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pomágati to help, to aid, to assist; to support, to succour, to lend a hand; to be of assistance, to sustain, to relieve, to back up, figurativno to give a hand; (koristiti) to avail, to be of avail, to profit, to be good for, to be of use; (sredstvo, zdravilo) to remedy, to cure, to be efficacious

pomágati si to find a way (iz težave out of a difficulty)
sam si pomágati to help oneself, to shift for oneself
pomágati si brez česa to go without something
moram si pomágati, kot vem in znam I must shift as well as (ali as best) I can
moram si pomágati s slovarjem I have to use the dictionary
pri hoji si pomaga s palico he walks with the help of a stick
ne si znati pomágati to be at a loss
ti si znaš pomágati (si iznajdljiv) you are resourceful
pomágati si medsebojno to aid (ali ta help, to assist) one another (oziroma each other) mutually
pomagaj si sam in bog ti bo pomagal God helps those who help themselves
prisiljeni smo, da si pomagamo, kot vemo in znamo we are reduced to expedients
on si zna pomágati na vse načine he knows all the answers, he's up to all the tricks
kaj to pomaga? (čemú to?) what is the use of it?
tu se ne da nič pomágati it can't be helped
temu je lahkó pomágati this is easily remedied
kaj pomaga razlagati? what is the use of explaining?
to nam prav nič ne pomaga that does not help us a bit
ne vem si več pomágati I am at my wits' end, I do not know what to do
kaj pomaga to? what is the use of that?, arhaično what will it avail?
to mi nič ne pomaga that leaves me no better off, I am no better off for it
kaj ji bo to pomagalo? what good will it do her?
pomágati komu do česa to help someone to get something
vam nekoliko pomagam? may I offer you some assistance?
hočete, da vam pomagam? shall I give you (ali lend you) a hand?
pomagaj mi, da vstanem! help me up!
pomagal ji je preko potoka he helped her across the stream
pomagal sem mu nesti paket I helped him to carry (ali I helped him with) his parcel
vse skupaj ni nič pomagalo it was all no use
vse moje pritožbe mi niso nič pomagale all my complaints were useless (ali of no avail)
tako mi bog pomagaj! so help me God!
pomagali so mi na noge they helped me up, they helped me back on my feet
pomágati vdovi in siroti to befriend the widow and the orphan
to zdravilo mi je pomagalo this medicine has done me good
komur ni svetovati, temu ni mogoče pomágati he who cannot be advised, cannot be helped; where counsel fails no cure prevails

abet [əbét] prehodni glagol
podpirati, pomagati; dajati potuho, hujskati

to aid and abet biti sokriv

abide on neprehodni glagol
pomagati, biti komu ob strani

abide with neprehodni glagol
podpirati, pomagati, biti komu ob strani; zadovoljiti se s čim

administer [ədmínistə]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, upravljati, oskrbovati; uporabiti; vršiti

2. neprehodni glagol
prispevati; pomagati; služiti

to administer an oath zapriseči
to administer the law soditi
to administer medicine dati zdravilo
to administer a rebuke grajati
to administer a shock prizadeti udarec
to administer a will izvršiti oporoko

aid¹ [eid] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpirati; pospeševati

pravno to aid and abet pomagati, iti na roko

assist [əsíst]

1. prehodni glagol (in, at, with)
pomagati; podpirati

2. neprehodni glagol (in, at)
udeleževati se, prisostvovati, pomagati

avail¹ [əvéil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
koristiti, pomagati; uporabljati

to avail o.s. of okoristiti se s čim
what avails it? kaj pomaga?
to be availed of rabiti nekaj

back⁴ [bæk]

1. neprehodni glagol
nazaj stopiti, umikati se; zmuzniti se

2. prehodni glagol
nazaj potisniti, nazaj gnati, nazaj voziti; podpreti, podpirati; pomagati; staviti; (o)krepiti; biti opora; biti ozadje; indosirati

I'll back myself against any odds stavim ne vem kaj
to back a horse zajahati konja; staviti na konja
to back the wrong horse ušteti se, staviti na napačno karto
to back the oars, to back astern nazaj veslati
to back and fill kolebati, ne se odločiti
to back on one's word besedo snesti
to back on s.o. izdati koga, pustiti ga na cedilu
to back a cheque indosirati ček
mornarica back her! vozi nazaj!
to back water nazaj veslati

befriend [bifrénd] prehodni glagol
pomagati, pomoči, podpreti, podpirati; zavzeti se za koga

benefit² [bénifit]

1. prehodni glagol
koristiti; pomagati; prijati, pomagati

2. neprehodni glagol
okoristiti se

bestead [bistéd] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zastarelo koristiti; pomoči, pomagati

contribute [kəntríbjut] prehodni glagol (to)
prispevati, sodelovati, pomagati

to contribute to a paper pisati članke za časopis

co-operate [kouɔ́pəreit] prehodni glagol (with s.o., in s.th.)
sodelovati; prispevati, pripomoči, pomagati; združiti, zediniti se

deliver [dilívə] prehodni glagol (from, of)
rešiti, osvoboditi, razbremeniti; roditi; izročiti, dostaviti, poslati; (udarec) zadati; opustiti; izvreči; (govor) imeti; (pri porodu) pomagati

to deliver a blow udariti
to be delivered of a child roditi
to deliver o.s. of a duty opraviti dolžnost
to deliver o.s. of an opinion (ali a subject) povedati svoje mnenje
to deliver o.s. up vdati se
stand and deliver! denar ali življenje!
figurativno to deliver the goods izpolniti obveznost
to deliver over izročiti

encourage [inkʌ́ridž] prehodni glagol
(o)hrabriti, podž(i)gati, bodriti, spodbuditi, spodbujati; pomagati; pospeševati

favour² ameriško favor [féivə] prehodni glagol (with)
podpreti, podpirati, pomagati; počastiti, biti naklonjen; da(ja)ti prednost, protežirati; bodriti
pogovorno biti podoben; olajšati komu kaj

the wind favours the vessel veter je ugoden
the boy favours his father deček je podoben očetu
favour me with an answer odgovorite mi, prosim

forward⁴ [fɔ́:wəd] prehodni glagol
pospešiti; pomagati, podpirati; (od)poslati, odpremiti; dostaviti

further³ [fə́:ðə] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpirati, pospeševati, koristiti

help² [help] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti (s can in neg)
ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)

I cannot help it ne morem pomagati, sem nemočen
it cannot be helped ni pomoči
if I can help it če se temu lahko izognem
don't be late if you can help it ne ostani delj, kot je potrebno
don't do more than you can help napravi le tisto, kar moraš
I cannot help laughing moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal
I cannot help myself ne morem drugače
how could I help it? kaj sem jaz mogel za to
to help s.o. in (ali with) s.th. pomagati komu pri čem
to help o.s. to s.th. postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrasti
to help s.o. to s.th. ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim
to help a lame dog over a stile; ali to help s.o. out pomagati komu prebroditi težave
to lend a helping hand priskočiti v pomoč
every little helps vse prav pride
nothing will help now ni več pomoči