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porabíti to consume, to spend; to use up; to make use of

ta bojler porabi mnogo plina this geyser uses a lot of gas
si porabil vso barvo? have you used all the paint?

appropriate² [əpróuprieit] prehodni glagol
polastiti se, prisvojiti, lastiti si (to, for čemu, za)
prilagoditi, porabiti; določiti, nameniti, rezervirati

consume [kənsjú:m]

1. prehodni glagol
porabiti, potrošiti, dati; zaužiti, požreti, požirati; uničiti; zapraviti

2. neprehodni glagol
iztrošiti, izrabiti se (away)
hirati

consuming desire vroča želja
consumed with s.th. poln česa
consumed with envy zavisten
consumed by fire izžgan
to be consumed with figurativno hirati, trpeti zaradi

eat up prehodni glagol
pojesti, potrošiti, porabiti

expend [ikspénd] prehodni glagol (on)
porabiti, potrošiti, zapraviti
mornarica oviti (pomožno) vrv okrog jambora

spend^* [spend]

1. prehodni glagol
potrošiti, izdati (denar) (on za)
porabiti; koristno porabiti čas; tratiti, zapraviti (denar) (in za)
prebiti, preživeti (čas); izčrpati, iztrošiti (moči); izmetavati (ikre); žrtvovati, dati

to spend o.s. izčrpati se, iztrošiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
biti zapravljiv, delati izdatke; (iz)trošiti se; poleči se, pojemati; (o ribah) drstiti se

his anger spent itself soon jeza se mu je kmalu polegla
the ball was spent krogla ni imela več (prebojne) moči
to spend blood and life žrtvovati kri in življenje
to spend one's breath tratiti svoje besede, govoriti v veter
how did you spend the evening? kako ste preživeli večer?
to spend one's estate in gaming zaigrati svoje premoženje
to be spent with fatigue biti izčrpan od utrujenosti
to spend freely biti preradodaren
the night is nearly spent noč je skoraj minila
to spend a penny pogovorno iti na toaleto
our stores are nearly spent naše zaloge so skoraj izčrpane
to spend the winter abroad preživeti zimo v inozemstvu
the storm is spent vihar se je izdivjal, se je polegel
do not spend words on him ne trati(te) besed z njim!

stale³ [stéil]

1. pridevnik (stalely prislov)
star, nesvež, suh (kruh), trd; postan (pivo itd.); plesniv; slab, zadušljiv (zrak); izrahljen, obrabljen, ponošen, izčrpan
figurativno obrabljen, star, premlačen, banalen (dovtip itd.)
trgovina mrtev
pravno zastarel
šport preveč treniran, izčrpan

stale affidavit (zaradi poteka časa) neveljavna izjava pod prisego
stale bread nesvež, star kruh
a stale debt zastarel dolg
a stale joke premlačena šala
this athlete is stale ta lahkoatlet je pretreniran
this is stale news ta novica ni (ravno) nova

2. prehodni glagol
odvzeti (čému) svežost (čar novosti, interes); napraviti staro (brez vrednosti), obrabiti, porabiti, izčrpati
neprehodni glagol
postati zastarel (postan, plehek)
figurativno postati dolgočasen

use² [ju:z] prehodni glagol
rabiti, uporabljati, porabiti, izkoristiti, posluževati se; zateči se k; ravnati z; potrošiti, izdati; gojiti (šport itd.); prebiti (čas)
zastarelo navaditi (to na)

to use one's brains (ali wits) uporabiti pamet, napeti (svoje) možgane
use your eyes! odpri oči!
to use care skrbno (pazljivo) postopati
to use diligence da(ja)ti si truda
to use one's best efforts napraviti, kar se le da (kar je le možno)
to use exercises delati vaje
to use force uporabiti silo
this geyser uses a lot of gas ta plinska peč porabi mnogo plina
how did they use you? kako so ravnali z vami?
to use s.o. ill slabo ravnati s kom
I cannot use my left hand ne se posluževati svoje leve roke
to use one's legs peš iti, pešačiti
to use imprecations preklinjati
to use a right uživati (neko) pravico
may I use your name? se lahko sklicujem na vas?
to use tobacco kaditi
I have used all the paint porabil sem vso barvo
how does the world use you? pogovorno kako je z vami?, kako vam gre?
neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (razen v preteritu) biti vajen, imeti navado; (tudi za izražanje trajnega stanja v preteklosti)

the beggar used to come every day berač je imel navado prihajati (je prihajal) vsak dan
it used to be said navadno se je reklo (bila je navada reči)
he does not come as often as he used (to) ne prihaja več tako pogosto kot prej
they used to live here prej so stanovali tu
used you to know him? ste ga vi poznali?
there used to be a tree there tam je nekoč bilo drevo

anticipate [æntísipeit] prehodni glagol
predvidevati, napovedati, pričakovati, slutiti; vnaprej porabiti; pospešiti; preprečiti
trgovina predčasno izplačati (menico)

to anticipate payment vnaprej plačati, plačati pred rokom
to anticipate the pleasure of vnaprej se veseliti na
to anticipate s.o.'s wishes uganiti želje koga
anticipated profit pričakovani dobiček
anticipating your early answer pričakujoč, da boste kmalu odgovorili

lay out prehodni glagol
položiti ven; razprostreti, pripraviti (obleko); položiti na mrtvaški oder; (pametno) porabiti denar; zasnovati, planirati, napraviti načrt (za ureditev vrta, hiše); pripraviti
sleng podreti na tla, ubiti

to lay o.s. out for potruditi se na vso moč; napeti vso svojo moč za; pripraviti se za kaj

pyramid [pírəmid]

1. samostalnik
piramida (tudi geometrija)
vrsta angleškega biljarda

2. prehodni glagol
nagrmaditi v obliki piramide
ekonomija porabiti dobiček v špekulacijske namene

use up prehodni glagol
popolnoma porabiti, do kraja izkoristiti; uporabiti to, kar je ostalo (ostanke); izčrpati

use upd up porabljen, izrabljen, (tudi zrak), potrošen, izčrpan
he was use upd up by his toil od garanja je bil ves izčrpan

blow off neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
oditi

blow off steam porabiti odvečno energijo; olajšati si srce

deplete [diplí:t] prehodni glagol
izprazniti, izčrpati
medicina puščati kri; izprazniti črevesje

to deplete one's resources porabiti svoja sredstva
to play to depleted houses igrati prad praznim gledališčem

dispose [dispóuz] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
razpolagati, ukazati, urediti, razpostaviti, razmestiti; odrediti; znebiti se, odstraniti; (z)likvidirati; ovreči; proda(ja)ti; opraviti

man proposes, God disposes človek obrača, Bog obrne
to dispose of s.th. razpolagati s čim; urejati kaj; uničiti; ubiti; (raz)prodati; porabiti
to dispose of by will zapustiti v oporoki
to dispose of in marriage poročiti
to dispose of by auction prodati na dražbi
to dispose of once and for all za vselej urediti
to dispose of one's child to school poslati otroka v šolo
more than can be disposed of več kot je treba
a thing to be disposed of stvar, ki se da dobiti ali prodati
to dispose of a claim urediti reklamacijo
to dispose of goods prodati blago

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

scrape² [skréip] prehodni glagol
(o)strgati, ostružiti, (iz)praskati
sleng (o)briti; nastrgati, grebsti, škripati; cviliti (z godalom), gosti
neprehodni glagol
strgati, škripati; skopariti, biti lakomen
figurativno slabo igrati violino; drgniti se (against ob)
figurativno s težavo se prebijati

to scrape (an) acquaintance with s.o. vsiliti komu svoje poznanstvo, s silo se seznaniti s kom
to bow and scrape nerodno se pokloniti, figurativno nerodno ali neotesano se obnašati
to scrape one's chin pogovorno briti se
to scrape on food varčevati pri hrani
to scrape one's plate postrgati svoj krožnik
to scrape the bottom of the barrel figurativno, sleng porabiti zadnje ostanke svojih sredstev
to scrape the violin škripati na violino

srédstvo means (sg in pl); (lek) remedy, medicine; expedient; way; medium; agent; instrument; pravo (ukrep) measure; (denar) funds pl, means pl, resources pl, the wherewithal

brez sredstev resourceless, lacking means, indigent, poor, destitute
srédstvo proti a remedy for
srédstvo za življenje livelihood, subsistence
denarna srédstva funds pl, means pl
kemično srédstvo chemical agent
osnovna srédstva trgovina assets pl
proizvodna srédstva means of production
prometna srédstva means of communication (of conveyance, ZDA of transportation)
zakonita srédstva legal measures pl
srédstvo za dosego cilja a means to an end
družbena srédstva social resources pl
združevanje sredstev pooling of resources
srédstva združenega dela means of associated labour
vsako srédstvo je dobro za dosego cilja (figurativno) all's fair in love and war
namen posvečuje srédstva the end justifies the means
poskusiti vsa srédstva (figurativno) to leave no stone unturned
ali ni nobenega srédstva? is there no way?
naša srédstva so zelo omejena our means are very limited
on je brez vsakih sredstev he is poverty-stricken, he is destitute, he is resourceless, he is penniless
moja srédstva mi tega ne dopuščajo I cannot afford it
porabiti, izčrpati vsa srédstva to exhaust all resources
poseči po skrajnih srédstvih to take extreme measures
odločil se je, da bo dosegel svoj cilj z vsemi srédstvi he is determined to go to any length
živeti preko svojih sredstev to live beyond one's means
združevati srédstva to pool resources
zagotoviti denarna srédstva to provide funds

work up prehodni glagol
postaviti (z delom)
figurativno vznemiriti, razburiti, naščuvati

to work up o.s. up razburiti se; porabiti, potrošiti (material), predelati, preštudirati, razširiti; kulinarika zmešati, premešati (jed); dvigniti (cene)
neprehodni glagol
figurativno počasi ali s težavo se podvizati (to do, k)

to work up a rebellion povzročiti (zanetiti) upor
to work up o.s. up to z delom se povzpeti do
the pupils work up several subjects učenci obdelujejo (se uče) več predmetov
wrought-up nerves razdraženi živci