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nápak wrong, wrongly, bad, badly; amiss

ni nápak! not bad!
nápak delati to do something wrong
nápak priti (biti nezaželen) to come amiss
nápak razumeti to misunderstand, to mistake
nápak uganiti, ugibati to guess wrong
ne bi bilo nápak zate (ne bi ti škodovalo) it would not be a bad thing for you
nekaj je nápak z njim there's something amiss with him
nápak stópiti (spotakniti se) to trip (čez, nad over)

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo

wrong³ [rɔŋ] prislov
neprav, nápak, narobe, pogrešno, lažno

to act wrong ne delati prav, napačno delati
to get it wrong (z)motiti se, napačno razumeti
to get in wrong with s.o. ameriško, pogovorno lahkomiselno izgubiti (zaigrati) naklonjenost kake osebe
to go wrong iti s prave poti, zaiti na kriva pota (o ženski); pogrešiti, zmotiti se; trgovina slabo iti; tehnično slabo funkcionirati, biti pokvarjen
to get s.o. in wrong with spraviti koga ob dobro ime pri, diskreditirati koga pri
our plans went wrong naši načrti so šli po vodi
your watch is wrong vaša ura ne gre prav (točno)
to guess wrong napak uganiti, krivo zadeti

faultman [fɔ́:ltmən] samostalnik
iskalec napak v telefonski napeljavi

gilding [gíldiŋ] samostalnik
pozlačevanje; pozlata, pozlačenost
figurativno olepšanje, prikrivanje napak

mistakable [mistéikəbl] pridevnik
zamenljiv; ki ga je napak razumeti

misunderstood [misəndəstúd]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od to misunderstand

2. pridevnik
napak razumljen

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

bristle² [brísl] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
ježiti, namrščiti se

to bristle up razsrditi (se)
to bristle with dangers (difficulties, mistakes) biti poln nevarnosti (težav, napak)

cross² [krɔs] pridevnik
počezen, prečen; nasproten (veter); neugoden
pogovorno siten, čemeren, slabe volje (with na)
jezen, hud
sleng nepošten; nepošteno pridobljen

as cross as two sticks (ali a bear, a Devil) skrajno slabe volje
to be (ali play) at cross purposes napak razumeti
cross questions and crooked answers namenoma nejasni odgovori
cross reference sklicevanje na drugo mesto v isti knjigi

hold² [hóuld] samostalnik
prijem, opora; moč, vpliv (on, over, of)
ameriško ustavitev, zadrževanje
arhaično utrdba

to afford no hold ne nuditi opore
to catch (ali get, lay, seize, take) hold of s.th. prijeti kaj, dobiti
to get hold of s.o. ujeti koga, zalotiti koga
to get hold of o.s. dobiti se v oblast, obvladati se
to get a hold on s.o. dobiti koga v oblast
to have a (firm) hold on s.o. imeti koga v oblasti
to keep hold of čvrsto držati, ne izpustiti iz rok
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
in politics no holds are barred v politiki je vse dovoljeno
to quit (ali let go) one's hold of izpustiti kaj iz rok
ameriško to put a hold on s.th. zaustaviti kaj, zadržati kaj
to take hold of one's fancy zbuditi domišljijo

miss³ [mis]

1. prehodni glagol
zamuditi (priložnost, vlak); zgrešiti, izpustiti; ne imeti, biti brez, ne dobiti; preslišati, spregledati, ne opaziti; pogrešati izogniti se

2. neprehodni glagol
ne zadeti, zgrešiti (strel); spodleteti

pogovorno to miss the bus (ali boat) zapraviti šanse
to miss fire ne sprožiti se; figurativno ne uspeti, ne zbuditi zanimanja
to miss one's footing spodrsniti
to miss one's hold zgrešiti, napak prijeti
to miss one's mark zgrešiti cilj, ne uspeti
he didn't miss much nič mu ni ušlo, ni mnogo zamudil
I just missed running him over za las sem se ga izognil (da ga nisem povozil)
to miss the point of ne razumeti poante česa
to miss a trick preslišati, ne uspeti videti
to miss out zamuditi (priliko); izpustiti, preskočiti (besedo)
aeronavtika missed approach zgrešen dolet

najmánjši -a, -e the least

v najmánjših podrobnostih in the minutest (ali most minute) details
najmánjšega upanja ni there is not the faintest (ray of) hope
nimam najmánjšega razloga (dvoma) I have not the least reason (doubt)
to je najmánjša mojih napak, slabosti it is the least of my failings

napáka mistake; fault; blunder; defect; error; (groba, zlasti pri izpitu) žargon howler

brez napáke faultless, free from fault; correct
govorna napáka medicina speech impediment, speech handicap, speech defect
lepotna napáka blemish, flaw, disfigurement
računska napáka arithmetical error, mistake, miscalculation
slušna napáka defective hearing
telesna napáka physical defect, infirmity, affliction
podedovana napáka hereditary defect (ali fault)
napáka v materialu flaw (ali defect, fault) in material, poor quality of goods
pravopisna napáka misspelling
tipkarska napáka typing mistake (ali error)
tiskovna napáka misprint, erratum, pl errata, typographic error, printer's error, literal
napáka v pisanju clerical error
za napáke ne odgovarjamo! trgovina errors (and omissions) excepted!
delam slovnične napáke I make mistakes in (ali with) my grammar, pogovorno I get my grammar wrong
delati napáke to make mistakes; to commit errors, to blunder
popraviti svojo napáko to make good one's mistake
napáke se rade vrinejo errors will slip in
najti napáke pri kom to find fault with someone
padati v staro napáko to backslide, to be a backslider
mnogo napák je bilo storjenih z naše strani many mistakes have been committed on our side
imeti iste napáke (v značaju) to be tarred with the same brush
na napákah se učimo one learns by one's mistakes
nihče ni brez napák (figurativno) no one's perfect

níz¹ string; series; train

níz biserov a string of pearls (ali of beads)
níz čebule a string of onions
níz sob a suite of rooms
níz napak (nesreč) a series of mistakes (of misfortunes)
níz težav a train of difficulties

póln full; (napolnjen) filled, replete; (nabit, natrpan) crammed, filled to capacity, full up, chockfull; (obilen) abundant, abounding, plentiful; (popoln, cel) whole, entire, complete

pólno prislov fully
do roba pólna čaša brimful glass (ali bumper)
pólna luna full moon
pólna jadra swelling (ali billowing) sails pl
pólna košara (škatla, žlica, čoln) a basketful (a boxful, a spoonful, a boatful)
pólna vsota the entire sum
póln ljudi full of people, crowded
do vrha póln brim-full
pólne tri ure three good hours
póln voz a cartload
s pólno paro (figurativno) at full blast
s pólno hitrostjo (at) full speed
v pólnem diru at full gallop
v pólni vrednosti at full value
s pólno pravico justly; with perfect justice
póln predsodkov prejudiced, partial, biased, arhaično prepossessed
póln veselja in high spirits, exuberant
v pólnem pomenu besede in the full sense of the word
pólno upravičen fully authorized (ali entitled)
pólno zaposlen fully employed
pólna zaposlitev full-time job, (za vse) full employment
pólno zasedeno! (v hotelu) (we are) full up!, fully booked
v knjigi je pólno napak the book is rife (ali abounds) with errors
lokal je bil pólno nabit the place was crowded (crammed full)
da bo mera pólna let us have full measure, pogovorno let's have no short measure
da bi bila nesreča pólna to make things worse
drevje je pólno the trees are laden with fruit
sod je tri četrti póln the barrel is three quarters full
na ulici je bilo pólno ljudi there was a big crowd in the street
igrati pred polno hišo gledališče to play to a full (ali a capacity) house
trajati dve pólni minuti (tri pólna leta) to last two full minutes (three whole years)
do zadnjega kotička póln full (ali filled) to capacity
delati s pólno paro to work to capacity

priznánje acknowledgment; recognition; (dopustitev) admission, avowal, concession; (izpoved, spoved) confession; (cenjenje, spoštovanje) appreciation

priznánje inovatorju award to the innovator
v priznánje njegovih zaslug in recognition of his merits
priznánje de iure de jure recognition
de facto priznánje de facto recognition
v znak priznánja za... in recognition of...
v priznánje naših zaslug in recognition of our merits
dobiti, pridobiti si priznánje to win recognition
izsiliti priznánje iz koga to extort an admission from someone
priznánje napak je prvi korak k poboljšanju admission of error is the first step towards improvement
dati vse (ali polno) priznánje (figurativno) to do justice (komu to someone)

series [síəri:z, -riz] samostalnik
serija, niz, red, vrsta, zaporednost
geologija vrsta plasti istih lastnosti
kemija vrsta elementov podobnih svojstev ali spojin s skupnim osnovnim elementom
matematika vrsta števil, ki so v določenem medsebojnem razmerju
elektrika vrsta baterij, v kateri je pozitivni pol vsake baterije zvezan z negativnim polom sosednje baterije
zoologija stalno število povezanih vrst (družin), kategorija

a series of mistakes (misfortunes) niz napak (nesreč)
a series of stamps serija znamk

stop² [stɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up)
zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od)
navtika privezati (ladjo)
slovnica označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila
glasba pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas)

2. neprehodni glagol
ustaviti se, obstati
pogovorno ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom)
(pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

a badly spelt and badly stopped letter pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak
stop thief! primite tatu!
to stop in bed ostati v postelji
to stop a blow odbiti, parirati udarec
to stop a blow with one's head hudomušno dobiti udarec po glavi
to stop s.o.'s breath sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga
to stop a bullet sleng biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen
to stop a car ustaviti, stopati avto
to stop a cheque prepovedati izplačilo čeka
to stop dead (short) nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan
to stop doing s.th. prenehati s čim
shall you stop for dinner? boste ostali na večerji?
to stop one's ears (za)mašiti si ušesa, figurativno ne hoteti slišati
to stop a gap zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi
I am going to stop a few days zaustavil se bom nekaj dni
to stop s.o.'s mouth zamašiti komu usta
do stop that noise! nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!
stop your nonsense! dovolj je vaših neumnosti!
he'll stop at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši
to stop payment ustaviti plačilo
to stop running nehati teči
he stopped me from speaking preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje
he never stops to think nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)
to stop a tooth plombirati zob
my watch has stopped ura se mi je ustavila
to stop the way zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
to stop work ustaviti delo
to stop a wound ustaviti krvavitev rane

teem¹ [ti:m]

1. neprehodni glagol
mrgoleti, biti prepoln (česa), obilovati; biti preobilen
zastarelo skotiti (o živali); nositi sadeže; zanositi, biti breja

to teem with mrgoleti od, biti poln, bogat s
fish teem in this lake rib mrgoli v tem jezeru
this lake is teeming with fish v tem jezeru je polno rib
this page teems with mistakes na tej strani mrgoli napak
the roads are teeming with people na cestah se tare ljudi

2. prehodni glagol
poleči, skotiti, storiti, povreči (o živini)