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talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

talk up prehodni glagol
pogovorno odkrito povedati; hvaliti, delati reklamo za

he is always talking up that watering place on ne neha delati reklame za ono (slatinsko) zdravilišče

tall [tɔ:l]

1. pridevnik
visok, visoke postave; dolg in tanek; vitek; velik
pogovorno bahav, bahaški, širokousten; pretiran, neverjeten; fantastičen, kolosalen, nenavaden
zastarelo lep, krasen, drzen; spreten

tall hat cilinder (pokrivalo)
a tall story neverjetna ali komaj verjetna zgodba
he is six feet tall on je šest čevljev visok
a tall talk bahavo govorjenje, bahanje
I am tired of his tall talk naveličan (sit) sem njegovega širokoustenja
that is a tall order to je pretirana zahteva, preveč zahtevano

2. prislov
bahavo, ošabno, prevzetno, domišijavo, naduto

to talk tall širokoustiti se, bahati se, postavljati se

tánek -nka, -o thin; tenuous; (vitek) slim, slender

tánko črevo small intestine
tánki dohodki modest income
človek s tánkimi dohodki a man of modest means
tánek, -nka, -o stas slender waist
tánko preden thinspun
tánka hrana slender diet
na tánkem ledu (figurativno) on thin ice
tánka mu prede (figurativno) he is badly off, he has a thin time

tangle [tæŋgl]

1. samostalnik
zamotanost; zavozlanje, zaplet, zapletenost; zmešnjava, zmeda

tangle of hair zamršeni lasje
his business is in a tangle njegovo poslovanje je v največjem neredu

2. prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamešati, zmešati, zavozlati, zamršiti, zamotati; komplicirati; preplesti (with z)

a tangled business zamotana, komplicirana zadeva
neprehodni glagol ((tudi tangle up)
zamotati se, zaplesti se, z(a)mešati se, zavozlati se; komplicirati se; spustiti se (v boj)

only a few planes dared to tangle with the allied fleets le malo letal se je upalo zaplesti (spustiti se) v boj z zavezniškimi zračnimi flotiljami

tap¹ [tæp] samostalnik
(vodovodna, plinska itd.) pipa; čep, veha (pri sodu itd.); nastavljen sod
pogovorno pijača, vrsta pijače
pogovorno tip, vrsta
medicina cevka, cevčica
tehnično sveder za vrtanje; navoj vijaka
pogovorno krčma, pivnica, točilnica
tehnično odcep(ek)
elektrika odjemalec toka; telefonska naprava za prisluškovanje telefonskih pogovorov

on tap nastavljen (o sodu); figurativno na voljo, v poljubni količini
cask is on tap sod je nastavljen, načet
beer is on tap pivo se toči (iz soda)
hot-(water) tap pipa za toplo vodo
to turn the tap on (off) odpreti (zapreti) pipo

tárnati to lament (za, nad for, over); to moan; to mourn

vnaprej tárnati to cry out before one is hurt

taste¹ [téist] samostalnik
okus (čut, lastnost); pokušanje (jedi); pokušnja; košček (of česa)
zalogaj; požirek, kapljica; priokus; umetniški okus; takt; smer okusa, moda; nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (for za)
zastarelo užitek

a taste malce, nekoliko
out of taste, in bad taste neokusen
not to my taste ne po mojem okusu
bad taste netaktnost
a remark in bad taste netaktna opazka
a taste of garlic okus po česnu
a man of taste človek dobrega okusa
tastes differ okusi so različni
it is the taste now to je zdaj moda
there is no accounting for tastes vsakdo ima svoj okus
it is a matter of taste (to) je stvar okusa
there was a taste of sadness in his remark v njegovi opazki je bil priokus (sled) žalosti
to leave a bad taste in the mouth (zlasti figurativno) pustiti slab okus
to take a taste of s.th. poskusiti grižljaj česa

têbi to you

danes meni, jutri têbi today is ours, tomorrow is yours

tečáj² finance (denarni) exchange rate, rate of exchange; (denar v tečaju) currency

uradni tečáj official rate
nenaden padec tečájev sudden fall in the exchange rate
lista borznih tečájev stock exchange list
tečáj stoji, je al pari the rate stands at par
tečáj funta pada (the exchange rate of) the pound is falling (ali going down, declining)
tečáj funta se dviga (the exchange rate of) the pound is rising (ali going up, improving, advancing)
tečáj dolarja se je le neznatno dvignil the dollar has appreciated just slightly
po tečáju od... at the exchange of...

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

teem¹ [ti:m]

1. neprehodni glagol
mrgoleti, biti prepoln (česa), obilovati; biti preobilen
zastarelo skotiti (o živali); nositi sadeže; zanositi, biti breja

to teem with mrgoleti od, biti poln, bogat s
fish teem in this lake rib mrgoli v tem jezeru
this lake is teeming with fish v tem jezeru je polno rib
this page teems with mistakes na tej strani mrgoli napak
the roads are teeming with people na cestah se tare ljudi

2. prehodni glagol
poleči, skotiti, storiti, povreči (o živini)

teens [ti:nz] samostalnik
množina mlada leta (od 13. do 19. leta starosti)

to be in one's teens biti v starosti pod 20 let (od 13. do 19. leta starosti)
she is out of her teens starejša je kot 19 let

ték² course; (tekmovalen) race; heat; (motorja) run, running

v téku in progress, under way, going on
v téku časa in the course of time
v polnem téku (figurativno) in full swing, in full activity
mrtev, prazen ték avtomobilizem neutral (gear)
hitri ték šport sprint
ték na pol milje half-mile race
maratonski ték marathon
štafetni ték relay race
ték čez zapreke obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
ték čez drn in strn cross-country race
ték na dolge (kratke) proge long-distance (short-distance) race
tekmovanje v téku čez zapreke steeplechase
biti v téku to be going on, to be in progress
stvar je v téku the matter is being dealt with
žetev je v polnem téku harvesting is in full swing
spraviti v ték to set in motion
spustiti se v ték to break into a run
tekmovati v téku to run a race
tekmoval bom s teboj v teku do onega drevesa I'll race you to the tree over there
mrtev, neodločen ték šport dead heat
prazen ték (stroja) backlash

tékmec rival; emulator; competitor, contestant

brez tékmeca without a rival
tékmeca v ljubezni, (v snubljenju) rival lovers (rival suitors)
on nima tékmeca there is no one to match (ali to rival) him

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

tékniti to be to one's taste

to meso mi tekne I like this meat
kosilo mi je teknilo I enjoyed my meal
ta jabolka zelo dobro teknejo these apples taste very good
ta jed mi ne tekne I don't like this dish, this dish is not to my taste
kako vam tekne ta riba? how do you like this fish?
prehlajen sem in nič mi ne tekne (diší) I have a cold and cannot taste anything

telovádba gymnastics pl; athletics pl

jutranja telovádba morning exercise
medicinska, zdravstvena telovádba remedial gymnastics
orodna telovádba gymnastics (performed with apparatus)
pouk telovádbe physical education (krajšava: PE), physical training (krajšava: PT)
učitelj telovádba (v šoli) PE teacher, PT teacher
učenje latinščine je dobra telovádba (figurativno) the study of Latin is good mental training (ali good exercise for the mind)

telovádec; telovádka gymnast

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

temperaménten temperamental, full of temperament (ali spirit, animation, verve), racy, spirited

ona je temperaméntna (pogovorno) she is a live wire