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o [ou]

1. samostalnik (množina O's, Os, Oes, o's, os, oes)
Črka o; ničla, nič; okrogel predmet, krog

2. pridevnik
petnajsti

two o three 203 (telefon)

o (predlog) of; about; on; at, upon; in

o pravem času in time, at the right time
o božiču at Christmas
o dejavnosti Inštituta za... about (ali on) the activities of the Institute for...
nimam informacij o tem I have no information on this point
govoriti o vojni to speak (ali to talk) about the war
govorili smo o njem we were talking about him
kaj misliš o tem? what do you think of that?
pisati o revoluciji to write about the revolution
kaj veš o njih? what do you know about them?
pripovedovati, povedati o čem to tell of something
predavanje o čem a lecture on something
govoriti o nekem predmetu to talk on a subject

O, Oh [ou] medmet
oh!, ah!

O o; oh!

cat-o'-mountain [kætəmáuntin] ➞ catamaunt(ain)

cat-o'-nine-tails [kǽtənáinteilz] samostalnik
mornarski bič, korobač

hop-o'-my-thumb [hɔ́pəmiɵʌm] samostalnik
pritlikavec

I O U [áioujú:] samostalnik
(= I owe you) zadolžnica, obveznica

jack-o'-lantern [džǽkəlæntən] samostalnik
Elijev ogenj, fosforescenčen pojav nad močvirjem ponoči
ameriško svetilka iz buče (igrača)

John-o-Groat's [džɔ́nəgróuts] samostalnik
skrajni sever Škotske

from John-o-Groat's to Land's End preko Anglije in Škotske

light-o'-love [láitəlav] samostalnik
razuzdanka, lahkoživka

o' [ə] predlog
okrajšava od of, on

it's two o'clock ura je dve
twice o'Sundays dvakrat ob nedeljah
o' nights ponoči

O' [ou, ə] predpona
pri irskih imenih (npr. O'Brian)

six-o-six [síksóusíks] samostalnik
medicina, sleng salvarvan (606 F)

tam-o'-shanter [tæməšǽntə] samostalnik
škotsko okrogla volnena čepica (vrsta baretke)

will-o'-the-wisp [wíləðəwísp]

1. samostalnik
blodeča lučka nad močvirjem

2. pridevnik
varljiv, slepilen

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

níčla nought; (pri toplomeru) zero, pl zero(e)s; cipher; (ledišče) freezing point, zero; (nepomembna oseba) nonentity; (pri telefoniranju) o

10° pod (nad) níčlo ten degrees below (above) zero
pri 5° pod níčlo at five degrees below zero
termometer je sinoči padel na níčlo the temperature (ali thermometer) fell to zero last night
on je níčla (figurativno) he is a cipher
dodaj níčlo! add a nought!
izpusti dve níčli! omit two noughts!
biti enaki níčli to be nil
izenačiti z níčlo matematika to equate to zero
nastaviti na níčlo tehnika to zero
absolutna níčla absolute zero
biti na níčli to be at zero
pasti na níčlo to fall to zero

of [əv] predlog

1.
od (north of)

2.
genetiv (the master of the house)

3.
apozicija (the City of London, the month of May)

4.
(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London)

5.
(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud of)

6.
(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk)

7.
(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man)

8.
(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe)

9.
(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine)

10.
o (talk of peace, news of success)

11.
(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March)

12. ameriško
pogovorno pred, do (ten minutes of three)

13.

Razno:

to be quick of eye hitro in dobro zapažati
nimble of foot lahkonog
of old že zdavnaj
of late v zadnjem času nedavno
of course seveda, se razume
in case of v slučaju
you of all prav ti
of age polnoleten
by means of s pomočjo
for the sake of; ali in (ali on) behalf of zavoljo, zaradi
in face of, in spite of vkljub
on account of, because of zaradi
for fear of iz strahu od
in respect of z ozirom na
instead of namesto
all of a sudden nenadoma
ameriško back of za(daj)
to be on the point of (going) biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu)

on¹ [ɔn] predlog

1.
na (on earth, on the radio)

2. figurativno
na (based on facts ki temelji na dejstvih, on demand na zahtevo, to borrow on jewels izposoditi si denar na nakit, a duty on silk carina na svilo, interest on one's capital obresti na kapital)

3.
(ki si sledi) za (loss on loss izguba za izgubo)

4.
(zaposlen) pri, v (to be on a committee, jury, the general staff biti v komisiji, v poroti, pri generalštabu)

5.
(stanje) v, na (on duty v službi, dežuren, on fire v ognju, gori, on strike v stavki, on leave na dopustu, on sale na prodaj)

6.
(namerjen) na, proti (an attack on s.o. napad na koga, a joke on me šala na moj račun, the strain tells on him napor ga zdeluje)

7.
(predmet, tema) o (a lecture on s.th. predavanje o čem, to talk on a subject govoriti o nekem predmetu)

8.
(časovno za en dan) v, na; po, ob (on Sunday v nedeljo, on April 1 prvega aprila; on his arrival ob njegovem prihodu, on being asked ko so me vprašali)

9.

Razno:

that is a new one on me to je zame novo, za to še nisem slišal
she is all day on me ves dan me gnjavi
on an average povprečno
away on business službeno odsoten
on the contrary nasprotno
on edge ko na trnju, nervozen
on foot peš
on hand pri roki, na zalogi
on one's own samostojen, neodvisen
on the instant takoj
to live on air živeti od zraka
on pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
on principle načelno
on purpose namenoma
on receipt po prejemu
on a sudden nenadoma
on time točno
on the whole v glavnem
on my word na mojo častno besedo
have you a match on you? imaš kakšno vžigalico pri sebi?
ameriško, pogovorno to have nothing on s.o. ne imeti nič proti komu