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design¹ [dizáin] samostalnik
namen, namera, cilj; načrt, skica, risba; vzorec, model, kroj
tehnično konstrukcija, sestava

by accident or by design slučajno ali namerno, hote ali nehote
to have (ali harbour) designs on s.o.'s pocket nameravati koga denarno izrabiti
protection of design, copyright in design zaščita načrta, modela

désni -a, -o right, right-hand; grboslovje dexter

na désni on the right
na désno to the right
na désni strani on the right-hand side
na désnem bregu Ljubljanice on the right bank of the Ljubljanica
na désno! right turn!
na désno usmerjen rightward
désni bok ladje, na desni strani ladje starboard
désno krilo vojska politika šport right wing
désna stran (konja, voza) off side
biti komu désna roka to be someone's right-hand man
v désnem zgornjem kotu in the top right-hand (ali right-hand top) corner
hoditi, voziti po désni strani, držati se désne to keep to the right
zaviti na désno to turn right, to take a right turn

déti (reči) to say; (položiti) to put; (storiti) to do

dobro déti to do good
dobro mi dé it does me good
nič ne dé it does not matter; never mind; it is of no consequence
deni to na mizo put it on the table

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

devolution [di:vəljú:šən] samostalnik
potek (on)
pravno prenos
biologija postopno slabšanje, propadanje, degeneracija

devolve [divɔ́lv]

1. prehodni glagol (on, upon)
prenesti, zvaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
preiti, pripasti

it devolves on me moja naloga je
to devolve out of razviti se iz

dežêla country; land; province

na dežêli in the country
na dežêlo to the country
deveta dežêla fairyland, land of milk and honey, Cockaigne, wonderland, lotusland, land of plenty
obljubljena dežêla the Promised Land
dežêla podpisnica signatory country
dežêla v razvoju developing country, underdeveloped country
sveta dežêla the Holy Land
hiša na dežêli country house, villa, (manjša) cottage, country home
dežêla, v kateri se cedita med in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey
življenje kot v deveti dežêli a life of idleness and luxury
iti na dežêlo to go on a trip to the country
tuje dežêle foreign countries
preseliti se na dežêlo to move to the country
iti v krtovo dežêlo (figurativno) to die
živeti na dežêli to live in the country

deževáti to rain

dežuje it rains, it is raining
močno dežuje it is raining very hard
deževáti kot (da bi) iz škafa (lilo) it's raining cats and dogs; it's coming down in bucketfuls; it's teeming with rain
dežuje v curkih it's streaming with rain, it's coming down in torrents
neprestano dežuje it keeps on raining
ves čas je deževalo it kept raining all the time, the weather has been rainy all the time
nehalo je deževáti it has stopped raining
prejkone bo deževalo we're probably in for some rain
udarci so deževali po njem blows rained upon him
prošnje kar dežujejo applications are pouring in
rahlo dežuje it is spitting (ali drizzling)
začenja deževáti it is coming on to rain
časti so deževale nanj honours were showered upon him

die¹ [dai] neprehodni glagol (of od, zaradi)
umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti
pogovorno hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots (ali shoes) on umreti nasilne smrti
to die in the last ditch vzdržati do konca
to die game hrabro umreti; ostati zvest
to die hard biti trdoživ
to die in harness umreti sredi dela
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
never say die nikoli ne obupuj
to be dying for s.th. hrepeneti po čem
to die by one's hand narediti samomor
to die of laughing počiti od smeha
a die wish zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)
were I to die for it četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

diet¹ [dáiət] samostalnik
predpisano hranjenje, dieta

to be on diet dietetično se hraniti
to put on a diet predpisati dieto
full diet obilna hrana
low diet pičla hrana

diéta diet; low diet

mlečna diéta milk diet
nizkokalorična diéta low-calorie diet
biti na diéti to be on a low diet; to diet oneself
strogo se držati diéte to keep to one's diet
predpisati diéto to diet (komu someone), to put someone on a diet

dignity [dígniti] samostalnik
dostojanstvo; čin; visok položaj
astronomija pomemben položaj planeta

to stand on one's dignity kazati svojo vzvišenost
beneath one's dignity pod častjo koga

dilate [dailéit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
raztegniti, razširiti, razprostreti (se)
figurativno (on, upon) na dolgo in široko razlagati

diléma dilemma

v veliki dilémi on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi to be in a dilemma, to be on the horns of a dilemma
biti v dilémi ali... ali... to be in two minds whether... or...
priti v dilémo to be thrown into a dilemma
spraviti koga v dilémo to put someone in(to) a dilemma
postaviti koga v resno dilémo to place someone in a serious dilemma

dilemma [dilémə] samostalnik
zadrega, precep, dilema

on the horns of dilemma v precepu, v škripcih, v hudi zadregi

dine [dain] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
kositi, večerjati; gostiti s kosilom ali večerjo

to dine on imeti za kosilo ali večerjo
to dine with Duke Humphrey ne imeti nič jesti, stradati
to dine off (ali on) cold meat imeti za kosilo (večerjo) hladno meso
to dine with s.o. jesti pri kom
to dine out kositi zunaj doma; sleng iti lačen spat

dirigírati to direct; to lead; glasba to conduct, to lead

dirigírati orkester to conduct (ali to lead) an orchestra
on hoče vse dirigírati pogovorno he wants to boss the whole shop

dirty¹ [də́:ti] pridevnik (dirtily prislov)
umazan, blaten
figurativno prostaški, nizkoten, podel; grd; opolzek

to do the dirty on s.o. izrabiti stisko koga, grdo z njim ravnati
to wash the dirty linen in public javno govoriti ali pisati o neprijetnih osebnih zadevah
dirty weather deževno, slabo vreme
dirty work umazano, neprijetno delo; lopovščina
dirty trick surovost, prostaštvo
dirty wound vneta rana

disagree [disəgri:] neprehodni glagol (with s)
ne se strinjati; ne privoliti; škoditi, ne ustrezati (about, on o)
prepirati se