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tíčati to be; to stick (v in)

tíčati do ušes, do vratú v dolgovih to be up to one's ears in debt
kje pa tičiš ves ta čas? where have you been all this time?
vedno doma tíčati to be a stay-at-home
on vedno doma tiči he stays indoors; he is a stay-athome, he is a homebody (ali homebird)
vedno skupaj tíčati (figurativno) to be inseparable
v tem grmu tiči zajec (figurativno) that's the gist (of the whole matter), that is where the dog is buried, (tu je težava) there's the rub, that's the whole point
ključ tiči v vratih the key is in the lock

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

lie behind neprehodni glagol
figurativno tičati za čem (motiv itd.)

bláto mud; (tudi figurativno); dirt; mire; filth; (rečno, jezersko) slime

človeško bláto excrement, excreta
oškropljen od bláta spattered with mud
obmetavati z blátom koga figurativno to throw (ali to fling) mud at someone
potegniti, povleči v bláto figurativno to drag through the mud
tičati v blátu to stick in the mud
(po)vleči iz bláta to pull out of the mud (ali mire)

couple¹ [kʌ́pl] samostalnik
par, dvojica; zakonca, zaljubljenca; povezka psov

a couple of nekaj, par, dva
to hunt in couples vedno skupaj tičati

dólg debt; sum due; (zadolženost) indebtedness; (obveze) liabilities pl

brez dólga debtless, free from debt, (posestvo) unencumbered
časten dólg debt of honour
hipotekarni dólg mortgage
neizterljiv dólg, dólg, katerega plačilo je malo verjetno (žargon) bad debt
izterljiv dólg recoverable debt
viseč dólg floating debt
državni, narodni dólg national debt
biti brez dólgov, ne imeti dólgov to be out of debt
biti, izvleči se iz dólgov (figurativno) to be out of the red
delati dólgove to contract (ali to incur) debts; to get into debt
čez glavo, do vratu tičati v dólgovih to be up to one's ears (ali eyes, neck) in debt
dobiti dólg povrnjen to recover a debt
plačati dólg to honour a debt, to discharge a debt
poravnati svoje dólgove to settle one's debts
odplačati dólg to pay off a debt, to sink a debt
do zadnje pare plačati svoj dólg to pay one's debt to the last farthing
tičati (globoko) v dólgovih to be (deep) in debt
vpisati komu v dólg trgovina to debit someone, to enter a sum on the debit side
zabresti, zaiti v dólgove to run into debt, to fall into debt
kup dólgov a mountain of debts
rešiti se enega dólga, a pri tem napraviti drugega (figurativno) to rob Peter to pay Paul

globóko prislov deeply, deep

globóko ganjen deeply moved
globóko občuten heartfelt
globóko zakorenínjen deeprooted
globóko dihniti to draw a deep breath
globóko kopati to dig deep
globóko vzdihniti to heave a deep sigh
biti globóko zamišljen to be deep in thought
biti globóko zadolžen, tičati globóko v dolgovih to be deep in debt, up to one's eyes (ali ears, neck) in debt
delati globóko v noč to work deep (ali far) into the night
tiha voda globóko dere still waters run deep
globóko zajeti sapo to take a deep breath

mire¹ [máiə] samostalnik
blato (tudi figurativno)
glen, grez, mulj; močvirje, močvirno tlo

figurativno to be deep in the mire tičati v blatu
figurativno to stick in the mire; ali to find o.s. in the mire tičati v težavah, biti v škripcu
figurativno to drag s.o. through the mire blatiti koga, vlačiti koga po zobeh

swamp² [swɔmp] prehodni glagol
poplaviti, preplaviti, potopiti (kaj); premočiti, namočiti
figurativno (večinoma pasivno) zasuti, obsuti (s prošnjami, s pismi); (o morju) pogoltniti; preobremeniti (z delom), zadušiti, premagati (čustva)
politika preprečiti (zakon)
ameriško utreti (pot) skozi gozd
neprehodni glagol
(ladja) potapljati se, toniti; biti preplavljen, utoniti
figurativno zabresti v težave, propasti

I am swamped with work čez glavo imam dela
to be swamped with debts do vratu tičati v dolgovih
they had been swamped about two miles from the town okrog dve milji od mesta so obtičali v močvirju
a pipe burst and swamped the bathroom pipa je počila in voda je preplavila kopalnico

vrát neck; (grlo) throat

trd vrát stiff neck
labodji vrát swan's neck
na vrát na nos helter-skelter, head over heels, headlong; precipitately
do vrátu v težavah up to the eyes (ali ears) in difficulties
do vrátu v delu up to the elbows in work
biti do vrátu v vodi to be up to the ears in water
biti do vrátu sit česa to be fed up to the back teeth with something
vrát me boli I have a sore throat
imeti koga na vrátu (figurativno) to have someone on one's back
imeti veliko družino na vrátu to be encumbered with a large family
držati koga za vrát to hold someone by the throat
pasti komu okoli vrátu to fall on someone's neck, to embrace someone
prerezati komu vrát to cut someone's throat
razbiti vrát steklenice to break the neck of a bottle
stegovati vrát to stretch (ali to crane) one's neck (za, po at, for)
tičati do vrátú v dolgovih to be up to one's eyes (ali ears) in debt
vreči se komu okoli vrátú to throw one's arms round someone's neck
zaviti komu vrát to wring someone's neck, to tread on someone's neck
zgrabiti koga za vrát to grab someone by the throat, to take someone by the neck
zlomiti komu vrát to break someone's neck
zlomiti si vrát to break one's neck
zmagati za dolžino vrátú (pri konjskih dirkah) to win by a neck