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common¹ [kɔ́mən] pridevnik (commonly prislov)
skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgaren

to make common cause with podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvar
sleng common or garden zelo vsakdanji, šablonski
glasba common chord trozvok
slovnica common gender dvojni spol
by common consent soglasno
the common herd plebejci
common noun občno ime
Court of common Pleas civilnopravno sodišče
common rights človeške pravice
common salt kuhinjska sol
common weal splošna blaginja
common woman pocestnica

currency [kʌ́rənsi] samostalnik
obtok, veljava, vrednost; tečaj, valuta; denar

in common currency zelo razširjen
to give currency to s.th. dati kaj v obtok
firm currency trdna valuta
currency notes bankovci, ki so jih v Angliji izdali med svetovno vojno
hard currency zdrava, trdna valuta
soft currency nestabilna valuta
floating currency drseča valuta

dear¹ [diə] pridevnik (dearly prislov)
drag, dragocen; ljubljen; očarljiv, ljubek; visok (cena); spoštovan

Dear Sir spoštovani gospod
there's a dear child bodi priden
to run for dear life na vso moč bežati
to love dearly zelo ljubiti
to hate dearly z dna srca sovražiti
dearest foe najhujši sovražnik

death [deɵ] samostalnik
smrt; smrtni primer; uboj, umor; konec, uničenje; kuga

to be the death of s.o. ubiti koga, povzročiti smrt koga
to be in at the death vzdržati do konca
to bleed to death izkrvaveti
to catch one's death of umreti zaradi
to be bored to death strašno se dolgočasiti
arhaično to do to death pogubiti, ubiti, uničiti
it's a case of life and death gre za biti ali ne biti
ameriško, sleng sudden death slab whisky
worse than death zelo slab
sleng death on ves nor na; odličen
to put to death usmrtiti
to lie at the death's door umirati, biti na pragu smrti
pravno civil death zguba državljanskih pravic
as sure as death popolnoma prepričan, čisto gotov
Black Death kuga
field of death bojno polje
I am sick to death of it do grla sem tega sit
certificate of death mrliški list
tired to death na smrt utrujen

delicacy [délikəsi] samostalnik
prijeten na oko; slaščica, poslastica; nežnost, občutljivost; takt, skromnost
figurativno kočljivost

delicacy of mind občutljivost, rahločutnost
delicacy of health rahlo zdravje
of utmost (ali extreme) delicacy zelo kočljiv

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

dye¹ [dai] samostalnik
barva, barvilo; barvanje

fast dye obstojna barva
of the deepest dye zelo zloben, skrajno podel
a crime of the deepest dye največji zločin

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

egg-shell [égšel] samostalnik
jajčna lupina

to walk (ali tread) upon egg-shells ravnati skrajno previdno
egg-shell china zelo tenek porcelan

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

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

ever [évə] prislov
vedno, nenehno, vselej; večno; nekdaj, včasih, (sploh) kdaj

as ever kakor hitro, bržko
ever afterwards, ever since odtlej
arhaično ever and anon tu in tam
ever before od nekdaj
hardly (ali scarcely) ever skoraj nikoli
ever so long celo večnost
pogovorno ever so še kako, zelo
if ever so tired najsi še tako truden
for ever (and a day) večno
ever yours vaš (ali tvoj) vdani (kot zaključek pisma)
who (what, how, where, when) ever kdo (kaj, kako, kje, kam, kdaj) le, že

feel^*1 [fi:l]

1. prehodni glagol
občutiti; potipati, dotikati se; zaznati, opaziti; zaslutiti; smatrati, misliti

2. neprehodni glagol
tipati; počutiti se; zavedati se; imeti občutje, k srcu si gnati

to feel about s tipanjem iskati
to feel certain (ali sure) biti prepričan
I feel it in my bones trdno sem prepričan
to feel bitter biti grenkega okusa
to feel cheap slabo se počutiti
I feel cold (warm) zebe me (toplo mi je)
to feel doubts dvomiti
to feel one's feet dobiti zaupanje vase
to feel like nothing on the earth, to feel poorly (ali rotten, faint) zelo slabo se počutiti
to feel hurt biti užaljen
to feel small sramovati se
to feel sorry obžalovati
to feel the pulse meriti utrip
to feel like želeti si
I don't feel like ne ljubi se mi
it feels like rain na dež kaže
to feel quite o.s. again opomoči si
to feel up to moči
to feel one's way previdno spraševati, sondirati
I do not feel up to work ne ljubi se mi delati

feet [fi:t] samostalnik
množina noge
množina od foot

to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; zelo koga navdušiti ali razburiti
to set s.o. on his feet pomagati komu na noge ➞ foot¹

fiery [fáiəri] pridevnik (fierily prislov)
ognjen, goreč, vnetljiv
figurativno ognjevit, plameneč, strasten, vročekrven, navdušen

fiery steed (ali horse) isker konj
fiery pit pekel
fiery ordeal preskus z ognjem
fiery temper jeznoritost
zgodovina, škotsko fiery cross ognjeni križ (znamenje vstaje)
kriket fiery wicket zelo trdo igrišče

fine⁵ [fain] prislov
lepo; rahlo, nežno itn.

to run (ali cut) it (rather) fine na kratko odpraviti
that will suit me fine to mi je zelo prav

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

flood¹ [flʌd] samostalnik
poplava, potop, plima, valovi, ploha
figurativno obilje
poetično morje, reka

the Flood vesoljski potop
the tide is at the flood plima je na višku, voda narašča
flood and field morje in kopno
to come in a flood biti zelo številen
flood of tears potok solza
to be in floods of tears topiti se v solzah
flood of words ploha besed, puhlo besedovanje

fly¹ [flai] samostalnik
zoologija muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželk

fly agaric, fly anamita botanika mušnica
to break (ali crush) a fly on the wheel uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevati
to catch flies prodajati zijala
to be the fly on the wheel precenjevati samega sebe
a fly in amber redka stvar, zanimiv ostanek
a fly in the ointment senčna stran, neprijetna zadeva
sleng there are (ali he has) no flies on him zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zanesete
more flies are taken with honey than with gall s prijaznostjo največ dosežemo
sleng to rise to the fly pustiti si natvesti

fraught [frɔ:t] povedkovnik pridevnik
poetično (with) natovorjen, naložen
figurativno poln

fraught with danger zelo nevaren
fraught with meaning pomemben, tehten
fraught with mischief zlonosen