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  • grass1 [gra:s] samostalnik
    trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
    pogovorno beluš
    pogovorno pomlad
    sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
    sleng marihuana, mamilo

    to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
    to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
    at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
    to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
    to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
    out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
    go to grass! solit se pojdi!
    figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
    to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
    as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
    while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da
  • grower [gróuə] samostalnik
    saditelj, gojitelj, rejec, proizvajalec, kmet

    to be a quick (ali rank) grower hitro rasti
  • gumption [gʌ́mpšən] samostalnik
    pogovorno razum, zdrava pamet, znajdljivost, odrezavost; spretnost v mešanju barv; raztopilo za barve

    to have plenty of gumption hitro se znajti
  • hand1 [hænd] samostalnik
    roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
    množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
    gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

    all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
    on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
    at hand blizu, pri roki
    at the hands of s strani nekoga
    bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
    a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
    a bold hand energična pisava
    with a bold hand pogumno
    by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
    by the hands of s posredovanjem
    hand cash gotovina pri roki
    a cool hand hladnokrvnež
    figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
    on every hand povsod okoli
    even hands izenačeno
    for one's own hand sebi v prid
    from hand to hand iz rok v roke
    from first hand iz prve roke
    from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
    from good hand iz dobrega vira
    the hand of God božja roka
    hand on heart roko na srce
    heart and hands iz vsega srca
    heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
    with a heavy hand s trdo roko
    with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
    his hand is out iz vaje je
    hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
    hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
    in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
    a legible hand čitljiva pisava
    on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
    near hand leva stran
    near at hand pri roki, blizu
    a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
    an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
    off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
    hands off! roke proč!
    hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
    on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
    on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
    out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
    hands up! roke kvišku!
    a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
    to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
    under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
    under the hand of podpisani...
    contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
    the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
    with one's own hand lastnoročno

    Z glagoli:

    to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
    to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
    to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
    to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
    to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
    to bear a heavy hand zatirati
    to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
    to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
    to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
    to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
    to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
    not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
    to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
    figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
    to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
    to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
    to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
    to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
    to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
    to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
    to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
    to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
    to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
    to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
    to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
    to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
    to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
    to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
    to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
    to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
    to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
    to hold hands držati se za roke
    to hold one's hand zadržati se
    to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
    to join hands združiti se
    to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
    to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
    to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
    to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
    to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
    to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
    to lend a hand pomagati
    to make a hand napraviti dobiček
    many hands make light work v slogi je moč
    to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
    to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
    to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
    to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
    to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
    figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
    to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
    to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
    to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
    to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
    to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
    it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
    to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
    to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
    to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
    to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
    to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
    to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
    to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
    time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
    to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
    to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
    to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
    figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
    to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
    to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
    to witness the hand of overiti podpis
    to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo
  • hole1 [hóul] samostalnik
    luknja, jama; ječa
    figurativno bedno stanovanje, luknja; skrivališče; (golf) luknjica, zadetek
    sleng zadrega, škripec

    full of holes preluknjan, figurativno pomanjkljiv, majav; ekonomija zadolžen, bankrotiran
    to be in a (devil of a) hole biti v hudih škripcih
    like a rat in a hole brez izhoda
    to live in a rotten hole stanovati v bedni luknji
    to make a hole in izprazniti žepe, imeti velike stroške
    to make a hole in the water skočiti v vodo (samomorilec)
    money burns a hole in his pocket denar mu ne vzdrži v žepu, hitro zapravi ves denar
    to pick holes in kritizirati
    to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v škripce
    a square peg in a round hole; ali a round peg in a square hole človek, ki ni na pravem mestu
  • hop1 [hɔp] samostalnik
    skok, poskakovanje; ena etapa pri dolgem poletu (letalo)
    pogovorno kratko potovanje, kratka pot, skok
    pogovorno ples

    ameriško a bell-hop hotelski sluga
    pogovorno on the hop na potepu, na skok, hitro
    to catch s.o. on the hop ujeti koga na delu, nepričakovano
    šport hop, step (ali skip) , and jump troskok
  • house1 [háus] samostalnik
    hiša, dom, stanovanje; bivališče (živali); hišni stanovalci; gospodinjstvo; družina, rod, dinastija
    ekonomija trgovska hiša, trgovsko podjetje
    gledališče gledališče, občinstvo v gledališču, gledališka predstava; koledž, študentovski dom, internat
    pogovorno ubožnica
    pogovorno gostilna
    astronomija dvanajsti del neba
    vojska, sleng loto igra za denar; zbor

    House parlament, skupščina, narodni poslanci
    the House londonska borza; angleški parlament; koledž (zlasti Christ Church v Oxfordu)
    the House of Windsor angleška kraljevska dinastija Windsor
    britanska angleščina House of Commons angleški spodnji dom
    britanska angleščina House of Lords angleški zgornji dom
    britanska angleščina Houses of Parliament angleški parlament
    ameriško House of Representatives spodnji dom ameriškega kongresa
    to enter the House postati član parlamenta
    there is a House parlament zaseda
    the House rose at 10 o'clock parlamentarno zasedanje se je končalo ob 10ih
    to make a House dobiti potrebno večino v parlamentu
    no House parlament ni sklepčen
    the House of Bishops zbor škofov anglikanske cerkve
    a full (scant) house polno (slabo) zasedeno gledališče
    to bring down the house navdušiti občinstvo
    the second house druga predstava dneva
    house and home dom
    houses and lands domačija
    the whole house knew it vsi hišni stanovalci so to vedeli
    to keep the house držati se doma
    to keep house for gospodinjiti komu
    to keep house with živeti v istem gospodinjstvu
    to keep open house biti zelo gostoljuben
    to keep a good house dobro pogostiti
    like a house on fire kot blisk, zelo hitro, kot bi gorelo
    to turn the house out of window postaviti vse na glavo
    as safe as a house popolnoma zanesljiv
    to bow down in the house of Rimmon žrtvovati svoja načela za enotnost v dogmi
    on the house račun plača gostilničar
    for the good of the house v korist lastnika
    figurativno to put (ali set) one's house in order urediti svoje zadeve
    an ancient house stara družina
    coach house remiza
    house of call prenočišče, gostišče
    house of correction poboljševalnica
    house of cards na trhlih nogah
    pravno house of detention preiskovalni zapor; poboljševalnica za mladoletnike
    in the dog house v nemilosti
    house of ill fame javna hiša, bordel
    house of refuge zavetišče za brezdomce
    a house of mourning hiša žalosti za umrlim
    house of God cerkev
  • hurry1 [hʌ́ri] samostalnik
    naglica, prenagljenost

    I am in a hurry mudi se mi
    there is no hurry nič se ne mudi
    pogovorno not in a hurry ne tako kmalu
    in a hurry v naglici, hitro
  • independent1 [indipéndənt] pridevnik (independently prislov)
    neodvisen (of od)
    samostojen, svoboden, nevezan, samozavesten; denarno neodvisen; svobodoljuben
    slovnica neodvisen, glavni

    independent gentleman rentnik
    independent means (income) lastno premoženje
    independently of ne glede na
    slovnica independent clause glavni stavek
    vojska independent fire hitro streljanje, posamično streljanje
  • knife1 [náif] samostalnik
    nož, bodalo, rezilo

    before you can say knife nenadoma, zelo hitro
    to get a knife into s.o. napasti brez milosti, ostro kritizirati
    a good (poor) knife and fork dober (slab) jedec
    to play a good knife and fork z apetitom jesti
    war to the knife boj na nož, boj brez milosti
    under the knife pod kirurškim nožem
    to go under the knife biti operiran
  • leap1 [li:p] samostalnik
    skok (tudi figurativno)
    preskok

    a great leap forward velik skok naprej
    a leap in the dark tvegan poskus, pot v neznano
    by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro
    with a leap hitro, nenadoma
  • leg2 [leg] neprehodni glagol

    pogovorno to leg it (hitro) hoditi, teči, pobegniti
  • liable [láiəbl] pridevnik
    ekonomija, pravno odgovoren (for za)
    ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for)
    nagnjen, podvržen (to k)
    (z nedoločnikom) predisponiran

    to be liable for odgovarjati za, biti porok za
    liable for military service ki mora služiti vojsko
    liable to prosecution kazniv
    liable to taxation ki mora plačati davke
    liable to fits of temper ki se hitro razburi
    liable to catch cold ki se hitro prehladi
    difficulties are liable to occur treba je računati na težave
    everybody is liable to make mistakes vsak se lahko zmoti
  • lick1 [lik] samostalnik
    lizanje; lizalica, solnica za divjad
    pogovorno udarec, poraz
    sleng hitrost, tempo

    a lick nekaj malega, trohica
    not a lick niti trohice
    he can't read a lick sploh ne zna brati
    sleng at full (ali great) lick zelo hitro
    pogovorno a lick and a promise površno delo, na pol narejeno
  • lick2 [lik]

    1. prehodni glagol
    lizati, polizati, oblizati
    figurativno lizati kaj (plamen)
    pogovorno pretepsti, tepsti, premagati, obvladati (problem), presegati, prekašati

    2. neprehodni glagol
    božati, lizati (valovi)
    sleng hiteti, drveti

    to lick s.o.'s boots (ali shoes) plaziti se pred kom
    to lick into shape urediti, spraviti v red, dati čemu pravo obliko
    figurativno to lick one's wounds lizati si rane, oddahniti se
    figurativno to lick the dust biti poražen, pasti v borbi
    sleng that licks creation (ali everything) to presega vse meje
    this licks me temu nisem dorastel, tega ne morem razumeti
    figurativno to lick one's lips (ali chops) oblizovati se
    sleng as hard as he could lick kakor hitro je lahko tekel
    to lick up (ali off) polizati
  • lightning [láitniŋ] samostalnik
    blisk, strela

    like lightning; ali with lightning speed hitro ko blisk
    lightning struck a house strela je udarila v neko hišo
    figurativno like (greased) lightning kot blisk
  • make*2 [méik]

    1. prehodni glagol
    delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
    predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
    pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
    figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
    povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
    znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
    (z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
    meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
    pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
    zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
    sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
    navtika zagledati (kopno)
    britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
    elektrika spojiti
    ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

    2. neprehodni glagol
    nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
    nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
    figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

    to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
    to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
    to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
    to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
    to make angry zjeziti
    to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
    to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
    as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
    to make a bag imeti dober lov
    to make the bed postlati
    to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
    to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
    to make bold drzniti si, upati si
    to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
    to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
    sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
    this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
    to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
    to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
    to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
    to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
    to make cards mešati karte
    to make certain prepričati se
    to make clear objasniti, razložiti
    to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
    to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
    to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
    to make no doubt ne dvomiti
    to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
    to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
    to make an effort potruditi se
    to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
    to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
    to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
    to make faces at pačiti se komu
    to make a face nakremžiti se
    to make a figure zgledati smešen
    to make a fire zakuriti
    you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
    to make one's fortune obogateti
    to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
    to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
    to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
    to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
    to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
    to make a go of uspeti v čem
    to make good uspeti
    to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
    to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
    to make a habit of it priti v navado
    to make haste pohiteti
    to make hay pospraviti seno
    to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
    to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
    to make head(way) napredovati
    to make headway against premagati (težave)
    not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
    ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
    to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
    ameriško to make it uspeti
    navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
    to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
    to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
    ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
    to make known sporočiti, objaviti
    to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
    to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
    sleng to make like posnemati
    to make a living preživljati se
    to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
    to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
    to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
    to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
    to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
    to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
    to make a good meal dobro jesti
    to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
    to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
    to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
    to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
    to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
    to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
    to make mouths at pačiti se komu
    to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
    to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
    to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
    to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
    to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
    to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
    to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
    to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
    to make one of priključiti se
    to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
    to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
    to make peace skleniti mir
    to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
    to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
    to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
    navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
    to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
    to make a price nastaviti ceno
    to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
    to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
    to make ready pripraviti
    to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
    to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
    to make o.s. scarce izginiti
    to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
    to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
    to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
    to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
    to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
    to make it snappy podvizati se
    to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
    to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
    to make a speech imeti govor
    to make great strides hitro napredovati
    to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
    navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
    to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
    to make sure prepričati se
    to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
    to make tick pripraviti do dela
    to make good time hitro napredovati
    this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
    to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
    to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
    to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
    ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
    to make a train ujeti vlak
    to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
    to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
    to make use of uporabiti kaj
    to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
    to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
    to make one's way out oditi
    to make way for umakniti se komu
    to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
    to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
    navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
    to make short work of hitro kaj končati
    to make water scati
  • market1 [má:kit] samostalnik
    trg, tržnica, tržišče; trgovina, trgovanje; povpraševanje (for)
    denarni trg; tržna cena
    ameriško trgovina z živili

    the market borzni posredniki
    at the market po tržni ceni
    at the top of the market po najvišji tržni ceni
    black market črna borza
    the corn market žitni trg
    money market denarni trg
    covered market pokrita tržnica
    in the market na trgu
    active (ali lively) market živahen trg
    dull market mrtev trg
    the market is low (rising) tržne cene so nizke (se dvigajo)
    to be in the market for potrebovati kaj, iskati, želeti kupiti ali imeti
    to be on (ali in) the market biti naprodaj
    to come into the market priti na trg, biti naprodaj
    to boom (ali rig) the market dvigniti kurz
    to find a market iti v prodajo
    the market fell cene so padle
    the market is all givers na trgu so samo prodajalci
    to hold the market obvladati trg, obdržati cene
    a market for leather povpraševanje po usnju
    to make a market špekulativno dvigniti povpraševanje (po delnicah)
    to make a good market of okoristiti se s čim
    to meet with a ready market hitro prodati
    to place (ali put) on the market postaviti na trg, dati naprodaj
    to play the market špekulirati (na borzi)
    figurativno to bring one's eggs (ali hogs) to a bad (ali the wrong) market ušteti se
  • mile [máil] samostalnik
    milja (1609 m)

    nautical (ali sea) mile morska milja (1863 m)
    miles easier (better, worse) mnogo lažje (boljše, slabše)
    miles apart na milje oddaljen, figurativno neizmerno daleč
    figurativno not to come within a mile of ne približati se niti za korak
    give him an inch and he will take a mile če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
    pogovorno that sticks out a mile to še slepec vidi
    figurativno to miss s.th. by a mile popolnoma zgrešiti
    navtika to make short miles hitro jadrati, pluti
  • mind1 [máind] samostalnik
    spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

    the human mind človekov duh
    history of the mind idejna zgodovina
    things of the mind duhovne stvari
    his is a fine mind je pametna glava
    one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
    absence of mind raztresenost
    presence of mind prisotnost duha
    to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
    to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
    to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
    to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
    to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
    to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
    to change one's mind premisliti se
    the mind's eye vizija
    in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
    to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
    to come to mind priti na misel
    to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
    a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
    to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
    to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
    to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
    to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
    to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
    to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
    to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
    to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
    to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
    to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
    to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
    to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
    not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
    to lose one's mind znoreti
    to make up one's mind odločiti se
    to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
    to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
    many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
    month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
    my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
    to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
    to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
    to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
    to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
    to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
    in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
    out of one's (right) mind nor
    to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
    pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
    to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
    out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
    to slip one's mind pozabiti
    to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
    to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
    to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
    time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
    to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
    to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
    it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca