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postréči to serve; to wait upon, to attend to; (z jedjo) to serve

postréči si (pri mizi) to help oneself
postrezite si, g. doktor! help yourself, please, doctor!
vam že strežejo?, ste že postreženi? (v trgovini) are you being attended to?
s čim vam naj postrežem? what can I do for you?, what can I show you?, what can I get you?
postregli so nam z vinom in pecivom we were offered wine and cakes
postregli vam bomo poceni in hitro we shall give you cheap and speedy service

attend [əténd]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
paziti; postreči, skrbeti; spremljati; zdraviti; obiskovati; odgovoriti (na pismo); izvršiti (naročilo)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prisoten, udeležiti se; redno zahajati; paziti; zasledovati; spremljati; uslišati

to attend to the door (ali bell) iti odpret vrata
it is attended by danger je nevarno
to attend to one's duties vršiti svojo dolžnost
the house was poorly attended gledališče je bilo na pol prazno
to attend school hoditi v šolo
to attend upon s.o. dvoriti komu, spremljati koga, skrbeti za koga
to attend to s.o. paziti na koga

dish² [diš] prehodni glagol
postreči, ponuditi, servirati
pogovorno pokvariti, uničiti
domačno ubiti, pogubiti; premag(ov)ati
škotsko poriniti, pahniti

reach² [ri:č]

1. prehodni glagol
iztegniti (forth, out)
izprožiti (roko); stegniti, razširiti; podati (komu kaj); postreči (komu s čim); odvzeti (from komu ali čemu)
dospeti kam, priti do, segati do, seči; priti do zaključka, razumeti, doumeti, pogruntati, dojeti; imeti vpliv, vplivati, pustiti vtis (na koga); doseči, zadeti, pogoditi (kaj); doživeti, dočakati (starost, dobo, novo izdajo)

to reach a great age doživeti visoko starost
to reach a blow prisoliti (komu) zaušnico
this book reached its 10^th edition ta knjiga je doživela 10. izdajo
reach me that book, will you? podaj mi ono knjigo, prosim!
to reach the ceiling segati do stropa
the boat reached the shore čoln je prispel do brega
to reach a conclusion priti do (nekega) zaključka
the cost reached 1000 dollars stroški so znesli 1000 dolarjev
he reached down his hat snel je klobuk s kljuke
to reach forth one's hand iztegniti (izprožiti, podati) roko
my land reaches the hills moja zemlja sega do brd
my letter reached him in time moje pismo mu je pravočasno prišlo v roke
to reach perfection doseči popolnost
to reach an understanding doseči sporazum
the water reached my knees voda mi je segla do kolen

2. neprehodni glagol
seči, poseči (after, at, for po)
raztezati se (to k, do)
prožiti se; priti (to do)
(do)segati; nagniti se (forward naprej, toward k, proti)
figurativno težiti k čemu, iti (at, after za čem)
napenjati se; prodreti (into v)
dojeti, doumeti, razumeti

as far as the eye can reach kakor daleč lahko seže oko
the coat reaches to the knees plašč sega do kolen
to reach back to the time of Napoleon segati nazaj v Napoleonove čase
his boots reach up to the knees škornji mu segajo do kolen
the country reaches from the sea to the mountains dežela sega, se razprostira od morja do gorá
he reached for a weapon segel je po orožju

serve² [sə:v]

1. prehodni glagol
služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
servirati (jed)
šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
to serve one's country služiti domovini
to serve the devil služiti satanu
dinner is served večerja je na mizi
there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
to serve a gun vojska streči topu
if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
to serve the time prilagoditi se času
to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

2. neprehodni glagol
služiti, biti v službi
vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
to serve in the army služiti v vojski
to serve at table streči pri mizi
to serve as an example služiti za zgled
he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)

breakfast² [brékfəst]

1. neprehodni glagol
zajtrkovati

2. prehodni glagol
postreči z zajtrkom

help to prehodni glagol
postreči komu s, z; ponuditi komu kaj

plank² [plæŋk] prehodni glagol
polagati deske, obijati, pažiti
ameriško postreči z jedjo na deski

to plank it ležati na trdem
sleng to plank down trdo položiti, takoj plačati

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

poslúžiti

poslúžiti (postreči) koga s čim to serve someone with something; (z jedjo) to help, to wait on someone, to serve
poslúžiti s hladnim narezkom to serve (someone with) cold meat
poslúžiti se to avail someone (of), to make use (of), (pri mizi) to help someone (s čim to something)
poslužite se! help yourself!, pogovorno dig in!

zájtrk breakfast

zájtrk in kosilo obenem (žargon) brunch (= breakfast and lunch)
imeti, jesti zájtrk to have one's breakfast
postreči z zájtrkom komu to supply someone with breakfast, to give someone breakfast, to breakfast someone
posode za zájtrk breakfast set