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French¹ [frénč] samostalnik
Francoz(inja); francoščina

French² [frenč] pridevnik
francoski

to take French leave oditi brez slovesa
French beans stročji fižol
French bread francoski kruh, dolga ozka štruca
French chalk krojaška kreda
French drain gramozni filter
French grey rožnatosiva barva
French horn glasba rog
French polish šelakova barva

barley [bá:li] samostalnik
botanika ječmen

pot (ali French, Scotch, peeled) barley ješprenj
pearl barley ješprenjček
to cry barley prositi za milost, za premirje

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

floor¹ [flɔ:] samostalnik
tla, pod, dno; nadstropje; sejna dvorana; prizorišče v filmskem ateljeju; proizvodnja filma; najnižja meja (plače, dnevnice)

to ask for the floor oglasiti se k besedi
the film goes on the floor začenja se snemanje filma
the film is on the floor film se snema
floor show zabavni program, ki se predvaja med gledalci
floor price najnižja dopustna cena
to get (ali have, ameriško take) the floor imeti besedo (v parlamentu)
to give the floor dati besedo
ground floor, ameriško first floor pritličje
on the first (ameriško second) floor v prvem nadstropju
French floor parket
inlaid floor okrasni parket
to take the floor plesati
sleng to wipe the floor with s.o. uničiti, popolnoma premagati koga

horn¹ [hɔ:n] samostalnik
rog, rogovina, roževina
glasba rog; hupa, trobilo (avto); simbol moči; zvočni lijak (pri gramofonu); tipalka (polž, insekt), polipova lovka; krak luninega krajca; rečni rokav, zaliv
množina, figurativno rogovi (prevaranega moža)
ameriško, pogovorno požirek pijače
vulgarno trd penis

the Horn Rt Horn
glasba English horn vrsta oboe
glasba French horn vrsta trobente
hunting horn lovski rog
shoe horn žlica za obuvanje
to come out at the little end of the horn slabo opraviti
to draw (ali pull) in one's horns brzdati se, postati skromnejši
to lift (ali raise) the horns pokazati roge, biti prevzeten
on the horns of a dilemma v veliki dilemi, med dvema ognjema
škotsko, zgodovina to put to the horn izgnati, izobčiti
horn of plenty rog izobilja, blaga na pretek
to show one's horns pokazati roge, postati predrzen
to take the bull by the horns smelo se spoprijeti s težavami, kljubovati

leave¹ [li:v] samostalnik
dovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovo

leave of absence dopust
to ask s.o. for leave; ali to ask leave of s.o. prositi koga za dovoljenje
by your leave z vašim dovoljenjem
leave off dovoljenje za odsotnost
to get leave off dobiti dovoljenje za odsotnost
on leave na dopustu
to go on leave iti na dopust
leave on pay plačan dopust
to take leave to say dovoliti si reči
to take leave of posloviti se od
to take one's leave oditi
to take French leave oditi brez pozdrava
to take leave of one's senses priti ob pamet
ticket of leave pogojni dopust (kaznjenca)

marigold [mǽrigould] samostalnik
botanika meseček, ognjič

African (ali French) marigold žametnica

Norman [nɔ́:mən]

1. pridevnik
normanski

2. samostalnik
Norman(ka)

Norman style normanski stil (polkrožen lok)
Norman French anglofrancoščina

pedlar [pédlə] samostalnik
britanska angleščina krošnjar
figurativno raznašalec čenč

pedlar's French tatinski žargon

potato [pətéitou] samostalnik
krompir
ameriško, sleng "tikva", glava
ameriško, sleng dolar

French fried potatoes pommes frittes
ameriško, pogovorno small potatoes malenkost, nepomembni ljudje
he thinks himself no small potato zelo je nadut
sleng quite the potato v redu stvar
not quite the clean potato ne čisto neoporečen človek
to drop s.th. like a hot potato odvreči kaj, od strahu spustiti kaj na tla

pox [pɔks] samostalnik
medicina koze; osepnični izpuščaj

great (ali French) pox sifilis
a pox on you! pojdi k vragu!

put^*2 [put]

1. prehodni glagol
položiti, postaviti, dati kam, vtakniti (in one's pocket v žep; in prison v ječo)
spraviti (koga v posteljo, v neprijeten položaj, v red, v tek); izpostaviti, podvreči čemu (to put to death usmrtiti koga)
posaditi (into, under s čim; the land was put under potatoes)
poslati, dati, siliti, naganjati (to v, k; to put to school poslati v šolo, to put to trade dati koga v uk, to put the horse to the fence nagnati konja v skok čez ograjo)
napeljati, zvabiti (on, to k)
napisati (to put one's signature to a document)
prestaviti, prevesti (into French v francoščino)
izraziti, formulirati (I cannot put it into words ne znam tega z besedami izraziti; how shall I put it kako naj to formuliram?)
oceniti, preceniti (at; I put his income at £ 1000 a year po mojem zasluži 1000 funtov na leto)
uporabiti (to; to put s.th. to a good use dobro kaj uporabiti)
zastaviti, postaviti (vprašanje, predlog I put it to you apeliram na vas, obračam se na vas)
staviti (on denar na kaj)
vložiti, investirati (into v)
naložiti (npr. davek, to put a tax on obdavčiti kaj)
naprtiti, pripisati komu kaj (on; they put the blame on him krivdo valijo na njega)
šport metati, vreči (kroglo); poriniti (bodalo), streljati (in, into)

2. neprehodni glagol
podati se, napotiti se, iti, hiteti (for kam; to put to land podati se na kopno; to put to sea odpluti; to put for home napotiti se domov)
navtika jadrati, krmariti, pluti
ameriško izlivati se (into v)

to put s.o. above s.o. else postaviti koga pred drugega
to put one's brain to it koncentrirati se na kaj, lotiti se česa
to put a bullet through ustreliti, preluknjati koga
to put in black and white, to put in writing napisati
to be put to it biti prisiljen
to be hard put to it biti v zagati, v škripcih, biti prisiljen k čemu
to put the cow to the bull pripeljati kravo k biku
put the case that recimo, da
to put the cart before the horse nesmiselno ravnati
to put o.s. in (under) the care of s.o. postaviti se pod zaščito koga
to put out of action onesposobiti
to put s.o. out of countenance spraviti koga iz ravnotežja
to put down the drain vreči v vodo, neumno zapraviti
to put all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to put an end (ali stop, period) to napraviti konec s čim, končati
to put the good face on it mirno kaj prenesti
to put one's foot in it narediti napako, osramotiti se, blamirati se
to put in force uveljaviti
to put s.o. on his feet spraviti koga na noge
to put the finger on pokazati s prstom na, identificirati koga (kaj)
to put s.o. on guard opozoriti koga na previdnost
to put one's hands to lotiti se; pomagati
to put into the hands of s.o. prepustiti komu, dati komu v roke
to put out of one's head izbiti si iz glave, pozabiti
to put a horse to vpreči konja
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v neugodon položaj
to put the hand to the plough prijeti za delo
to put one's hands in one's pocket globoko seči v žep
to put it to s.o. apelirati na koga, dati komu na voljo
to put a knife into zabosti
sleng to put the lid on presegati vse meje, biti višek česa
to put money on staviti na kaj
to put the money to a good use pametno porabiti denar
to put a matter right izgladiti (zadevo)
to put it mildly milo rečeno
to put in mind spomniti koga
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint spodriniti koga
to put in order urediti
to put s.o. on his oath zapriseči koga
to put in practice izvajati
to put o.s. in s.o.'s place vživeti se v položaj koga drugega
to put on paper napisati
not to put it past one pripisati komu kaj slabega
to put to ransom zahtevati odkupnino za
to put s.o. right popraviti koga
to put in shape spraviti v dobro kondicijo, oblikovati
to put one's shoulder to the wheel potruditi se
to put a spoke in s.o.'s wheel metati komu polena pod noge
to put to the sword prebosti z mečem
to stay put ostati na mestu
figurativno to put teeth into zagristi se v kaj
to put s.o. through it dajati koga na sito in rešeto
to put in use uporabiti
to put a veto on it uporabiti veto
to put into words izraziti z besedami, točno opisati
to put s.o. in the wrong postaviti koga na laž, dokazati, da nima prav
to put s.o. out of the way spraviti koga s poti
sleng to put s.o. wise odpreti komu oči
sleng to put the wind up s.o. prestrašiti koga, dati mu vetra
well put dobro povedano
to put the weight metati kroglo
to put everything wrong narediti vse narobe

render¹ [réndə]

1. prehodni glagol
vrniti, povrniti, dati nazaj, nadoknaditi; izročiti, predati (komu kaj); odstopiti (to komu kaj)
polagati, položiti, dati račun (o čem)
figurativno dati komu zadoščenje; dati povod; plačati davek; nuditi, dati (pomoč); izkazati (čast); (pred predikativnim pridevnikom) napraviti, povzročiti, spremeniti, (umetniško) predstaviti, prikazati, prevesti (into v)
glasba izvesti, odigrati; izraziti, ponoviti
tehnično stopiti (salo); ometa(va)ti

2. neprehodni glagol
poplačati, dati plačilo

to render an account of dati račun (obračun) o
render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's dajte cesarju, kar je cesarjevega
to render (down) fat stopiti mast
to render different interpretations of a passage različno tolmačiti neko mesto
to render evil for evil vračati zlo za zlo
to render good for evil povrniti dobro za zlo
to render a judgment izreči sodbo
to render into French prevesti v francoščino
to render a name famous proslaviti (neko) ime
to render obedience ubogati, pokoriti se
to render a service napraviti (izkazati) uslugo
to render thanks zahvaliti se
to render tribute izkazati priznanje (za zasluge)
to render s.o. wiser napraviti koga pametnejšega, spametovati koga
age rendered him peevish starost ga je naredila sitnega, prepirljivega
the painter has not rendered the expression of the face slikar ni pogodil (zadel) izraza obraza
success rendered him impatient uspeh ga je napravil nestrpnega
to render up nazaj dati; opustiti

republic [ripʌ́blik] samostalnik
republika
figurativno skupnost, svet

the republic of letters učeni svet, književniki; književnost, literatura
The Republic of France, the French Republic republika Francija, francoska republika

rub up prehodni glagol
zgladiti, izloščiti; napraviti, da se kaj sveti; razmešati, zribati (barvo)
figurativno obnoviti, ponoviti, osvežiti (znanje, spomin)

to rub up one's knowledge osvežiti, obnoviti svoje znanje
I must rub up my French moram obnoviti svoje znanje francoščine

shaky [šéiki] pridevnik (shakily prislov)
tresoč se, drgetajoč, drhteč; majav, klecav; šibak, slaboten; pretresen; omahljiv, nesiguren, nezanesljiv; (les) razpokan

shaky courage majav, omahljiv, nezanesljiv pogum
a shaky firm nezanesljiva, netrdna firma
a shaky hand tresoča se roka
he is shaky in French on je šibak v francoščini
shaky on one's pins sleng netrden, nesiguren na nogah
to feel shaky ne se čutiti trdnega na nogah, slabo (slabotno) se počutiti
my memory is shaky moj spomin ni zanesljiv

smatter [smǽtə]

1. samostalnik
površno znanje, polznanje

2. prehodni glagol
površno poznati (vedeti); površno se ukvarjati z

to smatter French lomiti francoščino
he smattered law malo se je bavil s pravom

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

speaker [spí:kə] samostalnik
govornik, govorec, besednik; spiker
figurativno govorilo
elektrika zvočnik

a first-rate speaker prvovrsten govornik
French speaker kdor govori francoski
the Speaker (of the House of Commons) predsednik angleškega Spodnjega doma
the Speaker of the American House of Representatives predsednik Spodnjega doma ameriškega Kongresa