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body¹ [bɔ́di] samostalnik
telo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del
figurativno snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina
astronomija astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnica

body corporate korporacija; pravna oseba
in the body of the hall v sredini dvorane
the body of people velika množica
in a body vsi skupaj
to keep body and soul together preživljati se
one body is like another vsi ljudje smo enaki
main body glavnina vojske
diplomatic body diplomatski zbor
a poor body revež
kemija compound body spojina
body politic država
body of a letter tekst, vsebina pisma

bo(h) [bou] medmet
bav!; kš kš!

he can't say bo(h) to a goose ne zna niti do pet šteti, zelo je plašen

boil² [bɔil] samostalnik
vrelišče; vrenje, kipenje, kuhanje

to give s.th. a boil up pogreti, prevreti kaj
to bring to the boil zavreti
to keep on (ali at) the boil pustiti vreti

boil³ [bɔil]

1. prehodni glagol
kuhati v vreli vodi, prevreti, zavreti

2. neprehodni glagol
vreti, kipeti
figurativno vzkipeti, razburiti se; dušiti se; šumeti (morje)

to make one's blood boil spraviti v besnost
pogovorno it boils down to this iz tega sledi
hard boiled v trdo kuhano
soft boiled v mehko kuhano
boiled shirt škrobljena srajca
to feel like a boiled rag biti zbit

bold [bould] pridevnik (boldly prislov)
smel, drzen, srčen, neustrašen; podjeten; jasen, izrazit; strm

to make bold drzniti si
as bold as brass predrzen
bold face masten tisk
to put a bold face on s.th. ne se za kaj zmeniti
I beg (ali make) bold to say upam si trditi, prepričan sem

bolt¹ [boult] samostalnik
zapah; sornik; puščica, strela; beg; snop, sveženj; bala tkanine (30 yardov); vijak z matico

behind bolt and bar za zapahi, v ječi
a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to do a bolt zbežati, popihati jo
to make a bolt for planiti kam
to shoot one's bolt potruditi se kar se da

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)

bonfire [bɔ́nfaiə] samostalnik
kres

to make a bonfire of s.th. uničiti kaj

bonnet¹ [bɔ́nit] samostalnik
klobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto)
sleng pomagač, sokrivec

to have a bee in one's bonnet biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejo
to fill s.o.'s bonnet zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovreden
to vail the bonnet spoštljivo se odkriti

book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

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

bosom² [búzəm] prehodni glagol
varovati, čuvati; objeti

poetično a house bosomed in trees hiša, obdana z drevesi

botch¹ [bɔč] samostalnik
krpa; krparija, skrpucalo; kvar

to make a botch of a job skaziti delo

bottle¹ [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
steklenica; močna pijača

figurativno the bottle popivanje
to crack a bottle popiti steklenico vina
over a bottle medtem ko pijemo
to hit the bottle pijančevati
to bring up on the bottle (otroka) umetno hraniti
bottle green temno zelen
to know s.o. from the bottle poznati koga od rane mladosti
to be fond of the bottle rad ga zvrniti
to take to the bottle zapiti se
ameriško black bottle strup
stone bottle kamnit vrč
hot-water bottle termofor

bottle² [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
otep sena ali slame

to look for a needle in a bottle of hay zaman iskati, zaman si prizadevati

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bouquet [búkei] samostalnik
šopek, buket; vonj vina

ameriško, pogovorno to hand s.o. a bouquet, to throw bouquets at s.o. poveličevati koga, hvalo komu peti

bout [baut] samostalnik
doba; trajanje; izmeničnost; napad

it comes to my bout jaz sem na vrsti
to have a bout at s.th. poskusiti kaj
at one bout na mah
this (ali that) bout tokrat
drinking bout popivanje
bout of illness napad bolezni