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pa and; but, however

pa četudi (al)though, even though
pa tudi (celó) če even if...
pa dobro well then
pa vendar (and) yet, still, nevertheless, but yet, for all that, notwithstanding
pa naj bo! then let it be!
kaj pa je? what is the matter (here)?
pa kaj zato (potem)? what of it?, so what?
moj oče pa moja mati my father and my mother
pa to je jasno! why, that is clear!
tako pravijo, pa jaz tega ne verjamem so they say, but I (myself) do not believe it
on lahkó to stori, pa vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
prosili smo ga, on pa tega ni hotel storiti we asked him, but he would not do it
pa tudi če bi tako bilo... even so...

páč yes; certainly; of course; indeed; surely

menda ni prišel včeraj? - O, pač, je (prišel)! he didn't come yesterday, I suppose? - Oh, yes, he did!
tega páč ne more napraviti he can hardly do that

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

pára¹ (denar)

plačati dolg do zadnje párae to pay one's debt down to the last farthing
niti (prebite) párae nimam I am penniless
prebite párae ne vreden not worth a damn (ali a hoot), not worth a tinker's curse (ali VB cuss, ZDA dam(n)), žargon worth damn all

pás belt; girdle; (telesni, stas) waist; geografija zone

gol do pasu stripped to the waist
do pasu globoko v snegu waist-deep in snow
zaponka za pás buckle
mrzli (vroči) pás geografija frigid (torrid) zone
kilni pás medicina hernia truss; (prepasnica, ešarpa) sash
rešilni pás life belt, ZDA life preserver
pás z naboji cartridge belt
varnostni pás (avto, letalo) seat belt
pripnite si pasove, prosim! fasten your belts, please!
zadrgniti si pás (še za eno luknjo) to tighten one's belt, to pull in one's belt (another hole)
popustiti pás (po obilni jedi) (figurativno) to let out a reef
pás za nogavice, steznik ipd. suspender belt

pásti¹ (padem) to fall; to drop; to slump; to tumble; to decrease, to decline; (vpliv) to wane; to ebb; (cene) to go down, to depreciate; to sink

pásti s konja to fall off (ali from) a horse, to be spilled, to come a cropper; (z višine) to topple down
pásti v boju to fall in action; (strel) to be heard; (v šoli) to do badly, to come down; (pri izpitu) to fail, to be ploughed
padel je na bojnem polju, na bojišču he was killed on the battlefield
pásti komu v besedo to interrupt someone
pásti po dolgem in širokem na tla to fall spread-eagled on the floor
pásti komu na hrbet to attack someone from behind, to stab someone in the back
pásti v oči to catch the eye
padel je z drevesa he fell from a tree
pásti v nezavest to faint, to swoon
pásti na nos to fall on one's face
padel sem v nemilost pri njem I lost his favour
padel je na izpitu he failed his examination
kocka je padla (figurativno) the die is cast
pásti na noge (tudi figurativno) to land on one's feet
pásti na zemljo to fall on the ground
novoletni dan pade na četrtek New Year's Day falls on a Thursday
otrok je padel the baby has fallen over (ali has had a tumble)
nizko pásti, globoko pásti (figurativno) to come down in the world, to sink low
to mi je padlo v naročje (figurativno) I got it without effort (ali without exertion)
padlo mi je na pamet, na um it suddenly struck me, it mashed through my mind, the thought struck me
pásti v pozabo to fall into oblivion, to fall into disuse
padla mu je okoli vratu she embraced him, she threw her arms round his neck
pásti na kolena to kneel down
pásti na kolena pred... to fall on one's knees before..., to prostrate oneself before...
padel je sovražniku v roke he fell into the hands of the enemy
to mi je kot z neba padlo (figurativno) it came as a windfall to me, it came like a godsend to me
sekira mi je padla iz rok the axe dropped from my hand
sekira mu je padla v med (figurativno) he sees his most fervent desires fulfilled, he is favoured by luck
pásti v nemilost to fall into disfavour
pásti v zmoto to fall into error
pásti pod zakon to come under a law, to fall within the scope of a law
zastor je padel the curtain has dropped
vlada je padla the government has been overthrown
nisem na glavo padel (figurativno) I am no fool
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) like father, like son
pazi, da ne padeš! mind you don't fall!

patience [péišəns] samostalnik
potrpljenje, vztrajnost; popustljivost, prizanašanje
britanska angleščina pasjansa (karte)

to have no patience with s.o. ne imeti potrpljenja s kom
I am out of patience (with) potrpljenje (do) me je minilo
the patience of Job skrajna portpežljivost

pazíti (biti pozoren) to pay attention (to), to observe, to mind, to be mindful (of), to look around, to look out (for), to watch, to be watchful, to keep watch; to take care, to be careful (ali cautious, wary, wide-awake, on the alert, on one's guard); (hraniti) to have in custody; (skrbeti za) to take care of, to have in one's care (ali charge); (negovati) to nurse, to look after, to tend; (pobrigati se) to look (to), to see (to), to attend (to)

pazíti na otroke v odsotnosti staršev to baby-sit
ne pazíti na to take no heed (ali no notice) of, to disregard, to be mindless of, to be unmindful of, not to bother, to pay little or no attention to; to lose sight of
pazi(te)! look out!, attention!, mind!
napeto pazíti to be all attention
pazi na otroka! look after the child!
pazite na mojo prtljago! take care of my luggage!
pazite na stopnice! mind the steps!
pazite bolje! take more care!
pazi nase! take care of yourself!
pazite, da vas ne vidijo! mind they do not see you!
niso pazili na moje besede my words were ignored
pazite na žeparje! beware of pickpockets!
pazíti na formalnosti to be a stickler for the formalities
pazíti z budnim očesom na to keep a watchful eye on
pazi se! mind what you are about
otroci, pazite nase! children, look after yourselves!, be careful!, take care!

péka baking; (vsad) batch

opravljati péko doma to be a home baker, to do one's baking at home

pelican [pélikən] samostalnik
zoologija pelikan

figurativno pelican in her piety pelikan, ki hrani mladiče s svojo krvjo (prispodoba Kristusa ali ljubezni do bližnjega)

penance¹ [pénəns] samostalnik
religija pokora
figurativno kazen, trpljenje

to do penance delati pokoro

pénzija (pokojnina) (retiring) pension, retiring allowance; vojska retired pay, retiring pension; (pokoj) retirement, superannuation

general v pénziji retired general
družinska pénzija widow's pension
invalidska pénzija invalid pension
starostna pénzija (pokojnina) old-age pension
dosmrtna pénzija life annuity
izplačati pénzijo to pension
upravičen do pénzije entitled to a pension, pensionable

persuade [pəswéid] prehodni glagol
pregovoriti (to do, into doing)
prepričati (of o, that da)

pet¹ [pet] pridevnik
najljubši, razvajen

pet aversion najbolj zoprna stvar, odpor do česa
pet dog naročen psiček
pet name ljubkovalno ime

pét five

bilo jih je pét there were five of them
ura je pét it's five o'clock
ob petih at five o'clock
čaj (malica) ob petih five o'clock tea
bilo je pét minut do sedmih it was five to seven

pêta heel (tudi pri čevlju, nogavici)

nizka (visoka) pêta low (high) heel
čevlji z visokimi pêtmi highheeled shoes pl
Ahilova pêta Achilles' heel, (občutljivo mesto) (figurativno) tender (ali weak) spot, vulnerable point, weak point
od glave do pête from head to toe
na pêtah raztrgane nogavice socks pl worn out at the heel
on je džentlemen od glave do pête he is every inch a gentleman
biti (slediti) komu za pêtami to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to dog someone's steps, to be upon someone's heels
tik za pêtami to come close upon someone's heels, to pursue someone closely
vedno mi je za pêtami he is always on my heels, he is always following me about (ali dogging my footsteps)
lizati pête komu (figurativno) to fawn on someone
napraviti čevlju novo pêto to heel, to reheel a shoe
pokazati pête (pobrisati jo) to show a clean pair of heels, to take to one's heels, to run (ali to get) away
pête odnesti (figurativno) to escape
komaj je odnesel pête he narrowly escaped, he had a narrow escape
sedeti na pêtah to sit on one's heels
zavrteti se na pêtah to spin round on one's heels

pick³ [pik]

1. prehodni glagol
kopati, izkopati (luknjo), prekopati; pobrati (s prsti, kljunom), zobati, kljuvati (ptiči), počasi jesti (ljudje); trgati, nabirati (cvetice, jagode); prebirati, čistiti (zelenjavo); skubsti, skubiti (perutnino); pukati, puliti, česati (volno); čistiti, trebiti (zobe); (o)glodati (kosti); prebirati, odbirati (rudo); spraskati (z nohti); vrtati, drezati (v) kaj; krasti, vlomiti (ključavnico); iz trte izviti, izvati (prepir)
figurativno skrbno izbrati, izbirati; strgati, scefrati (tudi figurativno)
ameriško, glasba brenkati

2. neprehodni glagol
krasti; jesti po malem; popraviti se (up)

to pick a bone with; ali to have a bone to pick with imeti s kom še račune
to give s.o. a bone to pick zapreti komu usta
to pick s.o.'s brains ukrasti komu idejo
to pick and choose prenatančno izbirati
figurativno to pick holes in najti šibko točko, skritizirati
to pick a lock vlomiti ključavnico
to pick one's nose vrtati po nosu
to pick s.o.'s pocket izprazniti komu žep (žepar)
to pick to pieces skritizirati; figurativno koga do kosti obrati
to pick a quarrel with s.o. izzvati prepir
to pick and steal krasti
to pick one's teeth trebiti si zobe
to pick one's way (ali steps) previdno stopati
to pick one's words izbirati besede

píčica dot; jot

še za píčico ne not a jot
niti píčice ne odstopim od svojih zahtev I won't give up one iota of my demands
do píčice natančno to the letter; to a T
loviti píčice na i (biti pretirano natančen) to dot the i's and cross the t's

piece-work [pí:swə:k] samostalnik
akordno delo

to do piece-work delati na akord

pierce [píəs]

1. prehodni glagol
prebiti, predreti, prebosti, prevrtati
figurativno prodreti (mraz, zvok, svetloba)
figurativno spoznati, spregledati, pronikniti
figurativno ganiti, prizadeti

2. neprehodni glagol
predreti (into v, through skozi)

the cold pierced him to the bone mraz mu je rezal do kosti