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tŕmast stubborn; obstinate; opinionated; headstrong; stiff-necked; hardbitten

tŕmast otrok a stubborn child
tŕmast kot mula (as) obstinate as a mule

troskokaški pridevnik
(o troskoku) ▸ hármasugró

tŕska splinter; (wood) chip; matchwood

suh kot tŕska (as) thin as a poker (ali a lath)

true¹ [tru:]

1. pridevnik
resničnen; pravi, pravičen; pristen; veren (prepis itd.); zvest, lojalen, vdan, zanesljiv; ohs pošten, iskren, resnicoljuben, stanoviten, vesten; točen, predpisen (teža, čas itd.); pravilen
pravno zakonit; raven, gladek (zemljišče, tla)
tehnično točen, pravilen (položaj); uravnotežen
biologija čiste rase

true to v skladu z
a true bill utemeljena in od porote potrjena obtožnica
true copy veren, točen prepis
true friend pravi, zvest prijatelj
true gold čisto zlato
true as gold (steel) zelo zvest
true heir (owner) zakoniti dedič (lastnik)
true to oneself zvest, dosleden sam sehi
true to life ve ren, realno prikazan
true to one's word (promise) zvest svoji besedi (obljubi)
true strength resnična moč
true to lype tipičen
is it true that...? je res, da...'?
(it is) true res (je), resnično, zares, resda, seveda, vsekakor
true he is an artist res (vsekakor, resnično) on je umetnik
the same is true of isto vlja za
to come true uresničiti se, potrditi se, izpolniti se (sanje, želja)
to prove (to be) true izkazati se za resnično, za pravo

2. prislov
resnično; zares

to speak true govoriti resnico
to shoot true točno streljati; zadeti

3. samostalnik

the true (kar je) resnično (pravilno, točno)
in true pravilno, točno
out of true nepravilno, napačno, netočno

truly [trú:li]
adv resnično, v resnici, zares; odkrito (rečeno), iskreno, vdano, zvesto; naravno; točno, pravilno

I am truly sorry zares mi je žal
yours truly (na koncu pisma) vaš vdani, z odličnim spoštovanjem
yours truly šaljivo moja malenkost
as it has been truly stated kot je bilo pravilno ugotovljeno

tu [tü] pronom ti

tu as raison, (populaire) t'as raison (ti) imaš prav
être à tu et à toi avec quelqu'un biti v zelo tesnih odnosih s kom, tikati se s kom
dire tu à quelqu'un reči komu ti, tikati koga

Túrek Túrkinja Turk

močan kot Túrek, Túrkinja (as) strong as a lion
postati Túrek, Túrkinja to turn Turk

turkey [tə́:ki] samostalnik
zoologija puran, purica
ameriško, sleng polomija, neuspeh (filma, gledališke igre)
ameriško, pogovorno resnica, dejstva

turkey cock purman
turkey hen purica
turkey poult puranček
turkey trot vrsta plesa (v času 1. svetovne vojne)
red as a turkey rdeč kot puran (kot rak) (od jeze)
to talk (cold) turkey ameriško, pogovorno, figurativno naliti čistega vina, odkrito govoriti, brez ovinkov povedati
talk turkey! na dan z besedo!

twice [twáis] prislov
dvakrat

twice as good dvakrat boljši
twice as much dvakrat toliko, dvojno, še enkrat toliko
twice the sum dvakratna, dvojna vsota
twice three are six 2 x 3 = 6
he is twice my age on je dvakrat starejši od mene
to think twice about s.th. figurativno dvakrat, dobro kaj premisliti
not to think twice about ne misliti več (na kaj), pozabiti; takoj kaj napraviti (brez razmišljanja in oklevanja)

udóben comfortable; cosy, snug; žargon comfy

precéj udóben snuggish
napraviti si udóbno to take one's ease
napraviti si udóbno! make yourself comfortable!
zelo udóbno (= v blagostanju) (as) snug as a bug in a rug

ugájati

ugaja mi... I like, I am pleased with, I relish; I am fond of, I love, I am partial to; I find it agreeeable; (ustreza mi) it suits me, it is convenient to me
to mi ugaja I am pleased with it, it pleases me
ne ugaja mi... I don't like, it displeases me, (mrzim) I detest, I abhor, I am loath to...
kakor vam ugaja as you like
meni ugaja (je všeč) I have taken a fancy (ali a liking) to...
ti ta soba ugaja? does this room suit you?
kako vam ugaja naše mesto? how do you like our town?
kako ti ugaja to vino? how do you find this wine?
ta vrsta glasbe mi ne ugaja that sort of music does not appeal to me
ta kava mi ni ugajala (prijala) I did not like this coffee
misel, da bi ostal tu, mi ne ugaja I do not relish the idea of staying here

ugly¹ [ʌ́gli] pridevnik
grd, nelep; odvraten, ostuden, ogaben; gnusen; umazan; neprijeten
ameriško, pogovorno prepirljiv, hudoben, zlohoten; nevaren, preteč (oblak); kritičen

as ugly as sin grd kot smrtni greh
an ugly customer zoprn, neprijeten, nevaren človek
an ugly crime podel zločin
an ugly face grd obraz
ugly duckling grda račka (ki se pozneje razvije v lepega laboda)
an ugly job težavna, zoprna, neprijetna zadeva (delo)
an ugly wound grda, nevarna rana
ugly symptoms nevarni simptomi
to look ugly biti grde, neprijetne zunanjosti (oseba); slabo, neugodno se obrniti (položaj)
to grow ugly postati grd
things have an ugly look stvari se grdo, neprijetno obračajo
the sky looks ugly nebo obeta grdo vreme

ugotovíti to ascertain (da that); to find (out), to establish; to state

ugotovíti škodo to determine (ali to assess) damages
ugotovili so, da dva moža manjkata, se pogrešata it was discovered that two men were missing
kot je bilo točno, pravilno ugotovljeno as has been truly stated

ukázati ukazováti to order; to command; to give orders; to bid; to tell

ukazali so nam, naj takoj krenemo na pot they ordered us to start at once
ukazali so mu, naj pride they told him to come, arhaično they bade him come
stori, kot ti je ukazano! do as you are told!

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

úm reason, intellect, intelligence; sense; understanding; mind; brains pl; wit

človek ostrega úma a man of sharp intellect
brez úma out of one's senses, out of one's (right) mind
omračen úm clouded mind
je bistrega úma he is quick-witted, he is bright
bil je največji úm svojega časa he was the greatest intellect of his time
ves iz úma je he is out of his wits (ali out of his mind)
úm se mu je omračil he is mentally deranged, he is out of his senses, his mind is unhinged, he has lost his reason, he has gone mad
kaj ti pade na úm! what an absurd idea!
ne pade mi na úm, da bi to naredil I am not so stupid as to do it
ni ji prišlo na úm, da bi zaprla plin she had not the sense to turn off the gas
priti na úm komu to enter someone's mind
prišlo mi je na úm, da... I was struck by the idea that..., it occurred to me that...
priti nazaj na um to recur (ali to come back) to mind

under [ʌ́ndə]

1. predlog
pod; pod vodstvom, pod zaščito; pod vplivom (pritiskom); za časa, za vladanja, med; na osnovi, na temelju, v smislu, po

from under izpod
under age mladoleten
under arms pod orožjem
under one's belt figurativno v želodcu
no one under a bishop nobeden manj kot škof
under darkness v temi, v zaščiti teme
under construction v gradnji
under 20 years of age pod 20 leti starosti
the children under her charge otroci v njenem varstvu
under these circumstances v teh okoliščinah
a criminal under sentence of death na smrt obsojeni zločinec
under consideration v proučevanju, v pretresanju
under that edict na osnovi one odredbe
under favour če se sme reči
employee under notice nameščenec z odpovedjo
the matter under discussion zadeva, ki je v diskusiji
under my hand and seal z mojim podpisom in pečatom
under (ali by) one's own hand lastnoročno
under hatches v zaporu; propadel, mrtev; navtika pod palubo
under the king John za časa vlade kralja Ivana
under the novelty pod vtisom te novosti
patient under misfortunes potrpežljiv v nesreči
under pretence that... pod pretvezo, da...
under pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
under penalty of fine pod kaznijo globe
ship under the sea navtika brez pomoči morju izpostavljena ladja
under the treaty po pogodbi
the under thirties osebe pod 30 leti
under the rose figurativno zaupno
the car is under repair avto je v popravilu
she is under treatment ona je na zdravljenju
I cannot do it under an hour potrebujem najmanj eno uro za to
to be under a cloud figurativno biti v nemilosti; biti v denarni stiski
the ship is under sail ladja pluje z razpetimi jadri
the ship is under way ladja je na poti
he spoke under his breath govoril je zelo tiho
to study under a professor študirati pod vodstvom profesorja
the total falls under what was expected celotna vsota je ostala pod pričakovanjem

2. prislov
spodaj; niže; manj

as under kot (je) niže navedeno
boys of 15 and under 15 let in manj stari dečki
to go under ameriško podleči, propasti
the firm is sure to go under tvrdka bo gotovo propadla
the sun is under sonce je zašlo

3. pridevnik
spodnji; nižji; podrejen

the under classes nižji razredi
the under dog pogovorno pes (; figurativno oseba), ki podleže v boju
the under jaw spodnja čeljust
the under side spodnja stran
an under dose premajhna doza

unsubstantial [ʌnsəbstǽnšəl] pridevnik
nesnoven, netelesen, nesubstancialen; neresničen, nestvaren, irealen; neosnovan; prazen, nepomemben, nebistven, nevažen; nesoliden; neizdaten (obrok, hrana)

an unsubstantial construction nesolidna zgradba
as unsubstantial as a dream tako nestvaren (irealen) kot sanje

up³ [ʌp] prislov

1.
gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazaj

up from the grounds figurativno od temeljev
up till now doslej
from my youth up od moje mladosti naprej
up with the Democrates! živeli demokrati!
hands up! roke kvišku!
you can sail up as far as Sisak lahko se peljete z ladjo do Siska po reki navzgor
he looked for it up and down po vseh kotih in oglih je iskal to
this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije

2.
bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo)
figurativno više, na višjo stopnjo

up and up više in više, vedno više
come up! pridi bliže!
speak up! govori(te) glasneje!
he came up and asked me the way približal se mi je in me vprašal
to move up in the world povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)
I think of running up North mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever

3.
v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.

to grow up (od)rasti
hurry up! pohiti!, brž!
the nation is up in arms narod se je uprl z orožjem
my blood was up kri mi je zavrela
the cider is up very much jabolčnik se zelo peni
shares (prices) are up delnice (cene) se dvigajo

4.
popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupaj

to burn up zgoreti
to eat up all the cherries pojesti vse češnje
to drink up izpiti, popiti
to follow up a success do kraja izkoristiti uspeh
to bind up skupaj povezati
to lock up the house zakleniti vsa hišna vrata
to tear up a piece of paper raztrgati kos papirja na koščke
the street was up ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana

5.
zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogah

high up in the air visoko v zraku
I live two storeys up stanujem v 2. nadstropju
to be early up biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajati
the Prime Minister is up ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedo
to stand up stati pokonci
to sit up sedeti v postelji

6.
v mestu, na univerzi, v šoli

up in London v Londonu
up to town v London
up for a week teden dni v mestu (v Londonu)
the undergraduates come up next week študentje se vrnejo (na univerzo) prihodnji teden
to stay up for the vacation ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice

7. up to
a) (vse) do; proti, prek

up to now doslej
I had mud up to the knees blato mi je segalo do kolen
he was all right up to yesterday bil je čisto zdrav do včeraj
to be up to date biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)
I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it plačal bom do 1000 din za to
b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustrezno

up to the door (ali knocker) sleng izvrstno, prima
up to par figurativno "na višini"
not up to expectations neustrezno pričakovanjem
not yet up to the ropes figurativno še neuveden, ki se še ne spozna
up to sample po (ustrezno) vzorcu
his book is not up to much njegova knjiga ni kaj prida vredna
to live up to one's income živeti ustrezno svojim dohodkom
your work is not up to your usual standard tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežeš
to be up to s.th. nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kaj
what are you up to? kaj nameravaš?
it is up to you (to decide) vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitev
to be up to a thing or two figurativno biti prebrisan
to feel up to s.th. čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kaj
to get up to s.o. držati korak s kom
to be up to the mark figurativno biti na višini
to be up to snuff sleng biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)
I am up to your little game dobro vem, kaj spletkariš
what has he been up to? kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?
you have been up to some trick again! si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!
I am not up to travelling nisem sposoben za potovanje
it is up to you to prove it vi morate to dokazati

8.
pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)

I was up to A. A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor)

9.

up with na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti z
to come up with s.o. dohiteti koga
to keep up with držati korak s
up with you! vstani!, pridi gor!
up against proti
up into gori v, gor
up on više (od, kot)
up till vse do

uporábiti uporábljati to use (za for), to make use (kaj of something); to bring into use; to employ; to apply

tega nimam za kaj uporábiti, uporábljati I have no use for it
uporábiti, uporábljati zavore to apply the brakes
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati to put to good use
to pravilo se da uporábiti, uporábljati tudi za naš primer this rule applies to (ali in) our case as well
dobro uporábiti, uporábljati čas to make good use of one's time