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dejánje act, action; deed; doing; gledališče act

dobro dejánje a good deed
pogumno dejánje act of bravery
sovražno dejánje act of hostility
veliko, junaško dejánje exploit, achivement, feat
enotnost dejánja unity of action
dejánje se dogaja v... the action takes place in...
po dejánjih, ne po besedah cenimo človeka actions speak louder than words
uskladiti svoja dejánja s svojimi besedami to suit the action to the word, to translate one's words into action
zasačiti pri dejánju to catch in the act
zasačen pri dejánju caught red-handed, caught in the very act

demand² [dimá:nd, dimǽnd] samostalnik
zahteva, prošnja; potreba (for)
povpraševanje, poizvedba
pravno pravna zahteva (upon)

demand note opomin
in great demand ki je po njem veliko povpraševanje
to meet s.o.'s demands ugoditi zahtevam koga
on demand na zahtevo, na prošnjo
demand for payment opomin

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

discretion [diskréšən] samostalnik
preudarnost, opreznost, previdnost; takt, obzirnost; razsodnost, preudarek; molčečnost; pooblastilo, upravičenost

at (ali upon, on) discretion poljubno, po mili volji
to surrender at discretion vdati se na milost in nemilost
years of discretion odrasla doba
to use one's own discretion ravnati po lastnem preudarku
to act with discretion obzirno ravnati
to leave a wide discretion dopuščati veliko svobodo dejavnosti
discretion is the better part of valour opreznost je boljša od hrabrosti
within one's own discretion po lastni preudarnosti

divjád game; (jelenja) deer, pl deer

drobna divjád small deer
lov na veliko divjád big-game hunting

dodge² [dɔ́dž] samostalnik
odskok, izogibanje
pogovorno zvijača, spretnost
pogovorno domiselna naprava

capital dodge veliko veselje
to come the religious dodge over hliniti pobožnost
to put on the dummy dodge delati se gluhega in slepega

domnévati to suppose; to presume; to assume; to surmise; to conjecture

njegov način življenja da domnévati veliko premoženje his style of living suggests great wealth
ne moremo domnévati, da... it is not to be supposed that...
o njem so domnevali, da je mrtev he was supposed to be dead
domnevam, da je umetnik I guess he is an artist
on je bil domnevni vodja upora he was the supposed leader of the revolt

dovršíti to accomplish, to complete; to bring to completion (ali to a successful conclusion); to finish; to achieve

dovršíl je veliko delo he accomplished a great task, pogovorno he did a great job

drsênje (na blatu, mokrih tleh) slithering, skidding

drsênje zemlje (veliko) landslide, (majhno) landslip

establishment [istǽblišmənt] samostalnik
ustanovitev, osnovanje; odobritev; dohodki; zavod, ustanova, podjetje, trgovina, tvrdka; gospodinjstvo; državna (anglikanska) cerkev; vojska; osebje, oborožene sile; uradništvo, personal
pogovorno osebe v ozadju javnega življenja

branch establishment filiala
the Church Establishment zakonito priznan cerkveni sistem
to have a separate establishment imeti ločeno gospodinjstvo; vzdrževati si ljubico
naval establishment mornarica
military establishment oborožene sile
to keep up a large establishment vzdrževati veliko gospodinjstvo

even³ [í:vən] prislov
celo, nasprotno; sploh; pravkar

even as v tistem trenutku, ko
even if, even though četudi, čeprav, dasi
even that vzemimo, da
not even niti ne
even more še (veliko) več
even so vendar, če že

execution [eksikjú:šən] samostalnik
izvršitev, izvedba; predvajanje; izvršitev obsodbe, usmrtitev; rubežen; razdiralen učinek

to carry into execution, to put in execution izvajati, izvršiti
to do execution učinkovati, kvarno vplivati
to take out an execution against s.o. dati komu zarubiti
to do great execution to s.o. povzročiti komu veliko škodo
to make good execution opustošiti, razdejati

fair¹ [fɛə] pridevnik
lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) ženske
a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
a fair chance dobra priložnost
a fair copy čistopis
for fair dejansko, zares
to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
to be in a fair way dobro kazati
what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
fair wind ugoden veter
to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati

family [fǽmili] samostalnik
družina, rodbina, rodovina, rod; družinski člani

in the family way noseča
in a family way neprisiljeno, po domače
family name priimek
family tree rodovnik
ameriško the President's official family člani kabineta
family man človek z družino
family planning načrtovanje družine
family likeness družinska podobnost
family allowance družinska, otroška doklada
of old family plemenitega rodu
to have a large family imeti veliko otrok

fat¹ [fæt] pridevnik
masten, tolst, debel, rejen; rodoviten, ploden, obilen, donosen; neumen, trapast; neobčutljiv
ameriško smolnat

sleng a fat chance bore malo ali nič upanja
sleng a fat lot presneto malo
to cut up fat zapustiti veliko premoženje
to cut it fat pretiravati; živeti ko vrabec v prosu
a fat job dobro plačano delo
to grow fat rediti se
fat face (printing) type masten tisk

fifty² [fífti] pridevnik
petdeset

to have fifty things to tell (do) imeti veliko povedati (narediti)

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

fist¹ [fist] samostalnik
pest
pogovorno roka, šapa
hudomušno pisava

a bad fist grda pisava
a good fist lepa pisava
close-fisted, tight-fisted skopuški, skop
clenched fist stisnjena pest
fist law pravica močnejšega
to grease s.o.'s fist podkupovati koga
he made a better fist of it delo mu je šlo bolje od rok
he made a poor fist of it delo se mu ni posrečilo
the mailed fist moč, oblast
to make money hand over fist zaslužiti veliko denarja
to shake one's fist at s.o. groziti komu s pestjo

full-bottomed [fúlbɔ́təmd] pridevnik
širokega dna

full-bottomed wig velika lasulja (do ramen)
full-bottomed ship ladja z veliko prostornino pod vodo

gardening [gá:dəniŋ] samostalnik
vrtnarstvo

ameriško truck gardening vrtnarstvo na veliko