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žréb lot

z žrébom by lot
žréb ga je določil the lot fell upon him
žréb odloči the draw decides
žréb naj odloči med nama! let us draw lots!
vleči, vreči žréb za... to draw, to cast lots for...

ballot¹ [bǽlət] samostalnik
volilna kroglica; glasovnica; tajno glasovanje, volitve; žrebanje; oddani glasovi; žreb; bala (30 do 50 kg)

to take a ballot, to elect (ali vote) by ballot glasovati
ameriško Australian ballot nevezana kandidatna lista
single ballot soglasna izvolitev
by ballot z glasovanjem
second (ali final) ballot ožja volitev

draw² [drɔ:] samostalnik
vlečenje, potegljaj; žrebanje, žreb
sleng privlačnost
trgovina vrnitev uvozne carine; neodločna bitka ali igra
ameriško spuščanje, globina

lot¹ [lɔt] samostalnik
žreb, usoda; del, delež
ameriško parcela, zemljišče, gradbišče
ekonomija del, partija, gotova količina blaga; (posamičen) predmet na dražbi
pogovorno velika množina, kup; skupina, družba, vsi skupaj
pogovorno človek, stvar

a lot; ali lots and lots; ali lots veliko, mnogo
a lot you care! v mar ti je!
ekonomija in lots vsa partija, vse blago skupaj
a bad lot neznačajnež, razvpit človek
a building lot gradbena parcela
by lot z žrebom
to cast (ali draw) lots for vreči žreb, žrebati za
to cast (ali throw) in one's lot with deliti s kom usodo
the lot came to (ali fell upon) him žreb ga je določil
to fall to s.o.'s lot pripasti komu kot delež
to have no part nor lot in ne biti udeležen pri čem
my lot moja usoda
pogovorno the lot vsi; vse
that's the lot to je vse
scot and lot do zadnje pare

sort¹ [so:t] samostalnik
zastarelo usoda; žreb; prerokovanje (z žrebom)

toss¹ [tɔs] samostalnik
metanje (v zrak); met, lučaj; premetavanje (sem in tja); stresanje; metanje žreba, žreb(anje)
zastarelo nemir, razburjenje; padec (zlasti s konja)

full toss šport točen met
pitch and toss metanje novca v zrak (igra)
to be in a toss biti razburjen
to take a toss biti vržen, pasti iz sedla, s konja
to win the toss dobiti pri žrebanju, pri metanju novca v zrak

vréči to throw, to fling; to hurl; (mrežo, sidro, kocko) to cast; (pri izpitu) to pluck

nazaj vréči to throw back
vréči na tla to throw (ali to fling) down
vréči pogled na to glance at
vréči kamen v psa to throw a stone at a dog
vréči mrežo to cast a net
proč vréči to throw away, to discard
vréči novec v zrak to toss a coin
vréči komu kaj to fling something at someone
vréči v ječo to fling into prison, to cast (ali to clap) in prison
vréči vrv komu (figurativno) to throw a rope to someone
ven vréči to turn out, pogovorno to chuck out (koga someone)
vréči žreb to cast lots
vréči puško v koruzo (figurativno) to hang up one's ax(e), to throw in the towel (ali the sponge)
vréči komu kaj v obraz (= očitati mu) to throw (ali to fling) something in someone's teeth
vréči koga iz službe to sack someone, to give someone the sack, to dismiss, ZDA to fire someone
vréči pismo v nabiralnik to drop a letter into a pillar box
vréči komu polena pod noge (figurativno) to put a spoke in someone's wheel
vréči (metati) slabo luč na koga to bring discredit (up)on someone
vréči komu žogo to throw a ball to someone
vréči se to throw oneself, to fling oneself
vréči se po kom (figurativno) to take after someone, to resemble someone
vréči se na delo to throw oneself into a task (ali a job)
vréči se v kaj (figurativno) to fling oneself into something
vréči se komu v naročje to fling oneself into someone's arms
vréči se komu k nogam to throw oneself at someone's feet
vréči se na to throw oneself upon, to fall upon, (lotiti se) to tackle
trije možje so se vrgli nanj three men pounced upon him
vréči se na sovražnika to rush (ali to dash) at the enemy