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  • lás lasjé hair; (ščetina) bristle

    brez las hairless, (plešast) bald
    kratki (dolgi) lás, lasjéje short (long) hair
    gosti (redki) lás, lasjéje thick (thin) hair
    kodrasti (gladki) lás, lasjéje curly (straight) hair
    tanek kot lás, lasjé hair-thin; as fine as a hair
    za las natančno to a hair, to a T
    niti za las boljši not a bit (ali whit) better
    beljeni lasje bleached hair
    valoviti lasje wavy hair
    rdeči lasje red hair, žargon carrots pl
    na balin ostriženi lasje hair cut close to the skull
    negovani lasje well-groomed hair
    plavi (blond) lasje fair hair
    umetni lasje false hair
    za lasé privlečen (figurativno) far-fetched, strained
    za lás, lasjé within (ali by) a hair's breadth; narrowly, nearly
    beljenje las bleaching of hair
    barva las colo(u)r of hair
    barva za lase hair dye
    sredstvo za krepitev lás, lasjé hair restorer
    čop las tress, braid, pigtail
    kita las braid of hair
    čop las tuft of hair
    izpadanje las hair loss, loss of hair, fall of the hair
    pranje las shampoo, shampooing
    losjon za lás, lasjéé hair lotion, hair tonic
    pomada za lás, lasjéé pomade
    puder za lás, lasjéé hair powder
    navijač za lás, lasjéé wave clip, curler, curl clip, (iz papirja) curlpaper
    klešče za kodranje lás, lasjé curling tongs pl, curling iron
    rast las growth of hair
    striženje las haircut, haircutting
    sušílec za lás, lasjéé (fen) electric hairdryer, dryer
    mrežica za lás, lasjéé hairnet
    nakit za lás, lasjéé ornament for the hair
    ščetka za lás, lasjéé hairbrush
    trak za lás, lasjéé ribbon, bow for the hair
    koder las curl, ringlet, lock
    sredstvo za odstranjevanje las depilatory
    biti si v lás, lasjééh z to be at loggerheads with, to be at daggers drawn with, (gledé, zaradi) over
    lasje mi izpadajo my hair is thinning
    delati sive lás, lasjéé komu (figurativno) to prove a headache for someone, to turn someone's hair grey
    ne si delati sivih las glede, zaradi not to distress oneself about something
    lás, lasjéé si puliti to tear one's hair
    izgubiti lás, lasjéé to lose one's hair
    (po)česati si lás, lasjéé to comb one's hair
    urediti si lás, lasjéé, sfrizirati si lás, lasjéé to do (ali to dress) one's hair, ZDA to fix one's hair, to set one's hair
    pristriči lás, lasjéé to trim the hair
    razpustiti (si) lás, lasjéé to let one's hair down
    (po)vleči koga za lás, lasjéé to pull someone's hair
    imeti plave, blond lás, lasjéé to have fair hair
    dati si ostriči lás, lasjéé to have (ali to get) one's hair cut
    skočiti si v lás, lasjéé (figurativno) to come to blows; VB žargon to get stuck in
    to je nekoliko za lás, lasjéé privlečeno that's a little far-fetched
    lasje se mi ježé I feel my hair standing on end
    lasje so se mi ježili my hair stood on end
    pepelnato pobarvati lás, lasjéé to dye the hair grey
    za lás, lasjé je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was within a hair's breadth, it was a near thing
    za las je šlo! that was a touch too near (for comfort)!
    niti lás, lasjéú ji niso skrivili they didn't harm a hair of her head, not a hair on her head has been touched
    on ne bi nikomur skrivil lasá he would not hurt (ali harm) a fly
    za lás, lasjéé privleči to drag in by the head and shoulders, to force in
    oprati si lás, lasjéé to wash one's hair
    za las uiti to have a narrow (ali a hairbreadth) escape, to have a narrow (ali close, tight) squeeze
    za las smo ušli smrti we were within a hair's breadth of being killed, we just escaped death by the skin of our teeth
    za lás, lasjé zgrešiti to miss by a hair
    ni vredno, da si delate sive lás, lasjéé glede tega it is not worth while worrying yourself to death over it
    to visi (je) na lás, lasjéu zdaj it is touch and go now
    ta otrok mi dela sive lás, lasjée (figurativno) this child is a great worry (ali trial) to me
  • law1 [lɔ:] samostalnik
    zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
    pravniki, pravniški poklic
    ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
    šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
    figurativno milostni rok, odlog

    canon law kanonsko pravo
    civil law civilno pravo
    criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
    international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
    martial law vojno pravo
    naval law pomorsko pravo
    commercial law trgovinsko pravo
    the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
    the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
    according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
    at law sodnijsko
    to be at law pravdati se
    to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
    to break the law prekršiti zakon
    to enact a law uzakoniti
    to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
    to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
    to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
    to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
    letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
    to pass a law izglasovati zakon
    to pass into law postati zakon
    to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
    to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
    necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
    law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
    Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
    he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
    ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
    the laws of the game pravila igre
  • lay*1 [lei]

    1. prehodni glagol
    položiti, polagati, odložiti, odlagati, postaviti; (z)nesti jajca, pripraviti (kurjavo, mizo) prekriti podložiti obložiti (with , tla itd. s čim)
    nanesti (barvo); predložiti, vložiti (npr. zahtevo, before pri)
    pripisati, pripisovati (to komu)
    zasnovati (načrt); poleči (žito); pomiriti, umiriti, ublažiti (veter, valove)
    vojska nameriti (top); splesti (vrv); naložiti (kazen), na.ložiti jih komu; zastaviti (čast, glavo)
    vulgarno spolno občevati

    2. neprehodni glagol
    valiti (jajca); staviti

    to lay one's accounts with računati s kom ali čim
    to lay an accusation against obtožiti, vložiti tožbo
    to lay an ambush (ali snare, trap) pripraviti zasedo
    to lay bare razgaliti, odkriti
    to lay bricks polagati opeko
    to lay blame on zvaliti krivdo na koga
    to lay blows (ali stick, it) on naložiti jih komu
    to lay one's bones položiti svoje kosti, pokopati
    to lay claim to postaviti svojo zahtevo; zahtevati kaj zase
    to lay a coat of paint premazati z barvo
    to lay the cloth (ali the table) pogrniti, pripraviti mizo
    to lay s.th. to s.o.'s charge (ali at s.o.'s door) zvaliti krivdo na koga
    to lay the damages at zahtevati od koga povračilo za škodo
    to lay the dust poškropiti, da se poleže prah
    to lay eyes on zagledati, opaziti
    to lay field to field povečati posest z nakupom mejnih njiv
    to lay fault to s.o. pripisati komu krivdo
    to lay the fire podkuriti peč
    to lay one's finger on s prstom kaj pokazati, najti
    to lay a finger on položiti roko na koga, tepsti
    to lay for zalezovati, čakati v zasedi
    to lay hands on dobiti v roke, polastiti se, dvigniti roko na koga
    to lay hands on o.s. napraviti samomor
    to lay (fast) by the heels zapreti v ječo
    to lay hold on (ali of) zgrabiti, prijeti; figurativno ujeti se za kaj
    to lay one's hopes on veliko pričakovati od, staviti upe na
    to lay heads together stikati glave, posvetovati se
    to lay s.th. to heart gnati si kaj k srau, položiti na srce
    to lay a ghost pregnati duha
    to lay an information against prijaviti koga
    to lay low (ali in the dust) podreti, pobiti na tla; figurativno ponižati
    to lay lunch pripraviti mizo za kosilo
    to lay open odkriti, razodeti
    to lay o.s. open izpostaviti se
    to lay s.th. on the shelf odložiti kakšno delo
    to lay to sleep (ali rest) položiti k počitku; figurativno pokopati
    to lay (great, little) store upon pripisovati (veliko, majhno) važnost čemu
    to lay siege to oblegati
    to lay stress (ali weight, emphasis) on dati poseben povdarek čemu
    to lay one's shirt on vse zastaviti
    the scene is laid in Paris odigrava se v Parizu
    to lay troops (on) nastaniti čete (pri)
    to lay s.o. under an obligation naložiti komu nalogo
    to lay s.o. under necessity prisiliti koga
    to lay s.o. under contribution pripraviti koga, da kaj prispeva
    to lay a wager staviti
    to lay waste opustošiti
    to lay wait for čakati koga v zasedi
    to lay the whip to s.o.'s back (pre)bičati koga
    the wind is laid veter se je umiril
  • (samó) only; (edino) merely, solely

    lè on only he, nobody but he
    lè da... only that...
    lè tega ne! anything but this!
    lè tokrat, to pot (for) this once
    lè nekaj minut just a few minutes
    lè zaradi solely because of
    lè malo only a little, not much
    lè počasi, dečki! easy, lads (ali boys)!
    vse, lè denarja ne everything except (ali but) money
    ne lè..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
    ne lè on, tudi ti not only he, but you also
    pa je lè res! it is true all the same!
    kdo (kje) lè...? who (where) on earth...?
    če lè provided (that)..., only if...
    lè kdo je to naredil? whoever could have done it?
    prišel sem ti lè povedat, da... I have come solely to tell you that...
    kolikor lè moremo just as much as we can
    prosim te lè, da mi obljubiš... I merely ask you to promise me...
    če lè ne bi toliko govorila! if only she did not talk so much!
  • least1 [li:st] pridevnik (presežnik od little)
    najmanjši, najnepomembnejši

    the line of least resistance linija najmanjšega odpora
    matematika least common multiple najmanjši skupni mnogokratnik
  • least2 [li:st] prislov (presežnik od little)
    najmanj

    least of all najmanj
    he worked least on je najmanj delal
    last not least končno, vendar ne manj važno
    this fact is not the least important to dejstvo je precej važno
    this fact is not in the least important to dejstvo sploh ni važno
  • less1 [les] pridevnik (primernik od little)
    manjši, manj važen, manj pomemben

    in a less degree v manjši meri
    of less value manjše vrednosti
    in less time v krajšem času
    no less a man than (the senator) najmanj, vsaj, sam (senator)
    may your shadow never be less da bi ti nikdar česa ne zmanjkalo, vse najboljše!
    your shadow hasn't grown any less nisi shujšal
  • less2 [les] prislov (primernik od little)
    manj, manj pomembno

    a less known author manj znan avtor
    less and less vse manj
    still (ali much) less še mnogo manj, kaj šele
    the less so as tem manj ker
    none the less kljub temu, vseeno
    no less (than) nič manj, nihče manj (od)
    not the less nič manj
    more or less več ali manj
  • less3 [les] samostalnik
    kar je manjše, manj pomembno; manjši del (število, količina itd.)

    in less than no time takoj, v trenutku
    to do with less shajati z manj (denarja itd.)
    for less ceneje
    little less than robbery že skoraj rop
    nothing less than najmanj, vsaj
  • léto year; arhaično, pesniško twelvemonth

    koledarsko léto calendar (ali civil) year
    šolsko léto school year
    akademsko léto academic year
    navadno léto common (365-day) year
    prestopno léto leap year, bissextile year
    tekoče léto the current year
    cerkveno léto church year
    preteklo léto last year
    prihodnje léto next year
    sončno léto solar (ali astronomical) year
    staro léto old year
    Novo léto New Year, New Year's Day
    srečno novo léto! Happy New Year!
    nora, nerodna léta (figurativno) years pl of indiscretion, the awkward age
    v létu Gospodovem religija in the year of Our Lord (A.D.), in the year of grace
    enkrat na léto once a year
    v létu 1950 in nineteen (hundred and) fifty
    na starega léta dan on New Year's Eve
    v cvetju (svojih) lét in the prime of life
    skozi vse léto odprto open all the year round
    v poznejših létih in after years
    v 70ih létih in the '70s
    v teku léta in the course of the year
    vsako léto every year
    iz léta v léto, léto za létom year by year, year after year, year in year out, from year's end to year's end
    pol léta six months
    tri četrtine léta nine months
    četrt léta three months
    ob létu within a year
    (skozi) vse léto all the year round, from one year's end to another
    v létu 1910 in (the year) 1910
    v enem létu in a year's time, arhaično this day twelvemonth
    v zadnjih létih of late (ali recent) years
    léto dni trajajoč year-long
    pred mnogimi léti many years ago (ali since, back)
    že mnogo, precéj lét for many years past
    z léti with the years
    v starosti 50 lét at the age of fifty
    po mnogih létih after many years
    že nekaj lét (sém) for some years past
    pred létom dni a year ago
    30 funtov na léto 30 pounds a year (ali per annum)
    za prihodnja léta for years to come
    danes léto (dni) (bodočnost) twelve months from now, twelve months today, a year hence, (za preteklost) a year ago (ali since, back)
    konec léta year-end, close of the year
    biti že v létih to be advanced in years, to be well on in years
    biti iz svojih najboljših lét to be past one's best
    on je že čez 50 (let star) he is on the wrong (ali humoristično shady) side of 50
    on še ni 50 (let star) he is on the right (ali sunny) side of 50
    10 lét star deček a ten-year-old boy
    mlad za svoja léta young for his years
    v najlepših létih in the prime of life
    ona ne kaže svojih lét she does not look her age
    iti v léta to be getting on in years
    priti v léta to come to a good age, to get old, to begin to grow old
    ona je mojih lét she is my age
    priti iz norih lét to sow one's wild oats
    dobro nositi svoja léta to bear one's age well
    stopiti v novo léto to usher in the New Year
    léta bežijo the years race by
    umrla je v starosti 20 lét she died at the age of twenty
    bistra je za svoja léta she is clever for her age
    ta revija izhaja dvakrat na léto this magazine comes out twice a year, this magazine is a biannual (ali semiannual)
    čez 7 lét vse prav pride every little helps
  • lil [lil] pridevnik narečno za little
  • ljúbek lovely, pretty; sweet; charming, graceful

    ljúbka čajna skodelica a dear little teacup
  • long1 [lɔŋ] pridevnik
    dolg; dolgotrajen, dolgovezen
    pravno časovno odmaknjen
    (tudi ekonomija) dolgoročen
    ekonomija čakajoč na zvišanje cen

    long arm dolga roka, oblast
    to make a long arm iztegniti roko po čem
    at long bowls borba na daljavo
    ameriško long bit kovanec za 15 centov
    as broad as it is long vseeno
    a long chair ležalnik
    by a long chalk in že kako
    not by a long chalk kje neki
    long clay dolga pipa
    ekonomija a long date dolg rok
    long dozen 13 kosov
    a long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
    long ears neumnost
    little pitchers have long ears otroci vse slišijo
    a long family mnogoštevilna družina
    the long finger sredinec
    long in the finger tatinski, dolgoprst
    a long face kisel, žalosten obraz
    a long figure (ali price) visoka cena
    a long guess negotova domneva
    long hundred 120 kosov
    long hundredweight angleški cent (50,8 kg)
    to have a long head biti preudaren, bister, daljnoviden
    long home grob
    long haul prevoz ali promet na veliko daljavo
    šport long jump skok v daljino
    it is a long lane that has no turning nobena stvar ne traja večno, vsaki nesreči je enkrat kraj
    long measure dolžinska mera
    two long miles dve dobri milji
    ekonomija to be on the long side of the market; ali to be long of the market špekulirati na višje cene
    to make a long nose pokazati osle
    long odds neenaka stava
    long in oil bogat z oljem, z mnogo olja
    it is long odds that stavim l proti 100
    a long purse globok žep, mnogo denarja
    navtika, sleng longpig človeško meso (hrana ljudožrcev)
    gentlemen of the long robe pravniki, odvetniki
    in the long run končno, konec koncev
    long sight daljnovidnost (tudi figurativno)
    of long standing dolgoleten, star
    to be (ali take) a long time in dolgo potrebovati za
    Long Tom daljnosežen top
    to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik
    long in the tooth starejša, kakor hoče priznati
    long vacation letni oddih, poletne počitnice
    to have a long wind imeti dobra pljuča, dobro teči, figurativno dolgovezno govoriti
    to take long views misliti na posledice
    a long way round velik ovinek
  • make*2 [méik]

    1. prehodni glagol
    delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
    predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
    pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
    figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
    povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
    znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
    (z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
    meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
    pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
    zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
    sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
    navtika zagledati (kopno)
    britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
    elektrika spojiti
    ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

    2. neprehodni glagol
    nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
    nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
    figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

    to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
    to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
    to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
    to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
    to make angry zjeziti
    to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
    to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
    as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
    to make a bag imeti dober lov
    to make the bed postlati
    to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
    to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
    to make bold drzniti si, upati si
    to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
    to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
    sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
    this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
    to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
    to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
    to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
    to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
    to make cards mešati karte
    to make certain prepričati se
    to make clear objasniti, razložiti
    to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
    to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
    to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
    to make no doubt ne dvomiti
    to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
    to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
    to make an effort potruditi se
    to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
    to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
    to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
    to make faces at pačiti se komu
    to make a face nakremžiti se
    to make a figure zgledati smešen
    to make a fire zakuriti
    you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
    to make one's fortune obogateti
    to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
    to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
    to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
    to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
    to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
    to make a go of uspeti v čem
    to make good uspeti
    to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
    to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
    to make a habit of it priti v navado
    to make haste pohiteti
    to make hay pospraviti seno
    to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
    to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
    to make head(way) napredovati
    to make headway against premagati (težave)
    not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
    ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
    to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
    ameriško to make it uspeti
    navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
    to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
    to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
    ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
    to make known sporočiti, objaviti
    to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
    to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
    sleng to make like posnemati
    to make a living preživljati se
    to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
    to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
    to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
    to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
    to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
    to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
    to make a good meal dobro jesti
    to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
    to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
    to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
    to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
    to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
    to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
    to make mouths at pačiti se komu
    to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
    to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
    to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
    to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
    to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
    to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
    to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
    to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
    to make one of priključiti se
    to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
    to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
    to make peace skleniti mir
    to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
    to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
    to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
    navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
    to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
    to make a price nastaviti ceno
    to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
    to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
    to make ready pripraviti
    to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
    to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
    to make o.s. scarce izginiti
    to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
    to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
    to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
    to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
    to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
    to make it snappy podvizati se
    to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
    to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
    to make a speech imeti govor
    to make great strides hitro napredovati
    to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
    navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
    to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
    to make sure prepričati se
    to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
    to make tick pripraviti do dela
    to make good time hitro napredovati
    this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
    to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
    to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
    to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
    ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
    to make a train ujeti vlak
    to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
    to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
    to make use of uporabiti kaj
    to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
    to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
    to make one's way out oditi
    to make way for umakniti se komu
    to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
    to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
    navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
    to make short work of hitro kaj končati
    to make water scati
  • malénkost a small quantity, a trifle; small (ali trifling, minor, insignificant) matter; a matter of secondary importance; a mere trifle, a bit, a scrap

    to je malénkost that's a small matter
    zapravljati čas z malénkostmi to waste one's time on trifles
    za malénkost predolg a trifle too long
    to je le malénkost zame that is a mere trifle to me
    moja malénkost my own little self, my humble self, my poor self
    ustavljati se ob malénkostih, a iti preko velikih stvari (figurativno) to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
  • matter2 [mǽtə] neprehodni glagol
    biti važen, pomeniti (to komu, za)
    medgnojiti se

    does it matter? ali je važno?
    it doesn't matter nič ne de, ni važno
    it little matters je komaj važno
  • mean*4 [mi:n]

    1. prehodni glagol
    nameravati, imeti vmislih, kaniti, hoteti; (zlasti pasiv) nameniti (for za)
    meniti, misliti; pomeniti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    pomeniti (to komu)

    to mean business resno misliti
    to mean mischief imeti zlobne namene, imeti kaj za bregom
    to mean well imeti dobre namene
    to mean well (ill) by (ali to) s.o. dobro (slabo) komu želeti, biti komu (ne)naklonjen
    what do you mean by it? kaj hočeš s tem reči?, kaj naj to pomeni?
    I mean it resno mislim
    he was meant for a soldier bil je namenjen za vojaka
    that was meant for you to je bilo namenjeno tebi
    to mean little to s o. komu malo pomeniti
    I mean you to go želim, da greš
  • médved zoologija bear, he-bear

    Veliki Medved astronomija Ursa Major, the Great Bear, the plough, Charles's Wain, the Wain, ZDA the Big Dipper
    Mali Medved Ursa Minor, the Little Bear, ZDA the Little Dipper
    rjavi médved brown bear
    beli, severni, polarni médved polar bear
    sivi médved grizzly bear
    médved, medvedek (igrača) teddy bear
    jamski médved (prehistoric) cave bear
    iti na lov na médvede to go bear-hunting
    plesati kot médved to dance like a bear
    ne prodajaj médvedove kože, dokler nisi médveda ujel sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear, don't count your chickens before they are hatched
  • mickle [mikl] pridevnik & samostalnik
    arhaično & škotsko velik; množina

    many a little (ali pickle) makes a mickle iz malega zraste veliko
  • mizêren miserable; mean; wretched; forlorn; unhappy

    mizêrnega videza of mean appearance
    mizêrna sobica a poky little room