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beséda word; (izraz) expression, term; (izrek) saying; (obljuba) promise

z besédami in writing
z drugimi besédami in other words
z eno besédo in a (ali one) word
beséda ob (ne)pravem času a word in (out of) season
in, niti beséde o tem! Pst! and mum's the word!
in konec besédi! and that's that!
na dan z besédo! (govori!) spit it out!, out with it, man!, ZDA pogovorno talk turkey!
prav s temi besédami in so many words
častna beséda word of honour
častna beséd! word of honour!, upon ali on my honour!, honestly!
nobene beséde več! not another word!
beséda za besédo word for word, literally
ostre beséde harsh (ali angry) words
božja beséda gospel
grde beséde foul language
lepe beséde fair words
prazne beséde empty (ali idle) words
sladke beséde flattering words
izvedena beséda derivative
novo skovana beséda newly coined word
zložena beséda compound word
same beséde! mere words!
enozložna beséda monosyllable
težko izgovorljiva beséda tongue twister
strokovna beséda technical term
zelo zastarela beséda obsolete word
zastarela beséda archaic word, archaism
človek redkih besédi a man of few words
spojena beséda portmanteau word (npr. smog = smoke + fog)
izpeljava besed derivation of words; etymology
tvorba besed word-formation
števec besed telefonija word counter
beséda je o... the point is, the point in question is...
ne biti mož beséda not to keep one's word
on je mož beséda he is a man of his word, he is true to his word
vse to so same prazne beséde that's all idle chatter
pametnemu je ena beséda dovolj a word to the wise
beséda je dala besédo one word led to another
dati svojo (častno) besédo to pledge one's word, to give one's word
dati komu besédo to allow someone to speak
biti mož beséda to keep one's word, to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word
njegova beséda je zakon (figurativno) what he says goes
držati svojo besédo to keep one's word
držal bom svojo besédo I will keep my word
ni držal svoje beséde he went back on his word
imam besédo na jeziku I have the word on the tip of my tongue
ti imaš besédo it is your turn to speak, (na sestanku) you have the floor, you may take the floor
ne dati drugim beséde to monopolize the conversation
imeti zadnjo besédo to have the last word
imeti odločilno (zadnjo) besédo pri to have the final say in
jaz imam zdaj besédo it's my turn now, now I'll have my say
imeti véliko besédo to talk big
on ima glavno besédo he is the spokesman
v tej stvari nimam nobene beséde več I no longer have any say in this matter
od lepih besed še nihče ni bil sit fine words butter no parnips
čim manj je besed, tem bolje je least said soonest mended
izbirati beséde to pick one's words
ni izgubljal, tratil besede o... he wasted no words on...
naglasiti, poudariti besédo to stress (ali to emphasize) a word
zaman izgubljati beséde to waste words
izraziti z besédo to word
niti beséde ni omenil o tem he did not breathe a word of it
odvzeti komu besédo to stop someone from speaking
pasti komu v besédo to interrupt someone, to cut short, pogovorno to chip in
prositi za besédo to beg permission to speak, to ask leave to speak
prosim za besédo! (ZDA) may I have the floor?
oprostite besedi! saving your presence!
prihranite si svoje beséde! save your breath
sploh me ne pusti do beséde he does not let me a word in edgeways
priti do beséde to get a word in edgeways
ne priti z besédo na dan (žargon) to beat about the bush
nisem mogel priti do beséde I couldn't get a word in
prijeti koga za besédo to take someone at his word
ne najdem (ne morem najti) besed I am at a loss for words
tudi beséde resnice ni v tem there is not a word of truth in it
prevračati beséde to quibble over words
lastne beséde človek ne more slišati v tem hrupu in this din you can't hear yourself speak
snesti svojo besédo not to keep one's word, to break one's word
reči dobro besédo za koga to intercede in someone's favour, to say a good word for someone, to plead for someone
premisliti beséde to ponder one's words
skovati besédo to coin a word
ne upati si z besédo na dan žargon to beat about the bush
pretehtati svoje beséde to mind one's p's and q's, to ponder one's words
vzeti komu besédo iz ust to take the words out of someone's mouth
zastaviti svojo besédo arhaično to pledge one's word (ali honour)
zastaviti dobro besédo za koga to put in a word for someone
umakniti svojo besédo to retract one's word, to go back on one's promise
verjeti na besédo to take on trust
ubogati na besédo to obey to the letter
lahko mi verjamete na besédo you may take my word for it; you can believe every word I say
vleči beséde to drawl
tudi beséde ni rekel he never said a word (ali žargon humoristično a dicky bird)
reči besédo o pravem času to drop a timely hint; arhaično to say a word in season
človek se lahkó zanese na njegovo besédo his word is as good as his bond
izvleči se z lepimi besédami to talk one's way out
dobiti besédo to have leave to speak, to be allowed to speak; parlament to catch the Speaker's eye
(takrat) ni znal beséde angleški he could not then speak a word of English
beséde ne ziniti to button up one's mouth
iskal sem to besédo pri več avtorjih I have looked that word up in several authors
beséda ni konj (figurativno) hard words break no bones

counterword [káuntəwə:d] samostalnik
beseda, ki je zaradi pogostne rabe zgubila prvotni pomen

etymon [étimɔn] samostalnik
beseda, iz katere so izpeljane druge

ghost-word [góustwə:d] samostalnik
beseda, ki je ni

palindrome [pǽlindroum] samostalnik
palindrom; beseda, ki se naprej in nazaj enako bere

pejorative [pí:džərətiv]

1. pridevnik
slabšalen, ki podcenjuje, žaljiv, pejorativen

2. samostalnik
pejorativna beseda; beseda, ki je dobila slab pomen

prop-word [prɔ́pwə:d] samostalnik
slovnica beseda, ki dobi samostalniški pomen, če se rabi s pridevnikom

qualifier [kwɔ́lifaiə] samostalnik
šport kdor se kvalificira
slovnica beseda, ki pobliže določa

rhyme¹, rime [ráim] samostalnik
stik, rima; stih; beseda, ki se rima (to na)
(tudi množina) pesem v rimah, pesnitev

without rhyme or reason brez glave in repa, brez smisla, nesmiseln
caudate rhyme, tailed rhyme izmenična rima
double rhyme, female rhyme, feminine rhyme ženska rima
male rhyme, masculine rhyme moška rima
nursery rhymes otroške pesmice
to give rhymes rimati se
to write bad rhymes kovati slabe stihe, pesnikariti

say² [séi] samostalnik
kar je rečeno; izrek, govor, beseda; mnenje, trditev; pravica ali prilika za govorjenje
ameriško zadnja beseda, dokončna odločitev

it is my say! sedaj govorim jaz!, pusti(te) me, da govorim!
who has the say in this matter? kdo ima zadnjo besedo (kdo odloča) v tej zadevi?
to have one's say (to, on) izraziti svoje mnenje (o)
I will have my say povedal bom, kar moram povedati
let him have his say naj pove, kaj misli o tem
to say one's say povedati svoje (mnenje)

shibboleth [šíbəleɵ] samostalnik
beseda, po katere izgovoru se more presoditi, kateri narodnosti kdo pripada
figurativno geslo, znak za prepoznavanje

term¹ [tə:m] samostalnik
termin, strokoven izraz; beseda, izraz
množina izrazi, način izražanja, govor(jenje); termin, rok, čas (doba) trajanja
trgovina plačilni rok, čas dospelosti menice
množina določbe, pogoji (v pogodbi); cena; honorar; odnosi
britanska angleščina kvartal, plačilni dan, termin za plačanje
pravno zasedanje, čas (sodnega) zasedanja; določeni čas posesti (zakupa, najema)
britanska angleščina, univerza trimesečje, trimester; semester
matematika člen
logika pojem
medicina, zastarelo menstruacija
zastarelo mejnik, mejni kamen
geografija skrajna, končna črta ali točka

at term ob določenem terminu
for a term of three years za dobo treh let
in plain terms odkrito, naravnost
on strained terms v napetih odnosih
on easy terms v prijateljskih odnosih
on any terms s katerimikoli pogoji
not on any terms pod nobenimi pogoji, za nobeno ceno
in terms of praise s pohvalnimi besedami
term of office čas službovanja
contradiction in terms protislovje
inclusive terms skupaj s postrežbo, z razsvetijavo
reasonable terms pametne, sprejemljive cene
terms of delivery ekonomija dobavni pogoji
short-term transaction kratkoročna transakcija
technical term strokoven izraz
to be on good (bad) terms with s.o. biti s kom v dobrih (slabih) odnosih
to be on (familiar) terms with s.o. biti prijatelj s kom
to be not on terms with ne imeti odnosov z
to be not on speaking terms with s.o. ne govoriti s kom, biti sprt (skregan) s kom
his terms are very high njegove cene so zelo visoke
what are your terms? kakšne so vaše cene? kaj zahtevate?
to bring s.o. to terms naložiti komu svoje pogoje
to come to terms popustiti, odnehati
to make terms, to come to terms with s.o. pogoditi se, sporazumeti se s kom
to set a term to s.o. staviti komu termin
to speak in flattering terms of laskavo se izražati o

univocal [ju:nivóukl]

1. pridevnik
enopomenski; nedvoumen, jasen

2. samostalnik
beseda, ki ima samo en pomen

utterance [ʌ́tərəns] samostalnik

1.
izrekanje, izražanje, izraz, način izražanja, izgovor; beseda, govor (često množina)

the utterances of the speaker govornikove besede
to deprive s.o. of utterance odvzeti komu besedo
to give utterance to one's rage dati izraza svoji jezi

2. poetično
skrajnost, smrt

to fight to the utterance boriti se na življenje in smrt, boriti se do konca

verb [və:b] samostalnik
jezikoslovje glagol
zastarelo beseda

copulative, substantive verb kopula, glagol biti

verbalism [və́:bəlizəm] samostalnik
izraz, beseda; fraza, prazne besede; verbalizem, nagnjenje k ustvarjanju besed; dlakocepstvo

vocable [vóukəbl]

1. samostalnik
beseda, izraz, vokabula (npr. v slovarju)

2. pridevnik
izgovorljiv

word¹ [wə:d] samostalnik
beseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor
religija božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija
zastarelo pregovor, (iz)rek, moto
množina pričkanje, prerekanje

the words tekst, libreto
at a word na besedo, takoj
by word of mouth ustno
in so many words dobesedno, (na) kratko
word for word od besede do besede, dobesedno
beyond words neizrazljiv
on the word, with the word na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedo
in a word z eno besedo, skratka
in other words z drugimi besedami
upon my word (of honour)! pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!
my word upon it! pri moji časti! častna beseda!
a word to the wise pametnemu človeku zadostuje ena sama beseda
a word and a blow po besedah takoj pretep (ravs)
a word in (out of) season (ne)primeren nasvet
a word or two beseda ali dve, nekaj besed
big words hvalisanje, širokoustenje
words and deeds besede in dejanja
burning words ognjevite, plamteče besede
fair, good words lepe, laskave besede
high (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words ostre, hude, trde, jezne besede
wild and whirling words divje, nepremišljene besede
my word! prav zares! bogme!
a play upon words besedna igra
too beautiful for words neizrekljive lepote
too silly for words preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumno
to be a man of few words biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedami
to be as good as one's word biti popolnoma zanesljiv
to be better than one's word napraviti več, kot smo obljubili
to be worse than one's word ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedo
to break one's word prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besede
hard words break no bones oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajo
fine words butter no parsnips lepe besede (še) niso dovolj
word came that... zvedelo se je, da...
to eat one's word snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besede
to give one's word dati (svojo) besedo, obljubiti
to hang on s.o.'s words viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušati
to have a word with imeti kratek razgovor z
to have words with pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se z
to have the last word imeti zadnjo besedo
he has not a word to throw at a dog figurativno on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimi
to have no words for ne imeti besed za, ne moči izraziti
to keep one's word držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož beseda
to leave word that... sporočiti, da...
to make no word about ne izgubljati besed o
to proceed from words to blows od besed priti do pretepa
to put in (ali to say) a good word for zastaviti (reči) dobro besedo za
to suit the action to the word od besed takoj preiti na delo
to take s.o. at his word prijeti koga za besedo
I took his word for it nisem dvomil o (verjel sem) njegovi besedi
to retract one's word umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedo
send me word! javi mi, sporoči mi!
to send word of one's arrival obvestiti o svojem prihodu
to waste words tratiti besede, zaman govoriti

antonym [ǽntənim] samostalnik
beseda z nasprotnim pomenom

atonic² [ətɔ́nik] samostalnik
nenaglašena beseda; nenaglašen zlog
medicina zdravilo za pomiritev živcev