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jésti to eat; to take food; to take one's meal(s); to have one's dinner (oziroma lunch oziroma supper oziroma breakfast); (hraniti se) to feed

dietično jésti to keep to a diet
dobro jésti (gostiti se) to enjoy sumptuous fare, to be regaled
glasno jésti to munch
jésti pri kom (biti na hrani) to board with someone
jésti s krožnika to eat from a plate
pohlepno, požrešno jésti to eat greedily, to eat like a wolf, to wolf one's food, to be a gourmandizer
naglo jésti to bolt down, to devour, to gulp down
rad jésti (svinino) to be partial to (pork)
rad jém sladice I have a sweet tooth, I like sweets
jésti na tuj račun to sponge, to be a sponger
jésti skupaj z (npr. v menzi) to mess with
jésti s tekom to relish one's food
jésti brez teka to eat without appetite
dati komu kaj jésti to give someone something to eat, to feed someone, (živalim) to feed (animals)
on ima komaj kaj jésti he lives from hand to mouth
ona malo (veliko) jé she is a poor (a hearty ali a great) eater
on obilno jé he is a great trencherman, he plies a good knife and fork
preveč jém I overeat
on jé samo ribe he eats nothing but fish
pri njih se dobro jé they keep a good table
jaz vse jém I eat anything
rajši jém teletino I prefer veal
mi jémo v restavraciji we take our meals in a restaurant
ves dan nisem ne jedel ne pil I've had nothing to eat or drink all day long
on mi jé iz roke (figurativno) he eats out of my hand, I've got him eating out of my hand
jedel sem do sitega I have eaten (ali I have had) my fill, pogovorno I'm full up
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé no work, no food
jésti kolikor kdo zmore to eat as much as one can

ješč -a having a good (ali hearty) appetite

on je zelo ješč, -a he is a good eater

jéza anger; (divja) rage, wrath; (tiha) sulks pl, sulk, pique; temper, indignation, passion; pesniško choler; wrathfulness

nagla jéza irascibility, hot temper
ves iz sebe od jéze biti to be ablaze with anger, to be beside oneself with rage
nagle jéze swift to anger
izbruh jéze a fit of anger (ali of passion, of temper)
zaripel od jéze flushed with anger
v hipni jézi, v navalu jéze in a fit of anger (ali of pique)
biti nagle jéze to be irascible, to be hot-tempered, to have an evil temper
biti v jézi s kom to have a grudge against someone, pogovorno to have it in for someone
kuhati jézo na koga to bear a grudge against someone
jézo kuha name he bears me a grudge
staro jézo kuhajo name they have an old grudge against me
dati duška svoji jézi to give vent to one's anger
kipeti, pihati od jéze to simmer (ali to fume) with anger
stresti svojo jézo nad koga to wreak one's anger on someone, to take it out on someone, to vent one's anger on someone
izliti svojo jézo na koga arhaično to pour out the vials of one's wrath upon someone
jéza se mu bo kmalu ohladila, polegla his anger will soon subside

jézditi to ride

jézditi na konju to ride on horseback
jézditi konja to ride (ali to mount) a horse; to straddle

jezíček tonguelet; small tongue

jezíček na tehtnici pointer, indicator (on balance or scales); figurativno the decisive factor
mehkonebni jezíček anatomija uvula, pl -s, uvulae

jézik anatomija tongue; (govor) tongue, speech, language; idiom; (pri pihalu) mouthpiece; humoristično clapper

materinski jézik native language, mother tongue
mrtev (živ, tuj) jézik dead (living, foreign) language
občevalni jézik colloquial language, vernacular
knjižni jézik literary language
diplomatski jézik diplomatic language
Cankarjev jézik Cankar's language
lahek, težak jézik easy, difficult language
goveji, volovski jézik neat's tongue, ox-tongue
obložen jézik medicina a coated (ali dirty, furred) tongue
prekajen jézik smoked tongue
zemeljski jézik neck, spit, tongue (of land)
učitelj jézikov (foreign) language teacher
dar za jézike gift of tongues
morski jézik (riba) sole
dolg, nebrzdan jézik unbridled tongue
zloben jézik wicked (ali malicious) tongue
moderni (stari) jézik modern (ancient) language
strokoven jézik technical language
uradni, službeni jézik official style
zastarel jézik obsolete (ali archaic) language
duh jézika genius of a language
jézik posrednik interlingua
na jéziku mi je, na jéziku imam (a se ne morem spomniti) it's on the tip of my tongue
to je proti duhu jézika this is against the spirit of the language
on je junak z jézikom (figurativno) he is a braggart (ali blusterer, swaggerer)
ona ima oster (strupen) jézik she has a sharp (a venomous) tongue
imeti dobro namazan jézik to have a glib (ali a well-oiled) tongue, to have the gift of the gab
brzdati svoj jézik to keep one's tongue in check; to bridle, to curb one's tongue
kar ima na srcu, ima tudi na jéziku he wears his heart on his sleeve
imeti dolg jézik to have a long tongue
ona je vsem ljudem na jéziku everyone is (ali pogovorno they're all) talking about her
držati jézik to hold one's tongue
drži jézik!, jézik za zobe! hold your tongue!, shut your mouth!, shut up!, keep your mouth shut!
jézik si izbrusiti z govorjenjem to talk one's head off
imeti besedo na jéziku to have the word on the tip of one's tongue
jézik mu je odpovedal his tongue failed him
pokazati komu jézik to put one's tongue out at someone
pokaži jézik! put out your tongue!
sneti komu besedo z jézika to take the words out of someone's mouth
pazi na svoj jézik! mind your tongue!
lomiti jézik to murder a language
jézik se mu je razvezal he is no longer tongue-tied, he has found his tongue, he has become talkative
zlobni jéziki trdijo malicious tongues assert
jézik ji dobro teče, ji je dobro namazan her tongue is well-oiled, pogovorno her tongue's no cripple
jézik mu teče kot mlin he's a nonstop chatterbox, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
zavezati komu jézik to silence someone, pogovorno to make someone pipe down
(on) ima zavezan jézik he is tongue-tied
ušlo mi je z jézika I let it slip out
on zna mnogo jézikov he is a polyglot
tolči (kak) jézik (figurativno) to mangle a language

jezíti to anger; to make angry (ali annoyed, cross, vexed, grim); to vex

jezíti se to be angry (ali cross, vexed, sulky), to grow angry, to fly into a passion
ne jezi se name! don't be angry with me!
on se jezi name he is angry (ali cross) with me, he bears me a grudge
človek, ne jezi se! (igra) ludo

jigger¹ [džígə] samostalnik
plesalec jiga; izpiralec zlata; sunkovit poteg trnka pri ribolovu
mornarica vzdolžno jadro na zadnjem jamboru; majhen jambor, majhno jadro na krmi čolna, barka s takim jadrom
mornarica majhen škripec, vitel (za delo na palubi)
vojska, sleng zapor
tehnično sito za separiranje rude; lončarsko kolo; orodje za poliranje usnja ali roba podplata; električno kazalo za cene na borzi
ameriško, sleng šilce, požirek
pogovorno neopredeljiva stvar

sleng jiggers! pazi!, teci!
what is that little jigger on the pistol? kaj je tista stvarca na pištoli?

jinx¹ [džiŋks] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno človek (stvar), ki prinaša nesrečo; smola, nesreča, urok

to break the jinx premagati urok
to put a jinx on uročiti koga

job¹ [džɔb] samostalnik
delo, opravilo, posel; delo na akord; naloga, dolžnost; služba, položaj
pogovorno zadeva
pogovorno težka naloga; špekulacija, izrabljanje službe za privaten zaslužek
ameriško, sleng nečeden posel, kraja, rop, zločin
tisk akcidenčni tisk

ekonomija job card (ali ticket) seznam delavčevih delovnih ur
job order naročilo za delo
job production izgotovitev posamičnega dela
job specification opis dela
job analysis analiza dela, analiza zaposlenosti
job classification poklicna razvrstitev
job control sindikalni vpliv na kadrovsko politiko v podjetju
job evaluation (ali rating) ocenitev dela
job rotation rotacija delovnih mest
on the job training izobrazba na delovnem mestu
odd jobs priložnostna dela
bad job slaba stvar, težek položaj, neuspeh
a good job (too) (res) sreča
by the job na akord, od kosa plačano delo
job time čas za delo na akord
job wage plačilo za delo na akord
out of a job brezposeln
job for the boys služba za pristaše (politične stranke)
bank job bančni rop
what a job! to je obupno!
it was quite a job bila je res težka stvar
to make a good job of it delo res dobro opraviti
to make a thorough job of it delo temeljito opraviti
to make the best of a bad job popraviti, kar se še da; molče požreti, ne kazati nevolje
to give it up as a bad job opustiti kaj, kar je brezupno
to know one's job razumeti stvar
it is your job to do it tvoja naloga je, da to narediš
to be on the job pridno delati, paziti
this is not everybody's job to delo ni za vsakega
to pull a job zagrešiti zločin
to do s.o.'s job for him; ali to do a job on s.o. uničiti koga, likvidirati koga
a put-up job naprej dogovorjen zločin, prevara
ameriško to lie down on the job zanemarjati delo, zabušavati
ameriško, pogovorno she is a tough job ona je žilava

jog² [džɔg]

1. prehodni glagol
rahlo suniti, krcniti, stresti, podrezati
figurativno spomniti; pognati (stroj) za kratek čas

2. neprehodni glagol
udariti (against proti)
vleči se naprej, capljati (on, along)
odpraviti se, nadaljevati pot (on)

to jog s.o.'s memory poklicati komu v spomin
to jog on prebiti čas, nadaljevati
matters jog along stvari počasi napredujejo
I must be jogging moram se odpraviti

jók crying; weep, weeping; wailing; shedding of tears

pol v jóku, pol v smehu half crying, half laughing
na jók mi gre I feel like crying (ali weeping), I feel I could cry (ali weep)
planiti, spustiti se v jók to burst into tears, pogovorno to turn on the waterworks
bruhniti v jók to burst into tears
spraviti koga v jók to reduce someone to tears, to make someone cry
na jók ji je šlo she felt close to tears

jókati to cry, to weep, to shed tears

jókati za kom to weep (ali to mourn) for someone, to bewail the loss of someone
grenko jókati to weep bitterly
jókati od jeze to weep with (ali for) anger
jókati od bolečine to weep with pain
jokala je vso noč she was crying (ali weeping) all night long
hkrati smejoč se in jokajoč (se) laughing and crying at the same time
jókati nad svojo žalostno usodo to weep over one's misfortunes (ali over one's sad lot)
dolgo jókati to cry one's eyes (ali one's heart) out
kar naprej jókati to go on crying (ali weeping)
jókati za prazen nič to cry for nothing
jókati od veselja to cry with joy
krčevito jókati to sob one's heart out; to shed hot tears

joke¹ [džouk] samostalnik
šala, dovtip

the best of the joke ost dovtipa
to take (ali bear) a joke razumeti šalo
he can't see a joke ne razume šale
to carry the joke too far pretirati s šalo
to crack (ali cut) jokes zbijati šale
he is a joke smešen je
in joke v šali
it is no joke to pa ni šala
the joke of the town tarča posmeha
to pass (ali put) a joke upon s.o. vleči koga za nos
to play practical jokes on s.o. zagosti jo komu, neslane šale zbijati s kom
to turn a matter into joke obrniti kaj v šalo

judg(e)ment [džʌ́džmənt] samostalnik
pravno sodba, obsodba, razsodba; obrazložitev sodbe; razsodnost, preudarnost, razumevanje, uvidevnost; mnenje, ocena (on o)

to sit in judg(e)ment on s.o. soditi komu
to deliver (ali give, pronounce, pass, render) judg(e)ment on s.o. izreči nad kom obsodbo
judg(e)ment reserved sodnikova sodba pridržana do konca procesa
judg(e)ment respited odlog izvršenja obsodbe
judg(e)ment by default obsodba v odsotnosti
in my judg(e)ment po moji sodbi
to give one's judg(e)ment upon povedati svoje mnenje o čem
to form a judg(e)ment (up)on s.th. ustvariti si sodbo o čem
to give judg(e)ment for (against) razsoditi v korist (proti)
error of judg(e)ment napačen sklep, napačna sodba
a man of sound judg(e)ment zelo razsoden človek
use your best judg(e)ment ravnaj preudarno
the Day of Judgement sodni dan
the Last Judgement poslednja sodba
judg(e)ment of God božja sodba

juice¹ [džu:s] samostalnik
sok
figurativno jedro, bit; moč, vitalnost
sleng bencin, pogonsko gorivo
ameriško viski

gastric juice želodčni sok
the digestive juices prebavni sokovi
figurativno to stew in one's own juice pojesti, kar si skuhaš
to step on the juice pritisniti na plin

juju [džú:džu:] samostalnik
amulet (pri zahodnoafriških plemenih)

to put a juju on s.th. napraviti kaj za tabu

jump¹ [džʌmp] samostalnik
skok, preskok, skok s padalom; skok (cen itd.); nagel prehod na daljinsko snemanje (film); zdrzljaj; udarec nazaj (strelno orožje)
ameriško, pogovorno prednost, uspešen začetek

sleng the jumps delirium tremens
jump area padalčev doskočni cilj
šport high jump skok v višino
šport broad (ali long) jump skok v daljino
šport obstacle jump terenski skok (pri smučanju)
šport oblique jump prečni skok (pri smučanju)
šport pole jump skok s palico
šport jump ball met žoge med dva igralca (sodnik pri košarki)
ameriško, sleng (always) on the jump (vedno) v naglici, v razburjenju
to keep s.o. on the jump imeti koga na vajetih
to give s.o. a jump prestrašiti koga (da se zdrzne, poskoči)
to make (ali take) a jump skočiti
figurativno by jumps skokovito
to take the jump preskočiti oviro
jump in production hiter porast produkcije
to get the jump on s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, prehiteti koga
not by a long jump še zdaleč ne
ameriško from the jump od začetka

jump² [džʌmp]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti (tudi cene), skakati, poskakovati, skakljati, poskočiti, odskočiti, skočiti na noge; vskočiti (in)
skočiti mimo (past)
priskočiti (to)
figurativno trzniti, zdrzniti se, kvišku planiti, prestrašiti se (at)
figurativno preskočiti (to na)
preskočiti vrsto pri branju; tresti, zibati se (voz); izskočiti, iztiriti se (vlak)
figurativno razbijati (srce)

2. prehodni glagol
preskočiti (across, over)
pomagati komu skočiti, pripraviti konja k skoku; s silo vzeti, prisvojiti si; zibati, ujčkati; zviševati cene

to jump clear of s.th. odskočiti od česa
sleng to jump to it z vnemo se česa lotiti
to jump for joy poskočiti od veselja
ameriško to jump channels preskočiti službeno stopnjo
britanska angleščina to jump the queue ne držati se vrste zriniti se naprej
to jump one's bail pobegniti kljub danemu poroštvu
to jump town pobegniti iz mesta
to jump a claim prisvojiti si tujo parcelo (zlatokopa itd.)
to jump the rails iztiriti se (vlak)
to jump a child on one's knees ujčkati otroka v naročju
to jump s.o. into s.th. nagovoriti koga k čemu
to jump prices cene zelo zvišati
don't jump my nerves! ne žri mi živcev!
ameriško to jump the gun prenagliti se
his tastes and his means do not jump njegov okus se ne ujema z njegovimi sredstvi

junák hero

junák dneva hero of the day (ali of the hour)
Neznani junák Unknown Soldier
grob Neznanega junáka Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
boriti se kot junák to fight like a hero
napraviti junáka iz koga to make someone (into) a hero, to venerate someone as a hero
umreti kot junák to die a hero
doma se vsakdo čuti junáka every cock crows on his dunghill