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dust¹ [dʌst] samostalnik
prah
britanska angleščina smeti
botanika cvetni prah
sleng denar
figurativno zemlja
figurativno posmrtni ostanki

to bite the dust zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželo
to kick up (ali make, raise) a dust vzdigniti prah, razburiti
to throw dust into s.o.'s eyes vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
to shake the dust off one's feet jezen oditi
ameriško to give the dust to s.o. prehite(va)ti koga
ameriško to take s.o.'s dust zaostajati
to lick the dust prilizovati se
honoured dust posmrtni ostanki
in the dust ponižan
to make the dust fly švigniti, energično nastopiti
down with the dust! denar na roko!
humbled in (ali to) the dust ponižan
to fall to dust razpasti

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

easy¹ [í:zi] pridevnik (easily prislov)
lahek, lahkoten; zlóžen; udoben; miren, popustljiv, brezskrben, lahkomiseln; gladko tekoč; premožen

easy of access lahko dostopen
easy of belief lahkoveren
easy does it! le počasi, nikamor se ne mudi!
as easy as damm it, ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
in easy circumstances v ugodnih razmerah
sleng on easy street v dobrih razmerah
to make easy pomiriti
an easy market tržišče, na katerem ni povpraševanja
a lady of easy virtue pocestnica, lahkoživka
under easy sail počasen
on easy terms pod ugodnimi plačilnimi pogoji
sleng easy on the eye prijeten, čeden na pogled
an easy man popustljiv, prilagodljiv človek
sleng easy meat ne preveč nevaren nasprotnik; lahek posel

ebb¹ [eb] samostalnik
oseka
figurativno propadanje, upadanje

at an ebb, at a low ebb obubožan, v žalostnem položaju
ebb and flow, ebb and tide plima in oseka

edge in neprehodni glagol
vriniti se
mornarica počasi se bližati, približevati se

edge in a word prekiniti

edgeways [édžweiz] prislov
po strani; ob robu

not to be able to get a word in edgeways ne priti do besede

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

event [ivént] samostalnik
dogodek, prigodba; primer; točka (športnega programa); (športna) disciplina; posledica, rezultat, uspeh

at all events v vsakem primeru
in the event končno
in the event of s.th. v primeru česa
in either event v obeh primerih
to achieve a double event zmagati v dveh točkah tekmovanja
quite an event važen dogodek
athletic events lahkoatletsko tekmovanje
table of events program slavnosti
track events dirkalno, štafetno tekmovanje
no events of note nobeni važni dogodki

ever [évə] prislov
vedno, nenehno, vselej; večno; nekdaj, včasih, (sploh) kdaj

as ever kakor hitro, bržko
ever afterwards, ever since odtlej
arhaično ever and anon tu in tam
ever before od nekdaj
hardly (ali scarcely) ever skoraj nikoli
ever so long celo večnost
pogovorno ever so še kako, zelo
if ever so tired najsi še tako truden
for ever (and a day) večno
ever yours vaš (ali tvoj) vdani (kot zaključek pisma)
who (what, how, where, when) ever kdo (kaj, kako, kje, kam, kdaj) le, že

every [évri] pridevnik
vsak

each and every prav vsak, brez izjeme
all and every vsi po vrsti
every bit, every whit popolnoma, do skrajnosti
every here and there tu in tam
every so often včasih
on every side na vseh straneh
every man for himself! naj se reši, kdor se more!
every other day vsak drugi dan
every now and again tu pa tam
every once in a while tu in tam, včasih, redkokdaj
every right polna, vsa pravica

evidence¹ [évidəns] samostalnik
očitnost, jasnost, razvidnost (for)
dokaz; pričanje

to admit in evidence priznati
to establish by evidence dokazati
in evidence jasno viden, na vidiku
to give (ali bear, furnish) evidence of s.th. pričati o čem, kazati znake česa
to turn King's (ali Queen's, State's) evidence izdati sokrivce in pričati proti njim, biti glavna priča
on this evidence zaradi tega
to be called in evidence biti klican za pričo
a piece of evidence dokaz

excuse² [ikskjú:s] samostalnik
opravičilo, oproščenje, spregled

in excuse of kot opravičilo
to make (ali offer) an excuse opravičiti, opravičevati se
it admits of no excuse je neopravičljivo
a lame (ali poor) excuse slabo opravičilo
there's no excuse for it neopravičljivo je

existence [igzístəns] samostalnik
bivanje, obstanek; življenje, obstoj

in existence sedanji
to call into existence uresničiti, realizirati
struggle for existence boj za obstanek
to be in existence biti, trajati
a wretched existence bedno življenje

eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

fable¹ [féibl] samostalnik
basen, bajka; izmišljena zgodba, izmislek, pripovedka, fabula; mit, legenda
arhaično zaplet drame

fact and fable resnica in laž
it is a mere fable to je izmišljotina

face¹ [feis] samostalnik
obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of v navzočnosti, pred (kom)
to draw (ali pull, wear) a long face biti videti potrt, kislo se držati
in the face of day ob belem dnevu; odkrito
his face fell nos se mu je povesil
to fly in (to) the face of s.o. upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga
to fly in the face of Providence izzivati usodo
you have a good face zdravi ste videti
navtika guide face drsa zapore
full face obraz od spredaj
half face profil
to have the face to (do s.th.) upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)
in (the) face of vpričo, neglede na, vkljub
I could hardly keep a straight face komaj sem zadrževal smeh
to look in the face of s.o. drzno koga gledati
to lose the face zgubiti ugled
to make (ali pull) faces at spakovati se nad
to make a wry face at s.th. kislo kaj gledati
face to face with naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo
on the face of it očitno, na prvi pogled
to put a bold (ali good) face on s.th. ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu
to put a new face on s.th. postaviti kaj v drugo luč
a right about face popoln obrat
to run one's face dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom
to save one's face za las uiti sramoti
to set one's face against s.th. upirati se čemu
to set one's face like a flint biti neuklonljiv
to shut the door in one's face preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta
to show one's face priti, prikazati se
to show a face izzivalno se vesti
to s.o.'s face odkrito, v navzočnosti koga
to tell straight to s.o.'s face naravnost komu povedati
to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face očitati, oponašati komu kaj
face value imenska vrednost

fact [fækt] samostalnik
dejstvo, resničnost, resnica; dejanje; ugotovitev

pravno before the fact pred zagrešitvijo zločina
in (point of) fact, as a matter of fact pravzaprav, po pravici povedano, dejansko
it is a positive fact to je čista resnica, čisto gotovo
facts are stubborn things proti dejstvom smo brez moči
pogovorno the facts of life resnica o spolnem življenju
taken in the fact zasačen pri samem dejanju
pravno before the fact pred izvršitvijo dejanja

failure [féilə] samostalnik
propadanje, razdor; neuspeh, polomija, fiasko; brodolom; manjkanje; bankrot; razočaranje; zanemarjanje; nesrečnik, -nica

failure of the crops slaba letina
to turn out a failure, to be a failure ne se obnesti
to end in (ali meet with) failure doživeti neuspeh, ne se posrečiti
he is a failure nima uspeha, ni za nič
to be doomed to failure biti brezupno