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konsekvénten consequent; consistent (z with)

biti konsekvénten do sebe to be consistent

lash² [læš]

1. prehodni glagol
bičati, šibati (tudi figurativno)
tolči ob; švrkniti
figurativno priganjati, razvneti, razvnemati, pobesniti, spraviti v bes
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati

2. neprehodni glagol
šibati, bičati (valovi, dež); švigati, švigniti, švrkati; udariti, napasti, bičati po (at)

the storm lashes the sea vihar biča morje
to lash the tail švrkati z repom
to lash o.s. into a fury pobesneti
to lash down liti (dež)
to lash into planiti v, izbruhniti
to lash out tolči okrog sebe; brcati, ritati (konj)
to lash out at šibati po kom

lather¹ [lá:ðə, lǽðə] samostalnik
milna pena, milnica; pena (konjeva)

ameriško in a lather about ves iz sebe zaradi česa

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

mettle [metl] samostalnik
pogum, vnema; kov, čud

a man of mettle človek dobrega kova
a horse of mettle isker konj
to be on one's mettle dati vse od sebe, izkazati se
to put s.o. on his mettle spodbuditi koga, da se izkaže
to try s.o.'s mettle preizkusiti koga

molíti (molím) to stretch

molíti vse štiri od sebe to stretch one's arms and legs
vem, kam pes taco molí (figurativno) I know which way the wind blows

mrmráti to mutter, to murmur; to grumble; to growl; to snarl

mrmráti pri sebi, za sebe to mutter to oneself, to mumble into one's beard

notice¹ [nóutis] samostalnik
obvestilo, objava, oglas; opazovanje, zaznanje; zaznamek, opomin; pozornost; odpoved; pismena opomba ali kratek članek v časopisu; ocena (knjige, filma itd.)

ekonomija notice of assessment davčna odločba
previous notice predhodna objava
this is to give notice that s tem obveščamo, da
pravno to give notice of appeal vložiti priziv
parlament to give notice of motion dati iniciativen predlog
obituary notice osmrtnica, obvestilo o smrti
to attract (ali come into) notice obrniti pozornost nase
to be under notice to quit biti blizu smrti
to bring s.th. to s.o.'s notice opozoriti koga na kaj
to escape notice ostati neopazen
to give s.o. notice odpovedati komu službo
to give s.o. notice of s.tb. sporočiti komu kaj
to give notice to quit odpovedati (stanovanje, službo)
to have notice zvedeti, biti obveščen
pravno to serve notice upon s.o. pozvati koga (na sodišče)
at a minute's (ali moment's) notice takoj
a month's notice enomesečna odpoved
without notice brez odloga (odpuščen itd.)
at short notice v kratkem roku
to put up a notice objaviti (na oglasni deski)
šaljivo to sit up and take notice iti na bolje (zdravje)
until further notice do nadaljnjega
baby takes notice otrok se začenja zavedati stvari okoli sebe
to take notice of opaziti, ozirati se na kaj
take notice that opozarjam te, da
to take no notice of ne zmeniti se za kaj, ignorirati
not worth s.o.'s notice nevreden upoštevanja

obvládanje mastery, command; (znanje) knowledge

obvládanje tujega jezika command of a foreign language
obvládanje samega sebe self-control, selfpossession

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

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)

okóli round, around; (približno) about, near, some

okóli vogala (čisto blizu) round the corner
okóli 100 (nekaj več) a hundred odd
okóli 10 let je tega ten years or so ago
okóli petih about five o'clock
okóli hiše round the house
vse okóli all round
tu nekje okóli around here
pričakuj me okóli treh! expect me at 3 o'clock, or thereabouts!
število znaša (je) okóli 3.000 the figure is in the region of 3,000
hoditi okóli to walk about
pogovor se je sukal okóli politike the conversation centred on politics
pogledal sem okóli sebe I looked round about me

ostrich [ɔ́strič] samostalnik
zoologija noj

to bury one's head like an ostrich (ali ostrichlike) in the sand zariti glavo v pesek, sam sebe varati
to have the digestion of an ostrich vse prebaviti
ostrich policy slepa politika

ourselves [auəsélvz] zaimek
mi sami, nas same, se, si

by ourselves sami (brez pomoči)
of ourselves sami od sebe, prostovoljno

out³ [áut] predlog
iz, ven, izven, zaradi

from out iz, izven
out of doubt nedvomno
to be out of one's depth ne znati dovolj; prevzeti se
to be out of a thing ne imeti več česa, zmanjkati
to bo out of it ne imeti pojma, ne biti vključen
out of breath zadihan
out of fashion (ali date) zastarel
out of doors zunaj
out of keeping with neharmoničen, neprimeren
out of order pokvarjen
out of patience pri kraju s potrpljenjem
out of place ne na pravem mestu, neumesten
out of the ordinary nič posebnega
out of pocket na izgubi
out of print razprodan (knjiga)
out of the question nemogoče, ne pride v poštev
out of shape izmaličen, v slabi kondiciji
out of sorts razdražljiv, siten
out of step ne v koraku s kom ali čim
times out of number neštetokrat
two out of three dva od treh
out of the way odročen, nenavaden
out of wedlock nezakonski, ne v zakonu (otrok)
out of the woods izven nevarnosti
out of work brezposeln
out of one's own head sam od sebe, na svojo pobudo
ekonomija out of stock razprodan, ne več na zalogi
ekonomija to take out of bond vzeti blago iz carinskega skladišča

own¹ [óun] pridevnik
(samo za svojilnimi pridevniki ali svojilnim sklonom) lasten (with my own eyes s svojimi očmi)
poseben, svojski (it has a value all its own ima čisto svojsko vrednost)
(zlasti z vokativom) ljubljeni, najdražji (my own! moj najdražji!)
(brez svojilnega pridevnika) pravi, resničen, v bližnjem sorodstvu (an own brother rodni brat)

my own self jaz sam
to be one's own man (ali master) biti sam svoj gospod, biti neodvisen
of one's own svoj, lasten
I have nothing of my own nimam ničesar svojega
to come into one's own dobiti, kar ti pripada; uveljaviti se
to hold one's own ne popustiti
pogovorno on one's own svoboden, neodvisen; iz lastnega nagiba, sam od sebe, na svojo odgovornost
pogovorno to be left on one's own biti prepuščen sam sebi
of one's own accord (ali motion) iz lastnega nagiba, sam od sebe
(my) own cousin (moj) pravi bratranec (sestrična)

poglédati to look at (ali upon); to have a look at; to cast a glance at, to glance, to cast an eye at, pogovorno to take a peep (ali gander, shufti) at

debelo poglédati to open one's eyes wide, to make big eyes at, to stare (ali to gaze) in astonishment, to be all eyes
bežno poglédati to glance at
proč poglédati to look the other way
poglédati okoli sebe to look around
mrko poglédati to frown at
grdó poglédati to give someone a dirty look, to dart ugly looks at (ali upon)
kvišku poglédati to lift up one's eyes
stran poglédati to look the other way
dobro kaj poglédati to take a good look at
skrivaj koga poglédati to steal a look at someone
preteče poglédati to look black
v obraz koga poglédati to look someone full in the face
poglej! look!, behold!, lo!, lo and behold!
lahkó pogledate! you may have (ali take) a look!
morate bliže, bolj od blizu pogledati! you must get a closer look!
poglédati se (sebe) to look at oneself
pogledala sta se they looked at each other
pogledali so se they looked at one another

pomolíti (roko) to hold out; to hand; to reach forth (one's hand)

vse štiri od sebe pomolíti to sprawl, to lie spread-eagled
jezik pomolíti to put out one's tongue
pomolíti glavo skozi vrata to pop one's head round (ali in) the door

precenjevánje overestimation, overestimate, overvaluation

precenjevánje samega sebe presumption, conceit