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barrel¹ [bǽrəl] samostalnik
sod; puškina cev; valj; trebuh (npr. konja); prostorninska mera (pribl. 147 l)
ameriško denar za politično kampanjo

pogovorno not enough barrel šibkega telesa
to have s.o. over a barrel spraviti koga v škripce
barrel house, barrel shop krčma
barrel pump ročna črpalka
to holler down a rain barrel gobezdati

bay⁴ [bei] samostalnik
zavijanje, lajanje
figurativno stiska

to be (ali stand) at bay, to turn to bay biti v skrajni stiski; postaviti se po robu, biti pripravljen na najslabše
to bring (ali drive) to bay spraviti v zagato, ugnati v kozji rog
to hold (ali have, keep) at bay zadrževati, brzdati, držati v šahu

beggary [bégəri] samostalnik
uboštvo, siromaštvo, beda

to reduce to beggary spraviti na beraško palico

blush² [blʌš] samostalnik
zardevanje, rdečica; rdečilo
figurativno rožnat blesk

at (the) first blush na prvi pogled
to put to the blush spraviti v zadrego
spare my blushes nikar mi ne laskaj(te)

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

boiler [bɔ́ilə] samostalnik
kotel; grelec za vodo; zelenjava, ki se hitro skuha
ameriško, sleng lokomotiva

boiler feeder kurjač
boiler house, boiler room kotlovnica
ameriško to burst one's boiler slabo končati, obubožati
to burst s.o.'s boiler spraviti koga na beraško palico

bring^* [briŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
prinesti, pripeijati, privleči; ustvariti; zakriviti; izzvati; pregovoriti, pripraviti do česa; donašati; prepričevati, spodbuditi

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi, obroditi
mornarica ustaviti, pristati

to bring an action against s.o. tožiti koga
to bring to bear uveljaviti; (orožje) pomeriti; uporabiti
to bring to book obdolžiti, kaznovati
to bring to a close dokončati, izpeljati
to bring to a head rešiti zadevo
to bring the hand in izuriti se
to bring to life obuditi
to bring to light odkriti
to bring s.o. low ponižati koga
to bring to mind spomniti (se)
to bring to nothing uničiti
to bring to pass uresničiti, izpolniti, izvršiti
to bring into play uveljaviti
to bring o.s. to prisiliti se k čemu
sleng to bring home the bacon imeti uspeh
to bring to reason spraviti k pameti
to bring into step sinhronizirati
to bring word obvestiti
to bring into world roditi

bury [béri] prehodni glagol
zakopati, pokopati; skriti
figurativno zatopiti se, pozabiti

to bury the hatchet skleniti mir, spraviti se
buried in thought zamišljen
to bury alive zasuti (koga)
to bury o.s. in one's work zakopati se v svoje delo

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

calumet [kǽljumet] samostalnik
indijanska pipa; simbol miru

to smoke the calumet together mir skleniti, pomiriti, spraviti se

chill¹ [čil] samostalnik
mraz, hlad, ohladitev
tehnično kaljenje
tehnično kalup za kovinske odlitke
medicina mrzlica, prehlad
figurativno hladnost, neprijaznost; potrtost

to take the chill off s.th. pogreti kaj
to catch a chill prehladiti se
to cast a chill over (ali on) one's humour spraviti koga v slabo voljo, potreti ga
it gives me a chill zona me spreletava
chills and fever malarija
water with the chill off mlačna voda

compose [kɔmpóuz] prehodni glagol
sestaviti, sestavljati; spisati, uglasbiti; (po)miriti; pripraviti, pripravljati se; urediti, urejati; (po)staviti (tisk)

to compose o.s. pomiriti, sprijazniti se
to compose one's countenance vidno se umiriti
to compose o.s. to sleep spraviti se spat
to compose one's thoughts zbrati misli
to compose a quarrel poravnati spor

consistent [kənsístənt] pridevnik (consistently prislov)
čvrst, trden; dosleden (with)
združljiv, skladen; konsekventen

consistent pattern normalnost, pravilnost
to make consistent with s.th. spraviti v sklad s čim

cramp⁴ [kræmp] prehodni glagol
stisniti, speti; ovirati; okleniti

pogovorno to cramp s.o's style v slabo voljo koga spraviti, potlačiti ga
to cramp up stisniti

crazy [kréizi] pridevnik (crazily prislov)
trhel, razmajan; nezdrav; blazen, ponorel, prismojen
pogovorno (about, with) ves nor na kaj

to drive crazy spraviti ob pamet
ameriško crazy bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go crazy znoreti
crazy quilt prešita odeja iz nepravilnih ostankov blaga
crazy pavement tlak iz raznobarvnih kamnov

demented [diméntid] pridevnik (dementedly prislov)
bebav; blazen, nor, umobolen

to drive demented spraviti ob pamet

despair² [dispɛ́ə] samostalnik
obup, brezup

to be the despair of s.o. spravljati koga v obup
to fall into despair obupati
to drive s.o. into despair spraviti, spravljati koga v obup

desperation [despəréišən] samostalnik (of)
obupavanje, obup
pogovorno togota, besnost

to drive to desperation spraviti v obup, raztogotiti

difference [dífrəns] samostalnik (between)
razlika, razloček; spor, prepir
matematika ostanek

to split the difference sporazumeti, spraviti se
it makes no difference nič ne de
to have differences ne se strinjati
it makes all the difference in the world to je zelo pametno

discredit² [diskrə́dit] samostalnik
slab glas, sramota; dvom, nezaupanje, sum

to bring discredit on s.o., to bring s.o. into discredit v slab glas, ob ugled koga spraviti, diskreditirati koga
to throw discredit on s.th. v slabo luč kaj spraviti
to be to the discredit of s.o. biti komu v sramoto