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tough [tʌf]

1. pridevnik (toughly prislov)
žilav, trd, čvrst; močan, robusten, krepak; zdržljiv, vztrajen, nepopustljiv, energičen; zakrknjen, trmast; lepljiv; neugoden, težak, težaven; razvpit; grób, osoren, zadirčen

a tough customer človek, ki ga je težko ugnati
a tough job trdo, Btežko delo
tough luck figurativno smola
a tough neighbourhood razvpita soseščina
tough meat žilavo meso
a tough offender zakrknjen prestopnik
tough steel trdo jeklo
a tough will žilava, železna volja
he is in a tough spot with his boss slabó je zapisan pri svojem šefu
it is not so tough ni tako stabo

2. samostalnik
drznež, silak, robavs, neotesanec; hudoben (malopriden) človek; kriminalec, apaš; pridanič

transfix [trænsfiks] prehodni glagol
prebosti (with z)
figurativno zbadati (o bolečini); presuniti
figurativno ohromiti, paralizirati

to be transfixed with ves odreveneti (otrpniti, biti trd) od, zaradi (česa)
I was transfixed to the spot with surprise bil sem kot ukopan od začudenja

ukopán

stati kot v zemljo ukopán to stand rooted (ali riveted) to the spot
stal je kot ukopán he stood as if glued to the spot
bil sem kot ukopán od začudenja I was rooted to the spot with surprise

vulnerable [vʌ́lnərəbl] pridevnik (vulnerably prislov)
ranljiv
figurativno spodbiten; nagnjen (to k)
dostopen (za)
vojska nezaščiten, odprt, občutljiv

vulnerable spot ranljivo mesto, ameriško Ahilova peta
to find s.o.'s vulnerable spot najti (odkriti) slabo, ranljivo mesto (točko) pri kom
are you vulnerable to ridicule? se hitro ujezite zaradi posmehovanja?

zakóten remote; obscure; secluded; sequestered

zakóten kraj secluded spot, out-of-the-way place
zakótna vas remote village
zakóten odvetnik pettifogger; hedge lawyer
naselil se je v nekem zakótnem kraju na deželi he has settled in some out-of-the-way place in the country
zakóten kot, kotiček, kraj sequestered nook, place

zapísati to write down; to note down; to jot (down); to put down (za for); to register

zapísati voznika zaradi prehitre vožnje to take down a motorist's name and address for speeding (ali for exceeding the speed limit)
zapísati si to take a note (of), to take down
zapišite me za 50.000 tolarjev put me down for 50,000 tolars
zapisan noted down, registered, jotted down
biti dobro zapisan pri kom (figurativno) to be well thought of by someone, (pogovorno) to be well in with someone
on je dobro (slabo) zapisan pri meni (figurativno) he is in my good (bad, black) books
slabo je zapisan pri svojem šefu he is in a tough spot with his boss
smrt mu je zapisana v obrazu arhaično he has the seal of death in his face