Franja

zrézati to cut in pieces; to cut up; to carve; (na koščke) to mince; to shred

chop¹ [čɔp] prehodni glagol
zrezati, sekljati; cepiti; odsekati; otesati

dice² [dais] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
kockati; zgubiti (pri kockanju); zrezati v kocke

polovíca half, pl halves; moiety

na polovíco by halves
polovíca zneska half the amount
boljša polovíca (figurativno, žena) one's better half
za polovíco dražji half as dear again
za polovíco predolg too long by half
za polovíco preveč too much by half
polovíca od njih je bilo ranjenih half of them were wounded
izgubil je več kot polovíco svojega premoženja he lost more than half his fortune
dobiti že polovíco, opraviti že pol dela (figurativno) to win half the battle
za polovíco zmanjšati takso to halve the tax
zrezati na polovíce to cut in half

small² [smɔ:l] prislov
majhno, fino; (redko) malo, malce; ne glasno, slabotno; prezirljivo

to cut small razrezati, zrezati
to sing small figurativno odnehati, znižati zahteve, postati manj glasen, postati majhen
she swept but small le malo je jokala
to think small of s.o. prezirljivo gledati na koga