mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing
 manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
 nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
 dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
 mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
 on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
 manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
 nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
 manjka mi denarja I am short of money
 manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
 nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
 en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
 nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
 manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
 manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
 manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
 vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
 naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
 podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
 prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
 malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst