rule

[ru:l] 1. noun

1) (government: under foreign rule.) uprava

2) (a regulation or order: school rules.) predpis

3) (what usually happens or is done; a general principle: He is an exception to the rule that fat people are usually happy.) pravilo

4) (a general standard that guides one's actions: I make it a rule never to be late for appointments.) pravilo

5) (a marked strip of wood, metal etc for measuring: He measured the windows with a rule.) ravnilo, merilo

2. verb

1) (to govern: The king ruled (the people) wisely.) vladati

2) (to decide officially: The judge ruled that the witness should be heard.) odločiti

3) (to draw (a straight line): He ruled a line across the page.) potegniti črto

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- ruled

- ruler
- ruling 3. noun

(an official decision: The judge gave his ruling.) odlok, razsodba

- as a rule

- rule off
- rule out

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I [ru:l]

noun

pravilo; kar je normalno, običajno; mathematics pravilo; pravilo igre; ecclesiastic pravilnik reda; predpis; juridically odločba, rešitev; pravni predpis; ravnilo; merilna vrvica; navada, običaj, pravilo; vladanje, upravljanje, uprava

as a rule — navadno, praviloma, normalno

as is the rule — kot navadno

by rule, according to rule — po predpisih, po pravilih

by the rule and line figuratively natančno

rules of action (of conduct) — smernice

rule absolute — neomejeno gospostvo

rules of the air — predpisi v zračnem prometu

rules of the road — cestni prometni predpisi

rule of force — tiranija

the rule of thumb — praktično (ne teoretično) pravilo

by rule of thumb — po izkušnji, empirično, približno

em rule — pomišljaj

an exception to the rule — izjemen primer

golden rule — zlata sredina, zlato pravilo

hard and fast rule — trdno, stalno, kruto pravilo

slide rule — logaritmično računalo

standing rules — pravilnik, statut

it is against the rules — to je proti pravilom

it is the rule that... — pravilo je, da...

to become the rule — postati pravilo

to break a rule — prelomiti pravilo

to hold (to bear) rule over — vladati; gospodovati, gospodariti, biti gospodar nad

I make it a rule (to get up early) — moje pravilo je (zgodaj vstajati)

to lay down a rule — postaviti pravilo

to work to rule — izvajati pasivno rezistenco

the exception proves the rule — izjema potrjuje pravilo

II [ru:l]

transitive verb & intransitive verb

upravljati, voditi, uravna(va)ti, usmeriti; obvladati (čustvo), brzdati; odločiti, odrediti, rešiti (that da); postaviti načelo; naložiti, predpisati; načrtati, vleči črte z ravnilom, linirati; vladati (over nad), prevladovati; (o cenah) stati, držati se

to rule oneself — obvladati se

Rule Britannia — Vladaj, Britanija! (domoljubna angleška pesem)

a ruled case — odločena, dognana stvar

ruled paper — liniran papir

to be ruled by s.o. — biti pod vplivom koga

be ruled by me! — poslušaj, ubogaj moj nasvet!

to rule nominally — le po imenu biti vladar (gospodar)

to rule one's passions — obvladati svoje strasti

to rule the roast (roost) — biti gospodar (v hiši, doma), imeti glavno besedo, odločati

to rule by the whip — vladati (gospodovati) s knuto

to rule with a rod of iron — vladati z železno roko

to rule in s.o.'s favour — odločiti komu v prid

corn rules high — cene žitu so visoke

prices ruled high (lower) — cene so bile visoke (nižje);