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monkey¹ [mʌ́ŋki] samostalnik
zoologija opica (tudi figurativno)
nagajivec
tehnično oven, zabijač, (parni) bat, pehalo, kladivo
britanska angleščina, sleng 500 funtov
ameriško, sleng 500 dolarjev
britanska angleščina, sleng razkačenost
britanska angleščina, sleng hipoteka

monkey's allowance več udarcev kakor plačila
sleng to get one's monkey up razkačiti se
sleng to put (ali get) s.o.'s monkey up razkačiti koga
a monkey with a long tail hipoteka

monkey² [mʌ́ŋki]

1. prehodni glagol
oponašati, rogati se komu

2. neprehodni glagol
počenjati neumnosti, zganjati norčije

to monkey about (ali around) igračkati se (with s, z)

moon¹ [mu:n] samostalnik
luna, mesec
poetično mesečina:
astronomija mesec, trabant, satelit

moon's men tatovi, lopovi
there is a moon luna sije
ages of the moon lunine mene
the man in the moon izmišljena oseba
to know no more about s.th. than the man in the moon ne imeti pojma o čem
to aim at the moon biti preveč častihlepen
to cry for the moon želeti nemogoče
once in a blue moon skoraj nikoli
old moon in new moon's arms čas med prvim krajcem
new moon mlaj
crescent moon polmesec
full moon polna luna, ščip
half moon krajec (first quarter, last quarter)
waning (ali old) moon pojemajoč mesec
waxing moon rastoč mesec
sleng to shoot the moon skrivaj ponoči oditi

mop² [mɔp] prehodni glagol
pobrisati, obrisati s krpo za pod

sleng to mop the floor with s.o. pometati s kom, popolnoma premagati
to mop one's face otreti si obraz
to mop up (with, from) pobrisati (s čim, s česa); sleng pograbiti (dobiček); vojska razpršiti ali pobiti osamljene sovražnikove skupine; britanska angleščina, sleng lokati, polokati

more² [mɔ:] prislov
več, bolj, še; povrh, za nameček

to be no more biti mrtev
more and more bolj in bolj
more or less več ali manj, približno
the more ... the more čim več ... tem več
the more so because tem bolj, ker
all the more so tem več, tem prej
no more than ne več od, samo
once more še enkrat, zopet
never more nikoli več
neither more nor less than (stupid) dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)
so much the more toliko bolj
it is wrong and, more, it is foolish ni prav in povrh je še neumno
and what is more in kar je še važnejšc
what more? kaj pa še?

mosquito [məskí:tou] samostalnik
zoologija komar, moskit

mosquito net (curtain) mreža (zastor) zoper komarje
mosquito craft (ali fleet) majhne oborožene ladje za nenadne napade (torpedni čolni itd.)
Mosquito State vzdevek za New Jersey (ZDA)

mother¹ [mʌ́ðə] samostalnik
mati; mati prednica (v samostanu)
arhaično, medicina histerija

artiflcial mother inkubator
mother earth mati zemlja
pogovorno to kiss mother earth pasti
Mother's Day materinski dan
every mother's son vsak človek
mother country domovina
necessity is the mother of invention sila kola lomi
zoologija Mother Carey's chicken viharnica (ptica)
Mother Hubbard široka, ohlapna ženska obleka
kemija mother liquor (ali liquid) lužna usedlina
mother lode glavna rudna žila
botanika mother of thousands vrsta divjega lanu

motion¹ [móušən] samostalnik
gibanje; kretnja; hoja (težka, lahka); premik; zamah, pogon
figurativno spodbuda, nagib
pravno, parlament predlog
medicina stolica
množina koraki, ravnanje, dejanja

on the motion of na predlog koga
to go through the motions of pretvarjati se, navidezno kaj delati
to have a motion iti na potrebo
in motion gibajoč, v pogonu
to make a motion; ali to bring forward a motion predlagati kaj v skupščini
to move a motion nagovarjati ljudi k glasovanju za kak predlog
of one's own motion iz lastnega nagiba, prostovoljno
to put (ali set) in motion sprožiti (postopek), začeti, razgibati
to watch s.o.'s motions budno spremljati dejanja koga
tehnično idle motion prazni tek
tehnično lost motion mrtvi tek

moulder¹ [móuldə] samostalnik
britanska angleščina modelar, oblikovalec

moulder's pin (ali stake) livarski žebelj

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

much³ [mač] samostalnik
mnogo, velika stvar, nekaj posebnega

nothing much nič posebnega
it did not come to much ni bilo prida
to think (ali make) much of s.o. zelo koga ceniti
he is not much of a dancer ni kaj prida plesalec
to do too much of a good thing pretiravati v čem
so much; ali that much (samo) toliko
not to say much for ne zgubljati besed za kaj
much will have more kolikor več imaš, toliko več želiš

mud¹ [məd] samostalnik
blato, glen, grez
figurativno nesnaga

sleng mud in your eye! na zdravje! (pri pitju)
his name is mud na slabem glasu je, izgubil je ugled
figurativno to stick in the mud obtičati, ne napredovati
stick-in-the-mud nepodjetnež, reva
to fling (ali throw) mud at s.o. blatiti koga
to drag (down) into the mud povleči koga v blato
Mud Cat State vzdevek za državo Mississippi (ZDA)

muddle on (ali along) neprehodni glagol
nenačrtno delati

muddy [mʌ́di]

1. pridevnik (muddily prislov)
blaten, moten, nejasen, skaljen
figurativno zmeden, konfuzen

2. prehodni glagol
umazati z blatom, skaliti; zmesti

the Big Muddy (reki) Mississippi ali Missouri

muleback [mjú:lbæk] samostalnik

to go no (ali by) muleback jezditi na muli

mum¹ [məm]

1. pridevnik
tih, nem

2. medmet
tiho! pst!

mum's the word! nikomur niti besede!
to be (ali keep) mum molčati
as mum as oysters molčeč ko riba

murder¹ [mə́:də] samostalnik
umor (of)

to commit a murder zagrešiti umor, umoriti
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
pogovorno it was murder bilo je strašno
the murder is out resnica je prišla na dan
murder will out vsak umor pride prej ali slej na dan
ameriško, pravno first-degree (second-degree) murder umor, (uboj)

music [mjú:zik] samostalnik
glasba; glasbeni komad, skladba; note; muzikalije
figurativno blagoglasje, petje

to face the music v oči gledati, junaško prenašati težave ali kazen
to set to music uglasbiti
to play without music igrati brez not
the music of birds ptičje petje
rough music mačja godba

mutual [mjú:tjuəl] pridevnik (mutually prislov)
vzajemen, medsebojen; skupen

šaljivo mutual admiration society društvo za medsebojno občudovanje
mutual aid association; ali mutual benefit society vzajemno podporno društvo
pravno mutual contributory negligence medsebojna zadolženost
mutual insurance company vzajemna zavarovalnica
ekonomija mutual terms pogoji medsebojne poravnave