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rázlog reason; cause; grounds pl, ground, motive

iz rázloga, da... on the grounds that
iz rázloga, ker... because...
iz kateregakoli rázloga for whatever reason
iz tega rázloga for this reason
iz tega ali onega rázloga for some reason or other
prav iz tega rázloga for that very reason
tehten rázlog cogent reason
ni nobenega rázloga za kako spremembo there is no reason (ali motive) for a change
nimaš rázloga za pritoževanje you have no ground(s) for complaint
dati rázlog to give one's reason
navajati kot rázlog to allege as a reason
navesti rázlog to supply a reason
navesti rázloge to show cause (ali ground) (za for)
razjezil se je iz praznega rázloga he got angry without any real reason
ne bomo ga več videli tu, in to iz jasnega rázloga (= vé se zakaj) we shan't see him here again, and for a good reason
to ni zadosten rázlog, da tako ravnaš that is insufficient reason for your behaviour

react [riǽkt] neprehodni glagol
reagirati, vplivati, delovati nasprotno ali nazaj; odgovoriti, reagirati (na); delovati, vplivati vzajemno (upon each other drugo na drugo)
upirati se (against)
kemija reagirati, delovati (on, upon na)
vojska napraviti protinapad, protiofenzivo; vznemiriti se, razdražiti se, razburiti se

how did she react when she heard the news? kako je reagirala (se zadržala), ko je slišala novico?
the plant reacts favourably to transplantation rastlina ugodno reagira na presaditev

reaction [riǽkšən] samostalnik
nasproten pritisk, odpor, nasprotno delovanje (against proti)
reakcija, reagiranje (to na)
vojska protisunek, protinapad, protiudarec
kemija reakcija, delovanje (on na)
elektrika nasprotno delovanje; težnja, tendenca za povratno, retrogradno delovanje, nazadovanje, retrogradni vpliv; odziv organizma na določen dražljaj
figurativno obrat, nagla sprememba, preokret
politika reakcija, nazadnjaštvo, odpor in nasprotovanje družbenemu napredku, težnja po obnovitvi starih, preživelih oblik

reaction in prices nazadovanje cen
principle of action and reaction princip akcije in reakcije
what was her reaction to this news? kako je reagirala (se zadržala) ob tej novici?

read^*2 [ri:d]

1. prehodni glagol
brati, čitati, razbrati; prebrati, prečitati (off, through)
(raz)rešiti, reševati (uganke); preučiti (up)
razlagati, tolmačiti, pojasnjevati; predavati, učiti (s čitanjem), seznaniti koga s pisateljevimi mislimi; napoved(ov)ati, prerokovati; zvedeti, doznati (iz časopisa); študirati; uspavati koga z branjem (into, to sleep)
(o toplomeru) (po)kazati, (za)beležiti

to read s.th. to s.o. čitati komu kaj
to read to oneself čitati zase (skrivaj)
to read s.o. like a book figurativno točno koga spregledati (spoznati, razumeti)
to read a dream razlagati sanje
to read s.o.'s face brati komu na obrazu
to read s.o.'s fortune prerokovati komu prihodnost
to read law študirati pravo
with whom do you read Greek? pri kom študirate grščino?
read the letter to yourself preberite si pismo
he had read himself asleep zaspal je bil pri branju
to read music brati note, igrati po notah
to read a manuscript oceniti, recenzirati rokopis
to read s.o. a lesson ošteti koga, brati komu levite
do you read me? me razumeš?
how do you read this passage? kako razumete ta odstavek?
to read oneself blind (to sleep) oslepeti (zaspati) od branja
to read the riot act dati zadnje svarilo o posledicah slabega vedenja (npr. pri izgredih, demonstracijah pred vojaškim posegom)
to read s.th. into a text hoteti brati v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni
parlament the bill will be read tomorrow for the second time zakonski osnutek bo jutri drugič v razpravi
she likes being read to ona ima rada, da ji kaj berejo
the thermometer reads 30° C in the shade termometer kaže 30° C v senci

2. neprehodni glagol
brati, čitati; dati se brati; glasiti se; zvedeti z branjem, brati (about, of o)
študirati, učiti se, pripravljati se, pripraviti se za izpit (for za)

he is reading for the bar študira za advokaturo
to read between the lines brati med vrsticami
to read for an examination študirati za izpit
to read for a degree pripravljati se za diplomski izpit
to read for honours pripravljati se za rigoroz
the book reads well knjiga se dobro bere
his silence is to read as consent njegov molk je treba razumeti kot privolitev
this ticket reads for Leeds ta vozovnica velja za Leeds
it reads like a novel to se bere kot roman
it reads as follows (to) se glasi takole

reagírati to react (na to); to respond (to)

kako je reagiral, ko je slišal novico? how did he react when he heard the news?, what was his reaction to the news?
rastlina ugodno reagira na presaditev the plant reacts favourably to transplantation
na žalitev je reagiral z udarcem he responded to the insult with a blow
bomo videli, kako bo reagiral we'll see how he takes it

rêči to say; to tell; to utter; (izraziti se) to express in words; (izjaviti) to declare; (kot priča) to depose

rêči "da" to say yes, to agree
rêči "ne" to say no (ali nay), to refuse
zopet, ponovno rêči to repeat
rêči bobu bob to call a spade a spade
rêči zbogom to say (ali to bid) goodbye (ali farewell)
na uho komu rêči to whisper in someone's ear
rêči komu svoje mnenje to give someone a piece of one's mind
rêči enkrat "da", enkrat "ne" to say and unsay
tako rekoč so to speak; as it were; as one might say; so to say
recimo, da... granted that...
recimo, da bi to bilo res... supposing (that) it were true...
kot se reče (ljudje rečejo) as the saying goes
dal mi je, reci in piši, 8 tolarjev he gave me precisely 8 tolars
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done, quick as thought
kratko rečeno... the long and the short of it is...
mimogrede rečeno... by the way, by the by (ali bye)
kot že rečeno as I have said already, as I said before
med nama rečeno between you and me
laže rečeno kot storjeno easier said than done
recimo let us say, say, suppose
reci odkrito! speak up (ali out)!
reci brez okolišenja! don't beat about the bush!
recimo, da je tako admitting that it is so (ali it to be so)
recimo, da je to res, kaj potem? say it were true, what then?
če lahko tako rečemo if one might put it this way
to je lepo rečeno that is nicely put
kaj naj rečem k temu? it is incredible!
ni kaj rêči o njegovi poštenosti his honesty cannot be called in question
nimam več kaj rêči I have nothing more to say
proti temu se ne da nič rêči there is nothing to be said against that
to se samó tako reče that's merely a way of putting it
on si ne da nič rêči he is deaf to all advice, he will not listen to reason
kar on reče, mora biti what he says goes
kako bi se to reklo v angleščini? how would you put that in English?
težko je rêči... it is hard to say...
ne more se rêči kdaj there is no saying when
rekli so mi, da je doma I was told that he was at home
kolikokrat sem to rekel? how often have I said (ali told you) that?
rekel sem svoje I had (ali I've had) my say, (kaj mislim) I spoke my mind
kar sem rekel, nisem oporekel I kept my word, I did not go back on my word
upravičeno lahko to rečem I could well say so
kaj bodo pa ljudje rekli (figurativno) what will people (ali they) say?
to je težavno, ali bolje rečeno, to je nemogoče it is difficult, or rather (ali knjižno nay), it is impossible
to je težavno, da ne rečem nemogoče! it is difficult, not to say impossible!
Je to res? Če ti pa rečem! Is it true? You can take my word for it!
ne vem, kaj hočeš rêči I don't follow you
kaj hočeš rêči s tem? what do you mean by that?
ravno sem hotel to rêči you have taken the words out of my mouth, it was on the tip of my tongue, I was going to say
preden sem sploh mogel kaj reči... before I could get a word out
vse še ni bilo rečeno o tem we haven't yet heard the last of it, we haven't yet got to the bottom of it

red¹ [red] pridevnik (redly prislov)
rdeč; rus; pordečen (with od)
okrvavljen, krvav; rdeče razžarjen ali razbeljen
politika rdeč, komunističen, sovjetski; anarhističen, revolucionaren; marksističen

as red as a rose rdeč kot vrtnica
red admiral (metulj) admiral
Red Army Rdeča armija
a red battle krvava bitka
red cap britanska angleščina vojaški policist, ameriško postrešček, nosač na postaji
red cent bakren novčič
red chalk krvavec (kamen)
red coats sleng vojaki
red deer jelen
red eye ameriško, sleng cenen viski
red eyes with tears od jokanja rdeče oči
red flag rdeča zastava
red flannel sleng jezik
red hat kardinalski klobuk, kardinal(ska čast); britanska angleščina, sleng štabni častnik
red herring prekajen slanik, figurativno nekaj, kar odvrača pozornost od neprijetnega, nevarnega predmeta
red handed krvavih rok, hudodelski, ki je pri hudodelskem dejanju
red light rdeča luč
red light district mestni predel s številnimi javnimi hišami
red meat govedina, bravina
a red radical politika hud, zagrizen radikal
red rag (to a bull) rdeča krpa (ki razdraži bika), figurativno nekaj, kar človeka razdraži
red vengeance krvavo maščevanje
red weed mak
red, white and blue sleng mrzla soljena govedina
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring ne ptič ne miš, nekaj nedoločljivega
to be red with anger biti rdeč od jeze
it is a red rag to him to ga razdraži kot rdeča krpa bika
to draw a red herring across the track (the path) s kako stransko stvarjo odvrniti pozornost od glavne stvari; z veščim manevrom odvrniti pozornost, zabrisati sled
to have red hands imeti krvave roke, zakriviti smrt kake osebe
to make red pordečiti
to paint the town red hrupno veseljačiti, razgrajati, delati kraval po mestu
to see red figurativno pobesneti
to see the red light figurativno videti, spoznati pretečo nevarnost
to turn red postati rdeč, zardeti

remark¹ [rimá:k] samostalnik
opazka, opomba, pripomba; komentar; kritika; upoštevanje

worthy of remark vreden pozornosti (upoštevanja), omembe vreden
to make a remark pripomniti, reči
did he make any remark on it? je imel (on) kako pripombo glede tega?
it did not escape his remark to ni ušlo njegovi pozornosti, ni ostalo pri njem neopaženo

remedy² [rémidi] prehodni glagol
ozdraviti, izlečiti; odpomoči, popraviti, izboljšati; urediti, razjasniti; odstraniti (škodo, pomanjkljivost), odškodovati

to remedy a wrong popraviti krivico
to remedy an ambiguous passage razjasniti nejasen odlomek v knjigi
how can we remedy such evils? kako odpomoči takim zlom?

remind [rimáind] prehodni glagol
spomniti (s.o. of s.th. koga na kaj)
spominjati (of na, that da, how kako)

remind me of my promise spomni(te) me na mojo obljubo!
remind me to post the letter spomni(te) me, da oddam pismo na pošti
he reminds me of my brother on me spominja na mojega brata
this reminds me of home to me spominja na dom

requite [rikwáit] prehodni glagol
plačati, odškodovati (za); nagraditi; vrniti, povrniti, odtehtati; maščevati se

to requite evil with good povrniti slabo z dobrim
to requite like for like vrniti milo za drago
the charms of the travel requite its inconveniences čari potovanja odtehtajo njegove nevšečnosti
how did he requite (me for) my affection? kako mi je on vrnil mojo naklonjenost?

rot¹ [rɔt] samostalnik
gnitje, gniloba, gnilost, nekaj gnilega; trohnenje, razpadanje
šport nepričakovana vrsta neuspehov
sleng neumnost, nesmisel, bedarija, traparija, bedastoča; neprijetnost, nevšečnost; metljavost (ovac)

rot! sleng bedastoča! neumnost!
what tommy rot! je pa to traparija!
dry rot trohnenje (dreves, lesa)
you are talking rot neumnosti kvasiš, trapariš, bedasto govoriš
this is perfect rot to je popoln nesmisel (neumnost)
what rot the train is so early! kako neprijetno, da vlak odhaja tako zgodaj!

sailor [séilə] samostalnik
mornar, pomorščak

a good (bad) sailor oseba, ki dobro (slabo) prenaša vožnjo po morju, ni (je) podvržena morski bolezni
sailor's blessing sleng kletvica
sailor's friend sleng luna
sailor's home dom mornarjev
sailor hat mornarski klobuk, pokrivalo (v otroški in ženski modi)
what kind of a sailor are you? kako prenašate vožnjo po morju?

salt³ [sɔ:lt] prehodni glagol
(po-, za-) soliti; posuti sneg s soljo (da se stopi)
figurativno začiniti (s soljo), popoprati
sleng napačno prikazati, olepšati
trgovina zasoliti (račun)

salted meat nasoljeno meso
to salt an account trgovina navesti zelo visoke cene, zasoliti cene (za kako blago)
to salt the books "pofrizirati" knjigovodske knjige, prikazati večji dobiček, kot je v resnici
to salt a mine figurativno razmetati rudo po najdišču, da je videti bogatejše
to salt away, to salt down nasoliti; sleng odložiti, dati na stran, varčevati; spraviti, shraniti (denar) za rezervo

same [séim]

1. pridevnik
isti, enak, podoben; omenjeni, rečeni
figurativno nespremenjen, enoličen

at the same time istočasno, hkrati
the same pravno, trgovina isti
the same as oni isti, ki
just the same popolnoma, čisto isti
much the same skoraj (da) isti, malone isti
the same thing as ista stvar (isto) kot
the very (just the, exactly the) same thing popolnoma isto, prav isto
which is the same thing kar je isto
by the same token v zvezi s tistim, kar je rečeno
it is all (just) the same to me to mi je vseeno
it is much the same to je v glavnem isto, prilično isto
it's the same old story to je stara zgodba, stara pesem
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
he did it with this same knife to je storil prav s tem nožem

2. zaimek
isti, omenjena oseba

the same isto
same here pogovorno tako gre tudi meni; tako je tudi s tem

3. prislov

the same isto tako, na isti način
all the same vendarle, vseeno
just the same pogovorno prav tako, na isti način
(the) same to you enako (odgovor na kako željo, voščilo)
we left our country the same as you did zapustili smo svojo deželo (domovino) prav tako kot vi

samó only, solely, merely; but, nothing but

ne samó..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
samó in edino simply and solely
samó trenutek, prosim! just a moment, please!
samó on he alone, no one but he, only he
samó počasi, fantje! easy, boys!
samó da... provided (that)...
samó tega ne anything but that
vse, samó ne... everything but, everything except
samó ob torkih only on Tuesdays
samó nekaj minut but a few minutes
samó to pot (tokrat) (for) this once
ne samó on, tudi ti not only he, but you too (ali also)
samó pomislite! just imagine!
samó enkrat sem ga videl I've seen him only once (ali pogovorno only the once)
samó to mislim reči I just want to say this
prijaham, samó da ti povem... I've come here simply to tell you...
gre samó še za tvoj pristanek your consent is all that is wanted
samó sreča nas lahko reši only a stroke of luck can save us
ne samó da je bedast, je tudi prevzeten he is not only stupid, but also proud
rad bi ti pomagal, samó ne vem kako I should like to help you, only I don't see how I can
samó če on ne bi toliko govoril! if only he did not talk so much
samó tole knjigo bom dal na mizo I'll just put this book on the table
samó za minuto se je ustavila, da bi govorila z Janezom she just stopped for a minute to speak to John
povej, kar imaš povedati, samó hitro! say what you have to say, only look sharp about it!
morem ga samó pohvaliti I have nothing but praise for him
samó da ne bi deževalo! let's hope it doesn't rain!
pusti me, da se samó malo odpočijem! just let me rest an instant!, pogovorno just let me get my breath back!

see^*2 [si:]

1. prehodni glagol
videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o)
govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti

2. neprehodni glagol
videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing vreden, da se vidi
I see! razumem!
see?, do you see? razumeš?, razumete?
as far as I can see kakor daleč mi seže oko; figurativno kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju
let me see naj (malo) premislim
to see the back figurativno znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca
to see s.o. to bed spraviti koga v posteljo
I cannot see anybody after five ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri
he saw me on business obiskal me je poslovno
to see death pretrpeti smrt
I must see the doctor moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)
he came to see me prišel me je obiskat
they have seen better days poznali so boljše čase
to see s.o. through a difficulty pomagati komu preko težave
to see eye to eye pogovorno strinjati se v mišljenju (with z)
to see with half an eye sleng jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti
to see s.o. further sleng poslati koga k vragu
go and see him pojdi ga obiskat
to see good smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
I cannot see the joke ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem
we must see the judge moramo govoriti s sodnikom
to see life mnogo izkusiti v življenju, pogovorno veselo živeti
I shall not live to see it tega ne bom doživel
I don't see him kneeling at her feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo
to see the light figurativno spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav
to see the red light figurativno zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti
to see how the land lies odkriti, kakšen je položaj
I don't see what he means ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)
you will not see me shot like a dog? ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?
they see too many people preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo
to see a play ogledati si gledališko igro
to see red sleng pobesneti
to see service pogovorno udeležiti se vojnega pohoda
to see the sights ogledati si znamenitosti
he will never see sixty again figurativno je (že) nad 60 let star
we will see you to the station spremili vas bomo na postajo
to see stars vse zvezde videti (od udarca)
see that the door is locked prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!
see this done! poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!
to see things figurativno imeti privide (halucinacije)
to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figurativno biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"
to see snakes figurativno, sleng biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa
to see one's way videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)
he cannot see a yard before his nose figurativno (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom

set about prehodni glagol
pogovorno napasti, navaliti na (koga); pripraviti (koga) do

to set s.o. about a task pripraviti koga do (nekega) dela
neprehodni glagol
lotiti se (dela), začeti

I don't know how to set about it ne vem, kako naj začnem

shower² [šáuə] samostalnik
ploha, naliv, pljusk; kratkotrajna toča; prha, tuširanje
figurativno obilje, dež, toča (of bullets krogel)
plaz (udarcev, daril, povabil itd.)

in showers na pretek, v veliki množini, kot dež
April shower aprilska ploha
shower party družba, v katero vsak povabljenec prinese kako darilo
to fall in showers liti kot iz škafa
to take a shower (o)prhati se, tuširati se, iti pod prho

since¹ [sins]

1. predlog
od

since Sunday od nedelje
I have been here since 5 o'clock tu sem že od petih
since when...? pogovorno od kdaj...?

2. prislov
odtlej, od takrat, od tedaj ves čas; medtem

ever since (ves čas, vse) od takrat, odtlej
long since od davno, že davno
how long since? kako dolgo že?
a short time since pred kratkim
I have been his friend ever since odtlej sem mu (bil) vedno prijatelj
I have not seen him since od takrat ga nisem več videl
I was there not long since ne dolgo tega sem bil tam
he refused, but has since consented odklonil, a je medtem (že) privolil (pristal)