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dance¹ [da:ns ameriško dæns] samostalnik
ples, plesanje

to lead s.o. a (nice) dance pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, zagosti jo komu
no longer pipe no longer dance brez denarja ni muzike
St. Vitus dance medicina ples sv. Vida

direct³ [dirékt, dairékt] pridevnik
neposreden, takojšen; odkrit; raven, prem; jasen

direct current istosmerni tok
direct action stavkanje
direct labour delovna moč, ki jo preskrbi naročnik (stavbe)
in direct opposition to ravno nasprotno od
direct taxes neposredni davki

do^*1 [du:]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati
sleng varati
gledališče igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti
domačno pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovati

to do battle bojevati se
to do better poboljšati se
to do one's best na vso moč se truditi
to do s.o.'s bidding izpolniti ukaz koga
to do one's bit storiti svojo dolžnost
to do brown oslepariti
to do business trgovati
to do credit biti v čast
to do one's damnedest na vso moč se truditi
I have done my best potrudil sem se, kar se da
to do a drink piti
to do a favour izkazati ljubeznivost
to do good prijati, dobro (komu) storiti
to do a guy popihati jo, zbežati
to do one's hair počesati se
to do harm škodovati
to do one's heart good prijati komu
to do the heavy ošabno se vesti
to do the honours poskrbeti za goste
to do s.o. an ill turn zagosti jo komu
to do s.o. injustice storiti komu krivico
to do justice odkrito priznati; pogovorno s slastjo pojesti
how do you do dober dan, pozdravljeni
to do like for like vrniti milo za drago
to do the messages iti po opravkih
to do a mean thing podlo ravnati
to make do prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvi
pogovorno nothing doing s tem ne bo nič
to do a part imeti vlogo
to do pictures iti v kino
to do a place ogledati si kak kraj
to do s.th. on the Q. T. delati kaj na skrivaj
to do sums reševati (računske) naloge, delati račune
pogovorno to do the talking imeti glavno besedo
to do things by halves delati stvari na pol
sleng to do time sedeti v ječi
to do s.o. a good turn narediti komu uslugo
to do the trick doseči namen
to do o.s. well privoščiti si
to do well dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutiti
well-to-do premožen, bogat
to do a room pospraviti sobo
do well and have well kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi
that will do to zadostuje
that won't do to ne gre, to ni dovolj
one must do at Rome as the Romans do kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tuliti
it was do or die with him šlo mu je za življenje ali smrt
what can I do for you? s čim vam lahko postrežem?

dobríkanje flattery; coaxing; wheedling

z dobríkanjem so jo pripravili do tega she has been cajoled (ali pogovorno conned) into it
z dobríkanjem je to dobil he got it with his sweet talk (ali pogovorno blarney, flannel, soft soap)
z dobríkanjem koga pripraviti, da nekaj naredi to coax someone into doing something

duck² [dʌk] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
počeniti, počepati; hitro glavo skloniti, ukloniti se; potapljati, potopiti (se); race loviti
pogovorno prikloniti se

sleng to duck out popihati jo
to duck under popustiti

feather¹ [féðə] samostalnik
pero, perje; čopek; pena na morskem valu; vrsta; razpoloženje

birds of a feather flock together enak se druži z enakim, ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo
to be in full feather imeti dosti denarja
a feather in one's cap hvalevredna odlika
to crop s.o.'s feathers pristriči komu krila, ponižati ga
in grand feather v svečani obleki, našemljen; odličnega zdravja
in high feather dobre volje; dobrega zdravja
to knock down with a feather močno presenetiti
ameriško, sleng feather merchant zmuzne; vojska, sleng civilist
fur and feather zveri in ptice
to ruffle s.o.'s feathers dražiti koga
to show the white feather popihati jo; biti strahopeten
to smooth s.o.'s ruffled feathers pomiriti koga
a broken feather in one's wing napaka v značaju
the vessel cuts a feather ladja pluje s polno paro

flight² [flait] samostalnik
pobeg, nagel umik

to betake o.s. to flight, to take (to) flight pobrisati jo, zbežati
flight of capital beg kapitala
to put (ali turn) to flight spoditi

gain¹ [gein]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti, zaslužiti; pridobiti, zmagati, zavzeti, doseči

2. neprehodni glagol
izboljšati se, pridobivati pri vrednosti; (ura) prehitevati

to gain the day zmagati
to gain one's end doseči cilj
to gain one's feet pobrisati jo
to gain s.o.'s ear biti uslišan
to gain the upper hand zmagati
to gain strength okrepiti, ojačiti se
to gain by force izsiliti

get-away [gétəwéi] samostalnik
sleng pobeg

to make one's get-away izmuzniti se, zbežati, uiti, popihati jo

get off neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
izstopiti; odpotovati; izogniti se; sprijazniti se; zadremati, zaspati
pogovorno zaročiti se; odleteti (letalo)
sleng motiti se

get off cheaply poceni jo odnesti
get off one's chest priznati, olajšati si srce
get off one's head zgubiti glavo; olajšati si srce
get off the rails iztiriti
pogovorno get off with navezati ljubezenske stike; izvleči se
to get o.s. off oditi

glás (zvok) voice, sound, noise; (novica, vest) news, tidings pl, message; (sloves) fame, reputation, repute, renown; (pri volitvah) vote; (volilna pravica) franchise, suffrage, right to vote

na ves glás at the top of one's voice
s preroškim glásom with the voice of a prophet, in a prophetic voice
glás ljudstva public opinion, vox populi
glás vesti the voice of conscience, pesniško the still (ali small) voice
glás vpijočega v puščavi the voice of one crying in the wilderness
glásovi za in proti the ayes and the noes
s 400 glásovi proti 0 by 400 votes to nil
dober glás (sloves) reputation, good fame, repute, renown
na dobrem glásu well reputed, reputable
slab glás (sloves) ill repute, bad name, bad reputation, notoriety
na slabem glásu in bad odour, regarded unfavourably, notorious
nabiranje glásov pred volitvami canvassing
odločilni glás casting vote
srebrni glás zvona the silver voice of the bell
svetovnega glásu world-famous
socialistični glási (pri volitvah) the Socialist vote
večina 50 glásov a majority of 50 votes
višina glásu pitch
biti na dobrem glásu to be well regarded, to have a good reputation
dati svoj (volilni) glás za to vote for
dal vam bom svoj glás I will give you my vote
predlog je dobil malo glásov the proposal was poorly supported
dobiti večino glásov to win a majority, to top the poll
govoriti na glás to speak in a loud voice
ni na najboljšem glásu he has a rather poor reputation
dobil, dosegel je večino 30 glásov he gained a majority of 30 votes
ona ima lep glás she has a fine voice
nimam glásu (vesti) od njega I have not heard from him
imeti posvetovalen glás to have a consultative voice; to have a merely advisory capacity
poslušati glás prijatelja to listen to the voice of a friend
prešteti (volilne) glásove to count the votes
povzdigniti svoj glás to raise one's voice; to make oneself heard
pridobiti si dober glás to earn (ali to win) a good reputation
spoznal sem jo po glásu I knew her by her voice
slišijo se glásovi, da..., glás gre, da... it is rumoured that...
biti poražen z 10 glásovi proti 8 (z 10 proti 0) to be defeated by 10 votes to 8 (by 10 votes to nil)
ubogati glás svojega vodje to obey the orders of one's leader
njegov glás je utonil v hrušču his voice was drowned by the noise
uživati dober glás to enjoy a first-rate (ali a good) reputation
zakričati, zavpiti na ves glás to shout at the top of one's voice

goose¹ množina geese [gu:s, gi:s] samostalnik
gos, goska; gosje meso
figurativno neumnež, -nica

to cook s.o.'s goose uničiti, odstraniti koga
to get the goose biti izžvižgan
green goose mlada goska
it's gone goose with him zgubljen je
to kill the goose that lays golden eggs s pohlepom in skopostjo si uničiti vir dohodkov, zaklati kravo, ki jo molzemo
he would not say "bo" to a goose nikomur ne bi skrivil lasu
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugega
fox and geese vrsta družabne igre
all his geese are swans vedno pretirava

grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...

guy⁴ [gai] samostalnik
sleng pobeg

to do a guy izginiti
sleng to give the guy to odkuriti jo

hit^*2 [hit]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, poriniti, zadeti
figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči (at po)
slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
zadeti (against na)
ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
ameriško to hit the books guliti se
pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
hit hard! močno udari!
to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
to hit oil najti nafto
prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti

hit-and-run [hítəndrʌ́n] pridevnik
ki pobegne po nesreči (voznik)

hit-and-run accident nesreča, ki jo povzroči pobegli voznik
hit-and-run driver po nesreči pobegli voznik

home² [hóum] prislov
doma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točno

to bring home the bacon zmagati
to bring a crime home to s.o. dokazati komu zločin
to bring s.th. home to s.o. prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komu
figurativno to come home to ganiti, občutiti, priti do srca
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubi
till the cows come home celo večnost
to drive a nail home zadeti
to drive s.th. home to s.o. prigovarjati, prepričevati koga
to get home uspeti zmagati
to hit (ali strike) home v živo zadeti, pravo zadeti
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
the thrust went home udarec je zadel v črno
nothing to write home about nič posebnega

hook² [huk]

1. prehodni glagol
kriviti, ukriviti; zakavljati, obesiti na kavelj; zapeti (in v, on, up na)
uloviti na trnek (tudi figurativno)
sleng ukrasti
šport udariti od strani (boks); udariti kroglo v levo (golf); nabosti na rogove

2. neprehodni glagol
(u)kriviti se, viseti na kavlju; pustiti se zapeti; čvrsto se oprijeti (to česa, koga)

sleng to hook it pobrisati jo

hot² [hɔt] prislov
vroče, silno, močno

to blow hot and cold obračati se po vetru
to get it hot pošteno jo izkupiti
to give it s.o. hot strogo koga kaznovati ali ozmerjati
hot on the heels tesno za petami
the sun shines hot sonce pripeka

hotfoot [hɔ́tfut]

1. prislov
na vrat na nos, naglo

2. neprehodni glagol

ameriško to hotfoot it pobrisati jo