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izrábiti izrábljati to use; to turn to account; (okoristiti se) to take advantage of, to profit by, to make the best (ali most) of

dobro izrábiti, izrábljati to put something to (a) good use
izrábiti, izrábljati rudnik to exploit a mine
dobro izrábiti, izrábljati čas pesniško to improve the shining hour
izrábiti, izrábljati priliko to take the opportunity, arhaično to improve the occasion (ali opportunity)
izrábiti, izrábljati lahkovernost to play upon someone's credulity
izrabil bom prvo dano mi priložnost I shall take advantage of the first opportunity, I shall profit by the first opportunity offered
izrabljati delovno silo, delavce to exploit the workers (ali the workforce), to employ sweated labour
izrábiti, izrábljati položaj, priložnost (figurativno) to strike while the iron's hot, to make hay while the sun shines

fill¹ [fil]

1. prehodni glagol (with)
(na)polniti, nasititi; prenapolniti, natrpati; napihniti; zamašiti; plombirati (zob); zasesti, zadovoljiti, izvršiti, izpolniti; izrabiti

2. neprehodni glagol
polniti se; nabrekniti; zamašiti se; napolniti se

to fill the bill biti primeren
to fill one's glass natočiti si kozarec
to fill an order izvršiti naročilo
to fill s.o. with a story narediti na koga vtis
ameriško to fill a prescription narediti zdravilo po predpisu
gledališče to fill a role igrati vlogo
to fill s.o.'s place nadomeščati koga
to fill a tooth plombirati zob
filling at the price dober in poceni

wear out prehodni glagol
ponositi (one's clothes obleko)
obrabiti; izrabiti; izčrpati (s.o.'s patience potrpežljivost kake osebe)
utruditi, izmučiti; izbrisati, uničiti

to wear out o.s. out izčrpati se; izgarati se
neprehodni glagol
izrabiti se, obrabiti se; izčrpati se, izmučiti se, utruditi se; vleči se (time čas)

worn-out clothes ponošene obleke
he wore out his welcome predolgo je vlekel, zavlačeval svoj obisk

consume [kənsjú:m]

1. prehodni glagol
porabiti, potrošiti, dati; zaužiti, požreti, požirati; uničiti; zapraviti

2. neprehodni glagol
iztrošiti, izrabiti se (away)
hirati

consuming desire vroča želja
consumed with s.th. poln česa
consumed with envy zavisten
consumed by fire izžgan
to be consumed with figurativno hirati, trpeti zaradi

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

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

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

design¹ [dizáin] samostalnik
namen, namera, cilj; načrt, skica, risba; vzorec, model, kroj
tehnično konstrukcija, sestava

by accident or by design slučajno ali namerno, hote ali nehote
to have (ali harbour) designs on s.o.'s pocket nameravati koga denarno izrabiti
protection of design, copyright in design zaščita načrta, modela

dirty¹ [də́:ti] pridevnik (dirtily prislov)
umazan, blaten
figurativno prostaški, nizkoten, podel; grd; opolzek

to do the dirty on s.o. izrabiti stisko koga, grdo z njim ravnati
to wash the dirty linen in public javno govoriti ali pisati o neprijetnih osebnih zadevah
dirty weather deževno, slabo vreme
dirty work umazano, neprijetno delo; lopovščina
dirty trick surovost, prostaštvo
dirty wound vneta rana

disadvantage [disædvá:ntidž] samostalnik
škoda, zguba; neugodnost, pomanjkljivost; neugoden položaj, slaba stran; ovira

to take s.o. at a disadvantage izrabiti neprilike koga
to sell at a disadvantage prodajati z izgubo
to be at a disadvantage, to labour under a disadvantage biti v slabem položaju; imeti izgubo

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

hip¹ [hip] samostalnik
anatomija kolk
arhitektura poševen zatrep

to have s.o. on the hip imeti koga v oblasti
to get s.o. on the hip dobiti koga v oblast, premagati
to smite s.o. hip and thigh neusmiljeno koga uničiti
to take (ali catch) s.o. on the hip izrabiti šibko točko koga

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

occasion¹ [əkéižən] samostalnik
prilika, priložnost; razlog, povod, vzrok; naključje
pogovorno svečan dogodek
zastarelo potreba
množina posli, opravki

for the occasion za to priložnost
there is no occasion to be afraid ni povoda za strah
to celebrate the occasion proslavljati svečan dogodek
to be equal to the occasion biti čemu kos
to give occasion to s.th. dati povod za kaj
to go about one's occasions iti po opravkih
to improve the occasion izrabiti priložnost (zlasti za moralno pridigo)
to have occasion to imeti povod za kaj
on occasion tu in tam, včasih
on the occasion of ob (kongresu)
to rise to the occasion biti čemu kos, odločno nastopiti
to seize (ali take) the occasion; ali to take occasion by the forelock pograbiti priliko
to take occasion to do s.th. izrabiti priložnost
to be the occasion of s.th. biti povod za kaj

play² [pléi]

1. neprehodni glagol
igrati (for za)
šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati
tehnično imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče)

2. prehodni glagol
gledališče igrati, uprizoriti
šport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa)
tehnično spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom
to play it cagey biti previden, omahovati
figurativno to play both ends against the middle previdno, rafinirano ravnati
to play ball with s.o. pošteno postopati s kom
to play booty prevarati
figurativno to play one's cards well (badly) (ne)spretno manevrirati
to play s.o. dirt izigrati koga
to play the devil (ali deuce) with prekrižati komu račune
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to play fair (foul) pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati
to play s.o. false izdati koga
to play the fool zganjati neumnosti
to play a fish utruditi ribo na trnku
to play fast and loose with zlorabljati koga
to play the game držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati
to play to the gallery šopiriti se pred javnostjo
to play guns on obstreljevati
to play into s.o.'s hands koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu
to play one's hand for all it is worth izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti
to play the knave varati
to play a good knife and fork jesti z apetitom
to play the horses staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play for love igrati za zabavo ne za denar
sleng to play it (low) on izigrati koga, zlorabiti
to play a joke (ali prank, trick) on potegniti koga za nos
to play the races staviti na konjskih dirkah
to play a part igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se
to play possum hliniti spanje
to play upon the square pošteno ravnati
to play safe previdno ravnati, ne tvegati
to play second fiddle imeti podrejen položaj
to play a good stick dobro sabljati
to play for time zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času
to play truant (ali hooky) neopravičeno izostati od pouka
to play s.o. a mean trick prevarati koga
to play tricks with nagajati
to play (up)on igrati na, figurativno izrabljati koga
to play (up)on words zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami
to play with igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

položáj situation; position; state of affairs; condition; circumstances pl; (lega) site; lay, standing; bearings pl; (služba) rank, status; (drža telesa) attitude, posture, (pri mečevanju) guard; vojska post

resnost položája the gravity of the situation
socialni položáj social standing
položáj poslanika the post of ambassador
položáj tržišča, trga market position
težaven položáj (figurativno) a close call
materialni in družbeni položáj economic and social status
biti gospodar položája to be master of the situation
biti v neprijetnem položáju (v žalostnem položáju) to be in an unpleasant position (in a sorry plight)
določiti čemu položáj to locate something
ne biti kos (dorasel) položáju not to be equal to the situation (ali occasion)
on nima (ne zavzema) položája svojega brata he has not his brother's standing
nismo v položáju, da bi mogli narediti drugače we are not in a position to be able to do otherwise
izbrati dober položáj za svojo hišo to choose a fine position (ali site) for one's house
to je komaj izboljšalo naš položáj that has scarcely made us any better off
položáj se je poslabšal the situation has deteriorated
pojasni mu svoj položáj! show him where (ali how) you stand!
razumem tvoj položáj I see how you stand
biti v nejasnem položáju (figurativno) to be up in the air
sedeti v zelo nerodnem položáju to be seated in a very uncomfortable position
položáj je videti brezupen things look desperate
vem, kakšen je položáj (figurativno) I know how the land lies
vreči iz položája to eject, to dislodge, to supplant, to oust
vztrajati na položáju vojska to stick to one's post
on je rešil položáj he saved the situation
umakniti se na vnaprej pripravljene položáje vojska to withdraw to positions prepared beforehand
izrabiti, izkoristiti položáj to make hay while the sun shines, to strike while the iron's hot

practise [prǽktis]

1. prehodni glagol
britanska angleščina vaditi, uriti; opravljati, vršiti, izvrševati, izpolnjevati; varati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; prakticirati, imeti prakso (zdravnik, advokat); vaditi se, uriti se; spletkariti

to practise (up)on izrabiti koga, obrniti sebi v prid, zlorabiti
practise what you preach delaj še sam tako, kot pridigaš drugim

prílika¹ (priložnost) opportunity, occasion; chance

ob tej príliki on this occasion
ob prvi príliki at the first opportunity
ugodna prílika a favourable (ali lucky) chance (ali opportunity)
zlata prílika golden opportunity
ob vsaki príliki at every opportunity, on every occasion
po vsej príliki presumably
ob príliki one day or (the) other
dati komu príliko to give (ali to afford) someone an opportunity
izgubiti, zamuditi príliko to lose, to miss one's opportunity, to let one's chance slip by
izrabiti vsako príliko to take every opportunity
dobiti príliko to get the chance
izkoristiti príliko to avail oneself of the opportunity
ko se ponudi prílika when the opportunity crops up, when opportunity offers
ponudila se je prílika the opportunity happened to occur (ali cropped up)
popasti, zgrabiti príliko to seize (ali to take) the opportunity, figurativno to strike while the iron's hot
prílika naredi tatú temptation makes a thief
prílika zamujena ne vrne se nobena time and tide wait for no man

refuse¹ [rifjú:z] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
odkloniti, odbiti, zavrniti, odreči; ne hoteti uporabiti; odvreči; odbiti (snubca, ženitno ponudbo), dati "košarico"; upirati se, braniti se, reči ne; (o konju) ne hoteti preskočiti ovire; (o kartah) ne odgovoriti na barvo, ne prinesti izigrane barve
arhaično zatajiti (svoje ime)

to refuse a candidate (help, an invitation, an offer) odkloniti kandidata (pomoč, povabilo, ponudbo)
to refuse a chance ne izrabiti priložnosti
to refuse a request odbiti prošnjo
I refuse to believe ne maram verjeti, preprosto ne verjamem
he refused to stay branil se je, ni hotel ostati
tho horse refused the fence konj ni hotel preskočiti zapreke
we have been refused odklonili so nas