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head² [hed] samostalnik
glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt
domačno plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu)
ekonomija postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija
sleng latrina

above one's head težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga
at the head of na čelu
by head and shoulders; ali by the head and ears s silo, na silo
(by) head and shoulders above mnogo boljši od
by a short head za dolžino nosu, figurativno z majhno prednostjo
crowned heads kronane glave
a deer of the first head petleten jelen ali srnjak
navtika down by the head s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi
head of the family družinski poglavar
heads of state državni voditelji
the head and front bistvo, politika glava zarote, vodja upora
from head to foot od nog do glave, popolnoma
head first (ali foremost) z glavo naprej, figurativno nepremišljeno
a large head of game velik trop živali
hot head vročekrvnež
a beautiful head of hair gosti lasje
head over heels narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos
old head on young shoulders pameten mlad človek
off one's head; ali out of one's head nor
over one's head viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo
over head and ears; ali head over ears preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma
on this head o tem predmetu
out of one's own head sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku
two heads are better than one kolikor glav, toliko misli
head of water vodni steber
heads or tails obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)
twopence a head 2 penija na osebo
sleng King's (Queen's) head poštna znamka
weak in the head slaboumen
head, cook and bottle washer kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo
figurativno on your head be it! naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren
ten head of cattle deset glav živine

Z glagoli:

to beat s.o.'s head off prekositi koga
pogovorno to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s head off uničiti koga
to bring to a head pripeljati do krize
figurativno to break one's head glavo si razbijati
to carry one's head high nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen
to come to a head priti do krize, zaostriti se; medicina zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir)
sleng to do a thing on one's head igraje kaj napraviti
to drag in by the head and ears s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči
to eat (ali cry, scream, run) one's head off pretirano se razburjati
it entered my head v glavo mi je padlo
to give s.o. his head figurativno popustiti uzde
to get s.th. through one's head doumeti, razumeti kaj
to go over s.o.'s head biti pretežko za koga
to go to s.o.'s head v glavo stopiti
this horse eats his head off ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden
to have a good head for biti nadarjen za
to have a head imeti "mačka"
to have a good head on one's shoulders biti dobre glave
to have one's head in the clouds figurativno živeti v oblakih, sanjariti
to have one's head screwed in the right way imeti glavo na pravem koncu
to have a head like a sieve imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv
to hit the nail on the head točno zadeti
to keep one's head ostati miren
figurativno to keep one's head above water obdržati se nad vodo, životariti
to knock s.th. on the head onemogočiti kaj
to lay (ali put) heads together glave stikati, posvetovati se
to let s.o. have his head pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi
to lie on s.o.'s head biti komu v breme
to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
I cannot make head or tail of ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave
to make head izbiti na čelo, napredovati
to make head against uspešno se upirati
to be put over the heads of other persons pri napredovanju preskočiti druge
to put s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to put s.th. into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head izbiti komu kaj iz glave
to put s.th. out of one's head izbiti si kaj iz glave
to put one's head in the lion's mouth izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to rear one's head glavo dvigniti
to run in s.o.'s head vrteti se komu po glavi
to run one's head against a brick wall riniti z glavo skozi zid
to shake one's head odkimati
to shake one's head at z glavo zmajati
to suffer from swelled (ali swollen) head biti zelo domišljav
to take the head prevzeti vodstvo
to take s.th. into one's head v glavo si kaj vtepsti
to talk over s.o.'s head za koga preučeno govoriti
to talk s.o.'s head off utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem
to talk through the back of s.o.'s head neprestano v koga govoriti
to throw o.s. at the head of obesiti se komu za vrat
to talk one's head off nenehno govoriti
to turn one's head v glavo stopiti
to turn s.o.'s head glavo komu zmešati
to win by a head zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)
to work one's head off pretegniti se od dela, garati
heads I win, tails you lose izgubiš v vsakem primeru

heart [ha:t] samostalnik
srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje)
množina srčne karte

after one's own heart po želji, kot srce poželi
at heart v duši, v srcu, po srcu
an affair of the heart ljubezenska zadeva
bless my heart! za boga!
by heart na pamet
at the bottom of one's heart na dnu srca
heart's desire srčna želja
from one's heart iskreno, iz srca
for one's heart srčno rad
heart and head navdušeno
heart of oak srčika hrasta, figurativno srčen človek; leseno ladjevje
heart and soul z dušo in telesom
a heart-to-heart talk odkrit pogovor
in good heart v dobrem stanju
the land is in good heart zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana
in the heart of v osrčju
in one's heart skrivoma
in one's heart of hearts v dnu duše, zares
in heart dobre volje
light of heart vesel, brezbrižen
left heart levi srčni prekat
king (queen) of hearts srčni kralj (dama)
navtika my hearts! tovariši!, pogumni fantje!
near one's heart všeč, pri srcu
the very heart of the matter bistvo zadeve
out of heart malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)
sick at heart potrt, žalosten
smoker's heart kadilčevo (bolno) srce
searchings of heart tesnoba, sum
to one's heart's content do mile volje, kot srce poželi
with all one's heart iz vsega srca, srčno rad
with a heavy heart s težkim srcem
medicina disordered heart srčna nevroza

Z glagoli:

to break s.o.'s heart streti komu srce
to clasp s.o. to one's heart prižeti koga na srce
to cry one's heart out oči si izjokati
to cut s.o. to the heart zadeti koga v srce, užaliti
to do one's heart good dobro deti, osrečiti
to eat one's heart out giniti od žalosti
my heart fails pogum mi upada
I cannot find it in my heart to; ali I don't have the heart to srce mi ne da, da bi
to get (go) to the heart of priti (iti) stvari do dna
to give heart opogumiti
to give one's heart to s.o. dati komu srce
to go near (ali to) one's heart ganiti
my heart goes out to him sočustvujem z njim
to grow out of heart postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)
to have a heart imeti (dobro) srce
have a heart! usmili se!
to have no heart biti brez srca, neusmiljen
to have s.th. at heart srčno kaj želeti
to have one's heart in one's mouth v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen
to have one's heart in one's boots biti zelo malodušen
to have one's heart in the right place imeti srce na pravem mestu
to have s.o.'s good at heart brigati se za dobro nekoga
to have one's heart in one's work biti z vsem srcem pri delu
his heart leaps up srce mu zaigra
to lay s.th. to heart na srce položiti
to lose heart izgubiti pogum
to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
to make one's heart bleed čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)
to open one's heart to s.o. razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen
to pluck up heart opogumiti se
to pour out one's heart srce izliti
to put s.o. in good heart razveseliti, razvedriti koga
to put one's heart into s.th. biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom
my heart sank srce mi je padlo v hlače
to set one's heart on s.th. iz vsega srca kaj želeti
to set one's heart at rest umiriti se, pomiriti se
to take s.th. to heart k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti
to take heart (of grace) zbrati pogum, opogumiti se
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve imeti srce na jeziku
to win s.o.'s heart srce osvojiti
what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh povedati, kar ti leži na srcu

hearth [ha:ɵ] samostalnik
ognjišče
figurativno dom
tehnično talilnik

a man's hearth; ali hearth and home dom

heaven [hevn] samostalnik
nebesa
množina nebesni svod, nebo, nébes; cona; podnebje
figurativno raj, blaženstvo

Heaven bog
by heaven; ali good heavens! sveta nebesa!
the Heaven of heavens deveta nebesa
heaven and earth v nebesih in na zemlji
to move heaven and earth vse napraviti, vsak kamen obrniti
in the seventh heaven v devetih nebesih, blažen
for heaven's sake za božjo voljo
figurativno, pogovorno to heaven, to high nezaslišano, smrdi do neba
heaven forbid bog ne zadeni
it is Heaven's will božja volja je
thank heaven hvala bogu
would to heaven da bog da
what in heaven? kaj za boga?
it was heaven bilo je božansko

hedge² [hedž] samostalnik
živa meja, živica, seč
figurativno zapreka, pregraja
ekonomija zavarovanje proti izgubi (z drugim kritjem)

dead hedge kamnita ograja
quickset hedge živa meja (iz dreves, grmovja)
figurativno stone hedge zid, pregraja
a hedge of police policijski kordon
over hedge and ditch čez drn in strn
it doesn't grow on every hedge ne raste na vsakem grmu, se redko najde
to be on the wrong side of the hedge motiti se
to sit on the hedge ne izreči se, biti pol ptič pol miš

heel¹ [hi:l] samostalnik
peta, podpetnik; zadnje kopito; zadnja živalska noga; peta, ven moleč del predmeta (npr. držaj godala); spodnji del (jambora, gredi itd.)
ameriško, sleng baraba

heel of Achilles Ahilova peta
at (ali on, upon) s.o.'s heels komu za petami
down at (the) heel; ali out at heels ponošenih pet, figurativno oguljen, strgan, v slabih razmerah
to heel pri nogi (pes), figurativno ubogljivo, voljno
figurativno under the heel of pod peto, pod oblastjo
heels over head; ali head over heels na pete na glavo, na vrat na nos
the iron heel figurativno trda oblast, železna peta
by the heel and toe od vseh strani
from head to heels od glave do pete
neck and heels od nog do glave
ameriško heel of the hand peščaj

Z glagoli:

to be carried with the heels foremost biti odnesen s petami naprej, mrtev
to bring to heel upogniti koga
to come to heel priti k nogi (pes), figurativno zvesto slediti, ubogati
to have s.o. by the heels imeti koga v oblasti
to have the heels of prehiteti koga
to kick (ali cool) one's heels dolgo čakati, ameriško, sleng plesati
to kick (ali tip, turn) up one's heels umreti, pete iztegniti
not to know if one is on one's head or heels ne vedeti, kje se koga glava drži
to lay (ali clap) by the heels ujeti, zvezati, spraviti v zapor
my heart sank into my heels srce mi je padlo v hlače
to show a clean pair of heels pete pokazati, bežati
to take to one's heels pete odnesti, pobegniti
to tread on s.o.'s heels obesiti se komu na pete
to turn on one's heel zasukati se na peti

hem² [mm, hm]

1. medmet
hm!

2. neprehodni glagol
hmkati

to hem and haw obotavljaje govoriti, jecljati

hen [hen] samostalnik
kokoš; samica (ptičev)

like a hen with one chicken smešno malenkosten
ameriško, sleng there is a hen on "nekaj se kuha"
hen and chickens rastlina z mnogimi poganjki

here [híə] prislov
tukaj, semkaj, sem
figurativno na tem mestu, v tem slučaju

here you are! izvolite!
here below tukaj doli, figurativno na zemlji, na tem svetu
here goes! da začnem!, da poskusim!
look here! glej!, poslušaj, prosim
that is neither here nor there ne spada sem, ni važno
here's to you! na tvoje zdravje!
here and there tu in tam, semkaj, tjakaj; sem in tja (časovno)
here, there and everywhere povsod
here today and gone tomorrow bežno, minljivo

hewer [hjú:ə] samostalnik
drvar, tesar; kopač (v rudniku)

hewers of wood and drawers of water garači

high¹ [hái] pridevnik
visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet (a high Tory)
napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)
pogovorno natrkan
sleng omamljen (od mamila)

ameriško, sleng high on nor na kaj
of high birth plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu
high complexion zardel obraz
britanska angleščina higher school certificate abiturientsko spričevalo
high day beli dan, prazničen dan
high and dry figurativno osamljen, zapuščen; navtika nasedel, na suhem
to leave s.o. high and dry pustiti koga na cedilu
in high feather dobre volje, opit
to fly a high game visoko letati
in high health pri odličnem zdravju
with a high hand samovoljno, ošabno
to carry things off with a high hand samovoljno, predrzno ravnati
a high kicker lahkoživka
high latitudes pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev
high and low gospoda in raja
land is high zemlja je draga
pogovorno to mount (ali ride) the high horse biti ponosen, biti domišljav
high merit velika zasluga
high and mighty nadut, ošaben
high noon točno opoldne
high praise velika hvala
high politics visoka politika
high period obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)
on the high ropes ohol, poln prezira; besen
high speed največja hitrost
high society visoka družba
of high standing visokega stanu, ugleden
high summer visoko poletje
high spirit razigranost, vedrost
in high spirits razigran, pogovorno natrkan, "v rožicah"
high seas razburkano morje
the high seas odprto morje
high time skrajni čas
high wind močan veter
high words ostre besede, prepir
a high old time; ali high jinks imenitna zabava
the Most High bog
sleng how is that for high? to je pa že malo preveč

high² [hái] prislov
visoko; močno, zelo

to fly high visoko letati
my heart beats high with srce mi razbija od
to hold one's head high glavo visoko nositi
to hunt (ali search) high and low for povsod iskati
to live high razkošno živeti
to pay high drago plačati
to play high igrati za mnogo denarja
to run high biti razburkan (morje); figurativno biti razburjen, razburiti se

highway [háiwei] samostalnik
glavna cesta, prometna žila, avtocesta
figurativno prema pot do čeaa

highways and byways glavne in stranske ceste
highway code cestno prometni predpisi

hill¹ [hil] samostalnik
grič, hrib, hribček

the hills gorsko zdravilišče v Indiji
ant-hill mravljišče
dung-hill gnojišče
mole-hill krtina
up hill and down dale čez hrib in dol
as old as the hills prastar
figurativno over the hill čez najhujše (se prebiti)
ameriško, pogovorno not worth a hill of beans še počenega groša ni vredno

hip¹ [hip] samostalnik
anatomija kolk
arhitektura poševen zatrep

to have s.o. on the hip imeti koga v oblasti
to get s.o. on the hip dobiti koga v oblast, premagati
to smite s.o. hip and thigh neusmiljeno koga uničiti
to take (ali catch) s.o. on the hip izrabiti šibko točko koga

hither² [híðə] prislov
semkaj, tu sem

hither and thither sem in tja

home³ [hóum] samostalnik
dom, domačija, stanovanje; domovina; zavetišče
figurativno domača streha
šport, figurativno cilj

at home doma, v domovini
an at-home sprejemni dan
at home in (ali on, with) vajen česa, doma (v računstvu)
home for the aged dom za upokojence
away from home odsoten, odpotoval, v tujini
charity begins at home vsakdo je samemu sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
not at home to ne biti doma za goste, ne sprejemati gostov
long (ali last) home zadnji dom, grob
to draw to one's long home bližati se koncu, umirati
to eat s.o. out of the house and home spraviti koga ob vse, živeti na tuj račun
to feel at home počutiti se kot doma
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma, vgnezditi se pri kom
to make s.o. feel at home potruditi se, da se kdo počuti kot doma
there is no place like home doma je najlepše

hook¹ [huk] samostalnik
kavelj, kljuka; trnek; zapenec, pripenjec; oster ovinek, rečni zavoj, ovinkast rt
šport ločnik (udarec pri boksu)
figurativno past, zanka
množina, sleng kremplji, prsti

a bill hook zaokrožen nož
crochet-hook kvačka
fish-hook trnek
reaping-hook srp
hook and eye zapenec in ušesce
Hook of Holland polotok in pomožno pristanišče v Rotterdamu
by hook or by crook z lepa ali z grda
sleng off the hooks vznemirjen, prismojen
sleng to drop off the hooks umreti
hook, line, and sinker popolnoma
sleng on one's own hook na svojo pest
sleng to take (ali sling) one's hook zbežati, pete si brusiti
to have s.o. on one's hook imeti koga v oblasti

hop¹ [hɔp] samostalnik
skok, poskakovanje; ena etapa pri dolgem poletu (letalo)
pogovorno kratko potovanje, kratka pot, skok
pogovorno ples

ameriško a bell-hop hotelski sluga
pogovorno on the hop na potepu, na skok, hitro
to catch s.o. on the hop ujeti koga na delu, nepričakovano
šport hop, step (ali skip) , and jump troskok

horse¹ [hɔ:s] samostalnik
konj, žrebec
vojska jezdeci, konjenica; lesen trinožnik
tisk vlagalna deska
šport konj
sleng prepovedan pripomoček v šoli
pogovorno bankovec za 5 funtov
ameriško burka, vragolija

to breathe like a horse sopsti kot konj
šport buck-horse koza
a horse of another colour nekaj čisto drugega
clothes-horse stojalo za sušenje obleke
to back the wrong horse slabo presoditi
figurativno a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec
to eat like a horse jesti kot volk
to flog a dead horse mlatiti prazno slamo; zaman se truditi
horse and foot konjenica in pešadija; figurativno z vsemi sredstvi
it is a good horse that never stumbles tudi najpametnejšemu včasih spodleti
ameriško hold your horses! le mirno!
light horse lahko oborožena konjenica
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
to mount (ali ride, be on) the high horse prevzetno se vesti
you may take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink s silo se ne da vsega doseči
to play horse with s.o. grobo s kom ravnati
to put the cart before the horse delati kaj narobe
to ride the wooden horse za kazen jahati na lesenem konju
to roll up horse, foot, and guns popolnoma premagati
horse of state paradni konj
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
one-horse show neuspela stvar
figurativno do not spur a willing horse ne priganjaj ubogljivega konja
sea-horse morski konj, triton; zoologija morski konjiček; zoologija mrož
vojska to horse! na konje!
wild horses will not drag me there za nobeno ceno ne grem tja
to work like a horse delati kakor konj
wheel horse zanesljiv delavec, garač