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dopovédati

dopovédati komu kaj to make someone understand something; to teach someone better; to make the matter clear to someone
ni si pustil dopovédati he could not be brought to understand

undeceive [ʌndisí:v] prehodni glagol
odpreti (komu) oči; dopovedati komu, da nima prav; uničiti (komu) iluzije

better³ [bétə] prislov
bolje, primerneje

to be better bolje se počutiti
to be better off biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejši
I had better start bolje bi bilo, če bi že začel
you had better not bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujem
I know better ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nos
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjameš
so much the better, all the better tem bolje
to get better okrevati
I like it none the better for it zato mi ni nič ljubši
he always knows better nič si ne da dopovedati
I thought better of it bolje sem si premislil

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

insinuate [insínjueit] prehodni glagol
neopazno vriniti, podtakniti, podtikati, vtihotapiti (into v)
nakazati, namigovati, cikati na kaj

to insinuate s.th. into the mind of s.o. vbiti komu kaj v glavo, dopovedati komu kaj
to insinuate o.s. into vriniti se, prikrasti se
to insinuate o.s. into the favour of s.o. prilizniti se komu

teach^* [ti:č] prehodni glagol
učiti, poučevati; naučiti, priučiti; (u)vežbati, navajati; dresirati, trenirati
neprehodni glagol
poučevati, biti učitelj, učiteljevati
ameriško učiti na

to teach s.o. manners (na)učiti koga manir
to teach s.o. better figurativno dopovedati komu
to teach s.o. to whistle naučiti koga žvižgati
I will teach him a lesson figurativno naučil ga bom, mu bom že pokazal
I will teach you to steal! pogovorno te bom že naučil krasti!
my brother teaches school moj brat uči na šoli
you can't teach an old dog new tricks figurativno kar smo v mladosti zamudili, ne moremo v starosti nadoknaditi