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kola [kóulə] samostalnik
botanika kola (drevo in oreh)

kóla cart; waggon; ZDA wagon

sila kóla lomi needs must when the devil drives

cola [kóulə] samostalnik
botanika kola (afriško drevo)

coca cola [kóukə kóulə] samostalnik
koka kola

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

kóka botanika coca

kóka kóla (pijača) coca-cola

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

lomíti to break; to fracture, (žarke) to refract

lomíti se to break (up)
sila kola lomi necessity knows no law
lomíti ga (šušmariti) to dabble (v politiki in politics)
preveč ga lomíti (figurativno) to go too far
lomíti roké (figurativno) to wring one's hands
lomíti francoščino to speak broken French

mother¹ [mʌ́ðə] samostalnik
mati; mati prednica (v samostanu)
arhaično, medicina histerija

artiflcial mother inkubator
mother earth mati zemlja
pogovorno to kiss mother earth pasti
Mother's Day materinski dan
every mother's son vsak človek
mother country domovina
necessity is the mother of invention sila kola lomi
zoologija Mother Carey's chicken viharnica (ptica)
Mother Hubbard široka, ohlapna ženska obleka
kemija mother liquor (ali liquid) lužna usedlina
mother lode glavna rudna žila
botanika mother of thousands vrsta divjega lanu

necessity [nisésiti] samostalnik
potreba, sila, nuja
(tudi množina) pomanjkanje

to bow to necessity ukloniti se sili
necessity knows no laws sila kola lomi
to make a virtue of necessity napraviti od nuje vrlino; hvaliti se s čim, kar smo morali storiti
necessity is the mother of invention v sili je človek iznajdljiv
of necessity nujno, neizbežno
under the necessity (of doing s.th.) prisiljen (kaj narediti)

needs [ni:dz] prislov (samo z glagolom must)
nujno, brezpogojno

he needs must go on mora brezpogojno iti
he must needs go away just now prav treba mu je iti prav sedaj
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi

núja necessity; need; exigency; (nujnost) urgency, urgent case; (težava) difficulty, scrape, pinch, straits pl; (stiska, nadloga) misery, poverty, distress, indigence, needfulness; (prisiljenost) compulsion, constraint

iz núje from necessity
núja (sila) kola lomi necessity knows no law; needs must when the devil drives
iz núje napraviti vrlino (figurativno) to make a virtue of necessity

sharp [ša:p]

1. pridevnik
oster, koničast, šiljast, špičast; strm; rezek, kričav, prediren; buden, pazljiv; dober (nos); silovit (spopad); strog, zbadljiv, jedek, hud, bičajoč, sarkastičen; živahen, hiter, brz; bister, bistroumen, iznajdijiv, prebrisan, rafiniran, zvit, lokav, pretkan, premeten, prekanjen; močan, izrazit; spreten, okreten
glasba povišan ali previsok za pol tona
ameriško, sleng pozornost zbujajoč in privlačen (npr. obleka)

a sharp ascent strm vzpon
a sharp boy bister deček
a sharp contrast oster kontrast
as sharp as a needle figurativno zelo bister, bistroumen
as sharp as a razor oster kot britev
a sharp curve oster ovinek (zavoj)
sharp features ostre, izrazite poteze
sharp practices figurativno sleparija, nepošteni triki
sharp set sleng lačen
sharp on time absolutno točen
a sharp tongue oster, nabrušen, strupen jezik
sharp wine kislo vino, cviček
sharp work hitro delo
sharp's the word pogovorno hitro!
he has been too sharp for me figurativno prelisičil me je
to keep a sharp out-look budno paziti, biti budno na straži
this wine is sharp to vino je rezko, kislo
poverty is a sharp weapon figurativno sila kola lomi

2. prislov
vneto, močnó; nenadoma; točno, natančno, pazljivo; naglo, hitro, živahno
glasba povišano za pol tona

at 10 o'clock sharp točno ob desetih
to look sharp ne izgubljati časa
look sharp! hitro!
to stop sharp nenadoma (se) ustaviti
to turn sharp ostro zaviti, napraviti oster ovinek

3. samostalnik
dolga šivalna igla
domačno slepar
pogovorno strokovnjak, poznavalec
glasba za pol tona povišana nota, višaj

4. prehodni glagol
pogovorno prevarati (out of za)
ukaniti, oslepariti, prelisičiti; prislepariti kaj, ukrasti
glasba povišati zapol tona
ameriško previsoko zapeti
neprehodni glagol
slepariti, varati
glasba previsoko peti ali igrati

síla (moč) power, might; (krepkost) vigour; (potreba) necessity; (jakost) strength; (silovitost) vehemence; (nasilje) violence, force; (težava) difficulty, trouble; (prisila) compulsion, constraint, coercion; (beda) want, need, pinch; (stiska) emergency, neediness; (pritisk) pressure; (nevarnost) danger, emergency; (nuja) urgency, necessity

v síli in case of emergency (ali of need, of necessity)
s sílo by force, forcibly, with violence, by strong-arm methods
z vsemi sílami with might and main
pod sílo okoliščin, razmer under the stress of circumstances
po síli (nerad) forced, under compulsion, unwillingly, reluctantly, perforce
če je síla if need be, if need arise
to je višja síla it is a case of needs must (ali of overwhelming odds, of vis maior)
groba síla violence
konjska síla horsepower (krajšava: HP)
gonilna síla motive power
višja síla force majeure, Act of God
naravne síle natural forces, forces of nature
kopne síle vojska land forces pl
pomorske síle vojska naval forces pl, navy
pomorska síla naval power
síla (ogromno) ljudi a great number of people
enota síle unit of force
moment síle moment of a force
delovna síla manpower
politika síle power politics pl
vodna síla water (ali hydraulic) power
oborožene (vojaške) síle armed (military) forces pl
Kraljeva Zračna Sila Royal Air Force
klic v síli emergency call
izhod v síli emergency exit
biti v veliki síli (stiski) to be in great distress (ali need)
ni mu síle he is not in bad circumstances, he is doing well
ni síle (= ne mudi se) there's no hurry, it is not urgent
ni nobene síle there is no hurry
to je za sílo (= začasno) this is a makeshift, this is a stopgap, this is a temporary substitute
síla (strašno) vroče je it is extremely hot
síla ima večjo moč kot pravica might before right
napeti vse (svoje) síle to do one's utmost, to make every effort, to do one's best, to do all one can; to tax one's powers to the utmost; to use every exertion; to stir heaven and earth; to leave no stone unturned
síla kola lomi needs must when the devil drives, necessity knows no law
v síli hudič muhe žre (figurativno) drowning men catch at straws, beggars can't be choosers
(tudi) s sílo se ne da vsega doseči (figurativno) you can take a horse to the water but you can't make him drink
ukloniti se síli to give way to compulsion, to act under compulsion (ali duress)
v síli spoznaš pravega prijatelja a friend in need is a friend indeed