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painted [péintid] pridevnik
pobarvan, popleskan; naličen, našminkan
figurativno lažen, ponarejen

a painted sepulcre hinavec
painted box krsta
Painted Lady zoologija metulj oranžne barve z rdečimi in belimi pikami, osatnik; botanika rdeča krizantema

pair¹ [pɛə] samostalnik

1.
par (stvari, ki spadajo skupaj: a pair of shoes par čevljev)

2.
dvodelen predmet (se ne prevaja: a pair of compasses, scissors šestilo, škarje)

3.
par (s slovenskimi množinskimi samostalniki: a pair of trousers par hlač)

4.
par, parček (mož in žena, samec in samica)

5. parlament
dva člana nasprotnih strank, ki se po dogovoru vzdržita glasovanja; tak dogovor; eden od teh partnerjev

6.
eden od predmetov, ki spadata skupaj (the other pair to this sock druga nogavica tega para)

that's quite another pair of boots (ali shoes, trousers) to je nekaj popolnoma drugega
in pairs paroma
a pair of lawn sleeves škof
a pair of bellows meh
a pair of stairs nadstropje
two pair front (stanovanje ali stanovalec) v drugem nadstropju v prednjem koncu

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

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

pan¹ [pæn] samostalnik
ponev, posoda
geologija kotel, bazen; izpiralnik (za zlato); trdo tlo (pod prstjo)
sleng obraz, gobec
ameriško, sleng ostra kritika

brain-pan lobanja
frying pan ponev, kozica
out of the frying pan into the fire z dežja pod kap
a flash in the pan kratkotrajen uspeh, mnogo hrupa za prazen nič
ameriško to have s.o. on the pan uničiti koga

pants [pænts] samostalnik
množina, britanska angleščina spodnjice
ameriško hlače

a kick in the pants brca; figurativno ukor
pogovorno to wear the pants nositi hlače (žena)
pogovorno to catch s.o. with his pants down zasačiti koga, presenetiti

paper¹ [péipə] samostalnik
papir; listina, spis; pismena naloga, referat, dizertacija, znanstvena razprava (on)
množina (osebni) dokumenti, akti
ekonomija bankovec, menica
množina vrednostni papirji
sleng prosta vstopnica; časopis

examination paper pismena izpitna naloga
wall paper stenske tapete
printed papers pisane tapete
paper does not blush papir vse prenese
to commit to paper zapisati
to put pen to paper začeti pisati
figurativno on paper na papirju, teoretično
to send in one's papers odpovedati službo
to read a paper on predavati o čem, referirati
paper contract pogodba samo na papirju

par (dvojica) pair, couple, two; (psov, divjadi) brace; set of two; (volov) a yoke (ali ZDA span) of oxen; (nekoliko) one or two, some, a few, several

po parih by twos, by pairs, two by two
par dni a couple of days, a day or two, (več kot dva dni) a day or so
v par dneh in a couple of (ali in a few) days, in a matter of days
par vrstic a line or two
par rokavic a pair of gloves
izgubil sem par te rokavice I have lost the companion to this glove
poročen par married couple, wedded couple
par zaročencev an engaged couple
vrsta šolark, ki hodijo v parih (pogovorno) a crocodile
ni mu ga para (ni mu enakega) there is no one to equal him, he has no equal; he is matchless; he is unrivalled

parallel² [pǽrəlel] samostalnik
matematika, figurativno paralela, vzporednica
figurativno paralelnost, enakost, analognost
geografija vzporednik (tudi parallel of latitude)
primerjava
tisk znak || (opomin na kaj)

to draw a parallel to narisati paralelo k
to draw a parallel between napraviti paralelo s čim, primerjati
in parallel with ustrezen, analogen
to have no parallel biti edinstven
to put in parallel primerjati
without parallel edinstven, ki se ne da primerjati

parley¹ [pá:li] samostalnik
pogajanje; pogovor, diskusija
vojska (mirovna) pogajanja

vojska to beat (ali sound) a parley dati znak za prenehanje borbe in začetek pogajanj

parry¹ [pǽri] samostalnik
odbijanje udarcev, pariranje, izogibanje

thrust and parry of a debate napad in protinapad v debati

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

partake^* [pa:téik]

1. neprehodni glagol
udeležiti se, biti deležen (in)
deliti kaj s kom, imeti skupaj, imeti značilnosti česa (of)
skupaj jesti, deliti (kosilo) s kom (of)
jesti, pojesti

2. prehodni glagol
deliti, biti deležen česa, sodelovati (of pri čem)
skupaj uživati (of kaj)

his manner partakes of insolence je nekaj nesramnega v njegovem vedenju
to partake of a meal pojesti kaj
to partake of the nature of biti v neki meri podoben komu (čemu)
the vegetation partakes of a tropical nature rastlinstvo ima deloma tropske značilnosti

particular² [pətíkjulə] samostalnik
nadrobnost, detalj
množina (osebni) podatki; poglavje, točka, paragraf
pogovorno specialiteta, posebnost

to go into particulars spuščati se v podrobnosti
in particular posebno, zlasti, izčrpno
a London particular londonska posebnost, nekaj tipičnega za London

pás belt; girdle; (telesni, stas) waist; geografija zone

gol do pasu stripped to the waist
do pasu globoko v snegu waist-deep in snow
zaponka za pás buckle
mrzli (vroči) pás geografija frigid (torrid) zone
kilni pás medicina hernia truss; (prepasnica, ešarpa) sash
rešilni pás life belt, ZDA life preserver
pás z naboji cartridge belt
varnostni pás (avto, letalo) seat belt
pripnite si pasove, prosim! fasten your belts, please!
zadrgniti si pás (še za eno luknjo) to tighten one's belt, to pull in one's belt (another hole)
popustiti pás (po obilni jedi) (figurativno) to let out a reef
pás za nogavice, steznik ipd. suspender belt

pasívnost passivity, passiveness; inactivity

pasívnost kraja insufficiency of foodstuffs in a district

pásji dog's; doggish; doglike; dog(-); canine; hound (-); figurativno (beden) miserable, wretched, foul

pásji bič dog whip
pásji davek dog licence, dog tax
pásje dirke greyhound (ali dog) races (ali racing), pogovorno the dogs
pásji dnevi dog days (July 23 to August 23) pl
pásje delo (figurativno) hard work, drudgery
pásji lajež, pásje lajanje barking of dogs
pásji konopec, pásja vrvica dog's lead
pásji mraz bitter (ali sharp) frost (ali cold)
pásji ovratnik dog's collar, dog collar
pásja razstava dog show, ZDA bench show
pásja uta, hišica (dog) kennel, ZDA doghouse
pásja vijolica botanika dog violet
pásja steklina hydrophobia, rabies
pásji ugriz dog bite
pásje vreme dirty (ali foul, beastly) weather
pásje slabe volje in a foul mood
pásja znamka (markica) dog licence, identity disc, ZDA dog tag
živeti pásje življenje to live a dog's life (ali a wretched, miserable life)
on ima ob njej pásje življenje she leads him a dog's life

pást trap; (jama) pitfall; (zanka) snare

pást za podgane (miši) rat trap (mousetrap)
pást za tanke tank trap
nastaviti pást to lay (ali to set) a trap
pasti v pást to fall into a trap, to be waylaid
ujeti se v pást to fall (ali to walk) into a trap, to be caught in a trap
ujeti se v lastno pást (figurativno) to be hoist with one's own petard
v pást ujeti koga to trap (ali to entrap, to ensnare) someone
zapeljali so ga v pást they led him into a trap

pásti¹ (padem) to fall; to drop; to slump; to tumble; to decrease, to decline; (vpliv) to wane; to ebb; (cene) to go down, to depreciate; to sink

pásti s konja to fall off (ali from) a horse, to be spilled, to come a cropper; (z višine) to topple down
pásti v boju to fall in action; (strel) to be heard; (v šoli) to do badly, to come down; (pri izpitu) to fail, to be ploughed
padel je na bojnem polju, na bojišču he was killed on the battlefield
pásti komu v besedo to interrupt someone
pásti po dolgem in širokem na tla to fall spread-eagled on the floor
pásti komu na hrbet to attack someone from behind, to stab someone in the back
pásti v oči to catch the eye
padel je z drevesa he fell from a tree
pásti v nezavest to faint, to swoon
pásti na nos to fall on one's face
padel sem v nemilost pri njem I lost his favour
padel je na izpitu he failed his examination
kocka je padla (figurativno) the die is cast
pásti na noge (tudi figurativno) to land on one's feet
pásti na zemljo to fall on the ground
novoletni dan pade na četrtek New Year's Day falls on a Thursday
otrok je padel the baby has fallen over (ali has had a tumble)
nizko pásti, globoko pásti (figurativno) to come down in the world, to sink low
to mi je padlo v naročje (figurativno) I got it without effort (ali without exertion)
padlo mi je na pamet, na um it suddenly struck me, it mashed through my mind, the thought struck me
pásti v pozabo to fall into oblivion, to fall into disuse
padla mu je okoli vratu she embraced him, she threw her arms round his neck
pásti na kolena to kneel down
pásti na kolena pred... to fall on one's knees before..., to prostrate oneself before...
padel je sovražniku v roke he fell into the hands of the enemy
to mi je kot z neba padlo (figurativno) it came as a windfall to me, it came like a godsend to me
sekira mi je padla iz rok the axe dropped from my hand
sekira mu je padla v med (figurativno) he sees his most fervent desires fulfilled, he is favoured by luck
pásti v nemilost to fall into disfavour
pásti v zmoto to fall into error
pásti pod zakon to come under a law, to fall within the scope of a law
zastor je padel the curtain has dropped
vlada je padla the government has been overthrown
nisem na glavo padel (figurativno) I am no fool
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) like father, like son
pazi, da ne padeš! mind you don't fall!

past-master [pá:stmá:stə] samostalnik
mojster, strokovnjak, izvedenec

to be a past-master in (ali of) spoznati se na kaj
a past-master of diplomacy izkušen diplomat