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hack² [hæk] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
sekati, vsekati, zasekati, razsekati
šport brcniti v nogo (nogomet); pokašljevati
ameriško prenašati, trpeti kaj

hacking cough suh kašelj, pokašljevanje
ameriško, sleng to hack around pohajkovati
to hack and hew tolči
to hack off odsekati
to hack out usekati koga
to hack to pieces v koščke razsekati
to hack a language tolči kakšen jezik

humór humour; sense of humour; comicality; humorousness, facetiousness

brez humórja humourless; devoid of humour
oseba, človek brez humórja disgruntled person; ZDA pogovorno sorehead
obešenjaški humór gallows humour
črn humór black humour
suh humór dry humour
surov humór robust humour
biti brez humórja, nobenega smisla za humór ne imeti to lack any sense of humour

kášelj cough

dušljiv oslovski kášelj whooping cough
moker kášelj loose cough (with phlegm)
suh kášelj dry (ali hacking) cough
napad kášelja a fit of coughing
jetičen kášelj pogovorno churchyard cough
bonboni proti kášelju cough-drops pl, cough lozenges pl
dobiti kášelj to catch a cough
s kášeljljem koga prisiliti k molku to cough someone down

krùh bread

brez krùha breadless, (brez posla) unemployed
črn krùh brown (ali black) bread
domač krùh home-made (ali household) bread
bel krùh white bread
ječmenov krùh barley bread
koruzen krùh ZDA corn pone
ržen rye bread
svež krùh fresh (ali new) bread
star, suh krùh stale bread
(ne)kvašen krùh (un)leavened bread
vojaški krùh ration bread
pražen krùh toast
naš vsakdanji krùh our daily bread
hlebec, štruca krùha loaf of bread
kos, reženj krùha a piece, a slice of bread
ob krùhu in vodi on bread and water
krùh z maslom bread and butter
ostanki krùha left-over bread
pražilec za krùh toaster
košarica za krùh breadbasket
rezilni stroj za krùh bread slicer
skorja krùha a crust of bread
krùha in iger! bread and circuses!
boj za vsakdanji krùh the struggle for life
pomanjkanje krùha shortage (ali scarcity) of bread
deliti s kom krùh to break bread with someone
on ni vreden krùha, ki ga jé he is not worth his salt
ni imel skorje krùha he had not a crust of bread to eat
ostati brez krùha (figurativno) to be thrown out of work
pritrgovati si krùh od ust to stint oneself
odjesti komu krùh to take the bread out of someone's mouth
jesti tuj krùh (figurativno) to serve other people, to be dependent on other people
prišel je do krùha pogovorno he's got it made
peči krùh to bake bread
služiti si svoj krùh z... to get one's living by...
sam si mora služiti krùh he has to earn his own living
težko si služiti krùh to work hard for a living
kako si služi svoj krùh? (figurativno) how does he earn (ali make, win) his bread (ali his living)?
skregati se s svojim krùhom (figurativno) to quarrel with one's bread and butter, not to know which side one's bread is buttered on
stati v vrsti za krùh to stand in a bread-line
krùh je vzhajal the bread has risen
živeti ob krùhu in vodi to be put on bread and water

lés wood

stavbni, tesarski lés timber
gradbeni lés (building) timber, ZDA lumber
gnil lés rotten wood
suh lés seasoned timber
rezani lés sawn timber
vezan lés plywood
mehek lés softwood
trd lés hardwood
jamski lés pitwood, pitprop
beli lés white wood
obdelava lésa wood working
obdelovalec lésa woodworker, wood carver
sečnja lésa wood felling
impregnacija lésa wood impregnation
vrste lésa species pl of wood
lésu podoben ligniform, ligneous, woody, woodlike
sladki lés botanika liquorice
žagan lés sawn wood
mlad, nov lés green wood
umeten lés artificial wood
sečni lés mature wood
hrastov lés oak, oak wood, oak timber
trgovati z lésom to deal in wood, to trade as a timber merchant
on je malo čez lés (figurativno, žargon) he is up the pole (ali round the bend)

mràz cold; chill; frost

mràz brez slane black frost
oster mràz biting (ali severe) frost; hard (ali sharp) frost
suh mràz ground frost
leden mràz frostiness
trd od mràza numb with cold
Dedek Mraz Jack Frost
občutljiv za mràz sensitive to cold
odporen proti mràzu resistant to cold, cold-resistant
občutek mràza sensation of cold
nenaden nastop mràza sudden inroad of cold weather, ZDA cold snap
val mràza cold wave
10° mràza 10 degrees of frost
mràz mi je I am (ali I feel) cold
mràz mi je v noge my feet are cold
mràz je danes it is cold today
mràz me je rezal do kosti the cold pierced me to the bone
drgetati, tresti se od mràza to shiver with cold
mràz grize, ščiplje there is a nip in the air
mràz je kar grizel it was a biting cold
mràz popušča the cold is abating
mràz me spreletava I feel cold all over
mràz me spreleti ob tem that gives me the shivers; it gives me the creeps
težko prenašati mràz, trpeti od mràza to suffer from the cold

padavína precipitation; precipitate

padavíne pl atmospheric precipitations pl, rainfall and snowfall
reven s padavínami with a low rainfall, (suh) dry
letna množina padavín annual rainfall
merilec padavín rain gauge

póper pepper

potresti s póprom to pepper, to sprinkle with pepper
ti bom že dal pópra! (figurativno) I'll give you what for!
dati komu pópra (figurativno, žargon) to give someone beans
suh je ko póper pogovorno he's skint

rake¹ [réik] samostalnik
grablje, grabljice, grebljica; strgača, strgalo (za čiščenje čevljev od blata)

as thin as a rake suh kot trska

ripe¹ [ráip] pridevnik
zrel, dozorel; zras(t)el, dorasel, popolnoma razvit; popoln, dovršèn
medicina zrel za operacijo; pripravljen, gotov; prav narejen, kot narejen (for za)
sleng pijan, nadelan

at a ripe age, in one's ripe years v zreli starosti
of ripe age zrele starosti
ripe beauty zrela lepota, lepota zrele ženske
a ripe cataract medicina za operacijo zrela siva očesna mrena
ripe lips rdeče, bujne ustnice (kot zrelo sadje)
ripe timber suh gradben les
ripe wine staro vino
he is ripe to hear the truth čas je (zdaj), da mu povemo resnico

scratch with neprehodni glagol

not to have a sixpence to scratch with niti pol šilinga ne imeti, figurativno biti velik revež, biti popolnoma "suh"

season² [si:zn]

1. prehodni glagol
začiniti, zabeliti, napraviti okusno, prijetno; dozoriti (plodove, vino); osušiti (les); aklimatizirati, privaditi, priučiti (to s.th. na kaj)
arhaično ublažiti, omiliti

seasoned soldiers fronte navajeni vojaki
seasoned wine dozorelo vino
seasoned wood suh les
highly seasoned dish močnó začinjena jed
to be seasoned to climate biti navajen na klimo
to season a cask namočiti sod
my pipe is not yet seasoned moja pipa še ni ukajena
to season one's remarks with jokes zabeliti svoje opazke s šalami, z dovtipi
to season sailors privaditi mornarje na morje
let mercy season justice! naj usmiljenje omili (ublaži) pravičnost!

2. neprehodni glagol
dozore(va)ti; (p)osušiti se; privaditi se, aklimatizirati se, navaditi se (to na)

timber seasons well in the open air les se dobro osuši na prostem

shot¹ [šɔt]

1. samostalnik
strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci
šport met, udarec, strel
šport krogla; strelec
pogovorno fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj
figurativno poskus; poteza v igri
pogovorno ugibanje
tehnično razstrelitev
sleng vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila)
pogovorno kozarček, požirek (of gin brinovca)

at a shot s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom
a shot at the goal strel (met) na gól
a shot in the locker še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figurativno, pogovorno denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva
like a shot pogovorno kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj
by a long shot sleng daleč; zelo
not by a long shot še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne
at the third shot pri tretjem poskusu
out of shot zunaj streljaja ali dometa
within shot v dometu
within ear-shot dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju
a shot of cocaine vbrizg kokaina
shot of distress alarmni strel v sili
bow shot strel iz loka
a crack shot, a dead shot mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši
flying shot strel na premičen cilj
hail of shots toča strelov (krogel)
random shot na slepo dan strel (; figurativno opazka); figurativno ugibanje
he is an excellent shot on je odličen strelec
he is no shot on ne zna streljati
he is a poor shot at solving problems on slabo rešuje probleme
he was (he went) off like a shot kot strela je šinil proč
to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figurativno pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči
I would do it like a shot jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja
he got several shot(s) in the leg dobil je več šiber v nogo
they did not fire a single shot niti enega strela niso dali
to have a shot at streljati na, figurativno poskusiti
not to have a shot in the locker biti brez streliva, figurativno biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)
you have made a bad shot zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se
to put the shot šport suniti kroglo

2. prehodni glagol
nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

thread-paper [ɵrédpeipə] samostalnik
papir, na katerem je namotan sukanec
figurativno mršav človek; "fižolovka"

as thin as a thread-paper tanek, suh kot trska

tréska splinter; (wood) chip

suh kot tréska (as) thin as a poker (ali a lath)

tŕlica brake, a device for crushing or beating flax or hemp

suh kot tŕlica (as) thin as a poker (ali lath)

tŕska splinter; (wood) chip; matchwood

suh kot tŕska (as) thin as a poker (ali a lath)

wafer [wéifə]

1. samostalnik
oblat, mlinec; vafelj, skladanec
religija hostija; oblepek (za zalepljenje pisma); kolut rdečega papirja, ki se daje na listine namesto pečata

wafer bread religija hostija
as thin as a wafer mršav, suh ko trska

2. prehodni glagol
zalepiti (pismo) z zalepkom; zapreti; pripeti; pritrditi

weather¹ [wéðə]

1. samostalnik
vreme; vremenske, atmosferske razmere
navtika vetrovna stran; stran ladje, ki je obrnjena proti vetru
(često množina) menjave (v življenju, sreči itd.); nevihta, grdo vrema, mraz, mokrota

in fine weather ob lepem vremenu
in the weather na prostem, izpostavljen vremenskim razmeram
in such weather v takem (tem) vremenu
April weather aprilsko vreme
bad weather slabo vreme
heavy weather navtika vreme z razburkanim morjem
queen's weather sončno, lepo vreme
above the weather figurativno zelo visoko (o letalu); pogovorno streznjen; ki se ne počuti več slabo
under the weather pogovorno, figurativno slabo se počuteč, ameriško brez denarja, "suh"; rahlo vinjen v "rožicah"
under stress of weather zaradi (slabega) vremena
to keep one's weather eye open figurativno paziti se, oprezovati, imeti dobro odprte oči
to make good (bad) weather naleteti na dobro (slabo) vreme
to make heavy weather of s.th. figurativno najti (videti) težave pri čem, preveč se truditi s čim

2. pridevnik
vremenski
navtika obrnjen proti vetru; ki je na vetrovni strani

weather prophet vremenski prerok
weather ship meteorološka ladja
weather station vremenska postaja

wide³ [wáid] samostalnik
poetično širina, prostranost; skrajnost
šport nedosegljiva žoga

to the wide do skrajnosti, popolnoma
broke to the wide pogovorno čisto "suh" (brez denarja)
done to the wide popolnoma izčrpan