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screw² [skru:] prehodni glagol
pritrditi z vijakom (on na)
priviti; ojačiti, okrepiti; pritiskati, tlačiti, izkoriščati
figurativno strogo izpraševati; obračati (one's head glavo)
vrteti; zviti; nakremžiti, deformirati (obraz)
neprehodni glagol
dati se priviti
figurativno vrteti se, viti se; izvajati pritisk
figurativno biti skopuh, krvoses
šport zavrteti se v stran

to screw o.s. into s.th. figurativno vmešati (vsiliti) se v kaj
to screw a lock on the door z vijaki pritrditi ključavnico na vrata
he screws his tenants on privija, izkorišča svoje najemnike
he screwed his face into a sort of smile skremžil je obraz v nekak nasmešek
to screw one's face into wrinkles nakremžiti se
this nut screws well ta matica se dobro privija
his head is screwed (on) the right way figurativno ima glavo na pravem koncu, je bister
he screwed (a)round uneasily in his chair nemirno se je obračal na svojem stolu

pêta heel (tudi pri čevlju, nogavici)

nizka (visoka) pêta low (high) heel
čevlji z visokimi pêtmi highheeled shoes pl
Ahilova pêta Achilles' heel, (občutljivo mesto) (figurativno) tender (ali weak) spot, vulnerable point, weak point
od glave do pête from head to toe
na pêtah raztrgane nogavice socks pl worn out at the heel
on je džentlemen od glave do pête he is every inch a gentleman
biti (slediti) komu za pêtami to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to dog someone's steps, to be upon someone's heels
tik za pêtami to come close upon someone's heels, to pursue someone closely
vedno mi je za pêtami he is always on my heels, he is always following me about (ali dogging my footsteps)
lizati pête komu (figurativno) to fawn on someone
napraviti čevlju novo pêto to heel, to reheel a shoe
pokazati pête (pobrisati jo) to show a clean pair of heels, to take to one's heels, to run (ali to get) away
pête odnesti (figurativno) to escape
komaj je odnesel pête he narrowly escaped, he had a narrow escape
sedeti na pêtah to sit on one's heels
zavrteti se na pêtah to spin round on one's heels

round⁵ [ráund] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zaokrožiti (se), zaobliti (se); postati okrogel (poln, debel); obkrožiti, obkoliti; obpluti; obiti (oviro), obhoditi, iti (na)okrog, okoli; zaviti okoli (vogala); zvoziti (ovinek); obrniti (obraz) (towards proti)
obrniti se, ozreti se

to round one's eyes debelo gledati
to round on one's heels zavrteti se na petah