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okó eye; (na krompirju) eye; (mastno) drop of grease; botanika eye (of a bud)

kurje okó (figurativno) corn
operater kurjih očes chiropodist
stekleno okó a glass eye
magično okó magic-eye tuning
mačje okó (figurativno) (rear) reflector
z golim očesom with the naked eye
s prostim očesom with unaided eye
okó postave je budno the eye of the law is ever vigilant
imeti okó za lepoto (za kaj lepega) to have an eye for the beautiful
kakor daleč seže okó as far as the eye can reach, within eyeshot, within range of sight
dljè kot seže okó farther (ali further) than the eye can see
z očesom ne treniti not to bat an eyelid
niti z očesom ni trenil he did not even wince
on ne vidi več na levo okó he lost the sight of his left eye
vidim stvari z istim očesom kot ti (figurativno) I see eye to eye with you
pazi na okó! mind your eye!
zamižati na eno okó to wink an eye (ob at), (figurativno) to connive (at), to shut one's eyes to
zatisnil je eno okó ob mojem kajenju he turned a blind eye to my smoking
ne zatisniti očesa (figurativno) not to sleep a wink
nocoj nisem zatisnil očesa I did not get a wink of sleep last night
okó za okó, zob za zob an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

omadeževáti to stain; to soil; to sully; (dobro ime) to tarnish, to blemish

omadeževáti ugled to tarnish a reputation
ne bi si hotel omadeževáti rok s tem I would not soil my hands with it
njegove roke so omadeževane s krvjo his hands are stained with blood

omehčáti to soften (up); to mollify; to make tender; figurativno to move, to touch

omehčáti se to soften, to become tender (ali soft, mellow)
omehčáti se do koga to relent towards someone
dati se omehčáti to be moved, to relent
ne se dati omehčáti (figurativno) to harden one's heart, to remain implacable
nobena prošnja ga ni mogla omehčáti no entreaties could soften him

omelet(te) [ɔ́mlit] samostalnik
omleta

savoury omelet(te) omleta z zelenjavo
sweet omelet(te) omleta z marmelado
figurativno one's can't make an omelet(te) without breaking eggs brez truda in muje se še čevelj ne obuje

on¹ [ɔn] predlog

1.
na (on earth, on the radio)

2. figurativno
na (based on facts ki temelji na dejstvih, on demand na zahtevo, to borrow on jewels izposoditi si denar na nakit, a duty on silk carina na svilo, interest on one's capital obresti na kapital)

3.
(ki si sledi) za (loss on loss izguba za izgubo)

4.
(zaposlen) pri, v (to be on a committee, jury, the general staff biti v komisiji, v poroti, pri generalštabu)

5.
(stanje) v, na (on duty v službi, dežuren, on fire v ognju, gori, on strike v stavki, on leave na dopustu, on sale na prodaj)

6.
(namerjen) na, proti (an attack on s.o. napad na koga, a joke on me šala na moj račun, the strain tells on him napor ga zdeluje)

7.
(predmet, tema) o (a lecture on s.th. predavanje o čem, to talk on a subject govoriti o nekem predmetu)

8.
(časovno za en dan) v, na; po, ob (on Sunday v nedeljo, on April 1 prvega aprila; on his arrival ob njegovem prihodu, on being asked ko so me vprašali)

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Razno:

that is a new one on me to je zame novo, za to še nisem slišal
she is all day on me ves dan me gnjavi
on an average povprečno
away on business službeno odsoten
on the contrary nasprotno
on edge ko na trnju, nervozen
on foot peš
on hand pri roki, na zalogi
on one's own samostojen, neodvisen
on the instant takoj
to live on air živeti od zraka
on pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
on principle načelno
on purpose namenoma
on receipt po prejemu
on a sudden nenadoma
on time točno
on the whole v glavnem
on my word na mojo častno besedo
have you a match on you? imaš kakšno vžigalico pri sebi?
ameriško, pogovorno to have nothing on s.o. ne imeti nič proti komu

once¹ [wans] prislov
enkrat, nekoč, svojčas

once and again, once or twice od časa do časa, ponovno
once again, once more še enkrat
once a day enkrat na dan
once (and) for all enkrat za vselej
pogovorno once in a blue moon zelo redko
once bit twice shy kdor se enkrat opeče, ne bo več poskušal; izkušnja te nauči previdnosti
not once niti enkrat, nikoli
once (upon a time) nekoč
once in a while (ali way) tu in tam, včasih, redko
once and away enkrat za vselej; včasih
all at once nenadoma, istočasno
at once takoj
more than once večkrat

one¹ [wʌn] pridevnik
eden, ena; edin, neki, enak, isti

one day nekega dne (v prihodnosti ali preteklosti)
one or two eden ali dva, par
all one vseeno
it is all one to me vseeno mi je
one another drug drugega
one after another drug za drugim
one with another povprečno
like one o'clock na vso moč
one and the same eden in isti
ten to one zelo verjetno
one at a time posamič, ločeno
with one voice soglasno
one man in ten vsak deseti (človek)
all were of one mind vsi so bili istega mnenja
no one man could do it sam tega ne bi zmogel nihče
his one thought njegova edina misel
the one way to do it edini način, kako to storiti
to become one združiti se
to be one too many for s.o. biti malo pretežko za koga
to be made one poročiti se, biti združen v zakonu
to make one pridružiti se komu
to make one of pripadati komu (čemu), biti del koga (česa)

onion¹ [ʌ́njən] samostalnik
botanika čebula
aeronavtika svetlobna raketa
sleng Bermudčan
sleng glava, buča

sleng off one's onion ne čisto pri pameti
to use an onion handkerchief delati se žalostnega
pogovorno to know one's onion spoznati se na svoj posel

only² [óunli] prislov
samo, edino

not only ... but (also) ne samo..., temveč tudi
if only ko bi le, samo da
only not skoraj
only just pravkar
only yesterday šele včeraj, še včeraj

opazováti to observe, to watch, to eye; to contemplate; to keep watching (ali perceiving)

opazováti koga to keep an eye on someone
ali nas ne opazujejo? aren't we being watched?

open³ [óupən]

1. prehodni glagol
odpreti (tudi ekonomija npr. račun)
začeti, odpreti (tržišče, pogajanja itd.); razkriti (čustva, misli)
pravno pustiti odprto
navtika zagledati (skrit objekt)

2. neprehodni glagol
odpreti se
figurativno razkriti se (to komu)
odpirati se v, na; gledati kam, voditi kam (vrata, okno)
navtika prikazati se (kopno)

to open the ball začeti prepir, biti spredaj
to open bowels izprazniti čreva
to open the door to dati možnost za kaj
to open one's eyes začudeno pogledati
to open the eyes of s.o. odpreti komu oči
vojska to open fire začeti streljati
to open ground zaorati
to open one's heart to odpreti srce, odkriti svoja čustva
to open into (onto) odpirati se v (na)
not to open lips ne odpreti ust
to open one's mouth odpreti usta
to open o.s. to s.o. zaupati (razodeti) se komu

operírati (s čim) to manage, to conduct, to use; medicina to operate (koga on someone); to perform an operation (ali a surgical operation)

operírati koga na slepiču to operate on someone for appendicitis
moram se dati operírati I must be operated on, I must have an operation
ki se ne da operírati medicina inoperable

opinion [əpínjən] samostalnik
mnenje, nazor, domneva, prepričanje, presoja
pravno obrazložitev sodbe

to be of opinion that biti mnenja, da
public opinion javno mnenje
opinion poll anketa za raziskavo javnega mnenja
a matter of opinion stvar prepričanja
in my opinion po mojem mnenju
to act up to one's opinions živeti po svojih nazorih
to form an opinion of ustvariti si mnenje o
to have no opinion of misliti slabo o kom, ne ceniti

opísati opisováti to describe; to depict, to picture; to delineate; to represent; to paraphrase; geometrija to circumscribe

to se ne da opísati, opisováti this is indescribable, this baffles all description

oplašíti to intimidate, to discourage, to dishearten; to frighten; to deter; to daunt; (ptice) to scare

ne dam se oplašíti I am not to be frightened
oplašíti se to take fright, to shy (česa at something)
ki se ne da oplašíti undeterred

opomínjati opómniti to remind (koga na kaj someone of something); to admonish; to exhort; to warn; to caution; (za dolg) to dun

opomnil sem ga na njegovo dolžnost I reminded him of his duty
opomnite me na moj dolg remind me of my debt
opomnili smo ga, naj tega ne dela we cautioned him not to do it

oponírati to oppose, to be opposed to, to express (one's) opposition to

oponírati predlogu to oppose a motion
nihče ne bo oponiral temu predlogu nobody will oppose this motion

opozorílo opozorítev admonition, admonishment; advertisement; warning (na, pred of); tip-off (na, pred about, regarding, concerning)

ne se zmeniti za opozorílo, opozorítev to ignore a warning

opravíčiti to excuse; to exculpate

ne skušaj ga opravíčiti! do not try to excuse him!
to ne opravičuje njegove odsotnosti that does not excuse his absence
opravičite me zaradi moje odsotnosti! excuse me for my absence!
opravíčiti koga, opravíčiti komu odsotnost to excuse someone, to excuse someone's absence
opravíčiti koga pri kom to apologize for someone to someone else
prosil je, da ga opravičijo (mu opravičijo odsotnost) he begged to be excused (from attending)
opravičen(a odsotnost) zaradi bolezni excused from attending owing to illness
opravíčiti se to excuse someone, to apologize (za, zaradi for)
pri kom to someone; to make (ali to offer) an apology (for)
dovolite mi, da se vam opravičim allow me to apologize (to you)
opravičil se je za svoje vedenje he apologized for his conduct
opravíčiti se moram, ker sem zamudil I must apologize for (zdaj) being, (prej) having been so late
to se ne da opravíčiti that allows of no excuse!, there is no excuse for it!

or² [ɔ:] veznik
ali

either ... or ali ... ali
or else drugače, če ne
or so okoli, približno
somehow or other tako ali drugače
whether ... or not če ... ali ne