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disrepute [dísripjú:t] samostalnik
slab glas, zloglasnost, razvpitost; sramota

to bring into disrepute, to bring disrepute upon s.o. spraviti koga v slab glas; navtika deti med staro železo (ladjo)
to fall (ali sink) into disrepute priti na slab glas

dotty [dɔ́ti] pridevnik (dottily prislov)
pikast
pogovorno opotekajoč se, negotov
sleng prismuknjen (on)
ves nor na

dotty on his legs opotekajoč se
to drive dotty spraviti ob pamet

drink^*1 [driŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
piti, popiti, srkati; zapiti

2. neprehodni glagol
popivati, pijančevati; nazdraviti; globoko dihati

to drink the air vdihavati zrak
to drink o.s. to death napiti se do onemoglosti
to drink hard (ali deep, like a fish) piti ko žolna
to drink a toast nazdraviti komu
to drink one's fill napiti se, kolikor komu drago
to drink the waters piti mineralno vodo (v zdravilišču)
to drink s.o. under the table spraviti koga pod mizo
to drink o.s. into an illness nakopati si bolezen s pijančevanjem

drive^*1 [draiv]

1. prehodni glagol
gnati, goniti, pognati; zabiti; vreči, zagnati (žogo); vbiti; voditi, upravljati, šofirati; pregnati, spoditi; siliti; peljati; preutruditi; graditi (cesto); vrtati (predor)

2. neprehodni glagol
peljati se; hiteti; voziti se; meriti, ciljati

to drive a bargain dobro voditi kupčijo
to drive a good (hard) bargain dobro (slabo) opraviti
to drive a coach and four through spregledati lažnivost pripovedovanja
to drive a nail home popolnoma zabiti žebelj
to drive home a point neizpodbitno dokazati
to drive a roaring trade narediti sijajno kupčijo
to let drive at zamahniti proti
to drive to the wall (ali into the corner) pritisniti ob zid, ugnati v kozji rog
to drive one's pigs to the market glasno hrkati
to drive a quill (ali pen) biti pisatelj(ica)
to drive to one's wit's end popolnoma koga zbegati
to drive s.o. mad razbesniti koga
to drive s.th. into s.o. vbiti komu kaj v glavo
to drive s.o. hard zatirati koga
to drive s.o. to despair spraviti koga v obup

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

extremity [ikstrémiti] samostalnik
skrajna meja, skrajna sila, konec
množina drastični ukrepi
anatomija udje, okončine

reduced to (the last) extremity skrajno obupan
to drive s.o. to extremity spraviti koga v obup

fetch¹ [feč]

1. prehodni glagol
iti po kaj, poslati koga po kaj; prinesti; puščati (kri); izpeljati (zaključke); dobiti, doseči; veljati (from)
izvleči

2. neprehodni glagol
prinašati (pes ustreljeno divjačino); obračati se; menjati se (veter); dospeti na cilj

to fetch and carry opravljati drobna nepomembna dela; prinašati ustreljeno divjačino
to fetch a blow udariti, prisoliti udarec
to fetch a breath vdihniti
to fetch a scream vzklikniti, krikniti
to fetch one in the face udariti koga po licu
to fetch a compass iti po ovinkih
to fetch a leap skočiti
to fetch port pripluti v pristanišče
to fetch a sigh vzdihniti
to fetch tears spraviti v jok
to fetch a high price doseči visoko ceno

focus¹ [fóukəs] samostalnik
žarišče, gorišče, kotišče; leglo

to bring into focus spraviti v žarišče
in focus v žarišču; oster, jasen (slika)
out of focus zunaj žarišča; nejasen (slika)

friend¹ [frend] samostalnik
prijatelj(ica), tovariš(ica), kolega, -gica; znanec, -nka; pomočnik, podpornik, -nica

a friend at court vplivna oseba
bosom friend pravi prijatelj
to make friends skleniti prijateljstvo; spraviti, pobotati se
a good friend is my nearest relation dober sosed je boljši kot deset stricev
a friend in need is a friend indeed v sili spoznamo pravega prijatelja
Society of friends kvekersko društvo

gear¹ [giə] samostalnik
tehnično prestava; naprava, orodje, mehanizem; konjska oprava
arhaično obleka, noša
navtika ladijska oprema

in gear v teku
out of gear v neredu
head gear pokrivalo
high gear velika hitrost
low (ali bottom) gear avtomobilizem prva brzina, majhna hitrost
neutral gear prosti tek
standing gear nepremične vrvi
landing gear pristajalne naprave
steering gear krmilni mehanizem
to throw out of gear vključiti prosti tek; skaziti, spraviti v nered
gear drive pogon z zobatimi kolesi
all one's worldly gear vse, kar človek ima, vsa imovina, vsa ropotija
to change gear preklopiti
to put in gear vklopiti
top gear največja hitrost

going¹ [góuiŋ] pridevnik
idoč, gredoč, tekoč; uspešen

going, going, gone prvič, drugič, tretjič! (na dražbi)
to be going to nameravati, hoteti
I am going to come nameravam priti, (gotovo) bom prišel
a going concern uspešni posel
the greatest scoundrel going največji lopov na svetu
to keep going ohraniti v teku
to set going spraviti v tek

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

hit^*2 [hit]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, poriniti, zadeti
figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči (at po)
slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
zadeti (against na)
ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
ameriško to hit the books guliti se
pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
hit hard! močno udari!
to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
to hit oil najti nafto
prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti

hole¹ [hóul] samostalnik
luknja, jama; ječa
figurativno bedno stanovanje, luknja; skrivališče; (golf) luknjica, zadetek
sleng zadrega, škripec

full of holes preluknjan, figurativno pomanjkljiv, majav; ekonomija zadolžen, bankrotiran
to be in a (devil of a) hole biti v hudih škripcih
like a rat in a hole brez izhoda
to live in a rotten hole stanovati v bedni luknji
to make a hole in izprazniti žepe, imeti velike stroške
to make a hole in the water skočiti v vodo (samomorilec)
money burns a hole in his pocket denar mu ne vzdrži v žepu, hitro zapravi ves denar
to pick holes in kritizirati
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v škripce
a square peg in a round hole; ali a round peg in a square hole človek, ki ni na pravem mestu

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

inconvenience¹ [inkənví:njəns] samostalnik
neudobnost, nadležnost, sitnost, neprijetnost, težava

to put s.o. to inconvenience spraviti koga v neprijeten položaj

into [íntu] predlog
v (na vprašanje kam?, v kaj?)

to come into fortune podedovati
he came into his inheritance podedoval je
to collect into heap zbrati na kup
to divide into parts razdeliti na dele
to flatter s.o. into s.th. s prilizovanjem koga spraviti do česa
to get into debt zaiti v dolgove
to grow into a man postati mož
the house looks into the garden hiša gleda na vrt
to marry into a rich family priženiti (primožiti) se v bogato hišo
to pitch into s.o. obregati se na koga
to translate into English prevesti v angleščino
to turn into cash vnovčiti
to turn into gold v zlato spremeniti
far into the night pozno v noč

knee¹ [ni:] samostalnik
koleno
botanika kolence, grča
tehnično lesen ali železen del kolenaste oblike, kolenast okov

on one's (bended) knees kleče
on the knees of the gods negotovo, v božjih rokah
to bend (ali bow) the knees to poklekniti pred kom
to bring s.o. to his knees spraviti koga na kolena
to give a knee to s.o. podpreti koga
to go on one's knees to na kolena pasti pred kom, na kolenih koga prositi

laugh¹ [la:f ameriško læf] samostalnik
smeh

horse-laugh porogljiv krohot
for laughs (samo) za šalo
to break into a laugh prasniti v smeh
to have (ali get) the laugh of nekomu se kot zadnji smejati, triumfirati nad kom
to have the laugh on s.o rogati se komu
to have a good laugh at s.th. prisrčno se čemu smejati
to have the laugh on one's side skupno se komu smejati
the laugh is against him smejejo se mu
to raise a laugh v smeh spraviti, povzročiti splošno veselost
to join in the laugh pridružiti se splošnemu smehu, razumeti šalo
ameriško he is a laugh smešen je

laugh² [la:f]

1. neprehodni glagol
smejati se

2. prehodni glagol
s smehom povedati

to laugh one's head off umirati od smeha, zvijati se od smeha
to make s.o. laugh spraviti koga v smeh
he laughs best who laughs last kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje
to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth (ali face) kislo se smejati
to laugh in one's sleeve v pest se smejati
he laughed his thanks s smehom se je zahvaljeval
to laugh a bittter laugh grenko se smejati
to laugh in s.o.'s face smejati se komu v obraz
to laugh to scorn rogati se