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appeal¹ [əpí:l]

1. neprehodni glagol (to, against)
prizivati se, apelirati; pritožiti se; obrniti se na koga; rotiti; prositi; ugajati, tekniti

2. prehodni glagol
pravno poklicati pred sodišče; obtožiti

to appeal to arms poklicati pod orožje
it doesn't appeal to me ne ugaja mi, ni mi pri srcu
to appeal to the country razpustiti parlament, razpisati nove volitve
to appeal to reason sklicevati se na zdravo pamet

apron-string [éiprənstriŋ] samostalnik
trak na predpasniku

to be tied (ali pinned) to one's mother's (wife's) apron-string s držati se materinega (ženinega) krila, biti nesamostojen; biti pod copato

arm² [a:m] samostalnik
(tudi množina) orožje, vojna oprema; vrsta orožja; vojaški poklic; grb

to appeal to arms oborožiti se
to bear arms služiti vojake
to beat to arms poklicati pod orožje
to carry arms služiti vojake
cessation of arms premirje
coat of arms grb
fire arms strelno orožje
to lay down arms položiti orožje
man at arms vojak
passage of arms (pismeni) znanstveni spor
arms race tekma v oboroževanju
to rise in arms upreti se
shoulder arms! puško na rame!
small arms lahko orožje
stand of arms popolna vojaška oprema
suspension of arms premirje
to take up arms oborožiti se
under arms pod orožjem
up in arms pod orožjem; figurativno hudo jezen

artillery [a:tíləri] samostalnik
vojska topništvo, artilerija

under artillery fire pod topniškim obstreljevanjem

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

auspice [ɔ́:spis] samostalnik
napoved; dobro znamenje
množina varstvo, okrilje, pokroviteljstvo

under the auspices of s.o. pod pokroviteljstvom ali varstvom koga
favourable auspices dobro znamenje

bankrupt¹ [bǽŋkrʌpt]

1. samostalnik
bankrotnik

2. pridevnik
nezmožen plačila, zbankrotiran; obubožan

to go bankrupt priti pod stečaj, popolnoma obubožati
to declare bankrupt razglasiti stečaj
bankrupt's estate stečajna masa
bankrupt in health hudo bolan

barter¹ [bá:tə]

1. prehodni glagol (for, against)
zamenjavati

2. neprehodni glagol
trgovati

Bartered Bride Prodana nevesta
to barter away pod ceno prodajati ali zamenjati; zapraviti

beyond² [bijɔ́nd] predlog
več kot, razen; na oni strani, nasproti

beyond belief neverjeten
beyond comprehension nerazumljiv
it is beyond my depth tega ne razumem, ne dojamem
beyond dispute nespodbiten
beyond endurance neznosen
beyond one's expectation več kot smo pričakovali
beyond expression neizrekljiv
beyond hope brezupen
beyond all praise odličen
it is beyond me tega ne zmorem
he is beyond the (human) pale njegovo vedenje je neprimerno
beyond measure pretiran(o)
beyond possibility nemogoče
he lives beyond his income živi preko svojih dohodkov
beyond one's means prepotratno
beyond one's time predolgo
beyond recovery neozdravljiv
beyond the tomb v onstranstvu
beyond words nepopisen
to go beyond one's depth zgubiti tla pod nogami

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

bushel [búšl] samostalnik
mernik, korec (britanska angleščina 36,3 l, ameriško 35,3 l)

to hide one's light under a bushel biti preskromen, postavljati svojo luč pod mernik
don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel ne sodi drugih po sebi

camp² [kæmp] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
taboriti; utaboriti (se)

to camp out spati v šotoru, na prostem, pod milim nebom

check³ [ček] samostalnik
ustavitev, ovira, prekinitev
ameriško ček; račun; vstopnica; nalepni listek, etiketa; kupon; žeton; kontrola
množina kockasto blago; špranja

ameriško certified check od banke overjen ček
check please! plačati, prosim
to hand (ali pass) in one's checks umreti
to have a check upon s.o. krotiti koga
to hold (ali keep) in check zadrževati koga
to keep a check on s.th. imeti kaj pod kontrolo

cloak¹ [klouk] samostalnik
plašč; pokrov
figurativno (for) pretveza, krinka

under the cloak of pod pretvezo česa

cloud¹ [klaud] samostalnik
oblak, megla, para; temna lisa, madež; motnost
figurativno mrak, tema, senca; množica, roj; nesreča
množina višje sfere, nebo

to drop from the clouds nepričakovano se prikazati, z neba pasti
every cloud has a silver lining vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
under a cloud pod sumom, na slabem glasu; v težavah, brez denarja
to be (ali have one's head) in the clouds živeti v oblakih
a cloud on one's brow mrk, namrgoden
cloud seeding ustvarjanje umetnega dežja

colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

command² [kəmá:nd] samostalnik
ukaz, povelje, nalog, odredba; vlada, poveljstvo; obvladovanje; oblast; znanje; vrhovno poveljstvo

at s.o.'s command na razpolago komu
to be in command of obvladati, znati kaj
yours to command vam na razpolago
at command na razpolago; po ukazu
under command pod poveljstvom
command of language znanje jezika
to take command of prevzeti poveljstvo nad
second in command namestnik poveljnika

company¹ [kʌ́mpəni] samostalnik
društvo, družba, druženje; spremstvo; tovarištvo
vojska četa, kompanija; ceh
gledališče ansambel; posadka

to bear (ali keep) company with s.o. družiti se s kom
to part company with s.o. ločiti, razstati se s kom
to see no company samotariti
joint-stock company delniška družba
britanska angleščina limited liability company družba z omejeno zavezo
company officer častnik pod činom majorja
present company excepted navzoči so izključeni
a man is known by the company povej mi s kom se družiš, in jaz ti bom rekel, kdo si
company checkers vohuni, ogleduhi, ovaduhi
company spotter ovaduh
to be a good (poor) company biti prijeten (dolgočasen) družabnik
mornarica ship's company moštvo, posadka ladje
I err in a good company tudi boljši od mene so naredili napako, so se zmotili

compulsion [kəmpʌ́lšən] samostalnik
sila, nasilje, prisiljenost, pritisk

under (ali on, upon) compulsion pod pritiskom

constraint [kənstréint] samostalnik
sila, zadrega; siljenje, pritisk, napetost; zvezanost, omejenost

under (ali in) constraint pod pritiskom
to put a constraint upon s.o. nasilno koga zadržati, ovirati