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rêči to say; to tell; to utter; (izraziti se) to express in words; (izjaviti) to declare; (kot priča) to depose

rêči "da" to say yes, to agree
rêči "ne" to say no (ali nay), to refuse
zopet, ponovno rêči to repeat
rêči bobu bob to call a spade a spade
rêči zbogom to say (ali to bid) goodbye (ali farewell)
na uho komu rêči to whisper in someone's ear
rêči komu svoje mnenje to give someone a piece of one's mind
rêči enkrat "da", enkrat "ne" to say and unsay
tako rekoč so to speak; as it were; as one might say; so to say
recimo, da... granted that...
recimo, da bi to bilo res... supposing (that) it were true...
kot se reče (ljudje rečejo) as the saying goes
dal mi je, reci in piši, 8 tolarjev he gave me precisely 8 tolars
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done, quick as thought
kratko rečeno... the long and the short of it is...
mimogrede rečeno... by the way, by the by (ali bye)
kot že rečeno as I have said already, as I said before
med nama rečeno between you and me
laže rečeno kot storjeno easier said than done
recimo let us say, say, suppose
reci odkrito! speak up (ali out)!
reci brez okolišenja! don't beat about the bush!
recimo, da je tako admitting that it is so (ali it to be so)
recimo, da je to res, kaj potem? say it were true, what then?
če lahko tako rečemo if one might put it this way
to je lepo rečeno that is nicely put
kaj naj rečem k temu? it is incredible!
ni kaj rêči o njegovi poštenosti his honesty cannot be called in question
nimam več kaj rêči I have nothing more to say
proti temu se ne da nič rêči there is nothing to be said against that
to se samó tako reče that's merely a way of putting it
on si ne da nič rêči he is deaf to all advice, he will not listen to reason
kar on reče, mora biti what he says goes
kako bi se to reklo v angleščini? how would you put that in English?
težko je rêči... it is hard to say...
ne more se rêči kdaj there is no saying when
rekli so mi, da je doma I was told that he was at home
kolikokrat sem to rekel? how often have I said (ali told you) that?
rekel sem svoje I had (ali I've had) my say, (kaj mislim) I spoke my mind
kar sem rekel, nisem oporekel I kept my word, I did not go back on my word
upravičeno lahko to rečem I could well say so
kaj bodo pa ljudje rekli (figurativno) what will people (ali they) say?
to je težavno, ali bolje rečeno, to je nemogoče it is difficult, or rather (ali knjižno nay), it is impossible
to je težavno, da ne rečem nemogoče! it is difficult, not to say impossible!
Je to res? Če ti pa rečem! Is it true? You can take my word for it!
ne vem, kaj hočeš rêči I don't follow you
kaj hočeš rêči s tem? what do you mean by that?
ravno sem hotel to rêči you have taken the words out of my mouth, it was on the tip of my tongue, I was going to say
preden sem sploh mogel kaj reči... before I could get a word out
vse še ni bilo rečeno o tem we haven't yet heard the last of it, we haven't yet got to the bottom of it

cough up prehodni glagol
izkašljati
sleng izkašljati se, reči, blekniti, olajšati si jezo
sleng izročiti; plačati

enounce [ináus] prehodni glagol
izjaviti, reči, izgovoriti, izustiti

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

observe [əbzə́:v]

1. prehodni glagol
opazovati, opaziti, motriti, zapažati
navtika meriti globino vode
figurativno držati se (postav), slaviti (praznik); pripomniti, reči, izjaviti

2. neprehodni glagol
komentirati (on, upon)

to observe time biti točen

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

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

squeak [skwi:k]

1. samostalnik
cviljenje, cvilež, vpitje, vreščanje; škripanje
pogovorno uitje, izognitev

bubble-and-squeak meso z nasekljano zelenjavo
to have a narrow (close, near) squeak komaj uiti, se izogniti

2. neprehodni glagol
škripati (o čevljih, vratih), cviliti (miš)
sleng izdati, zatožiti, priznati
prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izraziti (kaj) z vreščcčim, kričavim glasom

talk² [tɔ:k] neprehodni glagol
pogovarjati se, govoriti, kramljati; govoričiti, klepetati, čenčati: izgovarjati glasove; razpravljati; povedati svojo sodbo, svoje stališče, pojasniti; sporazumeti se
sleng pametno govoriti

for the sake of talking le zaradi pogovora, samo da govorimo
to talk big (ali tall) bahavo govoriti, bahati se
to talk by signals govoriti, sporazumevati se z znaki
to talk ill of s.o. slabo govoriti o kom
to talk in one's sleep govoriti v spanju
to talk nineteen to the dozen figurativno klepetati, brbljati kot raglja
to talk to the point govoriti konkretno, ne se oddaljiti od predmeta
he is always talking on neprestano govori
now you are talking figurativno to je pametno govorjenje; tako je prav; sedaj se bomo mogli sporazumeti
do what you will, people will talk napravite, kar hočete (karkoli napravite), ljudje bodo vedno imeli svoje pripombe
prehodni glagol
govoriti kaj, o čem; reči; izraziti, izpovedati

to talk a donkey's hind leg off figurativno preveč, neprestano govoriti
to talk nonsense govoriti nesmisle
to talk turkey odkrito, naravnost govoriti
to talk politics govoriti o politiki
to talk rubbish govoriti neumnosti, čvekati
to talk sense (ali wise) razumno, pametno govoriti
to talk shop figurativno govoriti (le) o strokovnih, poslovnih zadevah; govoriti stvarno
to talk to o.s. sam s seboj govoriti, imeti samogovore
to talk to s.o. resno govoriti s kom, ošteti koga
to talk o.s. hoarse do hripavosti govoriti
you are talking my head off figurativno govoriš toliko, da me glava boli, da mi bo glava odpadla
you are talking me silly govoriš toliko, da me boš norega naredil
he can talk five languages on zna (govoriti) pet jezikov
to talk through one's hat figurativno pretiravati, blefirati, širokoustiti se; govoriti nesmisle, neumnosti
to get o.s. talked about dati govoriti o sebi
he tried to talk me into buying the horse skušal me je pregovoriti, da bi kupil konja
to talk s.o. out of s.th. (skušati) odvrniti koga od česa
to talk s.o. into believing s.th. prepričati koga o čem
to talk s.o. into his grave figurativno spraviti koga v grob s svojim govorjenjem

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

brief² [bri:f] samostalnik
pravno kratka razlaga tožbene reči
cerkev papeževo pismo; kratek pregled
množina kratke hlače

to have (ali hold) a brief for s.o. zastopati, braniti koga
to accept a brief on behalf of jamčiti za koga
to have plenty of briefs imeti mnogo posla (odvetnik)
pogovorno to hold no brief for ne marati koga

catchall [kæčɔ́:l] samostalnik
posoda, skrinja ali prostor za raznovrstne reči, ropotarnica

discard² [díska:d] samostalnik
založene karte, talon, založek; odložene reči, izvržek, izmeček, škart, prebirek
ameriško staro železo

gee-up [dží:ʌ́p]

1. medmet
hi, hijo

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
reči hi!; pognati konja; premakniti se (konj)

refuse¹ [rifjú:z] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
odkloniti, odbiti, zavrniti, odreči; ne hoteti uporabiti; odvreči; odbiti (snubca, ženitno ponudbo), dati "košarico"; upirati se, braniti se, reči ne; (o konju) ne hoteti preskočiti ovire; (o kartah) ne odgovoriti na barvo, ne prinesti izigrane barve
arhaično zatajiti (svoje ime)

to refuse a candidate (help, an invitation, an offer) odkloniti kandidata (pomoč, povabilo, ponudbo)
to refuse a chance ne izrabiti priložnosti
to refuse a request odbiti prošnjo
I refuse to believe ne maram verjeti, preprosto ne verjamem
he refused to stay branil se je, ni hotel ostati
tho horse refused the fence konj ni hotel preskočiti zapreke
we have been refused odklonili so nas

restate [ri:stéit] prehodni glagol
nanovo (in bolje) formulirati; zopet izjaviti, ponoviti, ponovno izraziti, še enkrat reči ali ugotoviti

say away prehodni glagol
odkrito reči, povedati (kaj)

say away what you have to say away povej odkrito, kar imaš povedati!

shriek [šri:k]

1. samostalnik
vrišč, vik, krik (strahu, bolečine); žvižg; vreščanje, krohot(anje)

shrieks of laughter vreščanje od smeha, vreščeče smejanje
to give a shriek zavreščati, krikniti
shriek-mark sleng klicaj

2. neprehodni glagol
vreščati, kričati, vpiti, (za)žvižgati; krohotati se
prehodni glagol
zakričati (kaj), zavpiti, reči kaj z vreščečim glasom; (o vetru) tuliti, žvižgati

to shriek with laughter vreščati od smeha
to shriek o.s. hoarse nakričati se do hripavosti
to shriek out zavreščati, zakričati (kaj); kričé alarmirati

shush [šʌš]

1. medmet
ššš!, pst!

2. neprehodni glagol
reči ali delati pst!; sikati; ukazati mir, tišino
prehodni glagol
utišati, pomiriti koga z vzklikom pst

slander [slá:ndə]

1. samostalnik
obrekovanje, kleveta, žaljenje časti
pravno ustno obrekovanje

2. prehodni glagol
obrekovati, reči zoper (koga), opravljati (koga)