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  • turn up prehodni glagol
    obrniti navzgor, dvigniti (kvišku); zavihati (navzgor); prekopati, izkopati, prinesti na dan; najti besedo v slovarju; odkriti (karte); močneje odviti (pipo, plin, radio)
    sleng opustiti, zapustiti, na klin obesiti (posel, službo)
    pogovorno izzvati gnus, stud, slabost
    navtika poklicati (moštvo) na krov
    neprehodni glagol
    obrniti se, zavihati se navzgor; (nenadoma) priti, pojaviti se, priti na dan; dogoditi se, primeriti se, nastopiti, vmes priti; nastati, izkazati se za

    they turned up a buried treasure (a skeleton) in that field Nna oni njivi so izkopali zakopan zaklad (okostnjak)
    to turn up one's sleeves zavihati si rokave
    to turn up one's nose at s.th. figurativno (za)vihati nos nad čim, namrdniti se ob čem
    his nose turned up at my suggestion nos se mu je zavihal ob mojem predlogu
    the sight of it turns me up pogled na to mi zbudi gnus
    the smell nearly turn uped me up zaradi smradu sem začel skoraj bruhati
    he always turns up when nobody expects it vedno se pojavi, kadar tega nikdo ne pričakuje
    at what time did he turn up? obklej se je prikazal (pojavil, prišel)?
    to turn up like a bad penny (o osebi); figurativno neprestano se pojavljati, prihajati na površje
    to turn up one's toes figurativno umreti
    to wait for s.th. to turn up čakati (na to), da se nekaj zgodi
  • tvój -a, -e your, arhaično thy; (zaimek) yours, arhaično thine

    tvój, -a, -e prijatelj your friend
    neki tvój, -a, -e prijatelj a friend of yours
    tisti tvój, -a, -e klobuk that hat of yours
    moj in tvój, -a, -e brat my brother and yours
    to je tvoje this is yours
    tvój, -a, -e vdani, vedno tvój, -a, -e ever yours
    tvój, -a, -e vdani X. (v pismih) yours sincerely, X.
    naj bo po tvojem have it your own way
    po tvojem to ni tako according to you (ali to your idea) it isn't so
    ti in tvoji you and yours
    kar je moje, je tvoje what's mine is yours
  • unless [ʌnlés]

    1. veznik
    če ne, razen če, ako ne

    I always walked unless I had a bicycle vedno sem šel peš, razen če sem imel kolo
    unless it is too late (razen) če ni (ali če le ni) prepozno
    he always comes on Sundays unless he is ill vedno prihaja ob nedeljah, razen če (razen kadar, če le) ni bolan
    unless and until vse dokler ne, šele ko

    2. predlog
    razen

    unless on occasions razen ob nekaterih priložnostih
  • unlucky [ʌnlʌ́ki] pridevnik
    ki nima sreče, nesrečen; neuspešen; ki prinaša nesrečo, zlosluten, ki sluti ali napoveduje nesrečo; slabo izbran; nepriličen, neugoden, neprijeten

    unlucky fellow nesrečnik
    to be always unlucky at cards imeti vedno smolo pri kartanju
  • up1 [ʌp] samostalnik
    vzpetost, strmina, višina
    ekonomija porast (tečajev, cen)
    pogovorno srečen človek, srečko, povzpetnik; predstojnik; vlak (avtobus), ki vozi v mesto

    ups and downs of a country valovitost tal
    the ups and downs of life sreča in nesreča v življenju
    my ups and downs imel sem dobre in slabe čase (srečo in nesrečo) v življenju
    the up and up stalni napredek
    on the up-and-up pogovorno vedno boljši; v redu, brezhiben
  • up2 [ʌp] pridevnik
    ki gre (vozi) gor; ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu; višji; s tendenco navzgor; pokonci; vzšel (sonce); narasel (reka); živeč v notranjosti (dežele)
    pogovorno razburjen; končan; enak(ovreden)

    the up coach kočija, ki vozi navkreber
    up line železnica proga, ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu
    up platform peron za vlake v mesto
    up stroke tanka črta pri (pisanih) črkah
    the up train vlak, ki vozi proti (glavnemu) mestu, v London
    1 d up povišana (cena) za 1 peni
    up and doing before day pogovorno že pred dnevom na nogah
    already up and about pogovorno že (zopet) na nogah
    to be up late dolgo čuti, bedeti
    to be high up in school biti med najboljšimi v šoli
    he is up in this subject v tem predmetu je on na višini, je dobro podkovan
    to be up with the lark figurativno zelo zgodaj vsta(ja)ti
    to be up against a hard job pogovorno stati pred težko nalogo
    to be up against opposition naleteti na odpor
    to be (had) up for pogovorno biti pozvan pred sodnika zaradi
    to be one up šport biti za točko boljši
    up for pripravljen za
    to be up for election biti na volilni listi
    to be up biti na čelu
    to be up in years biti že v letih
    to be up for examination opravljati (delati) izpit
    to be up for sale biti naprodaj
    to be up for trial biti (stati) pred sodiščem; obravnavati se
    the fire is up ogenj plamti, plapola
    the game is 10 points up igra se do 10 točk
    the game is up igre je konec (tudi figurativno)
    he is still up with his competitors še vedno je dorasel svojim tekmecem
    how are you up for cash? pogovorno kako si (kaj) pri denarju?
    the hunt is up lov je odprt
    it's all up (ali sleng U.P.) with him z njim je konec
    his temper is up razburjen je
    the storm is up navtika vihar besni
    Parliament is up parlament je končal zasedanje
    time is up čas je potekel
    there's much money up on this game pri tej igri gre za velike vsote
    what's up? pogovorno kaj pa je?, kaj se je zgodilo?
    prices are up cene se dvigajo
    school is up pouk se je končal
    I was up at six bil sem pokonci ob šestih
  • up3 [ʌp] prislov

    1.
    gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazaj

    up from the grounds figurativno od temeljev
    up till now doslej
    from my youth up od moje mladosti naprej
    up with the Democrates! živeli demokrati!
    hands up! roke kvišku!
    you can sail up as far as Sisak lahko se peljete z ladjo do Siska po reki navzgor
    he looked for it up and down po vseh kotih in oglih je iskal to
    this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije

    2.
    bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo)
    figurativno više, na višjo stopnjo

    up and up više in više, vedno više
    come up! pridi bliže!
    speak up! govori(te) glasneje!
    he came up and asked me the way približal se mi je in me vprašal
    to move up in the world povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)
    I think of running up North mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever

    3.
    v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.

    to grow up (od)rasti
    hurry up! pohiti!, brž!
    the nation is up in arms narod se je uprl z orožjem
    my blood was up kri mi je zavrela
    the cider is up very much jabolčnik se zelo peni
    shares (prices) are up delnice (cene) se dvigajo

    4.
    popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupaj

    to burn up zgoreti
    to eat up all the cherries pojesti vse češnje
    to drink up izpiti, popiti
    to follow up a success do kraja izkoristiti uspeh
    to bind up skupaj povezati
    to lock up the house zakleniti vsa hišna vrata
    to tear up a piece of paper raztrgati kos papirja na koščke
    the street was up ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana

    5.
    zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogah

    high up in the air visoko v zraku
    I live two storeys up stanujem v 2. nadstropju
    to be early up biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajati
    the Prime Minister is up ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedo
    to stand up stati pokonci
    to sit up sedeti v postelji

    6.
    v mestu, na univerzi, v šoli

    up in London v Londonu
    up to town v London
    up for a week teden dni v mestu (v Londonu)
    the undergraduates come up next week študentje se vrnejo (na univerzo) prihodnji teden
    to stay up for the vacation ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice

    7. up to
    a) (vse) do; proti, prek

    up to now doslej
    I had mud up to the knees blato mi je segalo do kolen
    he was all right up to yesterday bil je čisto zdrav do včeraj
    to be up to date biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)
    I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it plačal bom do 1000 din za to
    b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustrezno

    up to the door (ali knocker) sleng izvrstno, prima
    up to par figurativno "na višini"
    not up to expectations neustrezno pričakovanjem
    not yet up to the ropes figurativno še neuveden, ki se še ne spozna
    up to sample po (ustrezno) vzorcu
    his book is not up to much njegova knjiga ni kaj prida vredna
    to live up to one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom
    your work is not up to your usual standard tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežeš
    to be up to s.th. nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kaj
    what are you up to? kaj nameravaš?
    it is up to you (to decide) vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitev
    to be up to a thing or two figurativno biti prebrisan
    to feel up to s.th. čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kaj
    to get up to s.o. držati korak s kom
    to be up to the mark figurativno biti na višini
    to be up to snuff sleng biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)
    I am up to your little game dobro vem, kaj spletkariš
    what has he been up to? kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?
    you have been up to some trick again! si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!
    I am not up to travelling nisem sposoben za potovanje
    it is up to you to prove it vi morate to dokazati

    8.
    pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)

    I was up to A. A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor)

    9.

    up with na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti z
    to come up with s.o. dohiteti koga
    to keep up with držati korak s
    up with you! vstani!, pridi gor!
    up against proti
    up into gori v, gor
    up on više (od, kot)
    up till vse do
  • vèč more; plus

    vèč kot... more than...
    vèč (od njih) several
    še vèč still more
    vèč kot dovolj enough and to spare
    vèč ljudi several people
    ne vèč no more, no longer
    vèč ali manj more or less
    nič vèč no more
    vèč dni several days, a day or two
    vedno vèč in vèč more and more
    nikoli vèč nevermore, never again
    vèč kot enkrat more than once
    vèč kot teden dni (kot en teden) for over a week
    čim vèč, tem bolje the more the better
    čim vèč dela, tem vèč potroši the more he works the more he spends
    sem vèč kot zadovoljen I am more than satisfied
    on ni vèč nesrečen he is no longer unhappy
    ni ga vèč he is no more
    bil si moj prijatelj, pa nisi vèč you used to be a fiend of mine but you aren't any longer
    imam vèč denarja kot ti I have (ali pogovorno I've got) more money than you
    vèč imaš, vèč hočeš imeti much will have more
    vèč jih je kot nas there are more of them (than of us)
    ne odlašaj vèč! delay no longer!, pogovorno don't put it off any longer!
    nič vèč me ne zebe I don't feel cold any longer
    vèč od njih poznam I know several of them
    nimam vèč denarja I have no money left, I have no more money
    spoznal, srečal sem se z vèč člani kluba I met several members of the club
    ne misli vèč na to! don't think of it any more!, pogovorno forget it!
    nisem mogel vèč molčati I could not remain silent any longer
    ne bom vèč čakal I shall not wait any longer
    ne maram vèč slišati nobene besede o tem I don't want to hear another word about it
    od takrat ga nisem vèč videl I have not seen him since (then)
  • vólja will; will power; volition; (želja) wish, pleasure; (razpoloženje) mood, temper, frame of mind, vein, humour; (namera) intention, mind

    po vólji at will, at pleasure
    proti moji (lastni) vólji against my (own) will
    proti vólji (nerad) with a bad grace, unwillingly
    po moji mili vólji to my heart's desire (ali content), at my own sweet will, arhaično to the top of my bent
    za božjo vóljo! for goodness' sake!, good gracious!, for God's sake!, for heaven's sake!
    slabe vólje moody
    svobodna vólja free will
    iz lastne vólje of one's own volition
    zadnja vólja (oporoka) last will, (will and) testament
    drage vólje most willingly
    železna vólja iron will
    po lastni vólji of one's own will (ali accord)
    ljudje dobre vólje men of good will
    biti na vóljo to be at hand
    biti komu na vóljo to be at someone's disposal
    biti dobre (slabe) vólja to be in a good (bad) temper (ali humour), to be of good cheer (in a bad mood)
    če te je vólja if you care, if you are so minded, if you are willing
    ni me vólja I don't care
    slabe vólje je he is out of humour
    nisem pri vólji za (kaj) I am not in the humour for (sth)
    pri najboljši vólji se ne morem spomniti I can't for the life of me remember
    stori po svoji vólji! do as you like!
    to je moja poslednja vólja (napisana oporoka) this is my last will and testament
    storil sem to proti svoji vólji I did it unwillingly (ali reluctantly)
    spraviti koga v dobro vóljo to put someone in a good humour
    spravil me je v slabo vóljo he made me cross
    on vedno uveljavi svojo vóljo he always has his own way (ali gets what he wants)
    pokvariti komu dobro vóljo to ruffle someone's temper
    on nima nobene (svoje) vólje he has no will of his own
    pri najboljši vólji tega ne moremo napraviti with the best will in the world we just cannot do it
    nekako me je vólja, da bi (šel) I have half a mind to (go)
    on je brez vsake (svoje) vólje (figurativno) he is a mere rubber stamp
    svojo slabo vóljo je stresel name he vented his spleen on me
    kjer je vólja, je (tudi) moč where there's a will there's a way
    zgodi se tvoja vólja religija thy will be done!
  • want2 [wɔnt]

    1. neprehodni glagol
    biti brez, ne imeti, trpeti pomanjkanje, revno živeti
    zastarelo manjkati; (le v sed. deležniku) pustiti na cedilu (to s.o. koga)
    ne ustrezati pričakovanju, ne upravičiti pričakovanj

    he does not want for talent on ni brez daru
    he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka
    he is never found wanting nanj se lahko vedno zaneseš
    he will never let me want nikoli ne bo dopustil, da bi jaz trpel pomanjkanje
    there never want discontented persons nezadovoljneži se vedno najdejo

    2. prehodni glagol
    ne imeti, čutiti pomanjkanje (for česa)
    potrebovati, čutiti nujno potrebo; zahtevati, hoteti, želeti, hrepeneti po

    to want for potrebovati, biti brez; ameriško, pogovorno želeti, hoteti
    wanted a waitress (v oglasih) išče se natakarica
    I have all I want imam vse, kar potrebujem
    I want it done želim, da se to napravi
    he is wanted by the police za njim je izdana tiralica
    she wants 2 years for her majority manjkata ji 2 leti do polnoletnosti
    it wants 5 minutes to nine manjka 5 minut do devetih
    we want him to leave to-morrow želimo, da (on) odpotuje jutri
    this clock wants a repair (repairing, to be repaired) ta ura je potrebna popravila
    what else do you want? kaj še hočete?
    you are wanted iščejo vas, sprašujejo po vas, potrebujejo vas, želijo govoriti z vami
    you want to see a doctor morate iti k zdravniku
    you don't want to be rude ni vam treba biti grob
    you want to have your hair cut moraš si dati ostriči lase
  • way1 [wéi] samostalnik
    pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer
    navtika kurz

    way in vhod
    way out izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figurativno priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; pogovorno okolica, stran; figurativno pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; navtika, množina grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke
    a long (ali a great) way off (ali from here) daleč stran od tu
    any way vsekakor, v vsakem primeru
    by way of na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi
    by the way mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno
    by way of compliment kot kompliment
    in a way nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma
    in every way v vsakem pogledu (oziru)
    in many ways v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)
    in more ways than one v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)
    in a polite (friendly) way vljudno (prijazno)
    in a small way skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno
    not by a long way še dolgo ne
    in some (ali several) ways v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)
    one way or another tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako
    over the way na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto
    on one's way to na poti k
    no way nikakor ne
    some way or other na ta ali na oni način
    the other way round v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno
    under way navtika na poti, na vožnji
    well on one's way v polnem teku
    ways and means pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)
    Ways and Means parlamentarna budžetna komisija
    the way of the world tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj
    the way of the cross religija križev pot
    no way inferior nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši
    the good old ways dobri, stari običaji
    high way glavna cesta, državna cesta; figurativno običajni način delovanja
    Milky Way rimska cesta (na nebu)
    lion in the way zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)
    permanent way železnica tir, tračnice
    permanent-way man železnica progovni delavec
    nothing out of the way nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)
    somewhere London way nekje v okolici Londona
    right of way pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)
    this way please! semkaj, za menoj, prosim!
    this is not in my way to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim
    to ask the (ali one's) way vprašati za pot
    to be in a bad way biti v slabem položaju
    to be in the family way biti noseča, pričakovati otroka
    to be by way of being angry skoraj pobesneti
    to be in s.o.'s way biti komu napoti, motiti koga
    to be under way biti na poti
    the conference was already under way konferenca je bila že v teku
    to be on the way biti na poti, približevati se
    to be in a way pogovorno biti vznemirjen, razburjen
    it is not his way to ni njegova navada
    the furthest way about is the nearest way home najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša
    to clear the way umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod
    to come by way of Paris priti prek Pariza
    to come (ali to fall) in s.o.'s way srečati koga, naleteti na koga
    to gather way povečati hitrost
    to find one's way znajti se
    to get in the way biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati
    to get in the way of s.th. razumeti kaj
    to get out of the way iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)
    to give way umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti
    to force one's way izsiliti, utreti si pot
    to go a long way iti daleč
    to go one's way oditi, iti po svoji poti
    to go (ali to take) one's own way iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih
    to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figurativno umreti
    to have it both ways po potrebi si izbrati
    you can't have it both ways ne moreš imeti obojega; figurativno ne more biti volk sit in koza cela
    to have one's own way delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo
    if I had my (own) way če bi šlo po mojem
    to live in a great (small) way razkošno (skromno) živeti
    to look the other way stran gledati
    to look s.o.'s way gledati proti komu
    to lose way izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost
    to lose one's way zaiti, izgubiti se
    to make way napredovati; figurativno prodreti, uspeti
    to make one's own way iti po svoji poti, oditi
    to make the best of one's way iti čim hitreje, pohiteti
    to pave the way for utreti pot za
    to put o.s. out of the way truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda
    to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga
    to see a way out videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)
    to stand in the way of s.o. ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot
    to twist one's way through zvijati se (kot kača) skozi
    to work one's way študirati, preživljati se z delom
    where there's a will there's a way hoteti je moči
  • wit1 [wit] samostalnik
    pamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličina

    flash of wit duhovit domislek
    the five wits zastarelo petero čutov
    a conversation sparkling with wit od duhovitosti se iskreč razgovor
    to be at one's wit's end ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajti
    I am at my wit's end sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagati
    to be out of one's wits izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pameten
    he has his wits about him on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)
    bought wit is best izguba izmodri človeka
    to have wit to imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)
    he has not the wit to see... nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...
    it taught me wit to me je spametovalo
    he sets up for a wit dela se duhovitega
    to live by one's wits živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenje
  • worse1 [wə:s]

    1. samostalnik
    slabši, hujši; bolj bolan, slabšega zdravja
    trgovina slabši, nižji

    worse and worse vedno slabši (hujši)
    the worse tem stabši
    so much the worse toliko slabši
    he went worse every day vsak dan je bilo slabše z njim
    that only made matters worse to je stvari le poslabšalo
    (not) to be the worse for (ne) biti na slabšem (na škodi, trpeti) zaradi
    you would be none the worse for a walk sprehod ti ne bi škodil
    to be (none) the worse for drink (ne) biti pijan
    I like him none the worse for his gruffness zaradi njegove grobosti ga nimam nič manj rad
    the worse for wear obrabljen, ponošen

    2. prislov
    slabše, hujše

    he has lost his job and is worse off than ever izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej
    they do it worse than before hujše (slabše) počenjajo kot prej
    none the worse nič slabše (hujše), nič manj
    to grow worse and worse vse bolj se slabšati
  • yours [jɔ:z, júəz, jəz] zaimek

    1.
    vaš, Vaš; tvoj

    2.
    tvoji, vaši, Vaši (ljudje, svojci)

    3. trgovina
    Vaš(cenjeni) dopis

    this is yours to je tvoje (vaše, Vaše)
    my brother and yours moj in vaš brat
    a friend of yours neki tvoj (vaš, Vaš) prijatelj
    that hat of yours tisti tvoj klobuk
    what is mine is yours kar je moje, je tvoje
    what's yours? pogovorno kaj boš (boste) pil(i)?
    ever yours vedno tvoj(a), Vaš(a)
    yours respectfully, yours faithfully, yours sincerely, yours truly z odličnim spoštovanjem, Vaš vdani (konec pisma)
    you and yours ti in tvoji
    yours of the 10th inst. Vaš dopis od 10. t. m.
    yours of the 3rd is in hand prejeli smo Vaš dopis (Vaše pismo) z dne 3. t. m.
  • za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

    dan za dnem day by day
    eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
    korak za korakom step by step
    enkrat za vselej once and for all
    za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
    za gorami beyond the mountains
    jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
    za mojim hrbtom behind my back
    za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
    za glavo večji taller by a head
    za sedaj for the present
    za šalo by way of a joke
    argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
    razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
    za menoj! follow me!
    (kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
    starejši za pet let five years older
    jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
    beseda za besedo word for word
    mož za možem man by man
    zanimanje za... interest in...
    za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
    vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
    za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
    za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
    biti za kaj to be in favour of something
    kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
    sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
    večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
    to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
    nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
    za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
    to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
    brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
    za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
    nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
    za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
    on jé za tri he eats as much as three
    povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
    on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
    smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
    odšel je za vedno he left for good
    voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
    vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
    on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
    zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
    zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
    zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
    sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
    pustiti za seboj to leave behind
  • zagábiti se to disgust, to sicken

    mastna hrana se mi je zagabila rich food sickens me
    ta prizor se mi je zagabil this sight sickened me
    zagabilo se mi je delati vedno eno in isto I am sick of doing the same thing
    življenje se mu je zagabilo he is sick (ali weary) of life
    kruh se nam nikoli ne zagabi bread never turns the stomach
    zagabi se mi it makes me sick
  • zakúp lease; rent; pravo tenancy

    v zakúpu on lease, rented, tenanted
    dosmrten zakúp tenancy for life
    (vedno možen) odpovedljiv zakúp tenancy at will
    povraten zakúp leaseback
    dati v zakúp to let out on lease, to put out to lease, to lease
    (daje se) v zakúp (oglas) to let
    imeti v zakúpu to hold on (ali by) lease, to tenant
    vzeti v zakúp to take on lease, to rent
  • zgódba story; tale

    zgódbe pl za otroke tales pl (ali stories pl) for children
    zgódba o Carusu the Caruso story
    smešna, zabavna zgódba funny story
    spolzka zgódba risqué story
    toda to je (že) druga zgódba but that is another story
    kup zgódb pripovedujejo o njem there are lots of stories told about him
    vedno ista zgódba always the same old story
    zgódbe sv. pisma religija Holy Scripture, Bible
    njegova zgódba je bila zelo žalostna his was a very sad story
    zgódbe ni bilo ne konca ne kraja, zgódba se je vlekla brez konca in kraja the story dragged on
  • žálosten sad; mournful; afflicted; melancholy; sorrowful; joyless; gloomy; dismal; downcast; (beden) wretched

    žálosten pogled deplorable sight
    to so žálostne novice this is sad news
    tako sem žálosten zaradi tega I am so sorry (ali sad) to hear (oziroma to see) it
    ona je vedno žálostna she is always miserable
    žálostna nesreča a sad accident
    žálostno pri tem je, da... the sad part of it is that...
    biti v žálostnem (bednem) položaju to be in a sorry plight