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utoníti to be drowned; to sink; to go down

utoníti v pozabo to slip (ali to fall, to sink) into oblivion
sonce utone the sun goes down (ali sinks below the horizon)

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

go down neprehodni glagol
zaiti, zahajati (sonce); utoniti; odnehati; propasti, propadati; (s)plahneti
pogovorno končati, zapustiti univerzo; ostati v spominu (before)
poklekniti

it doesn't go down with me tega ne verjamem; ne ugaja mi

go under neprehodni glagol
utoniti, propasti, podleči, umreti, poginiti

go under the name biti znan pod imenom

sink^*2 [siŋk]

1. neprehodni glagol
(po)toniti, potopiti se, utoniti; upasti (o reki), znižati se, zmanjšati se; padati (cene); pasti (ugled); zaiti (sonce); spustiti se na zemljo (mrak); usesti se; ponehati (vihar); vpiti se (barva); pogrezniti se, udirati se, sesesti se; pasti (into v)
slabeti, giniti, onemoči, bližati se koncu; podirati se, rušiti se; podleči, kloniti; veniti, hirati, propadati

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti (ladjo), pogrezniti, uničiti, pokvariti, povesiti (glavo); znižati, spustiti dol (cene); vrtati, dolbsti (vodnjak, luknjo); vrezati (žig itd.); pustiti ob strani, ne posvečati pozornosti (čemu); pozabiti (prepir); neugodno naložiti (kapital), izgubiti (denar); skrivati, prikriti, zamolčati

sink or swim! ali plavaš (se rešiš, prideš na zeleno vejo), ali pa utoneš!
here goes, sink or swim zdaj gre za biti ali ne biti
to sink beneath the burden kloniti, zrušiti se pod bremenom
her cheeks have sunk lica so ji upadla
to sink all considerations na nič se ne ozirati, iti prek vsega
the dagger sank in to the hilt bodalo se je zadrlo do držaja
to sink a die izrezati žig
to sink one's differences odložiti ali poravnati svoje spore
the dye sinks barva se vpija
he sank in my estimation padel je v mojih očeh (moji cenitvi)
this event sank into my mind (memory) ta dogodek se mi je globoko vtisnil v spomin
to sink an important fact zamolčati (izpustiti, ne omeniti) važno dejstvo
to sink into the grave zgruditi se v grob, umreti
this ground sinks little by little ta tla se polagoma ugrezajo
she sank her head in her hands povesila je glavo v roke
to sink one's individuality ne poudarjati svoje osebnosti
to sink into insignifcance postati nepomemben
to sink one's own interests pozabiti na (žrtvovati) svoje lastne interese, biti nesebičen
to sink on one's knees spustiti se (pasti) na kolena
the light is sinking svetloba pojema
the old man is sinking rapidly starček rapidno slabi, hira
to sink money vložiti svoj denar v nekaj, iz česar ga ni lahko dobiti; izgubiti svoj denar pri takem poslu
to sink one's money in a life annuity naložiti svoj denar v dosmrtno rento
to sink into oblivion (poverty) pasti (priti) v pozabo (v revščino)
to sink an oil-well izvrtati petrolejski vrelec
to sink a post zabiti drog v zemljo
to sink the prices znižati cene
to sink a ship potopiti ladjo
to sink the shop ne govoriti o strokovnih stvareh; tajiti, skrivati svoj poklic
to sink into a deep sleep pogrezniti se v globoko spanje
his spirits sank pogum mu je upadel
the stain has sunk in madež je globoko prodrl
the storm is sinking vihar ponehuje
the sun sank below the horizon sonce je utonilo (zašlo) pod obzorje
to sink one's title prikriti, zamolčati svoj naslov (naziv)
to sink one's voice znižati svoj glas

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

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

perish [périš]

1. neprehodni glagol
giniti, slabeti, veneti, umirati (with od, by, of zaradi)
poginiti, ponesrečiti se; propasti, propadati, izumirati

2. prehodni glagol
(običajno pasiv) uničiti

to be perished with cold zmrzovati
to perish by cold zmrzniti
to perish by drowning utoniti
we nearly perished with fright skoraj smo umrli od strahu
perish the thought (of)! naj se gre solit!, še na misel mi ne pride
pogovorno perished pol mrtev (od lakote, mraza)

potopíti to plunge (v in, into); to dip (in, into; v vodo into the water); to immerse; (ladjo) to sink; to drown; (poplaviti) to overflow, to flood, to swallow up, to engulf; (ladjo z navrtanjem luknje) to scuttle;

potopíti se to sink, to go down; (utoniti) to drown, to be drowned
potopíti se v to plunge into; to founder, to be wrecked, to go to the bottom