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detection [ditékšən] samostalnik
odkritje, razkrinkanje

to escape detection ne biti odkrit

deterióren

biti deterióren to detoriate

determine [ditə́:min]

1. prehodni glagol
določiti, odločiti, dognati; končati; povzročiti
pravno časovno omejiti

2. neprehodni glagol
odločiti se, prenehati, končati se

to be determined to odločno zahtevati
to be determined by s.th. biti določen s čim

detrimental¹ [detriméntəl] pridevnik (detrimentally prislov)
škodljiv, poguben

to be detrimental to s.th., s.o. biti škodljiv čemu, komu

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

dib¹ [dib] samostalnik
sadilo, sadilni klin
sleng kovanec
množina denar
množina igra s kamenčki, s koščicami, žetoni

to be after the dibs biti lakomen denarja

die¹ [dai] neprehodni glagol (of od, zaradi)
umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti
pogovorno hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots (ali shoes) on umreti nasilne smrti
to die in the last ditch vzdržati do konca
to die game hrabro umreti; ostati zvest
to die hard biti trdoživ
to die in harness umreti sredi dela
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
never say die nikoli ne obupuj
to be dying for s.th. hrepeneti po čem
to die by one's hand narediti samomor
to die of laughing počiti od smeha
a die wish zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)
were I to die for it četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

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

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

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

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

dime [daim] samostalnik
ameriško kovanec 10 centov

to have dollars and dimes biti premožen
dime novel cenen, malovreden roman
not to care a dime nič ne marati
pogovorno a dime a dozen skoraj zastonj

direct¹ [dirékt, dairékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
uravna(va)ti (towards, to)
usmeriti, napotiti (to do)
ukazovati, ukazati (to)
nasloviti, naslavljati; režirati

as directed po predpisu, po navodilu
to be directed to biti obrnjen proti

dirt [də:t] samostalnik
nesnaga, umazanija, blato, prah; zemlja; ničvredna stvar; umazanost, nesnažnost; nespodobne besede

as cheap as dirt skoraj zastonj
to eat dirt požreti žalitev, biti ponižan
to fling (ali throw) dirt at s.o. poniževati, blatiti koga
to fling dirt about obrekovati, opravljati
ameriško dirt farmer poljedelec
dirt floor netlakovana tla
ameriško dirt road netlakovana cesta
ameriško, mineralogija pay dirt zemlja bogata zlata
dirt roof rušnata streha
dirt track mehka dirkalna steza
yellow dirt zlato
to treat s.o. like dirt slabo s kom ravnati
a spot of dirt madež

disadvantage [disædvá:ntidž] samostalnik
škoda, zguba; neugodnost, pomanjkljivost; neugoden položaj, slaba stran; ovira

to take s.o. at a disadvantage izrabiti neprilike koga
to sell at a disadvantage prodajati z izgubo
to be at a disadvantage, to labour under a disadvantage biti v slabem položaju; imeti izgubo

disappear [disəpíə] neprehodni glagol
izginiti, zgubiti se

to disappear from circulation ne biti več v obtoku

discount¹ [dískaunt] samostalnik
popust, odbitek; rabat; skonto

at a discount malo cenjen, lahko dosegljiv
discount for cash popust pri plačilu v gotovini
to be at a discount figurativno ne biti priljubljen
to sell at a discount prodajati z izgubo

discredit² [diskrə́dit] samostalnik
slab glas, sramota; dvom, nezaupanje, sum

to bring discredit on s.o., to bring s.o. into discredit v slab glas, ob ugled koga spraviti, diskreditirati koga
to throw discredit on s.th. v slabo luč kaj spraviti
to be to the discredit of s.o. biti komu v sramoto

disgrace² [disgréis] prehodni glagol
onečastiti; (o)sramotiti; poniž(ev)ati; degradirati

to be disgraced biti v nemilosti
to disgrace o.s. osramotiti se

disgrace¹ [disgréis] samostalnik
sramota; nemilost

to bring disgrace on (ali upon) s.o. onečastiti, osramotiti koga
in disgrace v nemilosti
to fall into disgrace with s.o. pasti v nemilost koga, zameriti se komu
to be a disgrace to s.o. biti komu v sramoto