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day [dei] samostalnik
dan; obletnica

all day, all the day, all day long ves dan
the day after the fair prepozno
the day before the fair prezgodaj
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
ameriško between two days ponoči
broad day beli dan
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
sleng call it a day smatraj za opravljeno
to carry (ali gain, get, win) the day zmagati
to end one's days umreti
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give s.o. the time of the day povedati komu, koliko je ura; pozdraviti ga
far in the day proti večeru
first day nedelja
to have one's day imeti srečo
to have a day of it, to take a merry day of it dobro se zabavati, uživati
if a day natanko, nič več in nič manj od
day in day out dan za dnevom
in the days of old nekoč, prej
to lose the day zgubiti bitko
men of the day znameniti ljudje
to name on (ali in) the same day with dati se primerjati s čim
one's off day slab dan (v športu)
every other (third etc.) day vsak drugi (tretji itd.) dan
one day or other pred kratkim, nedavno, oni dan
one's out day uspešen dan (v športu)
the day of judgement sodni dan
in the face of day pri belem dnevu
to pass the time of the day pogovarjati se, klepetati
the present day danes
to save up (ali put by) for a rainy day prihraniti za hude čase
this day danes
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
one of these days kmalu
without day za nedoločen čas
in the days of yore nekoč
to know the time of day biti buden, paziti, biti izkušen
the Lord's day nedelja

desét ten

stran 10 page 10 (ten)
kakih desét about ten
kakih desét oseb some ten persons
v kakih desétih dnevih in ten days or so
ura je četrt čez desét it is a quarter past ten
desét zapovedi biblija decalogue, the ten commandments pl
desét let je star he is ten
stavim 10 proti 1, da... I lay ten to one that

dóber good; benevolent; kind (do to)

v dóbri veri in good faith
tri dóbre metre a good three metres
v dobrem in slabem arhaično in weal and woe
v dobrem razpoloženju in good spirits
dóbre pol ure a full half-hour
preveč dobrega too much of a good thing
dóbra gospodinja a thrifty housewife
dóbra ura hoje a good hour's walk
dóbra prodaja a ready sale
dóber sluh a quick ear
dóber spomin retentive memory
dóbra volja good humour, good temper
dóber vid keen (ali quick) sight
dóbro znanje fair knowledge
biti dóber hodec to be a good walker
ta je pa dobra! that is too much of a good thing!, that's a good one!
biti dóber v računanju to be good at figures
reči dóbro besedo za koga to say a good word for someone
držati s kom v dobrem in slabem to stick to someone through thick and thin
bodi tako dóber in podaj mi ono sol! be so kind as to (ali be a dear and ali be good enough to) pass me that salt!
konec dóber vse dobro all's well that ends well
v vsaki stvari je nekaj dóbrega it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
dóbro blago se sámo hvali good wine needs no bush

dopoldánski morning

dopoldánski pouk morning lessons pl
dopoldánski čas morning time
dopoldánska ura morning hour
v dopoldanskih urah in the morning, in the morning hours, in the forenoon

dva dve two

po dva, po dve in pairs, by twos
stran dve page two
dve in pet je sedem two and five make (ali are) seven
tako gotovo, kot je dve in dve štiri as sure as eggs is eggs
to me je stalo dva funta in dva penija this cost me two pound, twopence
ura je ravnokar odbila dve the clock has just struck two
pred dvema dnevoma two days ago
ne najdeš dveh takih, kot je on! you won't find anybody to match him!
otrok še ni dve leti star the child is not two yet
iti po dva in dva (v parih) to go in pairs (ali two by two)
hoditi v gručah po dva in tri to walk in twos and threes
za prepir sta potrebna dva it takes two to make a quarrel

early¹ [ə́:li] pridevnik
zgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začeten

the early bird catches (ali gets) the worm rana ura zlata ura
one's early days zgodnja mladost
to keep early hours zgodaj leči in zgodaj vstati
at your earliest convenience čimprej
at an early date kmalu, v bližnji bodočnosti
it is early days yet je še prezgodaj, še ni čas
an early riser zgodnji vstajalec, -lka

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

enemy¹ [énimi] samostalnik
sovražnik, nasprotnik; vrag

pogovorno how goes the enemy? koliko je ura?
the (Old) Enemy satan, vrag
to be one's own enemy sam sebi škodovati
to kill the enemy krajšati si čas
sworn enemy smrtni sovražnik

fast¹ [fa:st] pridevnik
hiter; lahkomiseln; trden; stanoviten, zvest, stalen (barva); pritrjen, zapet
ameriško, sleng sleparski

ameriško, sleng fast buck hitro zaslužen denar
fast colour (ali dye) obstojna barva
fast life lahkomiselno življenje
a fast friend zvest prijatelj
a fast girl lahkoživka
fast train brzovlak
fast town utrjeno mesto
a fast man (woman) razuzdanec, (-nka)
fast watch ura, ki prehiteva
to take fast hold of trdno kaj prijeti
fast with illness na posteljo priklenjen zaradi bolezni
a fast set vesela družba
to make door fast zakleniti, zapahniti vrata

ghostly [góustli] pridevnik
pošasten; kot duh, duhoven

ghostly enemy vrag
ghostly father duhovnik, spovednik
ghostly hour ura duhov

go^*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to ➞ going
pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
another day to go še en dan
as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
to let go izpustiti
let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
how goes the time? koliko je ura?
to go bail for jamčiti za
to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
to go shares (raz)deliti
to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
to go bad pokvariti se
sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
to go easy udobno si urediti
to go hungry stradati
to go mad znoreti
to go short of pogrešati
to go sick javiti se bolnega
to go steady biti previden
to go it strong odločno ravnati
to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
go it! le daj!
to let go izpustiti
to make things go zabavati
to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi

govorílen of speech; speaking

govorílni organi organs pl of speech
govorílna ura (šola) time for parent-teacher interviews, (pri zdravniku) surgery hours, surgery

grandfather [grǽndfa:ðə] samostalnik
stari oče, ded

grandfather's clock velika stoječa ura z nihalom

húd bad; evil; (čas, doba) hard; (rana) bad, (občutljiva) sore; (jezen) angry; ZDA sore, mad

húda bolezen serious illness
húda bolečina great pain
húdi časi hard times pl
húd kašelj a bad cough
húd mraz a very severe frost
húd veter sharp wind
húda vročica (mrzlica) a virulent fever
húda vročina intense heat
húda ura thunderstorm
nič húdega sluteč unsuspecting
ta je pa že prehuda! this is outrageous!
delati húdo kri figurativno to create ill-feeling
nič húdega ti ne delam I do you no harm
nič húdega ne mislim (nočem) I don't mean any harm
nič húdega ni v tem there is no harm in it
ne bom ti naredil nič húdega I shall not hurt you
ona ima húd jezik she has a wicked (ali spiteful, malevolent) tongue
nič húdega ne nameravati (misliti) to mean no harm
nič húdega ne vidim v tem I don't see anything bad in it
biti húd na koga to be angry with someone, to be cross with someone, to be furious (ali mad) with someone
húd je name ZDA he is mad with me, VB he is angry with me
v najhujšem primeru at the worst; in the worst case
če pride do najhujšega if the worst comes to the worst
če bi se zgodilo najhujše if it comes to the worst
najhujše še pride the worst is yet to come
húdo (prislov) badly
toliko hujše! all the worse!; so much the worse
vedno hujše worse and worse
bodi pripravljen na najhujše! be prepared for the worst!
húdo se motiš there you are greatly mistaken
húdo mi je, da (ker) ne morem priti I feel sorry that I cannot come
ni tako húdo, kot je videti (figurativno) his bark is worse than his bite
húdo je z njim he is badly off, he is in a bad way, he is unwell
húdo (trda) je za denar money is scarce
saj ni tako húdo! it is not so bad (as you think)
mnogo húdega prestati (figurativno) to go through hell, to have a rough time

idéja idea; notion; thought; fancy

fiksna idéja fixed idea, obsession
to je njegova fiksna idéja it is an obsession with him
imeti fiksno idéjo (figurativno) to have a bee in one's bonnet
baviti se z idéjo to foster (ali cherish) an idea
okoristiti se z idéjami koga drugega to suck someone's brains
kakšna idéj! what an idea
kje je dobil idéjo za svoj roman? where did he get the idea for his novel?
nimam najmanjše idéje koliko je ura I have not the faintest idea (ali notion) what time it is
ta idéja se mi je porodila this idea occurred to me, this thought entered my mind
prevzet z neko idéjo engrossed (ali taken) with an idea
poln idéj full of ideas

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

íz from, out of; of, by, through, for, because of

iz angleščine from (the) English
iz ambicije for (ali because of) ambition
iz dneva v dan from day to day
iz glave (na pamet) by heart, from memory, extempore, off-hand
iz ljubezni for love
iz ljubezni do for love of
iz mode out of fashion
narejen iz made of (ali from)
iz (notranjosti) hiše from within the house
iz leta v leto year by year
iz prepričanja by conviction
iz izkustva from experience
iz radovednosti out of curiosity
iz tega razloga for this reason
iz skoposti through (ali because of) avarice
iz sovraštva through hatred
iz strahu for fear (pred... of...)
iz usmiljenja out of pity
iz vljudnosti through politeness
iz dobrega vira from a good source
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with anger
je tvoja ura iz zlatá? is yours a gold watch?
ima hčer iz prvega zakona he has a daughter by his first marriage
piti iz kozarca to drink out of a glass
priti iz Zagreba to come from Zagreb
prevesti iz slovenščine v angleščino to translate from Slovene (ZDA Slovenian) into English
razvideti iz to see by
ni si upal iz hiše he did not dare venture out of the house

iztêči to run out (ali away); to flow out (ali away); to leak out; to be discharged; to stop running

iztêči se to elapse, to glide away; to come to an end; to turn out; (zapasti) to become (ali to fall) due, to reach its term; (ura) to run down; (rok) to run out, to expire; (končati se) to terminate, to go by, to pass away
čas se je iztekel time is up
drugače se iztêči to prove otherwise
polici se je rok veljavnosti iztekel the policy has lapsed
vino je izteklo iz soda skozi razpoko the wine has leaked out of the cask through a crack
ura se je iztekla the watch had run down
vse se bo dobro izteklo it will all turn (ali come) out right (in the end)
zadeva se je dobro, v redu iztekla the affair turned out all right

jútranji morning, matinal, matutinal; pesniško auroral

do zgodnjih jútranjih ur till the small hours
jútranji časnik, časopis morning paper
jútranjia halja morning gown (ali dressing gown)
jútranjia domača ženska obleka housecoat
jútranjia pošta morning post; first mail
jútranjia straža (na ladji) morning watch
jútranjia ura morning hour
jútranjia zarja dawn, aurora

keep^*2 [ki:p]

1. prehodni glagol
držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep body and soul together životariti
trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
to keep cool ostati miren
to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
to keep in countenance bodriti koga
to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
to keep guard stražiti
to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
God keep you! bog te varuj!
to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
to keep the law držati se zakona
to keep in mind zapomniti si
to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
to keep peace between obdržati mir med
to keep the peace držati se reda
ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
to keep time držati se takta
to keep good time biti točen (ura)
to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
to keep one's word držati besedo
to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati