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stretch¹ [streč]

1. samostalnik
raztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas
sleng kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu
navtika daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehod

at a stretch, at one stretch brez prekinitve, naenkrat
on the stretch napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figurativno v veliki napetosti
a stretch of 5 years razdobje petih let
a stretch of the imagination prenapeta, prebujna domišljija
the stretch of a bird's wings razpetina ptičjih kril
a fine stretch of country lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajine
to be on the stretch biti napet, v napetosti
it is a good stretch from the village to the town je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mesta
to do a stretch britanska angleščina odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)
to give a stretch natezati se, pretegniti se
he gave a stretch and got up pretegnil se je in vstal
to keep one's attention on the stretch biti v napeti pozornosti
it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjameš
to work 8 hours at (on) a stretch delati nepretrgano 8 ur

2. pridevnik
raztegljiv

stretch hosiery raztegljive nogavice

subject² [səbdžékt] prehodni glagol
podvreči, podrediti; podjarmiti; napraviti odvisno (to od)
izpostaviti (to čemu)
obrzdati; napraviti dovzetnega za

to subject a country to one's way podjarmiti si deželo
you must subject it to analysis to morate analizirati
to subject o.s. to ridicule izpostavljati se posmehu
I don't want to subject myself to his criticism ne maram se izpostavljati njegovi kritiki
he had been subjected to a lot of suffering mnogo je pretrpel
to subject s.o. to a test preskusiti koga

surrounding [səráundiŋ]

1. samostalnik
obkrožujoč; okoliški

the surrounding country okolica

2. samostalnik
obkroženje, zajetje
množina okolica, okoliš; okolje, miljé; zunanje okoliščine, sporedni pojavi

šírom prislov wide, far and wide

otroci imajo oči šírom odprte the children have their eyes wide open
šírom po deželi throughout the country

this množina these [ðis, ði:z]

1. zaimek
ta, to

all this vse to
this and that to in ono, marsikaj
after this po tem
this above all predvsem to
before this pred tem
by this medtem, med tem časom; doslej
ere this nekoč
for all this zato, zaradi tega; kljub vsemu temu
from this od zdaj, odslej
like this tako(le)
this, that and the other vse mogoče stvari, razne reči
this is my brother to je moj brat
these are my children to so moji otroci
it is like this stvar je taka
this is what happened tole se je zgodilo
this is the way to do it tako(le) se to naredi
he should have been here by this zdajle bi že moral biti tu
they were talking about this, that and the other govorili so o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem

2. pridevnik
ta, to; današnji

in this country v tej (naši) deželi
this day danes
this year to leto; tekoče leto; letos
this day week (fortnight) danes teden (14 dni)
in these days dandanes
(for) these three weeks zadnje tri tedne
to this day do danes, še danes
this morning to jutro, danes zjutraj, davi
this afternoon danes popoldne
this evening danes zvečer, drevi, nocoj
this once to pot edino, edinole tokrat
this time to pot
business is bad these days posli gredo slabo te dni (v teh časih)
take this book, not that one vzemite to knjigo, ne one

3. prislov
tako

this much tako mnogo, toliko
this far tako daleč

through [ɵru:]

1. predlog
skozi, preko, čez; v teku, za časa, v času; s pomočjo, po, z (s); zaradi, od

all through his life (skozi) vse svoje življenje
through the night preko noči
the bullet went through my leg krogla je šla skozi mojo nogo
I could never read through that book nikoli nisem mogel prebrati te knjige do kraja
I had to study the whole summer through vse poletje sem moral študirati
I saw through his hipocrisy spregledal sem njegovo hinavščino
it was through you that we missed the train zaradi tebe smo zamudili vlak
to get through one's work opraviti, končati svoje delo
to get through an examination napraviti izpit
to have been through s.th. doživeti kaj
to look through the window gledati skozi okno
they marched through the town korakali so skozi mesto
to roam (all) through the country obresti vso deželo
to run away through fear od strahu zbežati
to see through s.o. spregledati koga, spoznati njegove namene
to send a letter through the post poslati pismo po pošti

2. prislov
skoz(i), do kraja, do konca; povsem, popolnoma; od začetka do konca

through and through skoz in skoz, popolnoma
to be through dokončati, biti gotov; pogovorno imeti telefonično zvezo
is he through? je on gotov z delom?; je naredil izpit?
to be through with a job imeti neko delo za seboj
he is not yet through on še ni gotov
I am through with my work gotov sem s svojim delom
I am through with him figurativno z njim sem opravil, z njim sem čisto prekinil
to be wet through biti skoz in skoz premočen
this train goes through to Vienna ta vlak vozi (skoz) do Dunaja
to carry a matter through izvesti neko stvar
to fall through, to drop through ne uspeti, propasti
to run s.o. through prebosti koga
the bad weather lasted all through ves čas je bilo slabo vreme
to put s.o. through koga telefonsko zvezati
I read the book through prebral sem knjigo do kraja

3. pridevnik
prehoden, tranziten; direkten

through carriage (coach) direkten vagon
through passage prost prehod
through ticket vozovnica, ki velja za proge različnih železniških družb
through traffic prehoden, tranziten promet

throughout [ɵru:áut]

1. predlog
skozi vse, preko vsega, po vsem, v vsem, vsepovsod; v teku, za časa, čez; skozi

throughout the country po vsej deželi
throughout his stories v vseh njegovih zgodbah
he travelled throughout Yugoslavia prepotoval je vso Jugoslavijo
throughout the year skozi vse leto
throughout the Middle Ages skozi ves srednji vek

2. prislov
skoz in skoz, vseskoz(i), popolnoma; povsod; ves čas

a sound policy throughout vseskozi pametna politika
today has been fine throughout danes je bilo ves dan lepo vreme

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

traverse² [trǽvəs, trəvə́:s] prehodni glagol
prečkati, prepotovati, prehoditi, iti skozi (čez); teči skozi; hoditi sem in tja (the room po sobi)
prekrižati, položiti navzkriž
figurativno pretresti, premisliti, pregledati; biti razpet nad (o mostu); preprečiti (načrte)
pravno ugovarjati, zanikati, pobijati
vojska obrniti, nameriti v stran proti tarči (top)
tehnično počez strugati (skobljati, oblati)
neprehodni glagol
iti počez, iti čez, iti sem in tja (gor in dol)
tehnično obračati se; (mečevanje) napraviti izpad v stran

to traverse s.o.'s plan prekrižati komu načrt
a bridge traverses the river nad reko se vzpenja most
the country is traversed by canals deželo preprezajo prekopi

ubraníti to prevent (pred, od from)

ubraníti svojo domovino pred to defend one's country against
nisem se mogel ubraníti smeha I could not help laughing
ni se mogla ubraníti solz she could not restrain her tears

udeležíti se to take part (in), to participate (in), to partake (of); to be present, to attend; to join (in)

udeležíti se kongresa to attend a congress
udeležil sem se njihovih posvetovanj I took part in their deliberations
ni se udeležil zarote he took no part in the plot
naša stranka je sklenila, da se volitev ne bo udeležila our party decided we would not take part in (the) elections
njihova dežela (država) se ni udeležila vojne their country did not join in the war

underdevelop [ʌndədivéləp] prehodni glagol
fotografija premalo razviti (film, ploščo)

underdeveloped nerazvit, zaostal; fotografija premalo razvit
underdeveloped country politika dežela v razvoju

up¹ [ʌp] samostalnik
vzpetost, strmina, višina
ekonomija porast (tečajev, cen)
pogovorno srečen človek, srečko, povzpetnik; predstojnik; vlak (avtobus), ki vozi v mesto

ups and downs of a country valovitost tal
the ups and downs of life sreča in nesreča v življenju
my ups and downs imel sem dobre in slabe čase (srečo in nesrečo) v življenju
the up and up stalni napredek
on the up-and-up pogovorno vedno boljši; v redu, brezhiben

up⁴ [ʌp] predlog
(gori) na; gor, navzgor, navkreber kvišku; proti, k, do, ob, vzdolž; proti notranjosti

up the hill navkreber, po hribu navzgor
up hill and down dale čez hribe in doline
up the river po reki navzgor
up the street po ulici (cesti) navzgor
I saw a monkey up a tree videl sem opico na drevesu
up a tree figurativno v stiski, v škripcih
to climb up a precipice plezati po prepadu navzgor
he has gone up country šel je na deželo (na kmete)

valovít undulating; undulatory; undulate; (lasje) wavy, curly; (morje) heavy, rough, turbulent

valovíta črta wavy (ali undulatory, sinuous) line
valovíta lepenka corrugated paper
valovíta pločevina corrugated iron, corrugated sheets pl
valovít svet rolling (hill) country

valúta currency; foreign currency, foreign exchange; (tečaj) exchange rate, rate of exchange

trdna valúta firm currency, hard currency
po sedanji valúti at the present rate of exchange
drseča valúta floating currency
nestabilna valúta soft currency
dirigirana valúta managed currency
država z visoko valúto country with a high monetary standard

verge² [və:dž] neprehodni glagol
nagibati se, padati; sestopati (on proti)
približevati se, prehajati (in v)
segati, razprostirati se
figurativno mejiti

verging on na robu
he was verging on 80 bil je že blizu 80 let star
hills verging to the north griči, ki se raztezajo proti severu
the country is verging towards ruin dežela gre v propast
the sun is verging towards the horizon sonce tone na obzorju

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

vínski wine(-); vinic; viny

vínski bratec (figurativno) winebibber, tippler, bibulous person, boon companion, slabšalno wino, soak
vínski cvet spirit(s pl) of wine
vínska čaša wineglass
vínske drože lees pl of wine
vínski duh (vonj) smell of wine
vínski kamen tartar, wine stone
vínska karta wine card
vínski kis vinegar made from wine
vínska kislina acidity of wine
vínska klet wine cellar, wine vault, (pivnica) wine cellar, tavern
list vínske trte vine leaf
vínska trta vine
vínski meh wineskin; (bag)
vínski mošt must
vínska pokušnja wine tasting, wine sampling
vínska pokrajina wine country
vínska stiskalnica winepress
vínski vonj (buket) bouquet

vôjna war; warfare

v vôjni in the war, at war, in wartime
na robu vôjne on the brink of war
na koncu vôjne at the end of the war
v primeru vôjne in case of war, in the event of war
hujskanje k vôjni warmongering
napoved vôjne declaration of war
bog vôjne war god
izbruh vôjne outbreak of war
opustošen od vôjne ravaged by war, war-ravaged
besedna vôjna war of words, wordy warfare
bliskovita vôjna lightning war (= w.), blitzkrieg, blitz
državljanska vôjna civil w., intestine w.
ameriška državljanska vôjna American Civil War, War of Secession, War between the States
gospodarska vôjna economic w.
gverilska vôjna guerilla warfare
hladna vôjna cold w.
križarska vôjna crusade
tridesetletna vôjna Thirty Years' War
stoletna vôjna Hundred Years' War
napadalna vôjna war of aggression
narodnoosvobodilna vôjna war of (ali struggle for) national liberation
osvajalna vôjna war of conquest
obrambna vôjna defensive w.
osvobodilna vôjna war of liberation
podmorniška vôjna submarine warfare
papirnata vôjna paper w.
pomorska vôjna naval warfare, war at sea
pozicijska vôjna static warfare
popolna, splošna (nepopolna, omejena) vôjna allout (limited) warfare
preventivna vôjna preventive w.
psihološka vôjna psychological w.
vôjna do popolne izčrpanosti sovražnika war of attrition
nasledstvena vôjna war of succession
vôjna za neodvisnost war of independence
vôjna do uničenja, do iztrebljenja war of extermination
sveta vôjna holy war
ves svet zajemajoča vôjna global warfare
prva (druga) svetovna vôjna the first World War, World War I, the Great War (the second World War, World War II)
totalna vôjna total w.
verska vôjna religious w.
vôjna v zraku war in the air
živčna vôjna war of nerves
vôjna na življenje in smrt war to the death
to (takšna) je (pač) vôjna such is war
biti tik pred vôjno to be on the eve of war
biti v vôjni to be at war with, to make war upon
iti v vôjno, začeti vôjno, spustiti se v vôjno to go to war (z, proti against), to wage war (z upon, against)
napovedati vôjno to declare war (neki državi on a country)
izzvati vôjno to provoke a war
biti potegnjen v vôjno to drift into war
prenesti vôjno v sovražnikovo deželo to carry the war into the enemy's country
preprečiti vôjno to avert a war
pripravljati vôjno to prepare for war
sprožiti atomsko vôjno to unleash an atomic war
stopiti v vôjno to enter a war, to come into a war
ščuvati k vôjni to incite to war, to agitate for war
voditi vôjno to war, to wage war
v ljubezni in v vôjni je vse dovoljeno all is fair in love and war
vôjna prinese s seboj mnogo zla war brings many evils in its train