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beyond² [bijɔ́nd] predlog
več kot, razen; na oni strani, nasproti

beyond belief neverjeten
beyond comprehension nerazumljiv
it is beyond my depth tega ne razumem, ne dojamem
beyond dispute nespodbiten
beyond endurance neznosen
beyond one's expectation več kot smo pričakovali
beyond expression neizrekljiv
beyond hope brezupen
beyond all praise odličen
it is beyond me tega ne zmorem
he is beyond the (human) pale njegovo vedenje je neprimerno
beyond measure pretiran(o)
beyond possibility nemogoče
he lives beyond his income živi preko svojih dohodkov
beyond one's means prepotratno
beyond one's time predolgo
beyond recovery neozdravljiv
beyond the tomb v onstranstvu
beyond words nepopisen
to go beyond one's depth zgubiti tla pod nogami

brimstone [brímstən] samostalnik
žveplo

zastarelo, vulgarno brimstone bitch prepirljivka
brimstone sermons pridige o peklenskih mukah

bum¹ [bʌm] samostalnik
vulgarno zadnjica
ameriško, sleng potepuh, delomrznež, lenuh, klatež

sleng to give s.o. the bum's rush vreči koga ven
pogovorno on the bum potepuški; polomljen
ameriško, pogovorno bum hunch slab pojem o čem
ameriško, sleng bum steer napačna informacija

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

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

care¹ [kɛə] samostalnik
skrb, nega; zaskrbljenost, previdnost, pazljivost; marljivost, prizadevnost

to take (ali have) care (of) biti previden
to take (ali have) the care of poskrbeti za koga ali kaj
care of (kratica c/o) pri (v naslovih)
Care Sunday peta postna nedelja
that shall be my care za to bom že jaz poskrbel
care killed (ali will kill) the cat pretirana skrb škoduje
with care! pazi! previdno!

certain [sə́:tn] pridevnik
neki, določen; nedvomen; zanesljiv

to make certain of s.th. prepričati se o čem
to be (ali feel) certain biti prepričan
for certain zanesljivo, gotovo

certificate¹ [sətífikit] samostalnik
spričevalo, izkaz, diploma, potrdilo; bolniški list

certificate of baptism krstni list
insurance certificate potrdilo o zavarovanju
certificate of issue potrdilo o izdaji
certificate of average potrdilo o havariji
certificate of damage potrdilo o poškodbi
certificate of origin spričevalo o izvoru blaga
certificate of receipt potrdilo o prejemu
certificate of registry potrdilo o vpisu
certificate of health zdravstveno spričevalo
certificate of birth rojstni list

chew¹ [čú:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
žvečiti, prežvekovati
figurativno (on, upon, over o) razmišljati, premišljevati, razglabljati

to chew the cud prežvekovati
ameriško, sleng to chew the rag (ali fat) čvekati, gobezdati, česnati
to chew up nahruliti
to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se naloge, ki je ne zmoremo

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica

close⁵ [klouz]

1. prehodni glagol
zapreti; končati, zaključiti, likvidirati; ustaviti se (ob drugi ladji)

2. neprehodni glagol
zapreti se; prenehati (to)
bližati se, zaceliti se

to close one's days umreti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to close s.o.'s eye suniti koga v oko
to close the door on s.th. narediti konec razpravljanju o čem
to close with the land približati se kopnemu
to close with an offer sprejeti ponudbo
to close bargain končati pogovor

cogitate [kɔ́džiteit] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (on, upon o)
premišljevati, razglabljati, preudarjati; izmisliti

cognizance [kɔ́gnizəns] samostalnik
spozna(va)nje, doznava; znak; pristojnost, kompetenca

to take special cognizance natančno preiskati
to have cognizance of s.th. vedeti o čem
within one's cognizance v območju koga
to take cognizance of s.th. seznaniti se s čim, vzeti na znanje

cognizant [kɔ́gnizənt] pridevnik
vedoč, zavedajoč se
pravno pristojen

to be cognizant of s.th. zavedati se časa, vedeti o čem
to become cognizant zavedeti se

come out neprehodni glagol
ven priti, pokazati se; prvič nastopiti; izpadati (lasje); izginiti (madež); odlikovati se

come out in spots dobiti madeže
come out on strike začeti stavkati
come out at the examination odlično opraviti izpit
come out strong odločno zastopati (stališče)
sleng come out of that! pusti to! ne govori več o tem!
come out top biti najboljši

complaint [kəmpléint] samostalnik (about o; against proti)
pritožba, tožba; kronična bolezen, duševna stiska

to make (ali lodge) a complaint vložiti tožbo
complaint book pritožna knjiga

compound¹ [kəmpáund]

1. prehodni glagol
sestaviti, sestavljati; pomešati; poravnati, izplačati

2. neprehodni glagol (with s, for o)
domeniti, dogovoriti se

pravno to compound a felony umakniti tožbo za odškodnino

compromise¹ [kɔ́mprəmaiz]

1. prehodni glagol
poravnati (spor); osramotiti, kompromitirati, ogrožati

2. neprehodni glagol (on o)
sporazumeti se; ubrati srednjo pot

conceit² [kənsí:t] prehodni glagol
arhaično (of o) domišljati, predstavljati si; vzljubiti; ustvariti, oblikovati

to conceit o.s. domišljati si

confide [kənfáid]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
zaupati; zaupno povedati; priznati

2. neprehodni glagol (in na)
zanesti, zanašati se

to confide in s.o. about s.th. zaupno se s kom o čem pogovarjati