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straight¹ [stréit] pridevnik
raven, prem, premočrten; gladek (lasje); resen (obraz); pokončen; urejen, v redu, reden, na pravem mestu, v pravi višini; simetričen; direkten, neposreden
figurativno odkrit, pošten, iskren, preprost, nekompliciran
pogovorno zanesljiv, resničen (poročilo); dosleden
ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen; pravi, neponarejen, nepopačen, neizkrivljen, dobljen iz prvega vira; popoln; nerazredčen, čist brez vode (whisky itd.)

as straight as an arrow raven kot sveča
in a straight line v premi, ravni črti
straight angle iztegnjeni kot (180°)
straight arch lok v obliki obrnjene črke V
a straight back raven, neukrivljen (negrbast) hrbet
straight eye (dobra) mera na oko
straight face negiben, resen obraz
a straight fight poštena (nedogovorjena) borba
straight hair gladki lasje
a straight hit direkten zadetek
a straight knee ravno, neupognjeno koleno
straight legs ravne noge
a straight novel navaden (nekriminalen) roman
straight line matematika premica
straight speaking odkrito govorjenje
a straight tip sleng zanesljiv namig (nasvet), informacija iz prvega (zanesljivega) vira
a straight path ravna, prema steza
a straight race dirka, v kateri se udeleženci na vse pretege trudijo za zmago
a straight Republican ameriško, sleng brezkompromisen republikanec, republikanec skoz in skoz
the straight ticket ameriško pravi, uradni program stranke
accounts are straight računi so v redu
is everything straight? je vse v redu?
to keep a straight face resno se držati, zadržati smeh
to keep s.o. straight držati koga na uzdi
to put things straight spraviti stvari v red
to set one's papers straight spraviti v red svoje papirje
to set a room straight urediti, pospraviti sobo
to vote a straight ticket ameriško glasovati za nespremenjeno kandidatno listo

straight² [stréit] prislov
premo, ravno, naravnost, v pravi smeri; točno, pravilno; neposredno, direktno
figurativno odkrito, iskreno, jasno, pošteno
zastarelo takoj, precej, na mestu, nemudoma; brez ovinkov, brez ovinkarjenja

straight away takoj, na mestu, precej
straight off takoj, prècej, brez pomišljanja
straight on naravnost (naprej)
straight through naravnost skozi
straight from the horse's mouth sleng iz prvega vira
to come straight to the point jasno in brez oklevanja, naravnost pojasniti
to go straight on iti naravnost naprej
to hit straight from the shoulder naravnost (brez strahu) povedati svoje mnenje
to keep straight iti kar (naravnost) naprej
to live straight pošteno živeti
to ride straight on jahati naravnost naprej, čez vse ovire
to run straight moralno, pošteno živeti
to sit up straight pokonci sedeti
to speak straight out odkrito, brez ovinkov govoriti
to think straight logično misliti
I told him straight out povedal sem mu naravnost v obraz
I cannot tell you straight off ne morem vam povedati kar takoj (pri priči, prècej)

stréla thunderbolt, flash of lightning, lightning; (udarec) a stroke of lightning

stréla z jasnega neba a bolt from the blue
kot od stréle zadet thunderstruck, dumbfounded
biti zadet od stréle to be struck by lightning
kot stréla zadeti to strike like a thunderbolt
zadeti kot stréla z jasnega to hit (someone) like a bolt from the blue
novica je bila zame kot stréla z jasnega the news came to me like a bolt from the blue
stréla je udarila v drevo a tree was struck by lightning
kot stréla hiter quick as lightning
kot stréla je šinil proč he was off like a shot
kot stréla hitro (figurativno) like (greased) lightning
priti kot stréla z jasnega to appear suddenly out of the blue, to come all of a sudden
gromska strél! well I'll be blowed!

strélec shooter, (lovec, šport) shot; vojska rifleman

strélec z lokom archer, bowman
dober (slab) strélec marksman (poor marksman)
mojstrski, izvrsten strélec crack (ali dead) shot
on je zelo slab strélec he couldn't hit a barn door (at five paces)
ni noben strélec he is no shot
je odličen (siguren) strélec he is an excellent (a sure) shot

tárča target; butt; mark

središče tárče bull's eye
streljanje v tárčo target practice
streljati v tárčo to shoot at a (ali the) target, to have target practice
biti tárča posmeha to be a laughingstock, to be a standing joke
ne bom mu za tárčo (figurativno) I'm not going to be the butt of his ridicule
zadeti v tárčo hit the target

target [tá:git] samostalnik
tarča; cilj
figurativno tarča (predmet) posmehovanja
grboslovje okrogel ščit
železnica kretnični signal

target practice streljanje v tarčo; vojska strelske vaje
target shooting šport streljanje v tarčo
target date določen čas, termin (za neko stvar)
the target for the invasion was set določen je bil čas invazije
to hit the target zadeti tarčo, cilj

udárjati

udárjati na levo in desno to hit out right and left ➞ udariti

velikánski gigantic; giant; giant-like; immense; giant-sized; enormous; colossal; huge

velikánski uspeh smash hit
imeti velikánski uspeh to score a hit

wind¹ [wind] samostalnik
veter; vihar, vihra; vetrna tromba
aeronavtika smer vetra; zrak; vonj, duh, voh
medicina vetrovi, napenjanje, plini; dih, dihanje; (trebušna) prepona
množina strani neba; (umetni) zračni tlak
glasba, ednina, konstrukcija pihala
figurativno prazne besede, čenče

between wind and water figurativno na občutljivem mestu
from the four winds z vseh strani neba, od vsepovsod
in(to) the wind's eye, into the teeth of the wind proti vetru
by the wind navtika s spodnjim vetrom (veter z boka proti ladijskemu kljunu)
off the wind s polovičnim vetrom (med bočnim in krmilnim)
to the four winds na vse (štiri) vetrove
like the wind kot veter, kot strelica, hitro
capful of wind vetrič, sapica od časa do časa
a fair (contrary) wind ugoden (neugoden) veter
puffed up with wind figurativno napihnjen, nadut, domišljav
slant of wind navtika sunek ugodnega vetra
sound in wind and limb v odlični telesni kondiciji
to be in the wind figurativno biti v zraku
there is s.th. in the wind figurativno nekaj je v zraku
all his promises are but wind vse njegove obijube so le prazne besede
it is an ill wind that blows nobody good v vsaki nesreči je tudi kaj dobrega
to break wind medicina spuščati vetrove
to catch wind of s.th. zavohati kaj
to cast (ali to fling; ali to throw) to the wind na vse vetrove vreči, figurativno zapravljati, ne se zmeniti za
to come from the four winds priti z vseh strani sveta
to find out how the wind blows (ali lies) ugotoviti, kako veter piha (tudi figurativno)
to get (the) wind of s.th. zavohati, zasumiti, priti na sled, zvedeti, slišati kaj
the affair got (ali took) wind stvar se je razvedela
to get the wind up prestrašiti se, imeti tremo; pobesneti
to have lost one's wind biti ob sapo
to have one's wind taken biti paraliziran zaradi udarca v trebušno prepono (pri boksanju)
to hit in the wind figurativno zadati udarec v želodec
to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, pognati komu strah v kosti
to raise the wind sleng, figurativno dobiti potrebni denar; dvigniti prah
the wind rises veter nastane, se dvigne
to lose one's wind priti ob sapo
to recover one's wind zopet k sapi priti
to go to the winds figurativno propasti
he preaches to the winds govori v veter (zaman, stenam)
to sail before the wind pluti, jadrati z vetrom v hrbtu
to sail close to the wind figurativno delati nekaj, kar je komaj še pošteno; mejiti na nezakonitost; figurativno skrajno varčno gospodariti
to pump wind into the tire napolniti pnevmatiko z zrakom
to sail with every shift of wind jadrati, kakor veter potegne, figurativno obračati svoj plašč po vetru
to sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sejati veter in žeti vihar
to speak to the winds govoriti v veter, zaman (stenam) govoriti
to take the wind out of s.o.'s sails figurativno prehiteti koga s čim, kar je on hotel napraviti, ter ga s tem oškodovati; premagati koga z njegovim lastnim orožjem
to be troubled with wind medicina imeti vetrove
to whistle down the wind figurativno zaman kaj želeti

zaíti to lose one's way; to go astray; (sonce) to set, to sink, to go down; (pošiljka) to fail to arrive, to go astray, to miscarry

zaíti v dolgove to get into (ali to incur) debts
zaíti na kriva pota to go off the right track, to go to the bad, to go astray; to take the wrong turning (ali path), to go wrong
zaíti v neprilike, v zagato to hit a snag

zaletéti se (vzeti zalet) to take a run

zaletéti se v to run into, to butt into, to bump into (ali against, on); (trčiti) to collide
zaletéti se se v drevo v temi to bump into a tree in the dark
zaletéti se z glavo v kaj to hit one's head against (ali upon) something, (figurativno) to act rashly, to overreach oneself
zaletéti se naravnost v to run slap into
z vso silo zaletéti se v zid to run full tilt into a wall
zaletelo se mi je it went down (ali I swallowed) the wrong way

žebljíca nail

zadeti žebljíco na glavico to hit the nail on the head