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vital [váitl]

1. pridevnik (vitally prislov)
življenjski, življenjsko važen, nujno potreben, vitalen
poetično živ, ki živi; življenjsko nevaren, smrten, poguben, usodepoln
figurativno biten, bitno važen, bistven, glaven, osnoven; odločilen; živahen, vitalen, poln poleta (elana)

vital force, necessity življenjska moč, potreba (nuja)
vital interests življenjsko važni interesi
your help is vital to us vaša pomoč nam je neobhodno potrebna
of vital importance življenske važnosti
a vital mistake usodepolna napaka
vital spirits življenjska energija
vital statistics šaljivo obseg prsi, pasu in bokov pri ženski
a vital wound smrtonosna rana

2. samostalnik
množina vitalni organi (neobhodno potrebni za življenje)
figurativno bistvo; važni sestavni deli

vléči to draw, to drag; to pull, to haul; to lug; to trail; to stretch; (mrežo) to trawl; (po blatu) to draggle; (ladjo) to take in tow; (zavlačevati) to protract

vléči se to drag (oneself); to trail; (zaostajati) to straggle; (zavlačevati se) to drag on; (težko hoditi) to trudge
vléči noge za seboj pri hoji to scuff
vléči vrv to haul at a rope
to bo vleklo (figurativno) this will be a point of attraction
vléči koga za nos (figurativno) to make a fool of someone, to lead someone by the nose
vléči na uho (figurativno) to listen to
krilo se ji vleče po tleh her skirt trails on the ground
ta dimnik ne vleče this chimney does not draw
tukaj vleče (je prepih) there is a draught here, it is draughty here
vléči na zeleno (barvo) to incline to green
vléči dreto (smrčati) to snore
prav nič me ne vleče, da bi šel I don't feel the least urge to go
vojna se vleče the war is dragging on

vljúdnosten courteous

napraviti vljúdnosten obisk pri kom to pay a courtesy call on someone, to call to pay one's respects to someone

voice¹ [vɔ́is] samostalnik
glas (politika & figurativno človeški)
ton, zvok; izraz
slovnica način; sposobnost ali moč govora; mnenje, odločitev
fonetika zven
glasba petje (kot stroka)
zastarelo govorica; sloves

with one voice enoglasno, enodušno, kot eden
at the top of one's voice na ves glas, na vse grlo
in a loud (low) voice glasno (tiho)
active, passive voice slovnica tvorni, trpni način (glagola)
the still (ali small) voice glas vesti
the voice of God glas vesti, vest
in a prophetic voice s preroškim glasom
voice system (vesolje) naprava za ustno komuniciranje z astronavtom
use of one's voice uporaba pravice glasovanja
he is not in good voice on ne govori (poje) tako dobro kot običajno
to give voice to one's indignation dati izraza svojemu ogorčenju
to give one's voice for izjaviti se za, glasovati za
to find (ali to recover) one's voice priti spet do glasu
to have a voice in the matter imeti besedo pri zadevi
to lift up one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, spregovoriti, javiti se
to lose one's voice izgubiti glas (zaradi prehlada itd.)
to love the sound of one's voice rad se poslušati
to raise one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, govoriti glasneje
to study voice študirati petje

volítev volítve pl election, elections pl; poll; balloting; polling

ožja volítev, volítve second (ali final) ballot
spodbijana, sporna volítev, volítve disputed (ZDA contested) election
priti v ožjo volítev, volítve to be on a short list
volítve v zvezne organe elections for federal agencies
javne volítve (glasovanje) open voting
tajne volítve (glasovanje) secret ballot
občinske volítve municipal elections
splošne volítve general election, parliamentary elections
dopolnilne (delne) volítve byelection
dan volítev election day, polling day
neveljavne volítve void election
visoka (nizka) udeležba na volítvah heavy (light) poll
razpisati (nove) volítve to issue writs for an election, (figurativno) to go to the country
snubiti glasove pri volítvah to canvass, to solicit votes, to electioneer
iti na volítve to go to the polls, (kandidat) to stand for election
poraziti koga pri volítvah to defeat someone at the polls
izgubiti mandat na volítvah to lose one's seat, to be unseated
volítve so odložene the poll is postponed
delavska stranka vodi pri volítvah the Labour party is in the lead
razglasiti, objaviti rezultat volítev to declare the result of the election
biti poražen na volítvah to be defeated at the polls
dobiti največje število glasov pri volítvah to get most votes, to head (ali to top) the poll

vólja will; will power; volition; (želja) wish, pleasure; (razpoloženje) mood, temper, frame of mind, vein, humour; (namera) intention, mind

po vólji at will, at pleasure
proti moji (lastni) vólji against my (own) will
proti vólji (nerad) with a bad grace, unwillingly
po moji mili vólji to my heart's desire (ali content), at my own sweet will, arhaično to the top of my bent
za božjo vóljo! for goodness' sake!, good gracious!, for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!
slabe vólje moody
svobodna vólja free will
iz lastne vólje of one's own volition
zadnja vólja (oporoka) last will, (will and) testament
drage vólje most willingly
železna vólja iron will
po lastni vólji of one's own will (ali accord)
ljudje dobre vólje men of good will
biti na vóljo to be at hand
biti komu na vóljo to be at someone's disposal
biti dobre (slabe) vólja to be in a good (bad) temper (ali humour), to be of good cheer (in a bad mood)
če te je vólja if you care, if you are so minded, if you are willing
ni me vólja I don't care
slabe vólje je he is out of humour
nisem pri vólji za (kaj) I am not in the humour for (sth)
pri najboljši vólji se ne morem spomniti I can't for the life of me remember
stori po svoji vólji! do as you like!
to je moja poslednja vólja (napisana oporoka) this is my last will and testament
storil sem to proti svoji vólji I did it unwillingly (ali reluctantly)
spraviti koga v dobro vóljo to put someone in a good humour
spravil me je v slabo vóljo he made me cross
on vedno uveljavi svojo vóljo he always has his own way (ali gets what he wants)
pokvariti komu dobro vóljo to ruffle someone's temper
on nima nobene (svoje) vólje he has no will of his own
pri najboljši vólji tega ne moremo napraviti with the best will in the world we just cannot do it
nekako me je vólja, da bi (šel) I have half a mind to (go)
on je brez vsake (svoje) vólje (figurativno) he is a mere rubber stamp
svojo slabo vóljo je stresel name he vented his spleen on me
kjer je vólja, je (tudi) moč where there's a will there's a way
zgodi se tvoja vólja religija thy will be done!

vortex množina vortexes, vortices [vɔ́:teks; -ksis, -tisi:z] samostalnik
vrtinec (tudi figurativno)
vihar, vihra, vetrna troba; ognjen vrtinec

vortex ring kolobarček (obroček) pri kajenju
vortex wheel turbina
vortex of the season figurativno vrtinec družabnih prireditev
we were drawn into the vortex of war vojni vrtinec nas je potegnil vase

vplív influence (na over, on); ascendancy, ascendency, ascendance, ascendence; sway; impact (na on); hold (on); interest (pri with)

pod vplívom under the influence
biti pod vplívom koga to be under the influence of someone
imeti vplív na to exercise (ali to exert, to have) an influence (up)on, to influence (someone)
imeti vplív pri kom to have influence with someone
imel je velik vplív nanje he had a great ascendancy over them
priti pod vplív koga to come (to fall) under someone's sway
imeti velik vplív pri to carry weight with
Voltairov vplív na sodobnike Voltaire's influence over his contemporaries
te okoliščine niso imele nobenega vplíva na izid (rezultat) these circumstances had no effect on the result
njegov oče nima nobenega vplíva nanj his father has no hold on him
uporabiti svoj vplív pri kom to use one's influence with someone
uveljaviti svoj vplív pri kom to bring one's influence to bear on someone

vprašánje question; query; interrogation

črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
gornje vprašánje the above question
indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
nujno vprašánje urgent question
nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
odprto vprašánje open question
pereče vprašánje burning question
sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
pravno vprašánje question of law
sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
načeti vprašánje to raise a question
napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone

vrát neck; (grlo) throat

trd vrát stiff neck
labodji vrát swan's neck
na vrát na nos helter-skelter, head over heels, headlong; precipitately
do vrátu v težavah up to the eyes (ali ears) in difficulties
do vrátu v delu up to the elbows in work
biti do vrátu v vodi to be up to the ears in water
biti do vrátu sit česa to be fed up to the back teeth with something
vrát me boli I have a sore throat
imeti koga na vrátu (figurativno) to have someone on one's back
imeti veliko družino na vrátu to be encumbered with a large family
držati koga za vrát to hold someone by the throat
pasti komu okoli vrátu to fall on someone's neck, to embrace someone
prerezati komu vrát to cut someone's throat
razbiti vrát steklenice to break the neck of a bottle
stegovati vrát to stretch (ali to crane) one's neck (za, po at, for)
tičati do vrátú v dolgovih to be up to one's eyes (ali ears) in debt
vreči se komu okoli vrátú to throw one's arms round someone's neck
zaviti komu vrát to wring someone's neck, to tread on someone's neck
zgrabiti koga za vrát to grab someone by the throat, to take someone by the neck
zlomiti komu vrát to break someone's neck
zlomiti si vrát to break one's neck
zmagati za dolžino vrátú (pri konjskih dirkah) to win by a neck

vrême weather

aprilsko vrême April weather
lepo (deževno, ustaljeno ali stalno, nestanovitno) vrême fine ali fair (rainy, settled, unsettled) weather
spremenljivo vrême changeable weather
megleno, sivo vrême foggy (ali hazy) weather
hladno in vlažno vrême raw weather
grdo (slabo) vrême dirty ali nasty (bad) weather
pasje vrême foul (ali nasty) weather
pri vsakem vrêmenu in all weathers
v mokrem vrêmenu in wet weather
sprememba vrêmena weather change
napoved vrêmena weather forecast
kakšno grdo vrême! what beastly weather
odporen proti (slabemu) vrêmenu weatherproof
kakšno vrême je? what is the weather like?
lepo vrême je it is fine weather
lepo vrême bo ostalo, bo držalo it will keep fine
vrême kaže na lepo (na dež) we are in for a spell of fine weather (of rainy weather)
pri takem vrêmenu ne hôdi ven! you must not go out in such (ali in this) weather!
kljubovati vrêmenu to defy the weather
če bo vrême (dovolilo) weather permitting
izpostaviti vrêmenu to expose to the weather, to weather
naleteti na lepo (grdo) vrême to meet good (bad) weather
vrême se še ni ustalilo the weather is not settled yet

vŕsta row (hiš of houses); line; rank; vojska file; turn; series; kind, sort; set; type; genus, species; variety; quality

dolga vŕsta long row
v vŕsti in a row, in a line
v vŕstah in rows
sprednja (zadnja) vŕsta front (back) line
v sprednjih vŕstah in the front ranks
v nepretrgani vŕsti in straight succession
po vŕsti in turn, by turns; in rows; (po eden) one at a time, successively
naslovna vŕsta headline
vŕsta sedežev row of seats
vŕsta topolov row of poplars
kdo je na vŕsti? whose turn is it?
jaz sem na vŕsti it is my turn
počakati moraš, da prideš na vŕsto! you must await (ali pogovorno wait) your turn!
prideš kmalu na vŕsto your turn will soon come
ne (se) držati vŕste pri čakanju (preskočiti vŕsto) to jump a queue
čakati v vŕsti (za kaj) to queue (for something)
sedeti v prvi vŕsti to sit in the front row
brati med vŕstami to read between the lines
brali smo po vŕsti (eden za drugim) we took it in turns to read
korakati v vŕsti to march in file
razredčiti vŕste to thin out the rows
postaviti v vŕsto to put (ali to set) in a row; to rank, to file, to draw up
postaviti se v vŕsto (štartno črto pred tekom) to toe the line
imeli smo vŕsto deževnih dni we (have) had a succession of rainy days
imamo tri vŕste vina we have three sorts of wine

vulnerable [vʌ́lnərəbl] pridevnik (vulnerably prislov)
ranljiv
figurativno spodbiten; nagnjen (to k)
dostopen (za)
vojska nezaščiten, odprt, občutljiv

vulnerable spot ranljivo mesto, ameriško Ahilova peta
to find s.o.'s vulnerable spot najti (odkriti) slabo, ranljivo mesto (točko) pri kom
are you vulnerable to ridicule? se hitro ujezite zaradi posmehovanja?

vzmèt spring

vzmèti pri avtu motor-car springs pl
glavna vzmèt pri uri mainspring of a watch
jeklena vzmèt steel spring
pnevmatična vzmèt air spring
voz na vzmèti a spring carriage
žimnica na vzmèti spring mattress

vztrájati to persevere (v in), to persist (in); to endure; to stick to, to cling to; to abide (na, pri by); to hold out, to stand (by)

vztrájati pri svoji besedi to stick to one's word
vztrájati pri nekem delu, neki nalogi to persevere with a task
vztrájati pri svojem mnenju to persist in one's opinion
on vztraja pri svojem načrtu (pri svoji obljubi) he stands by his plan (by his promise)
vztrajam pri tem, kar sem rekel I stand by what I said

wait² [wéit]

1. neprehodni glagol
čakati, pričakovati (for s.o. koga)
počakati, potrpeti
zastarelo prežati na (koga); ostati brez odgovora, obležati, (pismo), ostati nedvignjen; streči (pri mizi, kot natakar)

wait till (ali until) I come počakaj, da (dokler ne) pridem
wait and see (le) počakaj; bomo že videli (kaj bo)
wait-and-see policy politika čakanja
to keep s.o. waiting, to make s.o. wait pustiti koga čakati
this matter can wait ta zadeva lahko počaka
the room is still waiting to be done soba še ni pospravljena
to wait at (ali on, upon the) table streči pri mizi

2. prehodni glagol
čakati, pričakovati
pogovorno odlašati, čakati z
zastarelo spremljati; prisostvovati
zastarelo slediti iz, izhajati

he must wait my convenience on mora počakati, dokler je meni prav
do not wait dinner for me ne čakajte name z večerjo
to wait one's opportunity (ali hour, time, chance) čakati na ugodno priliko
to wait table streči pri mizi

walnut [wɔ́:lnʌt]

1. samostalnik
botanika laški oreh (sadež in drevo)

over the walnuts and the wine pri poobedku

2. pridevnik
iz orehovine

walnut oil orehovo olje
walnut shell orehova lupina; figurativno lahek čoln, čolniček

wane¹ [wéin] samostalnik
upadanje, pojemanje, popuščanje, slabitev, pešanje, zmanjševanje; propadanje, izginjanje

on the wane v izumiranju
in the wane of the moon pri pojemajoči luni
to be on (ali at, in) the wane upadati, pojemati (luna); iti h koncu, izginjati, izgubljati se, propadati
the year is on the wane leto gre h kraju (koncu)

warden¹ [wɔ:dn] samostalnik
poetično čuvar; (lovski) čuvaj; čuvaj (of a park parka)
nadzornik
ameriško ječar; direktor (of a prison jetnišnice)
predsednik; guverner (of a town mesta)
rektor nekaterih kolidžev v Oxfordu
ameriško vratar
zastarelo kustos, cerkovnik; skrbnik, varuh

air-raid warden nadzornik uličnega bloka (pri letalskih napadih)

warm² [wɔ:m] samostalnik
gretje, ogrevanje; nekaj toplega

British warm vojska kratek (častniški) plašč uniforme
to have a warm at the fire (p)ogreti se pri ognju
to give the milk another warm še enkrat pogreti mleko