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mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

more² [mɔ:] prislov
več, bolj, še; povrh, za nameček

to be no more biti mrtev
more and more bolj in bolj
more or less več ali manj, približno
the more ... the more čim več ... tem več
the more so because tem bolj, ker
all the more so tem več, tem prej
no more than ne več od, samo
once more še enkrat, zopet
never more nikoli več
neither more nor less than (stupid) dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)
so much the more toliko bolj
it is wrong and, more, it is foolish ni prav in povrh je še neumno
and what is more in kar je še važnejšc
what more? kaj pa še?

mórje sea, (svetovno) ocean; pesniško billow

ob mórju by the sea
na mórju at sea; at the seaside, on the seashore
na odprtem mórju on the open sea, on the high seas
onstran mórja beyond the sea
prek mórja overseas, oversea
odprto mórje high sea, open sea, pesniško main
Črno (Rdeče, Mrtvo) mórje the Black (the Red, the Dead) Sea
Kaspijsko mórje the Caspian Sea, the Caspian
Jadransko mórje the Adriatic Sea, the Adriatic
Severno mórje the North Sea
Sredozemsko mórje the Mediterranean, pogovorno the Med
Tiho mórje the pacific, the Pacific Ocean
kipenje mórja surf (of the sea)
mirovanje mórja calm (ali calmness) of the sea
bitka na mórju naval battle
nagrbančeno, nagubano mórje choppy sea
razburkano mórje a heavy sea, a rough sea, an angry sea
mórje krví (figurativno) seas pl of blood
mórje oblakov a sea of clouds
mórje težav a sea of troubles
vožnja po mórju naviagation, seafaring, voyage
iti na mórje to go to the seaside, to go to the sea
peljati se čez mórje to cross the sea
biti na mórju to be at the seaside, to be by the sea
potovati po mórju to voyage
potovati po mórju in po kopnem to travel by land and sea
mórje je razburkano the sea is running high, there is a heavy swell
pasti v mórje (s krova) to fall overboard
vreči v mórje (z ladje) to throw overboard
to je kaplja v mórje (figurativno) it's a drop in the bucket
mórje obliva obalo the sea washes the coast
navadil sem se na mórje I have got used to the sea
posvetiti se mórju (postati mornar) to go to sea, to follow the sea, to decide on a sailor's life (ali humoristično a life on the ocean wave)
vsa družina je na mórju all the family are at the seaside
kapljica v mórje (figurativno) a drop in the ocean

mother¹ [mʌ́ðə] samostalnik
mati; mati prednica (v samostanu)
arhaično, medicina histerija

artiflcial mother inkubator
mother earth mati zemlja
pogovorno to kiss mother earth pasti
Mother's Day materinski dan
every mother's son vsak človek
mother country domovina
necessity is the mother of invention sila kola lomi
zoologija Mother Carey's chicken viharnica (ptica)
Mother Hubbard široka, ohlapna ženska obleka
kemija mother liquor (ali liquid) lužna usedlina
mother lode glavna rudna žila
botanika mother of thousands vrsta divjega lanu

motíti to disturb; to inconvenience; to intrude (koga on someone); to trouble; (spanje) to interrupt; (radio) to jam; (posegati v) to interfere with; to violate; (nadlegovati) to inconvenience

motíti se to be mistaken (v kom in someone
v čem about something), to err
kaj vas moti? what is troubling you?, what is upsetting you?
vas moti, če kadim? do you mind if I smoke?
zelo se motiš you're badly mistaken
ne pustite, ne dajte se motíti! don't let me disturb you!
oprostite, da vas motim! excuse my disturbing (ali troubling) you!
upam, da ne motim? I hope I'm not disturbing (ali bothering) you, I hope I'm not in the way
obžalujem, toda moram vas še enkrat motíti I am sorry, but I shall have to trouble you again
nekoliko se motite you are slightly mistaken
če se ne motim if I am not mistaken, unless I am mistaken
ne daj se motíti! do not inconvenience yourself!
motíti se je človeško to err is human
motiš se! (si na napačni sledi!) you are barking up the wrong tree
ali motim? am I in the way?, am I intruding?

motòr elektrika motor; engine

avionski motòr aircraft engine
dvotaktni motòr two-stroke engine
pognati motòr to start an (ali the) engine
motòr teče brezhibno the engine is running perfectly
motòr ne vžge, ne prime the motor is cutting out, the motor does not pick up
pregledati motòr to overhaul an engine
razstaviti, demontirati motòr to dismantle an engine
ugreti motòr to warm up an engine
ustaviti motòr to stop an engine

mountain [máuntin] samostalnik
gora (tudi figurativno)

a mountain is raised off my spirits kamen se mi je odvalil od srca
to climb mountains iti v hribe
mountains high izredno visok
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
the mountain on labo(u)r veliko hrupa za prazen nič
zgodovina the Mountain jakobinska stranka v francoski revoluciji
Mountain State vzdevek za Montano in Zahodno Virginijo (ZDA)

move¹ [mu:v] samostalnik
poteza (šah); preselitev, gibanje
figurativno korak, ukrep, akcija, dejanje

on the move na pohodu, aktiven
sleng to get a move on podvizati se
it is your move ti si na potezi
to make a move iti drugam, premakniti se, ukreniti kaj
a clever move pameten ukrep; dobra poteza (šah)

móž man, pl men

velik (visok) móž a tall man, (figurativno) a great man; (soprog) husband
kot en móž (enoglasno) as one man
móž proti móžu (bližinski) hand-tohand
borba móža proti móžu hand-to-hand struggle
slamnati móž (figura, statist) man of straw, dummy
divji móž wild man of the woods
povodni móž water sprite
do zadnjega móža (= vsi) to the last man, (all) to a man
padli so (v boju) do zadnjega móža they perished to a man
pravi móž na pravem mestu the right man in the right job (ali place)
vsi možje brez izjeme every man jack
priti, naleteti na pravega móža to come to the right man
biti le pol móža (figurativno) to be only a half man
izkazati se za móža to play the man, (ne se ustrašiti) to stand up to it like a man
dvigniti se kot en móž to rise like one man
pokaži, da si móž! show yourself a man!, show us what you're made of!
govorita kot móž móžu! let us have a man-to-man talk!
biti móž beseda to keep one's word, to be a man of one's word
on je móž beseda he is a man of his word
ladja se je potopila z vsemi móžmí na krovu the ship went down (ali sank) with all hands
móž jo tepe, kadar je pijan her husband (ali man) beats her when he is drunk

možgáni brain, brains pl; intelligence

mali možgáni little (ali hinder) brain, cerebellum
beg možgánov (figurativno) brain drain
pretres možgánov concussion of the brain
mehčanje možgánov softening of the brain
vnetje možgánov brain fever
telečji možgáni z jajcem calf's brains with egg
on je brez možgánov (figurativno) he is addlebrained, addlepated
on ima glavo brez možgánov he is a brainless (ali a hare-brained) fellow
napenjati možgáne to rack (ali to busy, to cudgel) one's brain
prati komu možgáne (figurativno) to brainwash someone
elektronski možgáni electronic brain
pranje možgánov brainwashing

móžnost possibility, chance; (izvedljivost) feasibility, practicability; (verjetnost) probability, likelihood

meje móžnosti the bounds pl of possibility
nimamo druge móžnosti, kot da... we have no alternative but to...
izključevati móžnost to rule out the possibility
v okviru móžnosti within the range of possibility
nobene móžnosti ni, da bi ona prišla there is no possibility of her coming
nobene druge móžnosti ni there is no other alternative
izkoristiti obe móžnosti to have the best of both worlds

mráčen dusky, dark, darkish; dim; obscure; murky, sombre; (obraz) gloomy, sad; figurativno dismal; (oblačen) overcast, heavy, cloudy; (mrk) hateful, frowning, sullen, scowling, pogovorno bloody-minded

mráčno (temno) je kot v rogu it is pitch dark

mračíti se to grow dusky, pesniško to dusk, to darken

mrači se it is growing dark (dusk)
um se mu mrači he is mentally deranged

mrák dusk, nightfall, twilight; dimness, darkness, obscurity; murkiness; night

v mráku at nightfall, in the dark, in obscurity
mrák se dela it is growing dark, it is getting dark, dusk (ali twilight) is approaching, it will soon be nightfall
od zore do mráka from morning till night

mràz cold; chill; frost

mràz brez slane black frost
oster mràz biting (ali severe) frost; hard (ali sharp) frost
suh mràz ground frost
leden mràz frostiness
trd od mràza numb with cold
Dedek Mraz Jack Frost
občutljiv za mràz sensitive to cold
odporen proti mràzu resistant to cold, cold-resistant
občutek mràza sensation of cold
nenaden nastop mràza sudden inroad of cold weather, ZDA cold snap
val mràza cold wave
10° mràza 10 degrees of frost
mràz mi je I am (ali I feel) cold
mràz mi je v noge my feet are cold
mràz je danes it is cold today
mràz me je rezal do kosti the cold pierced me to the bone
drgetati, tresti se od mràza to shiver with cold
mràz grize, ščiplje there is a nip in the air
mràz je kar grizel it was a biting cold
mràz popušča the cold is abating
mràz me spreletava I feel cold all over
mràz me spreleti ob tem that gives me the shivers; it gives me the creeps
težko prenašati mràz, trpeti od mràza to suffer from the cold

mrgoléti to teem; to swarm; to be alive (with)

rib mrgoli v tem jezeru fish teem in this lake, this lake is teeming with fish
na ulicah mrgoli ljudi the streets are swarming with people
v mestu mrgoli vohunov the town is swarming with spies
v tej pokrajini mrgoli divjačine this region is swarming with game

mrlič dead person, dead body, corpse; cadaver

bedenje, straža pri mrliču wake; deathwatch
on je samó še živ mrlič (figurativno) he is only a ghost of his former self

mŕzel cold; frigid; chilly; icy

ledeno mŕzel frosty
mŕzli pas frigid zone
mŕzlo je it is cold
mŕzlo mi je I am cold

mrzéti to disgust, to excite disgust

mrzi mi it is my abhorrence
to mi mrzi I detest it, I am disgusted by it
posebno mi mrzi (pogovorno) it is my pet aversion (ali abomination)

much¹ [məč] pridevnik
mnogo

much money mnogo denarja
so much water toliko vode, sama voda
pogovorno he is too much for me nisem mu dorastel, ne pridem mu do kraja
much cry and little wool mnogo hrupa za prazen nič