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težkó prislov heavily; badly; with difficulty; (komaj) hardly, scarcely

težkó delati to work hard, to toil, to toil and moil
težkó verjeti to be sceptical
on se težkó uči he is a backward student
težkó dostopen hard of access
težkó izpolnljiv difficult to carry out
težkó razumljiv difficult to understand
težkó verjeten hard to believe
težkó ranjen badly (ali severely) wounded
težkó dojemati, razume(va)ti to be slow on the uptake
težkó bolan dangerously ill
težkó oborožen heavily armed
težkó je zame I'm finding things hard
z njo je težkó (figurativno) she is hard to get on with
težkó mi je (reči) I find it hard (to say)
njemu je težkó ugoditi he is hard to please
težkó mi je pri duši it grieves me
težkó, da bo prišel he will hardly come, it's unlikely he'll come
težkó, da jo boš še kdaj videl you're unlikely to see her again

the¹ [ɵə pred soglasnikom, ði pred samoglasnikom, ði: poudarjeno]
določni člen (včasih preveden s ta, to)

the Browns Brownovi, družina Brown
the poor reveži
the Danube Donava
the Balkans Balkan
the French Francozi
the King kralj (angleški idr.)
the saddle figurativno jezdenje, jahanje
the stage gledališka (igralska) dejavnost
the World svet, Svet
the United States of America ZDA
the Yugoslavia of to-day današnja Jugoslavija
the dog is a useful animal pes (kot vrsta) je koristna žival
he loves the girl on ima rad to dekle
two shillings the pound dva šilinga (za) funt
by the day na dan
by the dozen po ducatu
it is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous le en korak je od vzvišenega do smešnega

thick [ɵik]

1. pridevnik
debel; grob, neotesan, robat
britanska angleščina, sleng otekel; gost (gozd, lasje, tekočina); poln, bogat (with z)
pogosten; blaten, umazan; na debelo pokrit (z); meglen, temačen, oblačen (vreme); hripav (glas); moten, kalen (tekočina); neumen, omejen

thick with dust čez in čez pokrit s prahom
the air is thick with snow zrak je poln snega
a thick ear britanska angleščina, sleng klofuta
a thick head debeloglavec, topoglavec
a bit thick sleng nekoliko pretiran
as thick as peas kot peska ob morju (obilo)
they are as thick as thieves figurativno trdno držijo skupaj

2. samostalnik
najdebelejši, najgostejši del (česa)
figurativno najbolj nevaren, najtežji del; najgostejše mesto, gneča, metež
sleng tepec, bebec, bedak

the thick of the crowd najhujša gneča (ljudi)
in the thick of the crisis v polni krizi, sredi krize
in the thick of the fight(ing) sredi, v žarišču boja, sredi največjega bojnega vrveža
in the thick of the fray tam, kjer je najbolj vroče (v pretepu)
to go through thick and thin figurativno preiti vse zapreke (vse nevarnosti), iti skozi dobro in slabo

3. prislov
debelo; gosto; često; hitro; nerodno; nejasno

fast and thick pogosto, kot toča
the blows came fast and thick udarci so padali kot toča
that is a bit thick to je malo preveč
he lays it on thick on pretirava (v laskanju, s komplimenti)
the snow fell thick močnó je snežilo
to sow thick gosto sejati
to speak thick nejasno, nerazločno govoriti
the shots fell thick around him krogle so gosto (kot toča) padale okrog njega

4. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zgostiti (se) (o tekočini)

thorn [ɵɔ:n]

1. samostalnik
trn, bodica (tudi figurativno)

white thorn glog
to be (to sit) on thorns figurativno biti na trnih (na žerjavici)
it is a thorn in my flesh (foot, side) to mi je trn v mesu (v peti)
no rose without a thorn ni rože brez trna

2. prehodni glagol
zbosti s trnom; oviti, obdati s trni
figurativno jeziti, mučiti

thought¹ [ɵɔ:t] samostalnik
misel, ideja, mišljenje, umovanje, premišljanje; (skrbno) razmišljanje; premislek; pazljivost; namera, nakana, načrt
množina mnenje; umsko delo; svet misli, miselni svet; spominjanje; sposobnost predstavljanja; skrb, nemir; obzir
figurativno minimalna količina, nekoliko, malce, kanček

a beauty beyond thought lepota, ki si je ni moč predstavljati
engaged in thought zamišljen, zatopljen v misli
the leading thought vodilna misel
a penny for your thoughts! figurativno rad bi vedel, kaj (sedaj) mislite! kaj bi dal, da bi vedel za vaše misli!; na kaj mislite?
(up)on second thought(s) po (zrelem) premisleku
quick as thought bliskovit
after further thought I saw I was wrong ko sem znova premislil, sem uvidel, da nimam prav
you are often in my thoughts često mislim na vas
I had (some) thoughts of coming nekako sem nameraval priti
he had no thought of paying his debt prav nobenega namena ni imel, da bi plačal svoj dolg
he did not give a thought to his doings niti hip ni pomislil, kaj dela
he is a thought smaller than you on je nekoliko manjši kot vi
his sole thought is to make money njegova edina misel je, kako priti do denarja
it never entered my thoughts nikoli mi ni (to) prišlo na misel
to read s.o.'s thoughts brati misli kake osebe
a thought struck me v glavo mi je šinila misel
second thoughts are best figurativno ni se treba prenagliti
to speak one's thoughts povedati svoje mnenje
she takes no thought for her appearance ona ne pazi na svojo zunanjost
to take no thought for the morrow ne misliti na jutrišnji dan
to take thought zamisliti se, premisliti
he took thought before replying premislil je, preden je odgovoril
thank you for your kind thought of me hvala vam za vašo ljubeznivo pažnjo do mene
the wish is father to the thought (ta) misel izhaja iz želje (je težko uresničljiva)

threat [ɵret] samostalnik
grožnja, pretnja (of z)
preteč znak, nevarnost

a threat to peace grožnja miru
idle threats prazne grožnje
there is a threat of rain dež preti

throw¹ [ɵróu] samostalnik
metanje, met; lučaj; (pri rokoborbi) met, zrušenje; domet
figurativno poteza, riziko; lahek šal; boa; ženski šal; lahka odeja
tehnično (ročna) stružnica; lončarski kolovrat

a stone's throw (za) lučaj kamna
a record throw with the discus rekordni met diska
the theatre is a stone's throw from here gledališče je tu blizu, ni niti 50 korakov od tu

tíčati to be; to stick (v in)

tíčati do ušes, do vratú v dolgovih to be up to one's ears in debt
kje pa tičiš ves ta čas? where have you been all this time?
vedno doma tíčati to be a stay-at-home
on vedno doma tiči he stays indoors; he is a stay-athome, he is a homebody (ali homebird)
vedno skupaj tíčati (figurativno) to be inseparable
v tem grmu tiči zajec (figurativno) that's the gist (of the whole matter), that is where the dog is buried, (tu je težava) there's the rub, that's the whole point
ključ tiči v vratih the key is in the lock

tík¹ close by; adjoining

tík k close to; next to
smo tík pred vojno we are on the eve of war
on stanuje tík mene he lives next door
tík pred mojim odhodom just (ali immediately) before my departure
mesto je tík pred padcem the fall of the town is imminent
tík ob hiši je vrt there is a garden adjoining the house

tiščáti to press, to squeeze; (čevelj) to pinch; to oppress; to lie heavy on; (porivati) to push

čevlji me tiščé the shoes are too tight
tiščáti se skupaj to huddle together
dolg ga tišči the debt is a bit too much for him

tool¹ [tu:l] samostalnik
orodje, priprava
tehnično strojno orodje
množina rokodelsko orodje
tehnično stružnica, veliko clleto; čopič (za lakiranje)
množina, vojska vojna oprema
navtika jedilni pribor
figurativno sredstvo, orodje

a poor tool in nespreten, neuporaben pri
burglar's tools vlomilsko orodje
he is a mere tool in their hands on je le orodje (sredstvo, lutka) v njihovih rokah
to make a tool of s.o. poslužiti se koga (za dosego svojih ciljev)

torment¹ [tɔ́:mənt] samostalnik
muka, mučenje; (huda) bolečina, bol; trpljenje, stiska; nadloga
zgodovina natezalnica, mučenje

to be in torment prestajati muke
to suffer torments trpeti, prenašati muke
this child is a positive torment pogovorno ta otrok je prava nadloga (pokora)

toss-up [tɔ́sʌ́p] samostalnik
metanje novca v zrak
figurativno negotova stvar, slučaju prepuščena stvar

it was a toss-up bilo je odvisno od slučaja, ni bilo sigurno
it is a toss-up whether she comes or not je še vprašanje, če bo prišla ali ne

travel(l)ed [trǽvəld] pridevnik
ki je mnogo, daleč potoval; prevožen (cesta, železniška proga)
geologija eratičen

he is a much travel(l)edman on je mnogo potoval

treasure [tréžə]

1. samostalnik
zaklad; bogastvo
figurativno dragocenost, redkost; zakladnica
pogovorno zlat človek, biser
pogovorno ljubček, ljubica

a buried treasure zakopan zaklad
umetnost s zakladi umetnosti; vredna umetniška dela
our new maid is a treasure naša nova pomočnica je (pravi) biser
to amass, to bury a treasure nakopičiti, zakopati zaklad

2. prehodni glagol (često treasure up)
čuvati (kot zaklad); kopičiti, nabirati si (premoženje itd.); obdržati v spominu (besede itd.), ceniti

to treasure advice zapomniti si nasvete
to treasure s.o.'s memory obdržati koga v lepem spominu

tŕgati (puliti) to pluck, to pull; (nabirati) to gather, (sadje, cvetlice) to pick; (strgati, raztrgati) to tear, to rend, to lacerate

tŕgati na kose, koščke to tear to pieces, to bits
trga me v ušesu I have an earache
tŕgati se za... to fight for, to scramble for...
ljudje se trgajo za to blago there is a great demand for these goods
tŕgati se za meso to scramble for meat
tŕgati se za prostor, za sedež to scramble for a place
ljudje se trgajo za njegovo knjigo his book is selling like hot cakes

trial [tráiəl]

1. samostalnik
poskus (of z)
preskus, preizkušnja; skušnjava; nadloga, nesreča, udarec usode
tehnično poskus, eksperiment
pravno sodna preiskava, sodni postopek, proces, glavna razprava; obtožba
britanska angleščina popravni izpit

trial by jury razprava pred porotnim sodiščem
by trial and error tipaje
the trials of life preskušnje v življenju
by way of trial za poskus, poskusno
trial trip poskusna vožnja; poskusno potovanje z ladjo
a trial run on a car poskusna vožnja z avtom
to be on trial to stand on trial biti obtožen, biti pred sodiščem
he is on his trial zaslišujejo ga
to bring s.o. up for (ali to) trial postaviti koga pred sodišče; (ob)tožiti koga, začeti tožbo proti komu
to be a great trial to s.o. figurativno hude skrbi, sive lase komu delati
I will give it a trial to bom preskusil
to make (a) trial of s.th. napraviti poskus s čim, preizkusiti kaj
to make trial of s.o.'s loyalty postaviti koga na preskušnjo glede njegove zvestobe
to put to (ali on) trial postaviti pred sodišče
he is on his trial for theft obtožen je tatvine
the radio upstairs is a trial to us radio nad nami nam gre na živce

2. pridevnik
poskusen
pravno preiskovalen, zasliševalen

trial balance ekonomija poskusna bilanca
trial balloon poskusni balon; vojska balon, ki kaže smer vetra
trial fire vojska poskusno streljanje
trial flight aeronavtika poskusen polet
trial match šport izločilno tekmovanje (tekma)
trial order ekonomija poskusno naročilo
trial run poskusna vožnja

trier [tráiə] samostalnik
poskušalec; preskuševalec; preiskovalec
pravno sodnik
figurativno preskusni kamen

he is a great trier on je vztrajen, on zlepa ne odneha

trifle [tráifl]

1. samostalnik
malenkost, bagatela, nepomembnost
figurativno majhna vsota
figurativno mrvica, košček
kulinarika narastek, napihnjen kolač
množina posoda, predmeti iz kositra

a trifle too long za malenkost predolg
that is a mere trifle to me to je le malenkost zame
to waste one's time on trifles zapravljati čas z malenkostmi

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
igra(čka)ti se; šaliti se, delati (počenjati) šale, norčije, burke (with z)
zabavati se; flirtati; površno delati; čas tratiti

he is not to be trifled with z njim se ni šaliti, on ne pozna šale
to trifle with one's food obirati se pri jedi

tŕkati to knock (na, po at, on); to rap

tŕkati na vrata to knock at the door
nekdo trka there is a knock at the door
luna ga trka (figurativno) he is moonstruck, he is a lunatic (ali pogovorno a loony, looney)
te luna trka? are you crazy?