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práviti to tell; to say

to se pravi, da... that is to say that...
to se mnogo (nekaj) pravi! that is saying much!
kot se pravi (reče) as the saying goes
no, saj pravim! well, I declare!
kaj pravi (on)? what is he saying?
pravijo they say, one says, people say
nekdo mi je pravil somebody told me, I was told
pravijo, da je bogata she is said to be rich, people say she is rich
kaj se to pravi? what do you mean by that?

say^*1 [séi]

1. prehodni glagol
reči, izjaviti, govoriti (kaj); izreči, izgovoriti, povedati, izraziti; navesti, omeniti, trditi; obljubiti; deklamirati
pogovorno domnevati, vzeti (da...)

2. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, praviti; pomeniti; odločiti se; biti napisano

so said so done, no sooner said than done rečeno--storjeno
sad to say obžalovanja vredno, žal
I say! slišiš! čuj!, hej!
I dare say zelo verjetno; (često slabšalno), (kakor) mislim
it is hard to say težko je reči
it is said, they say govori se, pravijo
he is said to be ill baje (pravijo, da) je bolan
let us say recimo
(let us) say this happens vzemimo (recimo), da se to zgodi
said I?, pogovorno says I? sleng kajne?, ali ni res?
say it with flowers sleng povejte to obzirno, vljudno!
I'll give you say five days to do it dal vam bom recimo pet dni, da to napravite
period of say 10 years doba recimo 10 let
a country, say India dežela kot (npr.) Indija
that is to say to se pravi, to je, to pomeni, z drugimi besedami
a sum of 50 pounds (say fifty pounds) vsota 50 funtov (z besedami: fifty pounds)
this is saying a great deal to se že nekaj pravi, to že nekaj pove
you don't say so! česa ne poveste!, je to mogoče?
what do you say to that? kaj pravite k temu?
to say a good word for reči dobro besedo za
to say Mass cerkev brati mašo
to say no more da ne rečem(o) nič več
to say no reči ne, odkloniti, odbiti, zanikati
to say nothing of... da molčimo o..., kaj šele
to say one's prayers opraviti svoje molitve
to say yes reči da, odobriti
to have s.th. to say to (with) imeti nekaj reči, povedati k (pri)
he has nothing to say for himself on je redkobeseden (skromen, nepomemben) človek
to hear say slišati govoriti
what I say is... po mojem mišljenju
when all is said and done skratka, konec koncev
to say the word povedati (reči) geslo
so to say tako rekoč

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

keep to

1. neprehodni glagol
ostati v; držati se (smeri, obljube); vztrajati pri

2. prehodni glagol
pripraviti koga, da se drži stvari

to keep to the house ostati doma
to keep to bed ostati v postelji
to keep to the right voziti (hoditi) po desni strani
to keep to o.s. držati se zase, ne hoditi v družbo
to keep s.th. to o.s. obdržati zase, ne praviti naprej
I kept him to his promise držal sem ga za besedo

slíšati to hear

dobro slíšati to hear well
napačno slíšati to hear amiss
slučajno slíšati to overhear
slíšati govoriti to hear say
slišim, da... I understand (ali I am informed) that...
on ne sliši dobro he is hard of hearing
moj pes sliši na ime Bob my dog answers to the name of Bob
vem (povem), kar sem slišal I know it by (I speak from) hearsay
slišal sem jo peti I heard her sing
ste že kdaj slišali kaj takega? have you ever heard the like of it?
o tem noče on nič slíšati he will not hear of it
slišal sem to od nekoga I have heard some one say so
to (takó) sem slišal so I (have) heard
slišal sem to praviti I have heard it said
slíšati obe strani to hear both sides
od tedaj o njem ni več (kaj) slíšati he hasn't been heard of since
ona rada sliši sebe govoriti she likes to hear herself talk
to se dobro, lepo sliši that sounds well (ali fine, pogovorno nice)
ne hoteti slíšati to shut one's ears (to), to refuse to listen to
s svojim radijskim aparatom morem slíšati Pariz I can get Paris on (ali with) my radio
komaj se je slišalo, kar je rekel what he said was scarcely audible
bil je tak hrup, da niso mogli slíšati lastnih glasov there was such a noise that they could not hear their own voices
hujšega gluhca ni od tistega, ki noče slíšati there are none so deaf as those who will not hear