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swing¹ [swiŋ]

1. samostalnik
zamah, mahanje, vihtenje; nihaj, nihanje sem in tja; zibanje, guganje; tok; elastična, ritmična hoja; svoboda gibanja; gugalnica, guncnica
glasba swing (hitri stil jazza, kompozicija v tem smislu)
ekonomija, ameriško doba konjunkture, procvit, višek
politika krožno volilno potovanje (kandidata)
pogovorno posad, (delovna) izmena

in full swing v polnem razmahu
off one's swing figurativno ne na višini, ne pri moči
free swing svoboda gibanja, torišče
the swing of the pendulum nihanje nihala, figurativno spremenljivost (zlasti prihod na oblast zdaj ene zdaj druge politične stranke)
to be on the swing nihati sem in tja
to get into the swing of s.th. uvesti se v kaj, priučiti se čemu
to give full swing to s.th. dati čemu popoln razmah, popolno svobodo potekanja
to go with a swing gladko iti ali potekati
to have one's swing figurativno iti svojo pot
to let s.th. have its swing pustiti kaj potekati po normalni poti (normalno)
let him have his full swing pustite ga, naj dela, kar hoče
let me have a swing daj, da se malo poguncam na gugalnici
to live in the full swing of prosperity živeti v največjem blagostanju
to walk with a swing hoditi z dolgimi, ritmičnimi koraki, z elanom

2. pridevnik
vrtljiv; nihalen; gugalen

tack¹ [tæk] samostalnik
žebljiček s ploščato glavico, risalni žebljiček; klinček, kvačica; dolg (začasen) šiv
mornarica vrv za zvitje jadra; spodnji kraj jadra; vsaka spremenjena smer v cikcakasti vožnji jadrnice, laviranje
figurativno kurz; postopck, smer, pot (politike, akcije), taktika; lepljivost, viskoznost (barve, laka)
parlament dodatna klavzula, dodatek predlogu

a new tack figurativno nov kurz
thumb-tack ameriško risalni žebljiček
the boat is on tixe starboard (port) tack čoln (jadro, ladja) dobiva veter z desne (leve) strani
to be on the right (wrong) tack biti na pravi (napačni) poti
to change one's tacks iti v drugo smer, ubrati drug kurz, privzeti druge mere
to come down to the brass tacks figurativno razpravljati o bistvu zadeve
to get a new tack najti novo sredstvo
to try another tack poskusiti novo pot (smer, taktiko)

take in prehodni glagol
sprejeti, vzeti (najemnike, goste itd.); popeljati (k mizi); delati (kaj) za koga; vključiti; zmanjšati, zožiti (obleko); zviti (jadro)
figurativno motriti, opaziti, spoznati
pogovorno prevarati, oslepariti, ogoljufati; biti naročen, aboniran (na časopis itd.); zavze(ma)ti, okupirati
avtomobilizem vzeti (bencin)
trgovina kupovati (blago); izkupiti, prejeti (denar); (vse) verjeti, za resnico vzeti

she takes in washing ona pere za druge
to take in gas (E petrol) vzeti bencin (na črpalki)
to take in a lady in to dinner peljati damo v jedilnico k večerji

tekáč runner; (kurir) errand-boy; (pri šahu) bishop; (preproga na stopnišču itd.) stair carpet, (v stanovanju) carpet strip

pustil je za seboj druge tekáče he outdistanced (ali outstripped) the other runners

téma theme; glasba theme; subject, topic

téma razgovora talking point
delikatna, kočljiva téma ticklish subject
običajna téma (pogovorno) standard fare
oddaljiti se od téme to stray from the subject (ali point)
skakati od ene téme do druge to leap from one topic to another

treat¹ [tri:t] samostalnik
(po)gostitev, gostija, pojedina; slavje
pogovorno (velik) užitek

Dutch treat izlet, gostija itd., kjer vsakdo plača zase
school treat piknik za šolske otroke
it is my treat to gre na moj račun (pijača ipd.)
this treat is mine to rundo (pijače itd.) plačam jaz
to stand a treat pogostiti, plačati za zapitek (za druge)
it was a treat to hear him sing poslušati njegovo petje je bil velik (pravi) užitek

tretírati to treat (koga someone)

brutalno tretírati koga to treat someone brutally
kakor mi tretiramo druge, tako oni nas we must expect to be treated as we treat others (ali other people)

ubírati

ubírati strune to strum, to play (an instrument), to make music
ubírati druge strune (figurativno) to change one's tune, to sing another tune

ubráti

ubráti pot to take a way
ubráti jo (figurativno) to run away, to escape, to get to one's feet
ubráti pesem to intone (ali intonate) a song
ubráti druge strune (figurativno) to change one's tune, to sing another tune

ukloníti to bend, to submit

ukloníti se to submit (oneself), to bend
uklonil se je zakonu he submitted to the law
nimam druge izbire, kot da se uklonim I have no choice but to submit
ukloníti se odločitvi to submit to a decision
ukloníti koga (pogovorno) to bring someone to heel

venter¹ [véntə] samostalnik
anatomija trebušna votlina, trebuh
pravno materino telo, mati

he has a son by another venter ima enega sina od neke druge ženske

view¹ [vju:] samostalnik
videnje, gledanje; pogled, razgled, pregled; prizor
pravno ogled; vidik, ozir, stališče, mnenje, mišljenje, naziranje, nazor, sodba (on, of o)
namera, namen, nakana, smoter; načrt; upanje
fotografija posnetek, slika

in view of z ozirom na, gledé; pogovorno z namenom
in my view po mojem mnenju
on view razstavljen (za ogled), na ogled(u), na razstavi
on nearer view pri (p)ogledu bolj od blizu
with a view to (ali of) z namenom (da), nameravajoč, računajoč na; imajoč pred očmi, v načrtu
to the view odprto, odkrito, javno
in full view of prav pred očmi (koga)
view of life življenjski nazor
view of the mountains pogled na planine
aerial view slika iz letala (iz zraka)
bird's-eye view ptičja perspektiva
front view pogled spredaj
my end in view (is...) cilj, ki ga imam pred očmi, (je...)
no view of success nobenega upanja za uspeh
plain to the view dobro, jasno viden
point of view vidik, stališče, gledišče
private view zaseben ogled slik pred otvoritvijo za javnost
he did that with a view to promotion to je naredil, da bi napredoval
to fall in with (to meet) s.o.'s views strinjati se z namerami (željami) kake osebe
to form a view on s.th. ustvariti si mnenje o čem
to give a general view of s.th. dati splošen pregled o čem
I have other views for the winter imam druge načrte za zimo
to go out of view izgubiti se iz vida
I got a good view of the volcano dobro sem videl vulkan
to have in view imeti pred očmi (v načrtu, v vidu); imeti na umu, nameravati
I have it in view to nameravam
my window has a fine view of the street z mojega okna je lep pogled na ulico
to hold (to take, to keep) a view of s.th. imeti (svoje) mnenje o čem
to keep in view ne odvrniti oči (od), ne izgubiti izpred oči
to hold different views imeti različne poglede (naziranja)
to lose view of s.th. izgubiti kaj iz vida
this will meet my views to bo služilo mojemu namenu
to sell views of Paris prodajati razglednice, slike itd. Pariza
to take short views figurativno ne biti dalekoviden

vodíti (iti prvi) to lead, to go first; to lead the way; to take the lead; to conduct; (upravljati) to manage, to direct, to be the manager; to control; to boss; to run; (ladjo) to pilot, to steer

vodíti v modi to set the fashion
vodíti ples to lead the dance
vodil nas je skozi pravi labirint ulic he guided us through an absolute labyrinth of streets
pes je vodil slepca the dog was leading the blind man
pustí se vodíti od žene he lets his wife manage him
vodíti s 3 goli šport to lead by 3 goals
človeka često vodijo njegove strasti a man is often swayed by his passions
vodíti koga za nos (figurativno) to lead someone up the garden path, to pull someone's leg
vodíti psa na vrvici to lead a dog on the leash
vodíti razpašno življenje to lead a life of debauchery
vodíti v skušnjavo to lead into temptation
vodíti vojno z... to make war on..., to wage war with...
cesta vodi v X. the road leads to X.
vodíti pogajanja to be in negotiation
vodíti v teku (preteči druge) to get ahead of, to outstrip
kdo vodi (v teku, šport) who is ahead?
vodíti posle to manage, to run a business
on vodi vse (pogovorno) he runs the whole show
kam to vodi? what are we coming to?
to ne vodi nikamor that gets us nowhere
to lahko daleč vodi that could take us a long way
vodíti knjige ekonomija to keep the books
vodíti sestanek (sejo, zborovanje) to be in the chair, to (take the) chair, to preside over a meeting
kdo je vodil sestanek? who presided over the meeting?, who was in the chair?
dejavnosti, zadeve to conduct activities, affairs
vodíti družbene odnose to manage a society's affairs
vsa pota vodijo v Rim all roads lead to Rome

wash² [wɔš] prehodni glagol
(o)prati, umi(va)ti; izp(i)rati; (o)čistiti; splakniti, namočiti, zmočiti, namakati, ovlažiti, navlažiti, premočiti; preplaviti, odplaviti, odnesti (s palube, o valu, toku); izvreči (na kopno); spodkopati, izdolbsti (voda); izpirati (rudo, pesek za zlato), izplakniti; prevleči z žlahtno kovino; lahno pobarvati z vodeno barvo

to wash o.s. umiti se
to wash one's hands figurativno umiti si roke, meti si roke (od zadrege)
to wash one's hands of s.o. figurativno ne hoteti več imeti opravka s kom
I wash my hands of this affair pri tej zadevi si umijem roke (v nedolžnosti)
to wash one's dirty linen figurativno (javno) pripovedovati umazane tajnosti
to wash ashore naplaviti na kopno
to wash (up) dishes pomiti posodo
to wash overbord navtika odnesti s palube
neprehodni glagol
biti pralen, dati se prati, ne izgubiti barve pri pranju
figurativno, pogovorno prestati preskušnjo; biti prepričljiv; teči, liti, pljuskati; biti naplavljen, izvržen na kopno

to wash for gold izpirati zlato (iz zemlje)
she washes for other people ona pere (hodi prat) perilo za druge
this argument won't wash ta argument je nevzdržen

zvalíti to roll down (sod a barrel)

zvalíti se to roll, to tumble, to fall down
zvalíti krivdo na koga to lay (ali to put, to throw) the blame on someone (ali at someone's door)
zvalíti odgovornost na druge to shuffle off responsibility upon others, pogovorno to pass the buck