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pulp¹ [pʌlp] samostalnik
sadno meso
botanika stržen stebla; mehka, kašnata snov, pulpa; papirna kaša, papirmaše, celičnina, drobni zmletek (papir); zdrobljena ruda, prebrana (suha) ruda
ameriško, pogovorno cenen, senzacionalni tisk, literarna plaža

dental pulp zobna pulpa
figurativno to reduce (ali beat) to a pulp pretepsti na žive in mrtve, premlatiti

pup¹ [pʌp] samostalnik
ščene, psiček; mlad tjulenj, mlada vidra; fantè, domišljav fant

to sell s.o. a pup oguljufati koga, predrago prodati
in pup breja (psica)

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

pustolóvščina adventure

iskati pustolóvščine to seek adventure
rad se spušča v pustolóvščine he likes throwing himself into hazardous undertakings
vedno je imel rad pustolóvščine he always had the spirit (ali a love) of adventure
doživel sem mnogo pustolóvščin I met with many adventures
oni radi iščejo pustolóvščine they like to go in search of adventure

puščáva desert; wilderness

glas vpijočega v puščávi a voice crying in the wilderness
vojskovanje v puščávi desert warfare

púška gun, (risanka) rifle, breechloader

púška za lov na ptice fowling piece; (starinska) musket, muzzle-loader
lovska púška hunting gun
púška kremenjača flintlock, firelock
púška karabinka carbine
strojna púška machine gun, Lewis gun
malokalibrska púška small-bore rifle
zračna púška air gun
avtomatska púška tommy gun, submachine gun, automatic firearm, automatic
protitankovska púška bazooka
púška repetirka repeater
dvocevna púška double-barrelled gun
s púško oborožen vojak rifleman, pl -men
cev púške (gun-)barrel
kopito púške butt of a rifle, rifle-butt
krogla iz púške bullet
v dosegu púške (zunaj dosega púške) within (out of) gunshot
stojalo za púške gun rack
municija za púško small-arms (ali rifle) ammunition
ogenj iz púšk rifle fire
strel iz púške gunshot, rifle shot
strelec s púško rifleman, pl -men
vizir púške backsight, (muha) sight
naboj za púško cartridge
jermen pri púški rifle sling
piramida púšk pile of arms
pritikline za púško rifle accessories pl
púške k nogi! ground arms!
púška je počila the gun went off
púška nese 2.000 m the gun has a range of 2,000 metres
držati púško vzporedno z zemljo to trail arms
dati púško na rame (z jermenom) to shoulder arms, (brez jermena) to slope arms
nabiti púško to load a gun
postaviti púške v piramido to pile (ali to stack) arms
slišati strel iz púške to hear a gunshot
ustreliti s púško to fire a shot
zgrabiti za púške to take up arms
vreči púško v koruzo (figurativno) to hang up one's axe, to throw up the sponge, to give in
púška je odpovedala the gun misfired (ali failed to go off)

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

put in

1. prehodni glagol
dati, položiti, vtakniti v kaj; vložiti (prošnjo); predložiti (dokument); namestiti (uradnika); dati (oglas); prebiti (čas)

2. neprehodni glagol
navtika vpluti v pristanišče (zaradi popravila, zavetja); zaviti v, ustaviti se (at ; npr. v gostilno, v gostilni)
potegovati se za, prositi (for za)

to put in an appearance pokazati se, biti navzoč; pravno priti na razpravo
to put in for s.th. vložiti prošnjo za kaj, kandidirati
to put in a claim for damages vložiti zahtevo za odškodnino
to put s.o. in evidence pripeljati koga za pričo
to put in motion spraviti v tek, sprožiti (zadevo)
to put in one's oar prekiniti, vmešati se
to put in a word for založiti dobro besedo za koga
to put in an hour's extra work delati eno uro več

put up

1. prehodni glagol
dvigniti (roko, zastavo, jadra itd.); obesiti (sliko, zastor); nalepiti (plakat); razpeti (dežnik); postaviti (šotor)
pogovorno fingirati, izmisliti (a put up job naprej domenjena stvar, prevara)
pomoliti se, zahvaliti se (bogu); sprejeti gosta, vzeti pod streho, prenočiti; shraniti, spraviti; zaviti, zložiti, paketirati (in v)
vtakniti (meč) v nožnico; konservirati, vkuhati, vložiti (sadje); pripraviti zdravilo (v lekarni)
gledališče uprizoriti (igro); postaviti, predlagati (kandidata); ponuditi, dati v prodajo; zvišati (ceno); spoditi, splašiti, pregnati iz brloga (divjad); dati na oklice; plačati; staviti, zastaviti (na stavi); napeljati, nagovoriti, naščuvati (to k)

2. neprehodni glagol
nastaniti se, ustaviti se pri kom (at)
kandidirati, potegovati se (for za)
plačati (for za)
sprijazniti se s čim, prenašati, mirno sprejeti (with)

sleng to put s.o.'s back up užaliti, zjeziti koga
to put up a fight dobro se upirati, dobro se boriti
to put up a front pretvarjati se
to put up for sale dati v prodajo
to put up the shutters zapreti trgovino
to put s.o. up to nagovoriti koga k čemu, poučiti koga
to put up to s.o. prepustiti komu odločitev
to put up with prenašati, potrpeti, zadovoljiti se s čim

puzzle¹ [pʌzl] samostalnik
uganka, težek problem; osuplost, zbeganost, zmeda

to be in a puzzle about biti zbegan zaradi česa
cross-word puzzle križanka
jig-saw puzzle sestavljalnica (igra)

quagmire [kwǽgmaiə] samostalnik
močvirje, barje
figurativno stiska, škripec

to be caught in a quagmire biti v škripcih

qualified [kwɔ́lifaid] pridevnik
kvalificiran, usposobljen, sposoben (for za)
pogojen, omejen, prikrojen

in a qualified sense v omejenem smislu, pogojno
qualified voter volilni upravičenec
ekonomija qualified acceptance pogojno sprejetje (menice itd.)

quandary [kwɔndɛ́əri, kwɔ́ndə-] samostalnik
dvom, zadrega, stiska, težava, negotovost; kočljiv položaj

to be in a quandary biti v kočljivem položaju, biti v zadregi

quarrel¹ [kwɔ́rəl] samostalnik
prepir, spor (with s, z; between med)

to find quarrel in a straw biti prepirljiv, iskati dlako v jajcu
to have no quarrel with ne imeti povoda za prepir, ne imeti kaj zameriti
to make (ali patch) up a quarrel pomiriti se, izgladiti spor
to pick (ali seek) a quarrel with zanetiti prepir
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir je treba dveh

quarter¹ [kwɔ́:tə] samostalnik
četrtina, četrt (a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene)
četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje (he won the quarter zmagal je v teku na četrt milje)
mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, ameriško 25 funtov, 11,34 kg; britanska angleščina 2,91 hl)
ameriško, škotsko šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja
grboslovje eno od štirih polj grba
astronomija lunin krajec (first quarter prvi krajec, last quarter zadnji krajec)
ameriško četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart (residential quarter stanovanjska četrt)
stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figurativno od kje piha veter?)
predel, kraj (in this quarter v teh krajih)
smer (in that quarter v ono smer)
stran (from another quarter z druge strani)
vir (from a good quarter iz dobrega vira)
družbeni krog (in government quarters v vladnih krogih)
usnje za peto (čevlja)
tehnično 4 palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu)
vojska, (tudi množina) stan, bivališče (to be confined to quarters biti v hišnem priporu)
(tudi vojska) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev (to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri)
navtika bok krme (on the port quarter na levi strani krme)
navtika borbeni položaj posadke (to beat to quarters sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask (ali call, cry) for quarter prositi za milost
to give quarter izkazati milost, pomilostiti
to give fair quarter prizanesti
a bad quarter of an hour neprijetni trenutki
at close quarters od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)
to live in close quarters stanovati na tesnem
from every quarter; ali from all quarters od vseh strani
hind quarters stegna
high quarters višji krogi
it has gone the quarter ura je odbila četrt
the proper quarter pristojno mesto
to take up one's quarters nastaniti se
to beat up the quarters of pogosto obiskovati

quarter² [kwɔ́:tə]

1. prehodni glagol
razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca)
grboslovje razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho
vojska (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be quartered at (in) stanovati kje)
pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi)
navtika določiti borbeni položaj posadke

2. neprehodni glagol
stanovati, živeti (at pri)
tekati sem in tja (psi)

figurativno to quarter o.s. on s.o. vseliti se pri kom

queer¹ [kwíə] pridevnik (queerly prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, svojevrsten, čudaški, komičen
pogovorno dvomljiv, sumljiv, na slabem glasu (posel)
pogovorno bolehen, slab, omotičen
sleng pijan, homoseksualen
sleng ponarejen
ameriško, sleng ves mrtev na kaj (for, about)

a queer fellow (ali fish) čudak
to feel queer slabo se počutiti
as queer as Dick's hatband slabe volje
to be in Queer Street biti v (denarni) stiski, zadolžen
queer in the head prismójen

question¹ [kwésčən] samostalnik
vprašanje; (sporno) vprašanje, problem (the Negro question črnsko vprašanje)
zadeva, stvar (only a question of time samo stvar časa)
dvom
pravno preiskava, zasliševanje
parlament predlog (dan na glasovanje), interpelacija

parlament question! k zadevi! (vzklik govorniku)
parlament to put the question dati na glasovanje
pravno question of law pravno vprašanje
pravno leading question sugestivno vprašanje
zgodovina, pravno to put s.o. to the question zasliševati, mučiti koga
the question does not arise vprašanje je brez pomena
to beg the question narediti prenagljen sklep, predpostavljati
beside the question neprikladen, nevažen
beyond (ali past) question nedvomno, nesporno
a burning question pereče vprašanje
question of the day problem dneva
to call in question spodbijati, dvomiti
to come into question priti v pretres, postati važno
in question omenjen, za katerega gre
to make no question of ne dvomiti o čem
out of the question nemogoče, ne pride v poštev
an open question odprto vprašanje
to pop the question prositi za roko
to put a question to s.o. vprašati koga kaj
to raise a question staviti vprašanje
to shoot questions at obsipati koga s vprašanji
the point in question sporno vprašanje
what is the question? za kaj gre?

queue¹ [kju:] samostalnik
kita (las)
britanska angleščina vrsta, rep (pred trgovino)

to jump the queue preriniti se naprej
to stand (wait) in a queue stati (čakati) v vrsti

quick¹ [kwik] pridevnik (quickly prislov)
hiter, uren, nagel; bister, okreten, znajdljiv, odrezav, živahen; nagle jeze, vzkipljiv; fin, oster (vid, sluh); živ (pesek itd.)
arhaično živ, živeč
ekonomija živahen, likviden, tekoč
mineralogija rudnat

be quick about it! podvizaj se s tem!
to be quick by s.o. zanositi s kom
quick with child noseča (v drugi polovici nosečnosti)
quick on the draw ki hitro reagira, odrezav
quick ear oster sluh
quick at hearing ki dobro sliši
quick in (at) working sums ki hitro računa
a quick one "kozarček" (na hitro)
quick hedge (ali fence) živa meja
quick of parts (ali understanding) bistroumen, ki hitro razume
quick sight oster vid
quick temper razdražijiva čud, vzkipljivost
quick in the uptake ki hitro razume, dojame
quick wit odrezavost
to have quick wits biti odrezav
ekonomija quick returns hiter donos, dobiček