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  • understand* [ʌndəstǽnd]

    1. prehodni glagol
    razumeti, umeti, pojmiti; razumeti se, spoznati se (how to nedoločnik kako...)
    uvideti, spoznati, izkusiti; smatrati, misliti, predpostaviti, podrazumeti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    razumeti, imeti razum; biti informiran
    zastarelo zvedeti, slišati

    to understand about s.th. biti informiran o čem
    to understand one another (each other) razumeti se med seboj (eden drugega), zlágati se, harmonirati
    to understand business razumeti se na posle
    he understands horses razume se, spozna se na konje
    he can't understand a joke on ne razume šale
    I understand from his manner vidim po njegovem vedenju
    I understand he died last week zvedel sem (slišal sem, slišim), da je umrl pretekli teden
    I understand that you spread these rumours slišim (slišal sem, pravijo), da vi širite te govorice
    am I to understand that this sum is meant to cover all expenses? naj razumem (naj to pomeni), da naj ta vsota krije vse stroške?
    do I (ali am I to) understand that you refuse? hočete s tem reči, da odklanjate?
    it is an understood thing that... samo po sebi se razume, da...
    that is understood to se razume samo po sebi
    to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
    to make s.o. understand dati komu razumeti; razložiti komu
    to make o.s. understood in French sporazume(va)ti se v francoščini, znati toliko francosko, da se sporazumemo (s kom)
    it must be clearly understood that if you go, you go alone moramo si biti čisto na jasnem, da, če greste, greste sami
    what did you understand him to say? kako ste razumeli njegove besede?
  • urge2 [ə:dž] prehodni glagol
    nagnati, naganjati, tirati; tiščati, pritiskati; siliti, nagovarjati, rotiti, urgirati; spodbosti; iznesti, predložiti (against proti)
    (npr. argumente), predočiti, navesti (kot vzrok); posebno naglasiti, poudariti; priporočiti, opomniti; pospešiti (tempo, delo)
    neprehodni glagol
    siliti, rotiti, trdovratno vztrajati (on pri)

    to urge a horse forward priganjati konja
    to urge the abolition of slavery z vso silo se zavzemati za odpravo sužnosti
    to urge necessity of immediate action poudarjati potrebo takojšnje akcije
    to urge one's way utreti si pot
    I urged him to aceept the offer silil sem ga, naj sprejme ponudbo
    I urged him not to undertake the business rotil sem ga, naj se ne loti tega posla
    he urged his inexperience izgovarjal se je s svojo neizkušenostjo
    he urged his men on priganjal je svoje može naprej
    his officers urged an immediate retreat njegovi častniki so svetovali takojšen umik
    the officer urged the need for haste častnik je izrecno (krepko) opominjal k naglici
  • use1 [ju:s] samostalnik
    raba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa)
    pravno užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček
    cerkev obredi kake Cerkve, liturgija

    beyond all use čisto nenavaden
    in use v rabi
    of use uporaben, koristen
    of no use neuporaben, brezkoristen
    in common use v splošni rabi
    out of use ne v rabi, ne več uporaben
    fit for use uporaben
    with use s trajno rabo
    the Anglican use anglikanski obred
    value in use dejanska vrednost
    use and wont šege in navade
    according to his use and wont po njegovi (svoji) stari navadi
    directions (ali instructions) for use navodila za uporabo
    use makes perfect vaja naredi mojstra
    use is second nature stara navada je železna srajca
    once a use and ever a custum česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez zna
    can I be of use? lahko (kaj) pomagam?
    is this of use to you? lahko to kaj porabite?
    crying is no use nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokati
    it is (of) no use (running) brez koristi, zaman je (teči)
    what's the use (of it)? kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?
    to be in daily use biti vsak dan v rabi
    to bring into use uporabiti
    to be out of use ne biti v rabi (v navadi)
    to come into use priti v splošno rabo
    to fall (ali to pass) out of use postati neuporaben, zastareti
    you will find these shoes of use in the mountains videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorah
    everything has its use vsaka stvar je za kaj uporabna
    I have no use for it nimam kaj početi s tem
    I have no use for such people nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudi
    have you lost the use of your tongue? si izgubil dar govora?
    he lost the use of his right eye ne vidi več na desno oko
    to make use of s.th. uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česa
    to make use of s.o.'s name sklicevati se na koga
    to put out of use vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)
    to put to (good) use (dobro) uporabiti
  • utríp pulse; throb; beat

    priprava za merjenje utrípov pulsimeter
    število utrípov na minuto pulse rate
    meriti komu utríp to take (ali to feel) someone's pulse
    naj vam merim utríp! let me take (ali feel) your pulse!
  • 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
  • veléti to order, to command, to tell; arhaično to bid

    storili bomo, kar nam bodo veleli we will do what they tell us
    velel mi je, naj sedem he told me to take a seat (ali to sit down)
    velel sem mu, naj gre I told him to go
  • veljáti (stati, stanem) to cost, to be worth; (biti veljaven) to be valid, to be in force; to hold good, to hold true, to be true

    koliko velja ta knjiga? how much does this book cost?
    to zemljišče velja 2.000 funtov m2 this land is worth 2,000 pounds a square metre
    naj velja, kar hoče! cost what it may!
    veljáti za poštenjaka to pass for an honest man
    isto velja za vas the same holds good for you
    hoteti veljáti za... to set oneself up as...
    ne maram veljáti za moralista (purista) I don't set myself up as a moralist (a purist)
    velja (za) dva meseca valid for two months
    veljá! agreed!, it's a deal!
    ta vstopnica velja za večerno predstavo this ticket admits (you) to the evening performance
  • 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
  • vodník guide; leader; conductor; (za tujce, turistični) guide, (arhaično) cicerone, pl ciceroni; (knjiga) guidebook

    gorski vodník Alpine guide
    naj ti bom vodník v tej zadevi let me be your guide in this matter
    skupinsko potovanje z vodníkom conducted tour
  • vprašánje question; query; interrogation

    črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
    gornje vprašánje the above question
    indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
    kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
    nujno vprašánje urgent question
    nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
    kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
    odprto vprašánje open question
    pereče vprašánje burning question
    sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
    pravno vprašánje question of law
    sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
    težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
    vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
    to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
    v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
    to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
    to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
    to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
    vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
    vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
    načeti vprašánje to raise a question
    napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
    obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
    odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
    oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
    obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
    pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
    rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
    ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
    staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
    staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
    zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone
  • vrág devil; Satan, the Evil One, the Tempter; the Prince of Darkness, the Adversary; arhaično the old gentleman, the archfiend, Old Nick; demon; dickens, deuce

    vrág v ženski podobi she-devil
    k vrágu! hang it!; what the dickens!
    obseden od vrága possessed by the devil
    vrág! the deuce!
    vrág vzemi to! devil take it
    k vrágu delo danes to hell with work today!
    vrág ga je obsedel! he has the devil in him
    kdo vrága ti je to rekel? who the devil (ali the dickens) (who on earth) told you that?
    pojdi k vrágu! go to hell, go to the devil!
    iti k vrágu to go to the devil, to go to the dogs, to go to rack and ruin
    vse gre k vrágu everything is going to the dogs!
    v sili vrág muhe jé (žre) beggars can't be choosers
    ne kliči vrága! let sleeping dogs lie!
    počenjati vrága in pol to raise the devil, to play hell
    slikati, risati vrága na steno to paint the devil blacker than he is
    vrág vzemi muhe bother the flies!
    vrág te vzemi! (the) devil take you!
    naj me vrág vzame, če... I'll eat my hat if..., I'll be (ali I'm) damned if..., I'll be shot (ali hanged) if...
    kaj vrága delaš danes tukaj? what the devil (ali what the dickens) are you doing here today?
    kar vrág prikveka, nima teka arhaično what is got over the devil's back, goes under the belly
    vrág ga vzemi! confound him!
    z vrágom ni dobro buče saditi! (figurativno) he that sups with the devil must have a long spoon
    »danes bi se šel z vrágom metat« (figurativno) I feel full of vim to-day
  • wag [wæg]

    1. samostalnik
    majanje, kimanje, tresenje (of the head z glavo)
    mahanje (of a dog's tail pasjega repa)
    burkež, šaljivec; prebrisanec; učenec, ki se potepa in ne pride v šolo, "špricar", lenuh

    with a wag of one's head s prikimavanjem (glave)

    2. prehodni glagol
    mahati (z repom); (s)tresti, (po)kimati (z glavo); premikati, gibati
    neprehodni glagol
    premikati se (sem in tja), gibati se; racati; hitro oditi, pobrisati jo; odvijati se, potekati
    sleng "špricati" šolo

    to wag one's finger at s.o. (po)žugati komu s prstom
    to wag one's head (od)kimati z glavo
    beards wag govoriči se, govori se
    let the world wag on ljudje naj kar govoričijo
    how wags the world? figurativno kako (kaj) gre?
    to set tongues waging širiti novice, spraviti jezike v tek
    the tail wags the dog figurativno najmanj pomemben član (skupine itd.) ima glavno besedo, je na krmilu
  • warn [wɔ:n] prehodni glagol
    (po)svariti (of, against pred)
    opozoriti (against na)
    opomniti; vnaprej obvestiti; nujno svetovati, na srce položiti; pozvati, ukazati; odpovedati

    I warned her against him posvaril sem jo pred njim
    he was warned that he was in danger opozorili so ga, da je v nevarnosti
    I was warned against smoking posvarili so me, naj ne kadim
    he warned the tenant out of the house odpovedal je zakupniku (hišo)
    to warn s.o. of an intended visit vnaprej koga obvestiti o nameravanem obisku
    to warn s.o. to appear in court pozvati koga pred sodišče
    they warned me to do that nujno so mi svetovali, naj to naredim
    to warn off odvrniti (from od); izgnati (from iz)
  • what [wɔt]

    1. zaimek
    (vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

    what for? čemu?, zakaj?
    what ever for? toda zakaj?
    what next? in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?
    and what all pogovorno in kaj še vse
    what not kar si bodi, karkoli
    my hat, my gloves, and what not moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse
    what if kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...
    what of that? kaj za to?, nič za to
    what though (I am poor) kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)
    what about, what of kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o
    what about a cup of tea? ali bi skodelico čaja?
    what's it all about? za kaj (pa) gre?
    so what?, what of it? prava reč!; nesmisel!
    but what pogovorno ki ne (bi)
    not a day comes but what makes a change ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)
    what is the matter? kaj (pa) je?
    what is he like? kakšen je on?
    what he has suffered! kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!
    well, what of it? no, in kaj za to?
    what's up? kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?
    to know what's what vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se
    what is the news? kaj je novega?
    you want a what? kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?
    he claims to a what? kaj hoče on biti?
    what is he the better for it? kaj ima on od tega?
    I'll tell you what nekaj ti povem
    Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?)

    2. zaimek
    (relativni zaimek) kar

    do what I may naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)
    happen what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče!
    we know what he is busy with vemo, s čim se ukvarja
    this is what we hoped for to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali
    and what have you ameriško, sleng in kar imate podobnega, takega
    but what razen (tega, teh)
    he never had any money but what he absolutely needed imel je le najpotrebnejši denar
    there was no one but what was excited nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen

    3. pridevnik
    kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

    what luck! kakšna sreča!
    what a queer idea! kakšna čudna ideja!
    what a fool I am! kako sem neumen!
    he got what books he wanted dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel
    take what books you need! vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ
    what use is this dictionary to you? čemu ti rabi ta slovar?

    4. prislov
    kako

    what happy boys they are kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma
    what with storms my return was delayed deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila
    but what (pri nikalnici); pogovorno da ne
    not a day but what it rains ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo
    never fear but what we shall go! ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!

    5. medmet
    kaj!, kako!
    britanska angleščina kaj ne?

    what, do you really mean it? kaj, ti to resno misliš?
    a good fellow, what? dober dečko, kaj ne?

    6. veznik
    pogovorno kolikor

    he helped us what he could pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel
  • whelm [welm] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
    poetično, figurativno zasuti, obsuti (in z)
    figurativno pogoltniti

    the Ocean whelm them all! ocean naj vse pogoltne!
    to whelm s.o. in sorrows zasuti koga s skrbmi
  • whereabouts [wɛ́ərəbauts]

    1. prislov, veznik
    kje (približno, nekako, vendar), kam, kod

    I do not know whereabouts to look ne vem, kje naj iščem

    2. samostalnik
    množina (pre)bivališče
  • whoop [hu:p]

    1. samostalnik
    glasen krik, vpitje, krik in vik, kričanje; bojni krik, krik maščevanja
    pogovorno prebita para

    not worth a whoop počene pare ne vreden

    2. neprehodni glagol
    vpiti, kričati; sopsti, sopihati
    prehodni glagol
    zavpiti (kaj), kričati na koga, nahruliti (koga)

    to whoop it up ameriško, sleng razgrajati

    3. medmet
    hej! halo!

    whoop for...! naj živi...! živel...!
  • witness2 [wítnis] prehodni glagol
    (iz)pričati, potrditi, dokazati; overiti (podpis ali s podpisom), podpisati (listino) kot priča; biti priča (očividec), prisostvovati (čemu); videti na lastne oči
    neprehodni glagol
    pričati (against, for ali to proti, za)
    biti priča, biti za pričo

    to witness heaven! zastarelo bog mi je priča!
    to witness my poverty! moja revščina naj mi je priča!
    to witness to s.th. figurativno izpričati, potrditi kaj
    I witnessed the accident bil sem priča nezgode
    I have witnessed his will kot priča sem podpisal njegovo oporoko
  • world [wə́:ld] samostalnik
    svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

    all over the world po vsem svetu
    in the world na svetu
    for all the world za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko
    not for all the world za nobeno ceno
    for all the world like natanko, kot
    not for worlds, not for anything in the world za nič na svetu ne
    out of the world odmaknjen od sveta
    out of this world pogovorno fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden
    worlds away from zelo oddaljen od
    to the world sleng popolnoma
    tired to the world sleng na smrt utrujen
    on top of the world na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih
    a world of zelo mnogo, množica (of difficulties težav)
    a world too big mnogo prevelik
    the world of letters učeni svet
    world without end od veka do veka
    to the world's end do konca sveta
    the beginning of the world začetek sveta
    animal (vegetable) world živalski (rastlinski) svet
    citizen of the world svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit
    man of the world izkušen človek
    the lower world podzemlje; pekel
    the New World Novi svet, Amerika
    the wise old world dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje
    Prince of this world figurativno vrag
    all the world and his wife were there vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam
    to begin the world (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku
    she is all the world to me ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu
    who in the world is that man? kdo vendar je oni človek?
    to be brought into the world zagledati luč sveta
    to carry the world before one imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju
    to come into the world priti na svet, roditi se
    what in the world am I to do? kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?
    it did me a world of good zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)
    to be drunk to the world pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti
    I would not do it for all the world za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)
    to forsake the world odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje
    as the world goes v našem, sedanjem času
    to go out of the world umreti
    I would give the world to learn it vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel
    how goes the world with you? kako je kaj z vami?
    to have the world before one figurativno imeti življenje pred seboj
    to let the world slide figurativno pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride
    to live out of the world živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti
    to make a noise in the world figurativno postati slaven
    what will the world say? kaj bodo rekli ljudje?