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puzzle¹ [pʌzl] samostalnik
uganka, težek problem; osuplost, zbeganost, zmeda

to be in a puzzle about biti zbegan zaradi česa
cross-word puzzle križanka
jig-saw puzzle sestavljalnica (igra)

puzzle² [pʌzl]

1. prehodni glagol
zmesti, zbegati, osupniti, začuditi; delati komu preglavice, dajati opravka; komplicirati, zmešati; beliti si glavo, premišljevati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti zmeden, zbegan (over, about)

to puzzle one's brains (ali head) beliti si glavo
to puzzle it out razvozlati, rešiti (problem)
to puzzle over beliti si glavo s čim

preglávica bother; puzzle, trouble; figurativno headache

ne delaj si preglávic zaradi tega! don't worry (ali don't trouble your head) about it!
delal nam je preglávice he proved a headache for us
delati preglávice komu to puzzle someone
to ti bo delalo velike preglávice that will be a hard nut to crack
delal bo preglávice svojim staršem he will lead his parents a fine dance, he will give his parents a lot of trouble, he will be a real handful for his parents
tujci povzročajo oblastem mnogo preglávic foreigners give a lot of bother to the authorities

problém problem; figurativno (uganka) puzzle, riddle, enigma

to mi je problém I find this a problem
loviti se z nekim problémom to deal with a problem
to je tvoj problém (tvoja skrb) that's your problem
lotiti se probléma to tackle a problem, to grapple with a problem
rešiti problém to solve a problem
staviti težak problém to pose a weighty problem
postaviti komu problém to set someone a problem
poglobiti se v problém to get down to a problem
kako si morejo privoščiti tak luksus, je zame problém it's a mystery (ali it beats me) how they manage to live in such style
priti do jedra probléma (figurativno) to get to the root (ali the heart) of the matter, pogovorno to get down to the nitty-gritty

ugánka riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; (težak problem) teaser, brainteaser

njegovo vedenje mi je ugánka hiš behaviour is a riddle (ali is incomprehensible) to me
govoriti, izdražati se v ugánkah to speak in riddles, to riddle, to enigmatize
(za)staviti ugánko to set (ali to propose) a riddle (ali, zlasti z besedno igro: a conundrum)
rešiti ugánko to solve (ali to answer, to guess) a riddle, to riddle, to unravel a puzzle

zagonétka enigma, puzzle; riddle; mystery

zmédenost confusion, bewilderment, puzzle, puzzlement; perplexity

dezorientírati to disorientate; to disorient; (mornarja, potnika) to cause to lose his bearings, (potnika tudi) to throw off the track, to put out, to bewilder; figurativno to bewilder, to perplex, to confuse, to puzzle

dezorientírati se to lose one's bearings, to lose one's sense of direction; figurativno to become confused (ali perplexed, bewildered), to be all at sea

krížanka crossword puzzle, crossword

slíkovnica rebus, pl rebuses; picture puzzle

zbégati to confound, to bewilder; to puzzle; to embarrass

zmésti¹ (zmedem) to confuse (koga someone), to confound, to puzzle, to bewilder, to embarrass

zmésti se to become bewildered (ali perlexed, confused, confounded); to lose one's bearings; to be bemused

zméšati to mix (z with); to mingle (with); (spraviti v nered) to disorder, to disarrange, to muddle (up); (zbegati) to confuse, to confound, to puzzle

zméšati komu glavo (figurativno) to perplex, to baffle, to turn someone's head
zméšati se to mix, to mingle
zmešalo se mu je (figurativno) he's gone out of his mind, he's gone mad; he (has) lost his reason, he is mentally deranged
zmešalo se mu je od preobilnega dela his brain is fuddled (ali befuddled) with overwork
se ti je zmešalo? are you out of your senses?
od samega premišljevanja (tuhtanja) se mu bo zmešalo all this brooding (ali thinking, rumination) will drive him mad

béliti to whiten; to make white; (platno) to blanch

béliti volno to bleach wool; (jedi) to flavour a dish with butter, pork crackling, etc.
béliti si glavo (figurativno) to rack (ali to worry ali to beat ali to puzzle ali to cudgel ali to busy) one's brains
béliti si glavo s čim to put one's mind to something
béliti si glavo zaradi česa to trouble one's head about something

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

cross-word [krɔ́swə:d] samostalnik

cross-word puzzle križanka

razvozláti to untie (ali to undo) a knot, to unknot; to untie, to disentangle; to make out, to find out

skrivnost, uganko to unravel a mystery, a puzzle

rešíti to save, to rescue; (osvoboditi) to deliver; to redeem; (na morju) to salvage; (nalogo itd.) to solve

rešíti svojo čast to save (oziroma to vindicate) one's honour
rešíti si kožo (figurativno) to save one's skin
rešíti se (znebiti se) koga to get rid of someone
rešíti skrivnost, problem to solve a mystery, a problem
rešíti situacijo to retrieve the situation
rešíti uganko to solve (ali to work out, to puzzle out) a riddle
rešíti komu življenje to save someone's life
rešíti svoj ugled to save one's reputation
rešil sem ga bede I saved him from utter poverty
zdravnik upa, da ga bo rešil the doctor hopes to pull him through
rešili so ga, da ni utonil he was saved from drowning
rešíti si glavo (figurativno) to save one's bacon
rešíti se to save someone, to be saved (ali rescued, delivered), to come off unscathed, to get away with a whole skin
komaj, za las se rešíti to have a narrow escape, to escape by the skin of one's teeth
reši se, kdor se more! every man for himself!, run for your lives!

stick^*3 [stik]

1. prehodni glagol
prebosti, zabosti, zabadati; zaklati; nabosti, nasaditi, zadreti; zatakniti; iztegniti, pomoliti (out of iz)
natakniti (čepico) (on, to na)
naježiti; nalepiti, prilepiti (on, to na)
zamazati, pomazati; podpreti (rastlino) s kolcem
pogovorno vreči pri izpitu
figurativno spraviti (koga) v zadrego; zmesti; zaustaviti; podtakniti (s.th. on s.o. kaj komu)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti
sleng prenesti, vzdržati

2. neprehodni glagol
tičati; biti poln (česa); sršati, štrleti, moleti (out of iz)
(pri)lepiti se (on, to na, za)
zalepiti se, oprijeti se, prijemati se (to česa)
obtičati, ne se premikati, zatakniti se (tudi figurativno)
zagaziti; čvrsto sedeti (na konju)
pogovorno osta(ja)ti, vztrajati (at to pri)
držati se (to česa)
ostati zvest (by komu, čemu)
ne se pustiti odvrniti; biti zmeden, oklevati ustrašiti se (at ob, pred)

stuck to ameriško, sleng zaljubljen, zateleban v
stuck up sleng zmeden, zbegan
to stick at ustaviti se ob, oklevati, ustrašiti se ob
he sticks at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši, njega nobena stvar ne zadrži
to stick bills lepiti lepake, plakate, plakatirati
stick no bills! plakatiranje prepovedano!
the boat stuck on a shoal čoln je nasedel na plitvino
she sticks to me like a bur ona se me drži (prime) kot klòp
to stick butterflies nabadati (nabosti) metulje
the door has stuck vrata so se zaskočila
to stick a flower in one's buttonhole zatakniti si cvetlico v gumbnico
to stick to a friend ostati zvest prijatelju
to stick to one's guns figurativno ostati zvest čemu, ne prelomiti besede
to stick one's head out of the window pomoliti glavo iz okna
they stuck to his heels prilepili (obesili) so se mu na pete
to stick one's hands in one's pockets vtakniti roke v žep
he sticks indoors on vedno tiči doma
to stick it sleng vzdržati, vztrajati
to stick to it oprijeti se, ne popustiti
to stick a knife into s.o.'s back zasaditi komu nož v hrbet
a man who will stick at nothing figurativno človek brez pomislekov, ki se pred ničemer ne ustavi
some money stuck to his fingers figurativno poneveril je nekaj denarja
to stick in the mud obtičati v blatu
stick my name down on the list zapišite moje ime v seznam!
the nickname stuck to him vzdevek se ga je prijel
he is always sticking his nose into my business vedno vtika svoj nos v moje posle (zadeve)
to stick a pig zaklati prašiča
to stick to the point ostati pri stvari, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he stuck me with a puzzle spravil me je v zadrego z (neko) uganko
I stuck him with that question s tem vprašanjem sem ga vrgel na izpitu
to stick to one's promise držati svojo obljubo
to stick a stamp on a letter nalepiti znamko na pismo
it sticks in my throat obtičalo mi je v grlu, ne morem pogoltniti; figurativno ne morem zaupati
if you throw mud enough, some of it will stick če zelo obrekuješ koga, bodo ljudje nekaterim teh klevet verjeli; tudi nedolžnost ni varna pred obrekovanjem
to stick to his word držati (svojo) besedo

vprašánje question; query; interrogation

črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
gornje vprašánje the above question
indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
nujno vprašánje urgent question
nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
odprto vprašánje open question
pereče vprašánje burning question
sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
pravno vprašánje question of law
sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
načeti vprašánje to raise a question
napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone