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storíti to do; to make; to commit; to perform, to execute; zoologija (povreči) to give birth to young, (o kravi) to calve

kaj storíti? what's to be done?
kaj naj storim? what am I to do?
storíti dobro (slabo) delo to do a good (a bad) deed
storíti svojo dolžnost to do one's duty
storíti uslugo komu to do a favour (ali a service) for someone
storíti slabo (dobro) uslugo komu to do someone a bad (a good) turn
storíti slabo uslugo komu to do someone a disservice, arhaično to disserve someone
storíti komu krivico to do someone a wrong, to be unfair (ali not to be fair) to someone
rad storíti to do willingly, to do with a good grace
nerad, prisiljeno storíti to do with a bad grace
storíti kaj iz lastne volje to do something of one's own free will
storíti, kot da... to make a show of..., to pretend...
storíti napako to make a mistake, to commit (ali to make) a blunder
tega ne storim rad I hate doing this
storite, kar hočete! do as you like (ali as you please)!
bomo videli, kaj se da storíti we shall see what can be done
to ti bo dobro storilo that will do you good
storil bom vse, kar bo le mogoče I'll do my best (ali my utmost)
vino mi ne stori dobro wine does not agree with me
ti bi (naj)bolje storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better (oziroma best) stay at home
on si ne stori nič iz tega (figurativno) he doesn't give a damn (ali a tinker's cuss) about it, he takes it easy
ne stori si nič iz tega! take it easy!
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done
to je laže rečeno kot storjeno that's easier said than done
kar je storjeno, je storjeno what's done can't be undone
mnogo je bilo storjenega much has been done

stróšek expense, cost; expenditure; outlay, outgoings pl

na stróške at the expense of
na državne stróške at public expense
z majhnimi stróški at little cost
k vragu s stróški! (= naj stane, kar hoče!) blow the expense!
zvezan s stróški expense(-)
na moj stróšek at my expense
drobni stróški sundries pl
manjši stróški pocket money, minor expenses pl
potni stróški travelling expenses pl
proizvodni stróšek prime cost
režijski stróški overhead expenses, overheads pl
pravdni stróšek legal costs pl
sodni stróški court costs pl
življenjski stróški cost of living
tekoči stróški current expenses pl
po odbitju vseh stróškov all expenses paid
povrnitev stróškov reimbursement
ne gledam na stróške (figurativno) I don't mind the expense
kriti stróške to cover (the) expenses
pokriti stróške (= izravnati se) to break even
povrniti komu stróške to reimburse someone; to refund someone's expenses
poravnati stróške to meet (ali pogovorno to stand) the cost
stróški požró ves dobiček (the) expenses eat up all the profits
prispevati k stróškom to share the cost
ne varčevati s stróški not to grudge the expenditure, to spare no expense
plačati (»nositi«) stróške to pay (ali to cover, to defray) (the) expenses
biti povezan s stróški to involve expense
plačati, kriti stróške za koga to defray (ali to cover) someone's expenses
(o)ceniti stróške to appraise the cost
(po)kriti svoje stróške (priti na svoj račun) to recover expenses, to break even, (figurativno) to get one's money's worth
vreči se, zagnati se v stróške to go to great expense

stvár thing; matter; object; stuff; (posel, skrb) concern; case; (zadeva) affair, subject, business

stvár časti affair of honour
sporna stvár debatable question, pravo a moot point
vsa stvár the whole business (ali affair, matter)
k stvari! keep (ali stick) to the point (ali to the matter in hand)!; (v parlamentu, govorniku) answer the question!
vse moje stvári all my belongings pl, my goods and chattels pl
dogovorjena, domenjena stvár a put-up job
kočljiva, delikatna stvár a delicate point
stvár zase another question, a matter apart
stvár v diskusiji the subject under discussion, the matter in hand
spadajoč k stvári relevant
ne spadajoč k stvári irrelevant
to je moja stvár that's my business (ali affair, concern, lookout)
to ni moja stvár that is no business of mine; that is not my affair
v tem je vsa stvár (= za to gre) that's the gist of it (ali the whole point)
to je čisto druga stvár that's completely off the point, that's an entirely different thing, (figurativno) that's a horse of a different colour
to je stvár navade that's a matter of habit
to je jedro, bistvo stvári this is the gist (ali the substance) of the matter
to je važna stvár this is a matter of importance (ali of great importance)
to je kočljiva stvár this is a ticklish (ali delicate, difficult) matter, this requires careful handling
to ni smešna stvár this in no laughing matter
(to je pa) lepa stvár! (ironično) that's a nice mess!, pogovorno a fine how-do-you-do (ali how d'ye do)
ne vem, kaj je na stvári I don't know what the problem is, pogovorno I don't know what's the matter (ali what's up, what it's all about)
borimo se za dobro stvár we are fighting for a good cause
brigaj se za svoje stvári! mind your own business, don't be such a busybody!
sedaj ne gre za to stvár that is not the question now
naj gredo stvári svojo pot! let things slide!
to nima nič opraviti s sámo stvárjo that has nothing to do with the question
pogovoriti se o stvári to talk the matter over
ostati pri stvári to stick to the point
priti s stvárjo na dan to raise a matter
pusti stvár v miru (= ne dvigaj prahu)! let sleeping dogs lie!
preidimo na stvár! let us come to the point (ali to the matter in hand), pogovorno let's get down to the nitty-gritty
s tem se na stvári nič ne spremeni it makes no difference, it does not alter the fact (ali the fact of the matter), it doesn't make any material (ali substantial) difference
to ne spada k stvári this is irrelevant, this is off (ali beside) the point
kot stvári stojé as things are, as things stand (now)
stvári stojé dobro things are going well
stvár stojí takole this is how the matter stands
videti, kako stvari stojé (figurativno) to see how the land lies
umreti za dobro stvár to die for a good cause
vmešavati, vtikati se v tuje stvári to meddle in other people's affairs
vrniti se k stvári to return to the subject
vzeti stvár v roke (figurativno) to take a problem (ali a matter, a business) in hand
vzeti stvári, kot pač pridejo (dobre in slabe) to take the rough with the smooth

suffice [səfáis]

1. neprehodni glagol
zadostovati, zadovoljevati potrebe

my word will suffice moja beseda bo zadostovala
what I have will suffice for me kar imam, bo zame zadostovalo
suffice it to say... dovolj bodi, če povem (naj samo povem), da...

2. prehodni glagol
zadovoljiti, zadostovati (komu)

the reason did not suffice him razlog mu ni zadostoval, ga ni zadovoljil
one dollar sufficed him en dolar mu je zadostoval

sun¹ [sʌn] samostalnik
(često moškega spola) sonce, sončna svetloba (sij, toplota)
poetično dan, leto
poetično sončni vzhod ali zahod
astronomija zvezda s sateliti
figurativno sijaj, sreča, blagostanje
cerkev sončna monštranca
(= sun burner) močan svečnik
pogovorno (sun stroke) sončarica

against the sun v smeri, ki je nasprotna premikanju kazalcev na uri
from sun to sun od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda, ves dan
in the sun na soncu
under the sun pod soncem, na zemlji
with the sun s soncem, ob svitanju; sledeč poti sonca; v smeri premikanja kazalcev na uri
the midnight sun polnočno sonce polarnih krajev
mock sun pasonce, jasna svetloba, ki se včasih vidi ob soncu
nothing new under the sun nič novega pod soncem
a place in the sun prostor (mesto) na soncu, figurativno ugoden položaj, ugodne razmere
the sun rises (sets, goes down) sonce vzhaja (zahaja)
his sun is set figurativno njegova zvezda je zašla, minili so časi njegove slave
to hail (to adore) the rising sun častiti vzhajajoče sonce, figurativno klanjati se novemu oblastniku
to have the sun in one's eyes, to have been in the sun sleng biti v rožicah, pijan
to hold a candle to the sun držati svečo soncu, figurativno odveč nekaj delati, opravljati nepotrebno in brezuspešno delo, nositi vodo v Savo
let not the sun go down upon your wrath tvoja jeza naj traja le en dan
make hay while the sun rises kuj železo, dokler je vroče
to rise with the sun zgodaj, s soncem vstati
to see the sun biti živ, živeti
to sit in the sun sedeti na soncu
to take the sun sončiti se, greti se na soncu, sprehajati se po soncu
to take (to shoot) the sun navtika meriti višino sonca nad obzorjem

svaríti to warn (pred of, against), to admonish; to caution (against)

svarimo (ali pozor) pred žeparji! beware of pickpockets!
vnaprej svaríti to forewarn
svarili so me, naj ne kadim I was warned against smoking
svarili so ga, da je v nevarnosti he was warned that he was in danger
svaril sem jih pred njim I warned them about (ali against) him

svèt² (nasvet) advice, a piece of advice, counsel; (ideja) suggestion; (oseb, ljudi) council, board

delavski svèt workers' council
deželni svèt regional council
državni svèt (tajni) privy council; council of state
ministrski svèt cabinet
Zvezni Izvršni Svet Federal Executive Council
Svet Narodov Council of Nationalities
vojni svèt council of war
univerzitetni svèt university council
šolski svèt school board
upravni svèt council (ali board) of administration
hišni svèt tenants' council
mestni svèt town council
občinski svèt town (ali municipal) council, municipal corporation
Veliki Svet Great Council
Varnostni Svet Security Council
svèt federacije Council of the Federation
svèt guvernerjev board of governors
poslušaj moj svèt! take my advice!, be advised by me
naj vam dam svèt let me give you a piece of advice
držala sem se vašega svèta I have followed your advice
poslušati dobre svète to listen to good advice
za dober svèt ni nikoli prepozno it's never too late to take good advice
vprašati, prositi za svèt to ask someone's advice, to consult someone
vprašal me je za svèt he asked my advice, he consulted me

swing¹ [swiŋ]

1. samostalnik
zamah, mahanje, vihtenje; nihaj, nihanje sem in tja; zibanje, guganje; tok; elastična, ritmična hoja; svoboda gibanja; gugalnica, guncnica
glasba swing (hitri stil jazza, kompozicija v tem smislu)
ekonomija, ameriško doba konjunkture, procvit, višek
politika krožno volilno potovanje (kandidata)
pogovorno posad, (delovna) izmena

in full swing v polnem razmahu
off one's swing figurativno ne na višini, ne pri moči
free swing svoboda gibanja, torišče
the swing of the pendulum nihanje nihala, figurativno spremenljivost (zlasti prihod na oblast zdaj ene zdaj druge politične stranke)
to be on the swing nihati sem in tja
to get into the swing of s.th. uvesti se v kaj, priučiti se čemu
to give full swing to s.th. dati čemu popoln razmah, popolno svobodo potekanja
to go with a swing gladko iti ali potekati
to have one's swing figurativno iti svojo pot
to let s.th. have its swing pustiti kaj potekati po normalni poti (normalno)
let him have his full swing pustite ga, naj dela, kar hoče
let me have a swing daj, da se malo poguncam na gugalnici
to live in the full swing of prosperity živeti v največjem blagostanju
to walk with a swing hoditi z dolgimi, ritmičnimi koraki, z elanom

2. pridevnik
vrtljiv; nihalen; gugalen

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

take^*1 [téik] prehodni glagol

1.
vzeti, jemati; prijeti, zgrabiti; polastiti se, zavzeti; ujeti, zalotiti, zasačiti
vojska ujeti; vzeti mero, izmeriti; peljati se (z); (po)jesti, (po)piti

to take advice vprašati (prositi) za (na)svet, posvetovati se
he does not take alcohol on ne pije (alkohola)
to take one's bearings mornarica izmeriti (določiti) svoj položaj, figurativno ugotoviti, pri čem smo
take her through this book predelaj z njo to knjigo
to take the bull by the horns zgrabiti bika za rogove, figurativno spoprijeti se s kom (čim)
to take breakfast zajtrkovati
the car cannot take more than five v avto ne more več kot pet oseb
to take a cup of tea popiti skodelico čaja
shall we take our coffee in the garden? bi pili kavo na vrtu?
to take the chair figurativno prevzeti predsedstvo, voditi (sejo ipd.)
to take s.o.'s eye pritegniti pozornost kake osebe
to take a flat vzeti (v najem) stanovanje
to take in one's hands vzeti v roke
to be taken ill zboleti
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, iti (kot prvi) naprej
I took her in a lie ujel sem jo na laži
to take s.o.'s measurements vzeti komu mere (o krojaču)
I take the opportunity to tell you... izkoriščam priliko, da vam povem...
to take (holy) orders cerkev biti posvečen, ordiniran
to take a part prevzeti, igrati vlogo
to take in bad part zameriti, za zlo vzeti
to take poison vzeti strup, zastrupiti se
to take precedence over imeti prednost pred
to take s.o. prisoner (ali captive) vojska ujeti koga
to take 3000 prisoners vojska ujeti 3000 sovražnikov
to take a seat sesti (na stol)
to take s.o. for s.tiv. ameriško, sleng izvabiti, izmamiti, izlisičiti kaj iz koga
to take s.o. stealing zasačiti koga pri tatvini
I take his statement with a grain of salt njegove izjave ne jemljem dobesedno ("z zrnom soli", razsodno, s pametnim premislekom)
to take by storm (ali assault) zavzeti, osvojiti z jurišem
to take a bit between teeth figurativno odpovedati poslušnost
to take s.o.'s temperature (iz)meriti komu temperaturo
to take by the throat zgrabiti za vrat
to take a ticket vzeti, kupiti vozovnico
to take the train (a taxi, a tram) peljati se z vlakom (taksijem, tramvajem)
to take a thief in the act zasačiti tatu pri dejanju
to be taken in a trap ujeti se v past
the town was taken after a short siege mesto je bilo zavzeto po kratkem obleganju
to take s.o. unawares presenetiti koga
to take the waters piti zdravilno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to take the trouble of doing s.th. vzeti si trud in napraviti kaj
to take the veil religija iti v samostan, postati nuna
to take a wife oženiti se
to take the right way with s.o. lotiti se koga s prave strani, na pravi način
we must have taken the wrong way morali smo se zmotiti v poti
to take a poor view (ali a dim view) of ne odobravati (česa), imeti slabo mnenje o

2.
odvzeti, odšteti; odnesti, s seboj vzeti, (od)peljati, odvesti; iztrgati

children were taken from their mothers materam so odvzeli otroke
take three from ten odštej tri od deset
he tried to take her handbag from her skušal ji je iztrgati torbico
take this letter to the post-office odnesi to pismo na pošto
take your umbrella vzemi dežnik s seboj
the bus will take you there avtobus vas bo peljal tja
to take s.o. home odvesti koga domov
where will this road take us? kam nas pelje ta pot?
he was taken in the prime of life umrl je v najboljših letih
he was taken hence umrl je

3.
dobiti; izkoristiti; prejemati, biti naročen na; nakopati si, stakniti

to take cold dobiti (stakniti, nakopati si) nahod, prehlad
to take a cold prehladiti se
to take a fever dobiti mrzlico
to take an infection okužiti se, inficirati se
to take a game dobiti igro
to take s.th. as a reward dobiti kaj kot nagrado
to take the first prize in dobiti prvo nagrado v (pri)
to take a monthly salary prejemati mesečno plačo
to take a degree at the university diplomirati na univerzi
to take a newspaper biti naročen na časopis
to take a (mean) advantage of s.th. (grdo) izkoristiti kaj
to take s.th. under a will dobiti (podedovati) kaj po testamentu

4.
vzeti, zahtevati, potrebovati, biti potreben

it takes a good actor to play this role le dober igralec more igrati to vlogo
it takes time and courage za to je potreben čas in pogum
it took me (ali I took) 5 minutes to reach the station potreboval sem 5 minut, da sem prišel do postaje
it did not take more than 3 minutes to ni trajalo več kot 3 minute
it would take a strong man to move it potreben bi bil močan možakar, da bi to premaknil
which size in hats do you take? katero številko (velikost) klobuka potrebujete (nosite, imate)?
it takes two to make a quarrel za prepir sta potrebna dva

5.
občutiti, imeti; nositi, pretrpeti, prenašati, prestati, doživeti; napraviti

to take the consequences nositi, prevzeti posledice
to take an examination napraviti izpit
to take a fall ameriško, sleng nositi posledice
to take a loss (pre)trpeti, imeti izgubo
to take offense biti užaljen, zameriti
to take pains (po)truditi se
to take pity on s.o. občutiti (imeti) usmiljenje za koga
to take umbrage sumničiti, posumiti
to take great pleasure in s.th. imeti veliko veselje za kaj, uživati v čem
are we going to take it lying down? bomo to prenesli, ne da bi reagirali?
these troops had taken the brunt of the attack te čete so doživele glavni sunek napada

6.
očarati, prevzeti, privlačiti

to be taken with (by) biti očaran od
he takes readers with him on očara (potegne za seboj) svoje bralce
to take s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
his play did not take njegova drama ni imela uspeha
they soon took to each other kmalu sta se vzljubila
what took him most was the sweetness of her voice kar ga je najbolj prevzelo, je bila milina njenega glasu

7.
razumeti, razlagati (si), tolmačiti (si), sklepati; smatrati (za), imeti za, vzeti za, verjeti

I take it that... to razumem tako, da...
shall I take it that... naj to razumem (naj si to razlagam), da...?
then, I take it, you object to his coming torej, če prav razumem, vi nasprotujete temu, da bi on prišel
as I take it kot jaz to razumem, po mojem mnenju (mišljenju)
do not take it ill if I do not go ne zamerite mi, če ne grem
to take a hint (ali cue) razumeti namig
to take a joke well (ill) (ne) razumeti šalo
to take seriously resno vzeti
you may take it from me lahko mi to verjamete
whom do you take me for? za koga me (pa) imate?
to take s.o. for a fool imeti koga za norca
to take s.th. for granted vzeti (smatrati) kaj za dejstvo, za samoumevno
I take this to be fun to smatram za šalo
I take him to be (ali for) an honest man imam ga za poštenjaka
to take as read politika, pravno smatrati za prebrano (zapisnik itd.)
may I take the minutes as read? smem smatrati, da je zapisnik odobren?

8.
zateči se (k, v); iti (k, v); vreči se v, pognati se v; preskočiti

to take earth lov zbežati v luknjo (o lisici), figurativno umakniti se, skriti se
to take a header skočiti (na glavo) v vodo
to take (to) the water iti v vodo
he took the bush zatekel se je (pobegnil je, šel je) v hosto
they took to the woods zbežali so (zatekli so se) v gozdove
to take refuge (ali shelter) zateči se (with k)
to take to the stage iti h gledališču
take the corner slowly počasi zavijte okoli vogala
the horse took the hedge with the greatest ease konj je preskočil živo mejo z največjo lahkoto

9.
fotografirati; skrbeti (za)

he took me while I was not looking fotografiral me je, ko sem gledal(a) drugam
he insisted on being taken with his hat on na vsak način je hotel biti fotografiran s klobukom na glavi
to take views delati (fotografske) posnetke, fotografirati
to have one's photograph taken dati se fotografirati
to take a photo fotografirati
she took her mother in her old age skrbela je za mater v njeni starosti

10. neprehodni glagol
uspeti, imeti uspeh, naleteti na odziv
botanika prijeti se, uspevati, ukoreniniti se
tehnično prijeti; prijeti se (o barvi)
medicina učinkovati, delovati (zdravilo, cepivo ipd.); (o ribi) prijeti, ugrizniti
fotografija fotografirati se, biti fotografiran; (redko) vneti se, vžgati se
pogovorno biti prizadet

the book did not take knjiga ni imela uspeha
the dye takes well on this cloth barva se dobro prime (drži) na tem blagu
some people take better than others nekateri ljudje so videti boljši na fotografiji kot drugi
he did not take well this time to pot on ni dober (ni dobro uspel) na fotografiji
to take well biti fotogeničen
he takes well (badly) on je (ni) dober na fotografiji
to take sick zboleti
to take as heir prevzeti dediščino, nastopiti kot dedič

Posebne zveze:

to take into account (ali consideration), to take account for vzeti v poštev (v račun), upoštevati, računati z, ozirati se na, vračunati
to take aim at vojska meriti, ciljati na
to take the air iti na zrak (na prosto, ven); (o pticah) zleteti v zrak; aeronavtika dvigniti se
to take alarm vznemiriti se
to take breath zajeti sapo, oddahniti si
to take the bun (ali cake; ali biscuit) sleng, figurativno vse prekositi
this takes the cake! sleng to je pa že višek!
to take care biti oprezen, paziti
to take charge of prevzeti vodstvo (upravljanje, odgovornost) za; vzeti v svoje varstvo
to take one's chance tvegati, upati se
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno povedati komu kaj
to take under consideration vzeti v pretres, v presojo
to take comfort potolažiti se
to take a dare pustiti (dati) se izzvati ali razdražiti
deuce take it! vrag vzemi to! k vragu s tem!
to take effect učinkovati, imeti učinek, uspeh; pravno stopiti v veljavo
to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti, delati očitke
to take evasive action sleng izmuzniti se (pred nevarnostjo, dolžnostjo, plačanjem)
to take one's ease udobno se namestiti
to take s.o.'s evidence pravno zaslišati koga
to take one's farewell vzeti slovo, posloviti se
to take to heart vzeti si k srcu, biti prizadet, užalostiti se
to take holiday vzeti si dopust
to take hold of prijeti, zgrabiti
to take it into one's head vbiti si (to) v glavo
to take an interest in zanimati se za
to take issue with ugovarjati, nasprotovati, biti proti
to take it (on the chin) sleng požreti (žalitev), mirno sprejeti (kazen)
take it or leave it! vzemi ali pa pusti! reci da ali pa ne! napravi, kar hočeš!
to take a journey potovati, iti na potovanje
to take kindly to s.o. čutiti nagnjenje do koga, marati koga
to take a leap poskočiti
to take leave of vzeti slovo od, posloviti se od
to take liberties preveč si dovoliti, biti predrzen
to take lessons jemati učne ure (lekcije)
to take one's life in one's hand tvegati (svoje) življenje, staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to take the measure of s.o.'s foot vzeti mero za obutev, figurativno premeriti sposobnosti, moči kake osebe
to take the minutes pisati, voditi zapisnik (seje itd.)
to take no dobiti odklonitev
to take possession of vzeti v posest
to take notice pogovorno opaziti
to take notice of vzeti na znanje, upoštevati
to take no notice of ne upoštevati, ne se meniti za, ignorirati
to take in (ali to) pieces narazen (se) dati, razstaviti (se)
to take part in udeležiti se, sodelovati v
to take a ride pojezditi; peljati se (z vozilom)
to take a river iti čez reko
to take rise izvirati, nasta(ja)ti
to take root ukoreniniti se
to take shape dobiti obliko, (iz)oblikovati se
to take the rough with the smooth figurativno vzeti življenje takšno, kakršno je
the son took after his father sin se je vrgel po očetu
to take by surprise presenetiti
to take short presenetiti, zalotiti
to take to singing a tune začeti peti melodijo
to take to bad habits vdati se slabim navadam
to take to s.th. like ducks to water takoj se vneti (ogreti) za kaj
to take to task poklicati na odgovornost, grajati, ošteti
to take the time from s.o. figurativno točno se ravnati po kom
to take one's turn priti na vrsto
to take turns menjavati se (za)
to take a turn for the worse obrniti se na slabše
to take things easy lagodno delati
take it easy! ne razburjaj se!
I am not taking any pogovorno hvala, tega ne bom (vzel), tega ne maram
to take the water mornarica izpluti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno preprečiti komu kaj, prekrižati komu načrte
to take wine with s.o. nazdraviti komu
to take upon o.s. an office prevzeti (neko) službo (dolžnost, opravilo)
that walk did take it out of us! ta sprehod nas je zares zdelal
to take one's time vzeti si čas
to take s.o. at his word koga za besedo prijeti

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

there [ðɛ́ə]

1. prislov
tam, tamkaj; tu, tukaj
figurativno takoj, précej; tja; v tem (pogledu)

there and back tja in nazaj
there and then takoj, précej, na mestu
down there tam doli
here and there tu in tam
here, there and everywhere vsepovsod
in there tam notri
neither here nor there ne tu ne tam, figurativno nepomemben
out there tam zunaj
over there tam preko
from there od tam, od tod
up there tam gori
there it is! v tem je težava! to je tisto! tako je s stvarjo!
there is the rub tu je (tiči) težava
there you are! (vidiš) kaj sem ti rekel! zdaj pa imaš!
I have been there before sleng to že vse vem
to have been there sleng dobro se spoznati
all there pogovorno pameten, preudaren, priseben
he is not all there on ni čisto pri pravi (pameti)
there I agree with you v tem (pogledu) se strinjam z vami
we had him there v tem smo ga prelisičili
to get there sleng doseči kaj, uspeti
put it there! postavi (daj) to tja!; figurativno udari(te) v roko! (v znak sporazuma)

2.
(oslabljeno) tam, tu (se ne prevaja: pred neprehodnimi glagoli često brezosebno)

there is je, se nahaja
there are so, se nahajajo
there was a king bil je (nekoč) kralj
there is no saying ne da se reči
there arises the question... nastaja vprašanje...
there comes a time when... pride čas, ko...
will there be any lecture? ali bo (kako) predavanje?
what is there to do? kaj naj storimo?
never was there such a man nikoli ni bilo takega človeka
there's a man at the door nekdo je pri vratih
there were many cases of influenza bilo je mnogo primerov gripe

3. medmet
glej! no! na!; pomiri se!

there! no, no, pomiri se! bodi no dober (priden, spodoben)!
don't cry! no, no, ne jokaj!
there now! glej ga no
so there! zdaj pa imal! zdaj pa je dovolj!
well there čuj!
there, didn't I tell you? na, ali vam nisem rekel?
there, it is done! na, pa je narejeno!
there's a good girl! bodi dobra, pridna deklica (in podaj mi knjigo)!; dobra deklica si, tako je prav (ker si mi podala knjigo)!

to¹ [tu:, tu, tə] predlog
(osnovni pomen k)

1.
(krajevno) k, proti, do, v, na, poleg, ob

to arms! k orožju!
to the right na desno
from Paris to London od Pariza do Londona
face to face iz obraza v obraz
to his eyes pred njegovimi očmi
next door to us sosedna vrata, tik poleg naših vrat (poleg nas)
shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami
come here to me pridi sem k meni
I have never been to Paris nikoli nisem bil v Parizu
to go to the post-office iti na pošto
I bought it to Baker's to sem kupil pri Bakerju
he jumped to his feet skočil je na noge
I told him to his face v obraz sem mu povedal
to take one's hat off to s.o. odkriti se komu

2.
(časovno) do

five minutes to two dve minuti do dveh
to time točno, pravočasno
to this day do danes
to the minute do minute (na minuto) točno
to the last do zadnjega
to live to a great age doživeti visoko starost

3.
(namera, cilj, posledica ipd.)

as to... kar se tiče...
to you pogovorno vam na uslugo
a friend to the poor prijatelj revežev
to what purpose? čemú?
to my delight (disappointment) na (veliko) moje veselje (razočaranje)
to this end v ta namen
to my grief sorrow na mojo veliko žalost
dead fallen to their hands mrtvi, ki so padli od njihove roke
to the rescue na pomoč
sentenced to death obsojen na smrt
that is nothing to me to se me ne tiče; to ni nič zame
what is that to you? kaj te to briga?
to come to hand priti v roke, v posest
here's to you! na tvoje (vaše) zdravje!
to drink to s.o.'s health piti na zdravje kake osebe, nazdraviti komu
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose
would to God (Heaven)! daj bog!

4.
(stopnja, mera, meja)

to the full do sitega, do mile voije
to a high degree v veliki meri
to a great extent v veliki meri, zelo
to the life točno po življenju
to a man do poslednjega moža
to perfection dovršeno
to a nicety na las
to a T do zadnje pičice
to drink to excess čezmerno piti
they were to the number of 400 bilo jih je 400

5.
(pripadnost, posest)

to my cost na moje stroške
to my credit v mojo korist (moj plus)
to the point k stvari (spadajoč)
heir to his father očetov dedič
preface to a book predgovor h knjigi
a victim to influenza žrlev gripe
designer to a firm risar pri neki firmi
he has a doctor to his son-in-law ima zdravnika za zeta
he took her to wife vzel jo je za ženo
that is all there is to it to je vse in nič več

6.
(odnos, razmerje)

aversion to s.th. odpor do česa
in comparison to v primeri z
nothing to... nič v primeri z...
to all appearance po vsem videzu, po vsej priliki
to my feeling po mojem občutku
to my knowledge kolikor jaz vem
to my taste po mojem okusu
to my mind po mojem mnenju
to my (your etc) heart's desire po moji (tvoji itd.) mili volji
the score is 5 to 4; šport rezultat je 5:4
5 is to 10 as 10 to 20 5 proti 10 je kot 10 proti 20
ten to one deset proti ena
three to dozen tri na ducat

7.
(rabi za tvorbo dajalnika)

he explained it to me razložil mi je to
it seems to me zdi se mi
she was a good mother to him bila mu je dobra mati

8.
(za oznako nedoločnika, pred nedoločnikom)

much work to do mnogo dela (ki naj se opravi)
the time to learn čas za učenje
to be or not to be biti ali ne biti
I want to go želim (hočem) iti
she came to see me obiskala me je
there is no one to see us nikogar ni, ki bi nas videl
what am I to do? kaj naj naredim?
he was seen to fall videli so ga, kako je padel
we expect her to come pričakujemo, da bo prišla
to be honest, I should decline če hočem biti pošten, moram odkloniti

9.
(kot nadomestilo za predhodni nedoločnik)

I don't go because I don't want to ne grem, ker nočem (iti)
I meant to ring you up but had no time to nameraval sem vam telefonirati, pa nisem imel časa (telefonirati)

trade¹ [tréid]

1. samostalnik
trgovina, trgovski posli, kupčija, blagovna menjava (promet, posel)
ekonomija, navtika promet, vožnja; obrt, ceh, rokodelstvo, poklic; stroka, panoga, branša
zastarelo pot
zastarelo navada, ukvarjanje
kolektivno trgovci; odjemalci, odjemaistvo

Trade Board združenje delodajalcev in delavcev za reguliranje vprašanja dnin in plač
Board of Trade britanska angleščina ministrstvo za trgovino
balance of trade trgovinska bilanca
domestic trade, home trade notranja (domača) trgovina
trade arbitration gospodarska arbitraža
fair trade svobodna trgovina, temelječa na vzajemnosti
free trade svobodna trgovina
Jack of all trade oseba, ki se loti vsakega posla, je spretna v vsakem poslu
autumn trade sezonski posel
trick of the trade domislek, s katerim se dobijo odjemalci, se prekosi konkurenca
the trades pasatni vetrovi
the trade is brisk (dull) trgovina uspeva (zastaja)
to be a butcher by trade biti mesar po poklicu
to be in trade biti trgovec, baviti se s trgovino
to carry on the trade of s.th. trgovati s čim
he does a good trade njegovi trgovski posli uspevajo
he drove (carried on) a roaring trade posli so mu cveteli
every man to his trade vsak naj se drži svojega poklica
to spoil s.o.'s trade pokvariti komu (trgovske) posle

2. pridevnik
trgovski, trgovinski; posloven

trade arbitration gospodarska arbitraža
trade school trgovska šola
trade balance trgovinska bilanca

truce [tru:s] samostalnik
vojska premirje; odmor, počitek

flag of truce bela (parlamentarska) zastava
the truce of God zgodovina božji mir
a truce to (ali with) talking naj se neha govorjenje! konec, dovolj je govorjenja!
a truce to your compliments! nehajte z laskanjem!

try¹ [trái] samostalnik
pogovorno poskus, eksperiment; poskušnja; preizkušnja

a try-on nepošten poskus (ki ni mogel uspeti)
to have a try at s.th. poskusiti kaj, napraviti poskus s čim
let me have a try naj poskusim
to have another try še enkrat poskusiti
he had a good try poskušal je, kolikor je mogel

turn² [tə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti
vojska obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi (into v)
šport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati (against proti)
zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti
ekonomija v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati
figurativno lepo formulirati (stavek)
zastarelo speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se
figurativno postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k)
obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož)
zastarelo prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack vojska odbiti napad
to turn the (ali one's) back (up)on hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od
to turn bankrupt priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben
he turned many books in his life figurativno mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju
to turn s.o.'s brain znoriti koga
his brain has turned with overwork zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela
to turn bridle obrniti se, začeti se umikati
to turn bear (bull) ekonomija špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi
to turn into cash spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti
to turn the cat in the pan figurativno stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti
to turn Catholic postati katoličan
to turn the cheek figurativno obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru
to turn one's coat figurativno obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)
he turned his coat izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik
to have an old overcoat turned dati si obrniti star površnik
turned commas narekovaj
to turn colour spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)
to turn a compliment napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)
to turn a street corner zaviti okoli uličnega vogala
to turn the corner figurativno srečno prebroditi krizo
to turn a difficulty izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo
to turn a deaf ear narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati
to turn to a dictionary zateči se k slovarju
to turn to the doctor obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika
to turn the edge of a knife skrhati nož
to turn the edge of a remark napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko
to turn English into Slovene prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino
to turn king's (ameriško state's) evidence pravno postati glavna obremenilna priča
he is just turning 50 pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto
to turn a film snemati film
to turn one's face to the wall obrniti obraz proti steni, figurativno biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti
to turn the enemy's flank obiti sovražnikov bok
to turn s.o.'s tiank figurativno prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati
to turn one's flght northwards usmeriti svoj polet proti severu
to turn ground prekopati zemljo
his hair has turned grey osivel je
to turn one's hand to s.th. lotiti se, oprijeti se česa
she can turn her hand to anything ona je zelo spretna, praktična
not to turn a hand to help s.o. s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali
my head turns vse se mi vrti v glavi
his head turned with the success uspeh mu je stopil v glavo
to turn one's head obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj
to turn s.o.'s head zmešati komu glavo
to turn headsprings šport delati (vrteti) kolesa
to turn head over heels prekucniti se, prekopicniti se
to turn s.o.'s heart figurativno pregovoriti koga
to turn s.th. inside out obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj
the joke was turned against me šala je letela name
the key won't turn ključ se ne mara zavrteti
the leaves are beginning to turn listje začenja spreminjati barve
to turn to the left obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo
to turn loose odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; ameriško streljati, ustreliti
to turn s.o. mad napraviti koga blaznega
you will turn me mad zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas
the milk has turned (sour) mleko se je skisalo
the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) toplo vreme je skisalo mleko
to turn s.th. in one's mind premišljevati kaj
to turn pale postati bled
it turned her pale prebledela je ob tem
to turn an honest penny živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)
to turn s.th. to one's profit obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj
to turn rancid postati žaltav
to turn s.o. to religion spreobrniti koga (k veri)
to turn and rend napasti s sramotenjem
to turn the scale nagniti tehtnico, figurativno odločifi (kaj)
to turn s.o. sick povzročiti komu slabost
she turned sick slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je
to turn a somersault napraviti prekuc, salto
to turn one's steps home kreniti domov
my stomach turns (at) želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi
it turns my stomach ob tem se mi obrača želodec
to turn a table leg stružiti nogo za mizo
to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figurativno obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj
to turn tail obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
the tide has turned nastopila je oseka, figurativno sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)
to turn one's thumb down figurativno odkloniti, ne hoteti
to turn traitor postati izdajalec
to turn turtle navtika, sleng prevrniti se
to turn upon s.th. biti odvisen od česa
to turn everything upside down postaviti vse na glavo
the boat turned upside down čoln se je prevrnil
my umbrella turned inside out dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)
to turn a Latin verse skovati latinski stih
to turn water into wine spremeniti vodo v vino
my coat won't turn water moj plašč ni nepremočljiv
I don't know which way to turn ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figurativno ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to turn a wheel (za)vrteti kolo
the wheel turns kolo se vrti
the wind has turned zapihal je drug veter (tudi figurativno)
the whole world has turned topsy-turvy cel svet je postavljen na glavo
this wood turns well ta les se dobro struži
even a worm will turn figurativno tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden

tvój -a, -e your, arhaično thy; (zaimek) yours, arhaično thine

tvój, -a, -e prijatelj your friend
neki tvój, -a, -e prijatelj a friend of yours
tisti tvój, -a, -e klobuk that hat of yours
moj in tvój, -a, -e brat my brother and yours
to je tvoje this is yours
tvój, -a, -e vdani, vedno tvój, -a, -e ever yours
tvój, -a, -e vdani X. (v pismih) yours sincerely, X.
naj bo po tvojem have it your own way
po tvojem to ni tako according to you (ali to your idea) it isn't so
ti in tvoji you and yours
kar je moje, je tvoje what's mine is yours

ukázati ukazováti to order; to command; to give orders; to bid; to tell

ukazali so nam, naj takoj krenemo na pot they ordered us to start at once
ukazali so mu, naj pride they told him to come, arhaično they bade him come
stori, kot ti je ukazano! do as you are told!

umréti to die, to pass away; to expire; to decease; to depart this life; to give up the ghost; to yield up one's breath, to breathe one's last; to close one's eyes; žargon to bite the dust; žargon to pop off, to kick the bucket, to push up the daisies; (evfemistično) to go West, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest

umréti naravne smrti to die a natural death, to die in one's bed
nasilne smrti umréti to die a violent death, to die with one's boots on, to die by violence
umréti na grmadi zgodovina to die at the stake
umréti na morišču to die on the scaffold
umréti za jetiko to die of consumption
umréti od lakote to die of hunger
umréti od mraza to die of cold
umréti za rakom to die of cancer
umréti bedne smrti to die like a dog (ali the death of a dog)
umréti v bedi to die destitute (ali a pauper)
umréti od žalosti to die of grief
umréti od lastne roke to die by one's own hand
umréti sredi (aktivnega) dela to die in harness, to die in the shafts
umréti junaške smrti to die a hero (ali a hero's death)
hrabro umréti to die game (to the end)
umréti od strahu to die of fright
umrl je v najboljših letih he was taken in the prime of life
mislil sem, da bom umrl od smeha I thought I would die laughing
naj umrem, če je to res! I'll stake my life it isn't true (ali there isn't a word of truth in it)!
umrl je kot berač he died a beggar
naj na mestu umrem, če... I'll be damned if...