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public¹ [pʌ́blik] pridevnik (publicly prislov)
javen, občen; povsod znan, vsem poznan; državen, ljudski, naroden

public administration javna uprava
public affairs javne zadeve
public appointment državna siužba
public address system sistem razglasnih naprav (zvočnikov)
public bidding (ali sale) javna dražba
public bath javno kopališče
public charge prejemnik oskrbovalnine
at public charge na državne stroške
public convenience javno stranišče
ekonomija public corporation ljudska zadruga
public debt državni dolg
public dinner banket
ameriško, pravno public defender branilec po dolžnosti (za reveže)
public enemy sovražnik ljudstva, kriminalec
to be in the public eye biti v središču javnega življenja
public economy politična ekonomija
public figure prominentna osebnost
ekonomija public funds državni vrednostni papirji; britanska angleščina utemeljen državni dolg
public good spložna blaginja
public health service javna zdravstvena služha
public house krčma, gostilna, točilnica
John Public dnevni tisk
public kitchen javna kuhinja za brezposelne
public law javno pravo, mednarodno pravo
public library javna knjižnica
public man javni delavec
to make public objaviti, razglasiti
public notice javen razglas
public opinion javno mnenje
public opinion poll predvolilna anketa
public order javni red
ekonomija public ownership skupna last
pravno public prosecutor državni tožilec
public relations stik z javnostjo
public revenue državni dohodki
public school britanska angleščina zasebna šola z internatom; ameriško občinska šola
public servant državni uradnik
public service državna (javna) služba; komunalna služba
public spirit patriotizem
public utility komunalna usluga; množina, ekonomija akcije javnih služb
public works javna dela

pudīcus 3 (pudēre) sramežljiv, spodoben, moralen, (blago)nraven, čednosten, kreposten, pošten, čist: Pl., Ter., Plin., Sil., Petr., Aur., Eutr. idr., domus Ci., mater O., Hippolytus H., uxor H. ki ljubi le svojega moža, probri insimulasti pudicissimam feminam Ci., mores, preces, thalami O., taeda O. svatovska (ženit(be)na, ženitovanjska) plamenica (bakla), lectus Pr., fama Pr. neomadeževano ime, neomadeževan sloves.

púliti to pull, to pluck

púliti se za kaj to care for something, to be concerned about something, to be keen on something
za to se ne pulim I don't care for it
kar pulijo se za to blago there is a great demand for these goods

purple² [pə:pl] samostalnik
škrlatna barva, škrlat, škrlaten plašč (simbol vladarskega ali kardinalskega dostojanstva)
množina, medicina pšenavost
množina, botanika pšenična snet

to be raised to the purple biti povišan v kardinala (vladarja)

purport² [pə́:pət, -pɔ:t] prehodni glagol
pomeniti, vsebovati, kazati na kaj; trditi, delati se

a document purporting to be official dokument, ki naj bi bil uraden
to purport to be (to do) dozdevno biti (delati)

push² [puš]

1. prehodni glagol
suniti, suvati, riniti, poriniti, porivati, potisniti, potiskati; priganjati, siliti (to k)
gnati, nagnati, pognati, poganjati, pospešiti, forsirati
figurativno pomagati, podpirati koga; delati reklamo za kaj
sleng prodajati, preprodajati (mamila)

2. neprehodni glagol
poriniti se, porivati se, prerivati se, preriniti se; pošteno se lotiti; prizadevati si, težiti za čem

to push open odpahniti, odpreti
to push one's way ahead (through) preriniti se naprej (skozi)
to be pushed for time (money) biti v časovni (denarni) stiski
to push s.th. on s.o. vsiliti komu kaj
to push s.th. too far gnati kaj predaleč
to push one's fortune izzivati svojo srečo
to push a friend s svojim vplivom pomagati prijatelju

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

puščíca arrow; (metalna) dart; pesniško shaft; figurativno epigram

hiter kot puščíca swift as an arrow
Amorjeva puščíca Cupid's arrow, the shaft of love
označiti s puščíco to arrow
steči kot puščíca to be off (ali to start) like an arrow (ali like a shot)
ta puščíca kaže smer (pot) this arrow points the way

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

put about

1. prehodni glagol
navtika obrniti ladjo, zaokreniti; razširiti (govorice); vznemiriti, razjeziti, zbegati, mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
navtika spremeniti smer (ladja); vznemiriti se; razjeziti se

to put o.s. about for vznemiriti se zaradi
to be put about biti zaskrbljen, jezen, vznemirjen

put out

1. prehodni glagol
dati, postaviti ven, zapoditi; iztegniti (roko, jezik, tipalke); izobesiti (zastavo, razglas)
šport izločiti koga; izpahniti (ud); ugasniti (ogenj), zapreti (plin); zbegati, zmešati, motiti; razjeziti, ozlovoljiti; pokazati moč, napeti sile; posoditi denar (at interest z obrestmi)
dati iz hiše (delo, otroka); pognati (popke)

2. neprehodni glagol
navtika izpluti, kreniti na morje
ameriško, sleng truditi se

to put out to grass gnati živino na pašo; figurativno odpustiti koga
to put out to nurse dati otroka v oskrbo
to be put out about s.th. biti jezen, vznemirjen zaradi česa
to be put out with s.o. jeziti se na koga

put upon prehodni glagol
(običajno pasiv) pestiti koga, pritiskati na koga, prevarati

to be put upon biti osleparjen, prevaran

puzzle¹ [pʌzl] samostalnik
uganka, težek problem; osuplost, zbeganost, zmeda

to be in a puzzle about biti zbegan zaradi česa
cross-word puzzle križanka
jig-saw puzzle sestavljalnica (igra)

quagmire [kwǽgmaiə] samostalnik
močvirje, barje
figurativno stiska, škripec

to be caught in a quagmire biti v škripcih

qualify [kwɔ́lifai]

1. prehodni glagol
kvalificirati, usposobiti (for za, for being, to be; to qualify o.s. usposobiti se)
pooblastiti, avtorizirati, dati pravico (for za)
označiti (as)
modificirati, prikrojiti, omejiti; omiliti, ublažiti (npr. pripombo); razredčiti (pijačo)
slovnica pobliže določiti

2. neprehodni glagol
kvalificirati se, usposobiti se, dokazati potrebno usposobljenost (for za, as kot)
šport kvalificirati se (for; qualifying round izločilna runda)
izpolnjevati pravne pogoje
(tudi ameriško) priseči

quandary [kwɔndɛ́əri, kwɔ́ndə-] samostalnik
dvom, zadrega, stiska, težava, negotovost; kočljiv položaj

to be in a quandary biti v kočljivem položaju, biti v zadregi

quarter¹ [kwɔ́:tə] samostalnik
četrtina, četrt (a quarter of an hour četrt ure; for quarter the price, for a quarter of fhe price za četrtino cene)
četrtina funta (0,113 kg); četrtina milje, tek na četrt milje (he won the quarter zmagal je v teku na četrt milje)
mera za tkanine, četrtina jarda (22,8 cm); trgovska mera, četrtina stota (28 funtov, 12,7 kg, ameriško 25 funtov, 11,34 kg; britanska angleščina 2,91 hl)
ameriško, škotsko šolsko četrtletje; četrtletje, kvartal; četrtina zaklane živali, ena od štirih nog, hrbet konja
grboslovje eno od štirih polj grba
astronomija lunin krajec (first quarter prvi krajec, last quarter zadnji krajec)
ameriško četrt dolarja, novec za 25 centov; mestna četrt, kvart (residential quarter stanovanjska četrt)
stran neba, smer vetra (what quarter is the wind in? iz katere strani piha?, figurativno od kje piha veter?)
predel, kraj (in this quarter v teh krajih)
smer (in that quarter v ono smer)
stran (from another quarter z druge strani)
vir (from a good quarter iz dobrega vira)
družbeni krog (in government quarters v vladnih krogih)
usnje za peto (čevlja)
tehnično 4 palce širok kos lesa (v tesarstvu)
vojska, (tudi množina) stan, bivališče (to be confined to quarters biti v hišnem priporu)
(tudi vojska) milost, prizanašanje, pomilostitev (to find no quarter with ne najti milosti pri)
navtika bok krme (on the port quarter na levi strani krme)
navtika borbeni položaj posadke (to beat to quarters sklicati posadko na položaje)

to ask (ali call, cry) for quarter prositi za milost
to give quarter izkazati milost, pomilostiti
to give fair quarter prizanesti
a bad quarter of an hour neprijetni trenutki
at close quarters od blizu, v neposrednem stiku (spopadu)
to live in close quarters stanovati na tesnem
from every quarter; ali from all quarters od vseh strani
hind quarters stegna
high quarters višji krogi
it has gone the quarter ura je odbila četrt
the proper quarter pristojno mesto
to take up one's quarters nastaniti se
to beat up the quarters of pogosto obiskovati

quarter² [kwɔ́:tə]

1. prehodni glagol
razdeliti na štiri dele; razkosati, razčetveriti (izdajalca)
grboslovje razdeliti na štiri polja (grb); vzeti pod streho
vojska (prisilno) nastaniti (at, in a place; to be quartered at (in) stanovati kje)
pretakniti, preiskati teren (lovski psi)
navtika določiti borbeni položaj posadke

2. neprehodni glagol
stanovati, živeti (at pri)
tekati sem in tja (psi)

figurativno to quarter o.s. on s.o. vseliti se pri kom

queer¹ [kwíə] pridevnik (queerly prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, svojevrsten, čudaški, komičen
pogovorno dvomljiv, sumljiv, na slabem glasu (posel)
pogovorno bolehen, slab, omotičen
sleng pijan, homoseksualen
sleng ponarejen
ameriško, sleng ves mrtev na kaj (for, about)

a queer fellow (ali fish) čudak
to feel queer slabo se počutiti
as queer as Dick's hatband slabe volje
to be in Queer Street biti v (denarni) stiski, zadolžen
queer in the head prismójen

question² [kwésčən] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vprašati, spraševati
pravno izpraševati, zasliševati; dvomiti, podvomiti, vpraševati se

it cannot be questioned but (that) ni dvoma, da