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pa [pa:] samostalnik
pogovorno oče, papa

pa and; but, however

pa četudi (al)though, even though
pa tudi (celó) če even if...
pa dobro well then
pa vendar (and) yet, still, nevertheless, but yet, for all that, notwithstanding
pa naj bo! then let it be!
kaj pa je? what is the matter (here)?
pa kaj zato (potem)? what of it?, so what?
moj oče pa moja mati my father and my mother
pa to je jasno! why, that is clear!
tako pravijo, pa jaz tega ne verjamem so they say, but I (myself) do not believe it
on lahkó to stori, pa vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
prosili smo ga, on pa tega ni hotel storiti we asked him, but he would not do it
pa tudi če bi tako bilo... even so...

ôče father; pogovorno papa, pa, governor, pater

cerkveni ôčetje Fathers pl of the Church
brez ôčeta fatherless
krušni ôče foster father, fosterer
stari ôče grandfather
očetje (predniki) fathers pl, pesniško sires pl
on je čisto kot ôče he is a chip off the old block
vreči se po ôčetu to take after one's father
on je izrezan ôče (figurativno) he is the very spit and image (ali spitting image, exact likeness) of his father
kakor ôče, tako sin like father, like son

and [ænd, ənd, ən] veznik
in, ter, pa tudi

both... and tako ... kakor
bread and butter kruh z maslom
coffee and milk bela kava
some good and ten dobrih deset
and so forth, and so on in tako dalje
and how! pa še kako!
miles and miles neskončno daleč
nice and warm prijetno toplo
to come and see obiskati

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

delegate¹ [déligit] samostalnik
odposlanec, -nka, pooblaščenec, -nka, delegat(ka)
ameriško zastopnik, ki sme sodelovati pri debati, ne pa pri glasovanju

House of Delegates zakonodajni zbor federalnih držav Virginije, Zahodne Virginije in Marylanda

pace³ [péisi] predlog
z dovoljenjem, pa brez zamere

pace Mr. Brown z dovoljenjem gospoda Browna

passim [pǽsim] prislov
latinsko tu pa tam, na različnih mestih (v knjigi)

rarely [rɛ́əli] prislov
redko, včasih, redkokdaj, tu pa tam; nenavadno, izredno, nadvse; izvrstno, sijajno

rarely beautiful prekrasen

sometimes [sʌ́mtaimz] prislov
včasih, tu pa tam, ob priliki

sometimes gay, sometimes sad enkrat vesel, enkrat žalosten

sporadic [spɔrǽdik] pridevnik (sporadically prislov)
sporadičen, raztresen, ki se najde tu pa tam
medicina posamezen, osamljen (primer bolezni)

stationary [stéišənəri]

1. pridevnik (stationarily prislov)
nepremičen, mirujoč, nespremenljiv, stalen; ki ne napreduje, ne raste; stacionaren, ki stagnira; ki se javlja le tu pa tam (ponekod)

stationary AA vojska nepremičen letalski top
stationary diseases lokalne bolezni (ki so posledica atmosferskih razmer)
stationary run šport tek na mestu
to remain stationary ostati (biti) nespremenjen

2. samostalnik
oseba, ki ostane na nekem mestu
figurativno konservativec
množina stalna vojaška posadka, garnizija

stray¹ [stréi]

1. samostalnik
(domača) žival, ki je zašla, zablodila, se izgubila; brezdomec, klatež
množina radio atmosferske motnje
pravno premoženje umrlega, ki pride v last države, ker ni dediča; blago brez lastnika

waifs and strays otroci brez doma, ptički brez gnezda

2. pridevnik
zablodel, ki je zašel, se izgubil, brezdomen; osamljen, posamezen, poedin, tu pa tam kateri; raztresen, razmetan, razkropljen, ki se najde tu pa tam, ki se javlja od časa do časa; slučajen

a stray dog zatečen pes
a stray remark slučajna opazka
one or two stray customers eden ali dva slučajna (osamljena) odjemalca

about¹ [əbáut] prislov
naokoli, naokrog, nekje v bližini; približno

all about povsod
about and about sem ter tja, tu pa tam; ameriško zelo podobno, enako
to be about biti razširjen, prisostvovati; biti v teku; biti pokonci; biti zdrav
to be about to do s.th. pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to bring about povzročiti, uresničiti, dokazati
to come about pripetiti, zgoditi se
vojska, ameriško about face poln obrat, na desno!
to hang about potepati se v bližini
vojska left about! na levo!
a long way about velik ovinek
much about več ali manj
vojska right about! na desno!
pogovorno about right še kar prav
rumours are about govori se, širijo se govorice
to send to the right about zapoditi, ošteti koga
to set about to do s.th. lotiti se česa, začeti kaj
vojska about turn poln obrat; na levo; ameriško na desno
what are you about? kaj počneš?, kaj nameravaš?
mind what you are about pazi se

ámen amen

in ámen, pa ámen amen that's that
reči ámen k (odobriti) to say amen to

approach² [əpróuč] samostalnik
bližanje, dostop, pot, vhod; zbliževanje; poskus; ukrep; stališče; način obdelave
(golf) igra okoli jamice

it was his nearest approach to crying malo je manjkalo, pa bi se bil zjokal
at the approach of day ob jutranji zarji
easy of approach lahko dostopen
to make the first approach narediti prvi korak
the castle is approached by this road do gradu se pride po tejle cesti

balansírati to balance; to poise (oneself)

kaj pa balansiraš? why can't you decide?

beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

bédast stupid, silly, foolish; simple, idiotic ZDA pogovorno dumb; soft-headed; dull; brainless; ridiculous

nisem tako bédast! I know better!
tako bédast pa nisem I am not such a fool
bédast kot noč as stupid as a donkey, as thick as a plank
bilo je bédasto od mene it was very stupid of me
ta bédasti natakar that fool of a waiter

between² [bitwí:n] predlog
med

between the devil and the deep sea, between two fires med Scilo in Karibdo, med dvema ognjema
between you and me and the bed (ali gate) post strogo zaupno
between you and me (pogovorno I), between ourselves med nama povedano
between two stools med dvema stoloma
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
hit between wind and water zadet na občutljivem mestu
between whiles (ali times) tu pa tam
between hay and grass ne tič ne miš, niti eno niti drugo
they had no penny between (the two of) them niti eden niti drugi nista imela prebite pare
between stations na odprti progi
we have bought it between us kupila sva to skupaj