start

I 1. verb

1) (to leave or begin a journey: We shall have to start at 5.30 a.m. in order to get to the boat in time.) oditi

2) (to begin: He starts working at six o'clock every morning; She started to cry; She starts her new job next week; Haven't you started (on) your meal yet?; What time does the play start?) začeti

3) (to (cause an engine etc to) begin to work: I can't start the car; The car won't start; The clock stopped but I started it again.) pognati v tek

4) (to cause something to begin or begin happening etc: One of the students decided to start a college magazine.) osnovati

2. noun

1) (the beginning of an activity, journey, race etc: I told him at the start that his idea would not succeed; The runners lined up at the start; He stayed in the lead after a good start; I shall have to make a start on that work.) start, začetek

2) (in a race etc, the advantage of beginning before or further forward than others, or the amount of time, distance etc gained through this: The youngest child in the race got a start of five metres; The driver of the stolen car already had twenty minutes' start before the police began the pursuit.) prednost

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- starter

- starting-point
- for a start
- get off to a good
- bad start
- start off
- start out
- start up
- to start with II 1. verb

(to jump or jerk suddenly because of fright, surprise etc: The sudden noise made me start.) zdrzniti se

2. noun

1) (a sudden movement of the body: He gave a start of surprise.) trzaj

2) (a shock: What a start the news gave me!) presenečenje

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I [sta:t]

noun

start, odhod; aeronautics vzlet; startna točka; možnost za start; znak za start; začetek; sport prednost; trzaj, zdrznjenje, planitev kvišku; izbruh; presenečenje; začasen napor; naključje, slučaj

at the start — v začetku, skraja, sprva

by fits and starts — v presledkih

from the start — od samega začetka

from start to finish — od začetka do konca

start of fancy figuratively muha, domislek

false start sport figuratively napačen start

fiying start — leteči start

a good start in life — dober začetek v življenju

a rum start colloquially veliko presenečenje

to appear at the start sport pojaviti se na startu, iti na start

to awake with a start — planiti iz spanja

to give the start — dati znak za start

to give s.o. a start (in life) — pomagati komu pri startu v življenje

to give s.o. a start — prestrašiti koga

I can give him 10 yards start and beat him (in the race) — lahko mu dam 10 jardov prednosti in ga premagam (v teku)

I gave the wheel a start — pognal sem kolo

to get the start of one's rivals — prehiteti svoje tekmece

to make a start — začeti

to make a new start in life — začeti novo življenje

to work by fits and starts — delati s pogostnimi presledki (neredno, neenakomerno)

II [sta:t]

1.

intransitive verb

iti (kreniti) na pot, odpotovati (for v); oditi, odpeljati (vlak); sport startati; izhajati (from iz); trzniti, zdrzniti se, predramiti se, (po)skočiti, planiti; ostrmeti, osupniti (at ob); izbuljiti se (oči), izskočiti; zrahljati se, popustiti (žebelj); zviti se, skočiti iz svojega položaja (les); American slang iskati, začeti prepir;

2.

transitive verb

začeti (kaj), povzročiti, pognati ali spustiti v tek; osnovati; preplašiti (divjad); izpahniti; pretočiti (tekočino) iz soda, izprazniti; sport dati (tekaču) znak za start; aeronautics dati (letalu) znak za vzlet; oživiti, poklicati (kaj) v življenje; zrahljati, omajati (žebelj); odpreti (trgovino); pomagati komu, da kaj začne, nagnati (koga) k čemu; figuratively širiti (novice), sprožiti (vprašanje)

starting next week — počenši s prihodnjim tednom

to start with — za začetek, najprej, predvsem

to start agitation American colloquially povzročiti nemire

to start after s.o. — oditi za kom, zasledovati koga

his absence started everybody talking — vsi so začeli govoričiti zaradi njegove odsotnosti

to start back — umakniti se nazaj, ustrašiti se

to start on a book — začeti (pisati) knjigo

to start in business — začeti s trgovino

it was not your business, to start with — predvsem se vas to ni tikalo

to start the collar-bone — izpahniti si ključnico

this started me coughing — ob tem sem začel kašljati

to start s.o. in business — uvesti koga v (neki) posel

to start to one's feet — skočiti, planiti na noge

to start an engine — pognati, spraviti v tek stroj

his eyes seemed to start from their sockets — oči so mu skoraj izpadle iz jamic (od jeze)

to start on a journey — iti na potovanje

to start a hare — prepoditi, preplašiti zajca

to start with Latin — začeti z učenjem latinščine

to start a paper — začeti izdajati časopis

to start into rage — razjeziti se

to start for school — odpraviti se, iti v šolo

to start at the sound of a siren — zdrzniti se ob zvoku sirene

to start a seam — odpreti šiv

to start into song — začeti peti

to start from one's seat — planiti s sedeža

a screw has started — vijak se je odvil

this speech will start him in politics — s tem govorom bo začel politično kariero

the storm started half the ship's rivets — vihar je zrahljal ladji polovico zakovic

to start on a thing — začeti neko stvar, lotiti se česa

when do you start? — kdaj odrinete (odpotujete)?