahaški; prazen, plitev, puhel, ničev; nepomemben, nebistven (razlika); (redko) bedast, trivialen

in vain, zastarelo for vain zaman, zastonj
a vain attempt jalov poskus
vain promises prazne obljube
vain discussions brezplodno razpravljanje
he is as vain as a peacock domišljav (prevzeten) je kot pav
she is vain of her beauty domišljava je na svojo lepoto
it was vain to protest protesti so bili zaman, niso nič zalegli
to take God's name (ali the name of the Lord) in vain religija po nemarnem izgovarjati božje ime (imenovati boga)

váren safe; secure

váren pred safe from
na várnem in safety
absolutno, popolnoma váren (pogovorno) as safe as houses
toliko bolj várno so much the safer
váren kraj a safe place
váren pred napadi secure from attacks
váren obstoj, eksistenca a secure existence
váren pred nevarnostjo secure from danger
várna investicija a safe investment
most ni váren the bridge is not safe
biti na várnem to be on the safe side
biti váren pred volkovi to be safe from the wolves
hraniti kaj na várnem to keep something safe
tu smo na várnem pred vetrom here we are sheltered from the wind
moje življenje ni več várno my life is no longer secure
ni várno dotakniti se tega psa it is not safe to touch this dog, beware of the dog!
zdaj se čutimo várne we feel safe now
várno sem ga spravil (spremil) domov I saw him safe home
spravil sem ga na várno I have taken him to (ali put him in) a safe place
peljati na várno to lead to safety
položiti na várno mesto to put in a safe place

various [vɛ́əriəs] pridevnik (variously prislov)
različen, raznoličen, razen; mnogostranski; poln sprememb; pisan; številen, mnog, več
pogovorno (zaimek, samostalnik) mnogi, razni (ljudje), več

for various reasons iz raznih razlogov
at various times večkrat
various people told me so več ljudi mi je to reklo

vdáti se to submit (v to); to submit oneself; (predati se) vojska to surrender (oneself)

vdáti se v kaj to abandon oneself to something
brezpogojno vdáti se vojska to surrender unconditionally
vdáti se pijači to be addicted to drink
vdáti se v božjo voljo to submit to God's will
vdáti se v usodo to resign oneself to one's fate
vdáti se strastem to indulge one's passions, to give way to one's passions, to abandon oneself to one's passions
tla so se mu vdala pod nogami the ground gave way beneath him

večína majority; the greater (ali major) part; the bulk; most; plurality

absolutna (ogromna, vladna, velika, pičla, silna, relativna, potrebna, enostavna, dvetretjinska) večína absolute (crushing, government, great, narrow, overwhelming, relative, necessary, simple, two-thirds) majority
ogromna večína a swingeing victory
večína naroda the mass of the nation
večína (od) nas the bulk of us, most of us
večína glasov majority of votes
večína ljudi the majority of people, most people
z dvema glasovoma večíne by a majority of two
z večíno glasov by a majority of votes, ZDA by a plurality (of votes)
biti v veliki večíni to be in a substantial majority
večína je za predlog the ayes have it
ženske so bile v večíni the women were in the majority
dobiti absolutno večíno to obtain an absolute majority
bila je dosežena večína 200 glasov proti zakonskemu osnutku there was a majority of 200 against the bill
s svojim glasom je odločil večíno he had a casting vote
priključiti se večíni parlament to join the majority

vehicle [ví:ikl]

1. samostalnik
vozilo, voz, prevozno sredstvo
figurativno sredstvo (ki kaj prenaša), nosilec, prenosnik, prenašalec; posrednik, medij, izrazno sredstvo
tehnično razredčevalno sredstvo (za oljnate barve)

words are the vehicle of thought besede so nosilci misli

2. prehodni glagol
(redko) voziti, prevažati

vein¹ [véin] samostalnik
anatomija vena, žila
geologija rudna žila
botanika žilica, rebro; proga, maroga, žila (v marmorju, v lesu); reža, razpoka
figurativno nagnjenje, razpoloženje, volja, smisel, "žilica" (for za kaj)
čud, temperament; stil, način, ton

a vein of gold žila zlata
vein of humour humoristična žilica
in a merry vein veselo razpoložen
vein-mining izkoriščanje rudnih žil
I am not in the vein for joking nisem razpoložen za šale, ni mi do šal
he said more in the same vein dodal je še nekaj stvari, ki so bile iste note

veljáva worth; value; (vozovnice ipd.) validity; currency; pravo operation

ta zakon je še v veljávi that law is still in force
ti kovanci so še v veljávi these coins are still legal tender
biti v splošni veljávi to be current
ostati v veljávi to remain in force
stopiti v veljávo to come into operation (ali into force), to be put into operation (ali force), pravo to take effect
novi vozni red je stopil v veljávo pretekli teden the new timetable came into operation last week

verify [vérifai] prehodni glagol
preveriti, dokazati (resničnost, pravilnost česa), potrditi (pravilnost); uresničiti, izpolniti (obljubo)
pravno overiti (listino), potrditi; potrditi (izjavo) z dokazom; pregledati, verificirati, kontrolirati

verify an account preveriti, kontrolirati račun
subsequent events verified our suspicions poznejši dogodki so pokazali pravilnost naših sumov

verity [vériti] samostalnik
resnica, resničnost, dejstvo; realnost

of a verity! zares! resnično!, v resnici!, dejansko!
dreams are verities sanje so resnica

verjéti to believe (komu someone); (zaupati) to trust

lahko mi to verjamete you can take it from me
verjamem samo, kar vidim seeing is believing
ali lahko verjamemo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
tega pa ne verjamem (pogovorno) I don't fall for that one
ne verjéti to disbelieve
sveto verjéti to cling to (ali to cherish) a belief
to naj ti drugi verjamejo! see if others believe that!
bi verjeli kaj takega! would you believe it!
če verjameš ali ne believe it or not
verjéti nekaj neverjetnega (figurativno) to swallow a camel
rad ti verjamem I willingly believe you
nisem tako neumen, da bi to verjel I am not so foolish as to believe it
komaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes, I can hardly trust my own eyes

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

vlomíti to burgle; to break in (into)

vlomíti vrata to force (ali to batter in) a door
vlomíti v hišo to break into a house, to commit a burglary
vlomili so v našo hišo our house has been burgled, we've had a burglary (ali a break-in) at our house
tat je vlomil v sosedovo garažo a thief broke into the neighbour's garage
vlomili so v trgovino the shop was broken into
vlomíti v kredenco to break open a cupboard
vlomíti vrata to force open the door, to break the door in

vôda water; humoristično Adam's ale

po kopnem in po vôdi by land and by water
po vôdi navzdol downriver, downstream
po vôdi navzgor, proti vôdi upriver, upstream
bistra vôda limpid (ali clear) water
mehka (trda) vôda soft (hard) water
sladka (morska, tekoča, mineralna, pitna) vôda fresh (salt, running ali flowing, mineral ali table, drinking) water
termalna vôda thermal water
talna vôda underground water
mirujoča, stoječa vôda stagnant water, sluggish water
slana vôda brackish water
soda vôda soda water, aerated water
težka vôda kemija heavy water
kalna vôda troubled water
filtrirana vôda filtered water
mrzla in topla tekoča vôda cold and hot running water
neprepusten za vôdo watertight
curek vôde jet of water
pomanjkanje vôde water shortage
preskrba z vôdo water supply
vrč za vôdo water jug, pitcher
zdravljenje z vôdo hydropathy
v kitajskih vôdah in Chinese waters
to je vôda na njegov mlin (figurativno) this is grist to his mill
saj ne gori vôda! (figurativno) there's no tearing hurry!
polja so pod vôdo the fields are under water (ali flooded, inundated, submerged)
daj mi malo vôde, da si umijem roke! give me some water to wash my hands with!
iti po vôdo to fetch water
piti mineralno vôdo (v toplicah) to take the waters
nositi vôdo v Savo (figurativno) to carry coals to Newcastle
plavati na vôdi to float
naši načrti so šli po vôdi our plans went wrong
piti viski brez vôde to drink whisky neat
pasti v vôdo (figurativno) to come to naught, to fall through, (pogovorno) to fizzle out
s tem pade to v vôdo (VB pogovorno) this means it's a washout, this makes it a washout
moji načrti so padli v vôdo my plans have come to nothing
v kalni vôdi ribariti to fish in troubled waters
puščati vôdo (o ladji) to leak
zadrževati vôdo (= ne urinirati) to hold one's water
zaiti v pregloboko vôdo to go out of one's depth
tiha vôda globoko dere (bregove podira) still waters run deep
spustiti vôdo (urinirati) to make water

vogue [vóug] samostalnik
(priljubljena) moda; navada; priljubljenost, popularnost, ugajanje; uspeh

in vogue v modi, moderen; zdaj priljubljen
the vogue vladajoča moda
all the vogue zadnja moda, zadnji krik mode
it is all the vogue to je zdaj moda
to be in full vogue biti velika moda
to acquire vogue naleteti na odziv
to bring into vogue prinesti v modo
to come into vogue priti v modo
to go out of vogue iti (priti) iz mode
his poems had a great vogue njegove pesmi so se zelo brale
his novels had a great vogue 20 years ago njegovi romani so bili zelo priljubljeni pred 20 leti
war novels had a short-lived vogue vojni romani so bili kratek čas v modi
such shoes are the vogue takšni čevlji so zdaj v modi