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prepríčati to persuade (o of), to convince (of); to prevail (koga on, upon someone)

ki se da prepríčati open to persuasion
težko ga je prepríčati he is hard to convince
prepríčati nasprotnika to convince one's opponent
prepríčati se to convince oneself, to assure oneself (of, that); to make sure (o of), to ascertain (da that)
prepričal sem se na lastne oči I saw it with my own eyes
prepríčati koga o čem (pogovorno) to bring something home to someone

assure [əšúə] prehodni glagol (of, that)
prepričati; trditi, zatrjevati; zavarovati, jamčiti

to assure o.s. prepričati se

convict² [kənvíkt] prehodni glagol (of)
krivdo komu dokazati, obsoditi; prepričati, pregovoriti

to convict s.o. of an error dokazati komu, da se moti
to be convicted of murder dokazati komu, da je morilec

convince [kənvíns] prehodni glagol (of)
prepričati, pregovoriti

induce [indjú:s] prehodni glagol
prepričati, napeljati, pregovoriti; povzročiti, sprožiti
filozofija sklepati
elektrika, fizika inducirati

persuade [pəswéid] prehodni glagol
pregovoriti (to do, into doing)
prepričati (of o, that da)

satisfy [sǽtisfai]

1. prehodni glagol
zadovoljiti (koga), ugoditi (komu); nasititi (koga), potešiti (glad); dati zadovoljstvo; odstraniti (sum, dvom, strah); prepričati (of o)
zagotoviti (that da)
izpolniti (pričakovanja, prošnjo); popraviti (krivico)
pravno odškodovati (koga), izplačati (koga), poravnati (dolg); zadostiti (obveznostim)

2. neprehodni glagol
zadovoljiti, biti zadovoljiv, ne biti pomanjkljiv
cerkev delati pokoro

to satisfy doubts razpršiti dvome
to satisfy one's curiosity utešiti, nasititi svojo radovednost
to satisfy the examiners napraviti izpit z zadostnim uspehom
I am satisfied that he is wrong prepričan sem, da on nima prav
to rest satisfied zadovoljiti se

ascertain [æsətéin] prehodni glagol (that)
prepričati se, preveriti; dognati; potrditi; določiti

come round neprehodni glagol
oglasiti se; oddahniti se; dati se pregovoriti; prepričati se; zavedeti se; premisliti se; skušati pridobiti
mornarica obrniti se (veter)

overpersuade [ouvəpəswéid] prehodni glagol
s težavo prepričati

settle² [setl]

1. prehodni glagol
naseliti (koga), nastaniti, kolonizirati, stacionirati, namestiti; urediti; poravnati, plačati; pomiriti (koga); prepričati z argumenti; utišati; likvidirati (koga), ubiti; oskrbeti, oskrbovati; spraviti v red, urediti, izgladiti, poravnati (prepir); rešiti (vprašanje), razpršiti (sumničenja), urediti zadeve (zlasti pred smrtjo), prenesti, prepisati (to, on, upon na)
določiti (dediče), voliti; dogovoriti se (o čem), določiti; utrditi (cesto); prenesti, prepisati (on na)
(refleksivno) posvetiti se; predati se

2. neprehodni glagol
naseliti se (in America v Ameriki)
nastaniti se, ustanoviti si lasten dom, sesti (to k)
umiriti se, zbati se, ustaliti se (vreme); usesti se, potoniti; spustiti se (on na)
razbistriti se, očistiti se; odločiti se (upon za)
dogovoriti se, sporazumeti se, obračunati (with z)
pripravljati se (for za, na)

to settle the agitation pomiriti razburjenje
to settle an annuity on s.o. določiti komu rento (penzijo)
to settle the bill poravnati, plačati račun
will you settle for me? boš plačal zame?
to settle with one's creditors poravnati se z upniki
to settle a dispute poravnati spor
to settle s.o.'s doubts razpršiti komu dvome
it is as good as settled to je toliko kot dogovorjeno
we settled the old lady in her armchair posadili, namestili smo staro gospo v njen naslanjač
to settle one's mind pomiriti se; odločiti se
things will soon settle into order stvari se bodo kmalu uredile
to be settled in a place biti nastanjen, bivati v nekem kraju
to settle a price dogovoriti se o ceni, določiti ceno
that settles the question, that settles it s tem je stvar urejena, opravljena
he settled all his property on his children vse svoje premoženje je volil otrokom
they settled on selling odločili so se za prodajo
the weather is not settled yet vreme še ni ustaljeno
to settle accounts with s.o. (zlasti; figurativno ) obračunati s kom

unpersuadable [ʌnpəswéidəbl] pridevnik
ki se ne da pregovoriti ali prepričati; neizprosen

certain [sə́:tn] pridevnik
neki, določen; nedvomen; zanesljiv

to make certain of s.th. prepričati se o čem
to be (ali feel) certain biti prepričan
for certain zanesljivo, gotovo

coach¹ [kouč] samostalnik
kočija, avtobus
ameriško potniški vagon drugega razreda; poštna kočija; soba na krmi bojne ladje
pogovorno inštruktor, trener

coach and four kočija z dvema paroma konj
to drive a coach and four through dokončno se prepričati, spregledati kaj; izmuzniti se; izigravati zakon
a slow coach počasnež
hackney coach fijakar
through coach direktni vlak
stage coach avtobus za dolge proge
motor coach avtobus
to drive a coach and six through an Act of Parliament onemogočiti parlamentarni zakon

conviction [kənvíkšən] samostalnik
dokazilo krivde; obsodba; prepričanje, prepričanost

to carry conviction prepričati
open to conviction ki se da prepričati
by conviction po prepričanju
the conviction grows on me vedno bolj sem prepričan
prior conviction poprejšnja kaznovanost

convincing [kənvínsiŋ] pridevnik (convincingly prislov)
prepričevalen

to be convincing prepričati

home² [hóum] prislov
doma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točno

to bring home the bacon zmagati
to bring a crime home to s.o. dokazati komu zločin
to bring s.th. home to s.o. prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komu
figurativno to come home to ganiti, občutiti, priti do srca
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubi
till the cows come home celo večnost
to drive a nail home zadeti
to drive s.th. home to s.o. prigovarjati, prepričevati koga
to get home uspeti zmagati
to hit (ali strike) home v živo zadeti, pravo zadeti
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
the thrust went home udarec je zadel v črno
nothing to write home about nič posebnega

impress² [imprés] prehodni glagol
vtisniti, pritisniti pečat; narediti vtis, vplivati (on na)
navdati koga (with s, z)
dojmiti

to impress a thing on s.o. prepričati koga o čem
to impress o.s. on s.o. vplivati na koga, dojmiti koga
to be impressed with (ali by) biti prevzet od
to be favourably impressed by s.th. dobiti ali imeti dober vtis o čem

lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati