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race¹ [réis] samostalnik
tek, tekanje
figurativno potek, tek (časa, stvari, življenja itd.); hitra struja, tok reke, brzica
ameriško rečno korito, jez, kanal; mlinski žleb, rake
šport dirka, tekma, tekmovanje (tekačev, konj, jadrnic itd.)
figurativno tekmovanje, boj, borba

the races konjske dirke
race boat šport tekmovalni čoln
race driver voznik dirkalnega avtomobila, avtomobilski dirkač
race horse dirkalni konj
the race for the presidency tekmovanje za predsedništvo
bicycle-race kolesarska dirka
boat-race veslaška tekma
horse-race konjska dirka
motor-race avtomobilska, motorna dirka
a half-mile race tek na pol milje
the armement race tekma v oboroževanju
obstacle race tek čez zapreke
mill-race mlinski žleb, rake
to attend the races prisostvovati konjskim dirkam
to go to the races iti, hoditi na dirke
to run a race udeležiti se dirke
figurativno his race is run življenje se mu je izteklo
his race was nearly run bil je skoraj na koncu svoje življenjske poti

run¹ [rʌn] samostalnik
tekanje, tek
šport vztrajnostni tek, tekmovanje, dirka, hiter galop; naval, lov (for na)
hajka; hoja, vožnja, (hitro) potovanje; pot, izlet, sprehod; jadranje; brzi koraki, hiter tempo, hitra kretnja, premik, hiter padec, beg; zalet, zagon, napad, juriš
figurativno potek, smer, ritem, tendenca, moda; nepretrgana vrsta, niz, serija, nepretrgan čas, trajanje
ameriško potok, reka, jarek; tok, struja, plima, valovi; prost dostop (do), prosta uporaba; trop, jata; pašnik, ograda, ograjen prostor za živino, za perutnino; sankališče
trgovina veliko povpraševanje (on po, za)
dobra prodaja, trajen uspeh
trgovina kakovost, kvaliteta, vrsta, sorta
glasba hitra vrsta tonov, gostolevek, rulada
gledališče čas izvedbe, trajanje (gledališke igre), uprizarjanje, prikazovanje, nepretrgana vrsta predstav; (karte) sekvenca; naklada (časopisa)
tehnično delovni čas (o strojih); presek, prerez, splošnost, večina
tehnično tračnica; deska za vkrcavanje in izkrcavanje; odvodna cev

at the run, on the run v teku
in the long run sčasoma, končno, konec koncev
on the run na nogah, nepretrgoma zaposlen, ki leta sem in tja; vojska ki je na umiku, na begu
with a run nenadoma
a run to Bled vožnja, izlet, skok na Bled
a run of bad luck at cards dolgotrajna smola pri kartah
a run of ill luck nepretrgana smola, vrsta nesreč
run of customers naval odjemalcev
run of events potek dogodkov
a run of gold žila zlata
run of ground zemeljski plaz
the run of public opinion smer javnega mnenja
the common (ordinary) run of people običajni, poprečni tip ljudi
non-stop run nonstop vožnja
the usual run of things običajni potek dogodkov
to be in the run teči, dirkati, figurativno kandidirati
to be on the run teči, tekati po poslih, biti vedno na nogah, tekati sem in tja
it is only a 30 minutes' run to our place samo pol ure vožnje je do nas
it is all in the day's run vse to spada v program dneva (dnevnih dogodkov)
this inn is quite out of the common run of country inns ta gostilna je čisto različna od običajnega tipa podeželskih gostišč
there was a run on the banks vlagatelji so navalili na banke (da bi dvignili svoje prihranke)
to break into a run spustiti se v tek
to come down with a run zrušiti se
to give a run preskusiti
to go for a run teči (kot) za stavo
everything went with a run vse je šlo gladko, kot namazano
to have s.o. on the run pogovorno pognati koga
to have a run for one's money figurativno priti na svoj račun, zabavati se za svoj denar
to have the run of s.o.'s house imeti prost dostop v hišo kake osebe, počutiti se pri kom doma
I had the run of his library imel sem prost dostop do njegove knjižnice
these books have had the run this year te knjige so se letos najbolje prodajale
the play had but a short run igra je bila le kratek čas na sporedu
the piece had a run of 20 nights (gledališko) igro so uprizorili 20 večerov zaporedoma
to take a run vzeti zalet

scratch with neprehodni glagol

not to have a sixpence to scratch with niti pol šilinga ne imeti, figurativno biti velik revež, biti popolnoma "suh"

sédem seven

(v skupinah) po sédem by seven
ob sedmih at seven o'clock
sédem in pol seven and a half

slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

snatch² [snæč] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pograbiti, zgrabiti, (hlastno, željno, naglo) seči po, iztrgati, polastiti se; skušati zgrabiti ali iztrgati

to snatch at an offer z obema rokama pograbiti (hitro sprejeti) ponudbo
to snatch a half hour's rest privoščiti si pol ure počitka
to snatch at a rope zgrabiti za vrv
to snatch s.o. from the jaws of death iztrgati (rešiti) koga iz krempljev smrti
to snatch victory from defeat poraz spremeniti v zmago
the bag was snatched from his hands iztrgali so mu torbo iz rok
the dog snatches the bone pes pograbi kost
he tried to snatch a kiss from her skušal ji je ukrasti poljub

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)

stártati to start

znova to make a fresh start; (letalo) to take off
letalo je startalo pred pol ure the plane took off half an hour ago

stolétje century

pol stolétja half a century
v 3. stolétju pred n. št. (pred Krist.) in the 3rd century B.C.
do konca 15. stolétja till (ali until, to) the end (ali close) of the 15th century
stolétje Ludvika XIV the age of Louis XIV

ték² course; (tekmovalen) race; heat; (motorja) run, running

v téku in progress, under way, going on
v téku časa in the course of time
v polnem téku (figurativno) in full swing, in full activity
mrtev, prazen ték avtomobilizem neutral (gear)
hitri ték šport sprint
ték na pol milje half-mile race
maratonski ték marathon
štafetni ték relay race
ték čez zapreke obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
ték čez drn in strn cross-country race
ték na dolge (kratke) proge long-distance (short-distance) race
tekmovanje v téku čez zapreke steeplechase
biti v téku to be going on, to be in progress
stvar je v téku the matter is being dealt with
žetev je v polnem téku harvesting is in full swing
spraviti v ték to set in motion
spustiti se v ték to break into a run
tekmovati v téku to run a race
tekmoval bom s teboj v teku do onega drevesa I'll race you to the tree over there
mrtev, neodločen ték šport dead heat
prazen ték (stroja) backlash

ton¹ [tən] samostalnik
navtika tona; tovorna prostornina ladje v tonah, nosilnost, tonaža; prostornina, ki jo izpodriva ladja; tona tovora (kot mera); tona, prostorninska mera za stvari raznih velikosti (npr. za les itd.); tona, mera za težo
pogovorno velika teža

long ton britanska angleščina 1016 kg
short ton ameriško 907 kg
metric ton metrska tona (1000 kg)
register ton registrska tona (2,83 m)
gross register ton bruto registrska tona
freight (measurement) ton tovorna tona
he has tons of money on ima denarja kot smeti
to ask s.o. tons of times neštetokrat koga vprašati
to weigh (half) a ton tehtati celo tono (pol tone), figurativno biti zelo težak

tréba

tréba je it is necessary
kot tréba as it should be, properly, suitably
napravi to kot tréba! do it properly!
ni tréba! no need!
kaj ti tréba več? what more do you want?
če bi bilo tréba (= v potrebi) if need be
ne izostani dljè kot tréba! don't stay away longer than you need!
ni mi tréba tvojega denarja I don't need your money
tréba mi je I need, I want
to je tréba storiti this must be done
tréba je samo reči in... you have only to say the word and...
še marsikaj bo tréba napraviti there is still much to be done
ni se ti tréba bati you needn't fear (za for)
tréba bi ga bilo kaznovati he ought to be punished
ni se tréba čuditi, da... it is not to be wondered at that...
ni ti tréba skrbeti you need not trouble
tréba je delati, če hočeš uspeti you must work if you want to succeed
če je tréba, bom to jutri naredil I'll do it tomorrow, if it is necessary (ali if need be)
tréba bo še tri tedne, da končamo to delo it will take us three weeks to finish this job
pol ure nam je bilo tréba hoditi do postaje it took us half an hour to walk to the station

two [tu:]

1. pridevnik
dva, dve; oba, obe

one or two books ena ali dve knjigi, nekaj knjig
in a day or two v nekaj dneh
he is not two yet on še ni dve leti star

2. samostalnik
dvojka (številka 2); dvojica, dvoje, par

the two oba(dva); obe(dve); oboje
the two of us midva (oba)
by twos, in twos (po) dva in dva, v parih
two and two po dva, v parih
in twos and threes po dva in tri
in two na dvoje, na pol
in twos v zelo kratkem času, v hipu
two of a trade dva konkurenta
the two of spades pikova dvojka
to cut s.th. in two prerezati kaj na dvoje
this cost me two and two to me je stalo dva šilinga in dva penija
to go two and two iti po dva in dva, v parih
to walk by twos and threes hoditi v gručah po dva in tri
to put two and two together zbližati dejstva in potegniti zaključek, zaključiti; napraviti pravi, logični zaključek po presoji dejstev
two can play at that game figurativno to znam tudi jaz ali kdo drug; bomo videli, kdo bo potegnil boljši konec (kraj); palica ima dva kraja

úra (čas) hour; (žepna) watch; (stoječa, stenska, stolpna) clock; (namizna) timepiece

úra budilka alarm clock
peščena úra sand glass
sončna úra sundial
cerkvena úra church clock
úra z nihalom pendulum clock
zapestna úra wristwatch
ladijska úra chronometer
úra štoparica stopwatch
policijska úra curfew
konične úre rush hour
huda úra thunderstorm
učna úra lesson
proste úre free (ali spare) hours pl
smrtna úra the hour of death, dying hour, last hour
v zgodnjih úrah in the small hours
úra X vojska zero hour
v teku ene úre, v manj kot eni úri in less than an hour, within an hour
o úre do úre from hour to hour
prav ob tej úri at this very hour
po moji úri by my watch
pol úre half an hour, a half hour
pred pol úre half an hour ago
5 milj na úro 5 miles per hour, 5 miles an hour
vsake tri úre every three hours
več kot eno úro over one hour
ob tej úri at the present time, ZDA presently
polni, celi 2 úri for two hours at a stretch (ali pogovorno on the trot)
dobro úro a good hour
ob 12. úri at 12 o'clock, at noon
v smeri kazalca úre clockwise, (v nasprotni) anticlockwise
jermenček za zapestno úro watch strap, strap for wristwatch; (wrist) watch band; strap (ali cord, link, expansion) band
verižica za úro watch chain, (pri telovniku) watch guard
kolesje úre movement of a watch
ohišje úre clock case
vzmet úre watch spring
utež pri úri clock weight
kazalec úre hand
kazalec sončne úre gnomon
številčnica úre dial
tovarna úr clock factory, watch factory
trgovina z úrami clock trade, watch trade, trade in clocks and watches
koliko je úra? what time is it?, what's the time?, (redko) what o'clock is it
úra je 5 it is five o'clock
četrt na šest je it is a quarter past five
pol šestih je it is half past five
tri četrt na šest je it is a quarter to six
na moji úri je tri it is three by my watch
ob kateri úra? at what time?
je ta úra prav? is that clock (tvoja zapestna úra your wristwatch oziroma pogovorno watch) right?
on je točen kot úra he is as regular as clockwork
moja úra je točna my watch keeps perfect time
dobrih 5 úr je do mesta it's a good five hours to the town
moja úra gre dobro my watch is a good timekeeper
moja úra ne gre (se je ustavila, se je iztekla) my watch is not going (has stopped, isn't working)
moja úra je pokvarjena there is something wrong with my watch
navijte svojo úro! wind up your watch!
moja úra je navita my watch is wound up
úra bíje the clock strikes (oziroma is striking)
úra bo zdajci (od)bila 11 the clock is just about to strike eleven
úra je odbila 7 the clock has struck seven
odbila mu je zadnja úra his last hour is come
moja úra prehiteva my watch is fast (ali gains, is gaining)
moja úra zaostaja my watch is slow (ali loses, is losing)
vprašati koliko je úra to ask the time
naravnati (regulirati) úro po... to regulate (ali to set) one's watch by...
držati se rednih úr to keep regular hours
letalo je doseglo poprečno 450 milj na úro the plane averaged 450 miles an hour
dajati angleške úre (= lekcije) to give English lessons
to úro je treba naviti this clock needs winding up (ali rewinding)
moja úra je potrebna popravila my watch needs repairing
razmakniti konične úre (da ni navala na avtobuse itd.) to stagger office hours
rana úra zlata úra early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
delati 24 úr brez prekinitve (noč in dan) to work around the clock

utter¹ [ʌ́tə] pridevnik
skrajni, najvišji; popoln, dokončen, končno veljaven
pravno zunanji

an utter rogue popoln lopov, lopov in pol
he is an utter stranger to me on mi je popolnoma tuj (neznan)
to meet with an utter refusal naleteti na kategorično odklonitev
utter barrister pravno mlad odvetnik, ki sme na sodišču braniti samo zunaj ograje

vêdro bucket; pail

polno vêdro (a) bucketful
vêdro za mleko milk pail
pol vêdra mleka half a pail of milk

vôžnja (na biciklu, avtu ipd.) ride; drive; run

vôžnja brez postanka nonstop run
triurna vôžnja a three hours' drive (ali run, ride)
poskusna vôžnja trial run
samó pol ure vôžnje je do nas it is only a thirty-minute run to our place
vôžnja do X. stane en funt it is a pound ride to X.
vzeti koga na vôžnjo z avtom to take someone for a ride
biti kaznovan z globo zaradi prehitre vôžnja to be fined for speeding

vrág devil; Satan, the Evil One, the Tempter; the Prince of Darkness, the Adversary; arhaično the old gentleman, the archfiend, Old Nick; demon; dickens, deuce

vrág v ženski podobi she-devil
k vrágu! hang it!; what the dickens!
obseden od vrága possessed by the devil
vrág! the deuce!
vrág vzemi to! devil take it
k vrágu delo danes to hell with work today!
vrág ga je obsedel! he has the devil in him
kdo vrága ti je to rekel? who the devil (ali the dickens) (who on earth) told you that?
pojdi k vrágu! go to hell, go to the devil!
iti k vrágu to go to the devil, to go to the dogs, to go to rack and ruin
vse gre k vrágu everything is going to the dogs!
v sili vrág muhe jé (žre) beggars can't be choosers
ne kliči vrága! let sleeping dogs lie!
počenjati vrága in pol to raise the devil, to play hell
slikati, risati vrága na steno to paint the devil blacker than he is
vrág vzemi muhe bother the flies!
vrág te vzemi! (the) devil take you!
naj me vrág vzame, če... I'll eat my hat if..., I'll be (ali I'm) damned if..., I'll be shot (ali hanged) if...
kaj vrága delaš danes tukaj? what the devil (ali what the dickens) are you doing here today?
kar vrág prikveka, nima teka arhaično what is got over the devil's back, goes under the belly
vrág ga vzemi! confound him!
z vrágom ni dobro buče saditi! (figurativno) he that sups with the devil must have a long spoon
»danes bi se šel z vrágom metat« (figurativno) I feel full of vim to-day

will³ [wil]

1. prehodni glagol
2. os. ednina (you) will
zastarelo (thou) willest
3. os. wills
zastarelo willeth [wíliɵ]
preteklik in pretekli deležnik willed [wild]
hoteti, določiti, odločiti; nameravati, (redko) ukazati

God wills (ali willeth) it bog hoče to (tako)
he who wills success is half way to it kdor trdno (zares) hoče uspeh, ga že na pol ima
willing and wishing are not the same hoteti in želeti je dvoje; pravno v oporoki določiti, voliti, zapustiti
she willed her money to a hospital svoj denar je (v oporoki) zapustila neki bolnici; vplivati na (koga), prisiliti, primorati (koga) (s hipnozo itd.)
the mesmerist wills his patient hipnotizêr vsili pacientu svojo voljo
to will o.s. into prisiliti se k

2. neprehodni glagol
hoteti, zahtevati, želeti, koprneti po

za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

dan za dnem day by day
eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
korak za korakom step by step
enkrat za vselej once and for all
za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
za gorami beyond the mountains
jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
za mojim hrbtom behind my back
za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
za glavo večji taller by a head
za sedaj for the present
za šalo by way of a joke
argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
za menoj! follow me!
(kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
starejši za pet let five years older
jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
beseda za besedo word for word
mož za možem man by man
zanimanje za... interest in...
za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
biti za kaj to be in favour of something
kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
on jé za tri he eats as much as three
povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
odšel je za vedno he left for good
voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
pustiti za seboj to leave behind