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tear away prehodni glagol
odtrgati, s silo ločiti (from od)
zdrveti proč

he could not tear himself away from the book figurativno ni se mogel odtrgati od knjige

têči to run; to flow, to stream; (čas) to go by (ali on), to pass by, to roll by; (stroj) to go, to work, to play; (promet) to circulate; (posoda) to leak, to run out

beseda mu teče gladko he speaks fluently (ali volubly, glibly)
stvar teče gladko things are running smoothly (ali like clockwork), things are going swimmingly (ali without a hitch), it's all plain sailing, VB žargon it's a doddle
kri teče blood is (being) shed (ali spilt)
kri je tekla there has been bloodshed
kri mu teče iz nosa he has a nose bleed, his nose is bleeding
têči v prazno (motor) to idle
zadeva še teče the affair is still continuing (ali is not over yet)
pusti stvari, da tečejo, kot hočejo! let things take their course!
voda teče iz pipe the tap is running
kri, ki mi teče po žilah the blood coursing through my veins
obresti tečejo od 1. maja the interest runs (ali accrues) from May 1st
teči, kot da bi šlo za življenje to run for dear life

teetotal [ti:tóutl] (teetotally prislov)
abstinentski

he has gone teetotal on pije samo še vodo; protialkoholen, treznosten
teetotal society treznostno društvo; britanska angleščina, narečno, ameriško, pogovorno popoln, totalen

tekáč runner; (kurir) errand-boy; (pri šahu) bishop; (preproga na stopnišču itd.) stair carpet, (v stanovanju) carpet strip

pustil je za seboj druge tekáče he outdistanced (ali outstripped) the other runners

tekmováti to compete (z with); to enter a competition; to contest (z, za with, for), to rival, to emulate (s kom someone); to vie (z, v with, in)

nihče ne more tekmováti z njim he is without a rival, he is unrivalled
dekleti sta tekmovali med seboj za prvo mesto the two girls vied with one another for the first place
tekmováti v vljudnosti to vie in civilities

telescope [téliskoup]

1. samostalnik
teleskop

2. prehodni glagol
vriniti, zariniti eno v drugo (kot daljnogled)
figurativno skrajšati

his train was telescopeed by an express v njegov vlak se je zarinil ekspresni vlak
he telescoped all his arguments into one sentence vse svoje argumente je skrajšal (resumiral) v en stavek
neprehodni glagol
zariniti se eden v drugega

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

telovádec; telovádka gymnast

on je zelo dober telovádec; -dka he is very good at gymnastics

temper¹ [témpə] samostalnik
temperament, narava, čud; značaj, karakter; razpoloženje, nastrojenje
figurativno razburjenost, razdraženost, jeza, bes(nost)
figurativno obvladanost, umirjenost, mirnost
tehnično mešanica; primes; kakovost; trdnost, čvrstost (ilovice, gline)
tehnično trdota (jekla itd.)
zastarelo (telesna) konstitucija
zastarelo kompromis

in a bad temper slabe volje, jezen (with na)
out of temper slabe volje, jezen
even temper' ravnodušnost
a fit of temper napad jeze (togote)
to be in a temper biti jezen (besen, razkačen)
to be in a good (bad) temper biti dobro (slabo) razpoložen
to have an evil temper biti nagle jeze, biti togoten
he has a quick temper on hitro vzkipi
to have a sweet temper biti blagega značaja
to get (to fly) into a temper razjeziti se, pobesneti
to get out of temper znevoljiti se, razjeziti se
to keep (to control) one's temper obvladati se, brzdati se, ostati miren
to lose one's temper razjeziti se, izgubiti potrpljenje
to put s.o. out of temper spraviti koga v slabo voljo, razjeziti koga
to recover one's temper umiriti se (zopet)
to show temper kazati razdraženost

temperament [témpərəmənt] samostalnik
temperament, čud, narava; prenapet značaj
medicina konstitucija, stanje
glasba temperatura
zastarelo klima, temperatura

choleric temperament koleričen temperament
he has a nervous temperament on je po naravi živčen, je živčne narave

temperamént temperament; disposition; frame of mind; temper; (živahnost) animation, vivacity, liveliness, spirit, verve

brez temperaménta spiritless
koleričen temperamént choleric temperament
brezbrižen po temperaméntu temperamentally (naturally) apathetic
nima nobenega temperaménta he has no life in him
on je živčnega temperaménta he has a nervous temperament

ten [ten]

1. pridevnik
deset

ten times bigger desetkrat večji
ten times as casy desetkrat laže
it is ten to one that... deset proti ena (po vsej priliki, zelo verjetno) je, da...
he will be ten next month deset let bo star prihodnji mesec

2. samostalnik
desetica; desetka; desetorica; desetina, desetero; desetak; deseta ura

by tens, in tens (v skupinah) po deset, vsakih deset, na desetine
the ten of spades pikova desetka
the upper ten (thousand) gornjih deset tisoč, aristokracija
it's a quarter past ten ura je četrt na enajst

tenacious [tinéišəs] pridevnik (tenaciously prislov)
žilav, odporen; trdovraten, vztrajen; nepopustljiv; lepljiv, smolast

a tenacious memory zanesljiv, dober spomin
to be tenacious of s.th. trdovratno se česa držati
he is tenacious of his opinion on trdovratno vztraja pri svojem mnenju

tender¹ [téndə]

1. pridevnik (tenderly prislov)
nežen; mehak (meso itd.); krhek, drobljiv; dobro kuhan (pečen); topljiv, topen; občutljiv, hitro užaljen; delikaten, subtilen; kočljiv; blag, mil, dobrega srca, ljubezniv, prisrčen; skrben (of za)
obziren, pozoren (do), zaskrbljen (of, over za)

of tender age v nežni starosti, mlad
tender passion ljubezen
tender porcelain stekleni porcelan
a tender spot občutljivo mesto
a tender red nežna rdeča barva
a tender subject kočljiv predmet (razgovora)
tender annual botanika poletna rastlina
he is tender of his reputation občutljiv je za svoj ugled (sloves)
to have a tender conscience biti tankovesten
to be tender of s.th. ozirati se na, skrbeti za kaj
to be tender of irritating s.o. paziti, da koga ne razjezimo (razdražimo)

2. prehodni glagol
napraviti mehko, občutljivo
neprehodni glagol
postati mehak

term² [tə:m] prehodni glagol
imenovati, označevati

he termed him a liar imenoval ga je lažnivca

težàk -žka, -o (teža) heavy; (masa) ponderous, weighty; (breme) weighty; figurativno leaden; (naloga) toilsome; (naporen) hard, difficult, arduous, trying, exhausting; (kazen) severe; (napaka) grave; (vino) heady

težki časi hard times pl
težko breme heavy burden
težko delo hard work
težki delavec manual labourer, heavy worker (ali labourer)
težka atletika heavy athletics pl
težka artilerija heavy artillery, heavy guns pl
težka hoja heavy tread
težka izbira hard choice
težka jed indigestible food
težàk, -žka, -o vojaški invalid severely disabled ex-serviceman
težàk, -žka, -o boj hard struggle
težàk, -žka, -o bombnik heavy bomber
težka industrija heavy industry
težka kovina heavy metal
težke izgube heavy losses pl
težka naloga hard task
težka napaka gross mistake, blunder
težka križarka heavy cruiser
težka svila heavy silk
težàk, -žka, -o udarec hard blow
težki nemiri serious rioting
težka nesreča serious accident
težka skrb grievous worries, arhaično care
težka oborožitev heavy armament
težàk, -žka, -o porod difficult birth
10 funtov težka ščuka a ten-pound pike
s težkim srcem with a heavy heart
težka voda kemija heavy water
težko je zame (figurativno) it's hard on me
glava mi je težka my head feels heavy
on je težàk, -žka, -o (= tehta) 120 funtov he scales 120 pounds
ona je težka, težko je z njo (figurativno) she is hard to get on with

težáva difficulty; hardship; trial; trouble; quandary; embarrassment; crisis; figurativno snag

v težávi (stiski) in trouble
denarne težáve embarrassments pl
biti v denarnih težávah to be in financial difficulties
delati težáve to raise difficulties, to make trouble
on skuša delati težáve he tries to make trouble
žal mi je, da vam delam take težáve (sitnosti) (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
imeti težáve s policijo to be in trouble with the police
sam (si) iskati težáve to ask (ali to go looking) for trouble
težáva je v tem, da... the trouble (ali the snag) is that...
naleteti na težávo to come up against a difficulty
na nepričakovano težávo to come up against a snag
nastopila je neka težáva a difficulty arose
izogniti se težávi to avoid (ali to evade) difficulty
biti v (hudih) težávah (figurativno) to be in deep water
premostiti težáve to get over (ali to overcome) the difficulties
premagati, prebroditi težávo to surmount a difficulty
povzročiti komu velike težáve to put someone to much trouble
prihraniti komu težáve to spare someone trouble
priti iz težáv to escape from difficulties, (figurativno) to be out of the wood
smelo se spoprijeti s težávami (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns
zabresti v težáve to get into trouble
trpeti zaradi prebavnih težáv to suffer from digestive troubles

težíti to weigh heavily on, to be heavy; to press down, to press hard

težíti k čemu to tend to (ali towards), to veer (ali to trend) towards; to aim at
težíti za čim to long for something, to crave for something, to strive for something, after something
to breme mi teži ramena this burden weighs heavily on my shoulders
ta odgovornost me začenja težíti this responsibility is beginning to get me down (ali to be too much for me)
ta dolg me teží this debt weighs heavily on me
to mu teži srcé that rankles in his mind
njegov zločin mu teži vest his crime weighs heavily (ali lies heavy) on his conscience
teži jo skrb za bodočnost worry about her future is getting her down
vsi naši napori težijo k istemu cilju all our efforts are directed to the same goal
on teží za bogastvom he craves wealth

težkó prislov heavily; badly; with difficulty; (komaj) hardly, scarcely

težkó delati to work hard, to toil, to toil and moil
težkó verjeti to be sceptical
on se težkó uči he is a backward student
težkó dostopen hard of access
težkó izpolnljiv difficult to carry out
težkó razumljiv difficult to understand
težkó verjeten hard to believe
težkó ranjen badly (ali severely) wounded
težkó dojemati, razume(va)ti to be slow on the uptake
težkó bolan dangerously ill
težkó oborožen heavily armed
težkó je zame I'm finding things hard
z njo je težkó (figurativno) she is hard to get on with
težkó mi je (reči) I find it hard (to say)
njemu je težkó ugoditi he is hard to please
težkó mi je pri duši it grieves me
težkó, da bo prišel he will hardly come, it's unlikely he'll come
težkó, da jo boš še kdaj videl you're unlikely to see her again

Thames [temz] samostalnik
(reka) Temza

to throw water into the Thames figurativno nositi vodo v Savo, opravljati nesmiselno delo (brez uspeha)
he won't set the Thames on fire figurativno on ni iznašel smodnika