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doyen (starešina)

doyen diplomatskega (konzularnega) zbora the doyen of the diplomatic (consular) corps
on je naš doyen he is the eldest of us

doživéti

doživéti kaj to have been through something, to live through; to experience; to live to see
bo doživel 100 let? will he live to be 100 years old?
on tega ni doživel he did not live to see it
knjiga je doživela 6 izdaj the book has reached its sixth edition
doživéti nezgodo to meet with an accident
marsikaj doživéti to go through many experiences
še hujše stvari sem doživel I have been through worse

draft¹ [dra:ft] samostalnik
načrt, koncept, osnutek, skica; zakonski osnutek; denarno nakazilo, menica; popust na primanjkljaj na teži
vojska četa, odred; nabor
ameriško obvezna vojaška služba; vgrez ladje

rough draft skica
to make a draft on a fund črpati iz fonda
draft animal vprežna žival

drag² [dræg] samostalnik
vlaka; vrsta kočije; vlačnica, vlača (sani)
figurativno tovor, breme; cokla, zavora, ovira; zaviranje, oviranje; bager
figurativno mučno opravilo; dolgočasno mesto (v knjigi); lov z umetno sledjo
ameriško, sleng protekcija; potegljaj; privlačnost

to be a drag on s.o. biti komu v breme
to put a drag upon s.th. zavreti, zaustaviti kaj

drág dear; (necenén) expensive; dear; costly

drág kamen a precious stone
drága večerja an expensive dinner
dráge volje willingly, readily; with a good grace
knjiga je drága the book is expensive (ali dear)
moj drági! my dear!
drági moj prijatelj! my dear friend!
vino je tu zelo drágo wine is very dear here
drágo mi je I am glad (ali pleased)
napravite, kot Vam je drágo do as you like, do just as you please
če ti je življenje drágo if you value your life
karkoli ti je drágo anything you like
to mi je predrago this is too expensive for me
to je eden najdražjih hotelov v Parizu it is one of the most expensive hotels in paris
vrnil sem mu milo za drágo I paid him in his own coin, I gave him tit for tat; I got even with him
to je tisto, kar mi je najdražje na svetu that is what I hold dearest on earth
drágó prodajati to sell dear
to te bo drágó stalo it will cost you dear
drágó je to plačal he paid dear for it
to mi bo drágo plačal I'll take it out of him, I'll make him pay dearly (ali dear) for it

drain² [drein] samostalnik
osuševalni jarek, odvodni kanal
medicina drenažna cevka; odvajanje, drenaža
figurativno napor, izčrpavanje
pogovorno požirek, napitek

sleng to go down the drain propadati
a drain on one's purse prevelik izdatek

draught¹ [dra:ft] samostalnik
poteza, vlečenje, vleka; načrt, koncept, skica; prepih; požirek
množina dama (igra); razburjenje, živčnost; ugrez, ponor; točenje (iz soda)
medicina doza (tekočega zdravila); odmerek; novačenje; četa; ček; menica

beast of draught tovorna živina
black draught odvajalo
beer on draught pivo iz soda
sleng to feel the draught imeti težave, na škodi biti
to play at draughts igrati damo (igro)

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

dráž charm; allure

ona zna uporabljati svoje dráži she knows how to use her charms
izgubiti dráž za koga to pall on someone

drink² [driŋk] samostalnik
pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
sleng morje

in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
hard drink opojna pijača
soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
small drink pivo
to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin

drobíž (denar) change, small change; small coin; figurativno (otroci) little children, the kiddies

imate kaj drobíža? have you got any small change (pri sebi on you)?
mi lahko daste drobíža za funt? can you give me change for a pound
lahko obdržite drobíž you can (ali may) keep the change

droll³ [droul] neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (with, at, on) uganjati burke, šaliti se

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

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

drop down neprehodni glagol
pasti; zrušiti se
mornarica pluti po vetru

drop down on s.o. napasti koga

drop in neprehodni glagol (at ali on, upon)
oglasiti se, nepričakovano obiskati

dŕsati to slide; to glide

dŕsati se (z drsalkami) to iceskate, to skate; to go ice-skating
dečki se drsajo na ribniku the boys are sliding on the pond

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)

drugáčen other, another, different (od from); unlike, other than; dissimilar, diverse, disparate

čisto drugáčen od (tvojega) quite different from (yours)
postati drugáčnega vedenja to change (ali to alter) one's conduct
stvar je čisto drugáčna (figurativno) the boot is on the other foot

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