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past⁴ [pa:st] predlog
(časovno) čez (half past seven pol osmih, she is past forty ima čez 40 let)
figurativno brez, izven (dosega, območja, področja)

past all belief neverjeten
past comparison brez primere
past cure neozdravljiv
past comprehension popolnoma nerazumljiv
past endurance neznosen, nevzdržen
past hope brezupcn
past all shame popolnoma brez sramu
to be past one's Latin ne vedeti ne kod ne kam
he is past praying for ni mu več pomoči
pogovorno I wouldn't put it past him to bi mu zlahka pripisal

paste² [péist] prehodni glagol
lepiti (up, on)
nalepiti (up)
zalepiti (together)
zlepiti (with)
prilepiti (on)
sleng primazati klofuto

he pasted him one primazal mu je klofuto

pásti¹ (padem) to fall; to drop; to slump; to tumble; to decrease, to decline; (vpliv) to wane; to ebb; (cene) to go down, to depreciate; to sink

pásti s konja to fall off (ali from) a horse, to be spilled, to come a cropper; (z višine) to topple down
pásti v boju to fall in action; (strel) to be heard; (v šoli) to do badly, to come down; (pri izpitu) to fail, to be ploughed
padel je na bojnem polju, na bojišču he was killed on the battlefield
pásti komu v besedo to interrupt someone
pásti po dolgem in širokem na tla to fall spread-eagled on the floor
pásti komu na hrbet to attack someone from behind, to stab someone in the back
pásti v oči to catch the eye
padel je z drevesa he fell from a tree
pásti v nezavest to faint, to swoon
pásti na nos to fall on one's face
padel sem v nemilost pri njem I lost his favour
padel je na izpitu he failed his examination
kocka je padla (figurativno) the die is cast
pásti na noge (tudi figurativno) to land on one's feet
pásti na zemljo to fall on the ground
novoletni dan pade na četrtek New Year's Day falls on a Thursday
otrok je padel the baby has fallen over (ali has had a tumble)
nizko pásti, globoko pásti (figurativno) to come down in the world, to sink low
to mi je padlo v naročje (figurativno) I got it without effort (ali without exertion)
padlo mi je na pamet, na um it suddenly struck me, it mashed through my mind, the thought struck me
pásti v pozabo to fall into oblivion, to fall into disuse
padla mu je okoli vratu she embraced him, she threw her arms round his neck
pásti na kolena to kneel down
pásti na kolena pred... to fall on one's knees before..., to prostrate oneself before...
padel je sovražniku v roke he fell into the hands of the enemy
to mi je kot z neba padlo (figurativno) it came as a windfall to me, it came like a godsend to me
sekira mi je padla iz rok the axe dropped from my hand
sekira mu je padla v med (figurativno) he sees his most fervent desires fulfilled, he is favoured by luck
pásti v nemilost to fall into disfavour
pásti v zmoto to fall into error
pásti pod zakon to come under a law, to fall within the scope of a law
zastor je padel the curtain has dropped
vlada je padla the government has been overthrown
nisem na glavo padel (figurativno) I am no fool
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) like father, like son
pazi, da ne padeš! mind you don't fall!

páša¹ pasture; pasturage; pasturing; pasture land; grassland; herbage

duševna páša food for thought, mental pabulum
občinska páša common pastureland, common
primeren za pášo fit for pasture
on pase ovce na občinski páši (pašniku) he pastures his sheep on the common
voditi živino na pášo to pasture

pat¹ [pæt] samostalnik
trepljanje; lahen udarec, tlesk; kepica (masla)

he gave himself a pat on the back čestital si je (za kaj)

pay¹ [péi] samostalnik
plača, plačilo
pogovorno plačnik
ameriško, mineralogija donosna ruda

pogovorno he is good pay on je dober plačnik
he is in the pay of s.o. njega plačuje, najet je od, je v službi nekoga
ameriško, figurativno to strike pay dirt naleteti na vir bogastva

pay^*2 [péi]

1. prehodni glagol
plačati, odplačati, izplačati
figurativno nagraditi, poplačati, povrniti (for za kaj)
figurativno posvečati pozornost (spoštovanje), dajati čast, delati komu komplimente; obiskati koga; odškoditi, odškodovati (for za)
izplačati se za koga, koristiti komu

2. neprehodni glagol
plačati (for za)
izplačati se (crime doesn't pay zločin se ne izplača)

to pay attention (ali heed) to posvečati pozornost (komu, čemu)
to pay one's attention (ali court) to dvoriti
to pay a call (ali visit) obiskati
to pay a compliment napraviti poklon
to pay the debt of nature umreti
the devil to pay mnogo sitnosti
to pay s.o. home povrniti komu
to pay in kind plačati v naturalijah
to pay lip service to hinavsko pritrjevati
to pay on the nail takoj plačati
to pay penalty plačati globo
to pay the penalty pokoriti se, biti kaznovan
sleng to pay the piper nositi posledice; figurativno plačati za užitek koga drugega
he who pays the piper calls the tune kdor plača, tudi zapoveduje
to pay one's respects to napraviti vljudnosten obisk
to pay the shot nositi stroške
to pay through the nose (for) predrago plačati, preplačati
to pay one's way ne ostati ničesar dolžan, živeti od svojega dohodka
to pay with fine speeches izvleči se z lepimi besedami

pay for prehodni glagol
plačati, nagraditi; odškodovati
figurativno plačati za kaj, pokoriti se

figurativno he had to pay dearly for it to ga je drago stalo

pay-roll [péiroul] britanska angleščina samostalnik
plačilna lista

to have (ali keep) s.o. on one's pay-roll zaposlovati koga
to be off the pay-roll biti odpuščen, biti brezposeln
he is no longer on our pay-roll ne dela več pri nas
the firm has a huge pay-roll podjetje ima mnogo delavcev

pêči to bake; to burn; to roast, (na žaru) to grill; to broil; (na ražnju) to barbecue; (okus) to be (ali to taste) spicy (ali hot, peppery, pungent); (oči) to smart; (kopriva) to sting; (boleti v duši) to be galling, to gall, to rankle

pêči se to be roasting, to be cooking
na žaru to broil, to grill
pêči koruzo to parch corn
oči me pečejo my eyes are smarting
roka me peče my hand smarts
poper peče na jeziku pepper stings one's tongue
zgaga me peče I have heartburn
vest ga peče his conscience stings him, he has pangs of remorse

peerage [píəridž] samostalnik
čast peera; najvišje angleško plemstvo, velikaši; genealogija visokega plemstva (knjiga)

he was raised to the peerage bil je povišan v peera

penny [péni] samostalnik (množina pennies, pence)
peni (angleški drobiž, 1/100 funta)
ameriško cent (kovanec)
figurativno majhna vsota, denar

in for a penny, in for a pound kdor reče A, mora reči tudi B; začeto delo je treba končati
to make a penny zaslužiti denar
to spend a penny iti na stranišče
he hasn't a penny to bless himself with nima niti beliča
a pretty penny čedna vsota denarja
take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves kamen na kamen palača
to turn an honest penny zaslužiti denar s priložnostnim delom
in pennies s posameznimi kovanci po 1 peni
a penny for your thoughts če bi le vedel, kaj misliš
a penny plain and twopence coloured posmeh cenenemu blišču
a penny soul never came to twopence malenkosten človek nikoli ne uspe
penny number zvezek romana v nadaljevanjih
in penny numbers po malem
zgodovina Peter's penny letni davek za papeža; prispevek za dobrodelne in cerkvene namene

pennyworth [péniwəɵ, pénəɵ] samostalnik
vrednost enega penija, malenkost; nakup, kupčija

a good (bad) pennyworth dober (slab) nakup
not a pennyworth niti najmanj
he has got his pennyworth dobil je, kar mu gre

people¹ [pi:pl] samostalnik (množina people)
ljudje (množina peoples)
narod(i) (the peoples of Europe evropski narodi)
(s svojilnimi pridevniki) domači, svojci, družina

people say pravijo
he of all people in prav on
the people preprosti ljudje, ljudske množice
the chosen people izbranci
the good people vile
literary people književniki
town people meščani
village people vaščani

person [pə:sn] samostalnik
oseba, posameznik, individuum; zunanjost, telo
slovnica oseba

in person osebno
for my person kar se mene tiče
artificial (ali juristic) person pravna oseba
natural person fizična oseba
he has a fine person ima lepo telo
you are the very person I want prav tebe želim
search of the person osebna preiskava
to carry s.th. on one's person imeti kaj pri sebi

perspective² [pəspéktiv] samostalnik
geometrija, umetnost perspektiva, risba, slika iz perspektive; upanje, pričakovanje, obet; vidik, razgled
figurativno pogled v globino, prihodnost; pogled na stvari, dogodke v pravi luči

in (true) perspective v (pravi) perspektivi
he has no perspective stvari ne vidi v pravi luči

péšec walker, pedestrian; (vojak) foot soldier, infantryman, pl -men

on je dober (slab) péšec he is a good (bad) walker
nepreviden péšec (pogovorno) jaywalker
prehod za péšce pedestrian crossing

pêta heel (tudi pri čevlju, nogavici)

nizka (visoka) pêta low (high) heel
čevlji z visokimi pêtmi highheeled shoes pl
Ahilova pêta Achilles' heel, (občutljivo mesto) (figurativno) tender (ali weak) spot, vulnerable point, weak point
od glave do pête from head to toe
na pêtah raztrgane nogavice socks pl worn out at the heel
on je džentlemen od glave do pête he is every inch a gentleman
biti (slediti) komu za pêtami to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to dog someone's steps, to be upon someone's heels
tik za pêtami to come close upon someone's heels, to pursue someone closely
vedno mi je za pêtami he is always on my heels, he is always following me about (ali dogging my footsteps)
lizati pête komu (figurativno) to fawn on someone
napraviti čevlju novo pêto to heel, to reheel a shoe
pokazati pête (pobrisati jo) to show a clean pair of heels, to take to one's heels, to run (ali to get) away
pête odnesti (figurativno) to escape
komaj je odnesel pête he narrowly escaped, he had a narrow escape
sedeti na pêtah to sit on one's heels
zavrteti se na pêtah to spin round on one's heels

petticoat [pétikout] samostalnik
žensko spodnje krilo
figurativno ženska
množina otroške oblekce

petticoat government vlada žensk
she is a Cromwell in petticoats ona je ženski Cromwell
I've known him since he was in petticoats poznam ga od otroštva

phrase² [fréiz] prehodni glagol
izraziti, izreči; imenovati, opisati

as he phrased it kot je on to imenoval