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talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

talk out prehodni glagol
utruditi z neprestanim govorjenjem
parlament, britanska angleščina preprečiti sprejem (zakonskega predloga itd.) s podaljševanjem debate v nedogled; zavlačevati razpravljanje

to talk o.s. out nagovoriti se do mile volje, napripovedovati se
to talk out s.o. out of a purpose pregovoriti koga, da opusti svoj načrt
to talk it out figurativno odkriti svoje srce

tame¹ [téim] pridevnik (tamely prislov)
krotek, ukročen, udomačen; miren, ponižen. pohleven; ubogljiv, pokoren, poslušen
pogovorno (o rastlini ali zemlji) gojen, kultiviran, obdelan, žlahten, oplemeniten; potrt, neodločen, malosrčen, medel, slab; plašljiv, bojazljiv; neduhovit, dolgočasen (zgodba); nedolžen (dovtip)

tame cat pogovorno, figurativno dobrodušnež (ki se da izkoriščati)

tamper [tǽmpə] neprehodni glagol
vtikati se, vmešavati se, mešati se, vmešati se, zaplesti se (with v)
biti vpleten (with v)
tajno se dogovarjati, konspirirati, spletkariti, intrigirati; napraviti brez dovoljenja nepooblaščene spremembe (v oporoki itd.), ponarediti; pokvariti, skaziti, (za)šušmariti; podkupiti, skušati vplivati (with na)

don't tamper with these things ne vmešavaj se v te stvari! prste proč od teh stvari!
the burglars tampered with the safe vlomilci so skušali odpreti safe (sef)
to tamper with a disease nestrokovno obravnavati bolezen, šušmariti z boleznijo
to tamper with a document nedovoljeno spreminjati (ponarediti) dokument
to tamper with a witness podkupiti pričo; vplivati na pričo, da ne izpove resnice

tatty¹ [tǽti] samostalnik
indijsko preproga iz trave cuscus (obeša se na vrata, okna, da se shladi zrak v sobi)

têči to run; to flow, to stream; (čas) to go by (ali on), to pass by, to roll by; (stroj) to go, to work, to play; (promet) to circulate; (posoda) to leak, to run out

beseda mu teče gladko he speaks fluently (ali volubly, glibly)
stvar teče gladko things are running smoothly (ali like clockwork), things are going swimmingly (ali without a hitch), it's all plain sailing, VB žargon it's a doddle
kri teče blood is (being) shed (ali spilt)
kri je tekla there has been bloodshed
kri mu teče iz nosa he has a nose bleed, his nose is bleeding
têči v prazno (motor) to idle
zadeva še teče the affair is still continuing (ali is not over yet)
pusti stvari, da tečejo, kot hočejo! let things take their course!
voda teče iz pipe the tap is running
kri, ki mi teče po žilah the blood coursing through my veins
obresti tečejo od 1. maja the interest runs (ali accrues) from May 1st
teči, kot da bi šlo za življenje to run for dear life

telefónski telephonic, telephone(-)

telefónska centrala (telephone) exchange, ZDA telephone central (office)
javna telefónska kabina callbox, ZDA telephonebooth (ali box)
telefónski imenik telephone directory
telefónska linija telephone line
telefónska mreža telephone network
telefónski naročnik telephone subscriber
telefónska številka telephone number
telefónska slušalka (telephone) receiver, handset
telefónski pogovor telephone conversation, (na veliko oddaljenost) long-distance telephone conversation
telefónska instalacija telephone installation
telefónski poziv telephone call
telefónski urad telephone office
telefónska zveza telephone communication, ZDA telephone connection
telefónska žica telephone wire
vzpostaviti telefónsko zvezo to put through a call
naprava za prisluškovanje telefónskih pogovorov bug
prisluškovati telefónskemu pogovoru to tap a telephone
telefónski znak, da je telefónska linija prosta dialling tone

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

têmelj foundation; basis, pl bases; base; ground; groundwork

iz têmelja fundamentally, radically, thoroughly; from the very bottom
na têmelju on the grounds of, on the basis of, by reason of, in (ali by) virtue of, on the strength of
na têmelju, da... (= češ da) on the grounds that...
brez têmelja groundless
položiti têmelj to lay the foundation(s pl)
do têmelja pogoreti to be burned down to the ground
do têmelja porušiti to level with the ground, to raze, to rase
spodkopati têmelje države to undermine the foundations of the State

tempt [tempt] prehodni glagol
skušati, zavesti (privesti) v skušnjavo, mikati, izzivati, mamiti, zapeljevati, zbujati poželenje; pregovoriti; staviti na preskušnjo

a tempting offer vabljiva, zapeljiva ponudba
to tempt Providence skušati, izzivati usodo
to tempt one's fate izzivati svojo usodo
I am tempted to... mika me, hoče se mi, sem v skušnjavi, da...
I was strongly tempted to resist zelo me je mikalo, da bi se uprl
nothing would tempt me to do it nič me ne bi zavedlo, da bi to storil
his proposal does not tempt me njegov predlog me nič ne mika

ten [ten]

1. pridevnik
deset

ten times bigger desetkrat večji
ten times as casy desetkrat laže
it is ten to one that... deset proti ena (po vsej priliki, zelo verjetno) je, da...
he will be ten next month deset let bo star prihodnji mesec

2. samostalnik
desetica; desetka; desetorica; desetina, desetero; desetak; deseta ura

by tens, in tens (v skupinah) po deset, vsakih deset, na desetine
the ten of spades pikova desetka
the upper ten (thousand) gornjih deset tisoč, aristokracija
it's a quarter past ten ura je četrt na enajst

tend¹ [tend] neprehodni glagol
nagibati se (to k)
meriti na, imeti za cilj; biti usmerjen, usmeriti se, biti naravnan, stremeti, težiti (to, towards k)
služiti (to čemu)
biti nagnjen, pripravljen (to do napraviti)

all our efforts tend to the same object vsi naši napori streme k istemu cilju
prehodni glagol
paziti in ravnati z

to tend a vessel paziti, da ladja ne zaplete verige sidra

tender¹ [téndə]

1. pridevnik (tenderly prislov)
nežen; mehak (meso itd.); krhek, drobljiv; dobro kuhan (pečen); topljiv, topen; občutljiv, hitro užaljen; delikaten, subtilen; kočljiv; blag, mil, dobrega srca, ljubezniv, prisrčen; skrben (of za)
obziren, pozoren (do), zaskrbljen (of, over za)

of tender age v nežni starosti, mlad
tender passion ljubezen
tender porcelain stekleni porcelan
a tender spot občutljivo mesto
a tender red nežna rdeča barva
a tender subject kočljiv predmet (razgovora)
tender annual botanika poletna rastlina
he is tender of his reputation občutljiv je za svoj ugled (sloves)
to have a tender conscience biti tankovesten
to be tender of s.th. ozirati se na, skrbeti za kaj
to be tender of irritating s.o. paziti, da koga ne razjezimo (razdražimo)

2. prehodni glagol
napraviti mehko, občutljivo
neprehodni glagol
postati mehak

tender² [téndə]

1. samostalnik
ponudba, oferta (npr. za izvedbo kakega dela); ponujena vsota
ekonomija plačilno sredstvo
ekonomija predračun; dokaz

by tender ekonomija po razpisu, z razpisom
good tender temeljita ponudba
legal tender zakonito plačilno sredstvo
plea of tender dokaz obtoženca, da je bil pravočasno in je še pripravljen plačati tožniku toženo vsoto denarja
we are open to receive tender s sprejemamo ponudbe
to invite tenders razpisati ponudbeno licitacijo
to make a tender of one's services ponuditi svoje usluge

2. prehodni glagol
ponuditi, nuditi, staviti ponudbo; staviti na razpolago; predložiti predati
pravno dati dokaz; izraziti; plačati (dolg)

to tender an oath to s.o. zapriseči koga
to tender one's resignation podati ostavko
to tender one's services ponuditi svoje usluge
to tender one's thanks izraziti, izreči svojo zahvalo
neprehodni glagol
(po)nuditi se (for za)
sodelovati pri ponudbeni licitaciji (razpisu), predložiti oferto (for the dredging of a harbour za očiščenje luke)

težáva difficulty; hardship; trial; trouble; quandary; embarrassment; crisis; figurativno snag

v težávi (stiski) in trouble
denarne težáve embarrassments pl
biti v denarnih težávah to be in financial difficulties
delati težáve to raise difficulties, to make trouble
on skuša delati težáve he tries to make trouble
žal mi je, da vam delam take težáve (sitnosti) (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
imeti težáve s policijo to be in trouble with the police
sam (si) iskati težáve to ask (ali to go looking) for trouble
težáva je v tem, da... the trouble (ali the snag) is that...
naleteti na težávo to come up against a difficulty
na nepričakovano težávo to come up against a snag
nastopila je neka težáva a difficulty arose
izogniti se težávi to avoid (ali to evade) difficulty
biti v (hudih) težávah (figurativno) to be in deep water
premostiti težáve to get over (ali to overcome) the difficulties
premagati, prebroditi težávo to surmount a difficulty
povzročiti komu velike težáve to put someone to much trouble
prihraniti komu težáve to spare someone trouble
priti iz težáv to escape from difficulties, (figurativno) to be out of the wood
smelo se spoprijeti s težávami (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
zabresti v težáve to get into trouble
trpeti zaradi prebavnih težáv to suffer from digestive troubles

težkó prislov heavily; badly; with difficulty; (komaj) hardly, scarcely

težkó delati to work hard, to toil, to toil and moil
težkó verjeti to be sceptical
on se težkó uči he is a backward student
težkó dostopen hard of access
težkó izpolnljiv difficult to carry out
težkó razumljiv difficult to understand
težkó verjeten hard to believe
težkó ranjen badly (ali severely) wounded
težkó dojemati, razume(va)ti to be slow on the uptake
težkó bolan dangerously ill
težkó oborožen heavily armed
težkó je zame I'm finding things hard
z njo je težkó (figurativno) she is hard to get on with
težkó mi je (reči) I find it hard (to say)
njemu je težkó ugoditi he is hard to please
težkó mi je pri duši it grieves me
težkó, da bo prišel he will hardly come, it's unlikely he'll come
težkó, da jo boš še kdaj videl you're unlikely to see her again

than [ðæn, ðən] veznik
kot, kakor

more than 300 people več kot 300 ljudi
rather than rajši kot
none other than you noben drug kot vi
a man than whom no one was more beloved ni ga bilo bolj priljubljenega človeka, kot je bil on
it is casier said than done to je lažje rečeno kot storjeno
she did it better than he bolje to napravila kot on
I would rather walk than drive jaz bi rajši šel peš, kot pa da bi se peljal

thank² [ɵæŋk] prehodni glagol
zahvaliti se

to thank s.o. for s.th. zahvaliti se komu za kaj
(I) thank you! hvala!
no, thank you! ne, hvala!
(yes), thank you! (da), prosim!
thank you for nothing (ironično) se najlepše zahvaljujem; hvala vam tudi za to, bom že brez vas!
thanking you in anticipation (ali beforehand, ali in advance) zahvaljujoč se vam vnaprej
I'll thank you for some bread prosim (vas) malo kruha
I will thank you to leave that to me bil bi vam hvaležen, če bi to prepustili meni
he has only himself to thank for it samo sebi se mora za to zahvaliti (si to pripisati)
your tea, sir, thank you vaš čaj, gospod, prosim!

that¹ [ðæt, ðóuz]

1. zaimek (množina those)
(kazalni) ta, to; oni, -a, -o

and that in to, in sicer
at that vrh tega, poleg tega, pogovorno pri tem
and all that in vse to (táko)
for all that pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu
like that takó
this, that, and the other to in ono, vse vrste
with that s tem
that which... to (ono), kar...
that house over there ona hiša tam preko
to that degree that do tolikšne mere, da...
that's all to je vse
that's it! tako je prav! tako je treba!
that's so takó je
that's right! takó je! točno! res je!; vulgarno da
and that's that! pogovorno in s tem je stvar opravljena! in stvar je končana! in zdaj dovolj tega!
that may be to je možno
that's what it is saj to je ravno; stvar je v tem; tako je to; za tem grmom tiči zajec
(is) that so? ali res? je (to) res tako?
that's the way! tako je prav!
that is why zato
that is because to je zato, ker
that is (to say) to se pravi
those are they to so oni
those are his children to (ono) so njegovi otroci
that was the children to so bili (so naredili) otroci
that's a dear! to je lepo od tebe!
what of that? (pa) kaj za to?
what's that noise? kakšen hrup je to?
that's what he told me tako mi je on povedal
let it go at that pogovorno pustimo to, kot je
why do you run like that? zakaj tako tečeš?
this cake is better than that (one) ta kolač je boljši kot oni
I went to this and that doctor šel sem k več zdravnikom

2. prislov
pogovorno takó (zelo)

that much toliko
that far tako daleč
that angry (small, tired) tako jezen (majhen, utrujen)

then [ðen]

1. prislov
nato, potem; takrat; (na)dalje, razen tega; torej

now and then včasih, tu pa tam
every now and then vedno zopet, od časa do časa
then and there na mestu, takoj
long before then davno pred tem, davno prej
all right then torej prav, no pa dobro, v redu
well then no!; no dobro
now then toda prosim, pa dobro
on then! kar (samo) naprej!
then this, then that včasih to, včasih ono
if ... then če ... tedaj
but then ampak seveda
and then some ameriško, sleng in še mnogo več
what then? pa potem?
there and then neposredno nato, takoj nato, precej nato
then is it so? torej je tako? torej vendar?
then how are you? pa kako se počutite?
I think, then I exist mislim, torej sem
I was in Italy then bil sem v Italiji takrat
is it raining? then we had better stay at home ali dežuje? potem je bolje, da ostanemo doma

2. pridevnik
takraten, tedanji

the then president tedanji predsednik

3. samostalnik
tisti (takratni, tedanji) čas

by then do takrat, do tistega časa
from then od tistega časa, od takrat
not till then šele od tistega časa, odtlej, šele nato
till then do tistega časa, do takrat, dotlej