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povŕšno prislov superficially, desultorily, cursorily, perfunctorily; on the surface only

povŕšno kaj napraviti to dabble (in something), to do something by halves

povšéč(i)

biti povšéč(i) to please
povšéč(i) mi je it pleases me, I am pleased (to with it)
delati, kar je komu povšéč(i) to please oneself, to do what one pleases

povzpéti se to ascend, to climb (up), to mount; to go up; to rise

povzpéti se na na Eiffelov stolp to go up (ali to climb up) to the top of the Eiffel Tower
povzpéti se na konja to mount a horse
povzpéti se na grič to climb a hill
povzpéti se na prestol to ascend the throne
povzpel se je iz navadnega vojaka he rose from the ranks
povzpel se je do polkovnika he rose to be a colonel
visoko povzpéti se to rise to the heights

power¹ [páuə] samostalnik
moč, sila, sposobnost (telesna in duševna)
množina zmožnosti, sposobnosti, dar, talent; vlada, oblast, gospostvo (over nad)
vpliv
pravno polnomočje, pooblastilo
politika moč, sila, oblast (power politics politika sile)
država, velesila (great powers velesile)
vplivna oseba, vplivno mesto; višja sila, božanstvo, duhovi (the powers above višja sila, bogovi)
pogovorno množina, sila česa (a power of people sila ljudi)
matematika potenca (x to the power of three x na tretjo potenco)
fizika sila, energija, zmogljivost
elektrika (jaki) tok
tehnično mehanična, gonilna sila (horse power konjska sila)
optika zmogljivost povečanja leče

within (out of) my power (ni) v moji moči
pogovorno more power to you (ali to your elbow) ! srečno!, mnogo uspeha!
to do all in one's power storiti, kar je komu mogoče
absolute power neomejena oblast
to be in power biti na oblasti, biti na krmilu
to be in s.o.'s power biti v oblasti koga
to come into power priti na oblast
to have s.o. in one's power imeti koga v oblasti
to have (no) power over s.o. (ne) imeti oblast(i) nad kom, (ne) imeti vpliv(a) pri kom
pravno full power, s polnomočje
pravno power of attorney pooblastilo, polnomočje
the powers that be oblast, oblastniki
tehnično mechanical powers stroji
power on z motorjem v teku
power off v prostem teku (motor)
under one's own power z lastno silo (tudi figurativno)
the A.B.C. powers Argentina, Brazilija, Čile

praise² [préiz] prehodni glagol
hvaliti, pohvaliti; slaviti, poveličevati (for)

don't praise the day till it is over ne hvali dneva pred večerom
to praise to the skies hvalo peti, povzdigovati do neba, kovati v zvezde
to praise o.s. on a thing hvaliti se s čim

práti (perilo) to wash, to launder, (lase) to shampoo

da(ja)ti prat (svoje) perilo v pralnico to send one's washing to the laundry
kje si daješ prat perilo? where do you get (ali have) your washing done?
ona pere za nas she does our washing
ona pere (hodi prat) za druge she does other people's washing
to blago se dobro pere this material washes well

práv just, right; (zelo) very

práv zdaj just now
práv rad with (great) pleasure, very (ali most) willingly, gladly
práv! all right!, okay! (krajšava: O.K., OK)
takó je práv that's right, all right
práv dobro quite well
práv takó! just so!, quite!, quite so!
práv nič nothing at all
práv škoda je, da... it is a great pity that...
práv nobenega denarja nimam I have no money whatever
nimamo práv nobenih izkušenj we have no experience whatsoever
ta klobuk mi je práv this hat suits (ali fits) me well
moja ura gre práv my watch goes well (ali keeps good time)
moja ura ne gre práv my watch is going wrong
ravno práv prihajaš you come just in time
práv blizu stanujemo we live quite close by
ne razumeš me práv you do not rightly understand me, you mistake my meaning
ne vem práv, kaj naj naredim I hardly know (ali I am at a loss) what to do
to mi je ravno práv it is just what I want
če vam je to práv if it is convenient for you, pogovorno if it's all right by you
če ti je práv ali ne whether you like it or not
práv ti je; práv se ti je zgodilo (se ti godi) it serves you right; you got what you deserved
práv mu je! serves him right!
imeti práv to be right
imaš práv you are right
práv napraviti, delati to do right, to do what is right
komu práv napraviti to suit, to please someone
vsem ne moreš práv narediti you can't please everybody
to ni práv od tebe you are wrong there
meni je práv I don't mind (ali object), that's all right with me, I agree
vam je práv, če pridete jutri? does it suit you to come to-morrow?
to mi je práv (mi ustreza) that suits me fine
práv priti (koristiti) to come in handy
vse práv pride every little helps
to utegne práv priti it may come in useful
práv tako bi lahko rekli, da... we might just as well say that...
ta vrvica utegne pozneje práv priti this string may come in handy later on
priti ravno práv (kot nalašč) to be most welcome
práv takó likewise
práv nocoj (še nocoj) this very night
práv na začetku at the very beginning

pravíca right; justice; equity; title (do, na, za to), claim (do to)

po pravíci rightly, justly, with (good) reason, in justice, in equity
po pravíci ali po krivici rightly or wrongly
vse pravíce pridržane all rights reserved
osnovne človeške pravíce basic human rights pl
domovinska pravíca right of domicile (ali of citizenship)
glasovalna pravíca right to vote
literarna pravíca copyright
lastninska pravíca right of possession, ownership, proprietorship
splošna volilna pravíca universal suffrage, franchise
aktivna volilna pravíca right to vote, the elective franchise
pasivna volilna pravíca eligibility
pravíca pesti, sile club law
pravíca preiskave right of search
pravíca odpovedi right of notice
pravíce in dolžnosti rights and duties
bežati pred roko pravíce to flee from justice
boriti se za pravíco to fight for justice
pravíci je bilo zadoščeno justice was done
sila je močnejša kot pravíca might makes right, might is (above) right
imeti pravíco do... to have a right to..., to be entitled to...
nimaš pravíce do tega you have no right (ali title) to it
imam pravíco zvedeti vso resnico I have a right to know the full truth
enake pravíce imeti to have equal rights
krojiti pravíco to administer justice
sam si krojiti pravíco to take the law into one's own hands
kratiti komu njegove pravíce to encroach upon someone's rights
da po pravíci povem, po pravíci rečeno to be quite frank; honestly speaing
odreči se svojim pravícam to waive one's rights
pridobiti si pravíco (do) to acquire the right (to)
priti do svoje pravíce to obtain justice
storil sem to z vso pravíco I had a perfect right to do it, I was entitled to do it
uveljaviti svoje pravíce to prove one's rights
s kakšno pravíco vstopate? what right have you to enter
vztrajati pri svojih pravícah, ne odstopiti od svojih pravic to stick up for (ali to hold out for) one's rights
imeti pravíco na svoji strani to be in the right; to have right on one's side

práviti to tell; to say

to se pravi, da... that is to say that...
to se mnogo (nekaj) pravi! that is saying much!
kot se pravi (reče) as the saying goes
no, saj pravim! well, I declare!
kaj pravi (on)? what is he saying?
pravijo they say, one says, people say
nekdo mi je pravil somebody told me, I was told
pravijo, da je bogata she is said to be rich, people say she is rich
kaj se to pravi? what do you mean by that?

právkar just, just now, just this moment

právkar (ravno) nameravati kaj napraviti to be about to do something
právkar prihaja he is coming, pogovorno he's on his way
právkar sem ga videl I have just seen him
knjiga se právkar tiska the book is being printed
knjiga je právkar izšla the book is just out
právkar izšlo (knjiga) just published, just out, pogovorno hot off the press

prebráti to select, to pick out, to sort out; (knjigo) to read (all) over (ali through)

bežno prebráti to skip through
prebráti v presledkih to read in snatches
skrbno prebráti to peruse
prebráti knjigo od začetka do konca to read a book from cover to cover
z muko prebráti knjigo to wade through a book

prečítati to read (something to the end); to read through; to peruse; to read all over; (razvozlati) to decipher, to unravel

prečítati časopis to peruse a newspaper
bežno, na hitro prečítati časopis to skim the daily paper
prečítati knjigo to finish a book
prečítati od začetka do konca to read through from cover to cover
on je mnogo prečital (je zelo načitan) he is widely (ali deeply) read, he has been a great reader, he is a walking (ali living) dictionary

préden before

to moram napraviti, preden se ona vrne I must do it before she comes back

predŕzen bold, daring, presumptuous, audacious; (nesramen) saucy, impudent, pert, insolent, impertinent; pogovorno cheeky

biti predŕzen s kom, do koga to take liberties with someone, pogovorno to get fresh with someone
kar se da predŕzen as bold as brass

preference [préfərəns] samostalnik
preferenca, prednost (above, before, over, to)
posebna nagnjenost, ljubezen (for do)
izbor; izbira
ekonomija, pravno prednost, prednostna pravica, prioriteta (preference as to dividends prednost pri dividendah; preference dividend prednostna dividenda)
ekonomija ugodnost, olajšava; najbolj ugodna tarifa (za neko državo)
ekonomija, pravno prioritetno plačilo (pri stečaju)

by preference prostovoljno, rade volje
of s.o.'s preference po izbiri koga
in preference to raje ko

pregovoríti to persuade

(koga) to talk someone into, to prevail upon someone, pogovorno to get someone to do something
z dobrikanjem koga pregovoríti, da kaj naredi to coax someone into doing something
niso ga mogli pregovoríti he could not be prevailed upon
skušal me je pregovoríti, da bi kupil knjigo he tried to talk me into buying the book
pregovoríti koga, da opusti svoj namen to talk someone out of his purpose
hotel je zapustiti svojo domovino, pa so ga pregovorili he wanted to leave his country, but they talked him out of it

preklíc recall; (pogodbe) cancellation; (žalitve) withdrawal; repeal; (javen) recantation; (naročila) countermand; (odloka) withdrawal; (v časopisu) denial, retraction, démenti; cancellation

do preklíca until cancelled, until recalled
brez preklíca (nepreklicno) without recall
ki se da preklícati recallable, repealable, revocable
uraden preklíc official denial
preklíc odloka (naročil, izjave) withdrawal of a decree (of orders, of a statement)

prelòm break, breaking, breach, rupture; medicina fracture; geologija joint

prelòm obljube zakona pravo breach of promise
kostni prelòm uda fracture of a limb
prišlo je do prelòma med njimi it came to a breakup between them, they eventually broke up

premériti to measure

premériti koga z očmi to measure someone with one's eye
premériti koga od nog do glave to measure someone from top to toe
zaničljivo premériti koga to look someone up and down (ali from top to toe) scornfully
premeril me je od nog do glave he looked me over (ali eyed me, weighed me up) from head to foot

premóčen² (moker) wet through; wet all over

do kože premóčen soaked to the skin
premóčen od dežja soaked, drenched
popolnoma premóčen soaking wet
biti do kosti premóčen to be soaked through
premóčen sem od dežja (znoja) I am drenched with rain (with sweat)
steza je bila premóčena od nedavnih nalivov the path was waterlogged after the recent downpour