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wrong² [rɔŋ] pridevnik
zmoten, nepravi, pogrešen, napačen, naroben; ki ni v redu, ki je v neredu; neprimeren, nepripraven; nekoristen, neugoden

wrong act prekršek
a wrong answer napačen, nepravi odgovor
the wrong side narobna stran (of material blaga)
wrong one, sleng wrong'un (kriket) žoga, ki leti čisto drugače, kot je igralec pričakoval
(the) wrong side out na ven (narobe) obrnjena notranja stran (oblačila)
the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonit
to be wrong ne imeti prav
the clock is wrong ura ne gre prav
you are wrong in believing that nimaš prav (motiš se), če to verjameš
not to be far wrong ne se zelo (z)motiti
I was not far wrong in guessing skoraj sem uganil
something is wrong with him nekaj je narobe z njim
what's wrong with you? kaj pa je (narobe) s teboj?
to be in the wrong box figurativno biti v škripcih (v nerodnem položaju, v zagati); ne biti na mestu; biti na zgubi
it is the wrong side out to je narobe, obrnjeno
to be on the wrong side of 50 biti nad 50 let star
what's wrong with a cup of tea? pogovorno kako bi bilo s skodelico čaja?
to do the wrong thing in the wrong place ravno narobe (napačno) kaj napraviti
what do you find wrong with it? kaj se ti zdi pri tem narobe (ti ni pri tem všeč)?
to get (to have) hold of the wrong end of the stick figurativno (popolnoma) napačno razumeti (imeti čisto napačno mnenje, vtis)
to get out of the bed (on) the wrong side figurativno, pogovorno z levo nogo vstati; biti slabe volje
he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth figurativno smeh ga bo že minil
to prove s.o. wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to go wrong zaiti; spodleteti, ne iti (biti) v redu
he holds the book the wrong way narobe drži knjigo
he found himself in the wrong shop figurativno, pogovorno ni na pravega naletel
it is very wrong of you to support him zelo napak je od vas, da ga podpirate
to take the wrong train peljati se z napačnim vlakom
to take the wrong turning (ali path) figurativno zaiti na kriva pota

adaptírati to adapt

adaptírati se to adapt someone
adaptírati se okoliščinam to adapt someone to circumstances
ni se še adaptiral svojemu novemu položaju he has not yet adapted himself to his new position
adaptírati za film to adapt for the screen

admit [ədmít] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pripustiti, pripuščati, dopustiti, priznati; upoštevati; sprejeti za člana

to admit to the bar podeliti advokaturo
to admit a claim priznati dolg
to admit s.o. into confidence zaupati se komu
to admit of improvement dati se popraviti, izboljšati
it admits of no excuse ni opravičljivo
it admits of no doubt o tem ni dvoma
to admit as partner sprejeti za družabnika
this ticket admits to the evening performance ta vstopnica velja za večerno predstavo

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

alternatíva alternative

ni nobene alternatíve there is no other alternative
ostal sem v alternatívi I was left with the alternative
pred dvema težavnima alternatívma (žargon) between the devil and the deep blue sea

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo

amount² [əmáunt] neprehodni glagol (to)
znašati, veljati

what does the bill amount to? koliko znaša račun?
it amounts to the same thing to je isto
it does not amount to much ni veliko vredno
what does it amount to? kaj to pomeni?

answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

any¹ [éni] pridevnik & zaimek

1.
v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče

2.
v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkoli

have you any money? imaš kaj denarja?
there are not any matches in the box v škatlici ni nobenih vžigalic
is there any hope? je sploh kaj upanja?
no more than one if any ne več kot eden, če sploh kaj
we have little time if any nimamo skoraj nič časa
any and every prav vsak
at any rate, in any case v vsakem primeru

anyhow¹ [énihau] prislov
nekako; vsekakor, v vsakem primeru; kakorkoli; površno, slabo

to feel anyhow ne se dobro počutiti
he could not come anyhow nikakor ni mogel priti

appeal¹ [əpí:l]

1. neprehodni glagol (to, against)
prizivati se, apelirati; pritožiti se; obrniti se na koga; rotiti; prositi; ugajati, tekniti

2. prehodni glagol
pravno poklicati pred sodišče; obtožiti

to appeal to arms poklicati pod orožje
it doesn't appeal to me ne ugaja mi, ni mi pri srcu
to appeal to the country razpustiti parlament, razpisati nove volitve
to appeal to reason sklicevati se na zdravo pamet

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

attach [ətǽč]

1. prehodni glagol
pritrditi, privezati, dodati, priložiti, zvezati
figurativno pridobiti koga, navezati se na koga; pripisovati komu
pravno aretirati, zapleniti; imenovati, določiti

2. neprehodni glagol
povezati se s kom, navezati se na koga; biti združeno s čim

to be attached to s.o. biti vdan komu
to attach importance smatrati za važno
to attach blame to s.o. dolžiti koga
no blame attaches to him on ni kriv
to attach o.s. navezati se
to attach a stamp nalepiti znamko

authority [ɔ:ɵɔ́riti] samostalnik (with)
ugled; moč, veljava, oblast; vpliv; pooblaščenje; vir poročil; ugledna oseba, strokovnjak
(tudi množina) oblast, urad

to be in authority, to carry authority imeti oblast
to be without authority ne imeti oblasti, nič ne veljati
on the best authority iz najboljšega vira
full authority pooblastilo
he is no authority on the subject v tej zadevi ni odločilen
set in authority ki ima oblast
to give authority pooblastiti

available [əvéiləbl] pridevnik (availably prislov)
uporaben, koristen; primeren; veljaven; razpoložljiv

it is not available ni ga dobiti; ni veljavno

awkward [ɔ́:kwəd] pridevnik (awkwardly prislov)
okoren, neroden, nespreten
pogovorno nevljuden mučen; nevaren

the awkward age "telečja" leta
to feel awkward nelagodno se počutiti
an awkward situation mučen položaj
the awkward squad še nepreoblečeni novinci, rekruti; zelenci, novinci
an awkward question to answer vprašanje, na katero ni lahko odgovoriti

baby¹ [béibi] samostalnik
otročiček, dojenček; otročnik, otročji človek

ameriško baby carriage (ali cart, coach) otroški voziček
baby in arms otročiček, ki še ni shodil
baby cot otroška posteljica
baby elephant slonov mladič
to hold (ali carry) the baby prevzeti nezaželeno odgovornost
baby piano pianino
baby pin bucika
to plead the baby act izogibati se odgovornosti, izgovarjati se na neizkušenost
to throw out the baby with the bath prevneto si prizadevati

bark³ [ba:k] samostalnik
lajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)

his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kot je videti