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spoil^*1 [spɔil] prehodni glagol
opleniti, oropati, izropati, odvzeti; pokvariti, napraviti neuporabno, uničiti
sleng pohabiti, ubiti (koga)
figurativno pokvariti (otroka, zabavo, šalo)
neprehodni glagol
(po)kvariti se (sadje, ribe), zgniti

a spoiled child razvajen otrok
the spoiled child of fortune miljenček Fortune
to spoil s.o.'s appetite pokvariti komu tek
to spoil the Egyptians figurativno sovražniku kaj odvzeti
to spoil one's eyes reading by candlelight pokvariti si oči s čitanjem pri svečavi (sveči)
to spoil the fun pokvariti šalo
to spoil s.o. of his goods oropati koga njegovega premoženja
to spoil for (to be spoiling for) zelo si želeti, koprneti po, komaj čakati, da...
spare the rod and spoil the child kdor ljubi, ta kaznuje

squeak [skwi:k]

1. samostalnik
cviljenje, cvilež, vpitje, vreščanje; škripanje
pogovorno uitje, izognitev

bubble-and-squeak meso z nasekljano zelenjavo
to have a narrow (close, near) squeak komaj uiti, se izogniti

2. neprehodni glagol
škripati (o čevljih, vratih), cviliti (miš)
sleng izdati, zatožiti, priznati
prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izraziti (kaj) z vreščcčim, kričavim glasom

sweated [swétid] pridevnik
ekonomija izkoriščan, podplačan

sweated worker bedno plačan dclavec
sweated money bedna, mizerna plača (s katero se komaj živi)

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

tall [tɔ:l]

1. pridevnik
visok, visoke postave; dolg in tanek; vitek; velik
pogovorno bahav, bahaški, širokousten; pretiran, neverjeten; fantastičen, kolosalen, nenavaden
zastarelo lep, krasen, drzen; spreten

tall hat cilinder (pokrivalo)
a tall story neverjetna ali komaj verjetna zgodba
he is six feet tall on je šest čevljev visok
a tall talk bahavo govorjenje, bahanje
I am tired of his tall talk naveličan (sit) sem njegovega širokoustenja
that is a tall order to je pretirana zahteva, preveč zahtevano

2. prislov
bahavo, ošabno, prevzetno, domišijavo, naduto

to talk tall širokoustiti se, bahati se, postavljati se

think^* [ɵiŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

2. neprehodni glagol
misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
to think scorn of prezirati
to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
think away prehodni glagol odmisliti

tolerable [tɔ́lərəbl] pridevnik (-bly prislov)
znosen; priličen; povprečen

a tolerable speech še kar dober govor
barely tolerable komaj znosen
I am in tolerable health sem kar dobrega zdravja

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se

tot¹ [tɔt] samostalnik
majhen otrok, malček
britanska angleščina, pogovorno kozarček, požirček; majhna količina, malce

tiny tot otrok, ki je komaj shodil

touch¹ [təč] samostalnik
dotik, dotikanje, stik, kontakt; zveza, spoj; otip, otipavanje; čutilo tipa, tip; občutnost, tankočutnost; lahen udarec; lahen napad (bolezni ipd.)
glasba udarec; (umetnost) poteza, črta; karakteristična, značilna poteza, izraz
figurativno roka, stil, izvedba, umetnost, spretnost
figurativno kakovost; pečat, kov, žig; primes, sled, nadih, malce
sleng stroka, področje
sleng izvabljenje (denarja), izprošen denar; prisleparjenje, kraja, "izžicanje"

at a touch pri dotiku
out of touch with brez stika z
on the slightest touch pri najrahlejšem dotiku
within touch of na dosegu
the touch of nature prirodna črta, simpatičnost po prirodi
a touch of pepper malce popra
a touch of romance nadih romantike
a touch of the sun sončarica
finishing touch zadnja poteza
a shilling touch sleng cena enega šilinga, stane en šiling
the Nelson touch figurativno spretnost (umetnost) izvleči se iz težavnega položaja
soft to the touch mehak za otip
that was a (near) touch! za las je šlo!
this isn't my touch to se me ne tiče
he has a touch of genius nekaj genialnega je v njem
be had a near touch za las (komaj) je ušel nevarnosti
to get into touch with priti v stik z, vzpostaviti zvezo z
to keep in touch with s.o. biti v stalnem stiku, imeti stalno zvezo s kom
to lose touch with s.th. izgubiti stik s čim
to put s.o. in touch with povezati, zvezati koga z (tudi telefonično)
to put s.th. to the touch postaviti kaj na preskušnjo

uíti to escape; to run away; to make one's escape; to get away; to flee

skrivaj uíti to abscond
srečno uíti to have a lucky escape
za las uíti, komaj uíti to have a narrow escape, to have a close shave
uíti z ljubimcem to elope with one's sweetheart (ali lover)
njegovo ime mi je ušlo iz spomina his name escaped me
za las uíti nevarnosti to escape by the skin of one's teeth
skušal je uíti iz ječe he tried to escape from prison
ušlo mu je (= izbleknil je) he blurted it out, he let the cat out of the bag
za las smo ušli it was a close call (ali a close shave)

utêči to run away (ali off); to escape, to make one's escape; (ali getaway); to take to one's heels, to flee, to turn tail

komaj utêči (nevarnosti) to escape by the skin of one's teeth

vážen important (za to); momentous; weighty; significant

vážna oseba a person of importance
biti vážen to be of importance, to be important (ali weighty); to have importance; to import; to matter (za to); to be momentous; to signify; to be material
biti življenjsko vážen za to be vital to
je to vážno? does it matter?
(to) ni vážno it does not matter; it is of no consequence
to je komaj vážno it matters little, pogovorno it doesn't matter very much
to je silno vážno it is of the utmost importance
delati se vážnega to put on airs, to put on side, to give oneself airs, to get (ali to be) on one's high horse

verjéten probable, credible, believable, plausible, likely

verjéten kandidat a likely candidate; (pogovorno) a probable
verjétna zgodba probable story
zelo verjétno se mi zdi, da... it seems to me very likely that...
to je komaj verjétno it's hardly credible
biti komaj verjéten to stagger belief

verjéti to believe (komu someone); (zaupati) to trust

lahko mi to verjamete you can take it from me
verjamem samo, kar vidim seeing is believing
ali lahko verjamemo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
tega pa ne verjamem (pogovorno) I don't fall for that one
ne verjéti to disbelieve
sveto verjéti to cling to (ali to cherish) a belief
to naj ti drugi verjamejo! see if others believe that!
bi verjeli kaj takega! would you believe it!
če verjameš ali ne believe it or not
verjéti nekaj neverjetnega (figurativno) to swallow a camel
rad ti verjamem I willingly believe you
nisem tako neumen, da bi to verjel I am not so foolish as to believe it
komaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes, I can hardly trust my own eyes

verjétno prislov probably, likely, presumably

prav verjétno in all probability
zelo verjétno, najbolj verjétno most likely, very likely, as likely as not
komaj verjétno most unlikely, hardly likely
več kot verjétno more than likely
ni verjétno, da... it's unlikely that...
ne zdi se verjétno it seems unlikely
to je bolj verjétno that's more likely
zelo verjétno je, da bo deževalo the probability is that it will rain, pogovorno it's probably going to rain
verjétno bo doživel uspeh he will probably succeed
verjétno bom pozabil I may forget, I'm apt to forget
verjétno pojdem I may go
malo verjétno je, da bo prišel he is unlikely to come, pogovorno it's unlikely he'll come

well² [wel]

1. prislov
dobro, ugodno, primerno, pravilno; v redu; popolnoma, čisto, temeljito, pozorno, skrbno; zadostno, prilično, dosti; iskreno, prijateljsko, prisrčno; pametno, s premislekom, utemeljeno, upravičeno; verjetno, lahko mogoče, morda

as well enako, prav tako; tudi; poleg tega, razen tega, kot tudi
well and good dobro; sem zadovoljen
well away daleč, na daleč
as well as prav tako kot, tako ... kot
well into the evening zelo pozno v noč
not very well pač komaj
quite well čisto dobro
well done! dobro storjeno!, odlično!, bravo!
well met! prihajaš kot naročen!
well spoken dobro rečeno
to be well off biti dobro situiran
to be well on in years biti že v letih
to be well out of s.th. imeti kaj srečno za seboj
it is very well possible je popolnoma mogoče
to come off well dobro se odrezati, imeti srečo
to end well dobro se končati
to do well uspevati, prosperirati
to stand well with s.o. biti v dobrih odnosih s kom

2. pridevnik
dober, v dobrem stanju; ugoden
medicina zdrav, pri dobrem zdravju

that's all very well but... vse to je prav in lepo, toda...
things are well with you dobro gre za vas, stvari vam uspevajo
it will be as well for you to know it nič vam ne bo škodilo, če boste to vedeli

3. samostalnik
dobro, blagor, blaginja

I wish him well hočem mu (le) dobro
let well alone! figurativno ne vmešavaj se po nepotrebnem!; pusti pri miru!, ne vrtaj naprej!

4. medmet
no!, torej!, prav dobro!, neverjetno!; res?

well! I never! no, kaj takega pa še ne!
well! don't cry! no, no, nikar ne jokaj!
well then? no, in kaj (potem)?

wind¹ [wind] samostalnik
veter; vihar, vihra; vetrna tromba
aeronavtika smer vetra; zrak; vonj, duh, voh
medicina vetrovi, napenjanje, plini; dih, dihanje; (trebušna) prepona
množina strani neba; (umetni) zračni tlak
glasba, ednina, konstrukcija pihala
figurativno prazne besede, čenče

between wind and water figurativno na občutljivem mestu
from the four winds z vseh strani neba, od vsepovsod
in(to) the wind's eye, into the teeth of the wind proti vetru
by the wind navtika s spodnjim vetrom (veter z boka proti ladijskemu kljunu)
off the wind s polovičnim vetrom (med bočnim in krmilnim)
to the four winds na vse (štiri) vetrove
like the wind kot veter, kot strelica, hitro
capful of wind vetrič, sapica od časa do časa
a fair (contrary) wind ugoden (neugoden) veter
puffed up with wind figurativno napihnjen, nadut, domišljav
slant of wind navtika sunek ugodnega vetra
sound in wind and limb v odlični telesni kondiciji
to be in the wind figurativno biti v zraku
there is s.th. in the wind figurativno nekaj je v zraku
all his promises are but wind vse njegove obijube so le prazne besede
it is an ill wind that blows nobody good v vsaki nesreči je tudi kaj dobrega
to break wind medicina spuščati vetrove
to catch wind of s.th. zavohati kaj
to cast (ali to fling; ali to throw) to the wind na vse vetrove vreči, figurativno zapravljati, ne se zmeniti za
to come from the four winds priti z vseh strani sveta
to find out how the wind blows (ali lies) ugotoviti, kako veter piha (tudi figurativno)
to get (the) wind of s.th. zavohati, zasumiti, priti na sled, zvedeti, slišati kaj
the affair got (ali took) wind stvar se je razvedela
to get the wind up prestrašiti se, imeti tremo; pobesneti
to have lost one's wind biti ob sapo
to have one's wind taken biti paraliziran zaradi udarca v trebušno prepono (pri boksanju)
to hit in the wind figurativno zadati udarec v želodec
to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, pognati komu strah v kosti
to raise the wind sleng, figurativno dobiti potrebni denar; dvigniti prah
the wind rises veter nastane, se dvigne
to lose one's wind priti ob sapo
to recover one's wind zopet k sapi priti
to go to the winds figurativno propasti
he preaches to the winds govori v veter (zaman, stenam)
to sail before the wind pluti, jadrati z vetrom v hrbtu
to sail close to the wind figurativno delati nekaj, kar je komaj še pošteno; mejiti na nezakonitost; figurativno skrajno varčno gospodariti
to pump wind into the tire napolniti pnevmatiko z zrakom
to sail with every shift of wind jadrati, kakor veter potegne, figurativno obračati svoj plašč po vetru
to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sejati veter in žeti vihar
to speak to the winds govoriti v veter, zaman (stenam) govoriti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno prehiteti koga s čim, kar je on hotel napraviti, ter ga s tem oškodovati; premagati koga z njegovim lastnim orožjem
to be troubled with wind medicina imeti vetrove
to whistle down the wind figurativno zaman kaj želeti

wolf¹ množina wolves [wulf, -vz] samostalnik
zoologija volk; volčja koža (kožuh)
figurativno roparski, krut, pohlepen človek
glasba disonanca, neubranost
ameriško, sleng ženskar, osvajač žensk, razuzdanec

wolf in sheep's clothing volk v ovčji koži
she-wolf volkulja
wolf's cub volčič
to cry wolf povzročiti prazen preplah, za prazen nič alarmirati
to have a wolf in one's stomach biti lačen kot volk
to have (ali to hold) the wolf by the ears figurativno biti v škripcih, ne si znati pomagati
to keep the wolf from the door figurativno nekako, s težavo se prebijati (v življenju), komaj životariti

znôsen endurable, sufferable, bearable, tolerable

komaj znôsen barely tolerable
znôsne prilike tolerable circumstances pl
znôsna vročina endurable heat