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duck² [dʌk] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
počeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviti
pogovorno prikloniti se

sleng to duck out popihati jo
to duck under popustiti

ducking [dʌ́kiŋ] samostalnik
potapljanje

to get a good ducking do kože se premočiti
to give s.o. a good ducking poriniti koga v vodo
zgodovina ducking stool stol za kazensko potapljanje

dudgeon [dʌ́džən] samostalnik
jeza, zamera
arhaično držaj bodala

in high dudgeon besen
to take s.th. in dudgeon zameriti kaj

due¹ [dju:] pridevnik
plačljiv, zapadel; dolžan; primeren, predpisan, pravšen; pravočasen; pristojen; pričakovan; dospel; povzročen, pripisljiv; dolgovan

in due time (ali course) pravočasno
to be due prispeti (po voznem redu)
upon due consideration po zrelem premisleku
due to zaradi
trgovina to become (ali fall) due zapasti (menica)
after due consideration po zrelem premisleku

due³ [dju:] samostalnik
pristojbina, taksa, članarina
množina carina; obveza, dolg

to give everybody (ali the devil) his due dati vsakomur, kar mu pripada, biti vsakomur pravičen
mornarica for a full due temeljito, korenito

duél (dvoboj) duel

poklicati na duél to call out (koga someone)

dúh spirit, mind; soul; (um, razum) intellect, sense; (jezika, naroda) genius; (prikazen) ghost, spectre, phantom, apparition, shade, pogovorno spook; (pokojni) ghost, wraith

zli dúh evil genius, fiend, demon, devil; (škrat) (hob)goblin
dober dúh good genius (ali spirit); (genij) genius, master spirit
sveti dúh religija Holy Spirit
dúhu (prikazni) podoben ghostly; (vonj) smell, scent, odour; (zakona) spirit
brez dúha scentless, odourless
nemiren dúh restless mind
odsoten z dúhom absent-minded, abstracted
prisotnost dúha presence of mind
dúh časa spirit of the time
klicanje dúhov (spiritizem) spirit rapping
zli dúh (hudobec) the evil spirit, the evil one
odbijajoč dúh (vonj) offensive smell
ni ne dúha ne sluha o njem he disappeared without trace, nothing more has been heard of him
v dúhu bomo z vami we shall be with you in spirit
on je velik dúh (figurativno) he is a man of great genius
vino ima dúh po sodu the wine tastes of the cask
on ima slab dúh iz ust his breath smells
to olje ima neprijeten dúh this oil has an unpleasant smell
imeti dúh po čem to be redolent or something
to ima dúh po česnu it smells of garlic
klicati dúhá to summon a spirit, to raise a ghost
kloniti z dúhom to despair, to lose heart (ali courage), to be despondent
izganjati dúhá to lay a gost; (iz obsedenca) to exorcize
dúh se mu je omračil he became (mentally) deranged
omračitev dúha mental derangement
poglobiti se v dúh francoskega jezika to absorb the spirit of the French language
dúhovi so bili razburjeni (figurativno) feelings were running high

duhovít witty; quick-witted; (v odgovoru) clever at repartee, never lost for an answer; ingenious

duhovíta rešitev an ingenious solution
ta knjiga je pisana zelo duhovíto this book is very wittily written
dajati duhovíte opazke to wisecrack

duhóvnik churchman, pl -men; ecclesiastic; clergyman, pl -men; cleric; (katoliški) priest; (anglikanski) parson; (župnik) rector, vicar; (sekte) minister

vojaški duhóvnik (army) chaplain
iti za duhóvnika to take holy orders

duhóvniški ecclesiastical, ecclesiastic; clerical

duhóvniško življenje clerical life
stopiti v duhóvniški stan to enter the church; to take holy orders

dull¹ [dʌl] pridevnik (dully prislov)
topoglav, neumen, omejen; dolgočasen; moten, medel, temen, mrk; top; zaspan, len; mrtev (sezona); okoren; neurejen; neaktiven

dull of hearing naglušen
dull of eyes slaboviden
as dull as ditchwater skrajno dolgočasen
to feel dull dolgočasiti se

dull² [dʌl]

1. prehodni glagol
otopiti; ublažiti, omiliti, zmanjšati, oslabiti, skaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
otopeti, oslabeti; poleči se (veter)

to dull the edge of appetite pokvariti tek

duly [djú:li] prislov
primerno, pravočasno, prav, točno; pristojno

to do duly for nadomeščati kaj

dumb¹ [dʌm] pridevnik (dumbly prislov)
nem, onemel, molčeč
ameriško, domačno bedast, neumen

to strike s.o. dumb osupiti koga
to be dumb molčati ko riba
a dumb dog molčeč človek
deaf and dumb gluhonem
the dumb millions brezpravne mase

dupe [dju:p]

1. prehodni glagol
za nos potegniti, varati, opehariti

2. samostalnik
prismoda, tepec; prevaranec, opeharjenec

to be a dupe of s.o. dati se voditi za nos

durance [djúərəns] samostalnik
poetično zapor; konfinacija, izgnanstvo

to keep in durance držati vječi

dúri door

zapreti komu dúri pred nosom to shut (ali to slam) the door in someone's face

dust¹ [dʌst] samostalnik
prah
britanska angleščina smeti
botanika cvetni prah
sleng denar
figurativno zemlja
figurativno posmrtni ostanki

to bite the dust zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželo
to kick up (ali make, raise) a dust vzdigniti prah, razburiti
to throw dust into s.o.'s eyes vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
to shake the dust off one's feet jezen oditi
ameriško to give the dust to s.o. prehite(va)ti koga
ameriško to take s.o.'s dust zaostajati
to lick the dust prilizovati se
honoured dust posmrtni ostanki
in the dust ponižan
to make the dust fly švigniti, energično nastopiti
down with the dust! denar na roko!
humbled in (ali to) the dust ponižan
to fall to dust razpasti

dust² [dʌst] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
prah brisati, omesti, oprašiti; potresti
ameriško, sleng švigniti, zbežati, uiti

to dust s.o.'s coat (ali jacket) naklestiti koga
to dust the eyes of s.o. varati, slepiti koga
to dust one's hands of s.o. ne želeti imeti s kom opravka

dusting [dʌ́stiŋ] samostalnik
brisanje prahu; potresanje
sleng udarci

to give a dusting natepsti, naklestiti