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denár money; žargon brass, lolly, dough; (kovan) coin, coinage, hard money, hard cash, specie; (papirnati) soft money, paper money, bank notes pl, currency, token money; (drobiž) change; (gotovina) ready money; (v prometu) currency; (ženi za drobnarije) pin-money; (sredstva) pecuniary resources, capital

ponarejen denár counterfeit money
razpoložljiv denár disposable funds pl
presežni denár surplus money
tuj, inozemski denár foreign money
lahko zaslužen denár ZDA žargon fast buck
pri denárju in cash
brez denárja penniless
denárja kot smeti loads of money
lovec na denár (na doto) fortune hunter
v škripcih za denár short or money, out of cash, in money difficulties, hard up for money
kovnica denárja mint
obtok denárja circulation of money
pomanjkanje denárja lack (ali shortage) of money, financial stringency
predal za denár money-box, till
tečaj denárja rate of exchange, value
posojevalec denárja moneylender
kopičenje denárja accumulation of money, slabšalno money-grubbing
denár v obtoku money in circulation
za denár je trda money is tight
biti pri denárju to be in the money, to be flush, pogovorno to be quids in
ne biti pri denárju to be short of money (ali of cash, pogovorno of the ready), to be broke, to be out of cash, to have no money
biti čisto brez denárja (suh kot poper) to be dead broke
dobiti denár povrnjen to get (ali to have) one's money refunded
za noben denár ne morem tega dobiti I can't get it for love or money
dolgovati denár to owe money
dvigniti denár to draw money, to withdraw money (iz from)
denár ne igra vloge money (is) no object
imeti mnogo denárja to have plenty of money
ima denárja kot pečká he is rolling in money
nimam nič denárja pri sebi I have no money on me
ima denárja kot smeti he has tons of money
izdati (potrošiti) denár to spend money
izgubiti denár to lose one's money
investirati denár to invest money
hraniti (varčevati) denár to save money
to gre v denár that's making (real) money
kovati denár to coin, to mint money
najeti denár pri banki to raise money at the bank
z denárjem se da vse napraviti money talks
denár proč metati to let money go down the drain
bil je ogoljufan za svoj denár he was cheated (ali swindled) out of his money
narediti si denar (figurativno) to feather one's nest
podpirati z denárjem to subsidize (koga someone)
lahko se pod nosom obrišeš za svoj denár you may whistle for your money
kopičiti si denár to hoard money
pobirati denár to raise (ali to collect) money
posoditi denár to lend out money
naložíti denár to invest money
potrošiti denár to spend money
razsipavati z denárjem to spend money right and left
prihraniti mnogo denárja to have a nest egg put by
priti na dan z denárjem to come out with one's money
spremeniti v denár (vnovčiti) to turn (ali to convert) into cash
spraviti kaj v denár (vnovčiti) to make money of something, to realize, to convert into money
lahko in hitro služiti denár (figurativno) to coin money
prispevati denár to contribute money
on me stane mnogo denárja he is a heavy burden on my purse
ta posel me je spravil ob denár this business (ali transaction) has left me out of pocket
ta posel mi je prinesel denárja this deal has paid off
zasluži mnogo (kup) denárja he is earning a lot of money
(po)vrniti denár to refund (ali to reimburse) money
vložiti denár v to put (ali to deposit) money in
vnaprej dati, plačati denár to advance money
valjati se v denárju to be rolling in money, to be as rich as Croesus
zbirati, zbrati denár to collect money
to znese mnogo denárja that amounts to a lot of money
denár je sveta vladar money rules the world
denár ali življenje! your money or your life!, stand and deliver!
priti do denárja, podedovati denár to come into money

detájl detail

iti v detájle to go into detail
izdelati detájle to work out the details (of)
ne poznam vseh detájlev zadeve I don't know all the details (ali all the ins and outs) of the affair
ne da bi se spuščali v detájle without going into details, without being too circumstantial

dèž rain

močan, hud dèž heavy rain, pelting rain; (ploha) shower, downpour
silen dèž torrential rain
droben dèž drizzle, mizzle
dèž granat, udarcev a rain of shells, of blows
dèž pepela a rain of ashes
množina dèž ja rainfall
dèž gre, pada it rains, it is raining
dèž lije it is pouring with rain (ali pouring down)
dèž lije kot iz škafa it is raining cats and dogs, it is bucketing down
kar naprej gre dèž it keeps raining
na dèž kaže it looks like rain, it's probably going to rain, we're in for rain
dèž se je izlil it has rained itself out
dèž je ponehal it has stopped raining
priti z dèžja pod kap (figurativno) to fall out of the frying pan into the fire, to go from bad to worse
stati v dèžju to stand in the rain
za dèžjem pride sonce after rain comes sunshine (ali comes fair weather)
ustvarjanje umetnega dèžja cloud seeding
govori kot dèž he's chattering (ali he chatters) away nineteen to the dozen

dežêla country; land; province

na dežêli in the country
na dežêlo to the country
deveta dežêla fairyland, land of milk and honey, Cockaigne, wonderland, lotusland, land of plenty
obljubljena dežêla the Promised Land
dežêla podpisnica signatory country
dežêla v razvoju developing country, underdeveloped country
sveta dežêla the Holy Land
hiša na dežêli country house, villa, (manjša) cottage, country home
dežêla, v kateri se cedita med in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey
življenje kot v deveti dežêli a life of idleness and luxury
iti na dežêlo to go on a trip to the country
tuje dežêle foreign countries
preseliti se na dežêlo to move to the country
iti v krtovo dežêlo (figurativno) to die
živeti na dežêli to live in the country

deževáti to rain

dežuje it rains, it is raining
močno dežuje it is raining very hard
deževáti kot (da bi) iz škafa (lilo) it's raining cats and dogs; it's coming down in bucketfuls; it's teeming with rain
dežuje v curkih it's streaming with rain, it's coming down in torrents
neprestano dežuje it keeps on raining
ves čas je deževalo it kept raining all the time, the weather has been rainy all the time
nehalo je deževáti it has stopped raining
prejkone bo deževalo we're probably in for some rain
udarci so deževali po njem blows rained upon him
prošnje kar dežujejo applications are pouring in
rahlo dežuje it is spitting (ali drizzling)
začenja deževáti it is coming on to rain
časti so deževale nanj honours were showered upon him

dívji wild; rageful; ferocious; savage; (razposajen) boisterous

dívji lovec poacher
dívje pleme savage tribe
dívja pokrajina savage scenery
dívji zakon concubinage
dívje živali wild beasts, (neukročene) savage beasts
živeti v dívjem zakonu to live in sin, to live together (as man and wife) without benefit of clergy

dóber good; benevolent; kind (do to)

v dóbri veri in good faith
tri dóbre metre a good three metres
v dobrem in slabem arhaično in weal and woe
v dobrem razpoloženju in good spirits
dóbre pol ure a full half-hour
preveč dobrega too much of a good thing
dóbra gospodinja a thrifty housewife
dóbra ura hoje a good hour's walk
dóbra prodaja a ready sale
dóber sluh a quick ear
dóber spomin retentive memory
dóbra volja good humour, good temper
dóber vid keen (ali quick) sight
dóbro znanje fair knowledge
biti dóber hodec to be a good walker
ta je pa dobra! that is too much of a good thing!, that's a good one!
biti dóber v računanju to be good at figures
reči dóbro besedo za koga to say a good word for someone
držati s kom v dobrem in slabem to stick to someone through thick and thin
bodi tako dóber in podaj mi ono sol! be so kind as to (ali be a dear and ali be good enough to) pass me that salt!
konec dóber vse dobro all's well that ends well
v vsaki stvari je nekaj dóbrega it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
dóbro blago se sámo hvali good wine needs no bush

dobrína good thing, useful thing, good

zemeljske dobríne wordly goods
duhovne in materialne dobríne spiritual and material goods
največja dobrína the greatest good

dôl down, downward(s)

po hribu dôl downhill
po stopnicah dôl downstairs
gor in dôl up and down

dólg -a, -o long; ➞ dolgo

prilično dólg, -a, -o lengthy; (dolgotrajen) of long standing; (bolezen) lingering
dólg, -a, -oo (mnogo) poprej (pozneje) long before (after)
dólg, -a, -o (velik) ovinek a long way round
dólg, -a, -o rok long term
za dólg, -a, -oo časa for long
na dólg, -a, -oo in široko far and wide, at length
pripovedovati na dólg, -a, -oo in široko to spin out at great length
dan postaja dólg, -a, -o the days are getting longer (ali are lengthening)
soba je 20 čevljev dólg, -a, -oa the room is 20 feet long
imeti dólg, -a, -o jezik to know all the answers, to be a chatterbox (ali gossip)
imeti dólg, -a, -oe prste (figurativno krasti) to have light fingers, to steal
iti na dólg, -a, -oo potovanje to go on a long journey
padel je, kot je dólg, -a, -o in širok he fell spread-eagled on the ground

dolína valley; pesniško vale

po dolíni navzdol down the valley
dolína Temze the Thames valley
čez hribe in doline over hill and dale
solzna dolína (figurativno) vale of tears

dôsti enough; sufficiently; (precéj) rather, pretty, fairly; (obilno) amply; a great deal of; (zadovoljivo, primerno) satisfactorily

več kot dôsti more than enough, enough and to spare
za danes bo dôsti that will do for today
dôsti dobro veš, da je to prepovedano you know well enough that it is forbidden
on ima dôsti denarja he has plenty of money, he is flush with money
dôsti! enough!; that will do!
dôsti je smeha! stop laughing!

dovólj enough; sufficiently

dovólj časa enough time
več kot dovólj more than enough, enough and to spare
dovólj mi je tega I've had enough of it
to je dovólj jasno za vsakogar anyone can see that, it's as plain as a pikestaff
ni dovólj močan za svoje delo he is not strong enough for his work
boste imeli dovólj 2 kg? will two kilos be enough (ali pogovorno do)?
dovólj sem ga videl (pogovorno) I have seen enough of him
dovólj mi je tega življenja! I'm sick of this life
dovólj bodi, da (če) rečem... suffice it to say...
dovólj je! that's enough!, that will do!
dovólj! Enough!; Stop!
dovólj o tem, govorimo o čem drugem! enough of that, let's change the subject!

dráma drama; play; stage play; (dramatic) piece

pisec drám playwright, dramatist
pisanje drám playwriting
majhna dráma v družini a little drama in the family
poezija in dráma (= gledališče v 16. stoletju) poetry and the drama in the 16th century
spremeniti se, pretvoriti v drámo to dramatize
narediti drámo iz to dramatize (kaj something)

drevó tree

mlado drevó sapling
božíčno drevó Christmas tree
sadno drevó fruit tree
drevó spoznanja biblija tree of knowledge of good and evil
(že) rodovitno drevó a (mature) fruit-bearing tree
cepiti drevó to graft a tree
podreti, posekati drevó to fell (ali to chop down) a tree
splezati na drevó to climb a tree
tresti drevó to shake a tree
skupina dreves a clump of trees
pognati, spoditi na drevó to tree
pes je prepodil veverico na drevó the dog treed the squirrel
zaradi dreves ne vidi gozda (figurativno) he cannot see the wood for the trees
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) as the tree is, so is the fruit; like father, like son

dŕn (trata) lawn

čez dŕn in strn up hill and down dale; over hedge and ditch
tek čez dŕn in strn cross-country race
iti čez dŕn in strn to keep going through thick and thin

dróben tiny; small, little; puny; thin, minute; wee; slim, slender; slight; undersized

dróben denar small coin
prodajalec, trgovec na dróbno retail dealer, retailer
kupiti na dróbno to buy by retail
prodajalna, trgovina na dróbno retail store
prodajati na dróbno to sell by retail
prodajati na debelo in na dróbno to sell both wholesale and retail

drúžben social; of society

drúžbeni dejavnik (dogovor, plan, ustroj) social factor (contract ali compact, plan, structure)
drúžbena dejavnost (last, lastnina, praksa, reprodukcija, samozaščita, skupnost, ureditev) social activity (ownership, property, practice, reproduction, self-protection, community, system)
drúžbeno dogovarjanje (nadzorstvo, varstvo, vodenje) social consultation (supervision, protection, guidance)
drúžbeno določen (zaveden) socially determined (minded)
drúžbene potrebe (zahteve) social needs pl (requirements pl)
drúžbena služba social (public) service
drúžbena sredstva social resources pl, socially owned resources pl
drúžbena sredstva namenjena za porabo social means pl of consumption
drúžbena kontrola cen social price control
drúžbeno-ekonomski položaj (ureditev) socioeconomic status (system)
drúžbeno pravna oseba socially legal person
drúžbeni pravobranilec samoupravljanja (v Jugoslaviji) pravo social custodian of (rights of) self-management
drúžbeni sistem inkrmiranja social system of information
drúžbeno-ekonomski in politični odnosi socioeconomic and political relations
drúžbeno-politične organizacije sociopolitical organizations
drúžbeno-politične skupnosti sociopolitical communities pl

družína family

človek z družíno family man
oče številne družíne the father of a large family
igralska družína troupe, troop
potujoča igralska družína travelling theatre, troupe of strolling players
sveta družína religija the Holy Family
načrtovanje družíne family planning
je iz dobre družíne he comes of a good family
vsa družína je bila zbrana the whole family were gathered together
z vso družíno (pogovorno) with kith and kin

držáti to hold; (podpirati) to support; (zadrževati) to retain, to keep, to hold; (vsebovati) to contain, to hold, to keep; (imeti v posesti) to possess; (trajati) to last, to hold out

držáti besedo to keep one's word
držáti koga za besedo to keep someone to his word
to ne drži (figurativno) this doesn't hold water
držáti jezik to hold one's tongue, to keep quiet, pogovorno to be mum, to shut up
drži jezik! pogovorno shut up!, pipe down!, button your lips!
držáti korak s to keep pace with, to keep up with
led ne drži the ice breaks
led še ne drži the ice won't hold yet
pravilo drži the rule holds good
Drži? - Drži! A bargain? - Sold!
držáti koga na kratko to keep a tight hold (ali rein) on someone
kam drži ta pot? where does this road lead?
držáti koga za roko to hold someone by the hand
držáti koga na tekočem to keep someone well-informed; to keep someone well posted
držáti s kom to side with someone, to stick by someone, to be on someone's side
držáti ravnotežje to keep one's balance
trdno držijo skupaj they are as thick as thieves
držáti z vsakim to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
držáti (imeti) na zalogi to keep in stock
bo vrv držala? will the rope hold?
držáti red to keep order
držáti v pripravljenosti to keep ready
držáti trdnjavo to hold a fortress
držáti se to hold oneself, to maintain oneself; to keep
držáti se česa to stick to something, to hold on to something
držáti se ukazov to keep to one's orders
ta barva se ne drži this colour runs, this is not a fast colour
cene se držé prices remain steady
držáti se léve (desne) (strani) to keep left ali to the left (right ali to the right)
moj oče se (zdravstveno) dobro drži my father carries his age well, my father is well preserved
ta jabolka se dobro držé these apples keep well
pokonci se držáti to hold oneself straight
vreme se drži the weather holds
vreme (se) ne bo držalo the weather will not hold
krčevito se česa držáti to stick to something through thick and thin
trdnjava se drži (upira) the fortress holds out (ali resists)
držáti se proč (od) to keep aloof (from)
kislo se držáti to pull a sour face
in to drži (velja) tudi za... and this holds true for... as well