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brand¹ [brǽnd] samostalnik
ogorek; vžgano znamenje; žig, zaščitna znamka; vrsta blaga
poetično meč
poetično bakla; stigma, sramota
botanika (žitna) snet

to snatch a brand from the burning rešiti koga ali kaj
of the best brand najboljše vrste
a brand from the fire (ali burning) človek, ki je ušel grozeči nevarnosti; figurativno spreobrnjenec, -nka

brass² [bra:s] pridevnik
medeninast, bronast
figurativno predrzen, izzivalen, trmast

brass band godba na pihala
to get down to brass tacks (ali nails) jasno se izraziti
not worth a brass farthing niti počenega groša vreden
not to care a brass farthing toliko se meniti kakor za lanski sneg
to part brass rags spreti se
brass works livarna bakra

breach¹ [bri:č] samostalnik
zlom, prelom; odprtina, luknja, razpoka, vrzel
figurativno prekinitev, presledek; razdor, nesloga; prestopek, kršitev, prekršek
vojska prodor; skok kita iz vode
navtika valovi ob ladji

to heal the breach poravnati spor
a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance navada, ki jo je bolje opustiti
breach of faith izdajstvo
breach of the peace nemir, upor
to stand in the breach pretrpeti prvi sunek napada, figurativno biti na braniku
breach of trust zloraba zaupanja
without breach of continuity nenehno, nepretrgano
to step into the breach priskočiti na pomoč
pravno breach of promise neizpolnjena obljuba zakona
breach of a covenant kršitev dogovora

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

breadth [bredɵ] samostalnik
širina, prostranost
figurativno velikodušnost; drznost

to a hair's breadth čisto natanko, za las
breadth of mind velikodušnost

break^*1 [breik]

1. prehodni glagol
lomiti, prelomiti, zlomiti, odlomiti; skrhati; raztrgati, pretrgati, odtrgati; poškodovati, (po)kvariti; odpreti, odpečatiti; prestreči, prekiniti; odvaditi; (pre)kršiti; oslabiti, ublažiti; (iz)uriti (konja v ježi); uničiti; obzirno sporočiti; izčrpati; orati, kopati; (iz službe) odpustiti, degradirati

2. neprehodni glagol
zlomiti, skrhati, razbiti, raztrgati se; razpasti, razpadati; počiti, razpočiti se; poslabšati se (vreme); svitati; ločiti se, spremeniti smer; propasti, zbankrotirati; vlomiti

to break asunder pretrgati, prelomiti
to break an army razpustiti vojsko
to break s.o.'s back zlomiti komu vrat, uničiti ga
pogovorno to break the back of s.th. opraviti najtežji del česa
to break the bank izčrpati banko
to break the blow prestreči udarec
to break the bounds prekoračiti mejo
to break bread jesti
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati
to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, uporabiti drastična sredstva
to break cover zapustiti skrivališče, izkobacati se
to break a custom odvaditi se
the day is breaking svita se, dani se
to break a drunkard of drinking odvaditi pijanca piti
to break the engagement razdreti zaroko
to break even pokriti stroške, poravnati se
to break faith prelomiti prisego, izneveriti se
to break a fall zadržati padec
to break one's fast nekaj pojesti
to break the flax treti lan
to break (new) ground ledino orati, začeti nov obrat
to break hold iztrgati se
to break the ice prebiti led
to break lance with začeti s kom pismeno diskusijo
to break the law kršiti zakon
to break loose odtrgati se, zbežati; prekršiti
to break a match razdreti zaroko
to break the neck of s.th. izvržiti najtežji del naloge, končati kaj
to break o.s. of a habit odvaditi se česa
to break the news povedati novico
to break open nasilno odpreti
to break a promise ne izpolniti obljube
to break s.o.'s pride ponižati koga
to break to pieces zdrobiti (se); razpasti
to break small zdrobiti
to break the thread prekiniti, pretrgati
to break water priti na površino
who breaks pays sam pojej, kar si si skuhal
to break wind prdniti
to break short dokončati
break your neck! veliko sreče!

breast¹ [brest] samostalnik
prsi, dojka
figurativno vest, srce, duša
tehnično plužna deska

to make a clean breast of s.th. odkrito priznati, po pravici kaj povedati

breast² [brest] prehodni glagol
kljubovati, boriti se proti čemu

to breast a hill povzpeti se na grič
to breast the waves opreti se ob valove

breathe [bri:ð]

1. neprehodni glagol
dihati, vdihavati; živeti, biti; dišati; zastati; pihljati

2. prehodni glagol
vdihniti, izdihniti; izhlapevati, oddajati (vonj); šepetati, blebetati, izustiti; utruditi; do sape pustiti (konja)

a better fellow does not breathe je najboljši človek na svetu
to breathe one's last (breath) izdihniti, umreti
not to breathe a word (ali syllable) ne izdati niti besede
to breathe vengeance snovati maščevanje
to breathe vein puščati kri
to breathe freely biti brez skrbi, pomirjen

breeze² [bri:z] samostalnik
vetrič
sleng prepir, pričkanje
figurativno novica, glas

to have (ali get) the breeze up razjeziti se; prestrašiti se
ameriško to fan the breeze čas zapravljati
pogovorno it's a breeze to je igrača

brew¹ [bru:]

1. prehodni glagol
(s)kuhati, (z)variti
figurativno pripraviti, povzročiti; (s)kovati

2. neprehodni glagol
kuhati, variti se
figurativno pripravljati se

a mischief is brewing nesreča grozi
a storm is brewing nevihta se pripravlja
as you have brewed, so you must drink kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal

bribe¹ [braib] samostalnik
podkupovanje podkupnina

to offer s.o. a bribe skušati koga podkupiti
to take a bribe dati se podkupiti

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

brick² [brik] pridevnik
opéčen, opečnat

wooden brick lesena kocka
to run one's head against a brick wall iti z glavo skozi zid

bridle [bráidl] samostalnik
uzda
mornarica sidrna veriga
figurativno zavora, zadržek

bridle hand leva roka
to bite on the bridle s težavami se boriti
bridle path jezdna pot
to put a bridle on uzdati, brzdati, zadrževati
to give a horse the bridle, to lay bridle on his neck popustiti konju vajeti, dati polno svobodo

brief² [bri:f] samostalnik
pravno kratka razlaga tožbene reči
cerkev papeževo pismo; kratek pregled
množina kratke hlače

to have (ali hold) a brief for s.o. zastopati, braniti koga
to accept a brief on behalf of jamčiti za koga
to have plenty of briefs imeti mnogo posla (odvetnik)
pogovorno to hold no brief for ne marati koga

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

broach² [brouč] prehodni glagol
na čep dati
figurativno načeti (pogovor); vrtati

to broach a question sprožiti vprašanje, omeniti kaj
navtika to broach a ship obrniti ladijski bok proti vetru

broth [brɔɵ] samostalnik
(mesna) juha

irsko a broth of a boy fant od fare, vrl dečko, korenjak, tič
too many cooks spoil the broth preveč kuharjev pripali juho

brown¹ [braun] pridevnik
rjav, zagorel, temen, mračen

brown bread črn kruh
brown cloth surovo, nebeljeno platno
brown coal lignit
sleng to do brown slepariti, ugnati
brown George lončena posoda
in a brown study zamaknjen, zamišljen
brown shirt nacist
brown sugar nerafiniran sladkor
brown ware kamenina