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izčŕpati to exhaust; (vodo ipd.) to pump out, to pump dry; to drain; (osebo) to wear out, to tire out, to fatigue, to exhaust, to knock up

izčŕpati rudnik to work out a mine
izčŕpati zalogo blaga to sell out one's stock of goods
izčŕpati rudno žilo to work out a lode
zadnji vzpon me je popolnoma izčrpal the last climb has quite taken it out of me
izčŕpati se to be (ali to get) exhausted; (zaloga) to run short (ali low ali out); (oseba) to wear (ali to tire oneself out), to spend one's strength; (vodnjak) to run dry, to run low
izčŕpati svoja sredstva to deplete one's resources

izkljúčen exclusive; (izločen) eliminated; (dvom) excluded, precluded; (dijak iz šole) expelled from school, sent down

popolnoma izkljúčeno je it is out of the question; it is quite impossible
učenec je bil izkljúčen iz šole the pupil has been expelled from school

izzard [ízəd] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno, britanska angleščina, arhaično črka z

from A to izzard popolnoma, od A do Ž

jásen (veder) unclouded, serene, unobscured, fair, sunny; (očiten) evident, obvious, manifest; (viden) clear, conspicuous; (svetel) luminous, bright, shining, light; (razumljiv) intelligible, easily understood; (nedvomen) indubitable, unmistakable, not to be mistaken, leaving no doubt; (nedvoumen) unequivocal, unambiguous; (izrečen) explicit; (točen) precise, exact; (barva) light, light-coloured; (slog, stil) clear, lucid; (samoumeven) self-evident

jásno in jedrnato izraziti to express tersely and neatly
jásen kot beli dan self-evident, as clear as daylight (ali arhaično as noonday), as clear as crystal, as plain as a pikestaff, as plain as the nose on your face, as plain as the palm of your hand
nebo je jásno the sky is clear
to je jásno that's clear, that's flat
kot strela z jásnega out of the blue
strela z jásnega a bolt from the blue
ni mi čisto jásno it is not quite clear to me
nisem si na jásnem o tem I am not (quite) clear about it
sem jásen? do I make myself clear?, have I made myself plain on that point?
jásno govoriti to speak clearly
jásno se izraziti to make it clear
jásno se odražati na obzorju to show clear on the horizon
priti na jásno (figurativno) to clear up, to settle (o čem something)
postalo nam je jásno it dawned on us
to je popolnoma jásno (figurativno) it's perfectly obvious

judge¹ [džʌdž] samostalnik
pravno sodnik
figurativno razsodnik; izvedenec, strokovnjak, dober poznavalec česa (of)

vojska judge advocate sodnik pri naglem sodišču
vojska judge advocate general vrhovni sodnik pri naglem sodišču
associate judge sodni prisednik
as God's my judge! pri bogu!
to be a judge of razumeti se na kaj
a good judge of dober poznavalec česa
I am no judge of it tega ne morem presoditi
let me be the judge of that prepusti to meni
to be judge and jury in one's own cause biti sodnik in tožitelj hkrati
as sober as a judge popolnoma trezen

ladder¹ [lǽdə] samostalnik
lestva
britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
the ladder of success pot do uspeha
figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu

léči (ležem) to lie down; (v posteljo) to go to bed, to retire for the night

léči jajca to lay eggs, to hatch
léči popolnoma oblečen to turn in fully dressed

lock² [lɔk] samostalnik
ključavnica; zapiralnik, zapiralo, zapirač (pri puški); zavora, zaviralo, zastoj v prometu; zatvornica, zapornica
šport čvrst prijem (rokoborba)

dead lock popoln zastoj v prometu
to pick a lock vlomiti
figurativno lock, stock, and barrel vse skupaj, vse povprek, popolnoma
under lock and key pod ključem, zaklenjen
britanska angleščina ock Hospital bolnišnica za spolne bolezni

mad¹ [mæd] pridevnik (madly prislov)
nor, blazen; nor na kaj (after, about, for, on)
pogovorno jezen, besen, hud (at na, with zaradi)
stekel (žival)

mad as a hatter (ali as a March hare) popolnoma prismuknjen, popolnoma nor
they are having a mad time divje se zabavajo
to drive s.o. mad spraviti koga ob pamet, v bes
it is enough to drive one mad to te lahko spravi ob pamet
to run mad after ponoreti za čem (kom)
like mad noro, kot nor, divje
to run like mad teči na vso sapo
to go (ali run) mad znoreti, ponoreti

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

March [ma:č] samostalnik
marec

in March v marcu, marca
as mad as a March hare popolnoma nor

melting-pot [méltiŋpɔt] samostalnik
talilni lonec; država z državljani mnogih narodnosti (ZDA)

figurativno to go into the melting-pot popolnoma se spremeniti, zrevolucionirati se
figurativno to put into the melting-pot popolnoma spremeniti, podrobno prerešetati (vprašanje)

mile [máil] samostalnik
milja (1609 m)

nautical (ali sea) mile morska milja (1863 m)
miles easier (better, worse) mnogo lažje (boljše, slabše)
miles apart na milje oddaljen, figurativno neizmerno daleč
figurativno not to come within a mile of ne približati se niti za korak
give him an inch and he will take a mile če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
pogovorno that sticks out a mile to še slepec vidi
figurativno to miss s.th. by a mile popolnoma zgrešiti
navtika to make short miles hitro jadrati, pluti

mole³ [moul] samostalnik
zoologija krt

blind as a mole popolnoma slep

moment [móumənt] samostalnik
hip, trenutek
figurativno veliki trenutek; pomen, važnost (to za)
fizika moment

at the moment sedaj, trenutno
at any moment vsak hip
for the moment za sedaj
not for the moment trenutno ne
in a moment takoj, v trenutku
just a moment samo trenutek
man of the moment sedaj važna oseba
of (great) moment (zelo) važen
of little (ali no) moment nevažen
this very moment takoj
the moment that takoj ko
to the moment popolnoma točno
at a moment's notice v najkrajšem roku
one moment!, half a moment! (počakaj) trenutek!

momènt moment, instant; second; (dejavnik) factor

v momèntu (v hipu, kot bi mignil) in a second (ali in a jiffy, in a trice, in a twinkling), in an instant
inercijski momènt moment of inertia
psihološki momènt the psychological moment, the right time
vrtilni momènt fizika torque, twisting moment
v momèntu je bilo vse končano everything was over in a flash
on ima svoje dobre momènte (figurativno) he has his decent spells
moraš oditi ta momènt you must start straight away (ali right off)
momènt, ne razumem te popolnoma! half a second, (ali pogovorno hang on a sec!), I don't quite get you!

mop² [mɔp] prehodni glagol
pobrisati, obrisati s krpo za pod

sleng to mop the floor with s.o. pometati s kom, popolnoma premagati
to mop one's face otreti si obraz
to mop up (with, from) pobrisati (s čim, s česa); sleng pograbiti (dobiček); vojska razpršiti ali pobiti osamljene sovražnikove skupine; britanska angleščina, sleng lokati, polokati

mortal¹ [mɔ:tl] pridevnik (mortally prislov)
smrten, umrljiv; smrtonosen, smrtno nevaren (to)
ogorčen, neizprosen, smrtni (sovražnik); človeški, zemeljski, minljiv
pogovorno dolgočasen
pogovorno strašanski, silen

mortal hour smrtna ura
pogovorno for two mortal hours dve neznosno dolgi uri
mortal sin smrtni greh
mortal power človeška moč
pogovorno by no mortal means človeku nemogoče
pogovorno of no mortal use popolnoma nekoristno
pogovorno in a mortal hurry v silni naglici

nag (oseba) naked; nude; unclothed; (telo) bare

popolnoma nag stark naked, in one's bare skin; in the buff
čisto nag (as) naked as when he was born; without a stitch of clothing (on)
sleči do nagega koga to strip someone naked, to strip someone to the buff

naked [néikid] pridevnik (nakedly prislov)
nag, gol; nezastrt, nepokrit, nezavarovan, izpostavljen (to)
očiten, čist, odkrit, razgaljen; enostaven, preprost; prazen (soba)
pravno nepotrjen, brez pravne zahteve

stark naked popolnoma gol
the naked truth čista resnica
to strip naked sleči do golega
naked sword goli meč
with the naked eye s prostim očesom
a tree naked of leaves drevo brez listja
pravno naked confession nepotrjeno priznanje
pravno naked possession dejanska posest