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burn² [bə:n] samostalnik
opeklina; vžgano znamenje; požiganje; žig

to give s.o. a burn ošiniti koga z uničujočim pogledom

burning¹ [bə́:niŋ] pridevnik
goreč, vroč, žareč
figurativno vnet, ognjevit, vročekrven, strasten

burning oil gorilno olje, petrolej
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zvoni
a burning question pereče vprašanje
a burning shame v nebo vpijoče
a burning scent sveža sled

burnt² [bə:nt] pridevnik
zažgan, zgorel, spaljen, pogorel

burnt claret kuhano vino
a burnt child dreads the fire, once burnt twice shy kdor se opeče, je drugič previden
burnt gas izpušni plin
burnt earthenware žgana glina, terakota

burst² [bə:st] samostalnik
razpoka; (raz)pok, izbruh, eksplozija
figurativno prodor; popivanje, veseljačenje

sleng to make a burst odvaditi se
to be on the burst popivati, veseljačiti, krokati
burst of applause viharno pritrjevanje

burton [bə́:tən] samostalnik
škripčevje; pivo (iz Burtona)

pogovorno he has gone for a burton odšel je in se ni vrnil, ni ga več

bushel [búšl] samostalnik
mernik, korec (britanska angleščina 36,3 l, ameriško 35,3 l)

to hide one's light under a bushel biti preskromen, postavljati svojo luč pod mernik
don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel ne sodi drugih po sebi

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

buster [bʌ́stə] samostalnik
sleng velika stvar; velika laž; krokanje

to come a buster pasti s konja; doživeti neuspeh

bustle¹ [bʌ́sl]

1. neprehodni glagol
sukati se, poditi se, hiteti (about)
sem ter tja tekati

2. prehodni glagol
spodbosti, gnati, poditi

to bustle through a crowd prerivati se

butterfly [bʌ́təflai] samostalnik
zoologija metulj
figurativno površnež, domišljavec

to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, trošiti preveč energije
butterfly stroke metuljček (plavanje)

button¹ [bʌ́tn] samostalnik
gumb
botanika popek; glavič; mlada gobica

covered button prevlečen gumb
not to care a (brass) button prav nič se ne meniti
pogovorno not to have all one's buttons ne biti čisto pri pameti
the buttons have come off the foils nasprotniki v borbi pozabljajo na osnovna pravila vljudnosti
to do up a button zapeti gumb
to undo a button odpeti gumb
a button has come undone gumb se je odpel
to press the button pozvoniti
(a boy in) buttons livrirani sluga; sprevodnik dvigala
not worth a button niti piškavega oreha vreden, zanič

buy^*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
kupiti; podkupiti
figurativno drago plačati

to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
to buy and sell trgovati

buzz² [bʌz] samostalnik
brnenje, brenčanje
ameriško cirkularka
sleng govorica, šušljanje

buzz bomb nemška raketa V₁
to give s.o. a buzz telefonirati komu

buzz-saw [bʌ́zsɔ:] samostalnik
cirkularka

to monkey with a buzz-saw igrati se z ognjem

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

byword [báiwə:d] samostalnik
pregovor; svarilen primer; tarča posmeha

to become a byword postati splošno znan (v slabem pomenu)

cab¹ [kæb] samostalnik
fijakar, kočija; taksi; strojna hišica na lokomotivi

to take a cab najeti si kočijo, taksi, peljati se s kočijo, taksijem
cab driver fijakar, kočijaž, voznik taksija
cab stand parkirni prostor za kočije ali taksije
cab runner, cab tout človek, ki za nagrado pokliče taksi in pomaga naložiti vanj prtljago

cache¹ [kæš] samostalnik
skrivališče orožja, hrane (polarnih raziskovalcev); skrite zaloge (živeža, orožja)

to make a cache pripraviti si skrivališče

cairn [kɛən] samostalnik
nagrobni spomenik; mejnik; kup kamenja

cairn terrier pasma škotskega terierja
to add a stone to s.o.'s cairn poveličevati koga po smrti

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih