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turn off prehodni glagol
izključiti, zapreti (plin, vodo itd.), ugasniti (luč); odpustiti (koga iz službe); odposlati; odvrniti, oddaljiti, odstraniti; prekiniti (delovanje stroja)
sleng obesiti (zločinca); poročiti (zakonski par); dovršiti, završiti, zgotoviti; obrniti (to na)
obiti (vprašanje itd.), iti mimo, izogniti se
neprehodni glagol
zaviti stran, kreniti (s poti), spremeniti pot; oddaljiti se, obrniti se stran; odcepiti se, ločiti se (o cesti); pokvariti se

to turn off an epigram napraviti epigram
to turn a matter off with a laugh s smehom iti preko kake stvari
here we turn off (our road turns off) for Zagreb tukaj zavijemo (se cesta odcepi) za Zagreb
to turn off the water (gas, electric light, radio) zapreti, izključiti vodo (plin, električno luč, radio)

apart [əpá:t] prislov
posebej, ločeno, narazen, neodvisno, zase

apart from ne glede na
to keep apart ločeno pustiti
jesting (ali joking) apart brez šale
to set apart for ločiti, prihraniti za

chaff¹ [ča:f] samostalnik
pleva, rezanica
figurativno malenkost, ničvredna stvar; draženje, nagajanje

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff kapljica v morju
I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff nisem tako neumen, ne grem na limanice
to sort the wheat from the chaff ločiti zrnje od plev

cling^* [kliŋ] neprehodni glagol (to)
držati se česa, prilepiti, pripeti, pritrditi, priviti, oprijeti se
sleng objeti
figurativno biti zvest

to cling together biti vedno skupaj, ne se ločiti

company¹ [kʌ́mpəni] samostalnik
društvo, družba, druženje; spremstvo; tovarištvo
vojska četa, kompanija; ceh
gledališče ansambel; posadka

to bear (ali keep) company with s.o. družiti se s kom
to part company with s.o. ločiti, razstati se s kom
to see no company samotariti
joint-stock company delniška družba
britanska angleščina limited liability company družba z omejeno zavezo
company officer častnik pod činom majorja
present company excepted navzoči so izključeni
a man is known by the company povej mi s kom se družiš, in jaz ti bom rekel, kdo si
company checkers vohuni, ogleduhi, ovaduhi
company spotter ovaduh
to be a good (poor) company biti prijeten (dolgočasen) družabnik
mornarica ship's company moštvo, posadka ladje
I err in a good company tudi boljši od mene so naredili napako, so se zmotili

divorce¹ [divɔ́:s]
ločitev (zakona), razveza, razporoka; razdvajanje

to obtain a divorce from dati se ločiti od

lip¹ [lip] samostalnik
ustna, ustnica
množina usta, šoba
sleng predrznost, nesramnost, jezikanje; rob (jame, rane); kljun (posode)

to bite one's lip gristi si ustnico (v jezi), zadrževati smeh
to carry (ali keep) a stiff upper lip pogumno prenašati udarec usode
to curl one's lip porogljivo se našobiti
sleng to give lip jezikati, predrzno odgovarjati
to hang one's lip pobesiti nos
to hang on s.o.'s lips napeto koga poslušati
to keep a thing within, one's lips obdržati kaj zase
it never passed my lips tega nisem nikoli rekel (povedal)
we heard it from his own lips slišali smo ga to reči
to lick (ali smack) one's lips oblizovati se
sleng none of your lip! ne bodi predrzen!, ne jezikaj!
to part with dry lips ločiti se brez poljuba
there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip do cilja je daleč
the word escaped my lips beseda mi je ušla

ljúljka botanika darnel; biblija tare

ločiti ljúljko od zrna to separate the wheat from the tares

painter² [péintə] samostalnik
navtika vrv za privezovanje čolna

to cut the painter ločiti se, osamosvojiti se; sleng izginiti
to cut s.o.'s painter poslati koga stran, prekrižati komu račune
to let go the painter hrabro udariti

pléva chaff; figurativno husk (zlasti pl)

ločiti pleve od zrnja to winnow chaff from grain; (dobro od slabega) to sift the wheat from the chaff

rail² [reil]

1. neprehodni glagol
ograditi, opremiti z ograjo; položiti tračnice, tir; poslati (blago) po železnici

2. neprehodni glagol
potovati, peljati se z železnico

to rail in ograditi, obdati z ograjo
to rail off ločiti z ograjo, s pregrado, pregraditi
to rail out oddeliti z železno ograjo; izdvojiti

razvézati to loose, to untie, to undo, to unbind; to dissolve; (ločiti) to divorce; (vozel) to unknot, (vrv) to unravel

vino mu je razvezalo jezik arhaično his tongue was loosed (ali became loosened) by wine, pogovorno he talked freely under the influence
razvézati vrv to undo a rope
razvézati vozel to untie a knot
razvézati se to come undone
razvézati se (ločiti se v zakonu) to get a divorce
dati se razvézati od to obtain a divorce from
razvézati se od moža (od žene) to divorce one's husband (one's wife)

wall² [wɔ:l] prehodni glagol
obdati, utrditi z zidom (a town mesto)
figurativno obkrožiti, obkoliti, zapreti

to wall off ločiti z zidom (from od)
to wall in obzidati, ograditi z zidom (a garden vrt)
to wall up zazidati (an aperture odprtino)

zíd wall

zíd hiše outer wall
podporni zíd retaining wall
slep zíd (brez oken) blind wall
ločilni, vmesni zíd partition wall
zvočni zíd sound (ali sonic) barrier
pok pri prebitju zvočnega zídu sonic boom
zíd žalovanja (Židov v Jeruzalemu) Wailing Wall
ločiti z zídom od... to wall off from...
ograditi vrt z zídom to wall in a garden
porušiti zíd to raze a wall to (ali to level a wall with) the ground
slikati vraga na zíd (figurativno) to paint the devil on the wall
biti pritisnjen ob zíd (figurativno) to have one's back to the wall
z glavo riniti, siliti skozi zíd (figurativno) to run one's head against a brick wall, to kick against the pricks
hoteti z glavo zkozi zíd (figurativno) to be rash (ali reckless), to attempt impossibilities
udarjati z glavo v zíd to butt (ali to batter) one's head against a brick wall
postaviti ob zíd to place against the wall
postaviti koga ob zíd in ga ustreliti to stand someone against a wall and shoot him
pritisniti koga ob zíd (figurativno) to drive someone into a corner
človek bi se z glavo zaletel v zíd it's enough to make you knock your brains out

žêna (zakonska, soproga) wife, pl wives, humoristično better half; (soproga) spouse, mate, consort; (ženska) woman, pl women

brez žêne wifeless
poročena žêna married woman
moja bodoča žêna my wife-tobe
ločena žêna divorced woman, divorcee
kraljeva žêna queen consort
zakonita žêna lawful wedded wife
nezakonita žêna mistress
žêne pl women, wives; (lepi spol) the fair sex, womankind
moja žêna my wife, (bolj formalno) Mrs. X., pogovorno my old lady, my old woman, the missis (ali missus), (londonsko narečje) my old dutch
svetska žêna woman of the world
žêna s preteklostjo woman with a past
mož nezveste žêne (rogonosec) cuckold
biti komu dobra žêna to make someone a good wife
dati za žêno to give in marriage
žêna drži moža pod copato the husband is henpecked
ločiti se od žêne to divorce one's wife
vzeti za žêno to marry, to take in marriage