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véndar yet, still; however

toda véndarle but yet
véndarle (vseeno) nevertheless, notwithstanding
véndarle bo še zmagal he will win yet
čudno, nenavadno je, a véndarle resnično it is strange and yet true
véndarle je res it is true all the same; it is true for all that
véndarle je dober dečko he's a good fellow for all that
ni hladno danes, véndar bi jaz na vašem mestu vzel površnik it is mild today, still I should take my coat if I were you
pomagaj mi véndar! do help me!
saj véndar delam! I do work!

vengeance [véndžəns] samostalnik
maščevanje, povračilo; kazen

with a vengeance z vso silo, besno; v polnem pomenu besede; in še kako
he is a horseman with a vengeance jaha kot sam vrag
this is punctuality with a vengeance to je skrajna točnost
to cry for vengeance vpiti po maščevanju
to lay o.s. open to s.o.'s vengeance izpostaviti se maščevanju kake osebe
to seek vengeance upon s.o. skušati si najti maščevanje (se maščevati) nad kom
to take vengeance on an enemy maščevati se sovražniku

vênomer continually; incessantly

vênomer me je spraševal he kept on asking me

vent² [vent] prehodni glagol
ventilirati; odvajati, izpuščati (dim itd.) skozi odvodno odprtino
figurativno dati duška, dati zraka, dati prosto pot, sprostiti (razburjenje, čustva)

to vent o.s. dati si duška, olajšati se
neprehodni glagol
priti na površino vode in vdihniti zrak (o vidri, bobru)

to vent a tale (raz)širiti govorico
he vented his anger on his brother stresel je svojo jezo nad brata

venter¹ [véntə] samostalnik
anatomija trebušna votlina, trebuh
pravno materino telo, mati

he has a son by another venter ima enega sina od neke druge ženske

venture¹ [vénčə] samostalnik
drzno, tvegano dejanje, drznost, riziko, tveganost; smel podvig, pustolovščina, avantura; stavljenje na kocko; komercialna špekulacija
zastarelo srečen slučaj, sreča

at a venture na slepo (srečo); po grobi ocenitvi
a lucky venture srečna špekulacija
he is not a man to undertake any venture on ni človek, ki bi se spuščal v kakršnokoli tveganje
he declined the venture odklonil je riziko
he has lost all his ventures izgubil je vse, kar je angažiral (v posle)

verge¹ [və:dž] samostalnik
rob, kraj, meja (tudi figurativno)
travnati obrobek ali pas (grede, lehe, ceste); palica, žezlo (kot znak časti)
tehnično majhno vreteno; rob opeke, ki štrli iznad strešnega slemena
zgodovina območje, pristojnost

on the verge of čisto na robu, za prst od
on the verge of ruin, of a new war na robu propada, nove vojne
he is on the verge of fifty on je že blizu 50 let star
he was on the verge of betraying the secret skoraj je izdal tajnost

verge² [və:dž] neprehodni glagol
nagibati se, padati; sestopati (on proti)
približevati se, prehajati (in v)
segati, razprostirati se
figurativno mejiti

verging on na robu
he was verging on 80 bil je že blizu 80 let star
hills verging to the north griči, ki se raztezajo proti severu
the country is verging towards ruin dežela gre v propast
the sun is verging towards the horizon sonce tone na obzorju

verjétno prislov probably, likely, presumably

prav verjétno in all probability
zelo verjétno, najbolj verjétno most likely, very likely, as likely as not
komaj verjétno most unlikely, hardly likely
več kot verjétno more than likely
ni verjétno, da... it's unlikely that...
ne zdi se verjétno it seems unlikely
to je bolj verjétno that's more likely
zelo verjétno je, da bo deževalo the probability is that it will rain, pogovorno it's probably going to rain
verjétno bo doživel uspeh he will probably succeed
verjétno bom pozabil I may forget, I'm apt to forget
verjétno pojdem I may go
malo verjétno je, da bo prišel he is unlikely to come, pogovorno it's unlikely he'll come

verjétnost probability, likelihood

po vsej verjétnosti in all likelihood (ali probability)
velika verjétnost a strong likelihood
je velika verjétnost, da pride jutri there is a strong likelihood that he will be coming tomorrow

very¹ [véri] pridevnik (verily prislov)
pravi

a very knave pravi lopov
he is the veriest vagabund on je pravi pravcati vagabund; lasten, sam, celó
my very son moj lastni sin, sam moj sin
his very brother did not know him njegov lastni brat ga ni spoznal; (izza the, this, that ali svojilnega zaimka) ta (oni itd.) isti, prav
the very day I arrived prav na dan, ko sem prispel
the very thing baš tisto pravo
that very day prav (še) istega dne
in this very room prav v tej sobi
at this very place prav na tem mestu
at the very end prav na koncu
from very egoism iz samega (čistega) egoizma
in the very heart of Europe prav v srcu Evrope
this is the very thing I want prav to potrebujem
it is the very last thing to do to je prav zadnja stvar, ki jo je treba narediti; čisti, pravi, točen
the very opposite čisto(pravo) nasprotje
on the very same day točno istega dne; (redko) legitimen, zakonit

ves vsa, vse all; whole; entire; total; complete

mi vsi all of us
vse, razen... all but...
vsa Slovenija all Slovenia
vsa dežela the whole country
po vsej Angliji all over England
vsa Evropa all Europe, the whole of Europe
po vsem svetu all over the world
na vseh straneh on all sides
vsa družba the whole (ali all the) company
vsa moja družina je tu all my family are here
(skozi) ves dan all day long, the whole day long
vsi in vsak all and sundry
vse moje življenje all my life
v vseh ozirih in all respects
po vseh štirih on all fours
vse mogoče all sorts, all kinds (of)
za ves svet ne not for all the world
z vso (možno) hitrostjo with all speed
vse mesto je bilo tam the whole town was there
vse je zaman it is all in vain, it is all to no avail
to je vse, kar lahko storim zate that's all I can do for you
vsi trije so krivi they are all three guilty
delati vso noč to work all night
preživeli smo skoraj ves julij na deželi we spent nearly the whole of July in the country
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with fury
on je vse prej kot pošten he is anything but honest
hiša je vsa iz kamna the house is entirely of stone
to je vse, kar lahko rečem that is all I can say
prebral sem vso knjigo I have read the book from cover to cover
pripravljeni smo storiti vse zanj we are ready to do anything for him
razpravljati o vsem mogočem, samo ne o politiki to discuss anything but politics
tresti se po vsem telesu to tremble all over
ne delaj si skrbi, vse se bo uredilo! don't worry, it'll be all right!

vesêlje joy, gaiety; joyfulness; gladness; pleasure; delight

komu v vesêlje to the delight (ali to the joy) of someone
z vesêljem with plesure
solze vesêlja tears pl of joy
kvarilec vesêlja killjoy, wet blanket
bil je ves iz sebe od vesêlja he could not contain himself for joy
imam veliko vesêlje s svojimi otroki my children give (ali afford) me much pleasure
ne maram vam kvariti vesêlja I won't spoil your pleasure
radi bi ji napravili nekaj vesêlja we would like to give her some pleasure
skakati od vesêlja to leap for joy
z vesêljem sem sprejel vaše vabilo I gladly accepted your invitation
vriskati od vesêlja to shout with joy

vesláti to row; pesniško to oar; to paddle; to scull

on dobro vesla he pulls a good oar
na vse kriplje vesláti to bend to the oars
veslaje se pomikati to oar one's way

vessel [vesl] samostalnik
posoda, skleda
figurativno nosilec
navtika ladja, plovni objekt
aeronavtika zračna ladja
medicina žila
botanika cevčica

blood vessel krvna žila
passenger vessel potniška ladja
war vessel vojna ladja
weaker vessel Biblija ženska
he burst a vessel žila mu je počila, kap ga je zadela

vést² conscience

brez vésti conscienceless
čista vést clear (ali good) conscience
slaba vést guilty (ali bad) conscience
z mirno vestjo with an easy conscience
proti moji vésti contrary to my conscience
kosmata vést elastic conscience
glas vésti the voice of conscience
izpraševanje vésti examination of one's conscience
grizenje vésti twinges pl of conscience, pangs pl of remorse, qualms pl of conscience, scruples pl
oseba, človek brez vésti conscienceless (ali unscrupulous, unconscionable, unprincipled) person
za pomirjenje vésti for conscience(') sake
izprašati si vést to examine one's conscience
imeti koga na vésti to have someone on one's conscience
imeti kosmato vést to have an easy-going conscience
vest ga grize his conscience is bothering him
ima dva umora na vésti he has two murders on his conscience
ne maram imeti tega na vésti I don't want to have that on my conscience
vést me peče I am conscience-stricken; my conscience is tormenting me (ali is giving me no peace), I am stung with remorse
vést ga je pekla his conscience troubled him, he had qualms of conscience, he was conscience-stricken
olajšati si vést to get something off one's conscience
pomiriti si vést to appease (ali to soothe, to salve, to quieten) one's conscience
z mirno véstjo lahko to storite you may do it with an easy conscience

vestige [véstidž] samostalnik
sled; odtis noge; (pre)ostanek; znak
figurativno slaba sled; mrvica, trohica
biologija rudiment, okrnek, okrnel ud ali organ

vestiges of old customs sledovi, ostanki starih šeg
not a vestige of truth niti sledu resnice
he hasn't a vestige of common sense niti trohice zdrave pameti nima
a human being has the vestige of a tail človeško bitje ima okrnek repa

vešála gallows pl, gallows tree, gibbet

zrel za vešála ripe for the gallows, fit for the gibbet
dati, obesiti na vešála to hang on the gallows
obsoditi, poslati na vešála to send to the gallows
priti na vešála to finish up on the gallows
umreti na vešálih to die on the gallows
zaslužiti vešála to deserve hanging
za to bo prišel na vešála he will hang for it

vexation [vekséišən] samostalnik
nevšečnost, neprijetnost, sitnost; nadlegovanje, nadloga; jeza, nevolja, srd, muka; zbadanje, šikaniranje, draženje; skrb, vznemirjenje; veksacija

he was subjected to many vexations imel je mnogo sitnosti

vice¹ [váis] samostalnik
pregreha, pregrešnost, pokvarjenost, sprijenost, razvratnost, nemoralno življenje; napaka, grda navada, razvada, slabost; (telesna) hiba; izroditev, spačenost (stila)

my horse has one vice, he can't stand blinkers moj konj ima eno hibo, ne more prenašati plašnic
to inveigh against the vices bičati razvratnost, pregrehe