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wish¹ [wiš] samostalnik
želja; voščilo; volja, težnja, hrepenenje, koprnenje, sla (for po, za)
predmet želja, želeni predmet

wishes množina (dobre) želje, pozdravi
good, best wishes dobre, najboljše želje (voščila)
according to my wishes po mojih željah
to have one's wish videti svojo željo uresničeno
he has had his wish dobil je, kar je želel
if wishes were horses beggars might ride figurativno od dobrih želja še nihče ni bil sit
the wish is father to the thought človek hitro verjame, kar želi; kar človek želi, to mu hitro na pamet pride

wish² [wiš]

1. prehodni glagol
želeti (si), hoteti, zahtevati; srčno (goreče, vneto, iskreno) prositi, hrepeneti po, koprneti po

I wish I had... hotel bi imeti...
I wish I were a hundred miles away hotel bi biti (škoda, da nisem) 100 milj proč
I wish (that) it would rain želel bi (si), da bi deževalo
I wish you to go now prosim te, da zdaj greš
to wish s.o. well dobro želeti komu, dobro misliti s kom
he wished them to the devil poslal jih je k vragu
he wished himself dead želel si je, da bi bil mrtev
it is to be wished that... želeti je, da...
you have only to wish samo izrazite željo
he is not the man to wish ill to anybody on ni človek, ki bi komurkoli želel kaj slabega
I wish you a merry Xmas voščim vam vesele božične praznike
he wished me success želel mi je uspeha
to wish s.th. on s.o. želeti komu kaj (slabega)

2. neprehodni glagol
želeti, izraziti željo

to wish for s.th. imeti željo (poželenje) po, želeti kaj
to wish not for anything better nič boljšega si ne želeti
I have nothing left to wish for nimam nobenih želja več
this leaves nothing to be wished for to je brez pomanjkljivosti, je dovršeno, brez hibe

wist [wist] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od wit 2

he wist not zastarelo ni vedel

with [wið; wiɵ] predlog
s, z; proti; od; v družbi, pri, poleg; s pomočjo; skupaj z, istočasno; zaradi; od; v zvezi z, z ozirom na, pri; kljub, navzlic

I have no money with me nimam denarja pri sebi
away with you! poberi se! izgubi se!
with all my heart od srca rad
pale with fear bled od strahu
stiff with cold otrpel, trd od mraza
with all his money he is not happy kljub vsemu svojemu denarju on ni srečen
sick with bolan od
he is furious with me on je besen name
with God figurativno mrtev, v nebesih
with that nato, tedaj
she is with child ona je noseča
with young breja
with all his brains pri (kljub) vsej njegovi pameti
he is lying down with fever leži bolan zaradi mrzlice
to die with cancer umreti za rakom
to fight with courage pogumno se boriti
to tremble with fear tresti se od strahu
we parted with them ločili smo se od njih
to rise with sun vstati (skupaj, istočasno) s soncem
he lives with us on stanuje pri nas
she took her with her vzela jo je s seboj
leave it with me! prepustite to meni!
to be with s.o. on a point strinjati se s kom o neki točki
it is a habit with him to je pri njem navada
to be with it ameriško, pogovorno biti na tekočem (o čem)
vote with the Conservatives! glasujte (volite) za konservativce!
to walk with a stick hoditi s palico
what does he want with me? kaj hoče od mene?
it rests with you to decide odločitev je pri vas
it is not so with the drama v drami to ni tako
I can't leave with my mother so ill ne morem odpotovati, če mi je mati tako bolna
to weep with joy jokati od veselja

within² [wiðín] predlog
(krajevno) v, znotraj; znotraj meje, v obsegu, ne nad; v dosegu, ne predaleč, ne dljè od

within the Church v naročju Cerkve
within the house v hiši, doma
within the law ne nezakonito
he is within the reach on ni daleč, do njega je lahko priti
he is within call je v bližini (da ga lahko pokličemo)
within sight v vidu, viden
it is not within my power ni v moji moči
within my memory kolikor pomnim
within a bit, within a little skoraj
within an ace skoraj, malodane
to be within an ace of s.th. za las čemu uiti
within the walls med štirimi stenami
within doors doma
within my activities v okviru mojih dejavnosti
within the meaning of the Act znotraj zakona, po zakonu, predvideno po zakonu
to agree within 20 dinars sporazumeti se z razliko (razen za) 20 dinarjev
to live within one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom, ne iznad svojih sredstev
wheels within wheels komplicirana mašinerija
within a stone's throw za lučaj, nedaleč, blizu
he was within a hair's breadth of losing his life za las je manjkalo, da ni prišel ob življenje; (časovno) znotraj, v, v manj kot
he is within a month as old as I on ni več kot en mesec starejši ali mlajši kot jaz
within a week of his arrival teden pred ali po njegovem prihodu
you will have it within two months v roku dveh mescev boste to imeli (dobili)
within an hour v manj kot eni uri

without¹ [wiðáut] predlog
brez; zunaj, izven, pred, z druge strani

without doors zunaj hiše, pred vratmi
without doubt brez dvoma, nedvomno
without change železnica brez prestopanja
without number brezštevilen
times without number neštetokrat
without end brez konca, brezkončen
without fail zanesljivo, sigurno
things without us stvari zunaj nas
he met me without the gate dočakal me je pred glavnimi vrati
to do (to be, to go) without shajati (biti) brez, lahko pogrešati
without his seeing me ne da bi me on videl
it goes without saying to se samo po sebi razume, tega ni treba (niti) reči
he passed me without taking off his hat šel je mimo mene, ne da bi se odkril

wonder¹ [wʌ́ndə] samostalnik
čudo; nekaj čudovitega, osupljivega; čudežen dogodek, čudežno delo, čudež; (za)čudenje, začudenost

in wonder začuden
for a wonder čudežno; presenetljivo; čudno
a nine-days'wonder kratkotrajna senzacija
(it is) no wonder that... nič čudnega (ni), da...
to be filled with wonder biti ves začuden
he is a wonder of skill on je čudo spretnosti
to work (ali to do) wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
he kept his word, for a wonder za čuda je držal svojo besedo
to look all wonder ves začuden (debelo) gledati
he swore and no wonder zaklel je, in nič čudnega (če je)

wonder² [wʌ́ndə] neprehodni glagol
(za)čuditi se (at, about s.th. čemu)
razmišljati (o čem), hoteti vedeti, biti radoveden, spraševati se

I wondered about this to mi je padlo v oči
I wonder what time it is koliko utegne biti ura? bogve koliko je ura?
I don't wonder at it to me ne preseneča
that's not to be wondered at ni se čemu čuditi
I wonder why rad bi vedel zakaj
Oh! I just wondered! O, nič! kar takó, samo vpraševal sem se
I wonder who said it rad bi vedel (sprašujem se, bogve), kdo je to rekel
Is that true? -- I wonder. Je to res? -- Bogve.
I wonder at you čudim se ti (vam)
I wondered about his knowledge čudil sem se njegovemu znanju
well, I wonder no, ne vem (prav)
I have often wondered what would happen if... često sem se spraševal, kaj bi se zgodilo, če...

word¹ [wə:d] samostalnik
beseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor
religija božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija
zastarelo pregovor, (iz)rek, moto
množina pričkanje, prerekanje

the words tekst, libreto
at a word na besedo, takoj
by word of mouth ustno
in so many words dobesedno, (na) kratko
word for word od besede do besede, dobesedno
beyond words neizrazljiv
on the word, with the word na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedo
in a word z eno besedo, skratka
in other words z drugimi besedami
upon my word (of honour)! pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!
my word upon it! pri moji časti! častna beseda!
a word to the wise pametnemu človeku zadostuje ena sama beseda
a word and a blow po besedah takoj pretep (ravs)
a word in (out of) season (ne)primeren nasvet
a word or two beseda ali dve, nekaj besed
big words hvalisanje, širokoustenje
words and deeds besede in dejanja
burning words ognjevite, plamteče besede
fair, good words lepe, laskave besede
high (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words ostre, hude, trde, jezne besede
wild and whirling words divje, nepremišljene besede
my word! prav zares! bogme!
a play upon words besedna igra
too beautiful for words neizrekljive lepote
too silly for words preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumno
to be a man of few words biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedami
to be as good as one's word biti popolnoma zanesljiv
to be better than one's word napraviti več, kot smo obljubili
to be worse than one's word ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedo
to break one's word prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besede
hard words break no bones oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajo
fine words butter no parsnips lepe besede (še) niso dovolj
word came that... zvedelo se je, da...
to eat one's word snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besede
to give one's word dati (svojo) besedo, obljubiti
to hang on s.o.'s words viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušati
to have a word with imeti kratek razgovor z
to have words with pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se z
to have the last word imeti zadnjo besedo
he has not a word to throw at a dog figurativno on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimi
to have no words for ne imeti besed za, ne moči izraziti
to keep one's word držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož beseda
to leave word that... sporočiti, da...
to make no word about ne izgubljati besed o
to proceed from words to blows od besed priti do pretepa
to put in (ali to say) a good word for zastaviti (reči) dobro besedo za
to suit the action to the word od besed takoj preiti na delo
to take s.o. at his word prijeti koga za besedo
I took his word for it nisem dvomil o (verjel sem) njegovi besedi
to retract one's word umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedo
send me word! javi mi, sporoči mi!
to send word of one's arrival obvestiti o svojem prihodu
to waste words tratiti besede, zaman govoriti

work¹ [wə:k] samostalnik
(telesno ali duševno) delo; ukvarjanje, ustvarjanje, dejavnost; posel, zaposlitev; naloga; (žensko) ročno delo; delovni proces, rezultat dela, proizvod, izdelek; izdelava, obdelava, način izdelave; delovna sposobnost; težak posel, trud, muka; pogon (stroja)
množina stavbna dela, stavbišče; javna dela
vojska utrdbe, utrdbena dela
(edninska konstrukcija) tovarna, fabrika, obrat, delavnica; talilnica, livarna
tehnično mehanizem, gonilo, kolesje, zobčasti prenos
množina, religija dobra dela

in work zaposlen; (ki je) v pogonu (obratu)
out of work brez dela, brezposeln, nezaposlen
a work of art umetniško delo, umetnina
a work of genius genialno delo
works of a clock mehanizem ure
the works of Bach Bachova dela
works of mercy dobrodelna dela
earth works arhitektura zemeljska dela
good works dobra dela
iron works talilnica železa, železarna
Minister of Works minister za javna dela
glass works steklarna
gas works plinarna
Public Works javna dela
out works arhitektura zunanja dela
stone works zidarska dela
upper works navtika nadvodni del ladje; vrhnja gradba, deli ladje nad zgornjo palubo
wood works lesena konstrukcija, leseni deli hiše, leseni predmeti
shock-work udarniško delo
to be out of work biti brez dela, biti brezposeln
to be at work delati, delovati, funkcionirati
it's all in the day's work to ni (prav) nič nenavadnega, to je normalno, to je del (vsako)-dnevnega dela
to cease (ali to stop) work nehati z delom
I did a good day's work veliko sem naredil danes
to give s.o. the works ameriško, pogovorno ozmerjati, premlatiti koga
to get (ali to set) to work lotiti se dela, začeti delati
to go (ali to set) about one's work lotiti se svojega dela
to have plenty of work to do imeti mnogo dela
I have my work cut out for me imam polne roke dela
to make sad work of it figurativno vse uničiti
to make short (ali quick) work of hitro opraviti z, hitro obvladati
that is your work to je tvoja naloga
to look for work iskati delo

work^(*)2 [wə:k]

1. prehodni glagol
delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati
poetično umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo)
trgovina poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju)
sleng prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati
matematika izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to work o.s. into a rage pobesneti
to work the bellows goniti meh
to work a farm voditi farmo (kmetijo)
to work a change izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
to work wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
to work one's will uresničiti svojo voljo
can you work the screw loose? lahko zrahljate vijak?
to work (one's way) through college sam se vzdrževati med študijem
my partner works the Liverpool district moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola
to work a slave to death do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
servants are not worked now as they were formerly od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč
to work a crane upravljati z žerjavom
to work a coal seam izkoriščati plast premoga
to work a ship upravljati ladjo
to work one's way pot si utreti (napraviti)
these machines are worked by steam te stroje poganja para
it is a good scheme, but can you work it? to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
this belief has worked much evil to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla
the candidate works the district kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju
to work one's passage navtika zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
to work one's horses priganjati konje k delu
to work one's social relations in business izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati
navtika križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje)
figurativno krčevito delati

to work against time delati v tekmi s časom
to work like a dog (ali horse; ali nigger) delati kot črna živina
my stove works well moja peč dobro dela
your method won't work z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli
I tried but it did not work poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
the poison began to work strup je začel delovati
to work into a crowd vriniti se v množico
to work loose zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
waves work to and fro valovi so razburkani
to work double tides delati podnevi in ponoči
that won't work with me to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni)

worry² [wʌ́ri]

1. prehodni glagol
povzročiti (komu) skrbi, mučiti, ne pustiti pri miru, nadlegovati, motiti, vznemirjati, drážiti, jeziti, plašiti; dolgočasiti; (o živali) zgrabiti za vrat, daviti, gristi, (raz)trgati

to worry o.s. (po nepotrebnem) se skrbeti, si delati skrbi
to worry s.o.'s life (za)greniti komu življenje
does my singing worry you? vas moje petje moti (je neprijetno)?
to worry s.o. out of s.th. s težavo odvrniti koga od česa
her health worries me njeno zdravje mi dela skrbi
to be worried jeziti se, razburjati se, plašiti se
to worry the sword figurativno (mečevanje) z majhnimi, hitrimi gibi zbegati nasprotnika

2. neprehodni glagol
vznemirjati se, razburjati se; delati si skrbi, biti v skrbeh, biti zaskrbljen, plašiti se; mučiti se, truditi se, s težavo se prebijati (through skozi)
trgati, vleči (at s.th. kaj)
lov zgrabiti in raztrgati, prijeti z zobmi in stresti (divjačino) (o psu)

I should worry! pogovorno kaj me to briga!, to mi je vseeno!; to mi ni nič mar!
to worry along s težavo se preriniti skozi
don't worry! ne delaj si skrbi!
you worry too much preveč skrbi si delate!
to worry out (a problem) ponovno se lotiti problema in ga rešiti

worth¹ [wə:ɵ] pridevnik
vreden; veljaven

for all one is worth pogovorno kolikor kdo (z)more, po najboljših močeh
worth doing vreden, da se naredi
not worth reading nevreden branja
what is he worth? kolikšno premoženje ima?
he is worth a million on je milijonar
he is worth £ 1000 a year on ima 1000 funtov dohodkov na leto
worth the money (price) vreden denarja (cene), ne predrag
not worth a curse (ali a damn; ali a penny) piškavega groša (prebite pare) ne vreden
worth the trouble vreden truda
worth mentioning omembe vreden
to be worth it; pogovorno, to be worth while biti vreden truda, izplačati se
the game is not worth the candle ta stvar se ne izplača
it is not worth much to ni drago
to be not worth one's salt nič ne biti vreden, biti popolnoma brez vrednosti
take it for what it is worth vzemi to táko, kot je
I tell you the news for what it is worth povem vam novico brez vsakega jamstva (kot sem jo pač slišal)
he pulled for all he was worth vlekel je, kar je le mogel (na vso moč)
we worked hard but it was worth it trdo smo delali, a se je izplačalo

yourself množina yourselves [jɔ:sélf, -sélvz] zaimek (v zvezi z you ali z velelnikom)

1.
(poudarjeno, emfatično) (ti) sam, (vi, Vi) sami

you yourself told me, you told me yourself vi sami ste mi povedali
you must see for yourself sam moraš videti, se prepričati
you are not yourself today danes te ni moč prepoznati, nisi pravi
you are not quite yourself after this illness nisi čisto pravi, nisi še dober po tej bolezni
what will you do with yourself today? kaj boš delal (počenjal) danes?
by yourself (ti) sam, brez (tuje) pomoči
you'll be left by yourself ostal boš (čisto) sam
do you learn French by yourself? ali se sami učite francosko?

2. povratni
se, sebe, si, sebi

be yourself! vzemi se skupaj!, pridi spet k sebi!
help yourself! postrezi(te) si, vzemi(te) si!
you may congratulate yourself lahko si čestitaš
don't trouble yourself! ne trudi(te) se!
pull yourselves together! vzemite se skupaj!
shut the door behind yourself! zapri(te) vrata za seboj!
how's yourself? sleng kako pa kaj ti?, kako pa gre tebi?

zadéti to hit

zadéti na mino pomorstvo to hit a mine
zadéti terno, glavni dobitek (figurativno, priti nenadoma do denarja) to hit the jackpot
zadéti z glavo ob kaj to hit one's head against (ali upon) something
zadéti v črno to hit the nail on the head, to hit it
zadéti na (najti) nafto to strike oil
zadel si! you have hit it!
slikar ni zadel izraza mojega obraza the painter has not caught the expression of my face
zadéti v loteriji to win (ali to gain, to draw) a prize in a lottery (ali in a raffle)
zadéti ob, na to strike (ali to knock, to jostle) against, to bump into (ali against)
zadéti na to strike upon, to hit on
zadéti v polno to score a direct hit

zadéva matter; affair; business; thing; subject; (osebna) concern; pravo case

o tej zadévi on this subject
v zadévi with reference to, on the subject of
državna zadéva affair of state
družbena zadéva social matter (ali problem)
notranje zadéve internal affairs pl
zadéva javnega pomena matters pl of public concern
zadéve skupnega pomena matters pl of common interest
tekoče zadéve current affairs pl
zunanje zadéve foreign affairs pl
dogovorjena, domenjena zadéva a put-up job
ministrstvo za zunanje zadéve VB Foreign Office (krajšava: F.O.); ZDA State Department
lepa zadéva! (ironično) that's a nice mess!
v zadévi X. proti Y. pravo in the case of X. versus Y.
brigaj(te) se za svoje zadéve! mind your own business!
to je zadéva zase it is a separate question (ali problem, matter)
to je čisto druga zadéva that's an entirely different thing
to ni moja zadéva that's no business of mine
to je tvoja zadéva that's your affair, that's your lookout, it's up to you
kot je zadéva sedaj... as matters now stand
zadéva prihaja na dan the affair is coming out, the matter is being aired
pusti zadévo pri miru! let the matter rest!
zadéva se vleče the affair is dragging on
vmešavati se v tuje zadéve to meddle in other people's afairs
vzeti zadévo v roke to take the matter in hand
voditi zadéve to conduct (ali to direct) affairs
opustiti zadévo (pogovorno) to drop the whole business
govoril sem z njim o vaši zadévi I talked to him regarding your business

zadôsti enough; sufficiently

zadôsti sem ga videl I've seen enough of him
zadôsti je bogat, da živi brez dela he is rich enough to live without taking a job
ni zadôsti močan za svoje delo he is not strong enough for his job (ali for that job of his)

zamujèn lost; missed

kar je odloženo, še ni zamujèno all is not lost that is deferred

zanášati to carry away

zanášati se na koga to rely on (ali upon) someone, to trust someone; to place one's trust in, to have confidence in
na mojo uro se ni zanášati there is no relying upon my watch
popolnoma se zanašam nanj I have every confidence in him
zanášati se na srečo to trust to luck
zanaša ga (opoteka se) he is staggering

zanesljív reliable; trustworthy, trusty; dependable; (resničen, gotov, varen, siguren) true, sure, certain, proof against; (verodostojen) authentic, positive

to imamo iz zanesljívega vira we have it from a reliable source
zanesljíva (verodostojna) priča reliable witness
njegov uspeh ni le verjeten, je zanesljív his success is more than a probability, it is a certainty
zanesljíva oseba a person to be depended on (ali upon)