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inch¹ [inč] samostalnik
palec, cola (2,54 cm); malenkost
množina rast, postava

at an inch zelo natančno
by inches; ali inch by inch ped za pedjo, po malem, polagoma
an inch of cold iron vbod z bodalom
every inch a popoln, od glave do pete
give him an inch and he will take an ell če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
a man of your inches mož tvoje rasti
not to yield an inch ne umakniti se niti za ped
to flog s.o. within an inch of his life prebičati koga skoraj do smrti
within an inch za las, skoraj

millstone [mílstoun] samostalnik
mlinski kamen, žrmelj

hard as the nether millstone trd ko kamen, neusmiljen
figurativno between upper and nether millstone med mlinskimi kamni
to have a millstone about one's neck imeti težko življenje
to see into a millstone vse spregledati, ironično slišati travo rasti
to weep millstones jokati brez solz

mushroom¹ [mʌ́šrum] samostalnik
botanika užitna goba; travniški kukmak
figurativno povzpetnik, parveni
sleng dežnik
pogovorno vrsta ženskega slamnika; sploščen naboj

to grow like mushrooms rasti ko gobe
mushroom growth hitra rast
to shoot up like mushrooms rasti ko gobe po dežju

outgrow^* [autgróu] prehodni glagol
prerasti (koga, obleko itd.); zrasti komu čez glavo
figurativno odvaditi se (neke navade)

to outgrow one's strength prehitro rasti
to outgrow childish habits prerasti otroške navade

potegníti to pull; to tug; to draw (k to)

potegníti koga (za nos) to fool someone, to pull someone's leg, pogovorno to have someone on
potegníti dol to pull down
potegníti iz žepa to pull out of one's pocket
potegníti iz vode to haul (someone ali something) out of the water
močnó potegníti to tug hard (kaj at something)
potegníti nazaj (umakniti) to pull back, to draw back
potegníti koga (figurativno) to make a fool of someone, to make fun of someone, to pull someone's leg, to take someone in
potegníti se za koga to side with someone, to take sides with someone, to take someone's side
potegnil se je zanjo he spoke up for her
potegníti se za kaj to stand up for something
potegníti s kom (figurativno) to take someone's side, to side with someone
potegnil se bom zanj, naj se zgodi, kar hoče I'll stand up for him whatever happens
potegníti se (v rasti) to grow
zelo se je potegnil he has grown a great deal
dan se je potegnil the days are growing longer
potegníti se za slabotnejšega (figurativno) to take the side of the underdog

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

rást growth; vegetation; (postava) stature, size, shape

mož srednje rásti a man of average height
bujna rást abundant (ali lush) growth, luxuriance

restorer [ristɔ́:rə] samostalnik
vzpostavitelj, obnovitelj, popravljalec; strokovnjak za obnavljanje umetnin, restavrator
medicina okrepčilo

hair restorer sredstvo za obnovitev rasti las
health restorer sredstvo za ozdravljenje

riot¹ [ráiət] samostalnik
nemir, rabuka, nered, kaljenje miru, hrup, hrušč, kraval, razgrajanje; izgred, punt; razvratno življenje, razuzdanost, nezmernost, pijančevanje, bučna zabava, uživanje, orgija
figurativno izbruh; zmešnjava, zmeda, direndaj
sleng hrupen uspeh

riot of colours (pisana) množica barv
riot of emotion čustven izbruh
riot of sounds zmešnjava glasov
riot squad policijska četa v pripravljenosti
to quell a riot zatreti upor
to run riot izbesneti se; razuzdano živeti, preda(ja)ti se razuzdanosti; (o rastlinah) podivjati, bujno rasti ali se širiti; lov iti po napačni sledi

see^*2 [si:]

1. prehodni glagol
videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o)
govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti

2. neprehodni glagol
videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing vreden, da se vidi
I see! razumem!
see?, do you see? razumeš?, razumete?
as far as I can see kakor daleč mi seže oko; figurativno kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju
let me see naj (malo) premislim
to see the back figurativno znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca
to see s.o. to bed spraviti koga v posteljo
I cannot see anybody after five ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri
he saw me on business obiskal me je poslovno
to see death pretrpeti smrt
I must see the doctor moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)
he came to see me prišel me je obiskat
they have seen better days poznali so boljše čase
to see s.o. through a difficulty pomagati komu preko težave
to see eye to eye pogovorno strinjati se v mišljenju (with z)
to see with half an eye sleng jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti
to see s.o. further sleng poslati koga k vragu
go and see him pojdi ga obiskat
to see good smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
I cannot see the joke ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem
we must see the judge moramo govoriti s sodnikom
to see life mnogo izkusiti v življenju, pogovorno veselo živeti
I shall not live to see it tega ne bom doživel
I don't see him kneeling at her feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo
to see the light figurativno spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav
to see the red light figurativno zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti
to see how the land lies odkriti, kakšen je položaj
I don't see what he means ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)
you will not see me shot like a dog? ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?
they see too many people preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo
to see a play ogledati si gledališko igro
to see red sleng pobesneti
to see service pogovorno udeležiti se vojnega pohoda
to see the sights ogledati si znamenitosti
he will never see sixty again figurativno je (že) nad 60 let star
we will see you to the station spremili vas bomo na postajo
to see stars vse zvezde videti (od udarca)
see that the door is locked prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!
see this done! poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!
to see things figurativno imeti privide (halucinacije)
to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figurativno biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"
to see snakes figurativno, sleng biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa
to see one's way videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)
he cannot see a yard before his nose figurativno (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom

set² [set] pridevnik
določen, odrejen (čas), ustaljen, predpisan; pravilen, konvencionalen; tog, nepremičen; stalen (o ceni)
ameriško trmast; premišljen, pripravljen (govor); zaseden (with z)
zavzet, (popolnoma) zaposlen, okupiran (on, upon s.th. s čim)

at the set day na določeni dan
set egg jajce z razvitim piščetom v lupini
set fair stalno lepo vreme
set form predpisan formular
set piece (gradbeni) oder, na katerem se delajo razne figure za ognjemet
set phrase ustaljen izraz (reklo, fraza)
set scene kulise, sestavljene iz bolj ali manj gotovih delov
set resolution trden sklep
set speech vnaprej pripravljen, naštudiran govor
set time dogovorjen (odrejen, določen) čas
close-set na gosto postavljen
hard-set v škripcih
people with set opinions ljudje z ustaljenimi nazori
well-set stasit, lepe rasti, postaven
well set up in wine dobro založen, oskrbljen z vinom
I am set on s.th. srčno si želim česa, mnogo mi je do česa, hlepim po čem
his teeth were set stiskal je zobe

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

tráva botanika grass; herb. herbage

zdravilne tráve medicinal herbs pl, simples pl
tlačiti trávo (figurativno, živeti) to live
slišati trávo rasti (figurativno, biti zelo pameten) to hear the grass grow (to be highly intelligent), arhaično to see through (ali far into) a millstone

up³ [ʌp] prislov

1.
gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazaj

up from the grounds figurativno od temeljev
up till now doslej
from my youth up od moje mladosti naprej
up with the Democrates! živeli demokrati!
hands up! roke kvišku!
you can sail up as far as Sisak lahko se peljete z ladjo do Siska po reki navzgor
he looked for it up and down po vseh kotih in oglih je iskal to
this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije

2.
bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo)
figurativno više, na višjo stopnjo

up and up više in više, vedno više
come up! pridi bliže!
speak up! govori(te) glasneje!
he came up and asked me the way približal se mi je in me vprašal
to move up in the world povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)
I think of running up North mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever

3.
v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.

to grow up (od)rasti
hurry up! pohiti!, brž!
the nation is up in arms narod se je uprl z orožjem
my blood was up kri mi je zavrela
the cider is up very much jabolčnik se zelo peni
shares (prices) are up delnice (cene) se dvigajo

4.
popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupaj

to burn up zgoreti
to eat up all the cherries pojesti vse češnje
to drink up izpiti, popiti
to follow up a success do kraja izkoristiti uspeh
to bind up skupaj povezati
to lock up the house zakleniti vsa hišna vrata
to tear up a piece of paper raztrgati kos papirja na koščke
the street was up ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana

5.
zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogah

high up in the air visoko v zraku
I live two storeys up stanujem v 2. nadstropju
to be early up biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajati
the Prime Minister is up ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedo
to stand up stati pokonci
to sit up sedeti v postelji

6.
v mestu, na univerzi, v šoli

up in London v Londonu
up to town v London
up for a week teden dni v mestu (v Londonu)
the undergraduates come up next week študentje se vrnejo (na univerzo) prihodnji teden
to stay up for the vacation ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice

7. up to
a) (vse) do; proti, prek

up to now doslej
I had mud up to the knees blato mi je segalo do kolen
he was all right up to yesterday bil je čisto zdrav do včeraj
to be up to date biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)
I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it plačal bom do 1000 din za to
b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustrezno

up to the door (ali knocker) sleng izvrstno, prima
up to par figurativno "na višini"
not up to expectations neustrezno pričakovanjem
not yet up to the ropes figurativno še neuveden, ki se še ne spozna
up to sample po (ustrezno) vzorcu
his book is not up to much njegova knjiga ni kaj prida vredna
to live up to one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom
your work is not up to your usual standard tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežeš
to be up to s.th. nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kaj
what are you up to? kaj nameravaš?
it is up to you (to decide) vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitev
to be up to a thing or two figurativno biti prebrisan
to feel up to s.th. čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kaj
to get up to s.o. držati korak s kom
to be up to the mark figurativno biti na višini
to be up to snuff sleng biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)
I am up to your little game dobro vem, kaj spletkariš
what has he been up to? kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?
you have been up to some trick again! si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!
I am not up to travelling nisem sposoben za potovanje
it is up to you to prove it vi morate to dokazati

8.
pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)

I was up to A. A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor)

9.

up with na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti z
to come up with s.o. dohiteti koga
to keep up with držati korak s
up with you! vstani!, pridi gor!
up against proti
up into gori v, gor
up on više (od, kot)
up till vse do

wild¹ [wáild]

1. pridevnik (wildly prislov)
divji, neukročen, neudomačen; neciviliziran, barbarski, neizobražen; plašen, plah, plašljiv (divjačina); neobljuden, pust, neobdelan (zemlja); neurejen, zmršen, skuštran (lasje); neobrzdan, razuzdan; svojeglav
figurativno razburjen, besen; buren, silovit; brezumen, nor, strasten; slučajen, naključen, nesmotrn, nepremišljen
pogovorno hlepeč po, divji (nor) na

a wild guess čisto, golo ugibanje
wild honey divji, gozdni med
a wild life divje, razuzdano življenje
wild pain divja, blazna bolečina
wild orgies divje orgije
a wild shot strel na slepo (tjavdan)
in wild disorder v divjem neredu
wild with fear brezumen (nor) od strahu
to drive s.o. wild spraviti koga v besnost, razbesniti koga
the horses were wild to start konji so nestrpno čakali na start
to settle down after a wild youth umiriti se po vihravi mladosti

2. prislov
divje; nepremišljeno, brez glave; nesmotrno, tjavdan

to run wild divje rasti, figurativno rasti brez nadzora
to shoot wild streljati na slepo, brez cilja
to talk wild zmedeno govoriti