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ugásniti to be extinguished; to go out

ugásniti luč to put out the light, to switch off the light
ugásniti radio to switch off the radio

ukvárjati se to occupy oneself (z with), to be occupied (z with); to be engaged (z in, on); to employ oneself, to be employed (in doing something); to be busy (in, at, with); to work (at); to go in for, to take up, to study; to take an interest (in); to be involved (in); to be concerned (z with)

ne ukvarja se kaj prida s svojimi otroki he takes little interest in his children
ukvárjati se malo z glasbo to be quite interested in music
ne ukvarjam se s politiko I do not concern myself with politics, pogovorno I don't get involved in politics
on se ukvarja s preveč stvarmi (figurativno) he has too many irons in the fire
s tem problemom sem se mnogo ukvarjal I have given a lot of thought to this question
ukvárjati se s problemi kriminala to take an interest in criminological problems
on se ukvarja izključno samó z nemščino he is fully occupied with his German
s takimi posli se ne ukvarjam I do not concern myself with such matters

umréti to die, to pass away; to expire; to decease; to depart this life; to give up the ghost; to yield up one's breath, to breathe one's last; to close one's eyes; žargon to bite the dust; žargon to pop off, to kick the bucket, to push up the daisies; (evfemistično) to go West, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest

umréti naravne smrti to die a natural death, to die in one's bed
nasilne smrti umréti to die a violent death, to die with one's boots on, to die by violence
umréti na grmadi zgodovina to die at the stake
umréti na morišču to die on the scaffold
umréti za jetiko to die of consumption
umréti od lakote to die of hunger
umréti od mraza to die of cold
umréti za rakom to die of cancer
umréti bedne smrti to die like a dog (ali the death of a dog)
umréti v bedi to die destitute (ali a pauper)
umréti od žalosti to die of grief
umréti od lastne roke to die by one's own hand
umréti sredi (aktivnega) dela to die in harness, to die in the shafts
umréti junaške smrti to die a hero (ali a hero's death)
hrabro umréti to die game (to the end)
umréti od strahu to die of fright
umrl je v najboljših letih he was taken in the prime of life
mislil sem, da bom umrl od smeha I thought I would die laughing
naj umrem, če je to res! I'll stake my life it isn't true (ali there isn't a word of truth in it)!
umrl je kot berač he died a beggar
naj na mestu umrem, če... I'll be damned if...

upláhniti to decrease; to diminish; (voda) to sink, to subside, to go down; to dwindle; (veter) to abate

utoníti to be drowned; to sink; to go down

utoníti v pozabo to slip (ali to fall, to sink) into oblivion
sonce utone the sun goes down (ali sinks below the horizon)

vodíti (iti prvi) to lead, to go first; to lead the way; to take the lead; to conduct; (upravljati) to manage, to direct, to be the manager; to control; to boss; to run; (ladjo) to pilot, to steer

vodíti v modi to set the fashion
vodíti ples to lead the dance
vodil nas je skozi pravi labirint ulic he guided us through an absolute labyrinth of streets
pes je vodil slepca the dog was leading the blind man
pustí se vodíti od žene he lets his wife manage him
vodíti s 3 goli šport to lead by 3 goals
človeka često vodijo njegove strasti a man is often swayed by his passions
vodíti koga za nos (figurativno) to lead someone up the garden path, to pull someone's leg
vodíti psa na vrvici to lead a dog on the leash
vodíti razpašno življenje to lead a life of debauchery
vodíti v skušnjavo to lead into temptation
vodíti vojno z... to make war on..., to wage war with...
cesta vodi v X. the road leads to X.
vodíti pogajanja to be in negotiation
vodíti v teku (preteči druge) to get ahead of, to outstrip
kdo vodi (v teku, šport) who is ahead?
vodíti posle to manage, to run a business
on vodi vse (pogovorno) he runs the whole show
kam to vodi? what are we coming to?
to ne vodi nikamor that gets us nowhere
to lahko daleč vodi that could take us a long way
vodíti knjige ekonomija to keep the books
vodíti sestanek (sejo, zborovanje) to be in the chair, to (take the) chair, to preside over a meeting
kdo je vodil sestanek? who presided over the meeting?, who was in the chair?
dejavnosti, zadeve to conduct activities, affairs
vodíti družbene odnose to manage a society's affairs
vsa pota vodijo v Rim all roads lead to Rome

vzpénjati se vzpéti se to climb, to mount; to ascend; to scale; to go up

zablodíti to lose one's way; to go astray; to go the wrong way; to err

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

zaspáti to fall asleep; to drop off (to sleep); to go to sleep

noga mi je zaspala my foot has gone to sleep, my foot has become numb
za večno zaspáti to sleep one's last sleep

zatoníti (sonce) to set, to go down; to wane, to wane rapidly

njegova priljubljenost je hitro zatonila his popularity has waned rapidly

zblaznéti to go mad, to go out of one's senses; to go off one's head

človek bi kar zblaznel it is enough to drive one mad

znoréti to become (ali to go) mad (ali insane, crazy); to go off one's head (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali pogovorno one's marbles)

si znorel? are you out of your senses?
človek bi znorel ob tem! it is enough to drive one mad!
menda nisem znorel, da bi to storil? surely I'm not such a fool as to do that?
je znorel? has he taken leave of his senses?

aboard¹ [əbɔ́:d] prislov
na ladjo, na ladji, na palubo, na palubi, na krov, na krovu, v letalo, na letalu

to go aboard vkrcati se
to come to aboard pristati
to keep the land aboard pluti ob obali
železnica, ameriško all aboard for Boston potniki za Boston vstopite

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

Abraham Abraham

oditi k Abrahamu (umreti) to die, (evfemizem) to depart this life, to pass away, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest, to go to a better world
srečati se z Abrahamom (doživeti 50 let) to reach the age of fifty

action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

afield [əfí:ld] prislov
na polju, na polje; na bojišču; proč

far afield daleč stran
to go further afield napotiti se dalje

aground [əgráund] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na dnu, na tleh; na dno, na tla; nasedel
figurativno v stiski, v težavah, v zadregi

to run (ali go, strike) aground nasesti; priti v zadrego

ah! ah!

ah! kaj! (obžalovanje, neveličanost) ah!; (občudovanje, zadovoljnost) oh!
ah, kako je lep! oh, how nice!
ah! kaj! oh, go on!