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good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

good² [gud] samostalnik
dobro, korist, ugodnost; premoženje
množina blago

to come to no good slabo se končati
for good (and all) za vedno, za vselej
no good zanič
to the good povrh, poleg redne plače
what's the good of it? kakšen smisel ima?
ameriško dry goods blago na metre (tekstil, sukanec)
goods and chattels vse premoženje
goods guard skladiščnik
ameriško, pogovorno to deliver the goods izpolniti obljubo
ill gotten goods nepošteno pridobljeno imetje
ameriško, pogovorno the goods ta pravo
it's no good nima smisla

goose¹ množina geese [gu:s, gi:s] samostalnik
gos, goska; gosje meso
figurativno neumnež, -nica

to cook s.o.'s goose uničiti, odstraniti koga
to get the goose biti izžvižgan
green goose mlada goska
it's gone goose with him zgubljen je
to kill the goose that lays golden eggs s pohlepom in skopostjo si uničiti vir dohodkov, zaklati kravo, ki jo molzemo
he would not say "bo" to a goose nikomur ne bi skrivil lasu
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugega
fox and geese vrsta družabne igre
all his geese are swans vedno pretirava

go to neprehodni glagol
iti k, kam; pripasti

arhaično go to! beži!, izgini!
go to the country obrniti se na ljudstvo; razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve
go to it tvegati, lotiti se, poskusiti
go to the world poročiti se
go to the dogs propasti, v revščino zabresti
go to expense nakopati si stroške
go to law začeti pravdo
go to a lot of trouble močno si prizadevati
go to war začeti vojno, vojskovati se
go to waste propasti
go to wrack and ruin propasti, konec vzeti, na nič priti
go to stool iti na stran
go to the wall biti ugnan v kozji rog

gown¹ [gaun] samostalnik
ogrinjalo, talar, halja, plašč, ženska obleka; študentje (Oxford, Cambridge)

arms and gown vojna in mir
cap and gown univerzitetna noša
town and gown meščani in študentje, mesto in univerza

grace¹ [greis] samostalnik
milina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej
britanska angleščina dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)

act of grace zakon o amnestiji
airs and graces šopirjenje
with a bad grace nevljudno, neprijazno
to be in s.o.'s grace biti v milosti pri kom
grace to boot! bog se nas usmili!
with a good grace v milosti pri kom
in s.o.'s good graces v milosti pri kom
to say grace moliti pred jedjo ali po njej
days of grace dnevi odloga plačila
the Three Graces tri gracije
to fall from grace grešiti
time of grace doba prepovedi lova
in the year of grace v letu gospodovem

grasp¹ [gra:sp]

1. prehodni glagol (at)
prijeti, pograbiti
figurativno razumeti, doumeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati
figurativno prizadevati si za kaj

to grasp the nettle ugrizniti v kislo jabolko, pogumno se lotiti
to grasp at a straw prijeti se vsake bilke
to grasp the shadow and let go the substance loviti senco in ne videti dejanskega stanja
grasp all, lose all kdor hoče dobiti vse, zgubi vse

grass¹ [gra:s] samostalnik
trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
pogovorno beluš
pogovorno pomlad
sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
sleng marihuana, mamilo

to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
go to grass! solit se pojdi!
figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da

great² [greit] samostalnik
celota; pomembnost, vzvišenost, veličastnost
množina končni izpit za B.A. v Oxfordu

the great velika gospoda, imenitniki
ameriško no great ne preveč
great and small veliki in majhni, bogataši in siromaki

grin¹ [grin] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (at)
(za)režati se, (po)kazati zobe, (s)pačiti se

to grin and bear vdati se v usodo, stisniti zobe

hack² [hæk] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
sekati, vsekati, zasekati, razsekati
šport brcniti v nogo (nogomet); pokašljevati
ameriško prenašati, trpeti kaj

hacking cough suh kašelj, pokašljevanje
ameriško, sleng to hack around pohajkovati
to hack and hew tolči
to hack off odsekati
to hack out usekati koga
to hack to pieces v koščke razsekati
to hack a language tolči kakšen jezik

hale¹ [héil] pridevnik
močan, zdrav (zlasti starejši človek)

hale and hearty čil in zdrav

hammer¹ [hǽmə] samostalnik
kladivo, bat; petelin na puški; kladivce v zvonu, kladivce v klavirju
anatomija nakovalce, slušna koščica

to be down s.o. like a hammer biti s kom zelo strog
to come (ali go) under the hammer priti pod stečaj, biti prodan na dražbi
hammer and tongs z vso močjo, silovito
to be (ali go) at it hammer and tongs močno se prepirati, živeti v napetem ozračju
šport throwing the hammer metanje kladiva
knight of the hammer kovač

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo

hang^*2 [hæŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
obesiti, obešati; pobesiti, pobešati (glavo); obesiti (sliko), nalepiti (tapete)

2. neprehodni glagol
viseti, biti obešen, obesiti se; nagniti se, lebdeti; obotavljati se (tudi žoga pri športu)
ameriško, pravno ovirati porotnike pri odločitvi

hang it (all)! naj gre k vragu!
hang you! da bi te vrag pocitral!
I'll be hanged first! prej se dam obesiti!
I'll be hanged if vrag naj me vzame, če
well, I'm hanged! kaj takega!, vrag naj me pocitra!
ameriško it was a hung jury porotniki se niso mogli zediniti o krivdi
to hang between life and death viseti med življenjem in smrtjo
to hang by a hair (ali rope, single thread) figurativno viseti na nitki
to hang in the balance biti dvomljivo
to hang in doubt biti negotov, kolebati
to hang fire prepozno (se) sprožiti (puška); figurativno biti počasen, neodločen, omahovati, obotavljati se
to hang one's head pobesiti glavo
to hang o.s. obesiti se
to hang a leg vleči nogo
to let things go hang pustiti, da gre vse k vragu; pustiti stvari pri miru
to hang a room with paper nalepiti v sobi tapete
sleep hangs on my eyelids veke so mi težke, oči mi lezejo skupaj
time hangs heavy on my hands ne vem, kaj naj počnem s časom, predolgo mi traja, vleče se

happen [hǽpən] neprehodni glagol
zgoditi se, pripetiti se (to komu, s čim)
pogovorno slučajno priti, vpasti (in, into v)

to happen to slučajno
I happened to meet him slučajno sem ga srečal
to happen across s.o. naleteti na koga
to happen (up)on slučajno na koga ali kaj naleteti
as it happens slučajno, po naključju, v tem slučaju
it happened that slučajno se je pripetilo, da
...and nothing happened in nič se ni zgodilo

hare [hɛə] samostalnik
zoologija zajec

mad as a March hare brezglav, nor, divji
to run (ali hold) the hare and hunt (ali run) the hounds sedeti med dvema stoloma
hare and hounds igra, v kateri preganjani pušča sledi
first catch your hare then cook him ne delaj računov brez krčmarja

have¹ [hæv] samostalnik
sleng potegavščina, sleparija

the haves and the have-nots bogati in revni

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

haw² [hɔ:] neprehodni glagol
zatikati se (jezik), hmkati

to hum and haw jecljati, zatikati se