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trouble¹ [trəbl] samostalnik
težava, trud, napor, motnja, motenje, nadloga; nevšečnost, neprijetnost; skrb, žalost, trpljenje, bol, muka; breme (to komu), nesreča, zlo, stiska; tegoba; napaka, pogreška, pomanjkljivost, slaba stran; komplikacija, problem, sitnost(i); kočljiv položaj
narečno porod; bolezen
politika nemir, konflikt; kraval, škandal, afera
tehnično okvara, motnja, defekt

in trouble v stiski (težavi, nepriliki)
digestive troubles prebavne motnje, težave
heart trouble srčna bolezen
labour troubles delavski nemiri
troubles in the Near East nemiri na Bližnjem Vzhodu
to ask for trouble, to look for trouble sam si iskati (delati) težave, izzivati usodo
the trouble is that... težava je v tem, da...
(it is) no trouble! (to ni) nobena težava!; že dobro!; prosim!
(I am) sorry to give you such trouble žal mi je, da vam delam take sitnosti
she is a great trouble to her family ona je (v) veliko breme svoji družini
to be in trouble with the police imeti težave (nevšečnosti) s policijo
to be out of one's troubles osvoboditi se skrbi (težav), priti iz neprilik
I have been through much trouble veliko sem prestal (pretrpel)
to get into trouble zaiti v težave
to get a girl into trouble zapeljati dekle
to go to much trouble da(ja)ti si mnogo truda
to give s.o. the trouble, to put s.o. to much trouble povzročiti komu težave (skrb), spraviti koga v hude nevšečnosti
to make trouble delati težave
we did it to spare you trouble naredili smo to, da bi vam prihranili trud
to stir up trouble povzročati zmedo, nemir
I don't want to be a trouble to you ne bi vas hotel vznemirjati
he won't even take the trouble to answer ne vzame si niti truda, da bi odgovoril
to take great trouble (to take no trouble at all) veliko (nobenega) truda si ne da(ja)ti
troubles never come singly nesreča nikoli ne pride sama

up⁵ [ʌp] neprehodni glagol
(nenadoma) vstati, se dvigniti
pogovorno dvigniti (kvišku)
ameriško povzpeti se (to na)

to up and ask nenadoma vprašati
up and at him! nanj!, za njim!
he upped with his head iztegnil (pomolil) je glavo ven
prehodni glagol
pogovorno dvigniti, pobrati
ameriško povišati, povečati (cene, proizvodnjo itd.)

úra (čas) hour; (žepna) watch; (stoječa, stenska, stolpna) clock; (namizna) timepiece

úra budilka alarm clock
peščena úra sand glass
sončna úra sundial
cerkvena úra church clock
úra z nihalom pendulum clock
zapestna úra wristwatch
ladijska úra chronometer
úra štoparica stopwatch
policijska úra curfew
konične úre rush hour
huda úra thunderstorm
učna úra lesson
proste úre free (ali spare) hours pl
smrtna úra the hour of death, dying hour, last hour
v zgodnjih úrah in the small hours
úra X vojska zero hour
v teku ene úre, v manj kot eni úri in less than an hour, within an hour
o úre do úre from hour to hour
prav ob tej úri at this very hour
po moji úri by my watch
pol úre half an hour, a half hour
pred pol úre half an hour ago
5 milj na úro 5 miles per hour, 5 miles an hour
vsake tri úre every three hours
več kot eno úro over one hour
ob tej úri at the present time, ZDA presently
polni, celi 2 úri for two hours at a stretch (ali pogovorno on the trot)
dobro úro a good hour
ob 12. úri at 12 o'clock, at noon
v smeri kazalca úre clockwise, (v nasprotni) anticlockwise
jermenček za zapestno úro watch strap, strap for wristwatch; (wrist) watch band; strap (ali cord, link, expansion) band
verižica za úro watch chain, (pri telovniku) watch guard
kolesje úre movement of a watch
ohišje úre clock case
vzmet úre watch spring
utež pri úri clock weight
kazalec úre hand
kazalec sončne úre gnomon
številčnica úre dial
tovarna úr clock factory, watch factory
trgovina z úrami clock trade, watch trade, trade in clocks and watches
koliko je úra? what time is it?, what's the time?, (redko) what o'clock is it
úra je 5 it is five o'clock
četrt na šest je it is a quarter past five
pol šestih je it is half past five
tri četrt na šest je it is a quarter to six
na moji úri je tri it is three by my watch
ob kateri úra? at what time?
je ta úra prav? is that clock (tvoja zapestna úra your wristwatch oziroma pogovorno watch) right?
on je točen kot úra he is as regular as clockwork
moja úra je točna my watch keeps perfect time
dobrih 5 úr je do mesta it's a good five hours to the town
moja úra gre dobro my watch is a good timekeeper
moja úra ne gre (se je ustavila, se je iztekla) my watch is not going (has stopped, isn't working)
moja úra je pokvarjena there is something wrong with my watch
navijte svojo úro! wind up your watch!
moja úra je navita my watch is wound up
úra bíje the clock strikes (oziroma is striking)
úra bo zdajci (od)bila 11 the clock is just about to strike eleven
úra je odbila 7 the clock has struck seven
odbila mu je zadnja úra his last hour is come
moja úra prehiteva my watch is fast (ali gains, is gaining)
moja úra zaostaja my watch is slow (ali loses, is losing)
vprašati koliko je úra to ask the time
naravnati (regulirati) úro po... to regulate (ali to set) one's watch by...
držati se rednih úr to keep regular hours
letalo je doseglo poprečno 450 milj na úro the plane averaged 450 miles an hour
dajati angleške úre (= lekcije) to give English lessons
to úro je treba naviti this clock needs winding up (ali rewinding)
moja úra je potrebna popravila my watch needs repairing
razmakniti konične úre (da ni navala na avtobuse itd.) to stagger office hours
rana úra zlata úra early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
delati 24 úr brez prekinitve (noč in dan) to work around the clock

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)

vbógajme alms, charity

prositi vbógajme to ask for alms, to ask for charity

venture² [vénčə] prehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti se; odločiti se (on za)
drzniti se napraviti; izraziti, dovoliti si; tvegati, riskirati, staviti na kocko; (redko) zanesti se na, prepustiti slučaju; špekulirati
neprehodni glagol
upati si, prevzeti riziko

to venture one's life tvegati (svoje) življenje
to venture away upati si oditi (se oddaljiti, se umakniti) (from od)
to venture on the travel upati si na potovanje
I venture to say that... upam si reči, da...
may I venture to ask you? vas smem vprašati?
to venture a fortune at the tables tvegati (celo) imetje pri igranju
nothing venture, nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič nima
never venture to oppose him nikoli si ne dovolite, da bi mu ugovarjali

vízum visa, visé

turistični vízum tourist visa
dobiti vízum to have one's passport visaed (ZDA viséed)
obnoviti (podaljšati) svoj vízum to renew (ali to extend) one's visa
vnesti vízum (v potni list) to visa (ZDA to visé)
zaprositi za vízum to ask for visas

vprašánje question; query; interrogation

črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
gornje vprašánje the above question
indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
nujno vprašánje urgent question
nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
odprto vprašánje open question
pereče vprašánje burning question
sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
pravno vprašánje question of law
sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
načeti vprašánje to raise a question
napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone

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

who [hu:] zaimek
kdo
pogovorno koga; kateri, -a, -o; ki; tisti, -a, ki; kdor

I who... jaz, ki...
who is so deaf as he who will not hear ni večjega gluhca od tistega, ki noče slišati
to know who's who vedeti, kdo je kdo
Who is Who? Kdo je kdo? (seznam vidnejših osebnosti)
who could I ask? pogovorno koga bi lahko vprašal?
I forget who all was there ne vem več, kdo vse je bil tam

write^* [ráit] prehodni glagol
(na)pisati (a letter pismo)
zapisati, opis(ov)ati, prikaz(ov)ati; naznaniti, sporočiti; sestaviti, skleniti (pogodbo)
neprehodni glagol
pisati, pismeno sporočiti; baviti se s pisanjem, s pisateljevanjem, pisateljevati

to write o.s. pisati se, imenovati se, označiti se (a duke za vojvodo)
I wrote a letter to him, pogovorno I wrote him a letter pisal sem mu pismo
to write a letter in ink (na)pisati pismo s črnilom
to write a good hand lepo pisati
to write to ask pismeno vprašati
to write shorthand stenografirati
innocence is written in his face nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu
to write insurance upon s.o.'s life skleniti življenjsko zavarovanje za koga
to write poetry pisati pesmi, pesnikovati
to write a check (britanska angleščina cheque) napisati (izpolniti) ček
to write (o.s.) a man biti polnoleten
to write for s.th. pisati za kaj, pismeno naročiti
written all over popolnoma popisan (papir)
written in (ali on) water figurativno nezapisan (kot važen), minljiv

zvíšanje rise; increase

zvíšanje cen price rise(s)
zvíšanje plače pay rise(s)
zvíšanje temperature rise in temperature
zvíšanje voznine fare increase(s)
zvíšanje za pol tona glasba rise of a semitone
prositi, zahtevati zvíšanje plače to ask for a pay rise