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leave¹ [li:v] samostalnik
dovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovo

leave of absence dopust
to ask s.o. for leave; ali to ask leave of s.o. prositi koga za dovoljenje
by your leave z vašim dovoljenjem
leave off dovoljenje za odsotnost
to get leave off dobiti dovoljenje za odsotnost
on leave na dopustu
to go on leave iti na dopust
leave on pay plačan dopust
to take leave to say dovoliti si reči
to take leave of posloviti se od
to take one's leave oditi
to take French leave oditi brez pozdrava
to take leave of one's senses priti ob pamet
ticket of leave pogojni dopust (kaznjenca)

liberty [líbəti] samostalnik
svoboda, prostost, neodvisnost, samostojnost, svobodna izbira
navtika dovoljenje za odhod na kopno
množina posebne pravice, svoboščine, privilegiji

civil liberty državljanska svoboda
religious liberty verska svoboda
liberty of the press svoboda tiska
at liberty svoboden, prost, nezaposlen
to be at liberty to do s.th. smeti kaj narediti
you are at liberty to go smete oditi
to set at liberty osvoboditi, pustiti na svobodo
to take the liberty of doing (ali to do) s.th. dovoliti si kaj narediti
to take liberties with dovoliti si, predrzniti si
to take liberties with s.o.'s property pregrešiti se zoper tujo imovino
to grant liberties podeliti posebne pravice

locker [lɔ́kə] samostalnik
omarica s ključavnico; skrinja; ključar

to go to Davy Jones's locker utopiti se, oditi na dno morja
not a shot in the locker brez beliča v žepu

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

momènt moment, instant; second; (dejavnik) factor

v momèntu (v hipu, kot bi mignil) in a second (ali in a jiffy, in a trice, in a twinkling), in an instant
inercijski momènt moment of inertia
psihološki momènt the psychological moment, the right time
vrtilni momènt fizika torque, twisting moment
v momèntu je bilo vse končano everything was over in a flash
on ima svoje dobre momènte (figurativno) he has his decent spells
moraš oditi ta momènt you must start straight away (ali right off)
momènt, ne razumem te popolnoma! half a second, (ali pogovorno hang on a sec!), I don't quite get you!

moon¹ [mu:n] samostalnik
luna, mesec
poetično mesečina:
astronomija mesec, trabant, satelit

moon's men tatovi, lopovi
there is a moon luna sije
ages of the moon lunine mene
the man in the moon izmišljena oseba
to know no more about s.th. than the man in the moon ne imeti pojma o čem
to aim at the moon biti preveč častihlepen
to cry for the moon želeti nemogoče
once in a blue moon skoraj nikoli
old moon in new moon's arms čas med prvim krajcem
new moon mlaj
crescent moon polmesec
full moon polna luna, ščip
half moon krajec (first quarter, last quarter)
waning (ali old) moon pojemajoč mesec
waxing moon rastoč mesec
sleng to shoot the moon skrivaj ponoči oditi

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

nós nose; figurativno, pogovorno snout, žargon nozzle, ZDA schnozzle; humoristično proboscis; (ladje) head; (voh) scent; (vrča) beak, spout; figurativno (graja) rebuke; (vonj) scent, smell

prav pred nósom, izpred nósa under the very nose (of)
na vrat na nós head over heels, in a great hurry, precipitately, helter-skelter
orlovski nós aquiline nose, Roman nose
ploščat nós flat nose
potlačen nós pug nose
velik nós big nose
zakrivljen nós hawk nose, beak, hook nose, hooked nose
zavihan nós turned-up nose
pijančev nós grog-nose
govorjenje skozi nós nasal twang
dobiti jo po nósu (figurativno) to be reproved (ali rebuked, reprimanded, snubbed)
dobil jo je po nósu he went away with a flea in his ear
govoriti skozi nós to speak through one's nose, to speak with a nasal twang
imeti kaj (prav) pred nósom to have something under one's (very) nose (ali in plain view)
imeti dober nós to be keen-scented, (za kaj) to have a good (ali sharp) nose (for something), to have a keen scent (for something)
povsod ima svoj nós (figurativno) he is a busybody
imeti zamašen nós (od nahoda) to have a stuffy (ali stuffed up) nose
iti, hoditi za nósom (delati po nagonu) to follow one's nose
oditi z dolgim nósom to go away with a long face, to go off with a flea in one's ear
obrisati se pod nósom (figurativno) to go away empty-handed, to have one's trouble for nothing, to be left out in the cold
lahko se pod nósom obrišeš za to! (figurativno) you may whistle for it!, pogovorno you'll be lucky!
čistiti si nós (usekniti se) to blow one's nose
krvaveti iz nósa to have a nose bleed
iz nósa mi teče my nose is running
komu kaj pod nós dati to bring something home to someone, to rub it in
visoko nós nositi (figurativno) to turn up one's nose; to be self-conceited
kri mi teče iz nósa my nose is bleeding
premagati koga za dolžino nósú šport to win (ali to beat someone) by a nose
potegniti koga za nós to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone
vlak mi je pred nósom ušel (odpeljal) I missed the train by a hair
ne videti dalj od nósa to see no farther than the end of one's nose
nikoli ne vildiš niti ped pred nósom! you never see an inch before your nose!
ne vidiš ped pred nósom! you can't see beyond the end of your nose!
vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose at, to look down one's nose at, to look disdainfully at (someone)
zaničljivo vihati nós nad to turn up one's nose in disdain at; to sneer at
voditi, vleči koga za nós (figurativno) to lead someone by the nose, to dupe someone, to fool someone, to make a fool of someone, to hoax someone
vtikati svoj nós v to pry (ali to nose) into, to poke one's nose into
vtikati svoj nós v tuje zadeve to stick one's nose into other people's business
v vse vtika svoj nós he pokes his nose into everything
zapreti komu vrata pred nósom to shut the door in someone's face, (zaloputniti) to slam the door in someone's face
on ima dober nós za ceneno blago he has a nose for bargains
dati se voditi za nós to be a dupe (of someone)

off¹ [ɔ(:)f] prislov

1.
(smer, večinoma v zvezi z glagoli) stran, proč (he rode off odjahal je)

2.
oddaljenost (krajevno in časovno) od tu, od tod; od sedaj (far off daleč, a month off čez en mesec)

3.
od, proč, dol, raz (off with your hat odkrij se)

4.
ugasnjen, izklopljen, zaprt (radio, luč, plin itd.)

5.
prekinjen, končan, razprodan (the bet is off stava ne velja več, the whole thing is off vse je padlo v vodo, oranges are off pomaranč ni več)

6.
(dela) prost (to take a day off vzeti si prost dan)

7.
čisto, do kraja (to drink off vse izpiti, to sell off razprodati)

8. ekonomija
(trg) medel, slab (the market is off)

9.
ne sveže, pokvarjeno (hrana)

10. šport
ne v formi

11. ameriško
v zmoti (you are off on that point motiš se v tem)

12.

Razno:

be off!, off you go!, off with you! odidi, proč s teboj!
to be off oditi, motiti se, biti prismojen (navadno a little off), biti odpovedan
to be well (badly) off biti dobro (slabo) situiran
to break off negotiations prekiniti pogajanja
to call off odpovedati (sestanek)
to cast off zavreči
to kill off vermin pokončati mrčes
on and off tu in tam
10 per cent off 10 procentov popusta
right off, straight off takoj
to see s.o. off spremiti koga, ki odpotuje
to take off vzleteti(letalo)
how are you off for? kako si kaj z (denarjem)?

pobráti to pick up; to collect, to gather; to take up

poberi se! be off!, clear off!, be off with you!, get out!, clear out!, go away!, begone!, arhaično get you gone!
pobráti jo (figurativno) to get away, to decamp, to take to one's heels, to steal away, to go away, to slope off
vse (zase) pobráti to sweep everything into one's net
epidemija je pobrala polovico prebivalcev the epidemic carried off half of the population
pobráti davek to raise tax, to levy (tax)
pobráti šila in kopita to pack up bag and baggage, to pack up one's goods and chattels
pobráti se (oditi) humoristično to toddle
poberi se odtod! take yourself off; pogovorno scram!, beat it!

propose [prəpóuz]

1. prehodni glagol
predlagati (to komu; s.o. for koga za)
zasnubiti (to propose marriage)
politika predložiti, predlagati (kandidata, resolucijo, veto); nameravati, planirati (npr. potovanje); zadati, staviti (uganko); nazdraviti

2. neprehodni glagol
delati načrte; snubiti (to koga, for za roko)

man proposes (but) God disposes človek snuje, a bog obrne
to propose a toast (ali s.o.'s health) predlagati zdravico, nazdraviti komu
the object you propose yourself cilj, ki si ga zadaješ
I propose to leave tomorrow jutri nameravam oditi

run up neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
teči gor, iti kvišku
botanika poganjati, rasti, izroditi se; dvigniti, izobesiti (zastavo); hitro sešteti (števila), znašati; preseči, navijati ceno (na dražbi)

to run up an account sešteti račun
to run up a large bill zelo se zadolžiti
to run up a dress hitro sešiti obleko
to run up against s.o. priti v prepir s kom
to run up the fox to earth najti lisičjo sled do njenega brloga
to run up a sail potegniti kvišku, razviti jadro
to run up a shed na hitro zgraditi lopo
to run up to town hitro oditi, odpotovati v mesto (London)
these beans have run up too quickly ta fižol prehitro raste
expenses have run up stroški so narasli

shake off prehodni glagol
stresti s sebe, otresti se, osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga, česa); odložiti (kaj)

I could not shake him off nisem se ga mogel otresti (znebiti)
to shake off the dust from one's feet otresti si prah s čevljev
to shake off the dust sleng oditi iz neprijetnega mesta (kraja)
to shake off the yoke otresti se jarma

sheer¹ [šíə]

1. samostalnik
navtika odklon (odmik) od določene smeri, nagel obrat ali odklon od ravne poti

2. neprehodni glagol
navtika napraviti nagel odklon od določene smeri ali ravne poti
figurativno odmakniti se, oddaljiti se (from od)
ločiti se

to sheer off oditi, oddaljiti se, ločiti se; navtika odmakniti se od določene smeri
to sheer up navtika bližati se od strani

stick¹ [stik]

1. samostalnik
palica, gorjača, sprehajalna palica; prot, šiba; bat, kij; držalo, držaj, toporišče, nasadilo; steblo, kocen
glasba dirigentska paličica, taktirka; tablica (čokolade)
navtika, hudomušno jambor
tisk vrstičnik
sleng revolver
množina protje, šibje, polena (kot kurivo)
figurativno, pogovorno dolgočasnež, sitnež
britanska angleščina, sleng lomilno orodje, lomilka

in a cleft stick v precepu, v škripcih
a few sticks of furniture nekaj kosov pohištva
any stick to beat a dog figurativno pretveza se hitro najde, sovraštvo ne izbira sredstev
the big stick ameriško, sleng politika grožnje z vojno drugi državi
as cross as two sticks figurativno pasje slabe volje
drum stick paličica za bobnanje
broom stick držaj metle
fiddle stick lok
gold stick zlata palica (ali njen nosilec), ki jo nosi polkovnik garde ob svečanih prilikah
riding on a stick broom jahanje (čarovnic) na metli
single stick lesena palica s ščitkom za roko (pri mečevanju)
sword stick votla palica, v kateri je bodalo
walking stick sprehajalna palica
the wrong end of the stick figurativno neugoden položaj; popačeno poročilo
to be beaten with one's own stick biti tepen z lastno palico, sam sebi jamo izkopati
to be in a cleft stick biti v precepu, v škripcih, v brezizhodnem položaju
it is easy to find a stick to beat a dog figurativno lahko je najti pretvezo
to cut one's stick sleng popihati jo, oditi
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick figurativno napačno (kaj) razumeti
to give a boy a stick šibati dečka
to pick up sticks pobirati vejevje (za kurjavo)
he wants the stick figurativno on potrebuje palico (batine)

2. prehodni glagol
podpreti (rastlino) s palico
tisk (po)staviti črke

take off prehodni glagol
sneti, odložiti, sleči, sezuti; odvzeti, odstraniti, odpeljati proč, odvesti; odvrniti (pozornost)
ekonomija zmanjšati, znižati (cene)
ekonomija odtegniti, odvzeti; pogoltniti, popiti
pogovorno posnemati, kopirati, oponašati, karikirati, zasmehovati
fotografija narediti (kopije)
neprehodni glagol
popustiti, poleči se (vihar); odstraniti se
šport (od)skočiti
aeronavtika vzleteti, startati

to take o.s. off odpeljati se, oditi
to take off one's hat to s.o. odkriti se komu
to take off s.o.'s attention odvrniti pozornost kake osebe
to take s.o. off to fhe station odpeljati koga na postajo
take yourself off! poberi se!

troop² [tru:p] neprehodni glagol
zb(i)rati se, zgrniti se; zbrati se vjato; iti skupaj (with z)
iti v trumah; marširati; hiteti

to troop away, to troop off (out) pogovorno hitro oditi, popihati jo, pobrati se proč
prehodni glagol
vojska formirati

to troop the colours opraviti slovesen pozdrav zastavi (pred četo)

venture² [vénčə] prehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti se; odločiti se (on za)
drzniti se napraviti; izraziti, dovoliti si; tvegati, riskirati, staviti na kocko; (redko) zanesti se na, prepustiti slučaju; špekulirati
neprehodni glagol
upati si, prevzeti riziko

to venture one's life tvegati (svoje) življenje
to venture away upati si oditi (se oddaljiti, se umakniti) (from od)
to venture on the travel upati si na potovanje
I venture to say that... upam si reči, da...
may I venture to ask you? vas smem vprašati?
to venture a fortune at the tables tvegati (celo) imetje pri igranju
nothing venture, nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima
never venture to oppose him nikoli si ne dovolite, da bi mu ugovarjali

wander¹ [wɔ́ndə] neprehodni glagol
bloditi, begati, tavati, potikati se, potepati se, klatiti se; potovati, pešačiti; zabloditi, zaiti (tudi figurativno)
oddaljiti se (from od, tudi figurativno)
viti se (reka, cesta); govoriti brez zveze, biti nepazljiv, blesti, fantazirati; biti duhovno odsoten, raztresen
prehodni glagol
prepotovati, prehoditi
pogovorno zavesti v zmoto, voditi za nos, zmesti, zbegati

to wander out of one's way zaiti, zabloditi
to wander from the subject oddaljiti se od predmeta
to wander off oditi, oddaljiti se, izgubiti se (tudi figurativno)

way¹ [wéi] samostalnik
pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer
navtika kurz

way in vhod
way out izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figurativno priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; pogovorno okolica, stran; figurativno pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; navtika, množina grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke
a long (ali a great) way off (ali from here) daleč stran od tu
any way vsekakor, v vsakem primeru
by way of na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi
by the way mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno
by way of compliment kot kompliment
in a way nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma
in every way v vsakem pogledu (oziru)
in many ways v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)
in more ways than one v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)
in a polite (friendly) way vljudno (prijazno)
in a small way skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno
not by a long way še dolgo ne
in some (ali several) ways v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)
one way or another tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako
over the way na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto
on one's way to na poti k
no way nikakor ne
some way or other na ta ali na oni način
the other way round v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno
under way navtika na poti, na vožnji
well on one's way v polnem teku
ways and means pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)
Ways and Means parlamentarna budžetna komisija
the way of the world tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj
the way of the cross religija križev pot
no way inferior nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši
the good old ways dobri, stari običaji
high way glavna cesta, državna cesta; figurativno običajni način delovanja
Milky Way rimska cesta (na nebu)
lion in the way zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)
permanent way železnica tir, tračnice
permanent-way man železnica progovni delavec
nothing out of the way nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)
somewhere London way nekje v okolici Londona
right of way pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)
this way please! semkaj, za menoj, prosim!
this is not in my way to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim
to ask the (ali one's) way vprašati za pot
to be in a bad way biti v slabem položaju
to be in the family way biti noseča, pričakovati otroka
to be by way of being angry skoraj pobesneti
to be in s.o.'s way biti komu napoti, motiti koga
to be under way biti na poti
the conference was already under way konferenca je bila že v teku
to be on the way biti na poti, približevati se
to be in a way pogovorno biti vznemirjen, razburjen
it is not his way to ni njegova navada
the furthest way about is the nearest way home najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša
to clear the way umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod
to come by way of Paris priti prek Pariza
to come (ali to fall) in s.o.'s way srečati koga, naleteti na koga
to gather way povečati hitrost
to find one's way znajti se
to get in the way biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati
to get in the way of s.th. razumeti kaj
to get out of the way iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)
to give way umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti
to force one's way izsiliti, utreti si pot
to go a long way iti daleč
to go one's way oditi, iti po svoji poti
to go (ali to take) one's own way iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih
to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figurativno umreti
to have it both ways po potrebi si izbrati
you can't have it both ways ne moreš imeti obojega; figurativno ne more biti volk sit in koza cela
to have one's own way delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo
if I had my (own) way če bi šlo po mojem
to live in a great (small) way razkošno (skromno) živeti
to look the other way stran gledati
to look s.o.'s way gledati proti komu
to lose way izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost
to lose one's way zaiti, izgubiti se
to make way napredovati; figurativno prodreti, uspeti
to make one's own way iti po svoji poti, oditi
to make the best of one's way iti čim hitreje, pohiteti
to pave the way for utreti pot za
to put o.s. out of the way truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga
to see a way out videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)
to stand in the way of s.o. ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot
to twist one's way through zvijati se (kot kača) skozi
to work one's way študirati, preživljati se z delom
where there's a will there's a way hoteti je moči