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glorious [glɔ́:riəs] pridevnik (gloriously prislov)
krasen, sijajen, čudovit; veličasten, slaven, znamenit
hudomušno v rožicah

a glorious mess (ali muddle) lepa zmešnjava

glove¹ [glʌv] samostalnik
rokavica

a kid glove affair zelo služben sprejem v svečani obleki
to be hand and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
the iron hand in the velvet glove le na videz nežen in mil
to handle without gloves (ali with the gloves off) strogo, surovo ravnati
to take up the glove sprejeti poziv
to throw down the glove pozvati na dvoboj
to take off the gloves pripraviti se na boj, neusmiljeno se vesti
to fit like a glove tesno se prilegati; biti pravšen

gnaw [nɔ:]

1. prehodni glagol
(o)glodati, naglodati, preglodati; razjedati, gristi
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
glodati, gristi (at, upon, into)
figurativno zagristi se

to gnaw away (ali off) odglodati, izglodati, odgristi

go^*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to ➞ going
pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
another day to go še en dan
as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
to let go izpustiti
let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
how goes the time? koliko je ura?
to go bail for jamčiti za
to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
to go shares (raz)deliti
to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
to go bad pokvariti se
sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
to go easy udobno si urediti
to go hungry stradati
to go mad znoreti
to go short of pogrešati
to go sick javiti se bolnega
to go steady biti previden
to go it strong odločno ravnati
to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
go it! le daj!
to let go izpustiti
to make things go zabavati
to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi

go² [gou] samostalnik
hoja tek; odhod; požirek, grižljaj; vrstni red; moda; dejavnost, energija; napad bolezni
sleng izpit

all the go velika moda
on the go v teku
a capital go prijetna zadeva
at the first go-off v samem začetku
it was a near go malo je manjkalo, za las je šlo
is it a go? smo se sporazumeli?, velja?
Great (Little) go glavni (sprejemni) izpit (na univerzi)
to have a go at s.th. lotiti se česa
it's no go tako ne gre, nima smisla
a pretty go presenetljiva zadeva
quite the go čisto navadno
a rum (ali queer) go čudna zadeva
that's the go je že tako na svetu

goal [goul] samostalnik
cilj, naloga, namen
šport gol; vrata (nogomet); koš (košarka)

goal area vratarjev prostor
to score (ali get, make) a goal zabiti gol

godspeed [gɔ́dspi:d] samostalnik
uspeh, sreča; srečna pot

to wish (ali bid) godspeed želeti srečno pot

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

gospel [gɔ́spel] samostalnik
evangelij

gospel truth sveta resnica
gospel oath prisega na biblijo
to take for (ali as) gospel imeti za sveto resnico

grab² [græb] samostalnik
prijem; zagrabek; prisvojitev, zagrabitev; grabilec; grabež; otroška igra s kartami

to have (ali get) the grab on s.o. imeti ugodnost pred kom
to make a grab at s.th. hitro po čem seči

graduated [grǽdjueitid] pridevnik
diplomiran; kalibriran

to be (ali become) graduated maturirati, diplomirati

grampus [grǽmpəs] samostalnik
zoologija sabljarica
pogovorno debeluhar; človek, ki sope

to puff (ali blow) like a grampus puhati, sopsti kakor kovaški meh

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

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

grease¹ [gri:s] samostalnik
loj, mast, maža, mazilo, maščoba
veterina žuljnata oteklina na konjski nogi

a grease spot podlež; poprečnež
axle grease kolomaz
in grease, in prime (ali pride) of grease zrel za odstrel (jelen); zrel za zakol
wool in the grease neprana volna

grease² [gri:z] prehodni glagol
mazati, z maščobo umazati, podmazati
figurativno podkupiti; okužiti (konja) z oteklino na nogi

to grease the wheels figurativno odstraniti težave
to grease s.o.'s palm (ali fist, hand) podkupiti koga
like greased lightning bliskovito, ko bi trenil

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

grindstone [gráindstoun] samostalnik
brus, osla

to be kept (ali put, held, brought) one's nose to the grindstone delati brez prestanka, potiti krvav pot

grizzly¹ [grízli] pridevnik
siv, sivkast; osivel, sivolas

grizzly king (ali queen) vrsta muhe za ribolov