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done [dʌn] pretekli deležnik od do
opravljen, narejen, končan; ubit; izčrpan; kuhan, pečen
sleng opeharjen, prevaran

done! velja!
when all is (said and) done končno, na koncu koncev
done brown opeharjen
done for uničen, mrtev, ubit
this done nato
done to the wide (ali world) popolnoma poražen, v zadnjih vzdihljajih
it's not done, it's not a done thing to je nezaslišano
that's not done to se ne spodobi
done up izčrpan; obnovljen
what's done cannot be undone kar je, je
well done, done to a turn dobro pečen ali kuhan
well done! dobro!, odlično!

don't¹ [dount] do not

don't! nikar ne!, prosim ne!
you don't say so! kaj ne rečete!, beži beži

dopísnik -ica; dopisovalec, -lka correspondent

biti slab dopísnik, -ica; dopisovalec, -lka (ne odgovarjati na pisma) to be a bad correspondent

dopustíti dopúščati to allow; to permit; to suffer; to concede; to tolerate; to afford

če bo čas dopuščal time permitting
če bo vreme dopuščalo weather permitting
to besedilo dopušča več razlag this text is open to (ali admits of) several interpretations
to pravilo ne dopušča nobene izjeme this rule allows (ali admits) no exception
sredstva mi tega ne dopuščajo I can't afford it

doséči to reach; to attain (cilj an end); to win; to achieve (svoj cilj, namen one's purpose)

ne doséči to fall short of
doséči obalo to reach shore
doséči visoko starost, starost 30 let to reach a great age, to attain the age of 30 years
ta knjiga je dosegla 10 izdaj this book reached its 10th edition
doséči popolnost to reach perfection
doséči sporazum to reach an understanding
doséči strop to reach the ceiling
niso mogli doséči vrha griča they could not reach the top of the hill
doséči slavo, zmago to win fame, a victory

dosézati glasba

doseči; ne dosežem stropa I cannot reach the ceiling

dotakníti se to touch; to come in contact with; (omeniti) to mention slightly, to hint at, to refer to, to allude to, to touch upon; (oplaziti) to brush (in passing)

lahko dotakníti se to dab, to tap
ne dotikaj se mojih papirjev! don't touch my papers!
ne dotikaj se me! don't touch me!, don't lay a finger (ali a hand) on me!, hands off!
najbolje je, da se tega ne dotikaš better leave it alone
njihova hiša se dotika naše their house abuts on ours

dotíkati se ➞ dotakniti se; to be contiguous

ne dotikati se! don't touch!
skrajnosti se dotikajo extremes meet
stol se dotika stene the chair touches the wall

doubt² [daut] samostalnik
dvom, negotovost, pomislek, sum

no doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt brez dvoma, gotovo
to give s.o. the benefit of the doubt imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazov
not a shadow of doubt niti najmanjši sum
to make no doubt ne dvomiti, biti prepričan
to be in doubt dvomiti; sumiti

douméti to comprehend; to understand; to get, to conceive

tega ne morem douméti that's beyond me
ne morem douméti, kako je to naredil I cannot conceive how he did it
ne douméti not to make head or tail of it

dovolíti to allow; to permit; to concede

dovolíti si to take the liberty (of)
če bo vreme dovoljevalo weather permitting
dovolite mi dostaviti, da... permit me to add that...
to besedilo dovoljuje več razlag this text admits of (ali is open to) several interpretations
dovolite mi, da Vam pomagam allow me to help you
ne moremo vam dovolíti kajenja tu we cannot allow you to smoke here
dovoljujem si Vam pisati I take the liberty of writing to you
ne morem si dovolíti, da bi imel dva avtomobila I can't afford to run two cars
dovoljujem si vam spročiti... I beg to inform you...

dovtíp joke; jest; pleasantry; pun; witticism; ZDA žargon wisecrack; gag

alogičen dovtíp (figurativno) an Irish bull
poln dovtípov waggish, jocular, full of fun
slab dovtíp bad joke, pogovorno corny joke
ta dovtíp je slab that's a weak (ali poor) effort
star dovtíp chestnut, stale (ali threadbare, old, ancient) joke, hoary old joke
ta dovtíp ima že brado pogovorno I fell out of my cradle laughing at that one
ost dovtípa the point of the joke
ne delaj dovtípov quit joking!
dovtípe zbijati to crack jokes

draw^*1 [drɔ:]

1. prehodni glagol
vleči, vlačiti, potegniti; pritegniti, nategniti, napeti, nategovati; dvigniti; raztegniti; privlačiti; izvabiti; populiti, izdreti; (na)risati, upodobiti, opisati, prikazati; zasnovati, načrtati; točiti, črpati, sesati; dobiti, dobivati; (s)pačiti
trgovina izdati, trasirati (menico); preiskati (lovci grmovje) (from)
sklepati; vdihniti (to, into)
pregovoriti (from)
odvrniti, odvračati (od česa)
šport neodločeno igrati
mornarica gaziti

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči (se); bližati se, prihajati; žrebati; dihati; ugrezniti, ugrezati, pogrezati se; skrčiti, krajšati se
šport neodločeno igrati

to draw attention opozoriti
to draw a bead on s.o. nameriti na koga puško ali samokres
to draw cloth pospraviti mizo (po jedi)
to draw first blood prvi napasti
to draw blood preliti kri, raniti
to draw blank ne zaslediti plena; figurativno razočarati se
to draw the long bow pretiravati, izmišljati si
to draw breath vdihniti, zajeti sapo
to draw a chicken otrebiti piščanca
to draw the curtain potegniti zastor; figurativno zaključiti pogovor, narediti konec
draw to a close (ali an end) bližati se koncu
to draw it fine natanko odmeriti
to draw a deep breath globoko vdihniti
to draw battle neodločeno končati bitko
to draw game neodločeno končati (igro)
to draw the line at zarisati ostro mejo
to draw lots žrebati
draw it mild! ne izmišljaj si, ne pretiravaj!
to draw one's sword against s.o. napasti koga
to draw a veil over s.th. prikriti, zastreti kaj
to draw stumps končati igro (cricket)
to draw rein ukrotiti
figurativno to draw the teeth of onesposobiti
to draw interest obrestovati se
to draw a conclusion from s.th. sklepati iz česa
to draw a sigh vzdihniti

drážiti¹ to incite; to instigate, to stir up; (nagajati) to tease; a tease to irritate, to annoy, to gall, pogovorno to rile; (izzivati) to provoke

ne draži ga! don't rub him up the wrong way!

dream^*2 [dri:m] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
sanjati, sanjariti; razmišljati, premišljevati; slutiti

I should not dream of doing it še na misel mi ne pride, da bi to storil

drevó tree

mlado drevó sapling
božíčno drevó Christmas tree
sadno drevó fruit tree
drevó spoznanja biblija tree of knowledge of good and evil
(že) rodovitno drevó a (mature) fruit-bearing tree
cepiti drevó to graft a tree
podreti, posekati drevó to fell (ali to chop down) a tree
splezati na drevó to climb a tree
tresti drevó to shake a tree
skupina dreves a clump of trees
pognati, spoditi na drevó to tree
pes je prepodil veverico na drevó the dog treed the squirrel
zaradi dreves ne vidi gozda (figurativno) he cannot see the wood for the trees
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) as the tree is, so is the fruit; like father, like son

dróbec bit, fragment, scrap; splinter

niti dróbca ne not a scrap
sestoječ se iz dróbcev fragmetal
kostni dróbec splinter of bone
bombni dróbec bomb splinter
varen pred dróbci granat, bomb splinter proof
dróbci pl smithereens pl, streti v dróbce to smash to smithereens
razbiti (se) na dróbce to splinter
razbiti se na tisoč dróbcev to be smashed to smithereens

drop¹ [drɔp]

1. neprehodni glagol (from)
kapljati, kaniti (with)
cediti se, teči; pasti, spustiti se; padati (cene) (from, out of)
ven pasti, izpasti; prenehati; pasti v nezavest, zrušiti se
figurativno umreti

2. prehodni glagol
pokapati; prelivati; izpustiti; opustiti, prekiniti; spustiti se; splaviti, povreči; oglasiti se pri kom; namigniti

to drop an acquaintance (ali s.o.) prekiniti stike s kom
to drop asleep zaspati
to drop astern zaostajati (za ladjo)
to drop the anchor usidrati se
to drop back to the old life vrniti se k staremu načinu življenja
to drop a hint namigniti
to drop a line napisati par besed
to drop from sight izginiti, zgubiti se
to drop to the rear zaosta(ja)ti
drop it! nehaj že!
to drop a bird ustreliti ptiča
figurativno to drop a brick narediti nerodno napako, ustreliti kozla, blekniti
to drop lamb ojagnjiti se
to let drop izpustiti
till one drops do onemoglosti
to drop short ne zadostovati; ne doseči cilja
to drop a bird on the wing ustreliti ptico med poletom
to drop a curtsy prikloniti se
figurativno to drop the curtain narediti konec
to drop into bad habits zabresti v slabe navade

drugáče otherwise; in another (ali different) way (ali manner); differently (od from)

takó ali drugáče somehow; one way or other
drugáče (v drugih ozirih) in other respects; (sicer) else
to je čisto drugáče it is quite difrerent, pogovorno it's not at all like that
v mojem primeru je (ravno) drugáče in my case the boot is on the other foot
čisto drugáče (ravno nasprotno) just the other way, just the other way round
če ni drugáče možno if there is no other way
na to gledam čisto drugáče I look upon it in quite a different light
drugáče misliti to differ in opinion
sedaj drugáče misliti to have second thoughts
drugáče postopati, ravnati kot sicer (običajno) to act differently than usual
ne morem drugáče, kot da se smejem I can't help laughing
stôri to takoj, drugáče (sicer) ti bo žal do it at once, or you'll regret it (ali you'll be sorry)

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks