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obésiti to hang (up); (človeka) to hang, to gibbet

obésiti na steno to hang up on the wall
obésiti se to hang oneself
morilca so obesili the murderer was hanged
obésiti na kavelj to hang (up) on a hook
obésiti svetilko na strop to suspend a lamp from the ceiling
za pete koga obésiti to hang someone by his heels
obésiti medicino na klin (figurativno) to give up (ali žargon to pack in) medicine
obésiti službo na klin (figurativno) to throw up one's job
naj me obesijo, če... I'll be hanged if...
za to bo obešen he'll swing for that
obésiti komu kaj na vrat (naložiti mu, obremeniti ga) to burden, to saddle someone with something
obésiti komu umor (figurativno) to pin the murder on someone
prej se dam obésiti (figurativno) I'll be hanged first!

odgovórnost responsibility; žargon the buck, the can

brez odgovórnosti without responsibility
na vašo odgovórnost at your risk
čut odgovórnosti sense of responsibility
na lastno odgovórnost on one's own account
poln odgovórnosti involving great responsibility, responsible
bati se odgovórnosti to be afraid of responsibility
odgovórnost je na tebi the responsibility rests on you
delati na lastno odgovórnost to act on one's own responsibility
izogniti se odgovórnosti to avoid (ali to shirk) responsibility
nositi polno odgovórnost to shoulder (ali to bear) one's full responsibility
naprtiti komu odgovórnost to pin responsibility on someone
napravi to na mojo odgovórnost do it and let me answer for it
obesili so mi vso odgovórnost za vrat (pogovorno) I was left holding the baby
odklanjati vso odgovórnost to disclaim all responsibility
poklicati na odgovórnost to call to account, to take someone to task; to hold someone responsible
prevzeti odgovórnost za kaj to take (the) responsibility for something, to take it upon oneself
jaz bom prevzel odgovórnost za ta korak I'll take responsibility for this step
prevzeti nezaželeno odgovórnost (figurativno, pogovorno) to carry the can (ali to be left holding the baby)
ne sprejeti, ne prevzeti odgovórnosti to accept no responsibility
osvoboditi, razrešiti, razbremeniti odgovórnosti to relieve of responsibility
otresti se odgovórnosti to shed (ali to shrug off) responsibilities
zahvaliti, naprtiti odgovórnost na to shift the responsibility on to, to pin responsibility on, (pogovorno) to pass the buck

over³ [óuvə] predlog

1.
čez (a bridge over the river)

2.
pri (over the fire pri ognju, pri kaminu)

3.
po (all over the world po vsem svetu, over the radio po radiu)

4.
onkraj, na drugi strani (over the sea onkraj morja)

5.
pri (he fell asleep over his work zaspal je pri delu, over a cup of tea pri skodelici čaja)

6.
nad (to reign over a kingdom vladati kraljestvu, to be over s.o. biti nad kom)

7.
več kakor, čez (over a mile čez miljo, over a week več kot teden)

8.
(časovno) prek, v času (over night prek noči, over the long vacation v času velikih počitnic)

9.

Razno:

hand over hand s preprijemanjem (pri plezanju), figurativno vztrajno, hitro napredujoč
over head and ears (in love) do ušes (zaljubljen)
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos
over the top ne glede na kaj, brez ozira na kaj
over the way nasproti, na drugi strani
over one's head nerazumljiv, pretežek

pearly [pə́:li] pridevnik
kakor biser, bisernat, okrašen z biseri, poln biserov

pearly gates 12 nebeških vrat; figurativno nebesa

pograbíti to seize; to grasp; to take (ali to get, to catch, to lay) hold of

pograbíti priliko, priložnost to seize upon a chance, to seize an opportunity
hlastno pograbíti ponudbo to snap up an offer
(službeno) mesto je bilo takoj pograbljeno the job was snapped up at once
pograbíti koga za vrat to seize someone by the neck

poke² [póuk]

1. prehodni glagol
suniti, suvati, dregniti, dregati, poriniti, porivati (in v, noter)
preluknjati, napraviti luknjo (in v)
podrezati (ogenj); pomoliti (glavo), vtakniti (nos into v)

2. neprehodni glagol
vtikati se; bosti, dregniti, dregati (at)
bezati, brskati (in)
iskati, stikati, tipati (v mraku)

don't poke your nose into my affairs ne vtikaj nosu v moje zadeve
to poke and pry biti radoveden, brskati za čem
to poke fun at norčevati se iz koga
to poke one's head iztegniti vrat, pomoliti glavo

prijéti to take (ali to catch, to get) hold of, to seize; to grasp; to take, to handle

prijéti se za... to clutch at
prijéti za orožje to take up arms
prijéti za nož to seize a knife; (aretirati) to apprehend, to arrest, to take
prijéti za roko to take by the hand
trdo koga prijéti (ošteti) to rebuke someone, to lecture someone, to reprimand someone (za napako for a mistake ali blunder)
prijéti (zgrabiti) bika za rogove (tudi figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
prijéti se to cling, (to), to stick, to adhere (to); (rastlina) to take root
ime se ga je prijelo the name stuck (ali adhered) to him
vsake bilke se prijéti to clutch (ali to grasp) at a straw
prijéti (zasačiti) koga pri tatvini to catch someone stealing
prijéti tata pri dejanju to apprehend (ali catch) a thief in the act
prijéti (zgrabiti) koga za vrat to take someone by the throat
prijéti koga za besedo to take someone at his word
pod pazduho koga prijéti to take someone's arm

saddle [sædl]

1. samostalnik
sedlo (tudi figurativno)
gorsko sedlo; nosilni drog za dve vedri; nosilec žice na vrhu električnega stebra; pohrbtina (meso živine ali divjačine)

in the saddle trdno v sedlu, figurativno na zanesljivem mestu, na oblasti
saddle of mutton koštrunova pohrbtina
to be in the saddle biti na konju, zapovedovati
to take (to get into) the saddle zajahati konja
to put the saddle on the right (wrong) horse figurativno obdolžiti pravo (napačno) osebo
to be thrown from the saddle biti vržen iz sedla

2. prehodni glagol
osedlati
figurativno obremeniti (with z)
natovoriti, naložiti, naprtiti (upon na)

to be saddled with s.o. imeti koga na vratu
to saddle s.o. with responsibility, to saddle responsibility upon s.o. naložiti komu odgovornost
to saddle oneself with naprtiti si (kaj) (na vrat)
to saddle a theft on an innocent person naprtiti tatvino nedolžni osebi
neprehodni glagol
povzpeti se, sesti v sedlo

seem [si:m] neprehodni glagol
zdeti se, zazdeti se, dozdevati se, videti se

all seemed pleased vsi so bili videti zadovoljni
apples do not seem to grow here videti je (najbrž) jabolka ne rastejo tu
I seem to be... zdi se, da sem...
it seems to me zdi se mi, mislim
it seems good to me zdi se mi prav (dobro)
it seems that he cannot deny it videti je (kazno je), da ne more tega zanikati
I seem to have known them for ages zdi se mi (imam vtis), da jih poznam že celo večnost
I can't seem to unlock this door teh vrat preprosto ne morem (znam) odpreti
he does not seem well ni videti (čisto) zdrav
she seems to be tired videti je utrujena
so it seems tako se zdi, tako je videti
there seems no need of help zdi se, da pomoč ni potrebna
arhaično me seems, me seemeth zdi se mi
me seemed zdelo se mi je

seize, seise [si:z]

1. prehodni glagol
prijeti, z(a)grabiti, (po)seči po; polastiti se, prisvojiti si; ujeti, osvojiti; izkoristiti (priliko); lotiti se; zaseči, zapleniti, odvzeti, konfiscirati; razumeti, dojeti, doumeti
navtika pritrditi z nekaj navoji vrvi, čvrsto zvezati
figurativno fascinirati, prevzeti

2. neprehodni glagol
priti do (česa), domoči se (upon s.th. česa)
oprijeti se (on s.th. česa)
zatakniti se

to seize an opportunity pograbiti priliko
to seize the meaning razumeti, doumeti pomen (of česa)
to seize a pretext poslužiti se izgovora
to seize a weapon zgrabiti orožje
to seize s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
to be seized of s.th. zavedati se česa
he was seized with apoplexy kap ga je zadela
panic seized the crowd panika se je polastila množice

show^*2 [šóu]

1. prehodni glagol
pokazati, razkazati, razstaviti (blago), dati na razstavo; prikazovati; odkriti, dokazati, izpričati, razložiti; oznaniti; napraviti (uslugo); voditi, peljati, spremljati (koga)

2. neprehodni glagol
(po)kazati se, pojaviti se (v družbi), biti viden, videti se, zdeti se, izgledati (like kot)
dati predstavo
sleng priti na cilj na tretjem ali boljšem mestu (na konjskih dirkah)

to show o.s. pokazati se (v javnosti)
to be shown to be pokazati se kot
you'll have to show me! pogovorno to mi boš moral šele dokazati!
on his own showing he blundered po lastnem priznanju se je zmotil
the cloth shows blue in this light blago je videti modro ob tej svetlobi
the dog he showed got the first prize pes, ki ga je dal na razstavo, je dobil prvo nagrado
to show cause pokazati, navesti vzrok (razloge)
to show one's colours odkriti svojo naravo (svoje mišljenje)
to show a thing the fire malo (neznatno) kaj pogreti
to show s.o. the door pokazati komu vrata
he showed me to the front-door spremil me je do hišnih vrat
to show the white feathers figurativno pokazati svojo strahopetnost
to show the flag sleng uradno izobesiti britansko zastavo (npr. na ladji)
to show one's hands pokazati svoje karte; (tudi figurativno), odkriti svoje načrte
to show the hoof figurativno pokazati svojo zlobno naravo
to show s.o. round (over) the house razkazati komu hišo
he showed me great kindness izkazal mi je veliko dobroto
to show a leg pogovorno vstati zjutraj iz postelje; sleng hiteti
to show a clean pair of heels sleng pokazati pete, pobrisati jo
to show one's papers pokazati svoje dokumente
to show one's plans (intentions) pokazati svoje načrte (namere)
he showed me into the room peljal me je v sobo
to show signs of fatigue kazati znake utrujenosti
does this spot show? se ta madež vidi?
to show bad taste pokazati slab okus
to show one's teeth pokazati zobe (tudi figurativno)
to show s.o. about the town razkazati komu mesto
that shows the truth of the rumour to dokazuje resnico govoric(e)

sprémiti to accompany; (ujetnike itd.) to escort; (transporte) to convoy; to attend

sprémiti koga do vrat to see someone to the door
spremil te bom do doma I'll see (ali I'll take) you home
sprémiti do avtobusa, tramvaja to see (someone) to the bus, to the tram
spremili te bomo na postajo (k odhodu) we'll see you off

stand¹ [stænd] samostalnik
stanje (na nogah), položaj, mesto; stališče; tribuna, oder; stojnica, začasna prodajalna na trgu; stojalo, mizica, regal, polica
fotografija stativ; postaja, postajališče, parkirni prostor za taksije; zastoj (tudi figurativno)
ustavitev, odpor
gledališče gostovanje igralcev, trajanje gostovanja
ameriško (še) nepožeto žito; (še) neposekan gozd; zajezena voda
zastarelo garnitura
zastarelo, narečno roj (čebel)
zgodovina krdelo (vojakov)
pravno, ameriško prostor za priče

a stand of arms popolna oprema z orožjem za vojaka, puška s priborom
stand of colours polkovna zastava
band-stand paviljon za godbo
a bold stand junaški odpor
book-stand stojnica, kiosk za prodajo knjig
cab-stand postajališče taksijev ali kočij
cruet-stand steklenički za olje in kis
flower-stand stojalo za cvetlice
fruit-stand stojnica za prodajo sadja na trgu
grand stand uradna (glavna) tribuna (na tekmah, dirkah itd.)
hat-stand polica (obešalnik) za klobuk
ink-stand tintnik
news stand ameriško kiosk za prodajo časopisov
one-night stand gledališče enkratno (igralsko) gostovanje
umbrella-stand stojalo za dežnike
wash-stand umivalnik
to be at a stand zastarelo odreveneti, obstrmeti (od začudenja), biti zbegan, zmeden
there is a cabstand in this street v tej ulici je parkirni prostor za taksije
to be brought (to come) to a stand ustaviti se, zastati, obstati
we were brought to a stand by a deep river zaustavila nas je globoka reka
to bring to a stand (za)ustaviti, privesti do ustavitve, do zastoja
to make a stand upirati se, ustavljati se (čemu)
the enamy made a good stand against our attack sovražnik je nudil krepak odpor našemu napadu
to take stand in a debate zavzeti stališče v debati
he took his stand near the door zavzel je mesto (postavil se je) poleg vrat
he took his stand on the letter figurativno oprl, skliceval se je na pismo
to take the stand ameriško, pravno nastopiti kot priča, potrditi s prisego (on s.th. kaj)

station² [stéišən] prehodni glagol
postaviti, namestiti; stacionirati; odrediti mesto

to station o.s., to be stationed near the door postaviti se poleg vrat
to be stationed vojska biti stacioniran (v garniziji), navtika stacionirati
to station a sentry postaviti stražo

stekleníca (glass) bottle; (ploska) flask

v steklenícah bottled
brušena stekleníca decanter
manjša stekleníca (1/4 l) half-pint bottle
leydenska stekleníca Leyden jar
polnjenje stekleníc bottling
pralec stekleníc bottle washer
zeleno steklo za stekleníce bottle glass
ščetka za stekleníce bottle brush
vrat stekleníce bottleneck
stroj za polnjenje stekleníc bottling machine
stojalo za sušenje stekleníc, odcejalnik bottle rack
pivo v steklenícah bottled beer
vino v steklenícah (buteljkah) bottled wine
dati v stekleníco, spraviti v stekleníco, polniti stekleníce to bottle
odpreti stekleníco vina to crack a bottle

stiff¹ [stif] pridevnik (stiffly prislov)
tog, neupogljiv, negibek, trd, okorel; žilav; gost; nepopustljiv, strog, trmast, odločen, zakrknjen; nadut, ohol, formalen; prisiljen; zadržan, odljuden; močan (pijača, veter); težaven, naporen; ki se s težavo giblje ali premika, se zatika, nenamazan, nenaoljen
ekonomija stalen, stabilen, visok, pretiran (cena)

a stiff ascent naporen vzpon
a stiff collar trd ovratnik
a stiff dose močna doza
a stiff examination težaven izpit
a stiff glass of grog kozarec močnega groga
stiff market trg s stalnimi cenami
stiff muscles pretegnjene mišice
stiff neck trd vrat (od prepiha itd.)
a stiff price visoka cena
a stiff reception tog, prisiljen sprejem
a stiff sentence stroga sodba
stiff ship ladja, ki se ne nagne v stran pod pritiskom vetra v jadrih
a stiff un postaran športnik, sleng mrlič
a stiff subject težavna stvar (predmet)
to bore stiff strašno dolgočasiti
bored stiff na smrt zdolgočasen
to have a stiff leg imeti trdo nogo (v kolenu)
to keep a stiff face (lip) ne se dati omehčati
to keep a stiff upper-lip figurativno ne popustiti, zobe stisniti, pokazati trdnost značaja
to keep a stiff rein držati napete (nategnjene) vajeti
to scare stiff na smrt prestrašiti

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

wrick [rik]

1. samostalnik
izvin, izpah, pretegnitev (mišic)

2. prehodni glagol
izpahniti, izviniti

to wrick one's neck vrat si pretegniti (zviti)

wring^*2 [riŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
iztisniti, izžeti (sadje itd.), stiskati, izžemati, ožeti; zviti, zaviti (vrat), oviti, lomiti, viti (roke); skriviti, skremžiti (obraz); izkriviti, popačiti (pomen); iztisniti, izsiliti (davek, denar); stisniti (komu roko)
figurativno stiskati (srce), mučiti

to wring s.o.'s hand stisniti komu roko
to wring the neck of an animal zaviti vrat živali
I'll wring your neck vrat ti bom zavil
to wring one's hands in pain roke viti od bolečine
to wring a confession from s.o. izsiliti priznanje iz koga
to wring money from (ali of) s.o. izsiliti, izžeti denar iz koga
my shoe wrings me čevelj me tišči (žuli)
his face was wrung with pain obraz mu je bil skremžen od bolečine
it wrings my heart zelo sem potrt zaradi tega
he wrings my words from their true meaning on pači pravi pomen mojih besed

2. neprehodni glagol
zviti se, kriviti se; povzročati bolečino, mučiti