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máčka zoologija (female) cat, she-cat

divja máčka wild cat
máčka je trdoživa a cat has nine lives
máčka prede the cat purrs
razumeti se kot pes in máčka to get on (together) like cat and dog
živeti kot pes in máčka to live a cat-and-dog life
hoditi kot máčka okoli vrele kaše to beat about the bush
kadar máčkae ni doma, miši plešejo when the cat is away, the mice do play
poparjena máčka se še mrzle vode boji once bitten, twice shy
máčka pade vedno na noge a cat always lands on its feet

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

méšati to mix; to blend; to stir; to shuffle

méšati barve to blend colours; (kovine) to alloy; (čaj, tobak) to blend
méšati karte to shuffle the cards
méšati si kavo to stir one's coffee
(raso, pasmo méšati, križati) to interbreed, to mongrelize
méšati poper in sol to mix pepper and salt
méšati vino z vodo to mix wine with water
méšati veselje z žalostjo to blend joy with sadness
méšati se to mix, to mingle, finance, pesniško to commingle (z with)
ne mešaj se v moje zadeve! mind your own business!
méšati se v tuje zadeve to interfere with (ali to pry into; to meddle with) other people's business
on se vedno v vse meša (figurativno) he is always poking his nose into other people's business, he likes to have a finger in every pie, he is always shoving his oar in
meša se mu (figurativno) he is rambling, he is raving, he is mad, he is delirious
se ti meša? are you crazy?, are you losing your mind?

minúta minute

v (eni) minúti in a minute
počakaj minúto! wait a minute!
v minúti sem pripravljen I'll be ready in a minute
on je vedno do minúte točen he is always punctual to the minute
znak za minúto ('npr. 10') minute sign

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

navíjati to wind (up), to coil (up), to roll up

navíjati uro to wind (up) a watch
navíjati cene to force (ali to bump) up prices, to put prices up
za tujce vedno navijejo cene they always put prices up for foreigners
navíjati za zmago kakega moštva šport to shout for a team
navíjati za domače moštvo šport to support the home team, to cheer one's team on; ZDA žargon to root for the home team
glasno navíjati za šport ZDA Kanada to yell for

night [náit] samostalnik
noč; večer, mrak, tema (tudi figurativno)

at (ali by, in the) ponoči
all night (long) vso noč
night by night noč za nočjo
night and day noč in dan, vedno
in the dead of night v gluhi noči
a dirty night viharna noč
to bid (ali wish) s.o. good night želeti komu lahko noč
to have a night out (ali off) imeti prost večer
last night sinoči
the night before last predsinoči
to make a night of it krokati, prekrokati noč
pogovorno o'nights ponoči
to pass a good (bad) night dobro (slabo) spati
to stay the night at prenočiti v (kraju), pri (kom)
one-night stand enkratna predstava
this night drevi
to turn night into day ponoči delati
he went forth into the night noč ga je vzela

nine¹ [náin] pridevnik
devet

nine times out of ten navadnoskoraj vedno
ameriško in the nine holes v težavah
to look nine ways for Sundays močno škiliti
nine-pence for fourpence bolniško zavarovanje
nine tenth devet desetin, skoraj vsi
nine winks kratko spanje, dremež
nine days' wonder kratkotrajna senzacija

ninety [náinti]

1. pridevnik
devetdeset

2. samostalnik
devetdesetica

ninety-nine times out of a hundred skoraj vedno
the nineties devetdeseta leta

no¹ [nou] pridevnik
noben, nobeden

on no account pod nobenim pogojem nikakor
of no account nevažen, nepomemben
no one nihče
no man nihče, noben človek; kdor je vedno proti
no man's land sporno ozemlje, vojska ozemlje med dvema frontama
no parking parkiranje prepovedano
no such thing nič takšnega
there is no denying ne more se zanikati
there is no knowing (saying) nemogoče je vedeti (reči)
vojska, sleng no bon zanič, ne gre
no confidence vote glasovanje o nezaupnici
no doubt seveda, nedvomno
no end zelo, močno, silno
there is no end ni konca ne kraja
to have no end of a time odlično se zabavati
no fear brez strahu, brez bojazni
no go zaman, nemogoče
no meaning nesmisel
by no means nikakor ne
now no mistake dobro me poslušaj
and no mistake gotovo, brez dvoma
no odds nič ne de
no picnic ni lahko, ni šala
in no time takoj, nemudoma, hitro
no two ways about it ni druge izbire
no wonder ni čudno, naravno
no vent nikakor
no song no supper brez dela ni jela
no cards no flowers fraza v angleških osmrtnicah (brez vabil za pogreb, cvetje hvaležno odklanjamo)
no thourough-fare prepovedan prehod

number¹ [nʌ́mbə] samostalnik
število, številka; zvezek, številka (revije, časopisa)
slovnica število (in the singular number)
točka programa
glasba, sleng popevka, ritem
poetično, množina stihi
sleng tip, patron

figurativno back number pozabljen (zastarel) človek (stvar)
science of numbers aritmetika
number one ego, jaz; navtika prvi častnik
golden number število, po katerem se izračuna datum Velike noči
ekonomija to raise to the full number kompletirati, popolniti
to appear in numbers izhajati v zvezkih
issued in numbers izdano v nadaljevankah, izdano v zvezkih
in round numbers okroglo
in number številčno, po številu
times without number neštetokrat
numbers of times često; vedno znova
without number neštevilno
pogovorno to have (got) s.o.'s number koga dobro poznati, koga do dna spregledati
to look after (ali take care of) number one misliti le na lastno korist
to lose the number of one's mess umreti
his number is (ali goes) up dnevi so mu šteti
one of their number nekdo iz njihove sredine
he is not of our number ne spada k nam
he is my opposite number in London on ima v Londonu isti položaj kot jaz tukaj

obísk visit; call; (prisotnost) attendance; (oseba) visitor, company

dan obiskov visiting day
ure obiskov visiting hours pl, at home
zelo kratek obísk a flying visit
državni obísk state visit
nastopni obísk first visit
vljudnostni obísk duty call
službeni obísk formal call
poslovilni obísk farewell visit
prijateljski obísk informal call; goodwill visit
obísk bolnikov visit to (ali visiting of) patients
letni poprečni obísk average annual attendance
biti na obísku to be on a visit
biti pri kom na obísku to be calling on someone
delati obíske (o zdravniku) to make (ali to do, to go) one's rounds (z avtom by car)
sem le na obísku tu I am only a visitor here
sestra je na obísku pri teti my sister is on a visit to her aunt('s)
imeti obísk to have visitors
imamo vedno mnogo obískov we always have a lot of visitors
danes sem imel mnogo obískov today I have had many calls (ali many callers)
napraviti kratek obísk to pay a call, to drop in, (pri kom) to pay someone a flying visit
vrniti obísk komu to return someone's visit (ali someone's call)
priti na obísk to pay a visit (h komu to someone), to call (up)on someone, to come to see someone

off² [ɔ(:)f] predlog
(proč, stran) od

off duty prost, ne v službi
sleng off one's feed brez apetita
to get s.th. off one's chest olajšati si dušo, izpovedati
to get off the deep end napraviti kaj nepremišljenega
sleng off one's head prismojen, nor
keep off the grass! ne hodi po travi
off one's legs zelo truden
never off one's legs vedno na nogah
off the map izbrisan, ki je izginil
off the mark zgrešen
off the stage za kulisami
šport off side nedovoljen del igrišča
off the point nevažno, nebistveno, ki ne spada k stvari

oporêči (preklicati) to revoke, to retract; to recant; to contradict; to unsay, to disavow

on mi vedno vse oporeče he never admits that I am right (ali that I am in the right)
kar sem rekel, nisem oporekel I kept my word, I didn't go back upon my word

over² [óuvə] prislov

1.
preko, pre- (z glagoli: to paint s.th. over preslikati kaj, he jumped over preskočil je)

2. figurativno
na drugo stran, k drugi stranki (they went over to the enemy prešli so k sovražniku)

3.
sem, semkaj (come over! pridi sem!)

4.
tam (preko), na drugi strani (over there tamle, ameriško pogovorno v Evropi)

5.
(prav) nad (the bird is directly over us ptič je prav nad nami)

6.
znova (ten times over desetkrat zapovrstjo)

7.
pretirano, čezmerno (over polite pretirano vljuden)

8.
mimo, gotovo, končano (the lesson is over šolska ura je končana)

9.

Razno:

over again še enkrat, znova
over and over again vedno znova
over against nasprotno (temu)
over and above vrhu tega, skrajno, preveč
all over povsod, popolnoma, končan
to be all over with biti na koncu s čim
it is all over with him z njim je konec
that is him all over to je čisto njemu podobno
sleng to be all over s.o. (s.th.) biti vzhičen nad kom (čim)
pogovorno to get s.th. over with končati kaj
the world over po vsem svetu
not over well precej slabo
that can stand over to lahko počaka
see over poglej naslednjo stran
ekonomija carried over prenos

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

perpetuity [pə:pitjúiti] samostalnik
večnost
pravno trajna last
ekonomija dosmrtna renta
ekonomija čas, v katerem obresti dosežejo višino glavnice

in (ali to, for) perpetuity za vedno

pésem (stihi) lyric, poem, a piece of poetry; (za petje) song, lay; (pivska) drinking song; (v krogu) round, catch; (napev) air, tune, melody

pésem za več glasov glasba part-song
cerkvena pésem hymn
črnska duhovna pésem spiritual, Negro spiritual
božična pésem Christmas carol
epska pésem epic
lirska pésem lyric
pésem s petimi kiticami a poem of five verses
labodja pésem swansong, the song of the dying swan
pobožne, duhovne pésmi hymns pl, spiritual songs pl
priljubljena pésem (popevka) (šlager)
v modi hit
narodna, ljudska pésem folk song; popular song, traditional song
visoka pésem (Salomonova) Canticle of Canticles, Song of Songs
zbirka pésmi collection of poems, anthology
otroška pésem nursery rhyme
to je vedno ista pésem (figurativno) it's always the same old story

pêta heel (tudi pri čevlju, nogavici)

nizka (visoka) pêta low (high) heel
čevlji z visokimi pêtmi highheeled shoes pl
Ahilova pêta Achilles' heel, (občutljivo mesto) (figurativno) tender (ali weak) spot, vulnerable point, weak point
od glave do pête from head to toe
na pêtah raztrgane nogavice socks pl worn out at the heel
on je džentlemen od glave do pête he is every inch a gentleman
biti (slediti) komu za pêtami to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to dog someone's steps, to be upon someone's heels
tik za pêtami to come close upon someone's heels, to pursue someone closely
vedno mi je za pêtami he is always on my heels, he is always following me about (ali dogging my footsteps)
lizati pête komu (figurativno) to fawn on someone
napraviti čevlju novo pêto to heel, to reheel a shoe
pokazati pête (pobrisati jo) to show a clean pair of heels, to take to one's heels, to run (ali to get) away
pête odnesti (figurativno) to escape
komaj je odnesel pête he narrowly escaped, he had a narrow escape
sedeti na pêtah to sit on one's heels
zavrteti se na pêtah to spin round on one's heels

péti (pôjem) to sing, (v cerkvi) to chant; (o zvonu) to ring; (ptice) to warble, to twitter, to chirp; (petelin) to crow; (pesnikovati) to be a poet, to compose poetry

péti v zboru to sing in a choir
péti z not brez vaje to sight-read
péti po notah to read music, to sing from a score (ali from music)
prenizko péti to sing too low, to sing flat
previsoko péti to sing too high, to sing sharp
péti (vesele) božične pesmi to sing (Christmas) carols, to go carol-singing
večglasno péti to sing in parts
enoglasno péti to sing in unison
učiti se péti to learn singing
začeti péti to intone, to begin to sing
napačno péti to sing out of tune
prav(ilno) péti to sing in tune
péti na vse grlo to sing at the top of one's voice
péti komu hvalo to sing someone's praises
péti vedno isto pesem (figurativno) to be always harping on the same theme
korakali so in peli na vse grlo they marched on, singing at the top of their voices