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uslúga service; favour; kindness; good turn

biti komu na uslúgo to be at someone's service
na uslúgo sem vam I am at your service
popolnoma sem vam na uslúgo I am wholly at your service
vas smem prositi za (neko) uslúgo? may I ask a favour of you?
imam prošnjo za posebno uslúgo I have a special favour to ask
izkazati, napraviti, storiti uslúgo to do (ali to render, to bestow) a favour (ali a service)
mi hočete napraviti uslúgo? will you do me a service?
napraviti dobro (slabo) uslúgo komu to do someone a good (a bad) turn
ponuditi svojo uslúgo to offer (ali to tender) one's services
povrniti uslúgo to repay (ali to pay back) a good turn, to return a favour
koristiti uslúge to utilize services
uslúga za uslúgo one good turn deserves another
veseli me, da sem vam lahkó na uslúgo (ob tej priliki) I am glad to be of service to you (on this occasion)

večér (od 17. do 22. ure) evening, (od 22. ure) night

dober večér! good evening!
večér pred praznikom eve
božični večér Christmas Eve
novoletni večér New Year's Eve
preživeti večér v zabavi (= krokati) to make a night of it
proti večéru towards evening
danes večér this evening, tonight
delati od jutra do večéra to work from morning till night (arhaično from morn till eve)
večér se dela it is growing dark, night is approaching
lepega jesenskega večéra one fine autumn evening

verjéti to believe (komu someone); (zaupati) to trust

lahko mi to verjamete you can take it from me
verjamem samo, kar vidim seeing is believing
ali lahko verjamemo njegovi besedi? can his word be trusted?
tega pa ne verjamem (pogovorno) I don't fall for that one
ne verjéti to disbelieve
sveto verjéti to cling to (ali to cherish) a belief
to naj ti drugi verjamejo! see if others believe that!
bi verjeli kaj takega! would you believe it!
če verjameš ali ne believe it or not
verjéti nekaj neverjetnega (figurativno) to swallow a camel
rad ti verjamem I willingly believe you
nisem tako neumen, da bi to verjel I am not so foolish as to believe it
komaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes, I can hardly trust my own eyes

vice¹ [váis] samostalnik
pregreha, pregrešnost, pokvarjenost, sprijenost, razvratnost, nemoralno življenje; napaka, grda navada, razvada, slabost; (telesna) hiba; izroditev, spačenost (stila)

my horse has one vice, he can't stand blinkers moj konj ima eno hibo, ne more prenašati plašnic
to inveigh against the vices bičati razvratnost, pregrehe

vie [vái] neprehodni glagol
tekmovati, kosati se (with z, in v)

vie in civilities tekmovati v vljudnosti
the two girls vied with one another for the first place dekleti sta med seboj tekmovali za prvo mesto

voice¹ [vɔ́is] samostalnik
glas (politika & figurativno človeški)
ton, zvok; izraz
slovnica način; sposobnost ali moč govora; mnenje, odločitev
fonetika zven
glasba petje (kot stroka)
zastarelo govorica; sloves

with one voice enoglasno, enodušno, kot eden
at the top of one's voice na ves glas, na vse grlo
in a loud (low) voice glasno (tiho)
active, passive voice slovnica tvorni, trpni način (glagola)
the still (ali small) voice glas vesti
the voice of God glas vesti, vest
in a prophetic voice s preroškim glasom
voice system (vesolje) naprava za ustno komuniciranje z astronavtom
use of one's voice uporaba pravice glasovanja
he is not in good voice on ne govori (poje) tako dobro kot običajno
to give voice to one's indignation dati izraza svojemu ogorčenju
to give one's voice for izjaviti se za, glasovati za
to find (ali to recover) one's voice priti spet do glasu
to have a voice in the matter imeti besedo pri zadevi
to lift up one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, spregovoriti, javiti se
to lose one's voice izgubiti glas (zaradi prehlada itd.)
to love the sound of one's voice rad se poslušati
to raise one's voice povzdigniti svoj glas, govoriti glasneje
to study voice študirati petje

vólk zoologija wolf, pl wolves

morski vólk (riba) wolf fish, (star mornar) old sea-dog, (figurativno) old salt, an old weather-beaten tar; medicina (odrgnjena koža) gall, excoriation; (igrača, vrtavka) top
vólk v ovčji koži wolf in sheep's clothing
lovec na vólkove wolf hunter
krdelo vólkov wolf pack
lačen sem kot vólk I am ravenous
biti lačen kot vólk to be as hungry as a wolf
iti na lov na vólkove, loviti vólkove to go wolf hunting
nasititi vólka in ohraniti kozo (figurativno) to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
ne more biti vólk sit in koza cela (figurativno) you can't have it both ways
ali vólk lahko spremeni svojo naravo? can the leopard change his spots?
z vólkovi je treba tuliti (figurativno) one must do in Rome as the Romans do

vrábec zoologija sparrow, (samec) cock sparrow, (samica) hen sparrow

s topovi streljati na vrábce (figurativno) to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
to čivkajo že vrábci na strehi (figurativno) it's the talk of the town, everyone's talking about it
boljši je vrábec v roki kot golob na strehi a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, one today is worth two tomorrows

vrána zoologija crow

bela vrána (figurativno, velika redkost) white crow, rara avis, blue dahlia, black swan
poljska vrána rook
vrana vrani ne izkljuje oči one crow will not pick out another crow's eye, hawks do not pick out hawk's eyes, dog doesn't eat dog, there is honour among thieves

vŕsta row (hiš of houses); line; rank; vojska file; turn; series; kind, sort; set; type; genus, species; variety; quality

dolga vŕsta long row
v vŕsti in a row, in a line
v vŕstah in rows
sprednja (zadnja) vŕsta front (back) line
v sprednjih vŕstah in the front ranks
v nepretrgani vŕsti in straight succession
po vŕsti in turn, by turns; in rows; (po eden) one at a time, successively
naslovna vŕsta headline
vŕsta sedežev row of seats
vŕsta topolov row of poplars
kdo je na vŕsti? whose turn is it?
jaz sem na vŕsti it is my turn
počakati moraš, da prideš na vŕsto! you must await (ali pogovorno wait) your turn!
prideš kmalu na vŕsto your turn will soon come
ne (se) držati vŕste pri čakanju (preskočiti vŕsto) to jump a queue
čakati v vŕsti (za kaj) to queue (for something)
sedeti v prvi vŕsti to sit in the front row
brati med vŕstami to read between the lines
brali smo po vŕsti (eden za drugim) we took it in turns to read
korakati v vŕsti to march in file
razredčiti vŕste to thin out the rows
postaviti v vŕsto to put (ali to set) in a row; to rank, to file, to draw up
postaviti se v vŕsto (štartno črto pred tekom) to toe the line
imeli smo vŕsto deževnih dni we (have) had a succession of rainy days
imamo tri vŕste vina we have three sorts of wine

vsák -a, -o every; (posamezen) each

vsák, -a, -o dan every day, daily
vsák, -a, -o tretji dan every three days
vsák, -a, -o teden every week, weekly
vsák, -a, -o od dveh (obeh) either
vsák, -a, -o posamezen each and every one
vsák, -a, -o čas any time
vsák, -a, -o učenec every pupil
vsák, -a, -o učenec tega razreda each pupil of this class
na vsák, -a, -o način at any rate
vsakih 20 korakov every twenty paces
ob vsák, -a, -oem vremenu in all weathers
vsák, -a, -o posebej, vsák, -a, -o ločeno separately
vsák, -a, -oemu svoje! to every man his due!, to each his own!
vsák, -a, -o po svoje each (one) in his own way
imava vsák, -a, -o svoje mnenje we have each our own opinion
vsák, -a, -o je dobil 5 SIT they got 5 tolars each
poznam vsák, -a, -oega učenca tega razreda I know every pupil in this class
vsák, -a, -o učenec mora to vedeti, znati every pupil must know this
lahko prideš ob vsák, -a, -oem času you can come at any time

vsákdo everybody; everyone; anyone, anybody; (ločeno) each

vsákdo od njih je dobil 1 tolar they got 1 tolar each
vsákdo po svojem okusu every man to his taste
kakor vsákdo vé as every one knows
vsákdo to lahko naredi anybody can do it
vsákdo, ki nekaj pomeni everybody who is anybody
vsákdo za sebe (figurativno) everyone must stand on his own feet, every tub must stand on its own bottom
vsákdo je sebi najbližji (figurativno) charity begins at home
vsákdo (= vsi) (arhaično) all the world and his wife

vstáti to rise, to get up, to rise to one's feet, to stand up

zgodaj vstáti to get up early, to rise with the sun
z levo nogo vstáti (figurativno) to get out of bed (on) the wrong side
vstáti (iz postelje) po bolezni to recover (from a sickness)
vstáti od mize (po obedu itd.) to rise from table, to leave the table
nihče še ni vstal (iz postelje zjutraj ipd.) nobody is stirring yet
vsi so vstali, ko so zaigrali marseljezo (internacionalo) every one rose to his feet when the Marseillaise (the Internationale) was played

vzéti to take

vzéti si čas to take one's time
vzéti si dopust to take a holiday; to get leave of absence
vzéti (jemati) čas to take up time
vzéti koga v avto to give someone a lift
vzéti eno z drugim to take one thing with another
vzéti v posest to take possession of
vzéti si k srcu to take (something) to heart
vzéti v presojo, v pretres to discuss, to examine
vzéti slovo od to take leave of
vzéti v poštev, v račun to take into account (ali into consideration)
vzéti (smatrati) kaj za samoumevno to take something for granted
vzéti na poskušnjo to take on trial; (ali trgovina on approval)
vzéti (v najem) stanovanje to take a flat
vzéti komu mere za obleko to measure someone for a suit, to take someone's measurements, za obutev to take someone's foot measurements
vzéti (kupiti) vozovnico to take a ticket
vzéti taksi to take a taxi
vzéti na znanje to take notice of
vzéti v najem, v zakup to rent
vzéti koga v službo to engage someone, to take someone into one's service
vzéti strup (zastrupiti se) to take poison
vzéti na kredit to take on credit
vzéti posojilo to raise a loan
vzéti koga za svojega (posvojiti) to adopt someone
vzéti v roke to take in one's hands
vzéti za zlo to take amiss, to take in bad part
vzéti pod streho (koga) to lodge, to take in, to shelter, to give shelter
vzéti nazaj to take back
vzéti življenje takšno, kot je to take the rough with the smooth
narazen vzéti to take apart, to take asunder
vzéti kaj za sveto resnico to take something for gospel truth
vzéti si življenje to take one's (own) life, to commit suicide
vzemi ali pa pusti! take it or leave it!
vzemi dežnik s seboj! take your umbrella!
vzemi to resno! take it seriously!
kakor se vzame (figurativno) that depends
vrag vzemi to! deuce take it!
vzela sta se they got married
tega si ne pustim vzéti I insist on it
vzemi se skupaj! (pridi spet k sebi!) be yourself!
vzemite se skupaj! (figurativno) pull yourself together!
vzemite me s seboj! take me along!
vse so mu vzeli they took everything from him

vzròk cause; reason; ground; motive; source

iz kakšnega vzròka? for what reason?
iz istega vzròka for the same reason
brez vzròka without reason, causeless, groundless
prav iz tega vzròka for that very reason
vzròk (vir) vsega zla the source of all evil
ni vzròka za... there is no reason for...
ti si vzròk tega this is your fault
imam vzròk za... I have a reason for...
ni vzròka za bojazen there is no cause to be afraid
ni vzròka za kako spremembo there is no reason (ali no ground) for making a change
vzròk tega je tvoja lenoba it's your laziness that's to blame
iz enega (tega) ali drugega (onega) vzròka for one reason or another
kaj je vzròk takemu dviganju cen? what is the cause of (ali reason for) this rise in prices?
razjezil se je brez pravega vzròka he got angry without any real reason
nimate vzròka za pritožbo you have no ground(s) for complaint (ali for complaining)
kakšne vzròke moreš navesti za takšno ravnanje? what reasons can you give (ali can you allege) for such treatment?
ne more navesti nobenega vzròka za to, kar je storil he can produce no motive for what he has done
vzròki in učinki causes pl and effects pl
brez pravega vzròka for no particular reason

wanting [wɔ́ntiŋ]

1. predlog
brez, v pomanjkanju (in s.th. česa)
manj, razen

a book wanting a cover knjiga brez (ene) platnice
wanting one razen enega, brez enega
a month wanting three days 3 dni manj kot en mesec

2. pridevnik
manjkajoč; nemaren, zanikrn (in v)
narečno slaboumen

the wanting pages of the book manjkajoče strani knjige
she is wanting in zeal manjka ji prave vneme

washing [wɔ́šiŋ] samostalnik
pranje, umivanje, izpiranje; izplakovanje, čiščenje; perilo za pranje, oprano perilo; kroženje, udarjanje valov ob obalo; tanka prevleka barve
geologija vodna erozija
množina pomije, oplaknica, odplake; voda od pranja; naplavina, naplavljen mulj, odplavljena gmota; odpadki

washing day pralni dan
washing machine pralni stroj
washing powder pralni prašek
washing soda soda (za namakanje perila)
washing stand umivalnik
to take in one another's washing pogovorno medsebojno si pomagati

way¹ [wéi] samostalnik
pot, cesta, steza; proga; prehod; stran, smer
navtika kurz

way in vhod
way out izhod; prehojena pot; pot ali oddaljenost, ki jo je treba prehoditi; dalja, del poti ali potovanja; prosta pot, prostor; figurativno priložnost, prilika, možnost, izhod; napredovanje, napredek, razvoj; pogovorno okolica, stran; figurativno pot, način, sredstvo, postopek, metoda; navada, lastnost, običaj; poklic, stroka, področje dejavnosti; (zdravstveno) stanje, položaj; ozir, pogled, zveza, razmerje, stopnja; navtika, množina grede za spuščanje ladje v vodo, sanke
a long (ali a great) way off (ali from here) daleč stran od tu
any way vsekakor, v vsakem primeru
by way of na poti čez; z namenom, da; zato, da; s pomočjo; zaradi
by the way mimogrede, spotoma, na poti; sicer; slučajno
by way of compliment kot kompliment
in a way nekako, na neki način, ne popolnoma
in every way v vsakem pogledu (oziru)
in many ways v mnogih ozirih (pogledih)
in more ways than one v več kot enem oziru (pogledu)
in a polite (friendly) way vljudno (prijazno)
in a small way skromno, brez pretenzij, ponižno
not by a long way še dolgo ne
in some (ali several) ways v marsikakem pogledu (oziru)
one way or another tako ali tako, kakorkoli, nekako
over the way na drugi strani (poti), čez cesto
on one's way to na poti k
no way nikakor ne
some way or other na ta ali na oni način
the other way round v obratni smeri, narobe, (ravno) obratno
under way navtika na poti, na vožnji
well on one's way v polnem teku
ways and means pot in način (zlasti kako priti do denarja)
Ways and Means parlamentarna budžetna komisija
the way of the world tok, način življenja, ukoreninjen običaj
the way of the cross religija križev pot
no way inferior nikakor ne slabši, neznatnejši
the good old ways dobri, stari običaji
high way glavna cesta, državna cesta; figurativno običajni način delovanja
Milky Way rimska cesta (na nebu)
lion in the way zapreka, motnja (zlasti namišljena, fiktivna)
permanent way železnica tir, tračnice
permanent-way man železnica progovni delavec
nothing out of the way nič posebnega (nenavadnega, izrednega)
somewhere London way nekje v okolici Londona
right of way pravica prehoda (čez tuje zemljišče)
this way please! semkaj, za menoj, prosim!
this is not in my way to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne bavim
to ask the (ali one's) way vprašati za pot
to be in a bad way biti v slabem položaju
to be in the family way biti noseča, pričakovati otroka
to be by way of being angry skoraj pobesneti
to be in s.o.'s way biti komu napoti, motiti koga
to be under way biti na poti
the conference was already under way konferenca je bila že v teku
to be on the way biti na poti, približevati se
to be in a way pogovorno biti vznemirjen, razburjen
it is not his way to ni njegova navada
the furthest way about is the nearest way home najkrajša pot ni vedno najhitrejša
to clear the way umakniti se s poti, dati prost prehod
to come by way of Paris priti prek Pariza
to come (ali to fall) in s.o.'s way srečati koga, naleteti na koga
to gather way povečati hitrost
to find one's way znajti se
to get in the way biti napoti, zapreti pot, ovirati
to get in the way of s.th. razumeti kaj
to get out of the way iti s poti, umakniti se (s poti)
to give way umakniti se, odmakniti se, izogniti se; popuščati, popustiti
to force one's way izsiliti, utreti si pot
to go a long way iti daleč
to go one's way oditi, iti po svoji poti
to go (ali to take) one's own way iti svojo pot; ravnati, narediti neodvisno od nasvetov drugih
to go the way of all the earth (of all flesh, of nature) figurativno umreti
to have it both ways po potrebi si izbrati
you can't have it both ways ne moreš imeti obojega; figurativno ne more biti volk sit in koza cela
to have one's own way delati po svoji glavi; doseči to, kar želimo
if I had my (own) way če bi šlo po mojem
to live in a great (small) way razkošno (skromno) živeti
to look the other way stran gledati
to look s.o.'s way gledati proti komu
to lose way izgubiti, zmanjšati hitrost
to lose one's way zaiti, izgubiti se
to make way napredovati; figurativno prodreti, uspeti
to make one's own way iti po svoji poti, oditi
to make the best of one's way iti čim hitreje, pohiteti
to pave the way for utreti pot za
to put o.s. out of the way truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti, tajno ubiti koga
to see a way out videti pot (izhod, neko možnost)
to stand in the way of s.o. ovirati koga, zastaviti komu pot
to twist one's way through zvijati se (kot kača) skozi
to work one's way študirati, preživljati se z delom
where there's a will there's a way hoteti je moči

what [wɔt]

1. zaimek
(vprašalni zaimek) kaj; koliko!

what for? čemu?, zakaj?
what ever for? toda zakaj?
what next? in (kaj) potem?, in kaj še?, kaj sedaj?
and what all pogovorno in kaj še vse
what not kar si bodi, karkoli
my hat, my gloves, and what not moj klobuk, moje rokavice, in ne vem, kaj še vse
what if kaj če, (in) kaj se zgodi, če...
what of that? kaj za to?, nič za to
what though (I am poor) kaj zato, pa četudi (sem reven)
what about, what of kaj gledé, kaj praviš (misliš) o
what about a cup of tea? ali bi skodelico čaja?
what's it all about? za kaj (pa) gre?
so what?, what of it? prava reč!; nesmisel!
but what pogovorno ki ne (bi)
not a day comes but what makes a change ni ga dneva, ki ne bi prinesel kake spremembe (kaj novega)
what is the matter? kaj (pa) je?
what is he like? kakšen je on?
what he has suffered! kaj (koliko) je pretrpel!
well, what of it? no, in kaj za to?
what's up? kaj je?, kaj se dogaja?
to know what's what vedeti, za kaj gre, biti informiran, spoznati se
what is the news? kaj je novega?
you want a what? kaj (ponovi, kaj) hočeš?
he claims to a what? kaj hoče on biti?
what is he the better for it? kaj ima on od tega?
I'll tell you what nekaj ti povem
Mr. what-do-you-call-him, Mr. what's-his-name gospod Oné (kako mu je ime?)

2. zaimek
(relativni zaimek) kar

do what I may naj storim, kar hočem (karkoli)
happen what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče!
we know what he is busy with vemo, s čim se ukvarja
this is what we hoped for to je tisto, kar (prav to) smo upali
and what have you ameriško, sleng in kar imate podobnega, takega
but what razen (tega, teh)
he never had any money but what he absolutely needed imel je le najpotrebnejši denar
there was no one but what was excited nikogar ni bilo, ki ne bi bil razburjen

3. pridevnik
kakšen, kateri, kolikšen

what luck! kakšna sreča!
what a queer idea! kakšna čudna ideja!
what a fool I am! kako sem neumen!
he got what books he wanted dobil je vse knjige, ki jih je želel
take what books you need! vzemi toliko knjig, kot jih potrebuješ
what use is this dictionary to you? čemu ti rabi ta slovar?

4. prislov
kako

what happy boys they are kako srečni dečki so (oni)!; deloma
what with storms my return was delayed deloma zaradi viharjev se je moja vrnitev zakasnila
but what (pri nikalnici); pogovorno da ne
not a day but what it rains ni dneva, da ne bi deževalo
never fear but what we shall go! ne boj se, da ne bi šli (= že gremo)!

5. medmet
kaj!, kako!
britanska angleščina kaj ne?

what, do you really mean it? kaj, ti to resno misliš?
a good fellow, what? dober dečko, kaj ne?

6. veznik
pogovorno kolikor

he helped us what he could pomagal nam je, kolikor je mogel

whatever [wɔ́tévə]

1. zaimek
karkoli; vse, kar
pogovorno kaj vendar; sploh kaj

whatever do you want? kaj vendar hočeš?
take whatever you like! vzemite, karkoli hočete!
whatever do you think? sleng kaj si vendar domišljaš?

2. pridevnik
katerikoli; sploh kakšen; (nikalno) sploh noben

for whatever reasons iz katerihkoli razlogov
no doubt whatever sploh nobenega dvoma
is there any hope whatever? je sploh kakšno upanje (kaj upanja)?
this will be no trouble whatever for me to me ne bo prav nič motilo
no one whatever sploh nobeden