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overdrive^* [ouvədráiv] prehodni glagol
preveč goniti (pri delu), prenapenjati, pretiravati; prehitro voziti v temi (tudi to overdrive the headlamps)

overeat^* [ouvərí:t] neprehodni glagol
preveč jesti, preveč se najesti (tudi to overeat o.s.)

pa and; but, however

pa četudi (al)though, even though
pa tudi (celó) če even if...
pa dobro well then
pa vendar (and) yet, still, nevertheless, but yet, for all that, notwithstanding
pa naj bo! then let it be!
kaj pa je? what is the matter (here)?
pa kaj zato (potem)? what of it?, so what?
moj oče pa moja mati my father and my mother
pa to je jasno! why, that is clear!
tako pravijo, pa jaz tega ne verjamem so they say, but I (myself) do not believe it
on lahkó to stori, pa vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
prosili smo ga, on pa tega ni hotel storiti we asked him, but he would not do it
pa tudi če bi tako bilo... even so...

pale⁴ [péil] prehodni glagol
(redko) ograditi s koli
figurativno obdati, zapreti (tudi to pale in)

panic² [pǽnik] samostalnik
botanika proso (tudi panic grass)

pant² [pænt]

1. neprehodni glagol
sopsti, sopihati, puhati (tudi figurativno , npr. vlak)
figurativno hrepeneti, koprneti (for, after po)

2. prehodni glagol
zadihano pripovedovati (out)

to pant for breath loviti sapo

pantechnicon [pæntéknikən] samostalnik
britanska angleščina skladišče za pohištvo; spediterski voz (tudi pantechnicon van)

papaw [pəpɔ́:] samostalnik
botanika melonovec, tropsko ameriško sadno drevo; njegov plod (tudi papaya)

papír paper

na papírju (tudi figurativno) on paper
debel papír stout p.
državni papírji public funds pl, government securities pl, government stocks pl
brezlesni papír wood-free paper
cigaretni papír cigarette p.
časopisni papír newsprint
pisarniški papír office paper
pisemski papír notepaper, letter paper
risalni papír drawing p.
notni papír music paper
krep papír crepe p.
ovojni papír brown paper, packing paper, wrapping p., strong p.
kopirni papír carbon, carbon paper
pisalni papír writing p.
papír za prerisavanje tracing paper
svilen papír tissue p.
papír za pisalni stroj, za tipkanje typing paper
črtani papír lined (ali ruled) p.
fotografski papír photographic paper
smirkov papír emery paper, sandpaper, glasspaper
tapetni papír wallpaper
papír za tisk printing p.
toaletni papír toilet paper
tanek papír thin p.
odpadni papír wastepaper
konceptni papír scribbling paper
pergamentni papír greaseproof paper
list, pola papírja sheet of paper
krpa papírja scrap of paper
izdelovanje papírja papermaking
tovarna papírja paper mill, paper factory
trgovec s papírjem paper merchant, stationer
trgovina s papírjem paper trade, stationery
tovarnar papírja papermaker
nož za papír paper knife
stroj za rezanje papírja paper cutter, guillotine
papír je potrpežljiv, vse prenese (figurativno) paper does not blush
na papírju ste močnejši (figurativno) you are stronger on paper
zaviti v papír to wrap up in paper

parallel² [pǽrəlel] samostalnik
matematika, figurativno paralela, vzporednica
figurativno paralelnost, enakost, analognost
geografija vzporednik (tudi parallel of latitude)
primerjava
tisk znak || (opomin na kaj)

to draw a parallel to narisati paralelo k
to draw a parallel between napraviti paralelo s čim, primerjati
in parallel with ustrezen, analogen
to have no parallel biti edinstven
to put in parallel primerjati
without parallel edinstven, ki se ne da primerjati

parcel² [pa:sl] prehodni glagol
zavijati, zlagati v zavoj (tudi z up)
navtika zaviti v nepremočljivo platno; razkosati zemijo, parcelirati (out)

pásti¹ (padem) to fall; to drop; to slump; to tumble; to decrease, to decline; (vpliv) to wane; to ebb; (cene) to go down, to depreciate; to sink

pásti s konja to fall off (ali from) a horse, to be spilled, to come a cropper; (z višine) to topple down
pásti v boju to fall in action; (strel) to be heard; (v šoli) to do badly, to come down; (pri izpitu) to fail, to be ploughed
padel je na bojnem polju, na bojišču he was killed on the battlefield
pásti komu v besedo to interrupt someone
pásti po dolgem in širokem na tla to fall spread-eagled on the floor
pásti komu na hrbet to attack someone from behind, to stab someone in the back
pásti v oči to catch the eye
padel je z drevesa he fell from a tree
pásti v nezavest to faint, to swoon
pásti na nos to fall on one's face
padel sem v nemilost pri njem I lost his favour
padel je na izpitu he failed his examination
kocka je padla (figurativno) the die is cast
pásti na noge (tudi figurativno) to land on one's feet
pásti na zemljo to fall on the ground
novoletni dan pade na četrtek New Year's Day falls on a Thursday
otrok je padel the baby has fallen over (ali has had a tumble)
nizko pásti, globoko pásti (figurativno) to come down in the world, to sink low
to mi je padlo v naročje (figurativno) I got it without effort (ali without exertion)
padlo mi je na pamet, na um it suddenly struck me, it mashed through my mind, the thought struck me
pásti v pozabo to fall into oblivion, to fall into disuse
padla mu je okoli vratu she embraced him, she threw her arms round his neck
pásti na kolena to kneel down
pásti na kolena pred... to fall on one's knees before..., to prostrate oneself before...
padel je sovražniku v roke he fell into the hands of the enemy
to mi je kot z neba padlo (figurativno) it came as a windfall to me, it came like a godsend to me
sekira mi je padla iz rok the axe dropped from my hand
sekira mu je padla v med (figurativno) he sees his most fervent desires fulfilled, he is favoured by luck
pásti v nemilost to fall into disfavour
pásti v zmoto to fall into error
pásti pod zakon to come under a law, to fall within the scope of a law
zastor je padel the curtain has dropped
vlada je padla the government has been overthrown
nisem na glavo padel (figurativno) I am no fool
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) like father, like son
pazi, da ne padeš! mind you don't fall!

pay^*2 [péi]

1. prehodni glagol
plačati, odplačati, izplačati
figurativno nagraditi, poplačati, povrniti (for za kaj)
figurativno posvečati pozornost (spoštovanje), dajati čast, delati komu komplimente; obiskati koga; odškoditi, odškodovati (for za)
izplačati se za koga, koristiti komu

2. neprehodni glagol
plačati (for za)
izplačati se (crime doesn't pay zločin se ne izplača)

to pay attention (ali heed) to posvečati pozornost (komu, čemu)
to pay one's attention (ali court) to dvoriti
to pay a call (ali visit) obiskati
to pay a compliment napraviti poklon
to pay the debt of nature umreti
the devil to pay mnogo sitnosti
to pay s.o. home povrniti komu
to pay in kind plačati v naturalijah
to pay lip service to hinavsko pritrjevati
to pay on the nail takoj plačati
to pay penalty plačati globo
to pay the penalty pokoriti se, biti kaznovan
sleng to pay the piper nositi posledice; figurativno plačati za užitek koga drugega
he who pays the piper calls the tune kdor plača, tudi zapoveduje
to pay one's respects to napraviti vljudnosten obisk
to pay the shot nositi stroške
to pay through the nose (for) predrago plačati, preplačati
to pay one's way ne ostati ničesar dolžan, živeti od svojega dohodka
to pay with fine speeches izvleči se z lepimi besedami

pen² [pen] prehodni glagol
zapreti v obor, ogrado, stajo itd. (tudi in, up)

penny [péni] samostalnik (množina pennies, pence)
peni (angleški drobiž, 1/100 funta)
ameriško cent (kovanec)
figurativno majhna vsota, denar

in for a penny, in for a pound kdor reče A, mora reči tudi B; začeto delo je treba končati
to make a penny zaslužiti denar
to spend a penny iti na stranišče
he hasn't a penny to bless himself with nima niti beliča
a pretty penny čedna vsota denarja
take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves kamen na kamen palača
to turn an honest penny zaslužiti denar s priložnostnim delom
in pennies s posameznimi kovanci po 1 peni
a penny for your thoughts če bi le vedel, kaj misliš
a penny plain and twopence coloured posmeh cenenemu blišču
a penny soul never came to twopence malenkosten človek nikoli ne uspe
penny number zvezek romana v nadaljevanjih
in penny numbers po malem
zgodovina Peter's penny letni davek za papeža; prispevek za dobrodelne in cerkvene namene

pérje (ptičje) plumage; feathers pl; plumes pl; feathering

tuje pérje borrowed plumage, borrowed feathers pl
(o)krasiti, obrobiti s pérjem to feather
(o)krasiti se s tujim pérjem (figurativno) to deck oneself out (ali to adorn oneself with) borrowed plumes
lepo pérje naredi lepega ptiča (figurativno) fine feathers make fine birds
ptiči istega pérja skupaj leté (tudi figurativno) birds of a feather flock together

pickup [píkʌp] samostalnik
dobiček, profit
sleng bežno poznanstvo
sleng vlačuga, pocestnica
ameriško, sleng aretacija, aretiranec
ameriško majhen dostavni tovornjak (tudi pickup truck)
pospešek (vozila); (radio, TV) sprejemnik, oddajnik, snemanje zunaj
tehnično električna priprava, ki pretvarja tresljaje v zvok
sleng kaj improviziranega (npr. pickup dinner)
ekonomija, sleng izboljšanje, napredek; potniški vlak, potnik, sopotnik; poživilo, okrepčilo

pile³ [páil] samostalnik
skladanica, kup, kopa; grmada (tudi funeral pile)
visoka stavba, skupina stavb
elektrika suha baterija (voltova), galvanski stolp
pogovorno kup (denarja, zlata itd.)

atomic pile nuklearni reaktor
a pile of arms piramida pušk
he has piles of money ima na kupe denarja
to make one's pile obogateti

pile⁴ [páil]

1. prehodni glagol
kopičiti, nakopičiti, grmaditi, nagrmaditi, skladati (tudi up)
naložiti, natrpati (on na)
prenatrpati
pogovorno gnati do skrajnosti, pretirati

2. neprehodni glagol (zlasti z up)
nakopičiti se, natlačiti se
pogovorno zdrenjati se (into v, out of iz)
ameriško, pogovorno plezati, plaziti se

to pile up arms zložiti puške v piramido
pogovorno to pile it on pretiravati
to pile in stlačiti se v tesen prostor
to pile on (ali up) the agony s pretiravanjem povečati bolečino
to pile up nasesti (ladja), razbiti avion, doživeti letalsko nesrečo

pip⁴ [pip]

1. prehodni glagol
pogovorno oplaziti (strel); ubiti, usmrtiti
figurativno v kali zatreti; ukaniti, izigrati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
čivkati, prekljuvati jajčno lupino; umreti (tudi out)