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full-bottomed [fúlbɔ́təmd] pridevnik
širokega dna

full-bottomed wig velika lasulja (do ramen)
full-bottomed ship ladja z veliko prostornino pod vodo

garibaldi [gæribɔ́:ldi] samostalnik
rdeča bluza

garibaldi biscuit keks z rozinami

gear¹ [giə] samostalnik
tehnično prestava; naprava, orodje, mehanizem; konjska oprava
arhaično obleka, noša
navtika ladijska oprema

in gear v teku
out of gear v neredu
head gear pokrivalo
high gear velika hitrost
low (ali bottom) gear avtomobilizem prva brzina, majhna hitrost
neutral gear prosti tek
standing gear nepremične vrvi
landing gear pristajalne naprave
steering gear krmilni mehanizem
to throw out of gear vključiti prosti tek; skaziti, spraviti v nered
gear drive pogon z zobatimi kolesi
all one's worldly gear vse, kar človek ima, vsa imovina, vsa ropotija
to change gear preklopiti
to put in gear vklopiti
top gear največja hitrost

general² [džénərəl] pridevnik
splošen, obči, navaden; skupen; glaven
vojska višje stopnje od polkovnika

general cargo mešan tovor
general delivery izročitev pošiljk na pošti brez dostave, poste restante
in general na splošno
a person of general information mnogostransko izobražen človek
general post splošna premestitev
general practitioner splošni zdravnik
general servant dekle (sluga) za vse
general reader človek ki prebere vse, kar mu pride pod roke
britanska angleščina general dealer trgovec z mešanim blagom
general approbation splošno odobravanje
general hospital splošna bolnica
general order dnevno povelje
General Post Office glavna pošta
general staff glavni štab
navtika general trader tramper
as a general rule praviloma, na splošno, redno
general attorney državni tožilec
vojska general service splošna vojna obveznost
general elections splošne volitve
in a general way na splošno
postmaster general britanska angleščina minister za pošte
in general terms čisto na splošno

gesture¹ [džésčə] samostalnik
gib, poteza, kretnja

warlike gesture rožljanje z orožjem

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga

get out prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
ven potegniti, izvleči; izstopiti

get out of one's depth (ali control) zgubiti tla pod nogami
get out of bed on the wrong side vstati z levo nogo, biti slabe volje
get out of sight izginiti
get out of hand izogibati se nadzorstvu; končati delo
get out of habit odvaditi se
get out of one's mind izbrisati iz spomina

gild^*2 [gild] prehodni glagol
pozlatiti
figurativno olepšati, omiliti

to gild the pill omiliti neprijetno stvar
to gild the lily z olepšavanjem pokvariti lepo

ginger¹ [džíndžə]

1. samostalnik
ingver
pogovorno, sleng energija, vnema; pogum
sleng rdečeglavec

to put some ginger in z vnemo se lotiti
ginger cordial (ali brandy) ingverjev liker
ginger group posebno aktivna skupina (v parlamentu)
ameriško ginger pop z ingverjem začinjena peneča se pijača
ginger shall be hot in the mouth hrepenenje po užitku je večno

2. pridevnik
rdečkast (lasje)

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

glance¹ [gla:ns ameriško glæns]

1. neprehodni glagol
zabliskati, bleščati, iskriti se; odbijati se

2. prehodni glagol (at)
bežno pogledati, oplaziti

to glance one's eye over preleteti z očmi, površno prebrati

gnash [næš] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
škripati, škrtati

to gnash the teeth škrtati z zobmi; figurativno besneti

go at neprehodni glagol
lotiti se; napasti

go at s.th. hammer and tongs lotiti se česa z vso vnemo
go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi

gold¹ [gould] samostalnik
zlato, zlatnik, zlatnina
figurativno bogastvo, dragocenost, zaklad; središče tarče (pri streljanju z lokom)

all that glitters in not gold ni vse zlato, kar se sveti, videz vara
the countries on gold države z zlato valuto
as good as gold dober, kot kruh, izredno priden
to make a gold zadeti sredino tarče
worth one's weight in gold neprecenljiv, nepoplačljiv

good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

grade² [greid] prehodni glagol
razvrstiti, razvrščati, po stopnjah urediti, sortirati, izravna(va)ti, splanirati, oceniti, ocenjevati

to grade up križati z boljšo pasmo, oplemenititi
to grade up with s.o., s.th. dati se primerjati s kom, čim

grandfather [grǽndfa:ðə] samostalnik
stari oče, ded

grandfather's clock velika stoječa ura z nihalom

grapple¹ [grǽpl] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zgrabiti, spoprijeti se (together)
drug drugega se okleniti
mornarica zatakniti kavelj, privleči ladjo

figurativno to grapple with resno se spoprijeti, z vso vnemo se lotiti

grate¹ [greit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (against, on, upon)
praskati; škripati, škrtati; strgati
figurativno dražiti, biti zoprn

to grate on (ali upon) one's nerves iti komu na živce
to grate one's teeth škrtati z zobmi

grave² [greiv] samostalnik
grob
figurativno smrt

as close (ali silent) as the grave tih ko riba
enough to make s.o. turn in his grave dovolj hudo, da bi se človek še v grobu obrnil
one foot in the grave z eno nogo v grobu
as secret as the grave molčečen ko grob
to find one's grave, to sink into the grave umreti
s.o. is walking over my grave zona me spreletava