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tínta ink; (tajna) invisible ink

pisati s tínto to write in ink
radirka za tínto ink rubber, ink eraser
umazati si prste s tínto to ink one's fingers
prevleči s tínto to ink over
madež od tínte inkblot, blot
umazan od tínte, črn od tínte inky

típkati to type, to typewrite

jaz (si) sam tipkam I do my own typing

to this; that; it

to je (krajšava: t.j.) that is, namely, (krajšava: i.e.)
o tem about this
v tem (medtem) (in the) meanwhile
skozi to through this, on account of this, by it
razen tega besides, moreover, as well
kako to? how so?
(pa) kaj za to? what of that?
to je vse that's all
to je možno that may be
to so oni they are the ones, pogovorno that's them
ne to ne ono (= nekaj vmesnega, srednjega) neither one thing nor the other, betwixt and between
pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu for all that
tega je 10 let ten years ago
jaz sem za to I am for it, I agree to it
ni mi do tega I don't care for it
samó še to bi (se) manjkalo! that would be all we need!, (pogovorno) that would put the tin lid on it!
pustimo to, kakor je! (pogovorno) let it go at that!
to mi boš plačal! you'll pay for this!, you'll smart for this!
koga misliš s tem? whom have you (ali pogovorno who've you got) in mind?
si to mislil, si to hotel reči? is that what you meant?
to se pravi that is to say
iz tega sledi... hence it follows...
vsi vedó to every one knows that
poleg vsega tega, (on) še pije apart from all that, he drinks, too

toast¹ [tóust]

1. samostalnik
pražena, popečena rezina (belega) kruha, popečenec; toast; s tekočino (vinom, mlekom) polit toast

a toast rezina popečenega kruha, namočena v vinu
as warm as toast prijetno topel
toast and water v vodi namočen popecenec
to have s.o. on toast britanska angleščina, sleng imeti koga v svojih rokah (v pesteh, v oblasti)

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
popeči (se), pražiti (se) (o rezinah kruha)
figurativno ogreti (se), greti (noge itd.) pri ognju

to toast one's feet (one's toes) temeljito si ogreti noge (prste na nogah)

token [tóukən] samostalnik
znak (of česa); simbol; dokaz; darilo za spomin, spomin(ek); žeton; bon

as a token of my gratitude kot znak (dokaz) moje hvaležnosti
by token, by the same (ali this) token iz istega razloga; nadalje; vrhu tega, razen tega
in token of v znak, v dokaz česa
more by token toliko bolj (več) (as, that ko, ker)
token aid (le) simbolična pomoč
token coin (kovinski) žeton (za vožnjo)
token import uvoz manjše količine blaga kot obveza prihodnjih večjih naročil
token money zasilni denar
token payment delno plačilo kot priznanje dolga
token strike solidarnostna (svarilna, opozorilna) stavka
token vote parlament odobritev denarnega zneska, čigar višina ni obvezna
to give s.o. a ring as a token of love dati komu prstan v dokaz (znak) ljubezni
I'll keep it as a token obdržal si bom to za spomin(ek)
to wear black as a token of mourning nositi črno obleko v znak žalovanja

tolmáčiti to interpret; to comment; to explain; to expound (npr. biblijo)

napačno so (si) tolmačili moje besede my words were misconstrued

tón glasba tone; sound; note; voice; manner of speaking; (barvni) tint, shade of colour

obseg tonov diapason
višina tóna glasba pitch
s posmehljivim tónom (glasom) jeeringly
z jeznim tónom (glasom) in an angry tone
dati tón glasba to give the note
dajati tón za (figurativno) to set the tone of, to set the style
prepovedujem si ta tón (od vas)! I won't have you talk to me in that tone of voice!
spremeniti tón to change one's tone (ali one's tune)
znižati (zvišati) svoj tón to drop (to raise) one's voice

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se

trájen lasting, durable; continual; constant; permanent; stable, enduring, abiding; (rastlina) perennial; (nespremenljiv) unalterable, invariable, unchangeable

trájna barva fast colour
trájna ondulacija permanent wave, pogovorno perm
dati si delati trájno ondulacijo to have one's hair permed

translate [trænsléit] prehodni glagol
prevesti, prevajati; prenesti; tolmačiti, interpretirati
tehnično predelati, spremeniti, pretvoriti; dešifrirati, naprej poslati (telegram)
cerkev premestiti
zastarelo prevzeti, zamakniti
sleng skrpati, zmašiti skupaj kaj iz starega materiala

to translate Cankar into English prevesti Cankarja v angleščino
to translate from the French prevesti iz francoščine
to translate from German into English prevesti iz nemščine v angleščino
to translate from word to word dobesedno prevesti
to translate ideas into actions spremeniti ideje v dejanja
kindly translate! prosim, razložite jasno, kar mislite!
do not translate my hesitation as ill-will ne tolmačite si mojega oklevanja kot neprijaznost
to translate into film adaptirati za film
neprehodni glagol
biti primeren za prevajanje

this books translates well ta knjiga se da lepo prevajati

tread^*2 [tred]

1. neprehodni glagol
stopati, korakati, iti, hoditi; neposredno slediti

2. prehodni glagol
iti po, stopiti (na), gaziti, tlačiti; krčiti, utreti (pot); plesati (ples); pohoditi, pogaziti, zmečkati; naskočiti

to tread on s.th. stopiti na, pohoditi kaj
to tread on s.o's corns (toes) stopiti komu na kurje oko (na prste)
(to seem) to tread on air figurativno plavati na oblakih, biti ves iz sebe od veselja
to tread the stage (the boards) iti med gledališke igralce, nastopiti na odru
do not tread on the grass! ne hodite po travi!
to tread (as) on eggs iti kot po jajcih, figurativno ravnati, postopati oprezno
to tread on s.o.'s he heels biti komu za petami
to tread a hen naskočiti kokoš (o petelinu)
to tread grapes tlačiti grozdje
he will tread in his father's footsteps šel bo po očetovih stopinjah
to tread lightiy nastopati oprezno
to tread on s.o.'s neck figurativno imeti koga v popolni oblasti
to tread a measure plesati
to tread a path utreti si pot
to tread the room stopati po sobi
to tread under foot pogaziti
to tread warily oprezno postopati
to tread water držati se pokonci hodeč v vodi

trébiti to root out, to grub up, to stub up; (drevje) to prune; (gozd) to clear; (zelenjavo) to pick

trébiti si zobe to pick one's teeth

trébuh anatomija belly; abdomen; paunch; zastarelo womb; (ladje) bottom

poln trébuh bellyful
s praznim trébuhom with an empty belly
bolečine v trébuhu bellyache, evfemizem stomachache
velik trébuh (vamp) pot belly, pogovorno corporation
ležeč na trébuhu prone
pristanek na trébuhu aeronavtika belly landing, (žargon) belly flop
pristati na trébuhu aeronavtika to belly-land, to make a belly landing
govoriti iz trébuha to ventriloquize
napolniti si trébuh to fill one's belly

trick¹ [trik] samostalnik
trik, ukana, (vojna) zvijača, lokavščina, izvijanje; spletka; šala, burka, norija; veščina, mojstrstvo; videz, slepilo, iluzija; razvada; posebnost, značilnost; vzetek (pri kartanju)
navtika služba pri krmilu (večinoma 2 uri)

full of tricks poln spletk
the tricks of the trade (posebne) poslovne zvijače
the whole bag of tricks vreča (kup, koš) zvijač
none of your tricks with me! tvoji triki pri meni ne vžgejo!
to be up to a trick or two znajti se, znati si (hitro) pomagati
to be up to s.o.'s tricks spregledati zvijače (trike) kake osebe, biti kos zvijačam kake osebe
I was up to his tricks nisem se mu dal oslepariti, nisem mu nasedel
to do (to turn) the trick sleng doseči cilj; izvesti ukano
he has a trick of frowning ima to razvado, da mršči čelo
he played me a dirty (nasty, mean) trick grdo (podlo) mi jo je zagodel
I know a trick worth two of that poznam še nekaj boljšega kot to
to take up the trick dobiti vzetek (pri kartanju)

trilt [tril]

1. samostalnik
glasba triler, tresenje (glasu); gostolevek
fonetika soglasnik, ki se izgovarja s trilerjem, zlasti r

2. neprehodni glagol
trilirati, izvajati trilerje, gostoleti; tresti (z glasom, zvokom)
prehodni glagol
peti (pesem) s triliranjem, tresenjem glasu
fonetika izgovarjati (npr. soglasnik r) s triliranjem

to trilt to o.s. trilirati si

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

tŕta botanika (vinska) vine; (divja) Virginia creeper

hmeljeva tŕta hop
list vinske tŕte vine leaf, pl leaves
kol(iček) za tŕto vine prop
brajdnik, latnik za vinsko tŕto vine trellis
iz tŕte izviti (figurativno, izmisliti si) to trump up (zgodbo a story)
iz tŕte izvit trumped-up
iz tŕte izvite obdolžitve trumped-up charges pl
to je iz tŕte izvito that's nothing but a fabrication, that's rather farfetched (ali rather a tall story), that is pure imagination

trúd trouble, effort; exertion; pains pl; hard work, labour, toil; endeavour

trúda poln painful, troublesome
s trúdom with an effort
brez trúda without trouble, easily, effortlessly
z velikim trúdom with great difficulty
z lahkim trúdom easily
izgubljen trúd a waste of effort
trúd brez haska wasted effort
ves trúd je zaman pogovorno it's all a waste of time, pesniško it is labour lost
ni mi žal trúda I don't mind hard work, I don't shrink from hard work
hvala za vaš trúd I thank you for the trouble you have taken
z malo trúda with a little trouble, by taking a little trouble
po velikem trúdu sem uspel I succeeded after a great deal of trouble
ni vredno trúda it isn't worth while, it is not worth the trouble
veliko trúda si da(ja)ti to take great trouble
dal si je mnogo trúda, da (bi naredil izpit) he was at great pains to (pass the examination)
nobenega trúda se ne bati, se ne ustrašiti to spare no effort, to grudge no pains
povzročil, dal ti bom veliko trúda I'm going to cause you a lot of trouble
prav nobenega trúda si ne vzeti, dajati to take no trouble at all
ne varčevati s trúdom to spare no effort (ali no pains)
naredil sem to, da bi ti prihranil trúd I did it to save you trouble
biti tepen v zahvalo za svoj trúd to get a thrashing for one's pains
tratiti, zapravljati (svoj) trúd (figurativno) to plough the sand
ni si vzel niti trúda, da bi odgovril he didn't even take the trouble to answer

trump¹ [trəmp]

1. samostalnik
(kartanje) adut (tudi figurativno)
pogovorno dober, plemenit, krasen človek; zvesta (poštena) duša

all his cards are trumps, everything turns up trumps with him njemu se vedno vse posreči, on ima vedno srečo
he holds all the trumps on ima vse adute
to lead off a trump izigrati adut
to play trump figurativno izigrati (svoj) zadnji adut
to put s.o. to his trumps prisiliti koga, da izigra svoje zadnje adute; figurativno spraviti koga v stisko, prisiliti ga, da uporabi svoja zadnja sredstva
to turn up trumps obrniti karto, da se odloči, katera barva bo adut; figurativno, pogovorno izkazati se kot najboljše imeti srečo

2. prehodni glagol
prevzeti z adutom
figurativno prelisičiti, posekati (koga)
neprehodni glagol
izigrati adut, prevzeti z adutom

to trump out izigrati adut
to trump up zastarelo izmisliti si, iz trte izviti

turn² [tə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti
vojska obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi (into v)
šport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati (against proti)
zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti
ekonomija v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati
figurativno lepo formulirati (stavek)
zastarelo speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se
figurativno postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k)
obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož)
zastarelo prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack vojska odbiti napad
to turn the (ali one's) back (up)on hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od
to turn bankrupt priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben
he turned many books in his life figurativno mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju
to turn s.o.'s brain znoriti koga
his brain has turned with overwork zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela
to turn bridle obrniti se, začeti se umikati
to turn bear (bull) ekonomija špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi
to turn into cash spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti
to turn the cat in the pan figurativno stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti
to turn Catholic postati katoličan
to turn the cheek figurativno obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru
to turn one's coat figurativno obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)
he turned his coat izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik
to have an old overcoat turned dati si obrniti star površnik
turned commas narekovaj
to turn colour spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)
to turn a compliment napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)
to turn a street corner zaviti okoli uličnega vogala
to turn the corner figurativno srečno prebroditi krizo
to turn a difficulty izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo
to turn a deaf ear narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati
to turn to a dictionary zateči se k slovarju
to turn to the doctor obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika
to turn the edge of a knife skrhati nož
to turn the edge of a remark napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko
to turn English into Slovene prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino
to turn king's (ameriško state's) evidence pravno postati glavna obremenilna priča
he is just turning 50 pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto
to turn a film snemati film
to turn one's face to the wall obrniti obraz proti steni, figurativno biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti
to turn the enemy's flank obiti sovražnikov bok
to turn s.o.'s tiank figurativno prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati
to turn one's flght northwards usmeriti svoj polet proti severu
to turn ground prekopati zemljo
his hair has turned grey osivel je
to turn one's hand to s.th. lotiti se, oprijeti se česa
she can turn her hand to anything ona je zelo spretna, praktična
not to turn a hand to help s.o. s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali
my head turns vse se mi vrti v glavi
his head turned with the success uspeh mu je stopil v glavo
to turn one's head obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj
to turn s.o.'s head zmešati komu glavo
to turn headsprings šport delati (vrteti) kolesa
to turn head over heels prekucniti se, prekopicniti se
to turn s.o.'s heart figurativno pregovoriti koga
to turn s.th. inside out obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj
the joke was turned against me šala je letela name
the key won't turn ključ se ne mara zavrteti
the leaves are beginning to turn listje začenja spreminjati barve
to turn to the left obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo
to turn loose odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; ameriško streljati, ustreliti
to turn s.o. mad napraviti koga blaznega
you will turn me mad zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas
the milk has turned (sour) mleko se je skisalo
the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) toplo vreme je skisalo mleko
to turn s.th. in one's mind premišljevati kaj
to turn pale postati bled
it turned her pale prebledela je ob tem
to turn an honest penny živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)
to turn s.th. to one's profit obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj
to turn rancid postati žaltav
to turn s.o. to religion spreobrniti koga (k veri)
to turn and rend napasti s sramotenjem
to turn the scale nagniti tehtnico, figurativno odločifi (kaj)
to turn s.o. sick povzročiti komu slabost
she turned sick slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je
to turn a somersault napraviti prekuc, salto
to turn one's steps home kreniti domov
my stomach turns (at) želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi
it turns my stomach ob tem se mi obrača želodec
to turn a table leg stružiti nogo za mizo
to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figurativno obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj
to turn tail obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
the tide has turned nastopila je oseka, figurativno sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)
to turn one's thumb down figurativno odkloniti, ne hoteti
to turn traitor postati izdajalec
to turn turtle navtika, sleng prevrniti se
to turn upon s.th. biti odvisen od česa
to turn everything upside down postaviti vse na glavo
the boat turned upside down čoln se je prevrnil
my umbrella turned inside out dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)
to turn a Latin verse skovati latinski stih
to turn water into wine spremeniti vodo v vino
my coat won't turn water moj plašč ni nepremočljiv
I don't know which way to turn ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figurativno ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to turn a wheel (za)vrteti kolo
the wheel turns kolo se vrti
the wind has turned zapihal je drug veter (tudi figurativno)
the whole world has turned topsy-turvy cel svet je postavljen na glavo
this wood turns well ta les se dobro struži
even a worm will turn figurativno tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden