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krivíti to curve, to bend, to crook

(dolžiti) krivíti koga česa to accuse someone of something, to blame someone, to lay the blame for something on someone, to impeach someone, to incriminate someone; to lay something to someone's charge, to charge someone with something, to tax someone with something, to impute something to someone, to lay at the door of someone

bend¹ [bend]

1. prehodni glagol
upogniti, upogibati; (s)kriviti, zaviti
navtika (pri)vezati, pritrditi (to kam)
usmerjati, usmeriti; napeti (lok); skloniti
figurativno podrediti, podvreči, spraviti pod svojo oblast

2. neprehodni glagol
skloniti, sklanjati se; upogniti, upogibati se; vdati, ukloniti se

figurativno to bend one's steps usmeriti se
to bend one's knee poklekniti
to bend the brow mrščiti čelo

contort [kəntɔ́:t] prehodni glagol
(za)sukati; zvi(ja)ti, (s)kriviti, (s)pačiti, (iz)maličiti, (s)kaziti

crook² [kruk] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
upogniti, kriviti (se); s kavljem ujeti

pogovorno to crook the elbow (ali little finger) pijančevati

curve [kə:v]

1. samostalnik
krivulja, krivina; ovinek, zavoj
tehnično krivuljnik (naprava za risanje krivulj)

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
kriviti, zavijati (se); upogniti, upogibati (se)

distort [distɔ́:t] prehodni glagol
zvi(ja)ti, (iz)kriviti, pohabiti, (po)pačiti, deformirati; (besede) prevračati
medicina spahniti, izviniti

hook² [huk]

1. prehodni glagol
kriviti, ukriviti; zakavljati, obesiti na kavelj; zapeti (in v, on, up na)
uloviti na trnek (tudi figurativno)
sleng ukrasti
šport udariti od strani (boks); udariti kroglo v levo (golf); nabosti na rogove

2. neprehodni glagol
(u)kriviti se, viseti na kavlju; pustiti se zapeti; čvrsto se oprijeti (to česa, koga)

sleng to hook it pobrisati jo

strain² [stréin]

1. prehodni glagol
nategniti, napeti; (pre)napenjati, pretegniti, (i)zviniti, izpahniti

to strain a rope nategniti vrv
to strain every nerve napeti vse živce, vse od sebe dati
to strain one's eyes prenapenjati si oči
to strain a muscle nategniti si mišico
to strain one's wrist izviniti si zapestje; tehnično upogniti, zverižiti, (preveč) raztegniti, deformirati, preoblikovati; forsirati, silo delati; prekoračiti, preveč zahtevati, precenjevati, previsoko oceniti
to strain the law silo delati zakonu (pravici)
to strain the meaning of a word forsirati, silo delati pomenu besede
to strain a point predaleč iti
to strain the truth po svoje resnico prikrojiti
to strain one's credit (one's powers, one's rights) prekoračiti svoj kredit (svoja pooblastila, svoje pravice)
to strain one's strength precenjevati svojo moč; precediti, filtrirati, pasirati (tudi out)
to strain out coffee grounds (pre)filtrirati kavino goščo; (močno) stisniti (to k), objeti; zastarelo (pri)siliti, primorati, priganjati

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči, trgati; (do skrajnosti) se napenjati, si prizadevati, se truditi (for, after za)
stremeti (for, after po)
upogniti se, (s)kriviti se, zviti se; teči, curljati skozi, pronicati (o tekočini); ustrašiti se (at pred)
osupniti, ostrmeti, ustaviti se (at ob)
imeti preveč pomislekov

the dog strains at the leash pes vleče (za) vrv
he strains too much after effect on preveč stremi, se lovi za efekti
the ship strained in the heavy sea ladja se je krivila v razburkanem morju
to strain at a gnat pri malenkostih se obotavijati (se obirati)
he is straining under the load šibi se pod bremenom

wring^*2 [riŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
iztisniti, izžeti (sadje itd.), stiskati, izžemati, ožeti; zviti, zaviti (vrat), oviti, lomiti, viti (roke); skriviti, skremžiti (obraz); izkriviti, popačiti (pomen); iztisniti, izsiliti (davek, denar); stisniti (komu roko)
figurativno stiskati (srce), mučiti

to wring s.o.'s hand stisniti komu roko
to wring the neck of an animal zaviti vrat živali
I'll wring your neck vrat ti bom zavil
to wring one's hands in pain roke viti od bolečine
to wring a confession from s.o. izsiliti priznanje iz koga
to wring money from (ali of) s.o. izsiliti, izžeti denar iz koga
my shoe wrings me čevelj me tišči (žuli)
his face was wrung with pain obraz mu je bil skremžen od bolečine
it wrings my heart zelo sem potrt zaradi tega
he wrings my words from their true meaning on pači pravi pomen mojih besed

2. neprehodni glagol
zviti se, kriviti se; povzročati bolečino, mučiti

writhe [ráið]

1. samostalnik
zvijanje; trzanje; pačenje

2. neprehodni glagol
zvijati se; (krčevito) se kriviti

to writhe under an insult figurativno trpeti (gristi se) zaradi žalitve
to writhe with pain zvijati se od bolečin
to writhe through a thicket zvijati se skozi goščavo
prehodni glagol
zvijati (telo), ovijati, sukati, (na)kremžiti (obraz), izkriviti, popačiti (besede itd.)

hrbét back

za mojim hrbétom behind my back
za hrbétom (figurativno) in the rear
hrbét roke (stola) back of a hand (of a chair)
hrbét knjige spine of a book
cestni hrbét camber
gorski hrbét ridge, spine, arête
imeti koga na hrbétu (figurativno) to have someone on one's back
imeti sovražnika za hrbétom to have the enemy in the rear
volkovi so mu bili za hrbétom the wolves were at his back
ležati na hrbétu to lie on one's back, to lie supine
naložiti komu breme na hrbét to lay a burden on someone's back
obrniti se na hrbét to turn over on one's back
obrniti komu hrbét (figurativno) to turn one's back on someone, to give someone the cold shoulder, to cut someone
pasti na hrbét to fall on one's back
pisati na hrbét lista, dopisnice to write on the back (ali on the other side) of a leaf, of a postcard
obrekovati, opravljati koga za hrbétom to backbite
pokazati hrbét (zbežati) to turn tail; to run away (sovražniku from the enemy)
storil je to za mojim hrbétom he did it behind my back
(u)kriviti, upogniti hrbét (od starosti) to stoop (from old age), figurativno (klečeplaziti) to cringe, to fawn
zasaditi komu meč v hrbét to stab someone in the back
zavarovati si hrbét vojska to secure one's rear
bogu za hrbétom figurativno (daleč od sveta) at the back of beyond