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bay² [bei] samostalnik
zaliv, draga; tin; jez; senik; zaprt balkon, veliko okno; oddelek; pregraja

sick bay bolniški oddelek (na ladji)
bay roof žagasta streha
bay window okno v tinu

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

be [bi:] neprehodni glagol & pomožni
biti, obstati, obstajati; eksistirati; nahajati se; veljati, stati; počutiti se; obiskati; morati; bodi

I am better bolje se počutim
I am cold (warm, hot) zebe me (toplo, vroče mi je)
to be hard up biti v stiski
here you are izvoli(te), na(te), tu imaš (imate)
to be from the purpose biti neprimeren, zgrešiti namen
to be right prav imeti
to be wrong ne imeti prav, motiti se
how are you? kako se imaš (imate)?; kako se ti (vam) godi?
how much is this? koliko stane?
if it were not for him če bi njega ne bilo
it is going to rain gotovo bo deževalo, na dež kaže
what is that to you? kaj vam to mar?
it is not in me to ni v mojem značaju, nisem tak
he lived to be 80 doživel je 80 let

bead¹ [bi:d] samostalnik
biser, koralda; kapljica; muha (na strelnem orožju)
množina rožni venec

to draw a bead on meriti na kaj (s puško)
to string beads nanizati bisere
to tell one's beads moliti rožni venec
to pray without one's beads ušteti se, zmotiti se pri štetju

beam¹ [bi:m] samostalnik
bruno, tram, prečnik; gred; prečka; gredelnica; rogovila; rožiček; stropnik; tkalski navoj; največja širina ladje; žarek; smehljaj; radijski signal (za letala); radij delovanja

to kick (ali strike) the beam biti nepomemben
to be on one's beam ends biti pred polomom, v stiski, v slabem položaju; navtika ležati na boku (ladja)
beam headlight žaromet
a beam in one's eye velika napaka
on the beam na pravi poti; sleng točen, natančen
to be off the beam zaiti, zgrešiti pot
ameriško, vulgarno to be off one's beam znoreti
beam sea bočni val
beam wind bočni veter

bear^*3 [bɛə]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; prenesti, pretrpeti, prenašati; podpreti, podpirati; dopustiti, dopuščati; roditi; pridelati; občutiti

2. neprehodni glagol
zdržati; trpeti; peljati (pot); usmeriti se; biti ploden, (ob)roditi; uspeti

to bear arms služiti vojake
to bear the blame biti kriv, vzeti krivdo nase
to bring to bear vplivati; uveljaviti, urediti
to bear the brunt biti izpostavljen napadu
to bear the burden peti s kom refren
I cannot bear ne prenesem
to bear company delati komu družbo
to bear evidence (ali witness) pričati, dokaz(ov)ati
to bear good will biti naklonjen
to grin and bear it z nasmehom prenesti
to bear no grudge against s.o. ne zameriti komu
to bear a hand pomagati
to bear in hand imeti v oblasti; pomagati
to bear to the left držati se levo
to bear in mind misliti na kaj, upoštevati
to bear o.s. well dobro se držati
to bear the palm zmagati
to bear a part biti deležen; imeti vlogo
to bear a purpose nameravati
to bear reference sklicevati se
to bear resemblance (ali likeness) biti podoben
to bear to the right držati se desno
to bear rule (ali sway) vladati
to bear one's age well biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici

bearer [bɛ́ərə] samostalnik
nosač, nosilec; prinašalec, prinesnik; lastnik čeka ali menice; hindustanski sluga

this tree is a good (poor) bearer to drevo dobro (slabo) obrodi
bearer cheque ček na ime prinašalca

bearing¹ [bɛ́əriŋ] samostalnik
vedenje, obnašanje, ravnanje; drža (on, upon)
razmerje, odnos, vpliv; zveza; pomen, smisel; ležaj; grbovna slika
arhitektura razpon
navtika smer; obrod

as bearing on glede na
ball bearing kroglični ležaj
beyond bearing neznosen
bearing box (ali housing) ležajni okrov
to consider the question in all its bearings vsestransko pretehtati vprašanje
to lose one's bearing zmesti se, priti v zadrego
past bearing neznosen; ki več ne obrodi
to take one's bearing razgledati, orientirati, znajti se
this has no bearing on the question to nima nobene zveze z vprašanjem
the precise bearing of the word natančen pomen besede
the true bearing of the case dejansko stanje
trunnion bearing tečajni ležaj

beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

beat about neprehodni glagol
pluti proti vetru; iskati, truditi se; tavati, bloditi

beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
beat about in one's mind tuhtati, preudarjati
beat about for skušati najti, iskati

beauty [bjú:ti] samostalnik
lepota, krasota; lepotica; mik, dražest
ironično lepotec

the Sleeping Beauty Trnuljčica
the beauty of it is najlepše na tem je
beauty shop, ameriško beauty parlor kozmetični salon
beauty sleep spanje pred polnočjo
beauty is but skin deep videz vara
my beauties moji dragi
beauty contest lepotna tekma

beck¹ [bek] samostalnik
migljaj, namig, znak; kimanje

to be at beck and call biti na voljo, na razpolago
to have s.o. at one's beck razpolagati s kom

bed¹ [bed] samostalnik
postelja, ležišče; divan; žimnica; podstavek; podzidje; (jezersko, morsko) dno; rečno korito, struga
geologija plast, ležišče; gredica; brlog

bed of boards pograd
to be brought (ali put) to bed roditi
to be confined to one's bed biti priklenjen na posteljo
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
to get out of the bed on the wrong side vstati z levo nogo
to go to bed iti spat
sleng go to bed molči!
hot bed topla greda, gnojak
to make the bed postlati posteljo
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
figurativno narrow bed zadnje počivališče
bed of sickness bolniška postelja
as one makes one's bed, so one must lie kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal
pravno from bed and board od mize in postelje
bed of roses (ali down, flowers) udobno življenje, dober položaj
to take to bed bolan leči
bed of thorns težko življenje, neprijeten položaj
to turn down the bed pripraviti posteljo za spanje
weary bed bolniška postelja
to lie in the bed one has made nositi posledice svojega ravnanja

bee [bi:] samostalnik
zoologija čebela
ameriško delovni krožek

bumble bee čmrlj
as busy as a bee priden ko mravlja
bee accommodation panj
to swarm like bees rojiti kot čebele
to have bees in one's bonnet imeti čudne domisleke, biti ves nor na kaj
spelling bee krožek tekmovalcev v pravopisu
queen bee čebelja matica

beggary [bégəri] samostalnik
uboštvo, siromaštvo, beda

to reduce to beggary spraviti na beraško palico

begin^* [bigín]

1. prehodni glagol
začeti, pričeti, lotiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
začeti, začenjati se, nastati

to begin with predvsem
to begin the world lotiti se česa, začeti trgovino, biti na začetku svoje kariere
pogovorno begin to niti malo ne

begun [bigʌ́n] pretekli deležnik od begin

well begun is half done dober začetek je že na pol opravljeno delo

behalf [bihá:f] samostalnik
korist, prid; dobiček

in (ali on) s.o.'s behalf komu v prid, na ljubo; zavoljo, namesto, v imenu koga

behind² [beháind] predlog
za

behind the scenes na skrivnem
behind time zamujen, netočen, prekasen
behind the times starokopiten

belaud [bilɔ́:d] prehodni glagol
poveličevati, hvaliti

to belaud to the skies na moč koga hvaliti, kovati koga v zvezde