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dismiss¹ [dismís] prehodni glagol
odpustiti, odsloviti, odpraviti, odposlati; opustiti; odkloniti, odbiti; otepati se

to dismiss the subject opustiti predmet pogovora
to be dismissed from the army biti odpuščen iz vojske

struggle² [strʌgl] neprehodni glagol
boriti se (with z, for za, against proti)
truditi se, napenjati se, mučiti se (with s.th. s čim)
trgati se (za kaj); upirati se (against čemu)
braniti se (česa), otepati se; s težavo si utirati pot, se prebijati; (redko) prepirati se
prehodni glagol
izbojevati, priboriti si

a struggling artist umetnik, ki se še ni uveljavil in se s težavo prebija (skozi življenje)
to struggle along prebi(ja)ti se
to struggle for breath s težavo loviti sapo
I struggled in my coat z muko sem oblekel plašč
to struggle up a cliff s težavo se vzpenjati po pečini
to struggle with death boriti se s smrtjo
to struggle to one's feet z muko se dvigniti, vstati na noge
he struggled to save his life boril se je za svoje življenje
to struggle against overwhelming forces boriti se proti veliki premoči
he has to struggle to earn his living z velikim trudom si služi svoj kruh
to struggle for power boriti se za oblast
to struggle through the crowd s težavo si utirati pot skozi množico

otépati

otépati kako jed to eat heartily
otépati z rokami to swing one's arms
otépati se česa to struggle against something, to try to get out of something; to refuse, to decline