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ptíček little bird, (otroško) birdie

živeti kot ptíček na veji (figurativno) to live (ali to be) in clover, pogovorno to have it made
ptíčki brez gnezda (otroci brez doma) waifs and strays pl

púnčka little girl; (lutka) doll, (otroško) dolly

razkósati to dismember; to break (ali to cut) in little pieces; to cut up

razkósati prašiča to cut up a pig

révček poor little thing; poor man; poor devil; vulgarno poor bastard

sínček little son; pogovorno sonny, sonnie

skôraj almost, nearly; (za las) all but; well-nigh; next to; little short of

skôraj isto much the same
to je skôraj isto it is much the same thing
skôraj nobeden, skôraj nihče next to none, hardly anybody
skôraj nikjer hardly (ali scarcely) anywhere
skôraj nikoli hardly ever, scarcely ever
skôraj nič next to nothing, hardly anything
skôraj mrtev all but dead, at death's door
skôraj vsi practically everybody
skôraj dovršen, perfekten verging on perfection
skôraj nezaznaven all hut imperceptible
to je skôraj nemogoče it is all but impossible
skôraj nemogoče bo (reči) it will he next to impossible (to say)
biti skôraj mrtev to be as good as dead
nimamo skôraj nič časa we have little time if any
delo je bilo skôraj končano the job was as good as done
sta skôraj iste velikosti they are much of a size (ali pretty nearly the same size)
skôraj sem padel I was very near falling, I nearly tumbled
skôraj je umrla she was near death, she was at death's door
skôraj je utonil he was all but drowned
skôraj ubil se je he was within an ace of getting killed

sŕčece sŕček little heart; figurativno (ljubček, ljubica) dear; darling; sweetheart, sweety; love; pogovorno deary, dearie, ducky, duckie, ducks

stezíca little path; narrow track; pathway

studénček (small) spring; little well

tatíč little thief; pilferer; small-time thief

telésce little body; corpuscle

rdeča (bela) (krvna) telésca red (white) corpuscles

útica little hut

vrtna útica bower, arbour
pasja útica (dog)-kennel

vrágec (hudiček) little devil

vrátca little door

vražič little devil; imp

ta deček je pravi vražič this boy is a real little devil

vŕtec little garden

otroški vŕtec nursery school; kindergarten

ženíca žénka little woman; pogovorno, humoristično old woman, old lady, old girl

a², an [ei, ə; ən] pridevnik & nedoločni člen
neki, določen; eden; vsak; isti

all of a size vsi iste velikosti
twice a day dvakrat na dan
such a one (prav) takšen
he is a teacher je učitelj
half a day pol dneva
a great deal of veliko česa
a few questions nekaj vprašanj
a little time nekaj časa
many a time marsikdaj, dostikrat

any¹ [éni] pridevnik & zaimek

1.
v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče

2.
v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkoli

have you any money? imaš kaj denarja?
there are not any matches in the box v škatlici ni nobenih vžigalic
is there any hope? je sploh kaj upanja?
no more than one if any ne več kot eden, če sploh kaj
we have little time if any nimamo skoraj nič časa
any and every prav vsak
at any rate, in any case v vsakem primeru

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da