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hammer at neprehodni glagol
kovati, tolči, razbijati po čem
figurativno naporno delati za kaj, truditi se s čim

serve² [sə:v]

1. prehodni glagol
služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
servirati (jed)
šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
to serve one's country služiti domovini
to serve the devil služiti satanu
dinner is served večerja je na mizi
there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
to serve a gun vojska streči topu
if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
to serve the time prilagoditi se času
to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

2. neprehodni glagol
služiti, biti v službi
vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
to serve in the army služiti v vojski
to serve at table streči pri mizi
to serve as an example služiti za zgled
he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)

sweat² [swet] neprehodni glagol
znojiti se, potiti se (with od)
figurativno, pogovorno mučiti se, garati, delati za bedno plačo
figurativno biti v strahu
pogovorno pokoriti se, trpeti kazen
pogovorno peniti se (od jeze)
prehodni glagol
izznojiti, izločati kapijice znoja (krvi, smole itd.); oznojiti, (koga); prepotiti (obleko), prisiliti k znojenju; prisiliti (koga), da dela za bedno plačo, izkoriščati koga; obrisati znoj (s konja itd.)
figurativno kesati se (for za)
podvreči vrenju (kože, tobak itd.); obrusiti (zlatnike) s tresenjem v vreči (da dobimo zlat prah); lotati, spajkati, stapljati (kovine) (in, on z)

sweated goods (clothes) blago, izdelki (obleka), ki jih izdelajo bedno plačani delavci
sweated labour bedno plačana delovna sila
he must sweat for it za to se mora pokoriti
he shall sweat for it obžaloval bo to
to sweat blood krvavi pot potiti, mučiti se, garati
to sweat the probationers in a hospital izkoriščati stažiste v bolnici
the walls sweat zidovi se poté

take in prehodni glagol
sprejeti, vzeti (najemnike, goste itd.); popeljati (k mizi); delati (kaj) za koga; vključiti; zmanjšati, zožiti (obleko); zviti (jadro)
figurativno motriti, opaziti, spoznati
pogovorno prevarati, oslepariti, ogoljufati; biti naročen, aboniran (na časopis itd.); zavze(ma)ti, okupirati
avtomobilizem vzeti (bencin)
trgovina kupovati (blago); izkupiti, prejeti (denar); (vse) verjeti, za resnico vzeti

she takes in washing ona pere za druge
to take in gas (E petrol) vzeti bencin (na črpalki)
to take in a lady in to dinner peljati damo v jedilnico k večerji

common¹ [kɔ́mən] pridevnik (commonly prislov)
skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgaren

to make common cause with podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvar
sleng common or garden zelo vsakdanji, šablonski
glasba common chord trozvok
slovnica common gender dvojni spol
by common consent soglasno
the common herd plebejci
common noun občno ime
Court of common Pleas civilnopravno sodišče
common rights človeške pravice
common salt kuhinjska sol
common weal splošna blaginja
common woman pocestnica

délati to work, to be at work; to do; to make; to manufacture; (biti zaposlen) to be employed (funkcionirati) to function

težko délati to toil, to labour
délati za koga to work for someone
kaj delaš (sedajle)? what are you doing (now)?
délati v akordu to be a pieceworker, to do piecework
nimam kaj délati I have no work to do
délati kot črna živina to work like a nigger (ali like a slave)
delati na čem to work on something, to be busy with something, to be engaged on something
délati po navodilih to act (ali to proceed) according to instructions (ali as instructed), to follow the instructions
on dela le za svojo korist he looks only after his own interests
prekomerno délati to overwork someone
délati napake to make mistakes
délati krivico komu to do wrong to someone
délati za vsakdanji kruh to work for one's daily bread
on dela na svojo roko figurativno he is not authorized to act; pogovorno he's acting off his own bat
dela po svoji mili volji he has his own way, he pleases himself
površno délati to botch, to bungle
délati kot mravlja a to be busy as a bee
délati sitnosti to cause trouble
délati težave to make difficulties
stroj dela the machine is working (ali running)
stroj ne dela (je brez dela) the machine is idle, (je pokvarjen) the machine is out of order
trdo délati to work hard, to labour, to toil, to drudge
pri kom si dajete délati obleke? who is your tailor?
dan se dela it is dawn, it is daybreak, day is dawning
délati se (pretvarjati se) to pretend, to make pretence, to feign
dela se bolnega he pretends to be ill
dela se neumnega he plays the fool
dela se gluhega he pretends he is deaf
délati se norca iz koga to make fun of someone, to make a fool of someone
dela se bogatega he pretends to be rich, he makes believe he is rich
delal sem se jeznega I pretended to be angry
delal se je, kot da ničesar ne vidi he pretended to see nothing
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé arhaično no mill, no meal

štíri four

po štíri in štíri four by four
po vseh štírih on hands and knees
med štírimi očmi in private, confidentially, (med nama) between ourselves, between you and me, this is for your private ear
ura še ni štíri it isn't four (o'clock) yet
biti štíri leta star to be four (years old)
jesti za štíri to eat like a wolf
piti za štíri to drink like a fish
delati za štíri to work like a nigger
lesti po vseh štíriih to creep (ali to go) on all fours
upirati se z vsemi štírimi to oppose with might and main