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much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

muck² [mʌk] prehodni glagol
gnojiti
vulgarno zamazati
britanska angleščina, sleng pokvariti posel

to muck about britanska angleščina, sleng postopati, lenariti; ameriško, sleng slabo voditi (vojsko)
to muck in with deliti s kom
to muck up pokvariti, z nerodnostjo uničiti
to muck out izkidati gnoj

mud¹ [məd] samostalnik
blato, glen, grez
figurativno nesnaga

sleng mud in your eye! na zdravje! (pri pitju)
his name is mud na slabem glasu je, izgubil je ugled
figurativno to stick in the mud obtičati, ne napredovati
stick-in-the-mud nepodjetnež, reva
to fling (ali throw) mud at s.o. blatiti koga
to drag (down) into the mud povleči koga v blato
Mud Cat State vzdevek za državo Mississippi (ZDA)

muddle¹ [mədl] samostalnik
zmešnjava, nered, zmedenost

to make a muddle of s.th. vse pokvariti
to get into a muddle zaiti v težave
to be in muddle biti zmeden

mufti [mʌ́fti] samostalnik
mufti
britanska angleščina civilna obleka uniformirancev

in mufti v civilu

mulct² [mʌlkt] prehodni glagol
naložiti komu globo; oskubiti koga (from)
ogoljufati koga (of)

to mulct s.o. in a pound naložiti komu en funt globe
to be mulcted biti oskubljen (za denar)

murder¹ [mə́:də] samostalnik
umor (of)

to commit a murder zagrešiti umor, umoriti
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
pogovorno it was murder bilo je strašno
the murder is out resnica je prišla na dan
murder will out vsak umor pride prej ali slej na dan
ameriško, pravno first-degree (second-degree) murder umor, (uboj)

muscle² [məsl] neprehodni glagol
ameriško, pogovorno s silo si utreti pot

to muscle in brezobzirno se vriniti

muster² [mʌ́stə]

1. prehodni glagol
pregledati, sklicati v zbor, zbrati
figurativno (up) zbrati (pogum)

2. neprehodni glagol
zbrati se

to muster up one's courage zbrati ves svoj pogum
to muster up sympathy izkazati komu usmiljenje
ameriško to muster in vpoklicati v vojsko
ameriško to muster out odpustiti iz vojske

nail¹ [néil] samostalnik
tehnično žebelj; noht
zoologija krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)

a nail in one's coffin vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režima
to drive a nail in zabiti žebelj
to drive the nail home iti (dognati) do kraja
one nail drives out another klin se s klinom izbija
to fight tooth and nail boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso moč
as hard as nails trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trd
to hit the nail (right) on the head zadeti v črno
on the nail takoj
to pay on the nail takoj plačati v gotovini
to the nail do konca, dokončan, dovršen
right as nails točen, v redu
nails in mourning umazani nohti

name¹ [néim] samostalnik
ime, vzdevek, označba; reputacija, glas, ugled, čast; slavno ime, slaven človek; rod, rodbina

by name po imenu
to call s.th. by its proper name dati čemu pravo ime, reči bobu bob
to call s.o. names dajati komu priimke, psovati koga
family name priimek
first (ali given) name krstno ime
to give a dog a bad name and hang him vso krivdo zvaliti na človeka, ki je na slabem glasu
to give one's name povedati svoje ime
pogovorno give it a name! povej naravnost, kaj želiš!
to go by the name of živeti pod (tujim) imenom
the great names of our century slavni ljudje našega stoletja
to have a good (ill) name biti na dobrem (slabem) glasu
in name only samo po imenu
to have a name for biti na glasu; da
in the name of v imenu (ljudstva, usmiljenja itd.)
of name ugleden, pomemben
maiden name dekliško ime
in one's own name v svojem imenu
proper name lastno ime
to make one's name; ali to make a name for o.s.; ali to make o.s. a name zasloveti
not a penny (ali nickel) to his name čisto brez denarja je
to put one's name down for priglasiti kandidaturo
to send in one's name napovedati se, priglasiti se
to take a name in vain nespoštljivo o kom govoriti, po nemarnem imenovati
to keep one's name on the books ostati v klubu, šoli
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz kluba, šole
to win a name for o.s. napraviti si ime, zasloveti
what's in a name? ime kaj malo pomeni

napkin [nǽpkin] samostalnik
prtič, brisača
britanska angleščina plenica

sanitary napkin ženski (mesečni) vložek
to lay up in a napkin spraviti kaj, ne uporabljati

narrow¹ [nǽrou] pridevnik (narrowly prislov)
ozek, tesen; omejen, pičel, suh, mršav; stisnjen (oči); ozkosrčen; natančen, temeljit (preiskava)
britanska angleščina skop (with)

by a narrow margin z majhno prednostjo
to have a narrow squeak za las uiti, komaj uiti
a narrow inspection natančen pregled
to live in narrow circumstances živeti v bedi
narrow majority majhna večina
to make a narrow escape komaj (za las) uiti
in the narrower sense of the word v ožjem pomenu besede
geografija the Narrow Seas Rokavski preliv in Irsko morje
figurativno the narrow way trnova pot
narrow vowels ozki samoglasniki
within narrow bounds zelo omejen

narrow² [nǽrou] samostalnik
ozka ulica, ozek prehod
(tudi množina) morska ožina

ameriško the Narrows ožina med gornjim in dolnjim newyorškim zalivom

nascent [næsnt] pridevnik
nastajajoč, porajajoč; rastoč, ki se razvija

in the nascent state v razvoju

nasty [ná:sti] pridevnik (nastiliy prislov)
umazan, gnusen, oduren; opolzek, nespodoben, grd (značaj); zloben (to do)
grozeč, nevaren (morje), viharen (vreme), težek, hud (nesreča); neprijeten

a nasty customer neljub gost
in a nasty fix v hudih škripcih, v kaši
a nasty jar zavrnitev
a nasty one zelo neprijeten (udarec, graja, zavrnitev itd.)

nature [néičə] samostalnik
narava, priroda; čud, vrsta, lastnost
vojska kaliber, premer; življenjska sila, primitivizem
botanika drevesna smola

against (ali contrary to) nature proti naravi, nadnaravno
by nature po naravi
to ease (ali relieve) nature opraviti potrebo
law of nature naravni zakon
to go the way of nature umreti
from nature po naravi (v slikarstvu)
good nature dobrodušnost
in the nature of kot, po, zaradi, v svojstvu, podoben
of a grave nature resen
of the same nature iste vrste
to pay the debt of nature; ali to pay one's debt to nature umreti
ia a state of nature nag, divji, primitiven
true to nature realističen, naraven
Nature Conservancy urad za varstvo narave
it has become second nature with him to mu je prešlo v meso in kri
things of this nature stvari te vrste

naval [néivəl] pridevnik
pomorski, mornariški

naval academy pomorska akademija
naval architecture gradnja vojnih ladij
naval aviation pomorska aviacija
naval officer mornariški častnik
naval power pomorska velesila
naval stores oprema in hrana za mornarico; ekonomija katran, smola, terpentin itd.

near¹ [níə] prislov
blizu, v bližini, bližje
pogovorno skoraj, málodane
figurativno varčno; (z negacijo) niti približno

near by blizu
to draw near približevati se
far and near od blizu in daleč, povsod
to go (ali come) near to doing s.th. skoraj kaj narediti
near at hand pri roki, blizu
not near so bad še zdaleč ne tako slabo
it is nowhere near enough še zdaleč ni dovolj
near upon kmalu nato
to live near varčno ali borno živeti
near to blizu (do česa)

near² [níə] pridevnik
bližnji; pereč (problem); skop, varčen; levi (del živali, ceste); zvest (prevod)

a near friend zaupen prijatelj
near miss le malo zgrešen zadetek
it was a near thing komaj je šlo, za las je manjkalo
near work za oči naporno delo
the near distance del slike med ozadjem in sprednjim delom
near akin v bližnjem sorodstvu
ameriško near true skoraj gotovo
the nearest way najkrajša pot
the Near East Bližnji Vzhod