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govoríti to speak (o of, about, z to, with); to tell; (pogovarjati se) to talk (z with, to, o about, of, over); to converse; (kramljati) to chat

glasno govoríti to talk loud, to speak in a loud voice
tiho govoríti to speak softly (ali in a soft voice)
govoríti angleški to speak English
slabo govoríti angleški to speak poor (ali broken) English
slabo govoríti o kom to speak ill of someone
kar naprej govoríti to keep (on) talking
odkrito, brez ovinkov govoríti to speak freely
govoríti o tem in onem, o raznem to talk nineteen to the dozen
uglajeno govoríti to be well-spoken
govoríti stenam (figurativno) to talk (ali to be talking) to a brick wall
govoríti o politiki to talk politics
tekoče govoríti to speak fluently
govoríti o čem drugem to change the subject
govoríti resnico to speak the truth, to tell the truth
govoríti brez priprave to speak extempore
govoríti v veter (figurativno) to waste one's breath
govoríti v imenu koga to be the spokesman of, to be the mouthpiece of
govoríti v korist koga to speak on (ali ZDA in) someone's behalf
govoríti polomljeno angleščino to speak broken English, to murder the English language
govoríti neumnosti to talk nonsense
šepetaje govoríti to speak in an undertone, to speak in a whisper
govoríti skozi nos to speak with a nasal twang
govoríti laži to tell lies (ali untruths)
govoríti sam s seboj to soliloquize
govoríti med štirimi očmi s kom to talk with someone in private
govoríti na pamet to speak from memory, to say something by heart (ali by rote)
obširno govoríti o to speak at length about (ali on), to descant, to expatiate on (ali upon)
otročje govoríti to drivel
govoríti kot papiga to parrot
govoríti preučeno za koga to speak above someone's head
govoríti tja v tri dni pogovorno to waffle, žargon to rabbit on
tu se govori angleški (napis) English spoken here
ko (ker) ravno govorimo o... since we are on the subject, since we happen to be talking about...
da niti ne govorimo o... to say nothing of...
ne govorimo več o tem!, nehajmo govoríti o tem! let us change (ali drop) the subject!
mi ne »govorimo« (smo sprti ipd.) we are not on speaking terms
o tem ni vredno govoríti it isn't worth speaking of
ona ne govorita več med seboj (sta sprta) they are no longer on speaking terms
govori! speak up!, speak out, out with it!
on ne more (ne zna) nehati govoríti he can never stop talking, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
(on) govori, kot da bi ga navil he has the gift of the gab, he talks nineteen to the dozen
on malo govori he is a man of few words, (je boječ) he is tongue-tied
z njim se da govoríti he is someone you can talk to
z njim se ne da govoríti (figurativno) he will not listen to reason
po vsem mestu se govori o njih they are the talk of the town
govorilo se je o njegovi demisiji there have been rumours of his resignation
vse mesto govori o tem it is the talk of the town
govori se, da je zelo bogata she is said to be very rich
o njem se mnogo govori he is much talked about
to dejstvo govori zanj this fact tells in his favour
dejstva govoré sama the facts speak for themselves
to govori za in proti that cuts both ways
dejanja govore glasneje kot besede actions speak louder than words
vse govori za to, da... there is every reason to believe that...
to govori proti that tells against it
ne govorite z nikomer o tem! not a word to anyone about this!, keep this to yourself!
začeti govoríti o nekem predmetu to broach a subject
bi lahko govoril z Vami? could I have a word with you?
bi lahko govoril z g. X? could I see Mr. X
govorimo odkrito! let's speak frankly, let's lay (ali put) our cards on the table
kjer se veliko govori, se malo naredi least said, soonest mended
govoríti je srebro, molčati pa zlato the less said, the better
prav tako bi lahko govoril stenam figurativno I might as well speak to a brick wall
ti to meni govoriš! (= kot da jaz tega ne vem) you're telling me!

discourse² [diskɔ́:s] neprehodni glagol (on, upon, of, about)
govoriti, pogovarjati se; obravnati, predavati

militate [míliteit] neprehodni glagol
boriti se, vojskovati se, nasprotovati, govoriti (against proti, in favour of za)

the facts militate this opinion dejstva nasprotujejo temu mnenju, pobijajo to mnenje

parley² [pá:li]

1. neprehodni glagol
pogajati se (with s, z)

2. prehodni glagol
govoriti (zlasti tuj jezik)

pronounce [prənáuns]

1. prehodni glagol
izgovoriti, izgovarjati; izjaviti se za, izreči, povedati svoje mnenje; razglasiti (sodbo)

2. neprehodni glagol
izjaviti se, povedati svoje mnenje (on o)
govoriti, izgovarjati

to pronounce a curse upon prekleti koga

rehearse [rihə́:s] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
recitirati, pripovedovati, ponavljati, govoriti, našte(va)ti
gledališče imeti skušnjo, vaditi

run on neprehodni glagol
kar naprej (dalje), neprestano govoriti; nadaljevati se; preteči; naleteti na; govoriti, razpravljati; teči o; nanašati se na

as the years run on v teku let
to run on a rock zadeti, trčiti v skalo
customs run only on these goods carina se nanaša le na to blago
the conversation ran on politics razgovor je tekel o politiki

say^*1 [séi]

1. prehodni glagol
reči, izjaviti, govoriti (kaj); izreči, izgovoriti, povedati, izraziti; navesti, omeniti, trditi; obljubiti; deklamirati
pogovorno domnevati, vzeti (da...)

2. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, praviti; pomeniti; odločiti se; biti napisano

so said so done, no sooner said than done rečeno--storjeno
sad to say obžalovanja vredno, žal
I say! slišiš! čuj!, hej!
I dare say zelo verjetno; (često slabšalno), (kakor) mislim
it is hard to say težko je reči
it is said, they say govori se, pravijo
he is said to be ill baje (pravijo, da) je bolan
let us say recimo
(let us) say this happens vzemimo (recimo), da se to zgodi
said I?, pogovorno says I? sleng kajne?, ali ni res?
say it with flowers sleng povejte to obzirno, vljudno!
I'll give you say five days to do it dal vam bom recimo pet dni, da to napravite
period of say 10 years doba recimo 10 let
a country, say India dežela kot (npr.) Indija
that is to say to se pravi, to je, to pomeni, z drugimi besedami
a sum of 50 pounds (say fifty pounds) vsota 50 funtov (z besedami: fifty pounds)
this is saying a great deal to se že nekaj pravi, to že nekaj pove
you don't say so! česa ne poveste!, je to mogoče?
what do you say to that? kaj pravite k temu?
to say a good word for reči dobro besedo za
to say Mass cerkev brati mašo
to say no more da ne rečem(o) nič več
to say no reči ne, odkloniti, odbiti, zanikati
to say nothing of... da molčimo o..., kaj šele
to say one's prayers opraviti svoje molitve
to say yes reči da, odobriti
to have s.th. to say to (with) imeti nekaj reči, povedati k (pri)
he has nothing to say for himself on je redkobeseden (skromen, nepomemben) človek
to hear say slišati govoriti
what I say is... po mojem mišljenju
when all is said and done skratka, konec koncev
to say the word povedati (reči) geslo
so to say tako rekoč

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

spiel [spi:l]

1. samostalnik
ameriško, sleng igra; zgodba; govor, govorjenje

2. neprehodni glagol
ameriško govoriti, imeti (dolge) govore; brbljati

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

theologize [ɵiɔ́lədžaiz] prehodni glagol
teološko obravnavati (problem)
neprehodni glagol
govoriti, teoretizirati o teoloških témah

treat² [tri:t] prehodni glagol
ravnati (s kom), postopati; obravnavati; tretirati (koga); vesti se, obnašati se (proti komu); zdraviti (bolnika, bolezen)
kemija delovati na; smatrati (as za, kot)
(po)gostiti (to s čim), plač(ev)ati za koga; nuditi užitek (komu)
politika, zgodovina skušati pridobiti si (volilce) s plačevanjem pijače, z "volilnim golažem"
neprehodni glagol
dogovarjati se (about o, with z)
pogajati se; manipulirati, ravnati (of z)
razpravljati, govoriti, pisati (of o)
plačevati za zapitek, pijačo itd.

to treat s.o. brutally brutalno ravnati s kom
to treat o.s. to gostiti se z
he treated me to a good dinner pogostil me je, plačal mi je za dobro večerjo
to treat s.o. for caneer zdraviti koga zaradi raka
to treat s.o. like a lord kraljevsko koga pogostiti
to treat o.s. to a bottl of champagne privoščiti si buteljko šampanjca
this book treats of an interesting topic ta knjiga obravnava zanimivo témo
he treated my words as a joke smatral je moje besede za šalo
as we treat others, we must expect to be treated kakor mi z drugimi, tako oni z nami
it is my turn to treat jaz sem na vrsti, da plačam (za zapitek, za pijačo itd.)
he is being treated for nervous depression zdravijo ga zaradi živčne depresije

vocalize [vóukəlaiz] prehodni glagol
fonetika vokalično ali zveneče izgovoriti; spremeniti v samoglasnik; vriniti znake za samoglasnike (npr. v hebrejski pisavi)
neprehodni glagol
šaljivo govoriti, peti; (tiho) si popevati, brundati

word² [wə:d] prehodni glagol
izraziti (kaj) z besedami, formulirati, stilizirati, izreči (z besedami)
zastarelo laskati se, dobrikati se (komu)

to be worded dobesedno se glasiti
strongly worded resolution ostro sestavljena (formulirana) resolucija
well worded letter lepo sestavljeno pismo
neprehodni glagol
zastarelo, narečno govoriti, besedovati, uporabljati besede

yarn² [ja:n] neprehodni glagol
pogovorno, figurativno pripovedovati dolgo zgodbo; pripovedovati, govoriti, kramijati
prehodni glagol
uporabiti prejo (npr. za tesnilo pri pipi)

cant⁴ [kænt] prehodni glagol
arhaično prosjačiti; hinavsko govoriti ali se obnašati

declaim [dikléim] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
deklamirati; javno govoriti

to declaim against protestirati proti

ding [diŋ] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
zvoniti, doneti, ropotati
pogovorno nenehno govoriti
pogovorno zabičati

to ding into s.o.'s ears trobiti komu na ušesa