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noséča pregnant; with child; pogovorno in the family way

noséče žene pregnant women, expected mothers pl; (v drugi polovici nosečnosti) arhaično quick with child
ona je noséča she is expecting, she is pregnant, she is with child, evfemizem she is in an interesting state
ona je že dolgo noséča she has not long to go

now² [náu] samostalnik
sedaj, sedanjost

before now že prej, že enkrat
by now že, medtem, do sedaj
how now? no, kaj pa sedaj?
what is it now? no, kaj pa je spet?
now that ker, sedaj ko
no nonsense, now! brez neumnosti, prosim!
(every) now and then tu pa tam

obúti to shoe, to boot

obúti čevlje, obúti se to put (ali to pull) on one's shoes (ali boots)
mati je že obula otroka the mother has helped the child on with his shoes (ali has helped the child to put on his shoes)

od from; of; since; on, upon

od 1 do 10 from one to ten
10 od 20ih ten out of twenty
od 100 niti 1 not one in a hundred
od daleč from far away, from afar
od Ljubljane do Zagreba from Lj. to Z.
od časa do časa from time to time
od danes dalje (naprej) from this day (forward)
od jutri naprej from tomorrow
od sedaj naprej from now on, henceforth
od 9ih do 10ih from nine till (ali to) ten
od nedelje do petka from Sunday to (ZDA through) Friday
od jeseni since autumn
(že) od nekdaj for some time
od malega (mladih let) from childhood (on)
od prvega do zadnjega from first to last
od povsod from everywhere, from all sides
od včeraj since yesterday
od takrat, od tedaj from that time, from then on; thence, since then, thenceforth
(že) od (vsega, prvega) začetka from the (very) beginning (ali start)
od jutra do večera from morning till (ali to) night, all day long, all the livelong day
od zadaj from behind
sam od sebe by myself (yourself, etc.), spontaneously, of one's own accord
od spodaj from beneath
nobeden od nas none of us
od besede do besede (dobesedno) word for word, literally, verbatim
od mnogih primerov among many examples
nem od presenečenja (struck) dumb with astonishment
otrpel od mraza stiff with cold
zapuščen od vseh abandoned (ali deserted, forsaken) by everyone
od srca rad most willingly
od utrujenosti from fatigue
lepo od vas nice of you
ni lepo od tebe it isn't nice of you
drhteti od strahu to tremble with fear
moj brat je večji od mene my brother is taller than I (am) (ali pogovorno than me)
od kdaj si že v bolnici? how long have you been in hospital?
od razburjenja ni mogel govoriti he could not speak for excitement
to odvisi od vremena that depends on the weather
pozdravi ga od mene (v mojem imenu) give him my best regards
(od) kar ljudje pomnijo from time immemorial, from time out of mind
umreti od lakote, jetike to die of hunger, of consumption
on živi od peresa (figurativno) he lives by his pen

odkár since

ves čas odkár ever since
ves čas že berem odkár sem prišel nazaj I've been reading ever since I came back
(že ves čas) dežuje, odkár sem prišel it has been raining since I came
kako dolgo je, odkár ste ga videli? how long is it since you saw him?

of [əv] predlog

1.
od (north of)

2.
genetiv (the master of the house)

3.
apozicija (the City of London, the month of May)

4.
(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London)

5.
(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud of)

6.
(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk)

7.
(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man)

8.
(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe)

9.
(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine)

10.
o (talk of peace, news of success)

11.
(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March)

12. ameriško
pogovorno pred, do (ten minutes of three)

13.

Razno:

to be quick of eye hitro in dobro zapažati
nimble of foot lahkonog
of old že zdavnaj
of late v zadnjem času nedavno
of course seveda, se razume
in case of v slučaju
you of all prav ti
of age polnoleten
by means of s pomočjo
for the sake of; ali in (ali on) behalf of zavoljo, zaradi
in face of, in spite of vkljub
on account of, because of zaradi
for fear of iz strahu od
in respect of z ozirom na
instead of namesto
all of a sudden nenadoma
ameriško back of za(daj)
to be on the point of (going) biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu)

offence [əféns] samostalnik
britanska angleščina prestopek (against)
žalitev, užaljenost, zamera; napad; spotika

to give offence to razžaliti
pravno legal offence kaznivo dejanje
pravno minor (ali lesser) offence prekršek
no offence! brez zamere!
to mean no offence ne imeti namena žaliti
to put up (ali swallow, pocket) an offence požreti žalitev
to take offence at biti razžaljen
no offence taken je že dobro!
Biblija rock of offence kamen spotike
arms of offence napadalno orožje

offender [əféndə] samostalnik
žaljivec
pravno prestopnik, krivec

pravno first offender kdor še ni bil kavnovan
second offender povratnik, kdor je že bil kaznovan

old¹ [óuld] pridevnik
star, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen
sleng sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)

the old stari ljudje
young aud old staro in mlado, vsi
as old as Adam (ali the hills) prastar
old bachelor zakrknjen samec
old boy stari prijatelj (zlasti v velelniku)
britanska angleščina, sleng old bean (ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) "stari"
old bird star lisjak, premetenec
old man "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)
old man of the sea vsiljivec, podrepnež
pogovorno my old man moj stari, moj mož
to put off the old man spremeniti način življenja
old woman "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergač
old hand (ali stager) izkušen človek ali delavec
to be an old hand at biti izkušen v čem
old hat zastarel
to grow old starati se
the same old excuse ista stara pesem
to have a good (ali fine, high) old time odlično se zabavati
an old head on young shoulders zrela pamet pri mladem človeku
the old country (ali home) stara domovina
old salt, old whale star, izkušen mornar
of old standing že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uveden
sleng any old thing karkoli
britanska angleščina Old Lady of Threadneedle Street angleška narodna banka
ameriško Old Glory ameriška zastava
ameriško Old Man River vzdevek za reko Mississippi
old moon pojemajoč mesec

omeníti to mention, to make mention of; to refer to

mimogrede omeníti to mention in passing
samó omeníti barely to mention
ni nam treba (niti) omeníti we need scarcely mention (da... that...)
omenili smo že... mention has already been made of...
kot smo zgoraj omenili as mentioned above, as we have already said

other² [ʌ́ðə] zaimek
drugi, -ga, -go

the other drugi
of all others med vsemi, od vseh, pred vsemi
each other drug drugega
one from the other posebej, narazen
someone or other nekdo, že kdo
somehow or other; ali some way or other tako ali drugače
no (ali none) other than nihče drug kot
some day (ali time) or other nekega dne, kadarkoli

out² [áut] prislov

1.
ven, iz (tudi v zvezi z glagoli: to go out iti ven, to die out izumreti)

2.
zunaj, zdoma (he is out zunaj je, ni ga doma)

3.
ne na delu (a day out prost dan)

4. vojska
na (bojnem) polju
navtika na morju

5.
ne v zaporu (out on bail na svobodi proti kavciji)

6.
priobčen (knjiga the book came out in June)
predstavljen javnosti (dekle)

7.
odkrit (the secret is out tajna je prišla na dan)

8. šport
zunaj, ven, ne v igri, izven igrišča; (boks) knockoutiran

9. politika
ne v vladi (the democrats are out)

10.
ne v vaji (my fingers are out)

11.
porabljen, ne na zalogi (the potatoes are out)

12.
do kraja, čisto (to hear s.o. out koga do kraja poslušati, tired out čisto izčrpan)

13.
izpahnjen (roka), ki preplavlja (reka)

14.
napačen, zmoten (his calculations are out njegovi računi so napačni)

15.
dan v najem (zemlja), izposojen (knjiga)

16.
jasno, glasno (to laugh out glasno se zasmejati, speak out! govori glasneje!, povej že jasno in glasno!)

17. aeronavtika
končan (pogovor)

18.
razno

out and out popolnoma, docela
out and about (zopet) na nogah, pokonci
out and away daleč (najboljši itd.)
to be out miniti, ne biti v modi, biti na izgubi, biti zunaj, ne biti doma, ne priti v poštev, iziti (knjiga), ne goreti, biti ugašen
that is out! ne pride v poštev!
to be out in a thing motiti se
to be out for s.th. iskati kaj, zavzeti se za kaj
to be down and out na nič priti
to be out with s.o. ne biti več prijatelj, biti hud na koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
we had an evening out zvečer smo šli ven
out at heels reven
out at elbows revno oblečen
out on a limb izpostavljen
way out izbod
the workers are out delavci stavkajo
out with him! ven ga vrzi!
ekonomija to insure out and home zavarovati za pot tja in nazaj

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

past¹ [pa:st] pridevnik
minuli, prejšnji, pretekli

for some time past že nekaj časa
slovnica past participle pretekli deležnik
slovnica past tense pretekli čas, preteritum
slovnica past perfect predpretekli čas

pebble [pebl] samostalnik
prodnik (okrogel kamenček); vrsta ahata, kremenec; kamena strela, kristalna kopuča
fizika leča iz kristalne kopuče

that's not the only pebble on the beach ni še vseh dni konec, priložnost se bo že še našla

pepper¹ [pépə] samostalnik
poper
figurativno zajedljivost, ostra kritika

I'll give you pepper ti bom že pokazal, ti bom že dal popra
red pepper paprika
green pepper zelena paprika
Spanish pepper pfeferoni
to take pepper in the nose razjeziti se, planiti

písati to write; (beležiti) to take down, to make a note (of), to make notes, to note down, to set down; (črkovati) to spell

písati po nareku to write from dictation
napačno písati besedo to misspell a word
písati čistopis to make a fair (ali clean, final) copy
písati koncept to write out a rough draft (ali copy)
písati čitljivo (nečitljivo) to write legibly (illegibly)
písati knjige to write books, to be an author
ona lepo piše she writes a nice (ali good, bold) hand
on grdo, nečitljivo piše he writes a cramped (ali niggling) hand
písati note to copy out music
písati na stroj to typewrite, to type
še enkrat, ponovno písati to rewrite
pravilno písati besedo to spell a word correctly
kako se piše ta beseda? how do you spell this word?
ta beseda se piše z -i- this word is spelt with an -i-
slabó písati to write badly, to scrawl
on ne piše, ampak čečka he writes an awful scrawl
písati pismo s črnilom to pen a letter
písati beležko s svinčnikom to jot down a note in pencil, to pencil a note
kako se pišete? what is your name?
kako pišete svoje ime? how do you spell your name?
pisal se je Brown kot ti he was surnamed Brown like you
obsežno, podrobno písati to write extensively, in detail
písati o slovstvu to write on literature
písati v običajni pisavi to write longhand
písati stenografsko to write shorthand
ne zna ne písati ne brati he is illiterate (ali analphabetic)
piši mi par vrstic (ob priložnosti)! drop me a line (occasionally)!
že dva tedna mi ni pisal I haven't heard from him for a fortnight (že pet tednov these five weeks)
písati komu v dobro to put down to someone's credit
dal mi je, reci in piši, 8 tolarjev he gave me precisely 8 tolars
piši me v uho! (žargon) go and fly a kite!, let me alone!, leave me in peace!

pogrešíti (napraviti napako) to make a mistake, to commit an error, to blunder; (strpeti brez)

to bom že pogrešil I shall do without it

pokázati to show; to demonstrate; to indicate; to point (na at); to expose to view, to exhibit; to manifest, to display

pokaži mi to! let me see it!, show it to me!
ti bom že pokazal! I'll teach you!, I'll show you!
pokázati s prstom na koga to point one's finger at someone
pokázati svoje načrte, namere to show one's plans, intentions
pokázati svoje dokumente to show one's papers
pokázati svoje karte to show one's cards (tudi figurativno)
pokázati pête (zbežati) to show someone a clean pair of heels
pokazali so mi sobo I was shown the room
pokazal je veliko spretnost he displayed great skill
pokázati svojo strahopetnost (figurativno, arhaično) to show the white feather
pokázati svojo zlobno naravo (figurativno) to show one's cloven hoof
pokázati slab okus to show bad taste
pokázati znake utrujenosti to show signs of fatigue
pokázati (opozoriti) na kaj to point out something
pokázati zobe to show one's teeth (tudi figurativno)
pokázati komu vrata to show someone the door
pokaži, kaj znaš! do your stuff!
pokázati se (v javnosti) to show someone; to appear, to turn up; to become manifest, to come to light; (izkazati se) to prove (oneself)
pokazal se je (prišel je) šele ob desetih he didn't show up until ten
pokazal se je hvaležnega he showed himself grateful, he proved to be grateful
on bi rad pokazal, kaj zna he wants to show off
se bo že pokazalo! time will show!
pokazalo se je, da... it turned out (ali it became evident, it was found) that...
kmalu se bo pokazalo, ali imate prav we shall soon see if you are right

polovíca half, pl halves; moiety

na polovíco by halves
polovíca zneska half the amount
boljša polovíca (figurativno, žena) one's better half
za polovíco dražji half as dear again
za polovíco predolg too long by half
za polovíco preveč too much by half
polovíca od njih je bilo ranjenih half of them were wounded
izgubil je več kot polovíco svojega premoženja he lost more than half his fortune
dobiti že polovíco, opraviti že pol dela (figurativno) to win half the battle
za polovíco zmanjšati takso to halve the tax
zrezati na polovíce to cut in half