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die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

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

difamácija defamation

difamírati to defame

diferénca difference

ne delam diferénce med njimi I don't distinguish (ali I see no difference) between them
diferénco je treba plačati there is still something to pay

differ [dífə] prehodni glagol (from)
razlikovati se; pričkati prepirati se, ne se strinjati, ne privoliti

tastes differ okusi so različni
I beg to differ oprostite, ne strinjam se
let's agree to differ naj ostane vsak pri svojem mnenju

difference [dífrəns] samostalnik (between)
razlika, razloček; spor, prepir
matematika ostanek

to split the difference sporazumeti, spraviti se
it makes no difference nič ne de
to have differences ne se strinjati
it makes all the difference in the world to je zelo pametno

difficult [dífikəlt] pridevnik (difficultly prislov)
težaven, težek; muhast, nepopustljiv

difficult of access težko dostopen
difficult to fulfil ki ga je težko izpolniti

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

dig^*1 [dig] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
kopati, izkopati, (iz)dolbsti; riti; suniti; raziskovati, preučevati
ameriško, sleng vneto delati, guliti se

to dig at s.o zbadati koga
to dig in the ribs suniti med rebra
to dig a pit for s.o. kopati komu jamo, grob
to dig one's way krčiti si pot

dig² [dig] samostalnik
kopanje; arheološko izkopavanje
ameriško, sleng garanje, guljenje; sunek
figurativno zbadanje, posmeh
ameriško, sleng gulež

to have a dig at nekaj poskusiti; zbadljivo o kom pisati ali govoriti

digest¹ [didžést]

1. prehodni glagol
prebaviti, prebavljati; prebole(va)ti; potrpeti; preudariti, preudarjati; narediti izvleček
kemija asimilirati, raztopiti

2. neprehodni glagol
raztopiti se; prebaviti se

to digest one's anger požreti jezo

dig in prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zakopati

to dig o.s. in vojska zakopati se, utrditi se z okopi

dignity [dígniti] samostalnik
dostojanstvo; čin; visok položaj
astronomija pomemben položaj planeta

to stand on one's dignity kazati svojo vzvišenost
beneath one's dignity pod častjo koga

dih brath; wind

do zadnjega svojega diha to one's last breath
s pridušenim dihom with bated breath
pridržujoč dih bredthless
zadrž(ev)ati dih to hold one's breath
dih jemajoč breathtaking

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

diktát dictation; (ukaz) dictate

pisati po diktátu to write from (ali at) dictation
pisati, delati po diktátu koga to write, to act at someone's dictation

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