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eloquent [éləkwənt] pridevnik (eloquently prislov)
zgovoren, izrazit; govorniški

to be eloquent of s.th. jasno kaj izraziti

expression [ikspréšən] samostalnik
iztiskanje, ožemanje; izražanje, izraz; izsiljevanje
matematika formula, obrazec

beyond expression neizrazljiv
to give expression to s.th. izraziti kaj

inexpressive [iniksprésiv] pridevnik (inexpressively prislov)
brezizrazen
figurativno prazen, brez vsebine

to be inexpressive of s.th. ne izraziti česa

jásen (veder) unclouded, serene, unobscured, fair, sunny; (očiten) evident, obvious, manifest; (viden) clear, conspicuous; (svetel) luminous, bright, shining, light; (razumljiv) intelligible, easily understood; (nedvomen) indubitable, unmistakable, not to be mistaken, leaving no doubt; (nedvoumen) unequivocal, unambiguous; (izrečen) explicit; (točen) precise, exact; (barva) light, light-coloured; (slog, stil) clear, lucid; (samoumeven) self-evident

jásno in jedrnato izraziti to express tersely and neatly
jásen kot beli dan self-evident, as clear as daylight (ali arhaično as noonday), as clear as crystal, as plain as a pikestaff, as plain as the nose on your face, as plain as the palm of your hand
nebo je jásno the sky is clear
to je jásno that's clear, that's flat
kot strela z jásnega out of the blue
strela z jásnega a bolt from the blue
ni mi čisto jásno it is not quite clear to me
nisem si na jásnem o tem I am not (quite) clear about it
sem jásen? do I make myself clear?, have I made myself plain on that point?
jásno govoriti to speak clearly
jásno se izraziti to make it clear
jásno se odražati na obzorju to show clear on the horizon
priti na jásno (figurativno) to clear up, to settle (o čem something)
postalo nam je jásno it dawned on us
to je popolnoma jásno (figurativno) it's perfectly obvious

krátek short; brief; (kratko povzet) summary; (čas) of short duration

na krátko in short, shortly, briefly
v krátkem within a short time, soon, shortly, before long
pred krátkim recently, the other day, lately, newly, of late, a short time ago, a short while ago, not long ago, not long since
do pred krátkim until lately, until quite recently
krátko in jedrnato short and to the point
na krátko povedano je stvar, da... the long and the short of it is that...
na krátko mu rečejo Joe he is called Joe for short
krátek čas pastime, amusement
krátka biografija profile
krátek film (film) short, (2.000 čevljev dolg) two-reeler
krátek opis précis
krátek rok short term
krátek spomin short memory
krátek val shortwave
na krátkih valovih in the shortwave (frequency) band
krátka vsebina summary, abstract
krátek stik (elektrika) short circuit
koga na krátko držati to keep someone on a short lead
krátko se izraziti to put it briefly
biti krátek s kom to be short with someone
ona ima krátek spomin she has a short memory, she is forgetful
delati komu krátek čas to amuse someone, to entertain someone
knjiga bo v krátkem izšla the book will be out soon
oddajati na krátkih valovih iz... to transmit (ali to broadcast) on shortwaves from...
posta(ja)ti krátek to become short, to shorten
krátko povedano in short
povej na krátko! cut it short!
da na krátko povem to be brief, to cut (ali to make) a long story short, to put it in a nutshell, to sum up
krátko potegniti (figurativno) to come off badly, to draw a blank, to come off second best
krajši konec potegniti (figurativno) to get the worst of it, to be the loser

láskav flattering; fawning; adulatory, coaxing; cajoling; complimentary

(zelo) láskavo zame! I am flattered
láskavo se izraziti o to speak in flattering terms of

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

mnênje opinion; view; thinking; belief; mind; judgment, judgement; idea

po mojem (skromnem) mnênju in my (humble) opinion (ali judgment), to my mind, ZDA I reckon
javno mnênje public opinion
prevladujoče mnênje prevailing opinion
pristransko mnênje bias
strokovno mnênje expert opinion, finding
vnaprejšnje mnênje (predsodek) prejudice
različno mnênje dissenting opinion
izmenjava mnênj interchange of views, discussion
izražanje mnênja expression (ali statement) of opinion
raziskava javnega mnênja public opinion research, ZDA polls pl
razlika v mnênju difference of opinion, misunderstanding, disagreement, dissent
izraževanje javnega mnênja public opinion poll
sem mnênja, da... I am of the opinion that..., I take the view that...
nisem tega mnênja I disagree
sva različnega mnênja we differ in opinion
biti drugačnega mnênja to dissent
biti istega mnênja z... to agree with...
smo istega mnênja we are of one mind
imeti dobro (slabo) mnênje o... to think highly (badly ali ill) of someone
imeti visoko mnênje o kom to think highly of someone
imeti visoko mnênje o sebi to have a pretty good opinion of oneself, to be self-sufficient, to entertain a high opinion of oneself, to suffer from a swelled head, to think oneself no end of a fellow
odkrito sem mu povedal svoje mnênje I told him my mind
povedati svoje mnênje to speak one's mind
môči, sméti izraziti svoje mnênje o... to dare (ali to venture) to express one's view (ali opinion)
spremeniti mnênj, pridružiti se mnênju koga drugega to come round
mnênja se razhajajo opinions pl differ
postati drugačnega mnênja to change one's mind (ali opinion, views pl)
ne se strinjati z mnênjem kake osebe glede česa to disagree with someone about something
ustvariti si mnênje to form an opinion
ostaniva vsak pri svojem mnênju! let's agree to differ!
javno mnênje se nagiblje njemu v prid public opinion is rallying to his support

nicely [náisli] prislov
lepo, čedno, fino, dobro, izvrstno; ljubeznivo; skrbno, natančno, točno

she is doing nicely dobro napreduje, dobro ji je
sleng I was done nicely dobro so me potegnili
that will do nicely odlično pristoji, povsem ustreza
to put it nicely lepo se izraziti

obžalovánje regret; compunction

obžalovánja vreden regrettable, deplorable, pitiable
z obžalovánjem with regret, regretfully
na moje obžalovánje to my regret
vsega obžalovánja je vredno it is much to be regretted
z obžalovánjem slišati to hear with regret
z obžalovánjem mislim na svoja mlada leta I recall my youth with regret
odkloniti z največjim obžalovánjem to decline with much regret (ali with many regrets)
na svoje veliko obžalovánje moram odkloniti I have to refuse with much regret
izraziti svoje obžalovánje to express one's regret

pohválen praising; laudatory; commendatory; appreciative

pohválen govor encomium, pl -mia, eulogy
pohválno pismo commendatory letter
pohválno se izraziti o čem to express appreciation of something

posréčen felicitous; (dobro izbran) well-chosen

posréčen izraz a felicitous expression
posréčen tip (figurativno) a comical fellow
ti si pa posréčen! you are funny!, you are a one!
posréčeno (zelo spretno) izraziti kaj to phrase something with felicity

priklón bow; reverence; curtsy

s priklónom izraziti svoje dovoljenje to bow one's assent
s priklónom se zahvaliti to bow one's thanks

reflection [riflékšən] samostalnik (zlasti)
fizika odsev, odraz, odboj, odbijanje (svetlobe, toplote, barve itd.)
figurativno posledica, vpliv
fiziologija refleks, refleksna kretnja; refleksija, premišljevanje, razmišljanje; misel, modra beseda; presoja; obdolžitev, očitek, neugodna sodba, graja (on zaradi, gledé)
slaba luč, sramota

on (serious) reflection po (resnem, zrelem) premisleku, če vse prav premislimo
angle of reflection odbojni kot
to be a reflection on s.th. slabo luč metati na kaj
to cast reflections upon s.o.'s character neugodno se izraziti o značaju kake osebe
this matter needs reflection to zadevo (stvar) je treba dobro premisliti
to see one's reflection in a glass, in the water videti svoj odsev v zrcalu, v vodi

regret¹ [rigrét] samostalnik
obžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb (for za)
opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranje

with regret z obžalovanjem, nerad
to my regret na moje obžalovanje
it is a regret to me žal mi je, obžalujem
to express one's regret izraziti svoje obžalovanje
I expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonil
I declined with much regret (with many regrets) odklonil sem z največjim obžalovanjem
I have to refuse with much regret na svojo veliko žalost (obžalovanje) moram odkloniti
to have no regret ne obžalovati
to hear with regret z obžalovanjem slišati (zvedeti)

say² [séi] samostalnik
kar je rečeno; izrek, govor, beseda; mnenje, trditev; pravica ali prilika za govorjenje
ameriško zadnja beseda, dokončna odločitev

it is my say! sedaj govorim jaz!, pusti(te) me, da govorim!
who has the say in this matter? kdo ima zadnjo besedo (kdo odloča) v tej zadevi?
to have one's say (to, on) izraziti svoje mnenje (o)
I will have my say povedal bom, kar moram povedati
let him have his say naj pove, kaj misli o tem
to say one's say povedati svoje (mnenje)

sentiment [séntimənt] samostalnik
čustvo, čustvovanje; (pretirana) čustvenost, sentimentalnost
množina mišljenje, nazor, maksima; (redko) jedrnat izrek

sentiments toward(s) s.o. čustva do koga
to express one's sentiments izraziti svoje mnenje (mišljenje)
these are (šaljivo them's) my sentiments tako je moje mišljenje, tako jaz mislim

shout² [šáut] neprehodni glagol
vpiti, kričati (with od)
klicati (for s.o. koga)
zaklicati (at s.o. komu)
vriskati, ukati, vzklikati; dreti se
ameriško glasno se zavzeti za koga
prehodni glagol
(za)vpiti (kaj), glasno (kaj) izražati; (za)klicati (s.o.'s name ime koga)

to shout approbation glasno odobravati
to shout disapproval glasno izraziti svoje nezadovoljstvo
to shout o.s. hoarse vpiti, dreti se do hripavosti
to shout with joy vpiti od veselja
to shout with laughter (pain) vpiti od smeha (bolečine)
all is over but the shout figurativno bitka je odločena (treba je samo še vzklikati zmagovalcu), praktično je cilj (že) dosežen

sméh laughter; laugh

salve sméha fits pl of laughter
prisiljen sméh strained laugh, forced laugh
homerski sméh Homeric laughter
hrupen sméh horselaugh, guffaw
sredi sméha amid laughter
ni mi do sméha I don't feel like laughing
sméh ga bo (že) minil he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth
bušiti, bruhniti v sméh to burst out laughing
prasniti v sméh to break into a laugh
sméh me je posilil I was overcome by (a fit of) laughter
spraviti koga v sméh to make someone laugh
s sméhom izraziti prezir to laugh one's contempt
s sméhom se zahvaliti to laugh one's thanks
pokati od sméha to split one's sides laughing (ali with laughter), to be convulsed with laughter
skoraj počiti od sméha to laugh fit to burst, to be in stitches
spraviti družbo v sméh to set the company laughing
tuliti od sméha to roar with laughter
umirati, zvijati se od sméha to laugh one's head off
to ni za sméh this is no laughing matter
povzročiti (splošen) sméh to raise a laugh
v sméh me spravljaš you amuse me