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opráti to wash; pesniško to lave; figurativno (zlasti krivo osebo) to whitewash

opráti se to wash (someone), to have a wash, to perform one's ablutions; figurativno to excuse oneself, to exculpate oneself
opráti posodo to wash the dishes, to wash up

purify [pjúərifai] prehodni glagol
(o)čistiti (of, from)
figurativno oprati (npr. krivde)
tehnično rafinirati, čistiti, predelati, bistriti

purifying plant čistilna naprava

vindicate [víndikeit] prehodni glagol
braniti, ščititi (from pred)
zagovarjati; oprati (čast)
pravno zahtevati; dokazovati; upravičiti; potrditi
zastarelo maščevati, kaznovati

to vindicate o.s. opravičiti se
to vindicate one's veracity dokazati svojo resnicoljubnost
to vindicate one's rights zahtevati vzpostavitev svojih pravic

whitewash² [wáitwɔš] prehodni glagol
beliti, pobeliti (z apnom); oprati
figurativno skušati rešiti dober glas kake osebe, rehabilitirati
ekonomija začeti zopet poslovati po stečaju
ameriško, pogovorno, šport popolnoma poraziti, premagati (nasprotnika)

purge² [pə:dž] prehodni glagol
medicina odvajati; čistiti, očistiti (of, from česa)
politika napraviti politično čistko
pravno oprati krivde; bistriti, precediti (tekočino)

scrub² [skrʌb] prehodni glagol
ribati, drgniti; močno s ščetko sestrugati (off)
dobro oprati, (i)zdrgniti
neprehodni glagol
ribati, dobro oprati
figurativno mučiti se, garati

to scrub for one's living mučiti se za svoj življenjski obstanek, za svoj vsakdanji kruh

sponge down prehodni glagol
oprati z gobo (od zgoraj navzdol)

wash out prehodni glagol
izprati, spodkopati, izjedati, očistiti
figurativno izbrisati
pogovorno izčrpati
neprehodni glagol
dati se oprati (očistiti); biti spodkopan, iz(pod)jeden

to wash out one's mouth splakniti si usta
to be washed out biti izpran, izmit; izgubiti barvo; figurativno biti izčrpan, bled
the rain has washed out the road dež je spodkopal cesto
this washes it out britanska angleščina, pogovorno s tem pade stvar v vodo

lás lasjé hair; (ščetina) bristle

brez las hairless, (plešast) bald
kratki (dolgi) lás, lasjéje short (long) hair
gosti (redki) lás, lasjéje thick (thin) hair
kodrasti (gladki) lás, lasjéje curly (straight) hair
tanek kot lás, lasjé hair-thin; as fine as a hair
za las natančno to a hair, to a T
niti za las boljši not a bit (ali whit) better
beljeni lasje bleached hair
valoviti lasje wavy hair
rdeči lasje red hair, žargon carrots pl
na balin ostriženi lasje hair cut close to the skull
negovani lasje well-groomed hair
plavi (blond) lasje fair hair
umetni lasje false hair
za lasé privlečen (figurativno) far-fetched, strained
za lás, lasjé within (ali by) a hair's breadth; narrowly, nearly
beljenje las bleaching of hair
barva las colo(u)r of hair
barva za lase hair dye
sredstvo za krepitev lás, lasjé hair restorer
čop las tress, braid, pigtail
kita las braid of hair
čop las tuft of hair
izpadanje las hair loss, loss of hair, fall of the hair
pranje las shampoo, shampooing
losjon za lás, lasjéé hair lotion, hair tonic
pomada za lás, lasjéé pomade
puder za lás, lasjéé hair powder
navijač za lás, lasjéé wave clip, curler, curl clip, (iz papirja) curlpaper
klešče za kodranje lás, lasjé curling tongs pl, curling iron
rast las growth of hair
striženje las haircut, haircutting
sušílec za lás, lasjéé (fen) electric hairdryer, dryer
mrežica za lás, lasjéé hairnet
nakit za lás, lasjéé ornament for the hair
ščetka za lás, lasjéé hairbrush
trak za lás, lasjéé ribbon, bow for the hair
koder las curl, ringlet, lock
sredstvo za odstranjevanje las depilatory
biti si v lás, lasjééh z to be at loggerheads with, to be at daggers drawn with, (gledé, zaradi) over
lasje mi izpadajo my hair is thinning
delati sive lás, lasjéé komu (figurativno) to prove a headache for someone, to turn someone's hair grey
ne si delati sivih las glede, zaradi not to distress oneself about something
lás, lasjéé si puliti to tear one's hair
izgubiti lás, lasjéé to lose one's hair
(po)česati si lás, lasjéé to comb one's hair
urediti si lás, lasjéé, sfrizirati si lás, lasjéé to do (ali to dress) one's hair, ZDA to fix one's hair, to set one's hair
pristriči lás, lasjéé to trim the hair
razpustiti (si) lás, lasjéé to let one's hair down
(po)vleči koga za lás, lasjéé to pull someone's hair
imeti plave, blond lás, lasjéé to have fair hair
dati si ostriči lás, lasjéé to have (ali to get) one's hair cut
skočiti si v lás, lasjéé (figurativno) to come to blows; VB žargon to get stuck in
to je nekoliko za lás, lasjéé privlečeno that's a little far-fetched
lasje se mi ježé I feel my hair standing on end
lasje so se mi ježili my hair stood on end
pepelnato pobarvati lás, lasjéé to dye the hair grey
za lás, lasjé je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was within a hair's breadth, it was a near thing
za las je šlo! that was a touch too near (for comfort)!
niti lás, lasjéú ji niso skrivili they didn't harm a hair of her head, not a hair on her head has been touched
on ne bi nikomur skrivil lasá he would not hurt (ali harm) a fly
za lás, lasjéé privleči to drag in by the head and shoulders, to force in
oprati si lás, lasjéé to wash one's hair
za las uiti to have a narrow (ali a hairbreadth) escape, to have a narrow (ali close, tight) squeeze
za las smo ušli smrti we were within a hair's breadth of being killed, we just escaped death by the skin of our teeth
za lás, lasjé zgrešiti to miss by a hair
ni vredno, da si delate sive lás, lasjéé glede tega it is not worth while worrying yourself to death over it
to visi (je) na lás, lasjéu zdaj it is touch and go now
ta otrok mi dela sive lás, lasjée (figurativno) this child is a great worry (ali trial) to me

wash¹ [wɔš]

1. samostalnik
pranje, umivanje; izpiranje; toaleta; pranje perila; kar je oprano, oprano perilo; omočenje, premočenje, ovlaženje, oškropitev, splaknitev; pomije, oplaknica (voda)
figurativno razredčenost z vodo
figurativno prazno govoričenje; pralno sredstvo; (toaletna) voda, losion, voda za lase, za polepšanje; čobodra, redka juha; lahna plast barve, tuša; premaz; kovinska prevleka; zlati pesek; pljuskanje, udarjanje valov ob obale; brazda izza ladje, vodni razor; plitvo vodovje, rečica, vodna kotanja
aeronavtika zračni vrtinec, srk
geografija barje, močvirje
geologija izpiranje, (vodna) erozija, naplavina, prodovje
figurativno čvekanje, čenče

in the wash v pranju (o perilu)
hair wash voda za lase
to bring back the week's wash prinesti nazaj tedensko perilo
to give s.th. a wash oprati kaj
to hang out the wash obesiti perilo
to have a wash umiti se
to send s.th. to the wash poslati kaj v pranje, v pralnico

2. pridevnik
pralen

wash glove pralna rokavica
wash silk pralna svila