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okóli round, around; (približno) about, near, some

okóli vogala (čisto blizu) round the corner
okóli 100 (nekaj več) a hundred odd
okóli 10 let je tega ten years or so ago
okóli petih about five o'clock
okóli hiše round the house
vse okóli all round
tu nekje okóli around here
pričakuj me okóli treh! expect me at 3 o'clock, or thereabouts!
število znaša (je) okóli 3.000 the figure is in the region of 3,000
hoditi okóli to walk about
pogovor se je sukal okóli politike the conversation centred on politics
pogledal sem okóli sebe I looked round about me

okrivíti

okrivíti koga česa to accuse someone of something, to charge someone with something, to impute something to someone; to lay something at someone's door; to lay a charge against someone, to impeach someone, to indict someone for something; to blame something on someone; to place the blame on someone

old¹ [óuld] pridevnik
star, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen
sleng sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)

the old stari ljudje
young aud old staro in mlado, vsi
as old as Adam (ali the hills) prastar
old bachelor zakrknjen samec
old boy stari prijatelj (zlasti v velelniku)
britanska angleščina, sleng old bean (ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) "stari"
old bird star lisjak, premetenec
old man "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)
old man of the sea vsiljivec, podrepnež
pogovorno my old man moj stari, moj mož
to put off the old man spremeniti način življenja
old woman "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergač
old hand (ali stager) izkušen človek ali delavec
to be an old hand at biti izkušen v čem
old hat zastarel
to grow old starati se
the same old excuse ista stara pesem
to have a good (ali fine, high) old time odlično se zabavati
an old head on young shoulders zrela pamet pri mladem človeku
the old country (ali home) stara domovina
old salt, old whale star, izkušen mornar
of old standing že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uveden
sleng any old thing karkoli
britanska angleščina Old Lady of Threadneedle Street angleška narodna banka
ameriško Old Glory ameriška zastava
ameriško Old Man River vzdevek za reko Mississippi
old moon pojemajoč mesec

once¹ [wans] prislov
enkrat, nekoč, svojčas

once and again, once or twice od časa do časa, ponovno
once again, once more še enkrat
once a day enkrat na dan
once (and) for all enkrat za vselej
pogovorno once in a blue moon zelo redko
once bit twice shy kdor se enkrat opeče, ne bo več poskušal; izkušnja te nauči previdnosti
not once niti enkrat, nikoli
once (upon a time) nekoč
once in a while (ali way) tu in tam, včasih, redko
once and away enkrat za vselej; včasih
all at once nenadoma, istočasno
at once takoj
more than once večkrat

one¹ [wʌn] pridevnik
eden, ena; edin, neki, enak, isti

one day nekega dne (v prihodnosti ali preteklosti)
one or two eden ali dva, par
all one vseeno
it is all one to me vseeno mi je
one another drug drugega
one after another drug za drugim
one with another povprečno
like one o'clock na vso moč
one and the same eden in isti
ten to one zelo verjetno
one at a time posamič, ločeno
with one voice soglasno
one man in ten vsak deseti (človek)
all were of one mind vsi so bili istega mnenja
no one man could do it sam tega ne bi zmogel nihče
his one thought njegova edina misel
the one way to do it edini način, kako to storiti
to become one združiti se
to be one too many for s.o. biti malo pretežko za koga
to be made one poročiti se, biti združen v zakonu
to make one pridružiti se komu
to make one of pripadati komu (čemu), biti del koga (česa)

one³ [wʌn] samostalnik
poedinec, eden, ena

one and all vsi skupaj in vsak zase
the all and the one celotnost in edinost, vsi in vsak zase
all in one skupaj, istočasno
one by one posamič, drug za drugim
never a one nihče
one ... the other eden ... drugi
you are a one! ti si res čudak!
to be at one with s.o. strinjati se s kom
I for one jaz na primer
in the year one davno
to come by ones and twos prihajati posamič in po dva
to be one up on s.o. biti za malenkost pred kom
number one kar je odlično, prvovrstno; ego, jaz, osebna korist

oner [wʌ́nə] samostalnik
sleng edinstven človek ali stvar
britanska angleščina, sleng kosmata laž
pogovorno udarec

sleng a oner at strokovnjak za kaj
sleng to give s.o. a oner močno koga udariti

onlooker [ɔ́nlukə] samostalnik
gledalec (at)

the onlooker sees most of the game gledalec lahko najbolje oceni

operate [ɔ́pəreit]

1. neprehodni glagol
delati, funkcionirati (stroj itd.); vplivati, delovati (on, upon na)
medicina operirati (on koga)
ekonomija, pogovorno operirati s čim, špekulirati
vojska izvajati operativne premike

2. prehodni glagol
povzročiti
ameriško, tehnično upravljati (stroj), spraviti v pogon, streči čemu, regulirati
(tudi ameriško) upravljati, voditi (posel)

to operate on batteries (pogon) na baterije
ekonomija to operate at a deficit delati z izgubo
medicina to be operated on biti operiran
ekonomija, pogovorno to operate for a fall (rise) špekulirati s padcem (povišanjem)
ameriško safe to operate zanesljiv (stroj)

oplašíti to intimidate, to discourage, to dishearten; to frighten; to deter; to daunt; (ptice) to scare

ne dam se oplašíti I am not to be frightened
oplašíti se to take fright, to shy (česa at something)
ki se ne da oplašíti undeterred

opportunity [ɔpətjú:niti] samostalnik
priložnost, prikladnost, prilika
množina možnosti

at the first opportunity ob prvi priliki
at your earliest opportunity čimprej
to afford (ali give) s.o. an opportunity nuditi komu priložnost
to seize (ali take) an opportunity pograbiti priliko
opportunity makes the thief priložnost naredi tatu

oprostíti to excuse, to pardon, to forgive; (česa) to exempt (from), to dispense (izpita with an exam); (na sodišču) to acquit; (iz zapora) to release, to set free, to free; (obveznosti) to release; (osvoboditi) to deliver (from), to rid (of), to absolve (from); (spregledati) to condone

oprosti! pardon me!
oprostite, prosim! I beg your pardon, I am sorry, excuse me, Sir (Madam)!
oprosti, da to rečem! pardon my saying so!
oprostili so mi ono pismo I was forgiven that letter
oprostíti koga zaradi pomanjkanja dokazov to give someone the benefit of the doubt
oprostite, da vam nisem takoj odgovoril I must apologize for not having replied at once
oprostíti se to excuse someone, to apologize
oprostite besedi! (opravičilo za nespodobno besedo) saving your presence!

option [ɔ́pšən] samostalnik
izbira, izbor, svobodna izbira, pravica do izbire
pravno možnost; izhod
ekonomija predkupna pravica, pravica do opcije, pravica do prodaje in nakupa po določem ceni v določenem roku

option of a fine pravica do izbire globe namesto zapora
local option pravica nižje instance do prepovedi prodaje alkohola
at one's option po izbiri
to make one's option izbrati
I had no option but to moral sem; nisem imel druge izbire, kot da
ekonomija plain option enostaven premijski posel
ekonomija double option dvojni premijski posel

opustéti to grow (ali to become) desolate (ali deserted, depopulated)

veliko vasi je v tem času opustelo at that time many villages were left waste

order¹ [ɔ́:də] samostalnik
red, ureditev, urejenost
biologija red, vrsta; vrsta, zapovrstje
vojska razvrstitev, razpored, predpisana uniforma in oprema; stanje; ukaz, nalog, odredba
ekonomija (plačilni) nalog, naročilo, naročilnica, nakaznica
pravno sklep (sodišča), odredba; vrsta, razred, stopnja; čin
matematika red, stopnja; družbeni sloj, družbena ureditev
cerkev cerkveni red, liturgijski red; viteški red, odlikovanje viteškega reda; odlikovanje, red
arhitektura klasičen slog stebrov

vojska at the order puška pri nogi
vojska battle order bojni red
vojska marching order paradna formacija
vojska close (open) order zaprta (odprta) formacija
matematika equation of the first order enačba prve stopnje
holy orders duhovniški stan
in orders posvečen (v duhovnika)
to take orders biti posvečen v duhovnika (meniha)
lower (higher) orders nižji (višji) družbeni sloji
by order of po nalogu, na ukaz
to order po povelju, po naročilu
in order v redu, urejen
in bad order v slabem stanju, neurejen
to keep order vzdrževati red
to put in order urediti
to set in order urediti, razvrstiti
to take order with urediti kaj, razpolagati s čim
in order to zato da, da bi
in order that da bi
on order po naročilu, naročen
made to order narejen po naročilu (meri)
on the order of do neke mere sličen; ekonomija po naročilu koga
out of order pokvarjen, neurejen, v slabem stanju; medicina načet (zdravje)
under the orders of pod poveljstvom
to be under orders to do s.th. na ukaz kaj narediti
till further orders do nadaljnjega
parlament to call to order pozvati k redu
parlament to rise to (a point of) order prositi za besedo
parlament to rule s.o. out of order odvzeti komu besedo
ekonomija to be on order biti naročen (blago)
ekonomija to fill an order izvršiti naročilo
ekonomija to give (ali place) an order naročiti
ekonomija money order denarna nakaznica
ekonomija postal order poštna nakaznica
apple-pie order popoln red
order of the day dnevni red; vojska dnevno povelje
to pass to the order of the day preiti na dnevni red
arhitektura Doric order dorski slog (stebrov)
pogovorno a large (ali tall) order težka naloga
Order of Merit red za zasluge
ameriško in short order takoj, nemudoma
standing order trajno pravilo, določen poslovnik
in working order pripravljen za delo (stroj)
law and order mir in red

ôsel ass; (sivec) donkey; he-ass, jackass, jack; VB žargon moke, narečno cuddy; ZDA burro; figurativno (bedak) ass, jackass; duffer, dunce, ZDA mutt

ôsle komu pokazati (figurativno) to put one's fingers to one's nose at someone, to thumb one's nose at someone, to make a long nose at someone
ne bodi tak ôsel! don't be an ass!
ôsel gre samo enkrat na led even a fool learns by bitter experience
priti s konja na ôsla (figurativno) to come down in the world

ósem eight

ura je ósem it is eight o'clock
ob osmih at 8 o'clock

ostáti (bivati) to stay, to remain

ostáti zunaj to stay out; (vztrajati) to persist in, to stick to, to abide by, to keep to; (preostati) to be left over
ostáti doma to stay at home
ostáti v postelji to stay in bed, to keep to one's bed
ostáti pri predmetu to keep to the point
ostáti miren, hladnokrven to keep cool; to keep one's temper
ostani, kjer si! keep still!, stay where you are!
ostalo bo toplo it wilI stay warm
ostáti zdrav to remain healthy
to ostane med nama (figurativno) this is a word in your ear, I tell you this in strict confidence, this is quite between ourselves, this is strickly confidental
vse ostane pri starem no change will be made, everything will be as before
kje smo ostali zadnji teden? (v šoli) where did we leave off last week?
ostanem pri svojem mnenju I stick to my opinion
ostane pri tem! we will leave it at that!
nič drugega mi ne (pre)ostane... I have no choice but..., there's nothing for it but..., I have no alternative, it's a case of Hobson's choice
nič drugega (nam) ne ostane, kot da... there is nothing for it, but to...
ostanite pri telefonu! hold the line, please!

ošíniti to strike, to hit

ošíniti s pogledom to take a quick look at, to glance at, to glimpse at

out² [áut] prislov

1.
ven, iz (tudi v zvezi z glagoli: to go out iti ven, to die out izumreti)

2.
zunaj, zdoma (he is out zunaj je, ni ga doma)

3.
ne na delu (a day out prost dan)

4. vojska
na (bojnem) polju
navtika na morju

5.
ne v zaporu (out on bail na svobodi proti kavciji)

6.
priobčen (knjiga the book came out in June)
predstavljen javnosti (dekle)

7.
odkrit (the secret is out tajna je prišla na dan)

8. šport
zunaj, ven, ne v igri, izven igrišča; (boks) knockoutiran

9. politika
ne v vladi (the democrats are out)

10.
ne v vaji (my fingers are out)

11.
porabljen, ne na zalogi (the potatoes are out)

12.
do kraja, čisto (to hear s.o. out koga do kraja poslušati, tired out čisto izčrpan)

13.
izpahnjen (roka), ki preplavlja (reka)

14.
napačen, zmoten (his calculations are out njegovi računi so napačni)

15.
dan v najem (zemlja), izposojen (knjiga)

16.
jasno, glasno (to laugh out glasno se zasmejati, speak out! govori glasneje!, povej že jasno in glasno!)

17. aeronavtika
končan (pogovor)

18.
razno

out and out popolnoma, docela
out and about (zopet) na nogah, pokonci
out and away daleč (najboljši itd.)
to be out miniti, ne biti v modi, biti na izgubi, biti zunaj, ne biti doma, ne priti v poštev, iziti (knjiga), ne goreti, biti ugašen
that is out! ne pride v poštev!
to be out in a thing motiti se
to be out for s.th. iskati kaj, zavzeti se za kaj
to be down and out na nič priti
to be out with s.o. ne biti več prijatelj, biti hud na koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
we had an evening out zvečer smo šli ven
out at heels reven
out at elbows revno oblečen
out on a limb izpostavljen
way out izbod
the workers are out delavci stavkajo
out with him! ven ga vrzi!
ekonomija to insure out and home zavarovati za pot tja in nazaj