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let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

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

loose¹ [lu:s] pridevnik (loosely prislov)
svoboden, prost, rešen (of, from česa)
odvezan, spuščen (lasje); ohlapen (obleka), rahel (zemlja), razmajan (vrata), majav (zob), mlahav (človek), redek (tkanina), mehek (ovratnik)
kemija prost, nevezan
pogovorno prost, na razpolago
figurativno nejasen, nenatančen, nestalen, netočen, zanikrn (prevod), neslovničen; lahkomiseln, površen, nesramen, nemoralen

loose ends malenkosti, ki jih je treba še urediti
at loose ends v neredu, zanemarjen; v negotovosti
to be at loose ends biti brez stalne zaposlitve, ne vedeti kaj storiti
loose bowels driska
a loose criminal zločinec na svobodi
to break loose pobegniti, osvoboditi se
to come (ali get) loose rešiti se, osvoboditi se; odvezati se, odpeti se, zrahljati se, odluščiti se (barva)
to cut loose from osvoboditi se (vpliva, vezi)
a loose fish pokvarjenec
a loose hour prosta ura
to have a loose tongue preveč govoriti, vse izblebetati
to have a screw loose ne imeti vseh kolesc v glavi, biti malo prismojen
there's a screw loose somewhere nekaj je narobe, nekaj je sumljivo, nekaj smrdi
vojska in loose order v razmaknjeni vrsti (vojaki)
to let loose izbruhniti, dati si duška, ne obvladati se
loose make (ali build) nerodna postava
to play fast and loose biti lahkomišljen, neuvideven
to ride with a loose rein popustiti vajeti, biti prizanesljiv
to set loose spustiti, osvoboditi
to work loose zrahljati se, razmajati se (vijak)
loose handwriting neizpisana pisava
ekonomija loose cash gotovina
a loose novel opolzek roman

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

mésto¹ town; (veliko, VB) city, ZDA (že od 8.000 prebivalcev naprej) city; (kraj) locality, place; (v knjigi) passage; (služba) place, employment, post, (služabniško) situation; spot; stand, point

na méstu (takoj) on the spot, straight (ali right) away
v méstu in town
iz mésta from town
na samem méstu (kraju) pravo on the premises
na mojem méstu in my place
prav na tem méstu in this very place
na prvem méstu in the first place, first and foremost
častno mésto place of honour
glavno mésto capital, metropolis
podeželsko mésto country town
večno mésto the Holy City, Rome
industrijsko mésto manufacturing town
prazno mésto (služba) vacancy
dolnje mésto lower town (ali ZDA downtown)
gornje mésto upper (ali high) town
komandant mésta town major
zrasel v méstu townbred
sva iz istega mésta we are from the same place
ni na méstu (govoriti)... it is inappropriate (to speak)...
tu ni mést, da (bi govoril)... this is not the proper place (to speak)...
opazka ni bila na méstu (umestna) the remark was uncalled for
biti v méstu to be in town
ko bi jaz bil na tvojem méstu if I were in your place (ali position, figurativno shoes), if I were you
ne bi hotel biti na tvojem méstu I wouldn't like to he in your skin
vse mésto govori o tem it is the talk of the town, the whole town's talking about it
iti v mésto to go to (oziroma into) town
ne se ganiti z mésta not to stir
stopati na méstu to mark time
pojdite vsak na svoje mésto! go to your respective places!
potegovati se za kako mésto to apply for a post
postaviti koga na odgovorno mésto to place someone in a responsible position
vlak, ki vozi iz mésta (v mesto, v London) down train (up train)
vznemiriti mésto z velikim hrupom, razgrajanjem to paint the town red

mince² [mins]

1. prehodni glagol
(se)sekljati, razkosati, zmleti meso
figurativno olepšati, ublažiti

2. neprehodni glagol
vesti se prisiljeno

to mince one's words afektirano govoriti
not to mince one's words (ali matters) povedati brez ovinkov, naravnost povedati
to mince one's steps drobno hoditi, drobneti

mind¹ [máind] samostalnik
spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

the human mind človekov duh
history of the mind idejna zgodovina
things of the mind duhovne stvari
his is a fine mind je pametna glava
one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
absence of mind raztresenost
presence of mind prisotnost duha
to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
to change one's mind premisliti se
the mind's eye vizija
in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
to come to mind priti na misel
to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
to lose one's mind znoreti
to make up one's mind odločiti se
to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
out of one's (right) mind nor
to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
to slip one's mind pozabiti
to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca

molčáti to be (ali to keep) silent, to keep silence; to say nothing, to remain silent, to hold one's tongue

molči! keep silent!, keep your mouth shut!, hold your tongue!, pogovorno shut up!
molčite o tej stvari! not a word about this (to anyone)!, mum's the word!
molčáti kot grob to be silent as the grave, to be as silent as death, to be as close (ali dumb) as an oyster, pogovorno to clam up
so stvari, o katerih je bolje molčáti there are topics which are best avoided...
a da molčimo o... not to mention...
kdor molči, soglaša silence gives consent
o dobrih novicah ne smemo molčáti good news must not be kept back
govoriti je srebro, molčáti je zlato the less said, the better
molčáti o čem to keep quiet about something

moonshine [mú:nšain] samostalnik
mesečina
figurativno sanjarija, neumnost
ameriško, sleng vtihotapljen ali nezakonito napravljen alkohol

to talk moonshine sanjariti, govoriti neumnosti

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

naglás¹ accent; stress; accentuation; emphasis

glavni naglás main stress
stalni (premični) naglás fixed (mobile) stress
naglás je na prvem zlogu the stress is on the first syllable
ekspiratoričen (melodičen, muzikalen) naglás stress ali expiratory (musical ali pitch) accent
govoriti s tujim naglásom to speak with a foreign accent

name¹ [néim] samostalnik
ime, vzdevek, označba; reputacija, glas, ugled, čast; slavno ime, slaven človek; rod, rodbina

by name po imenu
to call s.th. by its proper name dati čemu pravo ime, reči bobu bob
to call s.o. names dajati komu priimke, psovati koga
family name priimek
first (ali given) name krstno ime
to give a dog a bad name and hang him vso krivdo zvaliti na človeka, ki je na slabem glasu
to give one's name povedati svoje ime
pogovorno give it a name! povej naravnost, kaj želiš!
to go by the name of živeti pod (tujim) imenom
the great names of our century slavni ljudje našega stoletja
to have a good (ill) name biti na dobrem (slabem) glasu
in name only samo po imenu
to have a name for biti na glasu; da
in the name of v imenu (ljudstva, usmiljenja itd.)
of name ugleden, pomemben
maiden name dekliško ime
in one's own name v svojem imenu
proper name lastno ime
to make one's name; ali to make a name for o.s.; ali to make o.s. a name zasloveti
not a penny (ali nickel) to his name čisto brez denarja je
to put one's name down for priglasiti kandidaturo
to send in one's name napovedati se, priglasiti se
to take a name in vain nespoštljivo o kom govoriti, po nemarnem imenovati
to keep one's name on the books ostati v klubu, šoli
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz kluba, šole
to win a name for o.s. napraviti si ime, zasloveti
what's in a name? ime kaj malo pomeni

námreč namely; that is to say; videlicet (krajšava: viz.); (= t.j., to je) to wit; in other words

nisem mogel govoriti z njim, bil je námreč bolan I could not speak to him, as (ali seeing that) he was ill
eden mojih sosedov, námreč neki X.Y., ... one or my neighbours, to wit, one X.Y., ...

nasprótno prislov on the contrary; pogovorno contrariwise

nasprótno govoriti (ugovarjati) to object, to oppose, to speak against
ravno nasprótno just the opposite

nehánje cessation, ceasing, finishing

brez nehánja incessantly, constantly, perpetually, continuously, without interruption (ali letup)
neháti to stop, to cease, to end, to finish; to leave off; (odnehati) to desist (from)
tu se vse neha! that's the limit!
nehaj že vendar! drop it!
nehal je govoriti he stopped (ali ceased, left off) speaking
nehalo je deževati it (has) stopped raining
nehajmo s tem! let's drop it!, let's drop it, shall we?
kje smo nehali (zadnjič)? where did we leave off?

nest¹ [nest] samostalnik
gnezdo; leglo
figurativno skrivališče; majhen predalnik; serija, garnitura predmetov, ki gredo drug v drugega; zarod (živalskih mladičev)

a nest of crime leglo zločina
to feather one's nest mehko si postlati
to foul one's own nest pljuvati v lastno skledo, grdo govoriti o svojem domu
to leather one's nest napolniti si žepe

neúmnost (piece, act of) stupidity, folly, foolishness; nonsense, absurdity, preposterousness, senselessness

skrajna neúmnost utter nonsense; (traparija) twaddle
neúmnost(i)! nonsense!, stuff and nonsense!, bosh!, fiddlesticks!; rot!
ne delaj takih neúmnosti! you must not do such foolish things!
neúmnosti kvasiš (žargon) you are talking rot
neúmnosti uganjati to play the fool
govoriti neúmnosti to talk nonsense
blebetati neúmnosti to talk drivel (ali rubbish)

nineteen [náinti:n]

1. pridevnik
devetnajst

2. samostalnik
devetnajstica

to talk nineteen to the dozen neprestano govoriti, govoriti kakor bi iz rokava stresal

noise² [nɔ́iz]

1. prehodni glagol
razvpiti, raztrobiti (about ali abroad)

2. neprehodni glagol
vpiti, zagnati hrup

to noise of govoričiti, govoriti ko strgan doktor

nonsense [nɔ́nsəns] samostalnik
nesmisel, neumnost

to stand no nonsense zahtevati, da kdo opravi svoje delo v redu; zahtevati, da kdo pove čisto resnico
to talk nonsense govoriti neumnosti