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šíba rod; switch; (brezovka) birch; wand

šíba strahovalka, leskovka rod
šíba božja figurativno (Atila) the Scourge of God
udarec s šíbo lash
(na)tepsti s šíbo to birch
kaznovati koga s šíbo to give someone the birch
imeti pripravljeno šíbo za koga to have a rod in pickle for someone
šíba novo mašo poje (figurativno) spare the rod and spoil the child

štipéndija scholarship; foundation; VB exhibition; bursary

štipéndija za znanstveno delo research grant, fellowship, scholarship
za 2 leti podeljena štipéndija a scholarship tenable for two years
imeti štipéndijo to hold a scholarship
potegovati se za štipéndijo to enter (ali to put in, to try) for a scholarship

tálec hostage

imeti koga za tálca to hold someone hostage

talent [tǽlənt] samostalnik
nadarjenost, dar, talent; sposobnost; nadarjena oseba, talentiran človek, talent; (kolektivno) talenti, inteligenca
zgodovina utež (26,2 kg) in denar pri starih Grkih itd.

of great talent zelo talentiran
talent for acting igralski talent
all the talent vsa, celotna inteligenca
the talent (dirkalni šport) publika, ki stavi, sklepa stave
to have a talent for (drawing) imeti talent za (risanje)
to hide one's talents in a napkin figurativno ne izkoriščati svojih prirojenih sposobnosti

talènt talent; gift

brez talènta talentless
igralski talènt talent for acting
imeti talènt za risanje to have a talent for drawing
ne izkoriščati svojih talèntov to hide one's light under a bushel

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

tarred [ta:d] pridevnik
katraniziran; zamazan s katranom

to be tarred with the same brush figurativno imeti iste napake

ték¹ (apetit) appetite; desire for food; (za kaj) zest, relish, gusto

imam, čutim ték I have an appetite
imam dober, zdrav (slab) ték I have a good, a keen (a poor) appetite
jesti z dobrim tékom to eat with gusto
izgubiti ték to lose one's appetite
narediti, povzročiti ték to sharpen (ali to whet) the appetite
dražiti, spodbujati si ték to stimulate one's appetite
delati, dobiti ték to give, to get an appetite
ték pride z jedjo the appetite grows with what it feeds on, start eating and you work up an appetite, figurativno the more you get, the more you want
biti brez téka, ne imeti téka (žargon) to be off one's food, to be a poor eater

telephone¹ [télifoun] samostalnik
telefon

at the telephone pri telefonu, pri aparatu
by telephone po telefonu, telefonično
over the telephone preko telefona
a conversation on the telephone telefonski pogovor
a talk over the long-distance telephone telefonski pogovor na veliko oddaljenost
to be on the telephone biti pri telefonu; imeti telefonski aparat, biti telefonski naročnik
to ring s.o. up on the telephone telefonično koga poklicati, telefonirati komu

temperatúra temperature

maksimalna temperatúra maximum temperature
srednja letna temperatúra mean annual temperature
povprečna temperatúra mean temperature
variacija, variiranje temperatúre variation in temperature
uravnavanje temperatúre (klimatizacija) air-conditioning
merjenje temperatúre measuring the temperature, (telesne) taking someone's temperature
stalnost, stanovitnost temperatúre temperature stability, constancy
odvisen od temperatúre dependent on (ali responsive to) temperature
krivulja temperatúre temperature curve
normalna temperatúra normal temperature
sprememba temperatúre change in temperature
dvig temperatúre rise in temperature
padec temperatúre drop in temperature, (nagel) slump (ali sudden drop) in temperature
pri temperatúri pod ničlo at sub-zero temperature
meriti komu temperatúro to take someone's temperature
imeti (zvišano) temperatúro (= imeti vročino) to have (ali to run) a temperature
temperatúra je padla na -5°C the temperature has dropped to minus 5 degrees centigrade
temperatúra se je dvignila the temperature has risen

temperature [témpriča] samostalnik
temperatura, toplina
medicina telesna temperatura, zvišana temperatura, vročina
zastarelo blagost (klime itd)
zastarelo zmernost
zastarelo temperament

temperature curve krivulja temperature
to have (to run) a temperature imeti (zvišano) temperaturo, imeti vročino
to take s.o.'s temperature meriti komu temperaturo

tenter-hook [téntəhuk] samostalnik
tehnično kavelj za razpenjanje

to be on tenter-hooks figurativno biti v veliki napetosti, biti kot na žerjavici
to keep s.o. on tenter-hooks figurativno držati, imeti koga na natezalnici, mučiti koga

term¹ [tə:m] samostalnik
termin, strokoven izraz; beseda, izraz
množina izrazi, način izražanja, govor(jenje); termin, rok, čas (doba) trajanja
trgovina plačilni rok, čas dospelosti menice
množina določbe, pogoji (v pogodbi); cena; honorar; odnosi
britanska angleščina kvartal, plačilni dan, termin za plačanje
pravno zasedanje, čas (sodnega) zasedanja; določeni čas posesti (zakupa, najema)
britanska angleščina, univerza trimesečje, trimester; semester
matematika člen
logika pojem
medicina, zastarelo menstruacija
zastarelo mejnik, mejni kamen
geografija skrajna, končna črta ali točka

at term ob določenem terminu
for a term of three years za dobo treh let
in plain terms odkrito, naravnost
on strained terms v napetih odnosih
on easy terms v prijateljskih odnosih
on any terms s katerimikoli pogoji
not on any terms pod nobenimi pogoji, za nobeno ceno
in terms of praise s pohvalnimi besedami
term of office čas službovanja
contradiction in terms protislovje
inclusive terms skupaj s postrežbo, z razsvetijavo
reasonable terms pametne, sprejemljive cene
terms of delivery ekonomija dobavni pogoji
short-term transaction kratkoročna transakcija
technical term strokoven izraz
to be on good (bad) terms with s.o. biti s kom v dobrih (slabih) odnosih
to be on (familiar) terms with s.o. biti prijatelj s kom
to be not on terms with ne imeti odnosov z
to be not on speaking terms with s.o. ne govoriti s kom, biti sprt (skregan) s kom
his terms are very high njegove cene so zelo visoke
what are your terms? kakšne so vaše cene? kaj zahtevate?
to bring s.o. to terms naložiti komu svoje pogoje
to come to terms popustiti, odnehati
to make terms, to come to terms with s.o. pogoditi se, sporazumeti se s kom
to set a term to s.o. staviti komu termin
to speak in flattering terms of laskavo se izražati o

testimony [téstiməni] samostalnik
spričevalo; dokaz (to o)
pravno izjava prič, pričevanje; testimonij

in testimony whereof we sign pravno v dokaz tega podpisujemo
the testimony religija razodetje, sveto pismo, od boga dani zakon
the tables of the testimony religija deset božjih zapovedi
to bear testimony against s.o. pričati zoper koga
to call s.o. in testimony pravno pozvati za pričo, k pričevanju
to have s.o.'s testimony for imeti koga za pričo za
to produce testimony to (of) pričati za

tetter [tétə]

1. samostalnik
medicina lišaj, izpuščaj

2. prehodni glagol
povzročiti lišaj
neprehodni glagol
dobiti lišaj ali izpuščaje

to be tetterd imeti lišaj ali izpuščaj

téža weight; gravity; ZDA pogovorno heft

brutto, kosmata téža gross weight
netto, čista téža net weight
živa téža live weight
téža embalaže tare
mušja téža (boks) flyweight
specifična téža relative density, specific gravity
prekomerna téža overweight
pod téžo (= prelahek) underweight
lastna téža (nekega telesa) dead weight
téža dokaznega materiala (figurativno) the weight of evidence
izguba téže loss of weight
porast téže increase in weight
razlika v téži difference in weight
dati dobro (preslabo) téžo to give good (short) weight
imeti pravilno téžo to make one's weight (ali the weight)
izgubiti na téži to lose weight
pridobiti na téži to put on weight, to gain in weight
proda(ja)ti po téži to sell by weight
prodan po téži sold by weight
peresna téža (boks) featherweight

težáva difficulty; hardship; trial; trouble; quandary; embarrassment; crisis; figurativno snag

v težávi (stiski) in trouble
denarne težáve embarrassments pl
biti v denarnih težávah to be in financial difficulties
delati težáve to raise difficulties, to make trouble
on skuša delati težáve he tries to make trouble
žal mi je, da vam delam take težáve (sitnosti) (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
imeti težáve s policijo to be in trouble with the police
sam (si) iskati težáve to ask (ali to go looking) for trouble
težáva je v tem, da... the trouble (ali the snag) is that...
naleteti na težávo to come up against a difficulty
na nepričakovano težávo to come up against a snag
nastopila je neka težáva a difficulty arose
izogniti se težávi to avoid (ali to evade) difficulty
biti v (hudih) težávah (figurativno) to be in deep water
premostiti težáve to get over (ali to overcome) the difficulties
premagati, prebroditi težávo to surmount a difficulty
povzročiti komu velike težáve to put someone to much trouble
prihraniti komu težáve to spare someone trouble
priti iz težáv to escape from difficulties, (figurativno) to be out of the wood
smelo se spoprijeti s težávami (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
zabresti v težáve to get into trouble
trpeti zaradi prebavnih težáv to suffer from digestive troubles

thing¹ [ɵiŋ] samostalnik
stvar, reč, predmet, stvor; bitje, oseba; posel, delo
pogovorno oné, onegá
množina stvari, predmeti, obleka, pribor, potrebščine, hrana, lastnina
pogovorno pohištvo; orodje; posodje; književna dela; stanje stvari, dejstvo; okolnosti, razmere, odnosi; svojstva; ureditev; misli, izjave

the thing bistveno, prava stvar
above all things predvsem
and the things pogovorno in podobne stvari (podobno)
for one thing v prvi vrsti, prvo
the one thing or the other eno ali drugo
the first thing after prva stvar nato, takoj nato
every living thing vsako živo bitje
a dear old thing dobra stara duša
the latest thing (in hats) zadnja novost (v klobukih)
oh, poor thing! o, revče!
before all thing predvsem
in all things v vsakem oziru (pogledu)
out of things zunaj dogajanj
a pretty thing (ironično) lepa stvar
things person: pravno osebne, premične stvari
things real nepremičnine, realitete
things political stvari politike, politične zadeve
swimming things kopalne stvari potrebščine
things are improving stvari (stanje) se boljšajo
things have changed stvari (razmere) so se spremenile
things begin to look brighter položaj se polagoma popravlja
the thing was to get home najvažnejše je bilo priti domov
of all the things to do! in ravno to moraš napraviti
as things stand kot stvari stojé
to do the handsome thing by vesti se spodobno do
to have a thing about pogovorno biti ves mrtev na (kaj); imeti strah pred; imeti (kaj) proti
I am not the thing today ne počutim se dobro danes
I know a thing or two about it nekoliko se spoznam (razumem) na to
it is not the thing to do to se ne spodobi
it's one of those things tu se ne da nič napraviti
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
to make a (good) thing of pogovorno dobiti (izvleči) dobiček iz
to put things into s.o.'s head vznemiriti koga (s kako novico)
to put one's things on obleči se
to take off one's things sleči se
to take the things off the table pospraviti mizo (stvari z mize)
that's no small thing to ni majhna stvar (malenkost)
that's the thing to je (tisto) pravo
this is not the thing to ni (tisto) pravo (pravšno)
there's no such thing ni govora o tem
there was not a thing left nič ni ostalo

through [ɵru:]

1. predlog
skozi, preko, čez; v teku, za časa, v času; s pomočjo, po, z (s); zaradi, od

all through his life (skozi) vse svoje življenje
through the night preko noči
the bullet went through my leg krogla je šla skozi mojo nogo
I could never read through that book nikoli nisem mogel prebrati te knjige do kraja
I had to study the whole summer through vse poletje sem moral študirati
I saw through his hipocrisy spregledal sem njegovo hinavščino
it was through you that we missed the train zaradi tebe smo zamudili vlak
to get through one's work opraviti, končati svoje delo
to get through an examination napraviti izpit
to have been through s.th. doživeti kaj
to look through the window gledati skozi okno
they marched through the town korakali so skozi mesto
to roam (all) through the country obresti vso deželo
to run away through fear od strahu zbežati
to see through s.o. spregledati koga, spoznati njegove namene
to send a letter through the post poslati pismo po pošti

2. prislov
skoz(i), do kraja, do konca; povsem, popolnoma; od začetka do konca

through and through skoz in skoz, popolnoma
to be through dokončati, biti gotov; pogovorno imeti telefonično zvezo
is he through? je on gotov z delom?; je naredil izpit?
to be through with a job imeti neko delo za seboj
he is not yet through on še ni gotov
I am through with my work gotov sem s svojim delom
I am through with him figurativno z njim sem opravil, z njim sem čisto prekinil
to be wet through biti skoz in skoz premočen
this train goes through to Vienna ta vlak vozi (skoz) do Dunaja
to carry a matter through izvesti neko stvar
to fall through, to drop through ne uspeti, propasti
to run s.o. through prebosti koga
the bad weather lasted all through ves čas je bilo slabo vreme
to put s.o. through koga telefonsko zvezati
I read the book through prebral sem knjigo do kraja

3. pridevnik
prehoden, tranziten; direkten

through carriage (coach) direkten vagon
through passage prost prehod
through ticket vozovnica, ki velja za proge različnih železniških družb
through traffic prehoden, tranziten promet

thumb¹ [əəm] samostalnik
palec (prst); palec rokavice

thumbs up! sleng izvrstno! odlično! sijajno!
a thumb ('s breadth) širina palca
as easy as kiss my thumb sleng, figurativno otročje lahek, otroška igra
rule of thumb merjenje na oko
he is under my thumb on je v moji oblasti, mora se mi pokoravati
his fingers are all thumbs figurativno on je zelo nespreten
to bite one's thumbs od jeze ali zadrege se ugrizniti v palec
to have (to hold) under one's thumbs imeti v svoji oblasti, v svojih pesteh
to travel ou the thumbs potovati z avtostopom
to turn the thumbs down figurativno obsoditi (koga)
to twirl one's thumbs palce vrteti (od dolgočasja), lenariti