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lot¹ [lɔt] samostalnik
žreb, usoda; del, delež
ameriško parcela, zemljišče, gradbišče
ekonomija del, partija, gotova količina blaga; (posamičen) predmet na dražbi
pogovorno velika množina, kup; skupina, družba, vsi skupaj
pogovorno človek, stvar

a lot; ali lots and lots; ali lots veliko, mnogo
a lot you care! v mar ti je!
ekonomija in lots vsa partija, vse blago skupaj
a bad lot neznačajnež, razvpit človek
a building lot gradbena parcela
by lot z žrebom
to cast (ali draw) lots for vreči žreb, žrebati za
to cast (ali throw) in one's lot with deliti s kom usodo
the lot came to (ali fell upon) him žreb ga je določil
to fall to s.o.'s lot pripasti komu kot delež
to have no part nor lot in ne biti udeležen pri čem
my lot moja usoda
pogovorno the lot vsi; vse
that's the lot to je vse
scot and lot do zadnje pare

love¹ [ləv] samostalnik
ljubezen (of, for, to, towards za)
ljubica, ljubček
pogovorno ljubka stvar
šport brez zadetka, brez gola

to be in love with biti zaljubljen v
to fall in love with zaljubiti se v
for love za šalo, zastonj, iz ljubezni
to play for love igrati samo zaradi igre (ne za dobiček)
for the love of iz ljubezni do
for the love of God za božjo voljo
not for love or money za nič na svetu, za noben denar
to give (ali send) love to poslati prisrčne pozdrave
there's no love lost between them ne moreta se trpeti
to make love to dvoriti, ljubimkati, spolno občevati
all's fair in love and war v ljubezni in vojni je vse dovoljeno
love in a cottage poroka iz ljubezni, poroka brez denarja
cupboard love ljubezen iz koristoljubja
love game igra v kateri ostane premaganec brez zadetka
šport love all brez zadetka
šport the score is 2 love rezultat je 2 proti nič
a love of a tea cup ljubka čajna skodelica

love² [ləv]

1. prehodni glagol
ljubiti, rad imeti

2. neprehodni glagol
ljubiti, biti zaljubljen

love me, love my dog če ljubiš mene, ljubi tudi moje prijatelje
Lord love you! za božjo voljo! (presenečenje)
to love to do s.th. zelo rad kaj delati

lurch¹ [lə:č]

1. samostalnik
nagnjenje na stran; opotekanje
ameriško nagnjenje (towards do)

2. neprehodni glagol
nagniti se na stran; opotekati se, opoteči se

máčka zoologija (female) cat, she-cat

divja máčka wild cat
máčka je trdoživa a cat has nine lives
máčka prede the cat purrs
razumeti se kot pes in máčka to get on (together) like cat and dog
živeti kot pes in máčka to live a cat-and-dog life
hoditi kot máčka okoli vrele kaše to beat about the bush
kadar máčkae ni doma, miši plešejo when the cat is away, the mice do play
poparjena máčka se še mrzle vode boji once bitten, twice shy
máčka pade vedno na noge a cat always lands on its feet

man¹ [mæn] samostalnik (množina men)
mož, človek, človeštvo; sluga, vojak, mornar; figura (šah, dama)
zgodovina vazal
množina vojaki, mornarji, delavci, moštvo

the rights of man človeške pravice
man of God božji služabnik
an Oxford man kdor je študiral v Oxfordu
a man and a brother pravi tovariš
man and wife mož in žena
a man of few words redkobeseden človek
man alive! človek božji!
as one man kot en mož, enoglasno
to be a man biti možat
to be only half a man biti nemožat, biti samo pol moža
to be one's own man biti svoj gospodar
best man ženinova priča pri poroki
man and boy od deških let dalje
every man Jack vsak posameznik
to feel like a new man počutiti se ko prerojen
man Friday; ali man of all work faktotum, desna roka
inner man duša, šaljivo želodec
outer man telo
I'm your man jaz sem pravi človek za to
he's your man on bo pravi človek za to
man of letters pisatelj
to the last man do zadnjega moža
(all) to a man vsi, do zadnjega moža, enoglasno
a man of mark pomembna osebnost
no man nihče
a man of parts izredno zmožen človek
to play the man izkazati se moža
a man of straw lutka, človek zvenečega imena a brez denarja
the man in (ali on) the street povprečen človek
man about town lahkoživec, gizdalin
a man of his word mož beseda
the man of the world svetovljan
old man botanika božje drevce, navtika, sleng kapitan

manage¹ [mǽnidž]

1. prehodni glagol
upravljati, voditi; gospodariti, upravljati posestvo; nadzirati
pogovorno izpeljati, izvršiti, opraviti, uspeti; ravnati, krotiti

2. neprehodni glagol
gospodariti; voditi podjetje (trgovino)
pogovorno shajati, pomagati si, izvoziti jo (with s, z, without brez)

to manage a business voditi posel, podjetje, trgovino
he managed to do it uspelo mu je to narediti
I can manage him znam z njim ravnati
ekonomija managed currency dirigirana valuta

mania [méiniə] samostalnik
medicina manija, besnost, blaznost; strast (for za, do)

religious mania verska blaznost
collector's mania zbirateljska strast

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing

manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
manjka mi denarja I am short of money
manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst

mar [ma:] prehodni glagol
poškodovati, pokvariti, uničiti, spačiti, opraskati

to make (ali mend) or mar uspeti ali priti do poloma, pomagati ali pokvariti
tehnično mar-resistant ki se ne opraska, odporen proti praskam

margin¹ [má:džin] samostalnik
rob, meja (tudi figurativno)
presežek
ekonomija marža, razlika med kupno in prodajno ceno, dobiček; vplačana vsota za kritje borzne transakcije
ekonomija meja rentabilnosti

on the margin of good taste na meji dobrega okusa
as by (ali per) margin kot je ob robu (zapisano)
in the margin na robu, ob strani (zabeleženo)
bled margin do besedila odstrižen rob
cropped margin preveč odstrižen rob
by a narrow margin komaj, za las
to have a narrow margin of profit imeti zelo majhen dobiček
margin of safety varnostni faktor
margin release key čezrobnik (pri pisalnem stroju)
margin stop robnik (pri pisalnem stroju)

marketing [má:kitiŋ] samostalnik
kupovanje in prodajanje na trgu
ekonomija tržništvo, celotni tržni mehanizem

to go marketing iti na trg
to do one's marketing nakupovati
marketing research raziskovanje tržišča

marljív assiduous, diligent, industrious, hardworking, keen, studious, arhaično sedulous; busy, active

marljív obiskovalec frequent visitor
biti marljív to be industrious (busy, active), to take pains, to do one's best
marljívo se učiti to study hard
marljívo hoditi v gledališče to be a regular theatre-goer
marljívo obiskujem predavanja I attend lectures regularly

marrow¹ [mǽrou] samostalnik
anatomija mozeg
figurativno jedro, bistvo; vrsta jedilne buče (tudi vegetable marrow)

to be frozen (ali chilled) to the marrow biti do kosti premražen
pith and marrow bistvo, jedro
to the marrow of one's bones do kosti, do jedra

mean^*4 [mi:n]

1. prehodni glagol
nameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti (for za)
meniti, misliti; pomeniti

2. neprehodni glagol
pomeniti (to komu)

to mean business resno misliti
to mean mischief imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregom
to mean well imeti dobre namene
to mean well (ill) by (ali to) s.o. dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjen
what do you mean by it? kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?
I mean it resno mislim
he was meant for a soldier bil je namenjen za vojaka
that was meant for you to je bilo namenjeno tebi
to mean little to s o. komu malo pomeniti
I mean you to go želim, da greš

measure² [méžə]

1. prehodni glagol
meriti, izmeriti, odmeriti; umeriti (obleko); oceniti, soditi, presoditi (by po)
primerjati, meriti (with s, z)
prehoditi

2. neprehodni glagol
meriti

it measures 8 inches meri 8 inčev
to measure s.o. for (a suit of clothes) vzeti komu mero (za obleko)
to be (ali get) measured for (a suit) dati si vzeti mero (za obleko)
to measure one's length pasti ko dolg in širok
to measure swords with preizkusiti svojo moč
to measure one's strength with s.o. meriti se s kom
to measure other people's corn by one's own bushel soditi druge po sebi
to measure s.o. with one's eye premeriti koga z očmi
to measure s.o. from top to toe premeriti koga od glave do pete

mêja (državna, deželna) frontier, border; (ločnica) boundary (-line); (mejno področje) borders pl, confines pl; figurativno limit, (skrajni konec) extreme point; (rob) edge, verge, skirt

na mêji on the frontier
onkraj mêje beyond the frontier, (v tujini) abroad
v mêjah (česa) within the borders (ali limits) (of something)
do (neke) gotove mêje to a certain extent, to some extent, up to a point
mestne mêje city boundaries pl
starostna mêja age limit
živa mêja hedge, hedgerow, quickset hedge
določitev mêje demarcation; delimitation
kršitev mêje violation of the frontier
prestopitev mêje frontier-crossing
mêja, ki se ne sme prestopiti figurativno pogovorno deadline
prekoračiti, prestopiti mêjo to cross the frontier, (figurativno) to exceed the limit (ali permission)
postaviti mêjo, mêje to put (ali to set) bounds to, to limit
začrtati mêjo to draw a boundary
določiti mêjo to determine (ali to set, to fix) a boundary
vse ima svoje mêje there is a limit to everything, we must draw the line somewhere
ne poznati mêje (figurativno) to know no bounds
njegova hvaležnost (njegovo začudenje) ni poznala mêjá his gratitude (his surprise) knew no bounds
to presega vse mêje that passes all bounds
moje potrpljenje je skoraj doseglo svojo mêjo I have almost reached the limit of my patience
držati v mêjah to keep within bounds, to check, to restrain
tvoriti mêjo čemu to form the boundary of something

melt² [melt]

1. neprehodni glagol
topiti se, raztopiti se, taliti se; stapljati se (into)
figurativno otajati se, omehčati se (srce); prelivati se(barve, robovi)

2. prehodni glagol
topiti taliti
figurativno omehčati, otajati, ganiti

to melt in one's mouth topiti se v ustih (jed)
he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to melt into tears topiti se v solzah, točiti solze
in the melting mood raznežen

mêni to me

kakor ti mêni, tako jaz tebi play ball with me and I'll play ball with you, arhaično claw me, and I'll claw thee
mêni je žal I am sorry
mêni ga je žal I pity him, I am sorry for him
mêni je drago I am glad (ali pleased)
mêni na ljubo to please me, on (ali ZDA in) my behalf
mêni se zdi it seems (ali appears) to me
mêni je do tega, da (ga vidim) I am anxious to (see him), I insist on (seeing him)
danes mêni, jutri tebi today is ours, tomorrow is yours