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thirsty [ɵɔ́:sti] pridevnik (thirstily prislov)
žejen; izsušen, suh
pogovorno ki povzroča žejo, žejajoč
figurativno pohlepen, lakomen (for, after česa)

a thirsty man človek, ki rad pije
a thirsty work delo, ki užeja
to be (to feel) thirsty biti žejen
to be thirsty for s.th. hlepeti po čem

though, tho' [ðou]

1. veznik
čeprav, četudi, dasi

as though kakor (kot) če
even though tudi če, pa čeprav
what though nič za to če, kaj za to, če; (pa) četudi
what though the way is long? kaj za to, če je pot dolga?
he was running as though the devil was after him tekel je, kot da bi mu bil vrag za petami
I shall buy it, even though it should cost a hundred pounds kupil bom to, pa čeprav bi stalo 100 funtov

2. prislov
pogovorno (na koncu stavka) seveda, resda, zares; vendar(le), vsekakor

I wish he were here, though rad bi, da bi on bil tu, seveda
you knew it, though? ti si to, seveda, vedel'?

thought¹ [ɵɔ:t] samostalnik
misel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt
množina mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir
figurativno minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kanček

a beauty beyond thought lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljati
engaged in thought zamišljen, zatopljen v misli
the leading thought vodilna misel
a penny for your thoughts! figurativno rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?
(up)on second thought(s) po (zrelem) premisleku
quick as thought bliskovit
after further thought I saw I was wrong ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav
you are often in my thoughts često mislim na vas
I had (some) thoughts of coming nekako sem nameraval priti
he had no thought of paying his debt prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolg
he did not give a thought to his doings niti hip ni pomislil, kaj dela
he is a thought smaller than you on je nekoliko manjši kot vi
his sole thought is to make money njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarja
it never entered my thoughts nikoli mi ni (to) prišlo na misel
to read s.o.'s thoughts brati misli kake osebe
a thought struck me v glavo mi je šinila misel
second thoughts are best figurativno ni se treba prenagliti
to speak one's thoughts povedati svoje mnenje
she takes no thought for her appearance ona ne pazi na svojo zunanjost
to take no thought for the morrow ne misliti na jutrišnji dan
to take thought zamisliti se, premisliti
he took thought before replying premislil je, preden je odgovoril
thank you for your kind thought of me hvala vam za vašo ljubeznivo pažnjo do mene
the wish is father to the thought (ta) misel izhaja iz želje (je težko uresničljiva)

tooth¹ [tu:ɵ, ti:ɵ] samostalnik (množina teeth)
zob; tech zob (žage, glavnika itd.); zob kolesa; konica; kavelj; parožek
figurativno nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (do)

tooth and nail figurativno z vso močjo; neizprosno
by the skin of one's teeth figurativno za las, komaj še (uiti)
in the teeth of kljub, navzlic; proti
the tooth of time zob časa
armed to the teeth oborožen do zob
long in the tooth star
a good set of teeth dobro zobovje
from the teeth outward figurativno površno
artificial tooth, false tooth umeten zob
corner (dog, eye, laniary) tooth podočnik
decayed tooth gnil zob
incisor (incision, cutting) tooth sekalec (zob)
loose tooth majav zob
milk (shedding) tooth mlečnik
molar (grinding) tooth kočnik
to clean one's teeth (o)čistiti si zobe
to clench one's teeth stisniti zobe
to cast s.th. in s.o.'s teeth komu kaj v zobe (v obraz) vreči; očitati
to cut one's (first) teeth dobi(va)ti (prve) zobe
to cut one's eye-teeth figurativno začeti spoznavati življenje
to draw s.o.'s teeth figurativno pristriči komu krila, napraviti koga neškodljivega
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las uiti
to fight (to struggle) tooth and nail boriti se z vsemi močmi (zagrizeno, nepopustljivo)
to get one's teeth into s.th. zagristi se v kaj; trmasto (nepopustljivo) se česa lotiti
to grind one's teeth škripati z zobmi
to have a great tooth for fruit zelo rad imeti sadje
to have a sweet tooth biti sladkosneden, rad imeti sladkarije
to lie in one's teeth v obraz lagati; nesramno, predrzno lagati
to sail in the teeth of the wind pluti proti vetru
to set one's teeth stisniti zobe
this set my teeth on edge zaskominalo me je ob tem; to me je razburilo (ozlovoljilo)
to show ons's teeth pokazati zobe
to take the bit between one's teeth figurativno postati trmoglav; upreti se; osamosvojiti se

trow [tróu, tráu] britanska angleščina, zastarelo prehodni glagol
verjeti, misliti, meniti

what ails him, (I) trow! kaj mu je (kaj mu manjka), bi rad vedel!

truancy [trúənsi] samostalnik
brezdelnost, brezdelje, držanje rok križem; namerno izostajanje iz šole, "špricanje"

this child is given to truancy ta otrok rad (namerno) izostaja iz šole, rad "šprica"

turn¹ [tə:n] samostalnik
vrtljaj, vrtenje, obračanje, obrat; ovinek, zavoj, okljuk, vijuga, krivulja
figurativno izkrivljenje; (posebna) smer, sprememba smeri, obrnjena smer; preokret, preobrat; kriza
ekonomija prodaja, promet; sprememba, menjava, redno menjavanje pri opravljanju (posla, službe), turnus, vrstni red; zamena, šiht, posada, delovna izmena; runda; (kratek) sprehod, pot, runda; zaposlenost (s čim), (prehoden) poklic; usluga; prilika, priložnost; točka v programu (varieteja); namen, namera, potreba
figurativno sposobnost, talent, dar (for za)
nagnjenje; oblika, obris; način mišljenja, razpoloženje; postopek; izraz
pogovorno živčni pretres, šak, omotica, strah, močno razburjenje; skisanje (mleka)
tisk obrnjena črka, obrnjen tisk
šport trojka (pri drsanju)
množina, medicina menstruacija, mesečna čišča

turn (and turn) about izmenoma, menjaje se
at every turn pri vsakem koraku, ob vsaki priliki, neprestano, ob vsakem času
before one's turn preden smo na vrsti
by turns, in turns izmenoma, zaporedoma; v turnusu, eno za drugim
every one in his turn! vsakdo (vsi) po vrsti!
in turn po vrsti
in the turn of a hand v hipu, kot bi trenil
out of one's turn zunaj, mimo svoje vrste; ne na mestu
to a turn izvrstno
a turn of anger napad jeze
turn of the century konec stoletja
a turn of fortune (of Fortune's wheel) preobrat, preokret sreče, usode
a turn to the left zavoj na levo
turn of life medicina klimakterij
the turn of the tide oseka, figurativno sprememba položaja, preobrat
done to a turn (s)pečen kot treba
hand's turn ročno delo
to be of humorous turn imeti smisel za humor
to be on the turn biti na preokretnici, prelomnici
he is fond of old turns of expression on se rad starinsko izraža
whose turn is it? kdo je na vrsti?
now it is my turn sedaj sem jaz na vrsti
the milk is on the turn mleko se bo vsak hip skisalo
the cake is done to a turn kolač je ravno prav pečen
to do s.o. a good (bad) turn napraviti komu dobro (slabo) uslugo
he did me an ill turn škodoval mi je, eno mi je zagodel
one good turn deserves another roka roko umiva, usluga za uslugo
to (a)wait one's turn čakati, da pridemo na vrsto
to give s.o. a turn prestrašiti koga
to have a turn for languages ima dar za jezike
he has a curious turn of mind čudnega značaja je
I heard short turns in the music-hall slišal sem kratke točke programa v varieteju
left (right) turn! britanska angleščina, vojska na levo (desno)!
we read turn and turn about menjavali smo se pri čitanju
don't speak out of your turn! ne govori, če nisi na vrsti!
it serves my turn to mi prav pride, mi dobro služi (koristi)
to take a turn at s.th. kratek čas se s čim ukvarjati
to take a turn to the right zaviti na desno
to take turns medsebojno se menjavati (at rowing pri veslanju)
to take a turn in the park napraviti kratek sprehod (rundo) v parku
to take the good (bad) turn, to take a turn for the good (bad) obrniti se na boljše (slabše)
disease took a favourable turn bolezen se je obrnila na bolje

tvégati to risk, to run a risk (ali risks), to run the risk of, to take risks; to venture, to hazard, (žargon) to chance it, to chance one's luck; figurativno to take a leap in the dark

nič ne tvégati to take no risks, to take no chances
tvégati skok to chance (ali to risk) a jump, to risk jumping
tvégati svoje življenje to risk one's life
rad tvegam 50 SIT I am willing to risk 50 tolars
močno tvegaš, da izgubiš vse you are running a great risk of losing everthing
ko je to storil, je tvegal svoje življenje in doing that he took his life in his hands
kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima nothing venture, nothing win

uhó ear; (šivanke) eye (of a needle); (košare, posode) handle

srednje uhó middle ear
zunanje uhó auricle
ostro uhó keen ear, quick ear
oslovsko uhó (v knjigi) dog-ear
napraviti oslovsko uhó (v listu, knjigi) to dog-ear (a page, a book)
bolečina v ušesu earache
vnetje ušesa otitis
vnetje srednjega ušesa inflammation of the middle ear
ušesa me bolé I have (ali pogovorno I've got) earache
krik, ki gre skozi ušesa an earsplitting, earpiercing scream
šumenje v ušesih buzzing in the ears
ščitnik za uhó earflap, ZDA earmuff
zrcalo za uhó medicina auriscope, otoscope
biti gluh na levo uhó to be deaf in the left ear
do ušes je zadolžen he is up to his ears in debt, he is over head and ears in debt
biti do ušes zaljubljen to be head over heels in love
imeti ostro uhó (figurativno) to have a quick (ali a sharp) ear, to have excellent hearing
pocukati, povleči koga za uhó to tweak, to pull someone's ear
napeti ušesa to prick up one's ears, to be all ears
naleteti na gluha ušesa to find deaf ears
nekaj bi ti rad povedal na uhó I'd like a word in your ear
prišlo mi je na uhó it came to my hearing
naviti komu ušesa to tweak someone's ears
pridigati gluhim ušesom (figurativno) to fall on deaf ears
(za)mašiti si ušesa to stop up one's ears
poslušati le z enim ušesom to listen with only half an ear
konj striže z ušesi the horse twitches his ears
vleči na ušesa to listen attentively, to prick up one's ears
za ušesa privleči (kako zadevo) (figurativno) to drag in a matter by the ears
v (levem, desnem) ušesu mi zveni my (left, right) ear is ringing (ali is burning)
pri enem ušesu noter, pri drugem pa ven (figurativno) (it goes) in (at) one ear and out (at) the other
v ušesih mi je zvenelo (= morali so govoriti o meni) my ears were burning
stene imajo ušesa walls have ears
v uhó me piši! (žargon) go and fly a kite!

unwilling [ʌnwíliŋ] pridevnik
nerad, nenaklonjen, malo voljan (željan), malo pripravljen (za), upirajoč se, uporen; nasprotujoč

to be unwilling ne hoteti
willing or unwilling hočeš nočeš, rad ali nerad
I am unwilling to admit it nerad to priznam

védeti to know; to be aware (of); to realize

zanesljivo védeti to be positive about
védeti za kaj to be in the know, to be aware (of something), to be cognizant (of something)
dobro vedoč za kaj fully cognizant of something
vem za nekoga, ki... I know of someone who...
kolikor vem as far as I know, for aught I know (of)
ne da bi jaz vedel (= kolikor mi je znano ne) not that I know
pa še kako dobro to vem! don't I know it!
bojim se, da zdaj nič več ne vem (kot prej) I fear I am none the wiser
on dobro ve, kaj se je zgodilo he well knows (ali he is well aware of) what happened
ne védeti za kaj to be ignorant of something
rad bi vedel I should like to know, I wonder (ali, če whether, if)
ko bi bil (jaz) vedel! if only I had known!
védeti o čem to be well aware (ali arhaično apprised) of something
nihče ne ve, kaj se utegne zgoditi there is no knowing what may happen
védeti, kaj hočemo (= ne omahovati) to know one's own mind
kako, da jaz ne bi tega vedel! don't I know it!
to sam le predobro vem (= komu to pripovedujete?) you are telling me!
influenca, defterija in ne vem, kaj še vse influenza, diphtheria, and goodness knows what else
védeti najnovejše (o) to be well up (in), to be au courant (ali up-to-date) with
človek nikoli ne ve (= nikoli ne veš) you never know, you never can tell
kako naj vem, kam je šel how should I know where he went
ali še veš? do you remember?
ne vem ne kod ne kam I don't know which way to turn

verjéti to believe (komu someone); (zaupati) to trust

lahko mi to verjamete you can take it from me
verjamem samo, kar vidim seeing is believing
ali lahko verjamemo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
tega pa ne verjamem (pogovorno) I don't fall for that one
ne verjéti to disbelieve
sveto verjéti to cling to (ali to cherish) a belief
to naj ti drugi verjamejo! see if others believe that!
bi verjeli kaj takega! would you believe it!
če verjameš ali ne believe it or not
verjéti nekaj neverjetnega (figurativno) to swallow a camel
rad ti verjamem I willingly believe you
nisem tako neumen, da bi to verjel I am not so foolish as to believe it
komaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes, I can hardly trust my own eyes

vídeti to see; to get sight of; to notice; (opaziti) to become aware, to perceive

dobro (slabo) vídeti to have good (bad) sight, to have good (bad) eyes
bežno vídeti to get a fleeting glimpse of
nič ni vídeti there is nothing to be seen
na prvi pogled, mižé vídeti (žargon) to see with half an eye
vídeti je zdrav he looks well
vídeti je, da... it seems that...
vídeti v prihodnost to see into the future
vídeti vse zvezde (figurativno, od udarca) to see stars
če prav vidim if my eyes do not deceive me
iz tega se vidi hence it appears
jasno se vidi it is clear
na prvi pogled se vidi you can see at a glance, it is self-evident
vreden, da se vidi worth seeing
sam lahko vidiš you can see it for yourself
malo se vidiva we see little of each other
sam sem to videl I saw it myself
nič ga ni vídeti he is nowhere to be seen
konca vojne še ni vídeti the end of the war is not yet in sight
videl sem smrt od blizu I looked death in the face
mesto se vidi od daleč the town can be seen from far away
videl je že lepše čase he has seen better times
si že kdaj videl kaj takega? did you ever see the like of it?; pogovorno can you beat it?
naj vidim, da vidim! (naj pomislim) let me see!
naj te več ne vidim! don't let me see you again!
rajši vidim, da ne prideš you had better not come
ne vidiš péd pred nosom! you can see no further than the end of your nose
vaš prijatelj je, kot je vídeti (kot vidim) starejši od vas your friend, I find, is older than you
videl sem, kako je padel I saw him fall
bomo videli! we shall see!, wait and see!
bomo že videli we'll see, time will tell
to bomo še (šele) videli that remains to be seen
rad bi to videl! I'd like to see that!
videl bo, kdor bo živel live and learn

violate [váiəleit] prehodni glagol
prekršiti (mejo, pogodbo), prelomiti (prisego, obljubo), poteptati; oskruniti, onečastiti, posiliti; izvršiti nasilje (nad kom); (s)kaliti (nočni mir, tišino)
zastarelo surovo (grdó, slabo) ravnati (s kom), ozmerjati, (o)psovati

to violate s.o.'s privacy motiti koga (ki je rad sam)

voice¹ [vɔ́is] samostalnik
glas (politika & figurativno človeški)
ton, zvok; izraz
slovnica način; sposobnost ali moč govora; mnenje, odločitev
fonetika zven
glasba petje (kot stroka)
zastarelo govorica; sloves

with one voice enoglasno, enodušno, kot eden
at the top of one's voice na ves glas, na vse grlo
in a loud (low) voice glasno (tiho)
active, passive voice slovnica tvorni, trpni način (glagola)
the still (ali small) voice glas vesti
the voice of God glas vesti, vest
in a prophetic voice s preroškim glasom
voice system (vesolje) naprava za ustno komuniciranje z astronavtom
use of one's voice uporaba pravice glasovanja
he is not in good voice on ne govori (poje) tako dobro kot običajno
to give voice to one's indignation dati izraza svojemu ogorčenju
to give one's voice for izjaviti se za, glasovati za
to find (ali to recover) one's voice priti spet do glasu
to have a voice in the matter imeti besedo pri zadevi
to lift up one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, spregovoriti, javiti se
to lose one's voice izgubiti glas (zaradi prehlada itd.)
to love the sound of one's voice rad se poslušati
to raise one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, govoriti glasneje
to study voice študirati petje

vprášati vpraševáti to ask, to ask a question, to put a question, to question; to interrogate

vprášati, vpraševáti za to inquire about; to raise a question
vprašajte v hiši! inquire within!
vprášati, vpraševáti koga za kaj, o čem to ask someone for (after, about) something
vprášati, vpraševáti po kom, za koga to ask for someone, to inquire about someone
vprášati, vpraševáti koga za čas (koliko je ura) to ask someone the time
vprášati, vpraševáti za pot to ask one's way
vprášati, vpraševáti koga za svèt to ask someone's advice, to consult someone
on rad, veliko sprašuje (figurativno) he is inquisitive
vprašal me je za moje ime he asked me my name
morali bi vprášati, vpraševáti zdravnika you ought to consult a physician
neštetokrat koga vprášati, vpraševáti to ask someone times without number (ali pogovorno tons of times)
preveč me vprašuješ o tem (= tega ne vem) you want to know more than I can tell you, that is beyond my ken
vprašujem se, če je ta obisk potreben (primeren) I question the necessity of this visit
vprašujem se (= bogve), kdo je to rekel I wonder who said it
često sem se vprašal, kaj bi se zgodilo, če... I have often wondered what would happen if...
zelo vprašujejo po tem artiklu this article is in great demand (ali in great request)
za to blago nikdo ne vprašuje this article is a drug on the market
po kavi zelo vprašujejo coffee is very much in demand

will² [wil] samostalnik
volja, hotenje, stremljenje; izraz volje, želja, ukaz; strast
(= last will) pravno oporoka, poslednja volja, testament

at will po volji
of one's own will po lastni, svobodni volji, prostovoljno
with a will rad, vneto
against one's own will proti lastni volji
free will svobodna volja
an iron will železna volja
good will dobra volja, naklonjenost, blagohotnost
will to peace stremljenje po miru
tenant at will zakupnik, ki mu lahko po svoji volji odpovemo
ill will mržnja, sovraštvo
wicked will zloba
to bear s.o. ill will imeti slabe namene s kom
to have one's will, to exercise one's will izsiliti, uveljaviti svojo voljo
to make one's will napraviti (svojo) oporoko
to work one's will uveljaviti svojo voljo, doseči svoj cilj
this is my last will and testament to je moja poslednja volja (napis na oporoki)
where there's a will there's a way hoteti je moči

willing [wíliŋ] pridevnik
voljan; prostovoljen, spontan; pripravljen (za)

are you willing to come? si pripravljen priti?
to show willing sleng dokazati, pokazati (svojo) dobro voljo
a willing gift (help) rade volje dano darilo (pomoč)
willingly prislov rad, z veseljem, drage volje, spontano

with [wið; wiɵ] predlog
s, z; proti; od; v družbi, pri, poleg; s pomočjo; skupaj z, istočasno; zaradi; od; v zvezi z, z ozirom na, pri; kljub, navzlic

I have no money with me nimam denarja pri sebi
away with you! poberi se! izgubi se!
with all my heart od srca rad
pale with fear bled od strahu
stiff with cold otrpel, trd od mraza
with all his money he is not happy kljub vsemu svojemu denarju on ni srečen
sick with bolan od
he is furious with me on je besen name
with God figurativno mrtev, v nebesih
with that nato, tedaj
she is with child ona je noseča
with young breja
with all his brains pri (kljub) vsej njegovi pameti
he is lying down with fever leži bolan zaradi mrzlice
to die with cancer umreti za rakom
to fight with courage pogumno se boriti
to tremble with fear tresti se od strahu
we parted with them ločili smo se od njih
to rise with sun vstati (skupaj, istočasno) s soncem
he lives with us on stanuje pri nas
she took her with her vzela jo je s seboj
leave it with me! prepustite to meni!
to be with s.o. on a point strinjati se s kom o neki točki
it is a habit with him to je pri njem navada
to be with it ameriško, pogovorno biti na tekočem (o čem)
vote with the Conservatives! glasujte (volite) za konservativce!
to walk with a stick hoditi s palico
what does he want with me? kaj hoče od mene?
it rests with you to decide odločitev je pri vas
it is not so with the drama v drami to ni tako
I can't leave with my mother so ill ne morem odpotovati, če mi je mati tako bolna
to weep with joy jokati od veselja

wonder² [wʌ́ndə] neprehodni glagol
(za)čuditi se (at, about s.th. čemu)
razmišljati (o čem), hoteti vedeti, biti radoveden, spraševati se

I wondered about this to mi je padlo v oči
I wonder what time it is koliko utegne biti ura? bogve koliko je ura?
I don't wonder at it to me ne preseneča
that's not to be wondered at ni se čemu čuditi
I wonder why rad bi vedel zakaj
Oh! I just wondered! O, nič! kar takó, samo vpraševal sem se
I wonder who said it rad bi vedel (sprašujem se, bogve), kdo je to rekel
Is that true? -- I wonder. Je to res? -- Bogve.
I wonder at you čudim se ti (vam)
I wondered about his knowledge čudil sem se njegovemu znanju
well, I wonder no, ne vem (prav)
I have often wondered what would happen if... često sem se spraševal, kaj bi se zgodilo, če...