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puzzle¹ [pʌzl] samostalnik
uganka, težek problem; osuplost, zbeganost, zmeda

to be in a puzzle about biti zbegan zaradi česa
cross-word puzzle križanka
jig-saw puzzle sestavljalnica (igra)

puzzle² [pʌzl]

1. prehodni glagol
zmesti, zbegati, osupniti, začuditi; delati komu preglavice, dajati opravka; komplicirati, zmešati; beliti si glavo, premišljevati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti zmeden, zbegan (over, about)

to puzzle one's brains (ali head) beliti si glavo
to puzzle it out razvozlati, rešiti (problem)
to puzzle over beliti si glavo s čim

puzzle [pœzl] masculin sestavljalna igra; uganka

Puzzle, das, (-s, -s), Puzzlespiel, das, slika sestavljanka

preglávica bother; puzzle, trouble; figurativno headache

ne delaj si preglávic zaradi tega! don't worry (ali don't trouble your head) about it!
delal nam je preglávice he proved a headache for us
delati preglávice komu to puzzle someone
to ti bo delalo velike preglávice that will be a hard nut to crack
delal bo preglávice svojim staršem he will lead his parents a fine dance, he will give his parents a lot of trouble, he will be a real handful for his parents
tujci povzročajo oblastem mnogo preglávic foreigners give a lot of bother to the authorities

problém problem; figurativno (uganka) puzzle, riddle, enigma

to mi je problém I find this a problem
loviti se z nekim problémom to deal with a problem
to je tvoj problém (tvoja skrb) that's your problem
lotiti se probléma to tackle a problem, to grapple with a problem
rešiti problém to solve a problem
staviti težak problém to pose a weighty problem
postaviti komu problém to set someone a problem
poglobiti se v problém to get down to a problem
kako si morejo privoščiti tak luksus, je zame problém it's a mystery (ali it beats me) how they manage to live in such style
priti do jedra probléma (figurativno) to get to the root (ali the heart) of the matter, pogovorno to get down to the nitty-gritty

sestávljanka (-e) f

1. componibile

2. puzzle

ugánka riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; (težak problem) teaser, brainteaser

njegovo vedenje mi je ugánka hiš behaviour is a riddle (ali is incomprehensible) to me
govoriti, izdražati se v ugánkah to speak in riddles, to riddle, to enigmatize
(za)staviti ugánko to set (ali to propose) a riddle (ali, zlasti z besedno igro: a conundrum)
rešiti ugánko to solve (ali to answer, to guess) a riddle, to riddle, to unravel a puzzle

zagonétka enigma, puzzle; riddle; mystery

zmédenost confusion, bewilderment, puzzle, puzzlement; perplexity

dezorientírati to disorientate; to disorient; (mornarja, potnika) to cause to lose his bearings, (potnika tudi) to throw off the track, to put out, to bewilder; figurativno to bewilder, to perplex, to confuse, to puzzle

dezorientírati se to lose one's bearings, to lose one's sense of direction; figurativno to become confused (ali perplexed, bewildered), to be all at sea

krížanka crossword puzzle, crossword

slíkovnica rebus, pl rebuses; picture puzzle

zbégati to confound, to bewilder; to puzzle; to embarrass

zmésti¹ (zmedem) to confuse (koga someone), to confound, to puzzle, to bewilder, to embarrass

zmésti se to become bewildered (ali perlexed, confused, confounded); to lose one's bearings; to be bemused

zméšati to mix (z with); to mingle (with); (spraviti v nered) to disorder, to disarrange, to muddle (up); (zbegati) to confuse, to confound, to puzzle

zméšati komu glavo (figurativno) to perplex, to baffle, to turn someone's head
zméšati se to mix, to mingle
zmešalo se mu je (figurativno) he's gone out of his mind, he's gone mad; he (has) lost his reason, he is mentally deranged
zmešalo se mu je od preobilnega dela his brain is fuddled (ali befuddled) with overwork
se ti je zmešalo? are you out of your senses?
od samega premišljevanja (tuhtanja) se mu bo zmešalo all this brooding (ali thinking, rumination) will drive him mad

béliti to whiten; to make white; (platno) to blanch

béliti volno to bleach wool; (jedi) to flavour a dish with butter, pork crackling, etc.
béliti si glavo (figurativno) to rack (ali to worry ali to beat ali to puzzle ali to cudgel ali to busy) one's brains
béliti si glavo s čim to put one's mind to something
béliti si glavo zaradi česa to trouble one's head about something

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

cross-word [krɔ́swə:d] samostalnik

cross-word puzzle križanka

razvozláti to untie (ali to undo) a knot, to unknot; to untie, to disentangle; to make out, to find out

skrivnost, uganko to unravel a mystery, a puzzle