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world [wə́:ld] samostalnik
svet, Zemlja; vsemirje, vesolje, univerzum; vse, kar je na Zemlji; življenje (na Zemlji), obstanek, eksistenca; ljudje, človeška družba; skupnost ljudi; javno življenje, javnost; miljé, okolje; posvetno življenje; velika množina, masa, množica, veliko število; prostranstvo

all over the world po vsem svetu
in the world na svetu
for all the world za vse na svetu, v vsakem pogledu, popolnoma, natanko
not for all the world za nobeno ceno
for all the world like natanko, kot
not for worlds, not for anything in the world za nič na svetu ne
out of the world odmaknjen od sveta
out of this world pogovorno fantastičen, osupljiv, izreden
worlds away from zelo oddaljen od
to the world sleng popolnoma
tired to the world sleng na smrt utrujen
on top of the world na vrhuncu sreče, v sedmih nebesih
a world of zelo mnogo, množica (of difficulties težav)
a world too big mnogo prevelik
the world of letters učeni svet
world without end od veka do veka
to the world's end do konca sveta
the beginning of the world začetek sveta
animal (vegetable) world živalski (rastlinski) svet
citizen of the world svetovljanski človek, kozmopolit
man of the world izkušen človek
the lower world podzemlje; pekel
the New World Novi svet, Amerika
the wise old world dobri stari običaji, dobre stare izkušnje
Prince of this world figurativno vrag
all the world and his wife were there vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam
to begin the world (v)stopiti v (začeti) življenje, začeti kariero; od kraja začeti, biti (stati) na začetku
she is all the world to me ona mi je (pomeni) vse na svetu
who in the world is that man? kdo vendar je oni človek?
to be brought into the world zagledati luč sveta
to carry the world before one imeti hiter in popoln uspeh; imeti srečo, uspeh v življenju
to come into the world priti na svet, roditi se
what in the world am I to do? kaj na svetu (vendar, za vraga) naj naredim?
it did me a world of good zelo dobro mi je délo (storilo)
to be drunk to the world pošteno pijan (nadelan) biti
I would not do it for all the world za vse na svetu ne bi tega naredil (hotel narediti)
to forsake the world odreči se svetu, opustiti posvetno rabo, posvetno življenje
as the world goes v našem, sedanjem času
to go out of the world umreti
I would give the world to learn it vse na svetu (ne vem kaj) bi dal, da bi to zvedel
how goes the world with you? kako je kaj z vami?
to have the world before one figurativno imeti življenje pred seboj
to let the world slide figurativno pustiti vse teči (potekati, iti), kot pride
to live out of the world živeti sam zase, odmaknjen od sveta, samotariti
to make a noise in the world figurativno postati slaven
what will the world say? kaj bodo rekli ljudje?

worry² [wʌ́ri]

1. prehodni glagol
povzročiti (komu) skrbi, mučiti, ne pustiti pri miru, nadlegovati, motiti, vznemirjati, drážiti, jeziti, plašiti; dolgočasiti; (o živali) zgrabiti za vrat, daviti, gristi, (raz)trgati

to worry o.s. (po nepotrebnem) se skrbeti, si delati skrbi
to worry s.o.'s life (za)greniti komu življenje
does my singing worry you? vas moje petje moti (je neprijetno)?
to worry s.o. out of s.th. s težavo odvrniti koga od česa
her health worries me njeno zdravje mi dela skrbi
to be worried jeziti se, razburjati se, plašiti se
to worry the sword figurativno (mečevanje) z majhnimi, hitrimi gibi zbegati nasprotnika

2. neprehodni glagol
vznemirjati se, razburjati se; delati si skrbi, biti v skrbeh, biti zaskrbljen, plašiti se; mučiti se, truditi se, s težavo se prebijati (through skozi)
trgati, vleči (at s.th. kaj)
lov zgrabiti in raztrgati, prijeti z zobmi in stresti (divjačino) (o psu)

I should worry! pogovorno kaj me to briga!, to mi je vseeno!; to mi ni nič mar!
to worry along s težavo se preriniti skozi
don't worry! ne delaj si skrbi!
you worry too much preveč skrbi si delate!
to worry out (a problem) ponovno se lotiti problema in ga rešiti

worse¹ [wə:s]

1. samostalnik
slabši, hujši; bolj bolan, slabšega zdravja
trgovina slabši, nižji

worse and worse vedno slabši (hujši)
the worse tem stabši
so much the worse toliko slabši
he went worse every day vsak dan je bilo slabše z njim
that only made matters worse to je stvari le poslabšalo
(not) to be the worse for (ne) biti na slabšem (na škodi, trpeti) zaradi
you would be none the worse for a walk sprehod ti ne bi škodil
to be (none) the worse for drink (ne) biti pijan
I like him none the worse for his gruffness zaradi njegove grobosti ga nimam nič manj rad
the worse for wear obrabljen, ponošen

2. prislov
slabše, hujše

he has lost his job and is worse off than ever izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej
they do it worse than before hujše (slabše) počenjajo kot prej
none the worse nič slabše (hujše), nič manj
to grow worse and worse vse bolj se slabšati

worst² [wə:st] samostalnik
najslabša, najhujša stvar; kar je najslabše ali najhujše

at (ali the) worst v najslabšem primeru
at the (ali their) worst v najslabšem stanju. v posebno neugodnih okoliščinah
the illness is at its worst bolezen je dosegla višek
the worst is soon over najhujše, najhujši trenutek hitro mine
to be prepared for the worst biti pripravljen na najhujše
if the worst comes to the worst ako se zgodi najhujše, v najhujšem primeru
to do one's worst napraviti kar najslabše možno
do your worst! kar napravi to (najslabše, kar moreš)!, napravi, kar hočeš!
to get the worst of it najslabše se odrezati, biti poražen
to see s.o. (s.th.) at his (its) worst videti koga (kaj) z najslabše strani

worth¹ [wə:ɵ] pridevnik
vreden; veljaven

for all one is worth pogovorno kolikor kdo (z)more, po najboljših močeh
worth doing vreden, da se naredi
not worth reading nevreden branja
what is he worth? kolikšno premoženje ima?
he is worth a million on je milijonar
he is worth £ 1000 a year on ima 1000 funtov dohodkov na leto
worth the money (price) vreden denarja (cene), ne predrag
not worth a curse (ali a damn; ali a penny) piškavega groša (prebite pare) ne vreden
worth the trouble vreden truda
worth mentioning omembe vreden
to be worth it; pogovorno, to be worth while biti vreden truda, izplačati se
the game is not worth the candle ta stvar se ne izplača
it is not worth much to ni drago
to be not worth one's salt nič ne biti vreden, biti popolnoma brez vrednosti
take it for what it is worth vzemi to táko, kot je
I tell you the news for what it is worth povem vam novico brez vsakega jamstva (kot sem jo pač slišal)
he pulled for all he was worth vlekel je, kar je le mogel (na vso moč)
we worked hard but it was worth it trdo smo delali, a se je izplačalo

worthy¹ [wə́:ði] pridevnik
vreden; primeren, ustrezen; cenjen, časten, dostojen, ugleden, viden, vrl

worthy adversary dostojen, enakovreden nasprotnik
worthy of credit verodostojen, ekonomija vreden, sposoben kredita
worthy to live vreden živijenja
blame worthy vreden graje
a worthy reward ustrezna, primerna nagrada
the worthiest of blood britanska angleščina, pravno sinovi, moški dediči
to be worthy of s.th. biti vreden česa, zaslužiti kaj
praise-worthy pohvale vreden

wrap² [ræp] prehodni glagol (večinoma wrap up)
zaviti, omotati, oviti; skriti (in v)
ogrniti
figurativno zaplesti
neprehodni glagol
zaviti se, ogrniti se, zamotati se, ovi(ja)ti se (round okrog)
pasti, leči (over čez)
(o obleki)

to wrap s.th. in paper zaviti kaj v papir
to wrap o.s. up toplo se obleči
the affair is wrapped up in mystery afera je skrivnostna, zagonetna
to wrap s.th. round one's finger oviti si kaj okoli prsta
to be wrapped up in biti zavzet (okupiran, zatopljen, odvisen) (od dolžnosti, dela itd.)
to wrap up sleng izpeljati do srečnega konca
to be wrapped in an intrigue biti zapleten v spletkarjenje

wrath [rɔ:ɵ ameriško ræɵ] samostalnik
srd, jeza, besnost, gnev; kazen, maščevanje

slow to wrath ki se ne razjezi hitro
to be wrath against (ali with) biti jezen na

wreck² [rek] prehodni glagol
navtika razbiti (ladjo); iztiriti (vlak); razbiti, razrušiti, demolirati (stavbe)
tehnično razdreti ladjo; uničiti (npr. zdravje)
neprehodni glagol
razbiti se (o ladji), nasesti; doživeti brodolom

wrecked sailer brodolomski mornar
wrecked train iztirjen vlak
to be wrecked doživeti brodolom

writer [ráitə] samostalnik
kdor piše, pisar; pisec; pisatelj, -ica, avtor, književnik, -ica; kanclist; tajnik, sekretar

writer's cramp pisalni krč
writer for the press časnikar, -ica, žurnalist(ka)
writer hereof pisec tega pisma
to be a good writer dobro pisati
writer to the signet škotsko notar, odvetnik
shorthand writer stenograf

wrong¹ [rɔŋ] samostalnik
krivica; zmota, zabloda, napačnost, greh; (redko) škoda, žalitev
pravno prestopek, prekršek, pregrešek, delikt, nedovoljeno dejanje

public wrong javen delikt, kaznivo dejanje
private wrong kršenje zasebnega prava
to commit a wrong zagrešiti (zakriviti, narediti) krivico
to be in the wrong biti v zmoti, ne imeti prav
to do wrong napak, ne prav delati, grešiti
to do s.o. wrong, to do wrong to s.o. delati (narediti) komu krivico
to know the right from the wrong razlikovati pravico od krivice
to make wrong right popraviti krivico, spremeniti slabo v dobro
to put s.o. in the wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to right a wrong popraviti krivico
to suffer wrong trpeti krivico

wrong² [rɔŋ] pridevnik
zmoten, nepravi, pogrešen, napačen, naroben; ki ni v redu, ki je v neredu; neprimeren, nepripraven; nekoristen, neugoden

wrong act prekršek
a wrong answer napačen, nepravi odgovor
the wrong side narobna stran (of material blaga)
wrong one, sleng wrong'un (kriket) žoga, ki leti čisto drugače, kot je igralec pričakoval
(the) wrong side out na ven (narobe) obrnjena notranja stran (oblačila)
the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonit
to be wrong ne imeti prav
the clock is wrong ura ne gre prav
you are wrong in believing that nimaš prav (motiš se), če to verjameš
not to be far wrong ne se zelo (z)motiti
I was not far wrong in guessing skoraj sem uganil
something is wrong with him nekaj je narobe z njim
what's wrong with you? kaj pa je (narobe) s teboj?
to be in the wrong box figurativno biti v škripcih (v nerodnem položaju, v zagati); ne biti na mestu; biti na zgubi
it is the wrong side out to je narobe, obrnjeno
to be on the wrong side of 50 biti nad 50 let star
what's wrong with a cup of tea? pogovorno kako bi bilo s skodelico čaja?
to do the wrong thing in the wrong place ravno narobe (napačno) kaj napraviti
what do you find wrong with it? kaj se ti zdi pri tem narobe (ti ni pri tem všeč)?
to get (to have) hold of the wrong end of the stick figurativno (popolnoma) napačno razumeti (imeti čisto napačno mnenje, vtis)
to get out of the bed (on) the wrong side figurativno, pogovorno z levo nogo vstati; biti slabe volje
he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth figurativno smeh ga bo že minil
to prove s.o. wrong dokazati komu, da nima prav
to go wrong zaiti; spodleteti, ne iti (biti) v redu
he holds the book the wrong way narobe drži knjigo
he found himself in the wrong shop figurativno, pogovorno ni na pravega naletel
it is very wrong of you to support him zelo napak je od vas, da ga podpirate
to take the wrong train peljati se z napačnim vlakom
to take the wrong turning (ali path) figurativno zaiti na kriva pota

yet¹ [jet] prislov
še vedno, še; doslej, že (v vprašanjih); vendarle

yet again spet in spet
yet a moment (samo) še trenutek
yet once (more) še enkrat
as yet doslej
but yet toda vendarle
never yet še nikoli
not yet še ne
nothing yet še nič
(pri primerniku) yet better še boljši (bolje)
yet richer še (celó) bogatejši
there is yet time še je čas
some are yet to come nekateri morajo še priti
he may come yet on utegne še priti
have you finished yet? ste že končali?
need you go yet? morate že iti?
I have not yet finished nisem še končal
the largest yet found specimen doslej največji najdeni primerek
he will win yet vendarle bo še zmagal
he'll be hanged yet še obesili ga bodo, končal bo na vislicah
while he was yet alive ko je še živel
it is strange and yet true čudno (neverjetno) je, a vendarle resnično

yield² [ji:ld] prehodni glagol
donašati, prinašati, dajati; proizvajati; dopustiti, dovoliti; odstopiti (s.th. to s.o. komu kaj)
(redko) uvideti, priznati

to yield 10% donašati 10%
to yield assistance da(ja)ti, nuditi pomoč
to yield a city, a fortress predati mesto, trdnjavo
to yield good crops dajati dobre letine (žetve) (o zemlji)
to yield consent privoliti
to yield due honours izkazati dolžne časti
to yield the point priznati poraz (v debati)
to yield a profit trgovina prinesti dobiček
to yield s.th. to be done dopustiti, da se nekaj naredi (zgodi)
to yield s.o. thanks biti komu hvaležen
to yield precedence to s.o. dati komu prednost
to yield submission podvreči se
to yield the palm (to s.o.) priznati se poraženega (od koga)
yield right of way! dajte prednost (v cestnem prometu)
to yield a place to s.o. odstopiti, narediti prostor komu
to yield one's rights odreči se svojim pravicam
to yield oneself prisoner predati se v ujetništvo
to yield up the breath (ghost, life) izdihniti (dušo), umreti
neprehodni glagol
donašati, (ob)roditi, dajati; vdati se, popustiti; podleči, podvreči se; privoliti (to v)
zaostajati (to za)

to yield well, poorly dobro, slabo obroditi
this apple-tree yields well ta jablana dobro rodi
to yield to conditions privoliti v pogoje
to yield to despair vda(ja)ti se obupu
the ground yielded under him tla so se mu vdala pod nogami
to yield to superior forces vdati se, ukloniti se premoči
to yield to temptation podleči skušnjavi
to yield under pressure popustiti pod pritiskom
to yield to the times prilagoditi se časom (času)
they yield to our soldiers in courage oni zaostajajo za našimi vojaki glede hrabrosti

yourself množina yourselves [jɔ:sélf, -sélvz] zaimek (v zvezi z you ali z velelnikom)

1.
(poudarjeno, emfatično) (ti) sam, (vi, Vi) sami

you yourself told me, you told me yourself vi sami ste mi povedali
you must see for yourself sam moraš videti, se prepričati
you are not yourself today danes te ni moč prepoznati, nisi pravi
you are not quite yourself after this illness nisi čisto pravi, nisi še dober po tej bolezni
what will you do with yourself today? kaj boš delal (počenjal) danes?
by yourself (ti) sam, brez (tuje) pomoči
you'll be left by yourself ostal boš (čisto) sam
do you learn French by yourself? ali se sami učite francosko?

2. povratni
se, sebe, si, sebi

be yourself! vzemi se skupaj!, pridi spet k sebi!
help yourself! postrezi(te) si, vzemi(te) si!
you may congratulate yourself lahko si čestitaš
don't trouble yourself! ne trudi(te) se!
pull yourselves together! vzemite se skupaj!
shut the door behind yourself! zapri(te) vrata za seboj!
how's yourself? sleng kako pa kaj ti?, kako pa gre tebi?

za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

dan za dnem day by day
eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
korak za korakom step by step
enkrat za vselej once and for all
za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
za gorami beyond the mountains
jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
za mojim hrbtom behind my back
za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
za glavo večji taller by a head
za sedaj for the present
za šalo by way of a joke
argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
za menoj! follow me!
(kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
starejši za pet let five years older
jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
beseda za besedo word for word
mož za možem man by man
zanimanje za... interest in...
za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
biti za kaj to be in favour of something
kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
on jé za tri he eats as much as three
povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
odšel je za vedno he left for good
voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
pustiti za seboj to leave behind

zabávati to amuse; divert; to entertain (koga someone), to provide entertainment (for someone)

zabávati se to be amused (at, by, with); to have a good time; to enjoy oneself; arhaično to take one's pleasure, to make merry; zastarelo to disport oneself
ste se dobro zabavali? did you enjoy yourself (oziroma yourselves)?
sijajno sem se zabaval I enjoyed myself no end, I had a great time

zablóda aberration; error; mistake; delusion; fallacy, false belief

biti v zablódi to be (ali to labour) under a misapprehension, to be mistaken

začéti to begin, to start; to commence; to set about; to make a start; (ples) to open, to lead off; (razgovor) to launch, to broach, to moot (a subject)

zopet, znova začéti to begin (ali to start) again; (biti prvi) to be a pioneer, to pave the way (for), to break (new) ground
začéti diskusijo to start a discussion
začéti delikaten pogovor (figurativno) to break the ice
začéti na napačnem koncu to begin at the wrong end
začéti pogajanja z to enter into negotiations with
začéti s proizvedbami to set enquiries on foot
začéti pravni postopek proti to institute (ali to take) legal proceedings against
začéti pogovor z to engage in a conversation with
začéti govor to begin a speech
začéti kampanjo to open a campaign
začéti prepir to begin to quarrel
začéti z učenjem latinščine to start learning Latin, pogovorno to start Latin
začéti neko stvar (lotiti se) to start on a thing
začéti trgovino to set up (ali to start in) a business
začéti pri sebi (figurativno) to begin at home
začéti peti to burst into song
začel je pisati he began writing (ali to write)
začel je z malega he began on a small scale
zopet je začelo deževati the rain has set in again
šole (pouk) se začno 1. oktobra school starts on October 1st
začéti delati to start work, to commence working (ali to work)
začni(te) od začetka! begin at the beginning!
slabo je začel he has had a bad start
začel je piti (figurativno) he has taken to drink
predstava se začne ob devetih the performance begins at nine
najslabši del poti se začne v X. the worst stretch of road begins at X.
letos se je zima zgodaj začela winter has set in early this year

začúden astonished; amazed; surprised

bolj začúden kot prestrašen more surprised than frightened
biti začúden to be astonished (at), to be amazed (at), to be surprised, to wonder (at, about)
bil sem začúden, da me ne pozna I was surprised he did not know me
bil sem močnó začúden I was struck with wonder, I was lost in astonishment, I was amazed
bil je zelo začúden, ko me je videl he was astonished to see me
ne bodi tako začúden! don't put on that look of surprise!