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reason¹ [ri:zn] samostalnik
razlog, vzrok, povod, motiv; argument, utemeljitev; um, razum, razumnost, razsodnost, uvidevnost, razumevanje, logika
pravno pravica (za kaj); glavni razlog; kar je prav in pošteno, upravičenost, usmerjenost
logika premisa nekega dokaza; sposobnost ustvarjanja zaključkov, sklepov na podlagi premis

by reason of zaradi
bereft of reason blazen, nor
for the reason that zaradi tega (iz razloga), ker
for the same reason iz istega razloga
for that very reason prav iz tega razloga
in (all) reason z (vso) pravico, kot je pravično, upravičeno, v mejah
with (good) reason upravičeno
without rhyme or reason figurativno brez glave in repa, nesmiseln, bedast
woman's reason ženska logika
to bring s.o. to reason spraviti koga k pameti, spametovati koga
to complain with reason upravičeno se pritoževati
I will do anything in reason napravil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pametno
to give, (to show) reason dati povod
to have reason arhaično prav imeti
you have good reason to complain čisto upravičeno se pritožujete
to listen to reason, to hear reason dati se poučiti, prepričati, poslušati nasvet, priti k pameti
to lose one's reason izgubiti pamet
he lost his reason zmešalo se mu je
I saw reason to interfere zdelo se mi je prav, da se vmešam
it stands to reason that... jasno je, da...
there is reason in what you say pametno (premišljeno) je, kar govoriš

rote¹ [róut] samostalnik
gola navada, mehanična spretnost, rutina

by rote mehanično, rutinsko; na pamet
to learn (to do) (only) by rote (le) mehanično, iz navade, se kaj učiti (delati)

skliceváti se to quote; to refer (na to), to appeal (to)

skliceváti se se na koga to quote someone as a reference
skliceváti se na zdravo pamet to appeal to reason

sober¹ [sóubə] pridevnik
trezen, ne pijan, iztreznjen; zmeren, spodoben, razumen, pameten, zdrave pameti; miren, umirjen, uravnovešen, nepretiran, hladnokrven, oprezen; resen, slovesen; razsoden; gol (o dejstvu); hladen, miren, nekričeč (o barvah); preprost, temen (o obleki)

as sober as a judge popolnoma trezen
in sober earnest čisto resno, brez šale
sober understanding zdrava pamet
to appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober opozoriti koga, da je njegovo trenutno mnenje pogojeno od razpoloženja

učênje study, learning, reading; (vajeništvo) apprenticeship

učênje na pamet learning by heart, learning by rote; (guljenje) žargon cram, swot, grind

učíti (koga) to teach, to instruct, to give instruction (to), to give lessons (to); to train

učíti se to learn, (študirati) to study, (guliti se) to swot, to cram, to grind, (pogovorno) to bone up on; (vajenec) to serve one's apprenticeship
učíti se na pamet to learn by heart (ali by rote), to commit to memory, to memorize
zopet se učíti to relearn, (pogovorno) to brush up
marljivo se učíti to study hard, to be a diligent student
učíti se brati (branja) to learn to read
on se zelo dobro uči he is quick to learn, he is a quick learner
učíti se za izpit to get up (ali to brush up, pogovorno to bone up on) a subject for an examination
učíti se pisanja to learn how to write
moj brat se uči mizarstva my brother is learning joinery (ali is training to be a joiner)

upper¹ [ʌ́pə] pridevnik
gornji, višji
figurativno višji, vzvišenejši

upper arm nadlaket
upper brain veliki možgani
upper circle gledališče drugi balkon, druga vrsta
upper classes gornji sloji (družbe)
upper coat površnik
upper crust skorja (kruha itd.), ameriško, sleng premožni sloji družbe
the Upper House Gornji (lordski) dom
upper leather gornje usnje (za čevlje)
upper dog sleng zmagovalec
upper hand premoč, nadvlada
upper lip gornja ustnica
the upper Rhine gornji Ren
upper storey gornje nadstropje; figurativno glava, pamet, možgani
the upper ten (thousand) plemstvo, aristokracija, bogataši in visoka družba
upper works navtika deli ladje nad vodno površino
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč, zmagati, nadvladati; dobiti prvenstvo
he has something wrong in his upper storey v njegovi glavi ni vse v redu

use² [ju:z] prehodni glagol
rabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas)
zastarelo navaditi (to na)

to use one's brains (ali wits) uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možgane
use your eyes! odpri oči!
to use care skrbno (pazljivo) postopati
to use diligence da(ja)ti si truda
to use one's best efforts napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)
to use exercises delati vaje
to use force uporabiti silo
this geyser uses a lot of gas ta plinska peč porabi mnogo plina
how did they use you? kako so ravnali z vami?
to use s.o. ill slabo ravnati s kom
I cannot use my left hand ne se posluževati svoje leve roke
to use one's legs peš iti, pešačiti
to use imprecations preklinjati
to use a right uživati (neko) pravico
may I use your name? se lahko sklicujem na vas?
to use tobacco kaditi
I have used all the paint porabil sem vso barvo
how does the world use you? pogovorno kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?
neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)

the beggar used to come every day berač je imel navado prihajati (je prihajal) vsak dan
it used to be said navadno se je reklo (bila je navada reči)
he does not come as often as he used (to) ne prihaja več tako pogosto kot prej
they used to live here prej so stanovali tu
used you to know him? ste ga vi poznali?
there used to be a tree there tam je nekoč bilo drevo

wish¹ [wiš] samostalnik
želja; voščilo; volja, težnja, hrepenenje, koprnenje, sla (for po, za)
predmet želja, želeni predmet

wishes množina (dobre) želje, pozdravi
good, best wishes dobre, najboljše želje (voščila)
according to my wishes po mojih željah
to have one's wish videti svojo željo uresničeno
he has had his wish dobil je, kar je želel
if wishes were horses beggars might ride figurativno od dobrih želja še nihče ni bil sit
the wish is father to the thought človek hitro verjame, kar želi; kar človek želi, to mu hitro na pamet pride

zdráv healthy, sound, in good health, healthy-looking; (duševno) sane; wholesome, healthful (za for), salubrious

zdráva pamet common sense, good sense, horse sense, mother wit, pogovorno gumption
zdrávi zobje sound teeth
zdrávo sadje sound fruit
zdráv kot riba (as) sound as a bell, in the pink (of condition), in fine fettle
zdráv na duši in telesu sound in body and mind
cel in zdráv, zdráv in živ hale and hearty
zdrávo podnebje salubrious climate
zdráva hrana (zrak) wholesome food (air)
zdráv duh v zdrávem telesu a sound mind in a sound body
zdráva kritika sound (ali judicious) criticism
biti zdráv to be well, to be healthy, to be in (ali to enjoy, to have) good health
zdráv je kot riba v vodi he is as right as a trivet, he is as fit as a fiddle
biti duševno zdráv to be sound in mind, to be of sound mind
imeti zdráve nazore to have sound views
to je zdráva vaja this is a healthy exercise
odnesti zdrávo kožo (figurativno) to escape unscathed, to save one's bacon
ostanite zdrávi! I wish you continued good health
vrniti se živ in zdráv to return safe and sound
to je zdrávo zanj! (figurativno) (= prav mu je!) it serves him right!
gorski zrak je zelo zdráv the mountain air is very wholesome
videti je zdráva she looks well

znáti to know

znáti na pamet to know by heart
dobro znáti kaj to be A1 at something
ne znam angleško I cannot speak English, I do not know English
znate francosko? do you know French?
znaš igrati šah? can you play chess?
on misli, da vse zna he thinks he knows everything
on zna brati grško he can read Greek
znaš dobro današnjo lekcijo? do you know your lesson for today well?
tega si ne znam razložiti I don't know what to make of it (ali of this)
zelo dobro znáti lekcijo to have the lesson at one's fingertips
ona zna vsaj (najmanj) 5 jezikov she knows at least five languages
znáti (spoznati se na) svoj posel to know one's own business, (žargon) to know one's onions, (pogovorno) to know the ropes, to know what's what