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jézik anatomija tongue; (govor) tongue, speech, language; idiom; (pri pihalu) mouthpiece; humoristično clapper

materinski jézik native language, mother tongue
mrtev (živ, tuj) jézik dead (living, foreign) language
občevalni jézik colloquial language, vernacular
knjižni jézik literary language
diplomatski jézik diplomatic language
Cankarjev jézik Cankar's language
lahek, težak jézik easy, difficult language
goveji, volovski jézik neat's tongue, ox-tongue
obložen jézik medicina a coated (ali dirty, furred) tongue
prekajen jézik smoked tongue
zemeljski jézik neck, spit, tongue (of land)
učitelj jézikov (foreign) language teacher
dar za jézike gift of tongues
morski jézik (riba) sole
dolg, nebrzdan jézik unbridled tongue
zloben jézik wicked (ali malicious) tongue
moderni (stari) jézik modern (ancient) language
strokoven jézik technical language
uradni, službeni jézik official style
zastarel jézik obsolete (ali archaic) language
duh jézika genius of a language
jézik posrednik interlingua
na jéziku mi je, na jéziku imam (a se ne morem spomniti) it's on the tip of my tongue
to je proti duhu jézika this is against the spirit of the language
on je junak z jézikom (figurativno) he is a braggart (ali blusterer, swaggerer)
ona ima oster (strupen) jézik she has a sharp (a venomous) tongue
imeti dobro namazan jézik to have a glib (ali a well-oiled) tongue, to have the gift of the gab
brzdati svoj jézik to keep one's tongue in check; to bridle, to curb one's tongue
kar ima na srcu, ima tudi na jéziku he wears his heart on his sleeve
imeti dolg jézik to have a long tongue
ona je vsem ljudem na jéziku everyone is (ali pogovorno they're all) talking about her
držati jézik to hold one's tongue
drži jézik!, jézik za zobe! hold your tongue!, shut your mouth!, shut up!, keep your mouth shut!
jézik si izbrusiti z govorjenjem to talk one's head off
imeti besedo na jéziku to have the word on the tip of one's tongue
jézik mu je odpovedal his tongue failed him
pokazati komu jézik to put one's tongue out at someone
pokaži jézik! put out your tongue!
sneti komu besedo z jézika to take the words out of someone's mouth
pazi na svoj jézik! mind your tongue!
lomiti jézik to murder a language
jézik se mu je razvezal he is no longer tongue-tied, he has found his tongue, he has become talkative
zlobni jéziki trdijo malicious tongues assert
jézik ji dobro teče, ji je dobro namazan her tongue is well-oiled, pogovorno her tongue's no cripple
jézik mu teče kot mlin he's a nonstop chatterbox, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
zavezati komu jézik to silence someone, pogovorno to make someone pipe down
(on) ima zavezan jézik he is tongue-tied
ušlo mi je z jézika I let it slip out
on zna mnogo jézikov he is a polyglot
tolči (kak) jézik (figurativno) to mangle a language

Bask; baskovski; baskovski jezik Basque, the Basque language

accent¹ [ǽksənt] samostalnik
naglas, poudarek, akcent
množina, poetično jezik

acute accent ostrivec
grave accent krativec

clack² [klæk] samostalnik
klopot, šklepet
pogovorno žlabudranje, blebetanje; zaklopka, ventil
hudomušno jezik

clapper [klǽpə] samostalnik
žvenkelj
pogovorno jezik, raglja

diction [díkšən] samostalnik
slog, jezik, izražanje, dikcija

language [lǽŋgwidž] samostalnik
jezik, govor, način izražanja, slog
sleng prostaške besede

language of Bowers govorica cvetlic, simboličen pomen različnih vrst cvetlic
tine language dovršen slog
bad language psovke, prostaške besede
strong language krepki izrazi
to use bad language to s.o. psovati, preklinjati koga
I won't have any language here ne dovoljujem nobenih psovk
to speak the same language govoriti isti jezik; figurativno enako misliti, razumeti se
ameriško language arts jezikovni pouk
language Sir! nobenih psovk, gospod!

slang [slæŋ]

1. samostalnik
slang, žargon, jezik, ki ga uporabljajo v mejah določenega stanu ali poklica, cehovski jezik, spakedran jezik

thieves' slang žargon tatov, zlikovcev

2. prehodni glagol
uporabljati slang (žargon); prostaško govoriti
pogovorno zmerjati (koga)

slanging match sleng silovit, vroč besedni boj z zmerjanjem

speech [spi:č] samostalnik
govor, nagovor; govorjenje; kar je rečeno; sposobnost govora, govorniška umetnost; pogovor, konverzacija; jezik, dialekt
glasba zvok, ton (instrumenta)

speech defect govorna hiba (napaka)
speech for the defence (defense) obrambni govor
speech map jezikovni zemljevid
speech from the throne prestolni govor (ki ga čita vladar ob odprtju parlamenta)
after-dinner speech napitnica (zdravica) (pri banketu)
freedom of speech svoboda govora
maiden speech prvi govor (kakega) poslanca v parlamentu
he is slow of speech on počasi govori (se izraža)
to have a speech of s.o. pogovarjati se s kom
to make (to deliver) a speech imeti govor

spire² [spáiə]

1. samostalnik
koničast vrh zvonika (stolpa, strehe, drevesa); strm, koničast vrh; vsak predmet, ki se proti vrhu zoži v konico, v iglo; poganjek; steblo; veja (rogovja); konica, jezik (plamena itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
poganjati, dvigati se v višino; zožiti se v konico, šiliti se
prehodni glagol
opremiti s konico, ošiliti, okoničiti

tab [tæb] samostalnik
zanka, jezik (pri čevlju); okovica na vezalkah za čevlje; vložek, kos blaga (pri srajci, obleki); naušnik (pri kapi); tablica, etiketa
vojska znak na ovratniku štabnega častnika
sleng štabni častnik
ameriško, pogovorno račun, konto, kontrola

to keep (a) tab on s.th. voditi računa o čem, ne izgubiti iz vida česa, kontrolirati kaj
to pick up the tab plačati račun

talk¹ [tɔ:k] samostalnik
pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

the talk of the town figurativno stvar, o kateri vsi govore
full of talk brbljav, žlobudrav
idle talk prazno besedičenje, govoričenje
he is all talk on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)
she is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njej
there is much talk and no work veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič
those people are nothing but talk teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo
it will all end in talk iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah
to make talk govoriti zaradi govorjenja
there is talk of his being bankrupt govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu
I want to have a talk with him rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti

adder's-tongue [ǽdəztʌŋ] samostalnik
botanika kačji jezik

argot [á:gou] samostalnik
žargon, rokovnjaški jezik

bat⁴ [bæt] samostalnik
pogovorno tuj jezik

to sling the bat govoriti tuj jezik

bear down prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
premagati; zatirati; spuščati se; zavezati komu jezik

bear down upon priključiti se; pluti proti

billingsgate [bíliŋzgit, -geit] samostalnik
prostaški jezik

cablese [keiblí:z] samostalnik
lakoničen, "telegrafski" jezik

cant¹ [kænt] samostalnik
vekanje; blebetanje; žargon, rokovnjaški jezik; besedičenje; licemerstvo

in the cant of the day v sodobnih krilaticah