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uganíti to guess; to make a guess; to unriddle; to find out; (razrešiti) to solve

ki se lahko ugane guessable
uganíti uganko to solve a riddle
prav (napak) si uganil you have guessed right (wrong)

decipher [disáifə] prehodni glagol
dešifrirati, razrešiti, razbrati, uganiti, razvozlati
arhaično razločevati

divine¹ [diváin] prehodni glagol
slutiti, uganiti; prerokovati, napovedovati, vedeževati

hit^*2 [hit]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, poriniti, zadeti
figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči (at po)
slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
zadeti (against na)
ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
ameriško to hit the books guliti se
pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
hit hard! močno udari!
to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
to hit oil najti nafto
prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti

hit off prehodni glagol
pravo zadeti, uganiti, točno prikazati

to hit off with skladati, ujemati se s, z

nick³ [nik]

1. prehodni glagol
zarezati, urezati; spodrezati (konju rep); zadeti pravi trenutek; uganiti, pogoditi (resnico); ujeti (vlak)
britanska angleščina, sleng ujeti (tatu)
sleng ukrasti
ameriško, sleng goljufati; dobro vreči (kocko v hazardni igri)

2. neprehodni glagol
skrajšati, presekati pot (in)
skočiti v (besedo); križati se (govedo)

to nick out izrezljati

riddle¹ [ridl]

1. samostalnik
uganka; skrivnost; zagonetna, skrivnostna oseba ali stvar

to propose a riddle staviti uganko
to read (to solve) a riddle rešiti uganko

2. neprehodni glagol
govoriti ali izražati se v ugankah; nejasno se izražati
prehodni glagol
uganiti, razrešiti uganko

riddle me this razrešite mi to uganko!

touch² [təč] prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, dotikati se; (o)tipati, potipati; spraviti v dotik (stik); udarjati, igrati (na klavir, na strune), ubirati (strune); lahno se dotakniti (kakega predmeta); ukvarjati se s čim, imeti opravka z; pokusiti; vzeti, dvigniti, prejeti (plačo)
sleng izvabiti (denar) od koga, prevarati, ukaniti, ogoljufati, oslepariti; priti v stik (s čim), mejiti na, naslanjati se na, segati do, raztezati se do; ganiti, užalostiti; užaliti, vznemiriti, pretresti, razburiti; (pri)zadeti, pustiti sledove na; vplivati na
pogovorno biti enak (komu), doseči (koga), meriti se (s kom); pogoditi, uganiti; skicirati; šatirati; modificirati; žigosati (žlahtno kovino)
neprehodni glagol
dotikati se, dotakniti se, priti v stik, mejiti; vplivati na, imeti posledice za
navtika pristati za kratek čas

the apples are touched with frost jabolka so pozebla
clouds are touched with red oblaki so rdeče obarvani
I was touched by his story njegova zgodba me je ganila
it touches none but him to zadeva (se tiče) le njega
to touch bottom dotikati se dna; figurativno doseči najnižjo ceno
his brain (ali he) is touched v njegovi glavi ni vse v redu
to touch the bell pozvoniti
it touched me to the heart to mi je šlo k srcu
I was touched to tears bil sem do solz ganjen
I do not touch cocktails koktajlov se ne dotaknem
no one can touch her for (ali in) beauty nihče se ne more meriti z njo po lepoti
he touches 5 feet visok je 5 čevljev
to touch glasses trčiti s čašami
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka (v pozdrav)
how does this touch him? kakšno zvezo ima to z njim? kaj se to njega tiče?
to touch lucky imeti srečo
nobody can touch him nihče mu ni enak, se ne more meriti z njim
to touch s.o. for two pounds izvabiti iz (upiliti, navrtati) koga za 2 funta
to touch to the quick zadeti v živo, prizadeti (koga), užaliti
to touch on the raw razžaliti, razjeziti, razkačiti
the soap won't touch these spots milo ne doseže ničesar pri teh madežih
to touch the spot pravo pogoditi
to touch wood potrkati po lesu (da se ubranimo zlih sil usode)
touch wood! ne kličimo nesreče!
this touches on treason to meji na izdajo, to je že kot izdaja

unriddle [ʌnrídl] prehodni glagol
razrešiti (uganko), uganiti

anticipate [æntísipeit] prehodni glagol
predvidevati, napovedati, pričakovati, slutiti; vnaprej porabiti; pospešiti; preprečiti
trgovina predčasno izplačati (menico)

to anticipate payment vnaprej plačati, plačati pred rokom
to anticipate the pleasure of vnaprej se veseliti na
to anticipate s.o.'s wishes uganiti želje koga
anticipated profit pričakovani dobiček
anticipating your early answer pričakujoč, da boste kmalu odgovorili

guess² [ges] samostalnik
domneva, ugibanje; zadetek

to give (ali pay) guess ugibati
at a guess, by guess na oko, približno
to make a guess uganiti
to make a guess at s.th. oceniti kaj

mind¹ [máind] samostalnik
spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

the human mind človekov duh
history of the mind idejna zgodovina
things of the mind duhovne stvari
his is a fine mind je pametna glava
one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
absence of mind raztresenost
presence of mind prisotnost duha
to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
to change one's mind premisliti se
the mind's eye vizija
in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
to come to mind priti na misel
to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
to lose one's mind znoreti
to make up one's mind odločiti se
to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
out of one's (right) mind nor
to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
to slip one's mind pozabiti
to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca

mísel thought; idea

v míslih in mind, in one's thoughts
bogat z míslimi rich (ali fertile) in ideas
istih mísli like-minded, of the same mind
zatopljen v mísli engrossed (ali sunk, lost in thought)
vodilna mísel chief (ali principal) idea
že sama mísel na to the mere thought of it, merely thinking of it
prenos mísli thought-transference
branje mísli thoughtreading
svoboda mísli freedom of thought, free thought
črne mísli mi rojé po glavi I am in the doldrums
njegovo ime mi ne pride na mísel his name has slipped my memory
često vas imam v míslih you are often in my thoughts
kako si prišel na to mísel? what put such an idea into your head?
njegova edina mísel je, kako priti do denarja his sole thought is to make money
priti komu na mísel to be remembered by someone, to come (back) to mind, to be in someone's thoughts
nikoli mi ni to prišlo na mísel it never entered my head (ali my mind)
na mísel mi pride it occurs to me, it comes into (ali it crosses) my mind, I discover (da... that)
imeti samó eno mísel to have but one thing in mind (ali one thought)
tolar bi dal, da bi (zdajle) vedel za tvoje mísli! (figurativno)a penny for your thoughts!, a penny for them!
v glavo mi je šinila mísel, da... it suddenly occurred to me, the thought struck me that...
ne morem slediti tvoji mísli I don't follow you, I don't get your drift, I don't see what you're driving at
v míslih te vidim I can see you in my mind (ali in my mind's eye)
ni mu prišlo na mísel, da bi plačal svoj dolg he had no thought of paying his debt
brati, uganiti mísli koga to read someone's thoughts
želja je rodila mísel the wish is father to the thought
zaupati komu svoje mísli to open one's mind to someone
ne morem se znebiti, (otresti) te mísli I cannot banish (dismiss) this thought from my mind, I cannot get rid of this idea
kolikor glav, toliko mísli many men, many minds
še na mísel mi ne pride, da bi to storil I would not dream of doing it

napáčen wrong; false; incorrect

napáčno prislov wrong, wrongly
napáčno ime false (ali fictitious) name
ni napáčno! not bad!
napraviti napáčen korak to take a false step
ura gre napáčno the clock is (ali goes, is going) wrong
napáčno uganiti (nepravo zadeti) to guess wrong
napáčno razumeti to misunderstand
napáčno me razumete you misunderstand me, you mistake me
kaj se ti zdi napáčno pri tem? what do you find wrong with it?
na napáčnega je naletel (figurativno) he had come to the wrong shop
peljati se z napáčnim vlakom to take the wrong train
napáčno je držal knjigo he was holding the book the wrong way up
napáčno delati, narediti to act wrong, to do wrong
napáčno izgovoriti (obvestiti, pisati) to mispronounce (to misinform, to misspell)
napáčno peti to sing out of tune
napáčno (pre) soditi to misjudge
zelo napáčno je od tebe, da ga podpiraš it is very wrong of you to support him
zaiti na napáčna pota (figurativno) to take the wrong path (ali turning)
ne bi bilo napáčno, če bi to poskusili it wouldn't be a bad idea to try it, we see no harm in trying it
obrnil si se na napáč naslov (osebo) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop
napáčna ideja a false idea
napáčen pojem a mistaken notion
napáčen odgovor a wrong answer
napáčen podatek, napáčna navedba false statement, misrepresentation
napáčna (telefonska) številka, napáčna zveza! sorry, wrong number!

nápak wrong, wrongly, bad, badly; amiss

ni nápak! not bad!
nápak delati to do something wrong
nápak priti (biti nezaželen) to come amiss
nápak razumeti to misunderstand, to mistake
nápak uganiti, ugibati to guess wrong
ne bi bilo nápak zate (ne bi ti škodovalo) it would not be a bad thing for you
nekaj je nápak z njim there's something amiss with him
nápak stópiti (spotakniti se) to trip (čez, nad over)

right³ [ráit] prislov
prav, pravilno; premo, naravnost, direktno; desno; dobro, kot treba, zadovoljivo; popolnoma, čisto, zelo, temeljito; takoj

right off, right away ameriško takoj, na mestu
right after dinner takoj po večerji
right ahead, right on ravno, premo, naravnost (naprej)
right in the middle prav v sredi(ni)
(rotten) right through (gnil) skoz in skoz (popolnoma)
right turn! vojska na desno!
right eyes! vojska pogled na desno!
right up strmo navzgor (kvišku)
right well zelo (dobro), celó
Right Honourable britanska angleščina ekscelenca (plemiški naslov za plemiče nižje od markiza)
I am right glad zelo sem vesel
to come right in ameriško iti naravnost noter
to get s.th. right pravilno, popolnoma razumeti
nothing goes right with me vse mi gre narobe, nič mi ne uspe
to guess right prav(ilno) uganiti
he hit right and left udrihal je desno in levo, na vse strani
to know right well prav dobro vedeti
if I remember right če se prav spomnim
to put (to set) right spraviti v red, urediti
it serves him right prav mu je
to turn right obrniti se, zasukati se

sidelight [sáidlait] samostalnik
svetloba, ki prihaja od strani, stranska luč
figurativno slučajno pojasnilo
navtika rdeča ali zelena luč na ladijskih bokih

that affair throws a sidelight on the corruptness of some financial circles ta afera da uganiti korupcijo nekaterih finančnih krogov

study² [stʌ́di] prehodni glagol
učiti se (česa), študirati; skrbno, natančno preučevati; brati; poskušati se naučiti na pamet (vlogo); pripravljati se za izpit (iz česa); pazljivo ogledovati, opazovati; posvetiti pozornost (čemu), paziti (na kaj); prizadevati si, skušati ugoditi (komu)
neprehodni glagol
študirati, baviti se s proučevanjem; učiti se
zastarelo razmišljati, premišljati, iskati; prizadevati si, truditi se, vzeti si za cilj

to study for the bar študirati pravo
to study the ground preučevati teren
to study a part študirati, učiti se na pamet vlogo
to study s.o. uganiti želje kake osebe
he studied for an excuse iskal je izgovor

wrong³ [rɔŋ] prislov
neprav, nápak, narobe, pogrešno, lažno

to act wrong ne delati prav, napačno delati
to get it wrong (z)motiti se, napačno razumeti
to get in wrong with s.o. ameriško, pogovorno lahkomiselno izgubiti (zaigrati) naklonjenost kake osebe
to go wrong iti s prave poti, zaiti na kriva pota (o ženski); pogrešiti, zmotiti se; trgovina slabo iti; tehnično slabo funkcionirati, biti pokvarjen
to get s.o. in wrong with spraviti koga ob dobro ime pri, diskreditirati koga pri
our plans went wrong naši načrti so šli po vodi
your watch is wrong vaša ura ne gre prav (točno)
to guess wrong napak uganiti, krivo zadeti

žêlja desire, wish; request; (hrepenenje) longing, yearning, craving, hankering, yen; (pohlep) cupidity, avidity, greed, greediness; (čestitka) congratulation

na žêljo trgovina if desired, on request
po žêlji as (ali if) requested, according to one's wish
na izrecno žêljo at the express wish (of)
dobre (slabe) žêlje pl good (bad) wishes pl
na splošno žêljo by general request
na žêljo g. X-a at the request (ali by desire) of Mr. X.
po moji žêlji in accordance with my wishes
moja srčna žêlja my heartfelt wish
pobožna žêlja (figurativno) pious hope (ali wish)
vroča žêlja ardent desire
to je moja edina žêlja it is the only thing I wish for, it is my only wish
naj bo po vaši žêlji! let it be as you wish!
izraziti žêljo to express one's desire
to so pobožne žêlje (figurativno, pogovorno) that's a piece of wishful thinking
od (dobrih) žêlja še nihče ni bil sit if wishes were horses beggars might ride
imeti žêljo to entertain a wish
vse je šlo (se je izšlo) po mojih žêljah everything turned out the way I wanted
to je bila le moja pobožna žêlja (figurativno) that was only my wishful thinking
uganiti žêlje koga to anticipate someone's wishes
ne morem ustreči tvoji žêlji I cannot comply with your wish
treba je znati brzdati svoje žêlje one must learn to cut one's coat according to one's cloth
izpolniti žêljo to satisfy a desire