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stay² [stéi]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)ustaviti, zadržati, preprečiti, ovirati (napredek, razvoj)
pravno ustaviti, odgoditi (postopek); poravnati (prepir); (trenutno) potešiti, ublažiti (glad, nestrpnost); zadovoljiti (željo)
pogovorno ostati (vse) do, ostati za

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati; stati, mirovati; pričakovati, čakati (for koga, kaj, da)
začasno se zadrževati, muditi se, prebivati (at, in v, with pri)
obstati, ustaviti se, oklevati (v gibanju, v govoru itd.); biti na obisku (with pri)
šport vzdržati do konca, vztrajati; (redko) počivati, nehati; (redko) trdno stati

to stay at a hotel ložirati v hotelu
to stay at home ostati doma
he is staying in London sedaj se mudi v Londonu
to stay the execution odgoditi prisilno izvršbo (rubežen)
to come to stay pogovorno priti z namenom za popolno nastanitev (naselitev); ustaliti se
to stay a judg(e)ment odložiti izvršitev sodbe
the horse stays 3 miles konj vzdrži tri milje
will you stay dinner? boste ostali pri večerji?
he stayed with me for a month bil je moj gost mesec dni
to stay the night ostati čez noč, prenočiti
money won't stay in his hand denar nima obstanka v njegovih rokah, vedno je brez denarja
to stay put ameriško ostati na mestu, ostati nespremenjen
to stay the progress of an epidemic ustaviti napredovanje epidemije
this snow has come to stay ta sneg se bo držal, bo dolgo ostal
to stay s.o.'s stomach (začasno) potešiti komu glad, figurativno komu pokvariti tek (apetit)
to stay with it vzdržati to
the word has come to stay beseda je ostala, je prešla v vsakdanji jezik
stay! you forget one thing! stoj! nekaj pozabljaš!

šentjernêjski

šentjernêjska noč zgodovina St. Bartholomew's Eve

thousand [ɵáuzənd]

1. pridevnik
tisoč

one (ali a) thousand books tisoč knjig
thousand and one figurativno brezštevilen
The Thousand and One Nights Tisoč in ena noč (pravljice)
a thousand thanks tisočkrat hvala
a thousand times better tisočkrat bolje

2. samostalnik
tisoč(ica)

by the thousand na tisoče
many thousands of times neštetokrat
one in a thousand eden od tisoč; edinstven
the upper ten thousand gornjih deset tisoč
I have known thousands of such cases videl sem na tisoče takih primerov
they came in their thousands (ali by the thousand) na tisoče jih je prišlo
Thousand Isles dressing majoneza z mnogimi začimbami

tide¹ [táid] samostalnik
plima in oseka, plimovanje; valovje; tok, struja; čas, doba; sprememba, preobrat; (redko) ugoden trenutek, priložnost

ebb tide low tide oseka
even tide večerni čas, večer
flood, high tide plima
at Christmastide o božiču
the tide of battle bojna sreča
in the full tide of battle sredi bitke
a tide of blood potok krvi
winter tide zimski čas
the turn of the tide sprememba sreče; preobrat
the tide is rising voda narašča
to go with the tide plavati s tokom, figurativno delati, kar drugi delajo
the tide turns sreča se obrača, je opoteča
to work double tide delati noč in dan; naporno delati
time and tide wait for no man prilika zamujena ne vrne se nobena
to swim against the tide plavati proti toku
take the tide at the tide izkoristi priliko, kuj železo, dokler je vroče

tísoč a (ali one) thousand

tísoč raznih stvari a thousand different things pl
na tísoče thousands pl (of)
Tisoč in ena noč (pravljice) The Arabian Nights pl, The Thousand and One Nights pl

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

ujéti to catch; to capture; to take (someone) prisoner; to seize

ujéti koga pri dejanju to catch someone red-handed (ali in the act)
ujéti v past to trap, arhaično to entrap
ujéti koga na laži to catch someone out in a lie
nevihta nas je ujela we were caught in a storm
noč me je ujela I was overtaken by night (ali darkness)
ujel sem ga za rokav I caught him by the sleeve
niti ene ribe ni ujel he did not catch a single fish
naša mačka je ujela dve miši our cat has caught two mice
biti ujet, ujeti se to be caught, to get caught
bil je ujet vojska he was taken prisoner
bil sem ujet med umikom I was taken prisoner during the retreat
tatu so ujeli the thief has been caught

uneasy [ʌní:zi] pridevnik
neudoben, nekomoden; neprijeten; neugoden; nemiren (bolnik, noč); tog, prisiljen; zaskrbljen, vznemirjen; ženiran

to feel uneasy about s.th. biti vznemirjen zaradi česa
to pass an uneasy night prebiti nemirno noč

úra (čas) hour; (žepna) watch; (stoječa, stenska, stolpna) clock; (namizna) timepiece

úra budilka alarm clock
peščena úra sand glass
sončna úra sundial
cerkvena úra church clock
úra z nihalom pendulum clock
zapestna úra wristwatch
ladijska úra chronometer
úra štoparica stopwatch
policijska úra curfew
konične úre rush hour
huda úra thunderstorm
učna úra lesson
proste úre free (ali spare) hours pl
smrtna úra the hour of death, dying hour, last hour
v zgodnjih úrah in the small hours
úra X vojska zero hour
v teku ene úre, v manj kot eni úri in less than an hour, within an hour
o úre do úre from hour to hour
prav ob tej úri at this very hour
po moji úri by my watch
pol úre half an hour, a half hour
pred pol úre half an hour ago
5 milj na úro 5 miles per hour, 5 miles an hour
vsake tri úre every three hours
več kot eno úro over one hour
ob tej úri at the present time, ZDA presently
polni, celi 2 úri for two hours at a stretch (ali pogovorno on the trot)
dobro úro a good hour
ob 12. úri at 12 o'clock, at noon
v smeri kazalca úre clockwise, (v nasprotni) anticlockwise
jermenček za zapestno úro watch strap, strap for wristwatch; (wrist) watch band; strap (ali cord, link, expansion) band
verižica za úro watch chain, (pri telovniku) watch guard
kolesje úre movement of a watch
ohišje úre clock case
vzmet úre watch spring
utež pri úri clock weight
kazalec úre hand
kazalec sončne úre gnomon
številčnica úre dial
tovarna úr clock factory, watch factory
trgovina z úrami clock trade, watch trade, trade in clocks and watches
koliko je úra? what time is it?, what's the time?, (redko) what o'clock is it
úra je 5 it is five o'clock
četrt na šest je it is a quarter past five
pol šestih je it is half past five
tri četrt na šest je it is a quarter to six
na moji úri je tri it is three by my watch
ob kateri úra? at what time?
je ta úra prav? is that clock (tvoja zapestna úra your wristwatch oziroma pogovorno watch) right?
on je točen kot úra he is as regular as clockwork
moja úra je točna my watch keeps perfect time
dobrih 5 úr je do mesta it's a good five hours to the town
moja úra gre dobro my watch is a good timekeeper
moja úra ne gre (se je ustavila, se je iztekla) my watch is not going (has stopped, isn't working)
moja úra je pokvarjena there is something wrong with my watch
navijte svojo úro! wind up your watch!
moja úra je navita my watch is wound up
úra bíje the clock strikes (oziroma is striking)
úra bo zdajci (od)bila 11 the clock is just about to strike eleven
úra je odbila 7 the clock has struck seven
odbila mu je zadnja úra his last hour is come
moja úra prehiteva my watch is fast (ali gains, is gaining)
moja úra zaostaja my watch is slow (ali loses, is losing)
vprašati koliko je úra to ask the time
naravnati (regulirati) úro po... to regulate (ali to set) one's watch by...
držati se rednih úr to keep regular hours
letalo je doseglo poprečno 450 milj na úro the plane averaged 450 miles an hour
dajati angleške úre (= lekcije) to give English lessons
to úro je treba naviti this clock needs winding up (ali rewinding)
moja úra je potrebna popravila my watch needs repairing
razmakniti konične úre (da ni navala na avtobuse itd.) to stagger office hours
rana úra zlata úra early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
delati 24 úr brez prekinitve (noč in dan) to work around the clock

used [ju:st] pridevnik
(zlasti ponovno ali navadno) rabljen; (že) rabljen, nošen (obleka itd.)
zastarelo, ameriško navaden, običajen; navajen (to na)

I am used to working late vajen sem delati dolgo (pozno v noč)
to get used to navaditi se na

V v (kje?) in, at; (kam?) into, to

v šoli (= v zgradbi) in the school, (pri pouku) at school
v šolo to school
v gledališču at the theatre
v 3. nadstopju on the third (3rd) floor, ZDA on the fourth (4th) floor
v Londonu (veliko mesto) in London
v Kamniku (malo mesto) at Kamnik
v London, v Francijo to London, to France
v mestu in town
v inozemstvu, v inozemstvo abroad
izgubljen v temi lost in the dark (ali darkness)
slab v angleščini weak in English
v torek on Tuesday
dvakrat v letu twice a year
v tistem času at that time
v starih časih in ancient times
v novejšem času in recent times
v mojih letih at my age
v pradobi in prehistoric times
v tem trenutku at this moment
v pravem času at the right moment, just in time
pozno v noč late into the night
v roku 10 dni within 10 days
v vojni in miru at war and at peace
v ta namen for this purpose
v imenu... in the name of...
v redu in order
biti v dobrih odnosih s kom to be on good terms with someone
hiša je bila v plamenih the house was on fire
biti v skrajni bedi to be in utter poverty
ste kdaj bili v Londonu? have you ever been to London?
biti v vojni to be at war
dospeti, prispeti v London to arrive in London
hoditi v šolo to go to school
pasti v vodo to fall into the water
ne morem mu tega vbiti v glavo I can't drive it into his head
vreči v koš za odpadke to throw into the wastepaper basket
vreči v zrak to throw into the air
zdrobiti v prah to pulverize, to reduce to dust
živeti v Sloveniji to live in Slovenia
to delo bom končal v roku treh mesecev (v treh mescih) I shall finish this job (ali work, task) within three months

vájen used (to); inured (to)

vájen sem mraza I am inured to cold
vájen sem delati pozno v noč I am used to working late

vélik big, large; great; (visok) tall, high; (razsežen) vast, spacious

v vélikem obsegu on a large scale
vélika črka capital letter, upper-case letter, majuscule
véliki četrtek Maundy Thursday
vélik del a great deal
lov na véliko divjad big-game hunting
Aleksander Veliki Alexander the Great
véliki (glavni) dobitek first prize
vélika bitka great battle
véliki in mali (figurativno) great and small
véliki inkvizitor grand inquisitor
vélika gospoda (imenitniki) the great
Karel Veliki Charlemagne, Charles the Great
vélika laž a big lie
vélika luža (figurativno, Atlantik) the big pond, the big drink
vélik (slaven) mož great man, (visok) tall man
Veliki Medved astronomija Ursa Major, the Great Bear, the Plough
véliki mojstri the great masters pl
vélika noč religija Easter
véliki petek religija Good Friday
vélika sobota religija Holy Saturday
vélika obzirnost great discretion
véliko naročilo large order
vélik(i) nakup(i) bulk purchases pl
véliko podjetje largescale enterprise
vélik pesnik great poet
véliki stroški heavy expenses pl
z vélikim trudom with great pains
vélik umetnik great artist
véliki teden religija Holy Week
Veliki Voz astronomija the Great Bear, the Plough, Charles's Wain, the Wain, ZDA the Big Dipper
vélika soba large room
véliki vezir Grand Vizier
véliki vojvoda Grand Duke (ženski spol Duchess)
vélika žival large animal
vélika živina (figurativno, žargon) big shot, big noise, big wheel
oba sta enako vélika they are both the same size
pisati, tiskati z véliko črko to capitalize
oni živijo v vélikem slogu they live in great style

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

viháren stormy; tempestuous

vihárno morje stormy (ali rough, choppy) sea
vihárna debata (figurativno) stormy (ali tempestuous) debate
vihárna noč stormy night
vihárno vreme stormy weather

wakeful [wéikful] pridevnik (wakefully prislov)
bedeč; buden; nespečen; nemiren

a wakeful night noč brez spanja, prečuta noč

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)?

white¹ [wáit] pridevnik
bel; belopolt; belokožen; bled; svetel; bel ali siv (lasje)
poetično blond, plav; brezbarven, prozoren
figurativno čist, nedolžen, neomadeževan, preprost
politika bel, rojalističen, reakcionaren
tehnično pocinan; srebrn, beložareč, razbeljen
ekonomija dovoljen, dopuščen; (redko) srečen
tisk prazen, nepotiskan
pogovorno poštèn

as white as a sheet bled kot zid (stena, smrt)
white with fear bled od strahu
white ant bela mravlja, termit
white book politika bela knjiga
white brass tehnično bela med, novo srebro
white bear beli, polarni medved
white coal tehnično beli premog, vodna moč
white coffee bela, mlečna kava
white damp jamski plin
white father ameriško beli oče (indijanski vzdevek za predsednika ZDA)
white feather belo pero (znak strahopetnosti), figurativno strahopetec
white metal bela kovina
white night noč brez spanja
white sale ekonomija razprodaja platnenega blaga, beli teden
white paper politika bela knjiga (poročilo angleške vlade)
white supremacy prevlada, nadvlada belcev
to bleed white pustiti (tele) izkrvaveti; figurativno izsesati, kri puščati (komu)

wink¹ [wiŋk] samostalnik
mežikanje
pogovorno mižanje; migljanje; trenutek, hip

forty winks pogovorno kratko spanje
to have forty winks malo zadremati
in a wink v hipu, kot bi trenil
to give the wink to s.o. pomežikniti komu
he was gone in a wink v hipu je izginil
I did not sleep a wink last night nocoj nisem zatisnil očesa
he could not get a wink of sleep all night niti za hip ni zatisnil očesa celo noč
to tip s.o. a wink namigniti komu, dati komu (svarilen) znak

wood¹ [wud]

1. samostalnik
gozd, dobrava, log; les; stavbni les; lesen predmet; sod, čeber, brenta
množina vrste lesa; lesorez, klišé

the woods glasba lesena pihala
white wood beli les
fire wood drva
seasoned wood suh les
wine from the wood vino (naravnost) iz soda
to be out of the wood biti iz gozda, figurativno biti iz težav, biti zunaj najhujšega
don't halloo till you are out of the wood (ameriško woods) ne veseli se prezgodaj!
he cannot see the wood for the trees od samih dreves ne vidi gozda, figurativno zaradi prevelikih podrobnosti izgublja iz vida celoto

2. pridevnik
lesen; v gozdu rastoč ali živeč, gozden

he is wood from the neck up pogovorno neumen je kot noč