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oyster [ɔ́istə] samostalnik
zoologija ostriga; kos mesa školjkaste oblike pri perutnini (na hrbtu)

to be as close (ali dumb) as an oyster molčati ko grob
oysters on the shell sveže ostrige
figurativno he thinks the world is his oyster misli, da je vse njegovo

ozír regard, respect; consideration

brez ozíra na regardless of, irrespective of
v tem (nekem) ozíru in this (some) regard
v vsakem ozíru in every regard (ali respect), in all respects
z ozírom na with (ali in) regard to, as regards, in consideration of, with respect to
brez ozíra na starost (na posledice) without regard to age (to consequences)
z ozírom na njegovo mladost allowing (ali making allowance) for his youth
z ozírom na to, da... with regard to the fact that...
ne imeti ozíra do (ne upoštevati) to pay no regard to, not to take into consideration

pa and; but, however

pa četudi (al)though, even though
pa tudi (celó) če even if...
pa dobro well then
pa vendar (and) yet, still, nevertheless, but yet, for all that, notwithstanding
pa naj bo! then let it be!
kaj pa je? what is the matter (here)?
pa kaj zato (potem)? what of it?, so what?
moj oče pa moja mati my father and my mother
pa to je jasno! why, that is clear!
tako pravijo, pa jaz tega ne verjamem so they say, but I (myself) do not believe it
on lahkó to stori, pa vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
prosili smo ga, on pa tega ni hotel storiti we asked him, but he would not do it
pa tudi če bi tako bilo... even so...

pace¹ [péis] samostalnik
korak, koračaj (tudi figurativno dolžinska mera)
hoja; hitrost, tempo; korak, drnec, kljusanje (konja)

at a great (ali spanking) pace v hitrem tempu
pace for pace korak za korakom
to go the pace hitro iti (hoditi), figurativno veselo živeti, zapravljati
to hit the pace hiteti
to keep pace with iti v korak s čim
figurativno to put s.o. through his paces preizkusiti koga; dati komu priložnost, da pokaže svoje zmožnosti
to quicken one's pace pospešiti korak
to set the pace diktirati tempo
to show one's paces pokazati svoje zmožnosti
geometrical (ali great) pace 5 čevljev (1,524 m)
vojska ordinary pace navadni korak
vojska quick pace hitri korak

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

parallel² [pǽrəlel] samostalnik
matematika, figurativno paralela, vzporednica
figurativno paralelnost, enakost, analognost
geografija vzporednik (tudi parallel of latitude)
primerjava
tisk znak || (opomin na kaj)

to draw a parallel to narisati paralelo k
to draw a parallel between napraviti paralelo s čim, primerjati
in parallel with ustrezen, analogen
to have no parallel biti edinstven
to put in parallel primerjati
without parallel edinstven, ki se ne da primerjati

pardon² [pa:dn] prehodni glagol
oprostiti, odpustiti (for za)
pravno pomilostiti, prizanesti

pardon me! oprosti!
to pardon s.o. s.th. oprostiti komu kaj
he was pardoned the letter oprostili so mu tisto pismo
pardon my saying so oprosti, da to rečem

pardón pardon; forgiveness

pardón! pardon!, sorry!, (I) beg your pardon!
pardón, da to rečem pardon my saying so
pardón, toda vi sami ste rekli to excuse me, but it was you who said so

parsnip [pá:snip] samostalnik
botanika pastinak

fine words butter no parsnips samo z lepimi besedami se ne da popraviti

particular¹ [pətíkjulə] pridevnik (particularly prislov)
poseben, izjemen, posamezen, specialen; oseben, individualen; podroben, izčrpen, obširen; samosvoj, nenavaden, čuden; zamerljiv, izbirčen, natančen (in, about, as to)
filozofija omejen

for no particular reason brez pravega vzroka
ironično not too particular ki ne izbira (svojih metod itd.)
he is particular as to what he eats je izbirčen pri jedi
she is particular about her dress ona dá veliko na obleko
ekonomija, navtika particular average manjša havarija, manjša poškodba tovora

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!

pazíti (biti pozoren) to pay attention (to), to observe, to mind, to be mindful (of), to look around, to look out (for), to watch, to be watchful, to keep watch; to take care, to be careful (ali cautious, wary, wide-awake, on the alert, on one's guard); (hraniti) to have in custody; (skrbeti za) to take care of, to have in one's care (ali charge); (negovati) to nurse, to look after, to tend; (pobrigati se) to look (to), to see (to), to attend (to)

pazíti na otroke v odsotnosti staršev to baby-sit
ne pazíti na to take no heed (ali no notice) of, to disregard, to be mindless of, to be unmindful of, not to bother, to pay little or no attention to; to lose sight of
pazi(te)! look out!, attention!, mind!
napeto pazíti to be all attention
pazi na otroka! look after the child!
pazite na mojo prtljago! take care of my luggage!
pazite na stopnice! mind the steps!
pazite bolje! take more care!
pazi nase! take care of yourself!
pazite, da vas ne vidijo! mind they do not see you!
niso pazili na moje besede my words were ignored
pazite na žeparje! beware of pickpockets!
pazíti na formalnosti to be a stickler for the formalities
pazíti z budnim očesom na to keep a watchful eye on
pazi se! mind what you are about
otroci, pazite nase! children, look after yourselves!, be careful!, take care!

peg¹ [peg] samostalnik
klin, klinček, količ, zatič, čep; kljukica za perilo
glasba ključ na violini; sponka
figurativno predmet pogovora, pretveza
pogovorno lesena noga
britanska angleščina kozarček (zlasti whiskey s sodo)

to come down a peg or two postati skromnejši
to take s.o. down a peg or two ponižati koga
off the peg z obešalnika, konfekcija
a square (ali round) peg in a round (ali square) hole človek na neprimernem položaju
vojska, sleng to put a man on the peg dati koga na raport
figurativno a peg to hang on predmet pogovora, pretveza
a peg to hang a discourse on nekdo s katerim se da razpravljati

peradventure¹ [pərədvénčə] prislov
arhaično morda, slučajno

lest peradventure da ne bi slučajno
if peradventure če bi slučajno

persuade [pəswéid] prehodni glagol
pregovoriti (to do, into doing)
prepričati (of o, that da)

picture¹ [píkčə] samostalnik
slika, podoba, risba, portret; predstava, duševna slika
pogovorno utelešenje, videz, slika; natančna podoba koga
figurativno grafičen prikaz, oris, nazoren opis
pogovorno lepa oseba, lep predmet
fotografija fotografija; film
množina kino
medicina klinična slika (blood picture krvna slika)

to be in the picture biti poznan, slaven
to come into the picture postati slaven, postati zanimiv
out of the picture nepomemben, pozabljen
to have one's picture taken fotografirati se
to sit for one's picture dati se slikati, pozirati za portret
to form a picture of s.th. ustvariti si sliko o čem, predstavljati si kaj
to keep s.o. in the picture stalno koga obveščati, gledati, da je na tekočem
to go to the pictures iti v kino
to be the picture of misery biti utelešena beda
the child is the very picture of his father otrok je izrezan oče
he looks the very picture of health videti je kot utelešeno zdravje
she is a perfect picture lepa je kot slika
TV picture frequency slikovna frekvenca
TV picture tube slikovna elektronka

place¹ [pléis] samostalnik
prostor, kraj, mesto
ekonomija kraj, sedež (podjetja itd.); dom, hiša, stanovanje, kraj bivanja, pokrajina
pogovorno lokal
navtika kraj, pristanišče (place of call pristanišče, kjer ladja pristane)
sedež, mesto pri mizi; služba, službeno mesto, položaj, dolžnost
matematika decimalno mesto; družbeni položaj, stan
figurativno vzrok, povod
šport tekmovalčevo mesto

place of amusement zabaviščni prostor, zabavišče
place of birth; ali one's native place rojstni kraj
place of employment delovno mesto
place of worship (božji) hram
of this place tukajšnji
in this place tukaj, na tem mestu
at his place pri njem doma
from place to place s kraja v kraj
in all places povsod
in place mestoma, tu pa tam
put yourself in my place postavi se v moj položaj
to find one's place znajti se na pravem mestu
this is not the place for to ni pravo mesto za
it is not my place to do this ni moja stvar to narediti
to put s o. in his place pokazati komu, kje mu je mesto
there is no place for doubt ni vzroka za dvom
to give place to odstopiti mesto, umakniti se komu
ameriško going places uspeti, ogledati si znamenitosti nekega kraja
in place na pravem mestu, primeren
in place of namesto
in the first place predvsem
in the last place nazadnje, končno
to keep s.o. in his place zaustaviti koga, paziti, da ne postane preveč domač
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto
out of place na nepravem mestu, neprimeren, brez službe
to take place goditi se, vršiti se
to take the place of; ali to take s.o.'s place zamenjati koga, nadomeščati koga
take your places sedite na svoja mesta
in the next place potem
there is no place like home preljubo doma, kdor ga ima

plea [pli:] samostalnik
izgovor, opravičilo; prošnja (for)
pravno obramba, zagovor, ugovor, priziv, pledoaje

pravno to put in a plea; ali to make a plea vložiti priziv
pravno plea of guilty priznanje krivde
on (ali under) the plea of (that) kot izgovor za (da)

please [pli:z]

1. prehodni glagol
ugajati komu, narediti veselje, razveseliti; ustreči, zadovoljiti
ironično blagovoliti (to do kaj narediti)

2. neprehodni glagol
dopasti se, ugajati, prikupiti se, biti po volji

it pleases me, I am pleased with ugaja mi
I'll be pleased veselilo me bo
I'm only too pleased to do it to naredim z največjim veseljem
I'm pleased to say veseli me, da lahko rečem
to please o.s., to do what one pleases delati, kar se komu zljubi
please yourself postrezi si, kot želiš
only to please you samo tebi na ljubo
please God če bog da
if you please če dovoliš, če ti je prav
and now if you please zamisli, lepo te prosim
please prosim
please not prosim ne