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mad¹ [mæd] pridevnik (madly prislov)
nor, blazen; nor na kaj (after, about, for, on)
pogovorno jezen, besen, hud (at na, with zaradi)
stekel (žival)

mad as a hatter (ali as a March hare) popolnoma prismuknjen, popolnoma nor
they are having a mad time divje se zabavajo
to drive s.o. mad spraviti koga ob pamet, v bes
it is enough to drive one mad to te lahko spravi ob pamet
to run mad after ponoreti za čem (kom)
like mad noro, kot nor, divje
to run like mad teči na vso sapo
to go (ali run) mad znoreti, ponoreti

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

make out

1. prehodni glagol
izpisati, izpolniti (ček); napisati (dokument), sestaviti, napraviti (seznam); razločiti, prepoznati (človeka v daljavi); razumeti, razlagati si, razbrati; trditi, dokazati; prikazati koga za kaj
ameriško izgotoviti, izpopolniti

2. neprehodni glagol
pogovorno uspeti (as kot)
delati se, hliniti
ameriško, pogovorno pomagati si (with s, z)

man¹ [mæn] samostalnik (množina men)
mož, človek, človeštvo; sluga, vojak, mornar; figura (šah, dama)
zgodovina vazal
množina vojaki, mornarji, delavci, moštvo

the rights of man človeške pravice
man of God božji služabnik
an Oxford man kdor je študiral v Oxfordu
a man and a brother pravi tovariš
man and wife mož in žena
a man of few words redkobeseden človek
man alive! človek božji!
as one man kot en mož, enoglasno
to be a man biti možat
to be only half a man biti nemožat, biti samo pol moža
to be one's own man biti svoj gospodar
best man ženinova priča pri poroki
man and boy od deških let dalje
every man Jack vsak posameznik
to feel like a new man počutiti se ko prerojen
man Friday; ali man of all work faktotum, desna roka
inner man duša, šaljivo želodec
outer man telo
I'm your man jaz sem pravi človek za to
he's your man on bo pravi človek za to
man of letters pisatelj
to the last man do zadnjega moža
(all) to a man vsi, do zadnjega moža, enoglasno
a man of mark pomembna osebnost
no man nihče
a man of parts izredno zmožen človek
to play the man izkazati se moža
a man of straw lutka, človek zvenečega imena a brez denarja
the man in (ali on) the street povprečen človek
man about town lahkoživec, gizdalin
a man of his word mož beseda
the man of the world svetovljan
old man botanika božje drevce, navtika, sleng kapitan

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

many¹ [méni] pridevnik
mnogi, številni, mnogo, veliko

as many prav toliko
as many as 20 ne manj od dvajset
as many again; ali twice as many še enkrat toliko
many times velikokrat, često
many a time pogosto
how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
many a man marsikateri
to be one too many for biti premočen za, biti prekanjen
too many by half za polovico preveč
one too many odveč, nezaželjen, eden preveč
many's the time pogosto
for many a long day zelo dolgo
in so many words dobesedno, izrecno
his reasons are many and good ima mnogo dobrih razlogov
many's the mnogo jih je, ki

March [ma:č] samostalnik
marec

in March v marcu, marca
as mad as a March hare popolnoma nor

margin¹ [má:džin] samostalnik
rob, meja (tudi figurativno)
presežek
ekonomija marža, razlika med kupno in prodajno ceno, dobiček; vplačana vsota za kritje borzne transakcije
ekonomija meja rentabilnosti

on the margin of good taste na meji dobrega okusa
as by (ali per) margin kot je ob robu (zapisano)
in the margin na robu, ob strani (zabeleženo)
bled margin do besedila odstrižen rob
cropped margin preveč odstrižen rob
by a narrow margin komaj, za las
to have a narrow margin of profit imeti zelo majhen dobiček
margin of safety varnostni faktor
margin release key čezrobnik (pri pisalnem stroju)
margin stop robnik (pri pisalnem stroju)

máslo (surovo) butter

sveže, presno máslo fresh butter, ZDA sweet butter
slano máslo salted butter
máslo za kuho cooking butter
stopljeno máslo melted butter
umetno máslo margarine, arhaično butterine
žaltavo, žarko máslo rancid butter
kalup za máslo butter-print
kepica, reženjček másla pat of butter
kruh z máslom bread and butter
delati máslo to churn butter
zabeliti z máslom to butter, to flavour with butter, to add butter
namazati z máslom to spread butter on
to je njegovo máslo (figurativno) he has a finger in the pie, he as a hand in it
iti kot po máslu (figurativno) to run smoothly, to go swimmingly, to go like clockwork
stvari gredo kot po máslu things are going swimmingly (ali like clockwork)
to nam gre kot po máslu (figurativno) pogovorno we're getting on like a house on fire
gre kot po máslu! it's going on swimmingly (ali like a house on fire)
vse je šlo kot po máslu (figurativno) it was all plain sailing, it was a piece of cake (ali pogovorno a pushover, žargon a doddle)

masquerade [mæskəréid]

1. samostalnik
maškarada, ples vmaskah
figurativno pretvarjanje, maskiranje

2. neprehodni glagol
zakrinkati se
figurativno pretvarjati se, delati se (as)

maščevánje vengeance, revenge, zastarelo avengement

kot (za) maščevánje za as vengeance for
krvno maščevánje blood feud
to bo moje maščevánje that will be my revenge
hlepeti po maščevánju to thirst for revenge
izpostaviti se maščevánju kake osebe to lay oneself open to someone's vengeance
skušati si najti (se maščevati) nad kom to seek vengeance upon someone
tak pokol vpije po maščevánju such slaughter cries (ali calls) to heaven for vengeance

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

may³ [méi] glagol
pomanjkljiv moči, smeti; utegniti

come what may naj se zgodi kar hoče
you may well say so ti lahko govoriš, lahko tebi
be that as it may kar bo, pa bo
may he live long naj dolgo živi!
may you be happy! da bi bil srečen!
it may happen utegne se zgoditi

meat [mi:t] samostalnik
meso (hrana)
arhaično hrana, obed
sleng slast, užitek
figurativno substanca, vsebina

meat and drink hrana in pijača
to be meat and drink to s.o. biti v veliko zadovoljstvo, iti v slast
meats mesnine
cold meat hladna plošča
meat tea hladna večerja s čajem
green meat zelenjava
before meat pred jedjo
after meat po jedi
as full as an egg is of meat res poln
a thing full of meat zelo duhovita stvar
to make (cold) meat of e.o. umoriti koga
one man's meat is another man's poison ni vse za vsakega
that meat is for your master tega je škoda zate
meat packing plant industrijska klavnica

méd -ú honey

gozdni, divji méd, -ú wild honey
turški méd, -ú Turkish delight
méd, -ú v satovju honey in the comb
tekoč méd, -ú liquid honey, pure honey
trcan méd, -ú strained honey
sladek kot méd, -ú sweet as honey, honey-sweet
méd, -ú in mleko milk and honey
iti, prodajati se za méd, -ú (figurativno) to sell like hot cakes
to gre za méd, -ú (figurativno) it's going like hot cakes
nabirati méd, -ú to gather honey
dežela, kjer se cedita méd, -ú in mleko a land flowing with milk and honey

meek [mi:k] pridevnik (meekly prislov)
pohleven, skromen, ponižen, pokoren, skrušen, krotek

as meek as a lamb krotek kot jagnje

mêhek soft; (meso) tender; (sadje) mellow

zelo mêhek as soft as velvet (ali down, butter)
mêhko kuhano jajce soft-boiled egg; (nežen, blag) mild, gentle, soft-hearted, tender-hearted; delicate, lenient; (omehčan) mollified
napraviti mêhko, postati mêhek to soften; to tender

melt² [melt]

1. neprehodni glagol
topiti se, raztopiti se, taliti se; stapljati se (into)
figurativno otajati se, omehčati se (srce); prelivati se(barve, robovi)

2. prehodni glagol
topiti taliti
figurativno omehčati, otajati, ganiti

to melt in one's mouth topiti se v ustih (jed)
he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to melt into tears topiti se v solzah, točiti solze
in the melting mood raznežen

mention² [ménšən] prehodni glagol
omeniti, navesti

don't mention it! ni vredno besede!, prosim (odgovor na hvala)
not to mention da ne rečem, kaj šele
as mentioned above kot je zgoraj navedeno
not worth mentioning ni omembe vredno
britanska angleščina, vojska to be mentioned in dispatches biti pohvaljen v vojaškem poročilu

méra measure; (velikost) size; (obsežnost) extent, dimension

normalna méra standard; gauge; (stopnja) degree; (merjenje) measurement; (razmerje) rate, scale, index; (zmernost) moderation, temperance; (verz) metre, measure; glasba bar, time; (ukrep) measure, step
mére in uteži measures and weights pl
dobra (slaba) méra full (short) measure
dolžinska méra linear (ali long) measure
ploščinska méra square (ali superficial) measure
prostorninska méra cubic measure
votla méra measure of capacity
največja skupna méra matematika greatest common measure
obrestna méra rate of interest
zvrhana méra heaped up (ali strike, struck-) measure
do neke mére to a certain degree, in some measure; to a certain extent, to some extent
v obilni méri amply, richly
v veliki méri to a high degree, to a great (ali large) extent; largely, higly
prek mére beyond measure, beyond all bounds
v neki méri in a measure
čez vse mére exceedingly, excessively, immoderately, out of all measure
v isti méri kot... in the same measure as...
v enaki méri alike
napravljen po méri made to measure
obleka po méri bespoke suit, ZDA custom suit
po méri narejena oblačila clothes pl made to measure, ZDA custom clothes pl
enota mére unit of measure
krojač, ki dela po méri bespoke tailor
dati dobro méro to give good measure
držati se mére to be moderate, to observe due moderation
napraviti vse potrebne mére (ukrepe) to take all the necessary steps
podvzeti (lotiti se) primerne mére (ukrepe) to take appropriate action
podvzeti temeljite, dalekosežne mére to take sweeping measures
podvzeti vse potrebne previdnostne mére to take all due precautions
on ne pozna mére he knows no bounds
to presega vse mére that goes beyond all bounds
prekoračiti méro (figurativno) to overstep the mark, to go too far
napraviti méro polno (figurativno) to fill the cup to the brim
do kolikšne mére mu moremo zaupati? how far can he be trusted?
vzeti komu méro za kaj to take someone's measurements for something
vzeli so mi méro za plašč (za obleko) I have been measured for a coat (for a suit)