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tangle [tæŋgl]

1. samostalnik
zamotanost; zavozlanje, zaplet, zapletenost; zmešnjava, zmeda

tangle of hair zamršeni lasje
his business is in a tangle njegovo poslovanje je v največjem neredu

2. prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamešati, zmešati, zavozlati, zamršiti, zamotati; komplicirati; preplesti (with z)

a tangled business zamotana, komplicirana zadeva
neprehodni glagol ((tudi tangle up)
zamotati se, zaplesti se, z(a)mešati se, zavozlati se; komplicirati se; spustiti se (v boj)

only a few planes dared to tangle with the allied fleets le malo letal se je upalo zaplesti (spustiti se) v boj z zavezniškimi zračnimi flotiljami

haywire [héiwaiə]

1. samostalnik
vrv za vezanje snopov

2. pridevnik
ameriško, sleng zmešan, nor

sleng to go haywire zmešati se (pamet), ponoreti; spodleteti

tie up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
privezati, zavezati; oviti, zaviti, zamotati
ekonomija ustaviti (tovarno, proizvodnjo)
medicina obvezati, povezati
pravno omejiti koristenje (lastništva)
figurativno ovirati; blokirati
pogovorno poročiti
neprehodni glagol
zavezati se, združiti se

tied up in a handkerchief zavit v robec
to get o.s. tied up zmešati se, zmesti se
he is tied up with Italian ukvarja se izključno le z italijanščino
to tie s.o. up (in knots) figurativno privesti koga v veliko nepriliko
all my money is tied up ves moj denar je blokiran

zméšati to mix (z with); to mingle (with); (spraviti v nered) to disorder, to disarrange, to muddle (up); (zbegati) to confuse, to confound, to puzzle

zméšati komu glavo (figurativno) to perplex, to baffle, to turn someone's head
zméšati se to mix, to mingle
zmešalo se mu je (figurativno) he's gone out of his mind, he's gone mad; he (has) lost his reason, he is mentally deranged
zmešalo se mu je od preobilnega dela his brain is fuddled (ali befuddled) with overwork
se ti je zmešalo? are you out of your senses?
od samega premišljevanja (tuhtanja) se mu bo zmešalo all this brooding (ali thinking, rumination) will drive him mad