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impulzíven impulsive

impulzíven človek impulsive person
impulzívno ravnati to act on the spur of the moment

just¹ [džʌst] pridevnik (justly prislov)
pravičen (to do)
pravilen, upravičen, zaslužen, utemeljen; korekten, neoporečen, resničen
glasba čist

to be just to s.o. pravično s kom ravnati
it was only just bilo je pošteno in prav
just reward zaslužena nagrada
a just claim utemeljena zahteva
ekonomija just dealings korekten postopek

kolegiálen collegial; (tovariški) comradely; loyal to one's mates (ali fellows, chums), behaving like a good comrade (ali fellow, chum, pal)

kolegiálno ravnati to act as a good colleague

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

lead³ [li:d] samostalnik
vodenje, vodstvo
šport & figurativno prednost, naskok; začetni udarec (boks); zgled, primer, nasvet, napotek
gledališče glavna vloga, glavni igralec, -lka
karte prednost, prva karta; kratek izvleček iz vsebine članka, uvod k članku
elektrika vod, dovod, prevodnik, prevodna žica; mlinščica, korito za mlin; kanal skozi ledeno polje; pasji konopec; naplavina zlata v rečni strugi

under s.o.'s lead pod vodstvom koga
to be in the lead of biti na čelu, voditi
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, prevzeti pobudo, sprožiti kaj
to give a lead iti pred kom, jahati na čelu (lov)
šport to have the lead of voditi pred, imeti prednost (naskok) pred
figurativno to have the lead over imeti naskok pred (konkurenco)
to follow s.o.'s lead ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to give s.o. a lead dati komu dober zgled, svetovati
one minute's lead ena minuta naskoka
karte it is your lead ti začneš, ti si na vrsti (pri kartanju)
karte to return lead vreči karto iste barve

line¹ [lain] samostalnik
črta, linija, poteza; guba, brazda (na obrazu, roki)
matematika črta (zlasti premica)
geografija ekvator, poldnevnik, vzporednik; smer, pot (avtobusna, železniška) proga, tir
množina obris, kontura, oblika
množina načrt (ladje), osnutek, plan
množina načela, smernice, navodila; način, metoda, postopek; meja, mejna črta (tudi figurativno)
vrsta, niz, rep (ljudi); soglasje; rod, veja, koleno, pokolenje
tisk vrstica; kratko sporočilo, kratko pismo; stih, pesmica (upon s.th. to s.o.)
množina, britanska angleščina latinski stihi, ki jih mora dijak prepisati za kazen, kazenska pismena naloga
množina, gledališče tekst vloge, vloga
množina, pogovorno poročni list
pogovorno poročilo, pojasnilo
množina usoda; stroka, področje, panoga; telefonska, telegrafska linija
tehnično vod
ekonomija sortiment, blago, predmet
množina serijsko blago
vojska (bojna) linija, vrsta, fronta, frontne čete, šotori ali barake v taboru; vrv, konopec; žica, kabel

the Line ekvator
line of sight kamor seže pogled
line of vision horizont, obzorje; vojska vizirna črta
hung on the line (slika) obešena v višini oči
figurativno all along the line; ali down the line na celi črti
the line of least resistance linija najmanjšega odpora
on the dotted line v vrsti, ki je namenjena za podpis
on the line na meji, politika na liniji
line of fate (fortune, heart, life) črta usode (sreče, srca, življenja) na roki
to stand in line stati v repu (vrsti)
britanska angleščina up (down) line (vlak) v (iz) London(a)
the Southern line južna železnica
bus line avtobusna proga
double line dvotirna proga
single line enotirna proga
main (ali trunk) glavna proga
branch line stranska proga
on the lines laid down by the chairman po smernicah, ki jih je postavil predsedujoči
along these lines po teh navodilih, smernicah
along general lines po splošnih smernicah
line of argument dokazni postopek
to take (ali keep to) one's own line ukrepati po svoje, držati se svoje poti
to take a strong line (with s.o.) biti čvrst, neomajen (do koga), vztrajati
to take the line that zavzeti stališče, da; biti mišljenja, da
dont' take that line with me z menoj ne ravnaj tako
lines of responsibility pristojnosti
to take the line postaviti se na stališče
in line of duty pri opravljanju dolžnosti
out of line iz črte, ne na črti; figurativno nesoglasen, nezdružljiv; iz ravnotežja
that's s.th. out of (ali not in) my line to mi ne leži, ne spada v mojo stroko
to come (ali get, fall) into line (with) prilagoditi se (komu, čemu), ravnati se po
to overstep the line of good taste prekoračiti mejo dobrega okusa
to draw the line (at) povleči mejo (pri)
I draw the line at that to se pri meni neha
to toe the line spoštovati predpise; politika biti na liniji
to give s.o. line enough popustiti uzde, pustiti komu proste roke
to go over the line prekoračiti mejo, mero
in line with skladno z
ameriško, figurativno to be in line for pričakovati (službo), upati na
to be in line with soglašati s, z
to bring s.o. into line (with) spraviti v sklad s, z; politika pridobiti koga k sodelovanju
ameriško, pogovorno to go down the line for zavezati se za kaj (na celi črti)
the male line moški potomci
in the direct line neposredni potomci
to read between the lines brati med vrsticami
to drop s.o. a line napisati komu par vrstic
to get a line on dobiti poročilo o čem
gledališče to study one's lines učiti se vloge
marriage lines poročni list
pogovorno hard lines težka usoda, "smola", nesreča
the line is engaged (ali busy) telefonska linija je zasedena
to hold the line ostati pri telefonu
ameriško party line dvojček (telefon)
on strictly commercial lines na čisto komercialni bazi
ekonomija line of goods vrsta blaga, naročilo zanj
vojska line of fire strelska bojna vrsta
vojska behind the enemy's lines za sovražnikovimi vrstami
vojska line of battle frontna linija
vojska line of defence obrambna linija
vojska to go up the line iti v frontno linijo
vojska to draw up in line; ali to form (wheel into) line stopiti v vrsto
vojska the line regularne čete
navtika line abreast bojna linija vzporedno postavljenih ladij
navtika ship of the line linijska ladja
fizika line of force magnetna silnica
in the line of glede na
somewhere along the line ob neki priliki, v gotovem trenutku
figurativno to keep to one's line iti premočrtno
figurativno by (rule and) line natančno, precizno
to get off the line iztiriti
hook, line, and sinker popoln(oma)
to have s.o. on a line pustiti koga v negotovosti

low² [lou] prislov
nizko, globoko, tiho
ekonomija poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaško

to bring s.o. low ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti koga
to burn low dogorevati
to feel low biti potrt
to lay low podreti, ubiti
to lie low biti ponižan, sleng skrivati se, pritajiti se
to live low borno živeti
to play low igrati za malo denarja
to play it low ravnati nizkotno s kom
to run low zmanjkovati
to sell low poceni prodati
figurativno the sands are running low čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bliža

low-down [lóudaun]

1. pridevnik
podel, nizkoten

2. samostalnik
ameriško, sleng dejstva

ameriško to get the low-down on poizvedeti po dejstvih, informirati se o
to play it low-down on; ali to play low-down trick on ravnati s kom zelo podlo

manhandle [mǽnhændl] prehodni glagol
premikati, gnati (s človekovo močjo)

sl grobo ravnati, zgrabiti

mischief [misčif] samostalnik
škoda, nesreča, zlo, vzrok nesreče neprilika; zloba, krivica objestnost, prešernost, nagajrvost, navihanost, vragolija
pogovorno navihanec, vražič

to be up to (ali full of) mischief pripravljati vragolijo
to do s.o. a mischief škoditi komu, storiti komu krivico; vulgarno raniti, ubiti
to get into mischief zabresti v neprilike
to keep out of mischief izogibati se zlu, biti dober
to make mischief between sejati razdor med
to mean mischief snovati zlo
to play the mischief with grdo ravnati s, z
napraviti nered, to run into mischief zaiti v nevarnost
what (who, how, where) the mischief kaj (kdo, kako, kje) za vraga
the mischief of it is that nerodna stvar pri tem je, da
there is mischief brewing nekaj se kuha
the mischief was a nail in the tyre vzrok nesreče je bil žebelj v pnevmatiki

móda fashion; vogue; mode; style

iz móde out of fashion; outmoded
v módi in fashion, in vogue, fashionable
po módi fashionably
po najnovejši módi up-to date in style, in the latest fashion
najnovejša móda the latest fashion, new look
po stari módi (staromoden) old-fashioned
narejen po zadnji módi made in the latest style
zadnji krik móde (ZDA pogovorno) the last word (ali the latest thing) in fashion
to ni več v módi that is no longer the fashion, that has gone out of fashion
to je bila móda pred 30 leti that was in fashion thirty years ago
to je v módi letos it is the fashion this year
v módi so kratka krila short skirts are in (ali are all the rage)
biti v módi to be in fashion, to be in great demand
priti v módo to come into fashion
priti zopet v módo to come back into fashion
priti iz móde to go out of fashion
prinesti v módo to bring into fashion, to launch a fashion
to pri nas ni v módi that is not the fashion here
ona se oblači po zadnji módi she dresses in the latest fashion
slediti módi, spremljati módo, ravnati se po módi to follow the fashion
voditi v módi to set the fashion
vpeljati novo módo to set a new fashion
kupila si bo klobuk po módi she will buy a smart (ali stylish, modish) hat

nagónski instinctive; done (ali caused) by instinct

nagónsko prislov by instinct, instinctively
nagónsko ravnati to act on instinct

namíg hint; tip; wink; cue

razumeti namíg to take the hint
ravnati se po namígu to take up the cue

nasvèt piece of advice; (splošno) advice; counsel; (ideja) suggestion

po nasvètu advised by
na njen nasvèt on her advice, at her suggestion
dal mi je dober nasvèt he has given me some good advice
poslušaj moj nasvèt! take my advice!, be advised by me!
prišel sem k tebi po nasvèt I have come to you for advice
vprašati koga za nasvèt to ask someone's advice, to consult someone
ravnati se po nasvètu to follow someone's advice, to take someone's advice, to take advice from someone

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

part¹ [pa:t] samostalnik
del, kos; sestavni del, sestavina
matematika del ulomka (three parts tri četrtine)
tehnično posamezen del (parts list seznam posameznih delov, spare part nadomestni del)
delež, udeležba (he wanted no part in the proposal o predlogu ni hotel nič vedeti)
del telesa, ud, organ (the privy parts spolni organi)
zvezek (knjige: the book appears in parts)
stranka v sporu (he took my part postavil se je na mojo stran)
dolžnost (I did my part storil sem svojo dolžnost)
gledališče, figurativno vloga (to act a part in igrati vlogo koga v; the government's part in the strike vloga vlade v stavki)
glasba (pevski ali instrumentalni) glas, part (to sing in parts večglasno peti, for several parts za več glasov)
arhaično, množina nadarjenost, zmožnosti (a man of parts zmožen človek, pametna glava)
pokrajina, predel, območje (in foreign parts v tujini, in these parts v teh krajih)
ameriško preča

part by part del za delom, kos za kosom
in part deloma
to be art and part biti udeležen pri čem, biti sestavni del česa
to have a part in s.th. biti udeležen pri čem
for my part kar se mene tiče
on the part of od, od strani
of parts nadarjen, odličen, mnogostranski
on my part z moje strani
the most part največji del
for the most part večinoma
to have neither part nor lot in ne imeti nobenega opravka s čim
to play a part ne biti iskren, varati, igrati
to play a noble part ravnati plemenito
part and parcel bistveni del česa
to take s.th. in good (ill; ali bad) part ne zameriti, dobro sprejeti (zameriti, slabo sprejeti)
to take part in sodelovati, udeležiti se
to take the part of; ali to take s.o.'s part biti na strani koga, zagovarjati koga
payment in parts plačilo na obroke
slovnica part of speech besedna vrsta
to be careful of one's parts of speech paziti na čistočo govora

play² [pléi]

1. neprehodni glagol
igrati (for za)
šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati
tehnično imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče)

2. prehodni glagol
gledališče igrati, uprizoriti
šport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa)
tehnično spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom
to play it cagey biti previden, omahovati
figurativno to play both ends against the middle previdno, rafinirano ravnati
to play ball with s.o. pošteno postopati s kom
to play booty prevarati
figurativno to play one's cards well (badly) (ne)spretno manevrirati
to play s.o. dirt izigrati koga
to play the devil (ali deuce) with prekrižati komu račune
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to play fair (foul) pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati
to play s.o. false izdati koga
to play the fool zganjati neumnosti
to play a fish utruditi ribo na trnku
to play fast and loose with zlorabljati koga
to play the game držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati
to play to the gallery šopiriti se pred javnostjo
to play guns on obstreljevati
to play into s.o.'s hands koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu
to play one's hand for all it is worth izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti
to play the knave varati
to play a good knife and fork jesti z apetitom
to play the horses staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play for love igrati za zabavo ne za denar
sleng to play it (low) on izigrati koga, zlorabiti
to play a joke (ali prank, trick) on potegniti koga za nos
to play the races staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play a part igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se
to play possum hliniti spanje
to play upon the square pošteno ravnati
to play safe previdno ravnati, ne tvegati
to play second fiddle imeti podrejen položaj
to play a good stick dobro sabljati
to play for time zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času
to play truant (ali hooky) neopravičeno izostati od pouka
to play s.o. a mean trick prevarati koga
to play tricks with nagajati
to play (up)on igrati na, figurativno izrabljati koga
to play (up)on words zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami
to play with igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

poštêno prislov honestly, fair, honourably, fair and square; above board, squarely, loyally

poštêno ravnati to act honestly, to play fair
(bodi) poštêno povedano (it should) in fairness (be) said
poštêno se lotiti dela to set to work in earnest
poštêno vzeti pot pod noge to put one's best foot forward

pravíčno prislov justly; impartially; rightly; equitably

pravíčno s kom ravnati to treat someone fairly

preudárek consideration; discretion

po zrelem preudárku on mature consideration, all things considered
ravnati po lastnem preudárku to use one's own discretion