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pick up

1. prehodni glagol
razkopati, odkopati (s krampom); vzdigniti, pobrati; vzeti v roke, poprijeti, na novo začeti, lotiti se česa; vzeti koga v avto, pobrati koga s ceste, priti po koga (z avtom)
pogovorno mimogrede spoznati koga
ameriško, sleng prijeti koga, aretirati; odkriti (sled); uloviti, najti, prisluškovati (radijski oddaji); zagledati, naleteti na, najti (npr. staro sliko); slučajno izvedeti, slišati ali zagledati, mimogrede se naučiti, pobrati (npr. par tujih besed); nazaj dobiti (moč, zdravje)
ameriško pospešiti
ameriško, pogovorno vzeti (račun) nase in plačati

2. neprehodni glagol
ekonomija postaviti se zopet na noge, opomoči si; popraviti se; seznaniti se, spoprijateljiti se (with)
povečati brzino
figurativno priti k moči

to pick up a few dollars zaslužiti par dolarjev s priložnostnim delom
to pick up courage ojunačiti se
to pick o.s. up; ali to pick up one's crumbs okrevati, opomoči si
to pick up for a song dobiti skoraj zastonj
to pick up straws zaman se truditi
to pick up flesh rediti se

acquaint [əkwéint] prehodni glagol (with s)
seznaniti; sporočiti, obvestiti

to be acquainted with s.o., s.th. poznati koga kaj
to become (ali get) acquainted seznaniti se, navaditi se

acquaintance [əkwéintəns] samostalnik
poznanstvo; znanec, -nka

on closer acquaintance ko se bolje seznanimo
to cultivate the acquaintance of s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
to make (ali strike) acquaintance of s.o. seznaniti se s kom
upon what acquaintance? zakaj?
to have acquaintance with s.th. vedeti o čem

cognizance [kɔ́gnizəns] samostalnik
spozna(va)nje, doznava; znak; pristojnost, kompetenca

to take special cognizance natančno preiskati
to have cognizance of s.th. vedeti o čem
within one's cognizance v območju koga
to take cognizance of s.th. seznaniti se s čim, vzeti na znanje

contact¹ [kɔ́ntækt] samostalnik
dotik, stik, zveza
tehnično stikalo
ameriško, množina znanci, združenje; kurir
geometrija dotikališče

contact man človek, ki sprejema stranke, veza
contact lens kontaktna leča
to be in contact with imeti stike s
to come into contact priti v stik, seznaniti se
to make contact navezati stike
to break contact pretrgati stik
contact print kopija (foto)

familiar¹ [fəmíljə] pridevnik (with)
zaupen, domač (to)
znan; navaden, vsakdanji; seznanjen; intimen, familiaren; predomač, predrzen, nesramen

to be on familiar terms with s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
familiar spirit hišni škrat
to make o.s. familiar seznaniti se
familiar quotation krilatica

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga

get in neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
vstopiti, vkrcati se; spraviti pod streho; inkasirati; zmagati pri volitvah

get in debts zabresti v dolgove, zadolžiti se
ameriško, sleng get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
get in one's hand naučiti, navaditi se česa
get in with s.o. seznaniti se s kom, prilizovati se komu

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

seznániti

seznániti koga s kom to acquaint someone with someone, to make someone acquainted with someone, to introduce someone to someone
seznániti se s kom to make someone's acquaintance, to get (ali to become) acquainted with someone
seznanili smo se z njo v Londonu we made her acquaintance in London
moram se seznániti z njim I must make his acquaintance (ali get to know him)
prosim, seznanite me z g.X.! please introduce me to Mr.X.!

verse³ [və:s] glagol

to verse o.s. in seznaniti se z; včitati se (in the text v tekst)