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droll³ [droul] neprehodni glagol
zastarelo (with, at, on) uganjati burke, šaliti se

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

drop in neprehodni glagol (at ali on, upon)
oglasiti se, nepričakovano obiskati

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

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

early¹ [ə́:li] pridevnik
zgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začeten

the early bird catches (ali gets) the worm rana ura zlata ura
one's early days zgodnja mladost
to keep early hours zgodaj leči in zgodaj vstati
at your earliest convenience čimprej
at an early date kmalu, v bližnji bodočnosti
it is early days yet je še prezgodaj, še ni čas
an early riser zgodnji vstajalec, -lka

ease¹ [i:z] samostalnik
mir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanje

at one's ease udobno, mirno, brez zadrege
ill at ease slabega počutja
to set at ease pomiriti
at heart's ease po mili volji
vojska at ease! voljno!
to set (ali put) at ease hrabriti; zadovoljiti
to take one's ease udobno si urediti
with ease lahko, brez težav

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

elbow¹ [élbou] samostalnik
anatomija komolec
tehnično koleno; stranski naslon (pri stolu)

at one's elbow pri roki
sleng to lift the elbow (too often) piti več, kot je pametno
out at elbows v raztrgani obleki; reven
up to the elbows in work zelo zaposlen
more power to your elbows! mnogo uspeha!
to rub elbows with s.o. družiti se s kom

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet

eleventh¹ [ilévnɵ] pridevnik
enajsti

at the eleventh hour v zadnjem hipu

enchant [inčá:nt] prehodni glagol
očarati; začarati

to be enchanted at s.th. (with s.o) biti očaran, navdušen nad čim (kom)

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

enmity [énmiti] samostalnik
sovraštvo, sovražnost

at (ali in) enmity with s.o. nasproten komu
to bear no enmity ne zameriti

enrage [inréidž]

1. prehodni glagol
razjeziti, razdražiti, raztogotiti, ogorčiti

2. neprehodni glagol (at)
razjeziti se, pobesneti, raztogotiti se

enraged [inréidžd] pridevnik (at)
togoten, besen

estimate¹ [éstimeit] prehodni glagol (at na)
ceniti, ocenjevati; soditi, meniti, presojati; spoštovati

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

exasperate [igzá:spəreit] prehodni glagol
(raz)jeziti, razkačiti; (za)greniti
medicina (po)slabšati

exasperated at jezen, ogorčen zaradi

excel [iksél]

1. prehodni glagol (at)
prekašati, nadkriljevati

2. neprehodni glagol (in)
odlikovati se