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despair² [dispɛ́ə] samostalnik
obup, brezup

to be the despair of s.o. spravljati koga v obup
to fall into despair obupati
to drive s.o. into despair spraviti, spravljati koga v obup

destructive¹ [distrʌ́ktiv] pridevnik (destructively prislov) (of, to)
uničevalen, razdiralen, poguben, škodljiv

to be destructive of s.th. uničiti, opustošiti kaj
kemija destructive distillation suha destilacija

determine [ditə́:min]

1. prehodni glagol
določiti, odločiti, dognati; končati; povzročiti
pravno časovno omejiti

2. neprehodni glagol
odločiti se, prenehati, končati se

to be determined to odločno zahtevati
to be determined by s.th. biti določen s čim

detrimental¹ [detriméntəl] pridevnik (detrimentally prislov)
škodljiv, poguben

to be detrimental to s.th., s.o. biti škodljiv čemu, komu

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

devotion [divóušən] samostalnik
vdanost; pobožnost; posvetitev; požrtvovalnost
množina molitve

to be at one's devotions moliti

dezorientírati to disorientate; to disorient; (mornarja, potnika) to cause to lose his bearings, (potnika tudi) to throw off the track, to put out, to bewilder; figurativno to bewilder, to perplex, to confuse, to puzzle

dezorientírati se to lose one's bearings, to lose one's sense of direction; figurativno to become confused (ali perplexed, bewildered), to be all at sea

dib¹ [dib] samostalnik
sadilo, sadilni klin
sleng kovanec
množina denar
množina igra s kamenčki, s koščicami, žetoni

to be after the dibs biti lakomen denarja

díčiti (krasiti) to adorn; to embellish

díčiti se to pride oneself, to be proud (z of); (hvalisati se) to boast, to make a boast (of), to brag about, to vaunt

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

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

difficulty [dífikəlti] samostalnik
težava, težavnost; zadrega
ameriško, množina nesoglasje

to make (ali raise) difficulties povzročati težave, ugovarjati
with difficulty težko, komaj
to be in difficulties for money biti v denarni stiski
to throw difficulties in s.o.'s way delati komu težave
to come up (ali experience) a difficulty naleteti na težavo

diffident [dífidənt] pridevnik (diffidently prislov) (of)
plah, boječ, skromen; ki si ne zaupa

to be diffident in doing s.th. bati se kaj storiti

dihljáj breath; respiration

do zadnjega dihljája to the last breath
biti v zadnjih dihljájih to be breathing one's last, to be at the last gasp

diktírati to dictate (komu, pismo to someone, a letter)

meni ne bo nihče diktiral I am not to be dictated to
zmagovalec ima pravico premaganemu diktírati svoje pogoje the conqueror has a right to dictate his conditions to the conquered

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

direct¹ [dirékt, dairékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
uravna(va)ti (towards, to)
usmeriti, napotiti (to do)
ukazovati, ukazati (to)
nasloviti, naslavljati; režirati

as directed po predpisu, po navodilu
to be directed to biti obrnjen proti

dírka race; racing

avtomobilska dírka motor race
avtomobilske dírke motor racing
kolesarska dírka cycle race
kolesarske dírke cycling
konjska dírka horse race
konjske dírke racing, the races
iti na dírke to go to the races, to go to race meetings
prisostvovati konjskim dírkam to go to horse-race meetings, to be a racegoer
udeležiti se dírke to compete (ali to take part) in a race
konjska dírka brez zaprek flat race

disadvantage [disædvá:ntidž] samostalnik
škoda, zguba; neugodnost, pomanjkljivost; neugoden položaj, slaba stran; ovira

to take s.o. at a disadvantage izrabiti neprilike koga
to sell at a disadvantage prodajati z izgubo
to be at a disadvantage, to labour under a disadvantage biti v slabem položaju; imeti izgubo