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horse¹ [hɔ:s] samostalnik
konj, žrebec
vojska jezdeci, konjenica; lesen trinožnik
tisk vlagalna deska
šport konj
sleng prepovedan pripomoček v šoli
pogovorno bankovec za 5 funtov
ameriško burka, vragolija

to breathe like a horse sopsti kot konj
šport buck-horse koza
a horse of another colour nekaj čisto drugega
clothes-horse stojalo za sušenje obleke
to back the wrong horse slabo presoditi
figurativno a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec
to eat like a horse jesti kot volk
to flog a dead horse mlatiti prazno slamo; zaman se truditi
horse and foot konjenica in pešadija; figurativno z vsemi sredstvi
it is a good horse that never stumbles tudi najpametnejšemu včasih spodleti
ameriško hold your horses! le mirno!
light horse lahko oborožena konjenica
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
to mount (ali ride, be on) the high horse prevzetno se vesti
you may take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink s silo se ne da vsega doseči
to play horse with s.o. grobo s kom ravnati
to put the cart before the horse delati kaj narobe
to ride the wooden horse za kazen jahati na lesenem konju
to roll up horse, foot, and guns popolnoma premagati
horse of state paradni konj
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
one-horse show neuspela stvar
figurativno do not spur a willing horse ne priganjaj ubogljivega konja
sea-horse morski konj, triton; zoologija morski konjiček; zoologija mrož
vojska to horse! na konje!
wild horses will not drag me there za nobeno ceno ne grem tja
to work like a horse delati kakor konj
wheel horse zanesljiv delavec, garač

iméti to have; pogovorno to have got; to possess, to be in possession of; to keep, to hold, to own

ne iméti not to have, to be in want of, to be short of, to lack, to be destitute of, to be devoid of
iméti dar za to have a gift for, to have a talent for
iméti glavno besedo to be the spokesman
iméti čas za to have time for
iméti govor to make a speech, to deliver an oration
iméti zadnjo besedo to have the last word (ali the final say)
iméti ime to bear a name
iméti nahod to have a cold
iméti nekaj denarja to have some money
iméti izbiro to have a choice
iméti napako to have a fault
iméti prav to be right
ne iméti prav to be wrong
iméti posla z to have dealings with
iméti prijatelja v kom to have a friend in someone
iméti koga za norca to regard someone as a fool
iméti potrpljenje to have patience, to be patient
iméti težave to have difficulties
iméti srečo to be lucky, to be in luck, (stalno) to have a run of good luck
ne iméti sreče to be unlucky, to be ill-fated, to be out of luck, to be down on one's luck, to strike a bad patch
iméti pri roki to have on hand, to have near at hand, to have handy
iméti usmiljenje z to take pity on, to pity, to commiserate with
iméti pravico do to be entitled to
iméti referendum to hold a referendum
iméti volitve to hold elections
iméti za posledico to entail
iméti v vidu to have in view
rad iméti to like, to be fond of
najrajši iméti to prefer above all
rajši iméti to prefer, to like better
sedaj imamo zimo it is winter now
imam nekaj denarja pri sebi I have some money on me
to nima nič na sebi it is of no consequence
kako se imaš? how are you getting on?, how are you?
dobro se imejte! have a good time!
ima me, da bi (šel) I have a good mind to (go)
imel je priti včeraj he was to come yesterday
hoteti kaj iméti (želeti) to desire, to wish, to want something
imam ga za poštenjaka I believe him to be an honest man
za koga me (pa) imate? whom (pogovorno who) do you take me for?
iméti koga na hrani in stanovanju to board and lodge someone
iméti obzir to be considerate
iméti na zalogi, v skladišču to have in store, in stock

izvábiti to entice (ali to lure) out; (z laskanjem) to wheedle something (iz koga out of someone); (tajnost) to worm out, to elicit (iz koga from someone), to draw out

izvábiti darilo od koga to wheedle a gift out of someone
izvábiti odgovor iz koga to elicit an answer from someone
izvábiti tajnost iz koga to worm a secret out of someone

jézik anatomija tongue; (govor) tongue, speech, language; idiom; (pri pihalu) mouthpiece; humoristično clapper

materinski jézik native language, mother tongue
mrtev (živ, tuj) jézik dead (living, foreign) language
občevalni jézik colloquial language, vernacular
knjižni jézik literary language
diplomatski jézik diplomatic language
Cankarjev jézik Cankar's language
lahek, težak jézik easy, difficult language
goveji, volovski jézik neat's tongue, ox-tongue
obložen jézik medicina a coated (ali dirty, furred) tongue
prekajen jézik smoked tongue
zemeljski jézik neck, spit, tongue (of land)
učitelj jézikov (foreign) language teacher
dar za jézike gift of tongues
morski jézik (riba) sole
dolg, nebrzdan jézik unbridled tongue
zloben jézik wicked (ali malicious) tongue
moderni (stari) jézik modern (ancient) language
strokoven jézik technical language
uradni, službeni jézik official style
zastarel jézik obsolete (ali archaic) language
duh jézika genius of a language
jézik posrednik interlingua
na jéziku mi je, na jéziku imam (a se ne morem spomniti) it's on the tip of my tongue
to je proti duhu jézika this is against the spirit of the language
on je junak z jézikom (figurativno) he is a braggart (ali blusterer, swaggerer)
ona ima oster (strupen) jézik she has a sharp (a venomous) tongue
imeti dobro namazan jézik to have a glib (ali a well-oiled) tongue, to have the gift of the gab
brzdati svoj jézik to keep one's tongue in check; to bridle, to curb one's tongue
kar ima na srcu, ima tudi na jéziku he wears his heart on his sleeve
imeti dolg jézik to have a long tongue
ona je vsem ljudem na jéziku everyone is (ali pogovorno they're all) talking about her
držati jézik to hold one's tongue
drži jézik!, jézik za zobe! hold your tongue!, shut your mouth!, shut up!, keep your mouth shut!
jézik si izbrusiti z govorjenjem to talk one's head off
imeti besedo na jéziku to have the word on the tip of one's tongue
jézik mu je odpovedal his tongue failed him
pokazati komu jézik to put one's tongue out at someone
pokaži jézik! put out your tongue!
sneti komu besedo z jézika to take the words out of someone's mouth
pazi na svoj jézik! mind your tongue!
lomiti jézik to murder a language
jézik se mu je razvezal he is no longer tongue-tied, he has found his tongue, he has become talkative
zlobni jéziki trdijo malicious tongues assert
jézik ji dobro teče, ji je dobro namazan her tongue is well-oiled, pogovorno her tongue's no cripple
jézik mu teče kot mlin he's a nonstop chatterbox, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
zavezati komu jézik to silence someone, pogovorno to make someone pipe down
(on) ima zavezan jézik he is tongue-tied
ušlo mi je z jézika I let it slip out
on zna mnogo jézikov he is a polyglot
tolči (kak) jézik (figurativno) to mangle a language

kombiníranje combining

dar za kombiníranje gift for combining

liberal¹ [líbərəl] pridevnik (liberally prislov)
darežtjiv, velikodušen (of z)
nepristranski, brez predsodkov, svobodomiseln
politika liberalen; obilen (obrok), izdaten, bogat; nebrzdan, prenagljen

liberal arts matematična, naravoslovna, sociološka stroka; zgodovina svobodna umetnost
liberal education (temeljita) vsestranska izobrazba
a liberal gift bogato darilo
liberal profession svoboden poklic
the Liberal Party liberalna stranka
to be of liberal proportions biti precej debel

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

nadárjen talented; gifted

zelo nadárjen of great talent
zelo nadárjeno deklè a girl of great talents
biti nadárjen za jezike to have a gift for languages
nisem nadárjen za glasbo I have no talent for music
on je nadárjen za risanje he has a talent for drawing

naráven natural; true to nature; (prirojen) innate; (pravi, pristen) genuine, true, inartificial; (iskren) open, frank, sincere, artless; (neprisiljen) unaffected, unconstrained

narávno čudo prodigy
narávni dar gift of nature
narávne lepote natural beauties pl
narávni nagon instinct
narávni pojav natural phenomenon, pl -mena
narávni proizvod natural product
narávna sila, moč natural force
narávna selekcija natural selection
narávno stanje natural state
narávni zakon law of nature, natural law
portret (kip) v narávni velikosti life-sized portrait (statue)
narávne sile physical agents pl
narávno bogastvo natural resources pl

ogenj¹ [ô] moški spol (ognja …) das Feuer
bengalski ogenj bengalisches Feuer
Elijev ogenj Eliasfeuer, Elmsfeuer
opozorilni ogenj das Notfeuer
peklenski ogenj die Höllenglut, das Höllenfeuer
taborni ogenj Lagerfeuer
umetelni ogenj Kunstfeuer
bog ognja der Feuergott
častilec ognja der Feueranbeter
čaščenje ognja die Feueranbetung
požiralec ognja der Feuerschlucker
soj ognja der Feuerschein
narediti/zakuriti ogenj Feuer machen
podtakniti ogenj Feuer legen
netenje ognja das Feuerbohren
figurativno bljuvati ogenj in žveplo Gift und Galle speien
kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj kein Rauch ohne Flamme
osmojena mačka se ognja boji gebrühte Katze scheut auch kaltes Wasser
med dvema ognjema im Kreuzfeuer, šport igra: der Völkerball
na ogenj auf das Feuer
nalagati na ogenj auflegen, nachlegen
prilivati olje na ogenj Öl ins Feuer gießen
proti ognju:
zaščita proti ognju der Feuerschutz
v ogenj:
vreči v ogenj ins Feuer werfen
dati roko v ogenj za koga/kaj die Hand für jemanden/ (etwas) ins Feuer legen
v ognju:
biti v ognju (goreti) in Flammen stehen
imeti več želez v ognju zwei/mehrere Eisen im Feuer haben
tehnika obstojen v ognju feuerbeständig
obstojnost v ognju die Feuerbeständigkeit
odporen proti ognju feuersicher
odpornost proti ognju die Feuerwiderstand, die Feuersicherheit
pocinkan v ognju feuerverzinkt
pocinkati v ognju feuerverzinken
smrt v ognju der Feuertod
umreti v ognju den Flammentod sterben
zlatenje v ognju die Feuervergoldung
zlatiti v ognju feuervergolden
za ogenj:
posoda za ogenj das Feuerbecken
z ognjem in mečem mit Feuer und Schwert
igrati se z ognjem mit dem Feuer spielen (tudi figurativno)
igra z ognjem ein Spiel mit dem Feuer
tehnika, gradbeništvo, arhitektura peskati z ognjem flammstrahlen

opazovánje observation

dar opazovánja talent (ali gift) for observation
po lastnem opazovánju by personal observation

repudiate [ripjú:dieit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zavračati, ne hoteti priznati (oblast), zavrniti, odbiti, odkloniti priznanje, odkloniti poslušnost (oblasti), negirati, spodbijati, oporekati; ne priznati (ne plačati) (državnih dolgov); zavreči, odgnati (sina, ženo); zgražati se

to repudiate a claim (a gift) odbiti, odkloniti zahtevo (darilo)
to repudiate a public debt odkloniti plačilo javnega (državnega) dolga, ne izpolniti svojih obveznosti (o državi)
to repudiate a tale ne verjeti zgodbi

speien (spie, gespien) bruhati (auch Wasser usw.); (spucken) pljuvati, pljuniti; Gift und Galle speien bruhati ogenj in žveplo

stavi|ti¹ (-m) skleniti stavo: wetten, eine Wette eingehen
staviti na setzen auf
staviti vse na eno karto alles auf eine Karte setzen
staviti na napačnega/pravega konja aufs falsche/richtige Pferd setzen
staviti upe na/v seine Hoffnung setzen auf
staviti vse na eno kocko alles auf einen Wurf setzen
staviti vse na kocko bis zum Äußersten gehen
za to lahko stavim glavo darauf kannst du Gift nehmen
kaj staviš? was gilt die Wette?
greva stavit! wetten [daß] dass!

tödlich smrten; življenjsko nevaren; Gift: smrtonosen; Ernst: mrtvaški; [Haß] Hass: smrten; tödlich verlaufende Krankheit smrtna bolezen; mit tödlicher Sicherheit s stoodstotno gotovostjo

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti

wheedle [wi:dl] prehodni glagol
pregovoriti, pretentati (into s.th. k čemu)
neprehodni glagol
prilizovati se, dobrikati se

to wheedle a gift out of s.o. izvabiti iz koga darilo
to wheedle s.o. into s.th. pregovoriti koga za kaj

willing [wíliŋ] pridevnik
voljan; prostovoljen, spontan; pripravljen (za)

are you willing to come? si pripravljen priti?
to show willing sleng dokazati, pokazati (svojo) dobro voljo
a willing gift (help) rade volje dano darilo (pomoč)
willingly prislov rad, z veseljem, drage volje, spontano

zastónj gratis, gratuitously; for nothing, free, free of charge; (zaman) in vain, to no purpose

skoraj zastónj sem to dobil I got it dirt cheap
to se lahko zastónj dobi it can be had for the asking
to sem kupil skoraj zastónj I bought it for a song
zastónj se mučiti to labour in vain, (figurativno) to beat the air
še zastónj tegá ne bi hotel imeti I would not have it as a gift
vse moje prizadevanje je bilo zastónj all my efforts were in vain
ta zdravnik zdravi reveže zastónj that doctor treats poor people free