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uslíšati (prošnjo) to grant, to fulfil; (molitev) to hear, to give ear (to)

uslíšati komu prošnjo to grant someone's request
njegova prošnja ni bila uslišana his request was not granted
nisem bil uslišan I met with deaf ears

answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

attend [əténd]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
paziti; postreči, skrbeti; spremljati; zdraviti; obiskovati; odgovoriti (na pismo); izvršiti (naročilo)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prisoten, udeležiti se; redno zahajati; paziti; zasledovati; spremljati; uslišati

to attend to the door (ali bell) iti odpret vrata
it is attended by danger je nevarno
to attend to one's duties vršiti svojo dolžnost
the house was poorly attended gledališče je bilo na pol prazno
to attend school hoditi v šolo
to attend upon s.o. dvoriti komu, spremljati koga, skrbeti za koga
to attend to s.o. paziti na koga

grant² [gra:nt] prehodni glagol
dopustiti, dopuščati, dovoliti; zagotoviti, priznati; podeliti, odobriti, uslišati

grant it to be true recimo, da je tako
to take for granted imeti za dognano, biti prepričan
to grant a request uslišati prošnjo
to grant an advance odobriti predujem
granted that recimo, vzemimo, da

hear^* [híə]

1. prehodni glagol
slišati, poslušati
pravno zaslišati, razpravljati, pretresati; uslišati; zvedeti (from od, of o)

2. neprehodni glagol
slišati, dobiti vesti (about o)
slišati (from od)

hear, hear! da slišimo!; ironično glej!, glej!
pravno to hear evidence zaslišati priče
to hear say slišati govoriti
I've heard tell of pripovedovali so mi, povedali so mi
you will hear of it to si boš še zapomnil
he will not hear of it o tem neče nič slišati
let me hear from you piši mi
to make o.s. heard obrniti pozornost nase
so I (have) heard to sem slišal
to hear s.o. out do konca koga poslušati, pustiti koga govoriti do konca

redress² [ridrés] prehodni glagol
(ponovno) vzpostaviti (ravnotežje), popraviti (krivico); nadomestiti, nadoknaditi komu škodo (for za)
odškodovati; odstraniti, odpraviti, ukiniti (napake, slabosti, zlo); najti lek, odpomoči; dati zadoščenje, uslišati pritožbe; pomagati, ublažiti

to redress the balance vzpostaviti ravnotežje
to redress a wrong popraviti krivico

repulse² [ripʌ́ls] prehodni glagol
odbiti, odkloniti, zavrniti, ne hoteti uslišati, dati "košarico"; ne vzeti v poštev (zahteve, ponudbe itd.)
vojska odbiti, odgnati, zavrniti (sovražnika), odpoditi
figurativno potolči, poraziti (v sporu, prepiru)

to repulse an assailant (an attack, an offer, a suitor) odbiti napadalca (napad, ponudbo, snubca)

deaf [def] pridevnik (deafly prislov)
gluh, naglušen (with)
omamljen

deaf of (ali in) one ear na eno uho gluh
deaf as a post (ali door-nail, stone, beetle, an adder) popolnoma gluh, gluh ko zemlja
none so deaf as those who won't hear najbolj gluhi so tisti, ki nočejo slišati
deaf nut prazen oreh
to fall on deaf ears ne biti uslišan
to turn a deaf ear delati se gluhega, ne uslišati

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

molítev prayer

molítev pred jedjo in po jedi grace
sestanek vernikov k molítvi prayer meeting
opravljati molítev to say one's prayers, (pred jedjo in po jedi) to say grace (before meals, after meals)
uslišati molítev to answer a prayer

petition¹ [pətíšən] samostalnik
peticija, prošnja, pismena vloga
pravno zahteva

britanska angleščina, zgodovina Petition of Right prošnja za dodelitev pravic (l. 1628.)
to grant a petition uslišati prošnjo
to present a petition vložiti prošnjo
to file one's petition in bankruptcy razglasiti stečaj
to file a petition for divorce vložiti tožbo za razvezo zakona
petition for clemency prošnja za pomilostitev