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žál

1. (medmet) alas; what a pity!

2. prislov unfortunately, regretfully

žál jutri ne morem priti I am sorry I shall not be able to come tomorrow
nič žalega mu nisem storil I have done him no harm
on ne bi muhi storil nič žalega he wouldn't hurt a fly
ni mi žál nobenega truda I don't mind (taking) any amount of trouble
žál ne morem ustreči tvoji želji I am sorry I cannot comply with your request
žál (na žalost) ne moremo tega napraviti unfortunately that can't be done
žál moram reči I regret (ali I am sorry) to say
žál vidim, da... I am sorry to see that...
žál moram iti I am afraid I have to go
žál mi je zanj I am sorry for him, I pity him
žál beseda offensive word
žál ne I am afraid not

alas [əlá:s, əlǽs] medmet
ojoj, žal

muffler [mʌ́flə] samostalnik
žal
tehnično glušnik, dušilec; boksarska rokavica; palčnik (rokavica)

unhappily [ʌnhǽpili] prislov
nesrečno; na nesrečo; žal

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

afraid [əfréid] povedkovnik pridevnik (of)
prestrašen, boječ; zaskrbljen

to be afraid of s.th. bati se česa
to make afraid prestrašiti
pogovorno I am afraid žal, na žalost, oprostite
I am afraid not žal ne

če if; in case

če ne unless, if not
razen če except when, except if, unless
tudi če even if
celó če even if, even supposing that; though
če že as long as
če slučajno if by chance
če ne bi bilo but for
on bi bil umrl, če ne bi bilo mene he would have died but for me
če le (samó da) provided that
če le pride provided that he comes
če le ni drugače predpisano po zakonu unless otherwise provided by the law
če ne bi bilo... were it not for...
vstani, če ne ne (= sicer) boš zamudil vlak get up, or else you'll miss the train
stori to takoj, če ne ti bo žal do it at once, or else you'll be sorry

drugáče otherwise; in another (ali different) way (ali manner); differently (od from)

takó ali drugáče somehow; one way or other
drugáče (v drugih ozirih) in other respects; (sicer) else
to je čisto drugáče it is quite difrerent, pogovorno it's not at all like that
v mojem primeru je (ravno) drugáče in my case the boot is on the other foot
čisto drugáče (ravno nasprotno) just the other way, just the other way round
če ni drugáče možno if there is no other way
na to gledam čisto drugáče I look upon it in quite a different light
drugáče misliti to differ in opinion
sedaj drugáče misliti to have second thoughts
drugáče postopati, ravnati kot sicer (običajno) to act differently than usual
ne morem drugáče, kot da se smejem I can't help laughing
stôri to takoj, drugáče (sicer) ti bo žal do it at once, or you'll regret it (ali you'll be sorry)

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

grudge¹ [grʌdž]

1. neprehodni glagol (at)
renčati, godrnjati, biti nezadovoljen

2. prehodni glagol (to)
zavidati, ne privoščiti, zameriti, imeti koga na piki; očitati

to grudge the time ne privoščiti si časa
to grudge no pains ne biti žal nobenega truda

mêni to me

kakor ti mêni, tako jaz tebi play ball with me and I'll play ball with you, arhaično claw me, and I'll claw thee
mêni je žal I am sorry
mêni ga je žal I pity him, I am sorry for him
mêni je drago I am glad (ali pleased)
mêni na ljubo to please me, on (ali ZDA in) my behalf
mêni se zdi it seems (ali appears) to me
mêni je do tega, da (ga vidim) I am anxious to (see him), I insist on (seeing him)
danes mêni, jutri tebi today is ours, tomorrow is yours

mórati to have to, to be obliged (ali forced, compelled) to; to be bound

vlak mora priti ob petih the train is due at five
moram I must
to mora še priti that is still (ali yet) to come
tu mora biti kaka napaka there must be some mistake
to bi ti moral vedeti you ought to know that
to bi mi ti moral poprej povedati you ought to have told me that before
to bi moralo biti (do) sedaj že pripravljeno it ought to be ready by now
zdravniki so mu morali odrezati nogo the doctors had (ali have had) to amputate his leg
moral je oditi (= najbrž je odšel) he must have left, I suppose he is gone
on mora vedno prepozno priti he always has to be late
moram se smejati, ko (če) (vidim) I cannot help laughing when (I see)...
žal mi je, da moram reči... I am sorry to say...
mora biti bolan he must be ill, most likely he is ill, he is presumably ill
to mora biti it is unavoidable
on mora vedno imeti zadnjo besedo he always will have the last word
moral je umreti he was doomed to die
tudi če bi moral umreti, bi še vedno rekel... even though I were to die for it, I would still say...
to knjigo morate (nujno) brati this book is a must for you
mora biti (= gotovo je čez) 70 let star he must be over seventy

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

poznáti to know (koga someone), to be acquainted (with someone), to be familiar (with someone)

samo po videzu ga poznam I know him only by sight
poznáti po imenu to know by name
že več let ga poznam I have known him for years
poznamo jih že pet let we have known them for five years
ne hoteti poznáti koga to cut someone, to turn one's back on someone, to give someone the cold shoulder, to cold-shoulder someone
ne poznáti (ne vedeti za) to be ignorant of, to be a stranger to
ne poznam strahu I am devoid of fear
on ne pozna težav he is ignorant of the difficulties, he does not know the difficulties
pozna se mu na obrazu, da je utrujen one can see by his face that he is tired
ne poznajo se mu leta he does not look his age
žal vas (jaz) ne poznam you have the advantage of me

prebudíti prebújati to wake (up), to awaken, to awake; to arouse, to rouse (tudi figurativno)

prebudíti, prebújati se to wake (up), to awake, to be awakened (ali roused), to rouse
hrup me je prebudil the noise woke me up
vso hišo boš prebudil you'll wake the whole house
hrup, ki bi prebudil mrtvece a noise to waken the dead
žal mi je, da sem vas prebudil I am sorry I woke you up
prebudíti, prebújati iz letargije (apatije) to arouse from lethargy (apathy), to shake someone out of his lethargy
narava se prebudi spomladi nature wakes in spring

regret¹ [rigrét] samostalnik
obžalovanje, kesanje, kes; skrb (for za)
opravičevanje; žalost, bolečina, bolest; razočaranje

with regret z obžalovanjem, nerad
to my regret na moje obžalovanje
it is a regret to me žal mi je, obžalujem
to express one's regret izraziti svoje obžalovanje
I expressed (I sent) my regret for refusing opravičil sem se, ker sem odklonil
I declined with much regret (with many regrets) odklonil sem z največjim obžalovanjem
I have to refuse with much regret na svojo veliko žalost (obžalovanje) moram odkloniti
to have no regret ne obžalovati
to hear with regret z obžalovanjem slišati (zvedeti)

regret² [rigrét] prehodni glagol
obžalovati; kesati se; želeti, da se nekaj ne vrne; žalovati za čem, z obžalovanjem misliti na

I regret to say žal moram reči
his health, I regret to say, is not good njegovo zdravje žal ni dobro
it is to be regretted that... treba je obžalovati, da..., škoda, da...
it is much to be regretted vsega obžalovanja je vredno
to regret one's young years z obžalovanjem (žalostjo) misliti na svoja mlada leta

repent [ripént] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obžalovati, kesati se (of česa)

I have nothing to repent ničesar nimam obžalovati
I repent me of all I did vsega se kesam, kar sem naredil
he repented of his ingratitude obžaloval je svojo nehvaležnost
you shall repent it! obžaloval boš (žal ti bo za) to!
to repent one's words obžalovati svoje besede
arhaično it repents me that I did it kesam se, žal mi je, da sem to storil

rés true; truly, really, indeed, in fact

je to rés? is that true?
rés? really?, indeed?, ZDA you don't say?, is that so?
rés je, da... the truth is that...
ali ni rés? is it not so?; don't you think so?
Sestra je bolna - Res? My sister is ill - Is she?
obljubil je, da pride, in rés je prišel he promised to come, and he did come
Dobil sem pismo iz ZDA. - Res? I got a letter from the U.S.A. - Did you?
ali rés verjameš to zgodbo? do you really (ali actually) believe that story?
rés mi je žal I am truly sorry

say^*1 [séi]

1. prehodni glagol
reči, izjaviti, govoriti (kaj); izreči, izgovoriti, povedati, izraziti; navesti, omeniti, trditi; obljubiti; deklamirati
pogovorno domnevati, vzeti (da...)

2. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, praviti; pomeniti; odločiti se; biti napisano

so said so done, no sooner said than done rečeno--storjeno
sad to say obžalovanja vredno, žal
I say! slišiš! čuj!, hej!
I dare say zelo verjetno; (često slabšalno), (kakor) mislim
it is hard to say težko je reči
it is said, they say govori se, pravijo
he is said to be ill baje (pravijo, da) je bolan
let us say recimo
(let us) say this happens vzemimo (recimo), da se to zgodi
said I?, pogovorno says I? sleng kajne?, ali ni res?
say it with flowers sleng povejte to obzirno, vljudno!
I'll give you say five days to do it dal vam bom recimo pet dni, da to napravite
period of say 10 years doba recimo 10 let
a country, say India dežela kot (npr.) Indija
that is to say to se pravi, to je, to pomeni, z drugimi besedami
a sum of 50 pounds (say fifty pounds) vsota 50 funtov (z besedami: fifty pounds)
this is saying a great deal to se že nekaj pravi, to že nekaj pove
you don't say so! česa ne poveste!, je to mogoče?
what do you say to that? kaj pravite k temu?
to say a good word for reči dobro besedo za
to say Mass cerkev brati mašo
to say no more da ne rečem(o) nič več
to say no reči ne, odkloniti, odbiti, zanikati
to say nothing of... da molčimo o..., kaj šele
to say one's prayers opraviti svoje molitve
to say yes reči da, odobriti
to have s.th. to say to (with) imeti nekaj reči, povedati k (pri)
he has nothing to say for himself on je redkobeseden (skromen, nepomemben) človek
to hear say slišati govoriti
what I say is... po mojem mišljenju
when all is said and done skratka, konec koncev
to say the word povedati (reči) geslo
so to say tako rekoč