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blast¹ [bla:st] samostalnik
sunek vetra, piš; pok, detonacija; trobljenje; količina razstreliva; razstrelitev
botanika rastlinska rja, snet
figurativno poguba

at (ali in) a full blast s polno paro
to be out of blast stati, ne delati (plavž)
sleng to take a blast kaditi pipo

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

busman [bʌ́smən] samostalnik
vozač avtobusa

busman's holiday praznik, ob katerem moramo delati

by² [bai] prislov
blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
close by čisto zraven
to go by iti mimo
hard by čisto poleg
by and large nasploh
to lay by prihraniti
to pass by mimo iti
figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
to put by prihraniti
to stand by nič ne delati
to set by prihraniti

calf¹ množina calves [ka:f, ka:vz] samostalnik
tele; mladič večjih sesalcev; teletina (usnje)
figurativno tepec

to kill the fatted calf navdušeno koga sprejeti
calf love pubertetniška ljubezen
calf's teeth mlečni zobje
in (ali with) calf breja (krava)
to eat the calf in the cow's belly delati račun brez krčmarja
to slip her calf skotiti tele

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

capacity [kəpǽsiti] samostalnik
telesnina, kubatura, prostornost; zmožnost, sposobnost; poklic, služba, položaj; značaj; storilnost; pristojnost

measure of capacity votla mera
full (ali filled) to capacity do zadnjega kotička natrpan
seating capacity število sedežev
capacity audience (ali house) ameriško, gledališče polna hiša
to work to capacity s polno paro delati

cart¹ [ka:t] samostalnik
ciza, dvokolnica, voz

to put (ali set) the cart before the horse delati v nasprotnem vrstnem redu
to be (put) in the cart biti v neprilikah, težavah

cast¹ [ka:st] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vreči, metati, lučati; odvreči, zavreči; povreči, splaviti; obsoditi; bljuvati; goliti, leviti se; zgubiti, zgubljati (zobe); deliti vloge; izračunati; odpustiti (vojake)
pravno obsoditi na plačilo stroškov; uliti, ulivati; zviti se (les); križariti
preteklik & pretekli deležnik od cast

to cast anchor usidrati se
to cast aspersion on s.o. očrniti koga
pravno to be cast zgubiti pravdo
to cast beyond the moon delati fantastične načrte
to cast the blame on s.o. for s.th. valiti krivdo na koga zaradi česa
cast down potrt
to cast dust in s.o.'s eyes metati komu pesek v oči
cast for s.th. primeren za kaj
to cast lots žrebati
cast in the same mould narejen po istem kalupu
figurativno cast in a cart zapuščen
to cast into s.o.'s teeth očitati komu
cast iron lito železo, grodelj
to cast loose odvezati (čoln)
to cast a vote glasovati
to cast the lead meriti morsko globino
to cast spell on s.o. ureči, začarati koga
figurativno to cast stones at s.o. obsojati obnašanje koga
to cast skin leviti se
to cast into a sleep uspavati
to cast into prison zapreti v ječo
the play is well cast igra je dobro zasedena

cause² [kɔ:z] samostalnik (of)
vzrok (for)
povod, razlog; zadeva, stvar; načelo, ideal; pravda, tožba

in the cause of v imenu, zaradi
to make common cause with strinjati se, delati v prid iste stvari
First cause, Cause of causes stvarnik
to stand for a good cause zavzeti se za dobro stvar
to show cause navesti vzroke
final cause končni cilj, namen
to plead s.o.'s cause zastopati zadevo koga
to die in a good cause žrtvovati življenje za dobro stvar

char³ [ča:] prehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
čistiti, pospravljati

to go out charring delati kot snažilka

chicken [číkin] samostalnik
pišče, kokoš, kura; kuretina; otročiček
figurativno zelenec; strahopetec

to count one's chickens before they are hatched delati račun brez krčmarja
that's my chicken to je moja stvar
to get it where the chicken got the axe biti strogo grajan
chicken roost kurnik
no chicken ne več rosno mlad
chicken wire žična ograja

comb² [koum]

1. prehodni glagol
česati, počesati; mikati (lan); iskati, stikati, preiskati, prečesati; grebenati

2. neprehodni glagol
lomiti se (valovi)

to comb s.o.'s hair for him ošteti koga, brati mu levite
to comb s.o.'s hair the wrong way pripovedovati ali delati komu neprijetnosti

common¹ [kɔ́mən] pridevnik (commonly prislov)
skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgaren

to make common cause with podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvar
sleng common or garden zelo vsakdanji, šablonski
glasba common chord trozvok
slovnica common gender dvojni spol
by common consent soglasno
the common herd plebejci
common noun občno ime
Court of common Pleas civilnopravno sodišče
common rights človeške pravice
common salt kuhinjska sol
common weal splošna blaginja
common woman pocestnica

compliment¹ [kɔ́mplimənt] samostalnik
poklon, laskanje (on za)
pohvala
množina pozdravi
zastarelo darilo

in compliment to na čast koga
to pay (ali make) compliments delati poklone, laskati
with the author's compliment poklon od pisca
to fish for compliments pričakovati poklone
Bristol compliment danajsko darilo
compliments of the season božične čestitke
to send compliments poslati pozdrave
left-handed compliment ironično, sumljivo, neodkrito laskanje
give her my compliments pozdravi jo od mene