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turn up prehodni glagol
obrniti navzgor, dvigniti (kvišku); zavihati (navzgor); prekopati, izkopati, prinesti na dan; najti besedo v slovarju; odkriti (karte); močneje odviti (pipo, plin, radio)
sleng opustiti, zapustiti, na klin obesiti (posel, službo)
pogovorno izzvati gnus, stud, slabost
navtika poklicati (moštvo) na krov
neprehodni glagol
obrniti se, zavihati se navzgor; (nenadoma) priti, pojaviti se, priti na dan; dogoditi se, primeriti se, nastopiti, vmes priti; nastati, izkazati se za

they turned up a buried treasure (a skeleton) in that field Nna oni njivi so izkopali zakopan zaklad (okostnjak)
to turn up one's sleeves zavihati si rokave
to turn up one's nose at s.th. figurativno (za)vihati nos nad čim, namrdniti se ob čem
his nose turned up at my suggestion nos se mu je zavihal ob mojem predlogu
the sight of it turns me up pogled na to mi zbudi gnus
the smell nearly turn uped me up zaradi smradu sem začel skoraj bruhati
he always turns up when nobody expects it vedno se pojavi, kadar tega nikdo ne pričakuje
at what time did he turn up? obklej se je prikazal (pojavil, prišel)?
to turn up like a bad penny (o osebi); figurativno neprestano se pojavljati, prihajati na površje
to turn up one's toes figurativno umreti
to wait for s.th. to turn up čakati (na to), da se nekaj zgodi

twist¹ [twist] samostalnik
ukrivljenje, upogib, pregib
figurativno izkrivljenje, popačenje; torzija; izvin, deformacija; zavoj, vijuga, ovinek
tehnično spirala, spiralasto pletivo, tkanina; sukanec; klobčič; vozel; vrvica, vrv, konopec; zvitek, smotek tobaka (za žvečenje); obšiv, obšitek na kapi (uniformi, narodni noši)
britanska angleščina, sleng, zastarelo mešana pijača
sleng tek, glad
šport kretnja, gib v stran; nagnjenje, čudna ljubezen (to do)
tvist (ples)
ameriško, sleng moralno propadla ženska

in a twist of the wrist v hipu
twist of the tongue jecljanje, jecljavost
there is a queer twist in that branch ona veja je čudno skrivenčena
there are a lot of twists in the road cesta je polna ovinkov
he has an awful twist pogovorno on ima strašen apetit
to give one's arm a twist zviti si roko

twist² [twist] prehodni glagol
obračati, vrteti, sukati; plesti (vrv, konopec); sukati (sukanec), zapredati (svilo); (v)plesti, izplesti (v venec); povezati (into v)
ožemati (perilo)
figurativno zaplesti; ovi(ja)ti (round okoli)
zviti (gleženj); skremžiti (obraz), spačiti, popačiti, izkriviti (tudi figurativno)
figurativno mučiti, zbegati, zmesti; spremeniti
neprehodni glagol
obračati se vrteti se (žoga), sukati se; viti se, vijugati se (reka); skremžiti se, spačiti se (obraz); zaplesti se; zviti se; prebiti se, preriniti se (through skozi)
figurativno izmotavati se, izmikati se, biti neiskren

to twist an account izkriviti, popačiti poročilo
he twisted his face nakremžil je obraz
to twist one's ankle zviti si gleženj
to twist s.o. round one's (little) finger figurativno oviti koga okoli mezinca, imeti koga na vrvici
to twist one's words izkriviti, obračati besede
don't twist like that ne izmikaj se tako
to twist one's way (to twist) through the crowd zriniti se skozi množico
to twist o.s. into priplaziti se v, prikrasti se v
to twist off izviti; iztrgati
to twist up (spiralasto) zvi(ja)ti, motati, sukati, plesti; zviti se (v spiralo)

ubíjati to kill, to murder; to slaughter, to slay; to massacre

ubíjati si glavo (figurativno) to worry oneself sick (z about)
ubíjati se (garati) to drudge, to toil, to work very hard
ubíjati se z delom to work oneself to death; žargon to work one's guts out

udóben comfortable; cosy, snug; žargon comfy

precéj udóben snuggish
napraviti si udóbno to take one's ease
napraviti si udóbno! make yourself comfortable!
zelo udóbno (= v blagostanju) (as) snug as a bug in a rug

uganíti to guess; to make a guess; to unriddle; to find out; (razrešiti) to solve

ki se lahko ugane guessable
uganíti uganko to solve a riddle
prav (napak) si uganil you have guessed right (wrong)

ugasíti to extinguish; (luč) to put out; to quench; to slake

ugasíti ogenj to put out a fire
ugasíti si žejo to quench one's thirst, to slake one's thirst

uhó ear; (šivanke) eye (of a needle); (košare, posode) handle

srednje uhó middle ear
zunanje uhó auricle
ostro uhó keen ear, quick ear
oslovsko uhó (v knjigi) dog-ear
napraviti oslovsko uhó (v listu, knjigi) to dog-ear (a page, a book)
bolečina v ušesu earache
vnetje ušesa otitis
vnetje srednjega ušesa inflammation of the middle ear
ušesa me bolé I have (ali pogovorno I've got) earache
krik, ki gre skozi ušesa an earsplitting, earpiercing scream
šumenje v ušesih buzzing in the ears
ščitnik za uhó earflap, ZDA earmuff
zrcalo za uhó medicina auriscope, otoscope
biti gluh na levo uhó to be deaf in the left ear
do ušes je zadolžen he is up to his ears in debt, he is over head and ears in debt
biti do ušes zaljubljen to be head over heels in love
imeti ostro uhó (figurativno) to have a quick (ali a sharp) ear, to have excellent hearing
pocukati, povleči koga za uhó to tweak, to pull someone's ear
napeti ušesa to prick up one's ears, to be all ears
naleteti na gluha ušesa to find deaf ears
nekaj bi ti rad povedal na uhó I'd like a word in your ear
prišlo mi je na uhó it came to my hearing
naviti komu ušesa to tweak someone's ears
pridigati gluhim ušesom (figurativno) to fall on deaf ears
(za)mašiti si ušesa to stop up one's ears
poslušati le z enim ušesom to listen with only half an ear
konj striže z ušesi the horse twitches his ears
vleči na ušesa to listen attentively, to prick up one's ears
za ušesa privleči (kako zadevo) (figurativno) to drag in a matter by the ears
v (levem, desnem) ušesu mi zveni my (left, right) ear is ringing (ali is burning)
pri enem ušesu noter, pri drugem pa ven (figurativno) (it goes) in (at) one ear and out (at) the other
v ušesih mi je zvenelo (= morali so govoriti o meni) my ears were burning
stene imajo ušesa walls have ears
v uhó me piši! (žargon) go and fly a kite!

umázati to dirty, to soil; to sully

ne bi si hotel umázati rok s tem I would not soil my hands with it
umázati se to dirty, to soil
to blago se hitro umaže this fabric soils easily

umíti umívati to wash; pesniško to lave; (rano) to bathe

umíti, umívati si glavo (lase) to shampoo, to have a shampoo, to wash one's hair
umíti, umívati si roke to wash one's hands
umíti, umívati se to wash (oneself), to have a wash, to do (ali to perform) one's ablution
umíti, umívati si roké nad čim (figurativno) to wash one's hands of something (nad to zadevo of this affair)
roka roko umiva (figurativno) one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

unbend^* [ʌnbénd] prehodni glagol
popustiti, zrahljati
navtika odvezati vrv (s sidra, z boje), odvezati jadra
figurativno odpočiti
neprehodni glagol
popustiti (napetost), zrahljati se; postati ljubezniv(prijazen, zaupljiv, naraven, neprisiljen)

his brow unbent obraz se mu je razjasnil
to unbend the mind from study odpočiti si od študija

unconcerned [ʌnkənsə́:nd] pridevnik (unconcernedly prislov)
brezbrižen, nevznemirjen (about zaradi)
ravnodušen, indiferenten (with do, za)
neprizadet; nevpleten (in v)
neudeležen; nezainteresiran (with za)
nepristranski

to be unconcerned about the future ne si delati skrbi s prihodnostjo

undermine [ʌndəmáin] prehodni glagol
(pod)minirati; spodkopati (voda), izdolbsti
figurativno spodkopati, oslabiti, uničiti

to undermine one's health spodkopati, uničiti si zdravje

understand^* [ʌndəstǽnd]

1. prehodni glagol
razumeti, umeti, pojmiti; razumeti se, spoznati se (how to nedoločnik kako...)
uvideti, spoznati, izkusiti; smatrati, misliti, predpostaviti, podrazumeti

2. neprehodni glagol
razumeti, imeti razum; biti informiran
zastarelo zvedeti, slišati

to understand about s.th. biti informiran o čem
to understand one another (each other) razumeti se med seboj (eden drugega), zlágati se, harmonirati
to understand business razumeti se na posle
he understands horses razume se, spozna se na konje
he can't understand a joke on ne razume šale
I understand from his manner vidim po njegovem vedenju
I understand he died last week zvedel sem (slišal sem, slišim), da je umrl pretekli teden
I understand that you spread these rumours slišim (slišal sem, pravijo), da vi širite te govorice
am I to understand that this sum is meant to cover all expenses? naj razumem (naj to pomeni), da naj ta vsota krije vse stroške?
do I (ali am I to) understand that you refuse? hočete s tem reči, da odklanjate?
it is an understood thing that... samo po sebi se razume, da...
that is understood to se razume samo po sebi
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to make s.o. understand dati komu razumeti; razložiti komu
to make o.s. understood in French sporazume(va)ti se v francoščini, znati toliko francosko, da se sporazumemo (s kom)
it must be clearly understood that if you go, you go alone moramo si biti čisto na jasnem, da, če greste, greste sami
what did you understand him to say? kako ste razumeli njegove besede?

unturned [ʌntə́:nd] pridevnik
neobrnjen; neostružen

to leave no stone unturned figurativno vse poskusiti (da...), vse sile napeti, uporabiti vsa sredstva, na vse načine si prizadevati

up² [ʌp] pridevnik
ki gre (vozi) gor; ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu; višji; s tendenco navzgor; pokonci; vzšel (sonce); narasel (reka); živeč v notranjosti (dežele)
pogovorno razburjen; končan; enak(ovreden)

the up coach kočija, ki vozi navkreber
up line železnica proga, ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu
up platform peron za vlake v mesto
up stroke tanka črta pri (pisanih) črkah
the up train vlak, ki vozi proti (glavnemu) mestu, v London
1 d up povišana (cena) za 1 peni
up and doing before day pogovorno že pred dnevom na nogah
already up and about pogovorno že (zopet) na nogah
to be up late dolgo čuti, bedeti
to be high up in school biti med najboljšimi v šoli
he is up in this subject v tem predmetu je on na višini, je dobro podkovan
to be up with the lark figurativno zelo zgodaj vsta(ja)ti
to be up against a hard job pogovorno stati pred težko nalogo
to be up against opposition naleteti na odpor
to be (had) up for pogovorno biti pozvan pred sodnika zaradi
to be one up šport biti za točko boljši
up for pripravljen za
to be up for election biti na volilni listi
to be up biti na čelu
to be up in years biti že v letih
to be up for examination opravljati (delati) izpit
to be up for sale biti naprodaj
to be up for trial biti (stati) pred sodiščem; obravnavati se
the fire is up ogenj plamti, plapola
the game is 10 points up igra se do 10 točk
the game is up igre je konec (tudi figurativno)
he is still up with his competitors še vedno je dorasel svojim tekmecem
how are you up for cash? pogovorno kako si (kaj) pri denarju?
the hunt is up lov je odprt
it's all up (ali sleng U.P.) with him z njim je konec
his temper is up razburjen je
the storm is up navtika vihar besni
Parliament is up parlament je končal zasedanje
time is up čas je potekel
there's much money up on this game pri tej igri gre za velike vsote
what's up? pogovorno kaj pa je?, kaj se je zgodilo?
prices are up cene se dvigajo
school is up pouk se je končal
I was up at six bil sem pokonci ob šestih

up³ [ʌp] prislov

1.
gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazaj

up from the grounds figurativno od temeljev
up till now doslej
from my youth up od moje mladosti naprej
up with the Democrates! živeli demokrati!
hands up! roke kvišku!
you can sail up as far as Sisak lahko se peljete z ladjo do Siska po reki navzgor
he looked for it up and down po vseh kotih in oglih je iskal to
this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije

2.
bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo)
figurativno više, na višjo stopnjo

up and up više in više, vedno više
come up! pridi bliže!
speak up! govori(te) glasneje!
he came up and asked me the way približal se mi je in me vprašal
to move up in the world povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)
I think of running up North mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever

3.
v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.

to grow up (od)rasti
hurry up! pohiti!, brž!
the nation is up in arms narod se je uprl z orožjem
my blood was up kri mi je zavrela
the cider is up very much jabolčnik se zelo peni
shares (prices) are up delnice (cene) se dvigajo

4.
popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupaj

to burn up zgoreti
to eat up all the cherries pojesti vse češnje
to drink up izpiti, popiti
to follow up a success do kraja izkoristiti uspeh
to bind up skupaj povezati
to lock up the house zakleniti vsa hišna vrata
to tear up a piece of paper raztrgati kos papirja na koščke
the street was up ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana

5.
zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogah

high up in the air visoko v zraku
I live two storeys up stanujem v 2. nadstropju
to be early up biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajati
the Prime Minister is up ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedo
to stand up stati pokonci
to sit up sedeti v postelji

6.
v mestu, na univerzi, v šoli

up in London v Londonu
up to town v London
up for a week teden dni v mestu (v Londonu)
the undergraduates come up next week študentje se vrnejo (na univerzo) prihodnji teden
to stay up for the vacation ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice

7. up to
a) (vse) do; proti, prek

up to now doslej
I had mud up to the knees blato mi je segalo do kolen
he was all right up to yesterday bil je čisto zdrav do včeraj
to be up to date biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)
I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it plačal bom do 1000 din za to
b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustrezno

up to the door (ali knocker) sleng izvrstno, prima
up to par figurativno "na višini"
not up to expectations neustrezno pričakovanjem
not yet up to the ropes figurativno še neuveden, ki se še ne spozna
up to sample po (ustrezno) vzorcu
his book is not up to much njegova knjiga ni kaj prida vredna
to live up to one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom
your work is not up to your usual standard tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežeš
to be up to s.th. nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kaj
what are you up to? kaj nameravaš?
it is up to you (to decide) vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitev
to be up to a thing or two figurativno biti prebrisan
to feel up to s.th. čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kaj
to get up to s.o. držati korak s kom
to be up to the mark figurativno biti na višini
to be up to snuff sleng biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)
I am up to your little game dobro vem, kaj spletkariš
what has he been up to? kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?
you have been up to some trick again! si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!
I am not up to travelling nisem sposoben za potovanje
it is up to you to prove it vi morate to dokazati

8.
pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)

I was up to A. A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor)

9.

up with na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti z
to come up with s.o. dohiteti koga
to keep up with držati korak s
up with you! vstani!, pridi gor!
up against proti
up into gori v, gor
up on više (od, kot)
up till vse do

upset^*1 [ʌpsét]

1. prehodni glagol
prevrniti, prekucniti (čoln), na glavo postaviti; vreči na tla (nasprotnika)
figurativno zmesti, zbegati, vznemiriti, razburiti; preprečiti (načrte); pokvariti (želodec; namero, veselje); krčiti (kovino s kovanjem)

to upset the Government vreči vlado
to upset s.o.'s plans prekrižati, preprečiti komu načrte
the food has upset me jed mi ni dobro dela
I have eaten s.th. that upset my stomach želodec sem si pokvaril s tem, kar sem jedel
that upsets me ves sem iz sebe zaradi tega
the news upset the whole family novica je razburila vso družino
neprehodni glagol
prevrniti se, prekucniti se

2. pridevnik
prevrnjen, prekucnjen; zmeden, zbegan, razburjen; pokvarjen (želodec)

uredíti to put in order, to settle; to regulate; to arrange; to dispose; to organize; to tidy, to make tidy

uredíti enkrat za vselej to dispose of once and for all
uredíti stvar to settle a matter
uredíti spor to settle a quarrel
uredíti si lase to tidy one's hair
uredíti si življenje to arrange one's life
uredíti sobo to tidy up a room
uredíti se to tidy oneself
stvari se bodo kmalu uredile things will soon settle down

urge² [ə:dž] prehodni glagol
nagnati, naganjati, tirati; tiščati, pritiskati; siliti, nagovarjati, rotiti, urgirati; spodbosti; iznesti, predložiti (against proti)
(npr. argumente), predočiti, navesti (kot vzrok); posebno naglasiti, poudariti; priporočiti, opomniti; pospešiti (tempo, delo)
neprehodni glagol
siliti, rotiti, trdovratno vztrajati (on pri)

to urge a horse forward priganjati konja
to urge the abolition of slavery z vso silo se zavzemati za odpravo sužnosti
to urge necessity of immediate action poudarjati potrebo takojšnje akcije
to urge one's way utreti si pot
I urged him to aceept the offer silil sem ga, naj sprejme ponudbo
I urged him not to undertake the business rotil sem ga, naj se ne loti tega posla
he urged his inexperience izgovarjal se je s svojo neizkušenostjo
he urged his men on priganjal je svoje može naprej
his officers urged an immediate retreat njegovi častniki so svetovali takojšen umik
the officer urged the need for haste častnik je izrecno (krepko) opominjal k naglici