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come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

current¹ [kʌ́rənt] samostalnik
tok, potek; prepih; tendenca

to breast the current obrniti se proti toku (vetru)
direct current istosmerni tok
alternating current izmenični tok
current transformer tokovni transformator

go to neprehodni glagol
iti k, kam; pripasti

arhaično go to! beži!, izgini!
go to the country obrniti se na ljudstvo; razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve
go to it tvegati, lotiti se, poskusiti
go to the world poročiti se
go to the dogs propasti, v revščino zabresti
go to expense nakopati si stroške
go to law začeti pravdo
go to a lot of trouble močno si prizadevati
go to war začeti vojno, vojskovati se
go to waste propasti
go to wrack and ruin propasti, konec vzeti, na nič priti
go to stool iti na stran
go to the wall biti ugnan v kozji rog

hear^* [híə]

1. prehodni glagol
slišati, poslušati
pravno zaslišati, razpravljati, pretresati; uslišati; zvedeti (from od, of o)

2. neprehodni glagol
slišati, dobiti vesti (about o)
slišati (from od)

hear, hear! da slišimo!; ironično glej!, glej!
pravno to hear evidence zaslišati priče
to hear say slišati govoriti
I've heard tell of pripovedovali so mi, povedali so mi
you will hear of it to si boš še zapomnil
he will not hear of it o tem neče nič slišati
let me hear from you piši mi
to make o.s. heard obrniti pozornost nase
so I (have) heard to sem slišal
to hear s.o. out do konca koga poslušati, pustiti koga govoriti do konca

heaven [hevn] samostalnik
nebesa
množina nebesni svod, nebo, nébes; cona; podnebje
figurativno raj, blaženstvo

Heaven bog
by heaven; ali good heavens! sveta nebesa!
the Heaven of heavens deveta nebesa
heaven and earth v nebesih in na zemlji
to move heaven and earth vse napraviti, vsak kamen obrniti
in the seventh heaven v devetih nebesih, blažen
for heaven's sake za božjo voljo
figurativno, pogovorno to heaven, to high nezaslišano, smrdi do neba
heaven forbid bog ne zadeni
it is Heaven's will božja volja je
thank heaven hvala bogu
would to heaven da bog da
what in heaven? kaj za boga?
it was heaven bilo je božansko

hrbét back

za mojim hrbétom behind my back
za hrbétom (figurativno) in the rear
hrbét roke (stola) back of a hand (of a chair)
hrbét knjige spine of a book
cestni hrbét camber
gorski hrbét ridge, spine, arête
imeti koga na hrbétu (figurativno) to have someone on one's back
imeti sovražnika za hrbétom to have the enemy in the rear
volkovi so mu bili za hrbétom the wolves were at his back
ležati na hrbétu to lie on one's back, to lie supine
naložiti komu breme na hrbét to lay a burden on someone's back
obrniti se na hrbét to turn over on one's back
obrniti komu hrbét (figurativno) to turn one's back on someone, to give someone the cold shoulder, to cut someone
pasti na hrbét to fall on one's back
pisati na hrbét lista, dopisnice to write on the back (ali on the other side) of a leaf, of a postcard
obrekovati, opravljati koga za hrbétom to backbite
pokazati hrbét (zbežati) to turn tail; to run away (sovražniku from the enemy)
storil je to za mojim hrbétom he did it behind my back
(u)kriviti, upogniti hrbét (od starosti) to stoop (from old age), figurativno (klečeplaziti) to cringe, to fawn
zasaditi komu meč v hrbét to stab someone in the back
zavarovati si hrbét vojska to secure one's rear
bogu za hrbétom figurativno (daleč od sveta) at the back of beyond

informácija (a piece of) information

informácije pl information; pravo investigation, inquiry
napačna informácija, napačne informácije misinformation
okence za informácije information desk, "enquiries"
dajati informácije to give information
dati napačne informácije to feed someone with false information
nimamo informácij o we have no information as to
nimam nobenih informácij, ali je odšel ali ne I have no information as to whether or not he has left
po mojih informácijah according to my information
za nadaljnje informácije se obrniti na for further information apply to (tajnika the secretary)
dobiti koristno informácijo to acquire useful information
dodatne informácije additional information
uskladiščenje informácij information storage

inside³ [ínsáid] samostalnik
notranjost, notranja stran, notranji del
figurativno bistvo, srž
pogovorno notranjščina, želodec, drob
pogovorno potnik v poštni kočiji
pogovorno sredina
ameriško, sleng zaupno obvestilo
matematika ploščina

from the inside od znotraj
inside out notranja stran navzven, obrnjen
to turn s.th. inside out narobe obrniti, postaviti na glavo
to know s.th. inside out znati kaj na pamet, dobro kaj poznati
ameriško, sleng on the inside poučen o čem, (so)udeležen
to look into the inside of s.th. natančno kaj preiskati
the inside of a week sredina tedna

iron² [áiən] samostalnik
železo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna
množina okovi
poetično meč, orožje
množina, medicina železna opora za nogo

cast iron lito železo
pig iron surovo železo
sheet iron pločevina
scrap iron staro železo
wrought iron kovno železo
sleng shooting iron revolver
navtika in(to) irons v vetru, ki se ne da obrniti
a will of iron železna volja
a man of iron človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človek
a heart of iron trdo srce
the iron entered into his soul strlo ga je (bolečina)
to put in irons vkovati v železje
to have too many irons in the fire imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkrati
he is made of iron je trdnega zdravja
to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand) vladati z železno roko
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo dokler je vroče

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

jávnost public

v jávnosti, za jávnost publicly
pred jávnostjo before the public
stik z jávnostjo public relations pl
obrniti se na jávnost to appeal to the public
izključiti jávnost pravo to exclude the public
jávnost se ne pusti prevarati s takimi obljubami the public is not (ali are not) to be deceived by such promises
prinesti v jávnost to bring before the public
priti v jávnost to become known
zasedati ob izključitvi jávnosti to meet behind closed doors (ali pravo in camera)

joke¹ [džouk] samostalnik
šala, dovtip

the best of the joke ost dovtipa
to take (ali bear) a joke razumeti šalo
he can't see a joke ne razume šale
to carry the joke too far pretirati s šalo
to crack (ali cut) jokes zbijati šale
he is a joke smešen je
in joke v šali
it is no joke to pa ni šala
the joke of the town tarča posmeha
to pass (ali put) a joke upon s.o. vleči koga za nos
to play practical jokes on s.o. zagosti jo komu, neslane šale zbijati s kom
to turn a matter into joke obrniti kaj v šalo

koríst benefit, profit; good; advantage; use; behalf; arhaično avail; arhaično behoof; (porabnost) utility, use, usefulness

v koríst česa in favour of, on (ZDA in) behalf of
brez korísti useless, unprofitable, unproductive, fruitless, unavailing
v mojo koríst on my behalf
v koríst naše tvrdke for the benefit of our firm
kakšna koríst je od tega, da (če)... arhaično what boots it to...?
od tega ne bomo imeli nobene korísti we shall gain nothing by this
imeti koríst od to profit by, to benefit by, to derive (ali to realize, to have) profit from
materialna koríst material benefit
to je za tvojo koríst it is for your good (ali benefit)
je brez korísti it is of no avail (ali of no use)
brez korísti protestirati to protest without avail
obrniti (kaj) v svojo koríst to turn (something) to good account
on obrne vse v svojo koríst it is all grist to his mill
izvleči koríst iz česa to capitalize on something

leaf¹ [li:f] samostalnik
botanika list, tobačni listi, čajni listi; list v knjigi; kovinski list, tanka kovinska ploščica, listič, folija, lamela; preklopna mizna plošča; vzdižno krilo vzdižnega mostu; krilo vrat, okna; tech zob zobatnika; ledvično salo

leaf blade listna ploskev
leaf bud listni popek
to burst (ali come) into leaf ozeleneti
in leaf ozelenel, v listju
fall of the leaf jesen
leaves without figs prazne besede
to take a leaf out of (ali from) s.o.'s book vzeti si koga za vzgled
to turn over a leaf obrniti list, prelistavati
figurativno to turn over a new leaf poboljšati se, začeti novo življenje

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

leeward [lí:wəd navtika lú:ed]

1. pridevnik
v zavetrju, zavetrn

2. prislov
v zavetrje

3. samostalnik
zavetrje

navtika to drive to leeward zanesti v zavetrje
to fall to leeward obrniti se v zavetrje

leeway [lí:wei] samostalnik
odklon od prvotne smeri zaradi vetra (ladja, avion)
pogovorno zastoj v poslu

to make leeway obrniti se od prvotne smeri zaradi vetra
to make up (for) leeway nadoknaditi zaostanek

lévi -a, -o left, left-hand, (v grbu) sinister

skrajni lévi, -a, -o leftmost
na lévi, -a, -o on the left
na lévo to the left
z léve from the left
lévo od to the left of
na lévo! vojska left turn!
pogled na lévo! vojska eyes left!
druga ulica lévo the second turn to the left
lévi branilec, krilec šport left back, left half
léva stran ladje port
lévi napadalec, krilo šport outside left, left winger, left outside
na lévo, proti lévi leftward(s)
lévo kolo avta (v Angliji in drugih deželah, kjer vozijo po levi strani) near wheel of a car
hoditi po lévi strani to keep to the left
kreniti na lévo to turn left, to take the left-hand turning
obrniti se na lévo to turn left
z lévo nogo vstati (figurativno) to get up on the wrong side of the bed, to get out of bed (on) the wrong side

líst¹ (knjige, drevesa) leaf, pl leaves

líst papirja sheet of paper
cvetni líst petal
čašni líst botanika sepal
domovinski líst certificate of origin
krstni líst baptismal certificate, certificate of baptism
rojstni líst birth certificate
jedilni líst menu, bill of fare
lovski líst hunting- (ali shooting-)licence (ZDA license)
mrliški líst death certificate
naslovni líst title page
naročilni líst order bill
orožni líst licence to carry firearms, ZDA gun-license
potni líst passport
poročni líst marriage certificate, pogovorno marriage lines
pastirski líst religija pastoral (letter)
reklamni líst (letak) handbill
šaljiv líst comic paper
tovorni líst bill of lading (ladijski), bill of carriage
dostavni líst bill of delivery
uradni líst official gazette
nepopisan líst (figurativno) a blank sheet (of paper)
iztrgati, odtrgati líst to pull off a leaf
obrniti líst to turn over a leaf
vihati líst(e) v knjigi to turn down the corners of the leaves of a book, to make a book dog-eared

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati