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tire² [táiə]

1. samostalnik
narečno (pre)utrujenost

2. prehodni glagol
utruditi, utrujati, oslabiti, izčrpati
figurativno dolgočasiti

to tire to death do smrti utruditi
to tire out popolnoma utruditi (izčrpati, zdelati)
neprehodni glagol
utruditi se, onemoči, omagati, opešati
figurativno zamrzeti, naveličati se (of česa)

you must never tire of repeating it nikoli se ne smete naveličati to ponavljati
small print is tiring to the eyes droben tisk utruja (je utrudljiv za) oči

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

tomorrow, to-morrow [təmɔ́rou]

1. prislov
jutri

tomorrow morning jutri zjutraj (dopoldne)
tomorrow night jutri zvečer
tomorrow week jutri teden
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem

2. samostalnik
jutrišnji dan

tomorrow's paper jutrišnji časopis
tomorrow never comes tega ne bomo nikoli doživeli; o svetem Nikóli

trouble¹ [trəbl] samostalnik
težava, trud, napor, motnja, motenje, nadloga; nevšečnost, neprijetnost; skrb, žalost, trpljenje, bol, muka; breme (to komu), nesreča, zlo, stiska; tegoba; napaka, pogreška, pomanjkljivost, slaba stran; komplikacija, problem, sitnost(i); kočljiv položaj
narečno porod; bolezen
politika nemir, konflikt; kraval, škandal, afera
tehnično okvara, motnja, defekt

in trouble v stiski (težavi, nepriliki)
digestive troubles prebavne motnje, težave
heart trouble srčna bolezen
labour troubles delavski nemiri
troubles in the Near East nemiri na Bližnjem Vzhodu
to ask for trouble, to look for trouble sam si iskati (delati) težave, izzivati usodo
the trouble is that... težava je v tem, da...
(it is) no trouble! (to ni) nobena težava!; že dobro!; prosim!
(I am) sorry to give you such trouble žal mi je, da vam delam take sitnosti
she is a great trouble to her family ona je (v) veliko breme svoji družini
to be in trouble with the police imeti težave (nevšečnosti) s policijo
to be out of one's troubles osvoboditi se skrbi (težav), priti iz neprilik
I have been through much trouble veliko sem prestal (pretrpel)
to get into trouble zaiti v težave
to get a girl into trouble zapeljati dekle
to go to much trouble da(ja)ti si mnogo truda
to give s.o. the trouble, to put s.o. to much trouble povzročiti komu težave (skrb), spraviti koga v hude nevšečnosti
to make trouble delati težave
we did it to spare you trouble naredili smo to, da bi vam prihranili trud
to stir up trouble povzročati zmedo, nemir
I don't want to be a trouble to you ne bi vas hotel vznemirjati
he won't even take the trouble to answer ne vzame si niti truda, da bi odgovoril
to take great trouble (to take no trouble at all) veliko (nobenega) truda si ne da(ja)ti
troubles never come singly nesreča nikoli ne pride sama

trpéti to suffer (od, zaradi from); to endure; to be in pain; (prenašati) to bear, to tolerate; to stand

hudó trpéti to suffer acutely
trpéti velike bolečine to suffer great pain
mnogo trpéti to have a hard time
trpéti pomanjkanje to suffer want, to be in great straits, to be in want
trpim za hudim glavobolom I am suffering from a bad headache
trpéti zaradi treme to suffer from stage fright
nikoli ni trpel lakote he has never experienced hunger
trpéti škodo to suffer damage
motor je močnó trpel the engine suffered severely
trgovina trpi zaradi vojne commerce suffers in war time
ne trpim radovednih ljudi I cannot bear (ali stand) inquisitive people
je ena stvar, ki je ne morem trpeti there is one thing I cannot put up with
zadeva, ki ne trpi odlašanja an affair that brooks no delay
ne morem trpéti take nesramnosti I cannot stand such impudence
trpéti žejo to suffer thirst
ne moreta se trpéti there's no love lost between them

úpanje hope; hopefulness; expectation; expectancy; anticipation; (bright) prospect

goljufivo, varljivo úpanje false hope(s)
prazno úpanje vain hope
zadnje (skoraj neuresničljivo) úpanje forlorn hope, figurativno (zanesljivo) sheet anchor
brez úpanja hopeless, past (all) hope
poln úpanja full of hope, hopeful
niti trohice úpanja not a glimmer of hope, (pogovorno) not the ghost of a chance, not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance
Rt Dobrega Upanja the Cape of Good Hope
žarek úpanja a ray (ali a gleam) of hope
úpanje, da bo prišel there is (some) hope that he will come, it is hoped he will come, hopefully he will come
zanj ni več úpanja he is past hope
nobenega úpanja ni bilo, da bi on prišel there was no prospect of his coming
on je moje zadnje úpanje he is my last hope, he is my only remaining hope
dajati komu úpanje to hold out hope to someone
dajati mnogo úpanja to promise well, to be very promising
gojiti úpanje to cherish (ali to entertain) a (ali the) hope
imeti malo úpanja, da... to hope against hope that...
imam le slabo, šibko úpanje I have only a faint hope
nobenega úpanja več ne imeti to be out of hope, to have no hope left
imeti úpanje to stand a chance
nikoli ne izgubljaj úpanja! (= ne obupaj!) never say die!
opustiti vsako úpanje to abandon hope, to give up every hope
oklepati se úpanja to cling to hope (ali one's hopes)
preseči úpanja to exceed hopes
prevarati koga v úpanju to frustrate someone's hopes
razočarati koga v úpanju to disappoint someone, to frustrate someone
moje úpanje se ni uresničilo my hopes have not been realized
upati brez úpanja zmage to hope against hope
vdajati se úpanju, da... to allow oneself the hope of..., to hope for..., to be in hopes that...
komu vsako úpanje vzeti to deprive someone of all hope
vzeti komu úpanje to dampen someone's hopes
zbujati úpanje to give (ali to inspire) hope, to raise expectations, to provide grounds for hope
zbujati komu úpanje to raise hopes in someone
zbujati prazno úpanje to raise false hopes
živeti v úpanju za, za... to live in hopes of (kaj something)
malo úpanja je ostalo (ostaja) there is little hope left

vèč more; plus

vèč kot... more than...
vèč (od njih) several
še vèč still more
vèč kot dovolj enough and to spare
vèč ljudi several people
ne vèč no more, no longer
vèč ali manj more or less
nič vèč no more
vèč dni several days, a day or two
vedno vèč in vèč more and more
nikoli vèč nevermore, never again
vèč kot enkrat more than once
vèč kot teden dni (kot en teden) for over a week
čim vèč, tem bolje the more the better
čim vèč dela, tem vèč potroši the more he works the more he spends
sem vèč kot zadovoljen I am more than satisfied
on ni vèč nesrečen he is no longer unhappy
ni ga vèč he is no more
bil si moj prijatelj, pa nisi vèč you used to be a fiend of mine but you aren't any longer
imam vèč denarja kot ti I have (ali pogovorno I've got) more money than you
vèč imaš, vèč hočeš imeti much will have more
vèč jih je kot nas there are more of them (than of us)
ne odlašaj vèč! delay no longer!, pogovorno don't put it off any longer!
nič vèč me ne zebe I don't feel cold any longer
vèč od njih poznam I know several of them
nimam vèč denarja I have no money left, I have no more money
spoznal, srečal sem se z vèč člani kluba I met several members of the club
ne misli vèč na to! don't think of it any more!, pogovorno forget it!
nisem mogel vèč molčati I could not remain silent any longer
ne bom vèč čakal I shall not wait any longer
ne maram vèč slišati nobene besede o tem I don't want to hear another word about it
od takrat ga nisem vèč videl I have not seen him since (then)

védeti to know; to be aware (of); to realize

zanesljivo védeti to be positive about
védeti za kaj to be in the know, to be aware (of something), to be cognizant (of something)
dobro vedoč za kaj fully cognizant of something
vem za nekoga, ki... I know of someone who...
kolikor vem as far as I know, for aught I know (of)
ne da bi jaz vedel (= kolikor mi je znano ne) not that I know
pa še kako dobro to vem! don't I know it!
bojim se, da zdaj nič več ne vem (kot prej) I fear I am none the wiser
on dobro ve, kaj se je zgodilo he well knows (ali he is well aware of) what happened
ne védeti za kaj to be ignorant of something
rad bi vedel I should like to know, I wonder (ali, če whether, if)
ko bi bil (jaz) vedel! if only I had known!
védeti o čem to be well aware (ali arhaično apprised) of something
nihče ne ve, kaj se utegne zgoditi there is no knowing what may happen
védeti, kaj hočemo (= ne omahovati) to know one's own mind
kako, da jaz ne bi tega vedel! don't I know it!
to sam le predobro vem (= komu to pripovedujete?) you are telling me!
influenca, defterija in ne vem, kaj še vse influenza, diphtheria, and goodness knows what else
védeti najnovejše (o) to be well up (in), to be au courant (ali up-to-date) with
človek nikoli ne ve (= nikoli ne veš) you never know, you never can tell
kako naj vem, kam je šel how should I know where he went
ali še veš? do you remember?
ne vem ne kod ne kam I don't know which way to turn

venture² [vénčə] prehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti se; odločiti se (on za)
drzniti se napraviti; izraziti, dovoliti si; tvegati, riskirati, staviti na kocko; (redko) zanesti se na, prepustiti slučaju; špekulirati
neprehodni glagol
upati si, prevzeti riziko

to venture one's life tvegati (svoje) življenje
to venture away upati si oditi (se oddaljiti, se umakniti) (from od)
to venture on the travel upati si na potovanje
I venture to say that... upam si reči, da...
may I venture to ask you? vas smem vprašati?
to venture a fortune at the tables tvegati (celo) imetje pri igranju
nothing venture, nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima
never venture to oppose him nikoli si ne dovolite, da bi mu ugovarjali

virgin [və́:džin]

1. samostalnik
devica

the(Blessed) Virgin religija Devica Marija; kip Device Marije
Virgin Mary religija Devica Marija (Mati božja); astronomija Devica; devičnik; zoologija neoplojena samica
virgin's-bower vrsta srebota

2. pridevnik
deviški; nedolžen; čist, nedotaknjen; neoskrunjen, neomadeževan; še nerabljen, nov; neizkušen; ne(na)vajen
zoologija ki leže jajca brez parjenja

virgin comb satje, ki se samo enkrat uporabi za med, a nikoli za zarod
virgin cruise prva vožnja (ladje)
virgin gold čisto zlato
virgin forest pragozd
virgin honey trcani med
Virgin Mother religija Mati božja
virgin oil deviško olje (iz prvega stiskanja)
virgin queen neoplojena (čebelja) matica
the Virgin Queen angleška kraljica Elizabeta I
virgin soil neobdelana zemlja, ledina; figurativno nepokvarjena duša
virgin to sorrows (še) brez skrbi
virgin wool tehnično nova volna (še nepredelana)
virgin snow deviški sneg

want² [wɔnt]

1. neprehodni glagol
biti brez, ne imeti, trpeti pomanjkanje, revno živeti
zastarelo manjkati; (le v sed. deležniku) pustiti na cedilu (to s.o. koga)
ne ustrezati pričakovanju, ne upravičiti pričakovanj

he does not want for talent on ni brez daru
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka
he is never found wanting nanj se lahko vedno zaneseš
he will never let me want nikoli ne bo dopustil, da bi jaz trpel pomanjkanje
there never want discontented persons nezadovoljneži se vedno najdejo

2. prehodni glagol
ne imeti, čutiti pomanjkanje (for česa)
potrebovati, čutiti nujno potrebo; zahtevati, hoteti, želeti, hrepeneti po

to want for potrebovati, biti brez; ameriško, pogovorno želeti, hoteti
wanted a waitress (v oglasih) išče se natakarica
I have all I want imam vse, kar potrebujem
I want it done želim, da se to napravi
he is wanted by the police za njim je izdana tiralica
she wants 2 years for her majority manjkata ji 2 leti do polnoletnosti
it wants 5 minutes to nine manjka 5 minut do devetih
we want him to leave to-morrow želimo, da (on) odpotuje jutri
this clock wants a repair (repairing, to be repaired) ta ura je potrebna popravila
what else do you want? kaj še hočete?
you are wanted iščejo vas, sprašujejo po vas, potrebujejo vas, želijo govoriti z vami
you want to see a doctor morate iti k zdravniku
you don't want to be rude ni vam treba biti grob
you want to have your hair cut moraš si dati ostriči lase

while² [wail] veznik
medtem ko, dokler, za časa; čeprav, dasi

never, while I live nikoli, dokler sem jaz živ
while he is not poor čeprav ni siromašen
while our opponent, he is not our enemy čeprav je naš nasprotnik, ni naš sovražnik
while on my way back med (mojo) potjo nazaj (domov)
while there is life there is hope človek upa, dokler živi
while at school he never worked ves čas, ko je bil v šoli, ni nič delal

wing¹ [wiŋ] samostalnik
perut, krilo (tudi figurativno)
okrilje; stran, krilo (vrat, zgradbe, vojske)
gledališče odrska stran, stranska kulisa
šaljivo laket (človeka)
sleng sprednja noga (štirinožca)
aeronavtika krilo, nosilna površina
pogovorno pilotski znak
šport krilo
aeronavtika skupina treh (ameriško šestih)
eskadrilj; (po)let, letenje
množina, gledališče stranske kulise

on the wing v (po)letu, leteč; figurativno na potovanju
birds are on the wing ptice so v poletu, leté
under s.o.'s wing(s) pod okriljem koga
to clip s.o.'s wings figurativno pristriči komu krila
he is always on the wing on nikoli ne miruje
to come on the wings of the wind privihrati kot veter, priti na krilih vetra
the news spread on the wings of the wind vest se je bliskovito razširila
to get the wings napredovati v položaj pilota
to lend (ali to add) a wing to s.th. pospešiti kaj
fear lent her wings strah ji je dal hitrost
riches take wings bogastvo hitro skopni
to take wings vzleteti, poleteti, odleteti
to take under one's wings vzeti pod svoje okrilje

wit¹ [wit] samostalnik
pamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličina

flash of wit duhovit domislek
the five wits zastarelo petero čutov
a conversation sparkling with wit od duhovitosti se iskreč razgovor
to be at one's wit's end ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajti
I am at my wit's end sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagati
to be out of one's wits izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pameten
he has his wits about him on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)
bought wit is best izguba izmodri človeka
to have wit to imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)
he has not the wit to see... nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...
it taught me wit to me je spametovalo
he sets up for a wit dela se duhovitega
to live by one's wits živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenje

yet¹ [jet] prislov
še vedno, še; doslej, že (v vprašanjih); vendarle

yet again spet in spet
yet a moment (samo) še trenutek
yet once (more) še enkrat
as yet doslej
but yet toda vendarle
never yet še nikoli
not yet še ne
nothing yet še nič
(pri primerniku) yet better še boljši (bolje)
yet richer še (celó) bogatejši
there is yet time še je čas
some are yet to come nekateri morajo še priti
he may come yet on utegne še priti
have you finished yet? ste že končali?
need you go yet? morate že iti?
I have not yet finished nisem še končal
the largest yet found specimen doslej največji najdeni primerek
he will win yet vendarle bo še zmagal
he'll be hanged yet še obesili ga bodo, končal bo na vislicah
while he was yet alive ko je še živel
it is strange and yet true čudno (neverjetno) je, a vendarle resnično

you [ju:, ju, jə] zaimek
vi, vas, vam; ti, te(be), t(eb)i

you blockhead! ti (vi) tepec!
you fool! ti norec!
you three vi trije
the rest of you ostali od vas
you're another! hvala, enako! (odgovor na psovko)
you bet (your life) sleng na to se lahko zaneseš, (glavo) stavim za to
get you gone! poberi(te) se!
you don't say česa ne poveste (poveš) (to me preseneča)
you never can tell človek nikoli ne more vedeti
you never know človek nikoli ne ve
you soon get used to it človek se kmalu navadi na to
come here all of you! pridite sem vsi!
if I were you ko bi jaz bil na tvojem (vašem) mestu

zagábiti se to disgust, to sicken

mastna hrana se mi je zagabila rich food sickens me
ta prizor se mi je zagabil this sight sickened me
zagabilo se mi je delati vedno eno in isto I am sick of doing the same thing
življenje se mu je zagabilo he is sick (ali weary) of life
kruh se nam nikoli ne zagabi bread never turns the stomach
zagabi se mi it makes me sick

zarêči se to make a slip of the tongue

zarekel sem se I made a slip of the tongue, the word slipped out; (nehote povedati resnico) to let slip
zareklo se mi je I made a slip of the tongue
človek se ne sme nikoli zarêči se (figurativno) never is a long day

záse (= za sebe)

to je stvar záse that's a thing apart
nimam (nimamo, nimajo) nikoli prostega trenutka záse I (we, they) never have a moment for myself (for ourselves, for themselves)
ohrani to záse! keep that to yourself!
on (ona) živi čisto záse he lives by himself (she lives by herself)

zdáj zdájle now, at present; this moment; actually

zdáj, zdájle! šport time!
prav zdáj, zdájle, ravno zdáj, zdájle just now, this (very) moment
zdáj, zdájle ali nikoli now or never
zdáj, zdájle to zdáj, zdájle ono now this now that
zdáj, zdájle... zdáj, zdájle now... now, sometimes... sometimes, at one time... at another
takoj zdáj, zdájle at once, immediately, instantly
do zdáj, zdájle up to now, up to this moment, till now, by now, until now, up to the present
od zdáj, zdájle from now on, from this time on
od zdáj, zdájle naprej henceforth, henceforward, in future, in the future, from this time forward
kaj zdáj, zdájle! well then?
za zdáj, zdájle (za to pot) for this once, for the time being, for the nonce
kaj boš napravil zdáj, zdájle? what are you going to do now?
kako zdáj, zdájle? how now?
šele zdáj, zdájle, ko ga poznam... only now that I know him...
sedajle nameravam (pisati) I am going (to write), I am on the point (of writing), I am about (to write)