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  • wink2 [wiŋk] prehodni glagol
    izraziti (privolitev) s pomežikanjem; hitro zapreti in odpreti (oči); zadrževati
    neprehodni glagol
    treniti z očmi, (za)mežikati, zamižati, zatisniti oči, eno oko (at ob)
    ne hoteti videti, namenoma biti slep, ignorirati; migljati, migotati

    to wink at s.o. pomežikniti komu
    to wink at an insult ignorirati (preiti) žalitev
    to wink away one's tears zadrževati solze
  • wipe [wáip]

    1. samostalnik
    brisanje, sušenje
    figurativno (nepričakovan) udarec s strani
    figurativno porogljiva opazka
    sleng žepni robec

    to give s.th. a wipe obrisati kaj
    to give s.o. a wipe zagosti jo komu

    2. prehodni glagol
    (o)brisati, otreti, (o)čistiti
    tehnično mehko spajkati
    sleng udariti, pretepsti, namahati

    to wipe s.o.'s eye sleng zasenčiti, izpodriniti koga
    to wipe the floor with s.o. sleng brezobzirno ravnati, "pometati" s kom
    to be wiped (down) with an oaken towel figurativno hudo tepen biti
  • within2 [wiðín] predlog
    (krajevno) v, znotraj; znotraj meje, v obsegu, ne nad; v dosegu, ne predaleč, ne dljè od

    within the Church v naročju Cerkve
    within the house v hiši, doma
    within the law ne nezakonito
    he is within the reach on ni daleč, do njega je lahko priti
    he is within call je v bližini (da ga lahko pokličemo)
    within sight v vidu, viden
    it is not within my power ni v moji moči
    within my memory kolikor pomnim
    within a bit, within a little skoraj
    within an ace skoraj, malodane
    to be within an ace of s.th. za las čemu uiti
    within the walls med štirimi stenami
    within doors doma
    within my activities v okviru mojih dejavnosti
    within the meaning of the Act znotraj zakona, po zakonu, predvideno po zakonu
    to agree within 20 dinars sporazumeti se z razliko (razen za) 20 dinarjev
    to live within one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom, ne iznad svojih sredstev
    wheels within wheels komplicirana mašinerija
    within a stone's throw za lučaj, nedaleč, blizu
    he was within a hair's breadth of losing his life za las je manjkalo, da ni prišel ob življenje; (časovno) znotraj, v, v manj kot
    he is within a month as old as I on ni več kot en mesec starejši ali mlajši kot jaz
    within a week of his arrival teden pred ali po njegovem prihodu
    you will have it within two months v roku dveh mescev boste to imeli (dobili)
    within an hour v manj kot eni uri
  • woman1 množina women [wúmən, wímin]

    1. samostalnik
    ženska, žena; ženski spol (ženske); ljubica; metresa; soproga, žena; sobarica, postrežnica; ženska čud (narava), ženska čustva; moški z ženskimi lastnostmi, "baba"

    the woman figurativno ženska, tipično žensko
    woman's man ženskar
    woman's reason ženska logika
    woman of the world svetska, svetovnjaška ženska; izkušena ženska
    woman of all works ženska (deklè) za vsa dela
    born of woman od ženske rojen (umrljiv)
    woman's wit ženska intuicija
    the scarlet woman figurativno poganski Rim, papeški Rim; posvetni duh
    single woman samostojna ženska; (stara) devica
    an old woman starka
    it's the woman in her to je žensko(st) v njej (kar je ženskega v njej)
    there's a woman in it za tem tiči (kaka) ženska, tu ima ženska prste vmes
    to make an honest woman of vzeti (zapeljano dekle) za ženo
    to play the woman biti rahločuten ali plah (boječ), pokazati strah (bojazen), jokati, cmeriti se
    there is too much of the woman in him preveč je ženskega v njem

    2. pridevnik
    ženski

    woman artist umetnica
    woman friend prijateljica
    woman doctor zdravnica
    woman student študentka
    woman suffrage ženska volilna pravica
    woman hater sovražnik žensk
    woman servant služkinja
  • wrap2 [ræp] prehodni glagol (večinoma wrap up)
    zaviti, omotati, oviti; skriti (in v)
    ogrniti
    figurativno zaplesti
    neprehodni glagol
    zaviti se, ogrniti se, zamotati se, ovi(ja)ti se (round okrog)
    pasti, leči (over čez)
    (o obleki)

    to wrap s.th. in paper zaviti kaj v papir
    to wrap o.s. up toplo se obleči
    the affair is wrapped up in mystery afera je skrivnostna, zagonetna
    to wrap s.th. round one's finger oviti si kaj okoli prsta
    to be wrapped up in biti zavzet (okupiran, zatopljen, odvisen) (od dolžnosti, dela itd.)
    to wrap up sleng izpeljati do srečnega konca
    to be wrapped in an intrigue biti zapleten v spletkarjenje
  • wring*2 [riŋ]

    1. prehodni glagol
    iztisniti, izžeti (sadje itd.), stiskati, izžemati, ožeti; zviti, zaviti (vrat), oviti, lomiti, viti (roke); skriviti, skremžiti (obraz); izkriviti, popačiti (pomen); iztisniti, izsiliti (davek, denar); stisniti (komu roko)
    figurativno stiskati (srce), mučiti

    to wring s.o.'s hand stisniti komu roko
    to wring the neck of an animal zaviti vrat živali
    I'll wring your neck vrat ti bom zavil
    to wring one's hands in pain roke viti od bolečine
    to wring a confession from s.o. izsiliti priznanje iz koga
    to wring money from (ali of) s.o. izsiliti, izžeti denar iz koga
    my shoe wrings me čevelj me tišči (žuli)
    his face was wrung with pain obraz mu je bil skremžen od bolečine
    it wrings my heart zelo sem potrt zaradi tega
    he wrings my words from their true meaning on pači pravi pomen mojih besed

    2. neprehodni glagol
    zviti se, kriviti se; povzročati bolečino, mučiti
  • write down prehodni glagol
    zapisati, napisati; zabeležiti; pismeno (o)klevetati (opravljati, obrekovati, v nič devati)
    ekonomija odpisati (od vrednosti), izknjižiti

    write down me down an ass! imenuj me osla!
    his novel is written down a failure njegov roman označujejo za neuspeh
  • writhe [ráið]

    1. samostalnik
    zvijanje; trzanje; pačenje

    2. neprehodni glagol
    zvijati se; (krčevito) se kriviti

    to writhe under an insult figurativno trpeti (gristi se) zaradi žalitve
    to writhe with pain zvijati se od bolečin
    to writhe through a thicket zvijati se skozi goščavo
    prehodni glagol
    zvijati (telo), ovijati, sukati, (na)kremžiti (obraz), izkriviti, popačiti (besede itd.)
  • X-ray1 [eks réi]

    1. samostalnik
    medicina, fizika žarek X, rentgenski žarek; rentgenska slika

    2. pridevnik
    rentgenski

    X-ray apparatus rentgenski aparat
    X-ray cancer medicina (zlasti kožni) rak, nastal zaradi čezmernega obsevanja z rentgenskimi žarki
    X-ray department rentgenski oddelek
    X-ray examination rentgenska preiskava, pregled
    X-ray film rentgenski film
    X-ray (photograph) rentgenska slika
    X-ray therapy zdravljenje z rentgenskimi žarki
    X-ray tube rentgenska cev
    to take an X-ray (photograph) napraviti rentgensko sliko
  • yell1 [jel]

    1. samostalnik
    krik, vrisk; bojni krik ali klic
    ameriško, šport vzklik bodrenja, navijanje (za)

    2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
    vpiti, kričati, vreščati, dreti se, tuliti; krohotati se

    she yelled with fear zavpila je od strahu
    to yell for ameriško, kanadsko, šport glasno navijati za
    to yell out krikniti, zavpiti
    prehodni glagol
    krikniti, zavpiti

    to yell out an order, an oath zavpiti ukaz, krikniti kletvico
    to yell a team to victory navijati za zmago kakega moštva
  • young1 [jʌŋ] pridevnik
    mlad; mladeniški; svež; nov; nezrel, neizkušen, nevešč (in v)

    young America ameriška mladina
    young blood figurativno mladi član družine; gizdalinček
    the young day zgodnje, rano jutro
    young days mladost
    young lady gospodična
    a young man mladenič
    young love mlada, mladostna ljubezen
    her young man njen izvoljenec
    her young ones njeni otroci
    the young one of an animal mladič živali
    young Mr. Smith g. Smith junior
    a young person mladenka
    young people mladina
    the young Turks mladoturki
    Black the younger Black mlajši
    the day is still young dan se šele začenja
    to grow young again pomladiti se
    she looks young for her years videti je mlada za svoja leta
    the young ones cackle as the old cock crows (pregovor) jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
  • zadéva matter; affair; business; thing; subject; (osebna) concern; pravo case

    o tej zadévi on this subject
    v zadévi with reference to, on the subject of
    državna zadéva affair of state
    družbena zadéva social matter (ali problem)
    notranje zadéve internal affairs pl
    zadéva javnega pomena matters pl of public concern
    zadéve skupnega pomena matters pl of common interest
    tekoče zadéve current affairs pl
    zunanje zadéve foreign affairs pl
    dogovorjena, domenjena zadéva a put-up job
    ministrstvo za zunanje zadéve VB Foreign Office (krajšava: F.O.); ZDA State Department
    lepa zadéva! (ironično) that's a nice mess!
    v zadévi X. proti Y. pravo in the case of X. versus Y.
    brigaj(te) se za svoje zadéve! mind your own business!
    to je zadéva zase it is a separate question (ali problem, matter)
    to je čisto druga zadéva that's an entirely different thing
    to ni moja zadéva that's no business of mine
    to je tvoja zadéva that's your affair, that's your lookout, it's up to you
    kot je zadéva sedaj... as matters now stand
    zadéva prihaja na dan the affair is coming out, the matter is being aired
    pusti zadévo pri miru! let the matter rest!
    zadéva se vleče the affair is dragging on
    vmešavati se v tuje zadéve to meddle in other people's afairs
    vzeti zadévo v roke to take the matter in hand
    voditi zadéve to conduct (ali to direct) affairs
    opustiti zadévo (pogovorno) to drop the whole business
    govoril sem z njim o vaši zadévi I talked to him regarding your business
  • zadréga embarrassment; difficulty; quandary; perplexity; predicament

    denarne zadrége financial difficulties pl, evfemizem humoristično pecuniary embarrassment
    biti v zadrégi to be in difficulties, to be in a quandary, to be ill at ease, to be at a loss, to be in a fix, to be in embarrassed circumstances
    v lepi zadrégi smo we are in a nice (pretty, sorry) pickle
    sem v veliki zadrégi, kaj naj storim I am completely at a loss what to do
    biti v denarni zadrégi to be short of money
    bili smo v veliki zadrégi, kaj naj odgovorimo we were hard put to it to find an answer, we were completely at a loss (ali we were stumped) for an answer
    moja edina zadréga je, kaj naj izberem my only trouble is which one to choose
    spretno se izvleči iz zadrége (iz stiske) to extricate oneself neatly from a predicament, to find a neat way out of a difficult situation
    pomagati komu iz zadrége to save someone from embarrassment
    spraviti koga v zadrégo to put (ali pogovorno to land) someone in an embarrassing situation, to embarrass someone, to put someone in a predicament (ali in a quandary)
    njega hitro spraviš v zadrégo he is easily embarrassed
    biti v zadrégi za odgovor to be stumped for an answer
  • zagáta (slepa ulica) blind alley; figurativno quandary

    prometna zagáta traffic jam; (zastoj) deadlock
    biti v zagáti to be in a quandary
    v lepi zagáti smo we are in a nice (ali pretty, sorry) pickle
    sem v zagáti (v škripcih) (figurativno) I am on the horns of a dilemma, I am in an awkward situation
    spraviti koga v zagáto (težavo, zadrego) to drive someone into a corner, to corner someone
  • zagnáti to throw; to fling, to hurl

    zagnáti krik to set up (ali to raise) a cry, to cry out, to shriek
    zagnáti na tla to hurl down
    zagnáti hrup to make a noise, to cause an uproar
    zagnáti se na to fall upon, on; pounce upon, at; to leap at
    zagnáti se za čim to make a dash for
    zagnáti se na sovražnika to make a dash at the enemy
  • zagôsti

    zagôsti jo komu to play a trick (ali a joke) on someone, to trick someone; to take someone for a ride; pogovorno to bamboozle
    grdó jo komu zagôsti to play someone a dirty (ali nasty, shabby, mean) trick, to put one over on someone, to do someone an ill turn
  • zagotovílo assurance; promise

    imamo zagotovílo od njega, da... he gave us an assurance that...
    sprejmite zagotovílo, da... be assured that..., I beg to assure you that...
  • zagrabíti to grasp; to seize

    zagrabíti priliko, priložnost to seize an opportunity
    zagrabíti koga za vrat to seize someone by the neck
    zagrabíti (zasačiti) koga pri dejanju to catch someone in the act, to catch someone red-handed
  • zagrízen fanatical, fanatic; overzealous; (narodno) chauvinistic, jingoistic

    zagrízen ribič an enthusiastic angler
    zagrízeno boriti proti čemu to fight something tooth and nail, to struggle against something tooth and nail
    zagrízen demokrat a rabid democrat
  • zainteresírati

    zainteresírati koga za kaj to interest someone in something
    zainteresírati se za kaj to interest oneself in something, to take an interest in something