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mistress [místris] samostalnik
gospodarica, gospodinja, mojstrica, vladarica; gospa (Mrs.)
britanska angleščina učiteljica; ljubica

she is mistress of berself zna se obvladati
britanska angleščina Mistress of the Robe prva komornica angleške kraljice

mode¹ [moud] samostalnik
način, metoda, oblika
filozofija modus
glasba tonski način
jezikoslovje način; najpogostejša vrednost (slatistika)
mineralogija rudninska sestavina kamenine

mode of life način življenja
mode of payment način plačevanja
heat is a mode of motion toplota je oblika gibanja
mode of production produkcijski način

money [mʌ́ni] samostalnik
denar, plačilno sredstvo; bogastvo, premoženje
množina, arhaično ali
pravno vsote denarja

money of account denar kot merilo vrednosti, a ne v obtoku (angleška guinea)
money on account denar v dobrem
money on (ali at) call dnevno plačljiv denar
money on hand denar pri roki
money due neplačan (zapadel) denar
ready money gotovina pri roki
pogovorno in the money pri denarju, bogat
out of money brez denarja
short of money na tesnem z denarjem
to get one's money's worth imeti stroške povrnjene, dobro kupiti
to make money (by) obogateti, dobro zaslužiti (s, z)
to coin money hitro obogateti
sleng money for jam lahek zaslužek
to marry money bogato se poročiti
ekonomija money in cash (ali hand) stanje blagajne
money makes the mare go denar odpira vsa vrata
not for love or money na noben način
for one's money kolikor se koga tiče
made of money bogat
to pay money down plačati v gotovini
pin money postranski zaslužek
to put one's money on staviti denar na
to raise money izprositi denar, dobiti denar v gotove svrhe, sposoditi si denar
time is money čas je zlato
conscience money denar, vplačan v državno blagajno (zaradi davčne utaje)
to call in money zahtevati denar nazaj, zahtevati izplačilo
to recall money odpoklicati kapital
it is not every man's money ni za vsakega enako vredno
to come into money priti do denarja, podedovati denar

mood² [mu:d] samostalnik
razpoloženje, čud
množina muhavost
fotografija razpoloženjska slika

he is a man of moods je muhast človek
in the mood for razpoložen za kaj
in no mood for nerazpoložen za kaj
in a good mood dobre volje
mood music razpoloženjska glasba

moon¹ [mu:n] samostalnik
luna, mesec
poetično mesečina:
astronomija mesec, trabant, satelit

moon's men tatovi, lopovi
there is a moon luna sije
ages of the moon lunine mene
the man in the moon izmišljena oseba
to know no more about s.th. than the man in the moon ne imeti pojma o čem
to aim at the moon biti preveč častihlepen
to cry for the moon želeti nemogoče
once in a blue moon skoraj nikoli
old moon in new moon's arms čas med prvim krajcem
new moon mlaj
crescent moon polmesec
full moon polna luna, ščip
half moon krajec (first quarter, last quarter)
waning (ali old) moon pojemajoč mesec
waxing moon rastoč mesec
sleng to shoot the moon skrivaj ponoči oditi

more² [mɔ:] prislov
več, bolj, še; povrh, za nameček

to be no more biti mrtev
more and more bolj in bolj
more or less več ali manj, približno
the more ... the more čim več ... tem več
the more so because tem bolj, ker
all the more so tem več, tem prej
no more than ne več od, samo
once more še enkrat, zopet
never more nikoli več
neither more nor less than (stupid) dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)
so much the more toliko bolj
it is wrong and, more, it is foolish ni prav in povrh je še neumno
and what is more in kar je še važnejšc
what more? kaj pa še?

mother¹ [mʌ́ðə] samostalnik
mati; mati prednica (v samostanu)
arhaično, medicina histerija

artiflcial mother inkubator
mother earth mati zemlja
pogovorno to kiss mother earth pasti
Mother's Day materinski dan
every mother's son vsak človek
mother country domovina
necessity is the mother of invention sila kola lomi
zoologija Mother Carey's chicken viharnica (ptica)
Mother Hubbard široka, ohlapna ženska obleka
kemija mother liquor (ali liquid) lužna usedlina
mother lode glavna rudna žila
botanika mother of thousands vrsta divjega lanu

mountain [máuntin] samostalnik
gora (tudi figurativno)

a mountain is raised off my spirits kamen se mi je odvalil od srca
to climb mountains iti v hribe
mountains high izredno visok
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
the mountain on labo(u)r veliko hrupa za prazen nič
zgodovina the Mountain jakobinska stranka v francoski revoluciji
Mountain State vzdevek za Montano in Zahodno Virginijo (ZDA)

move¹ [mu:v] samostalnik
poteza (šah); preselitev, gibanje
figurativno korak, ukrep, akcija, dejanje

on the move na pohodu, aktiven
sleng to get a move on podvizati se
it is your move ti si na potezi
to make a move iti drugam, premakniti se, ukreniti kaj
a clever move pameten ukrep; dobra poteza (šah)

much¹ [məč] pridevnik
mnogo

much money mnogo denarja
so much water toliko vode, sama voda
pogovorno he is too much for me nisem mu dorastel, ne pridem mu do kraja
much cry and little wool mnogo hrupa za prazen nič

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

much³ [mač] samostalnik
mnogo, velika stvar, nekaj posebnega

nothing much nič posebnega
it did not come to much ni bilo prida
to think (ali make) much of s.o. zelo koga ceniti
he is not much of a dancer ni kaj prida plesalec
to do too much of a good thing pretiravati v čem
so much; ali that much (samo) toliko
not to say much for ne zgubljati besed za kaj
much will have more kolikor več imaš, toliko več želiš

mud¹ [məd] samostalnik
blato, glen, grez
figurativno nesnaga

sleng mud in your eye! na zdravje! (pri pitju)
his name is mud na slabem glasu je, izgubil je ugled
figurativno to stick in the mud obtičati, ne napredovati
stick-in-the-mud nepodjetnež, reva
to fling (ali throw) mud at s.o. blatiti koga
to drag (down) into the mud povleči koga v blato
Mud Cat State vzdevek za državo Mississippi (ZDA)

murder¹ [mə́:də] samostalnik
umor (of)

to commit a murder zagrešiti umor, umoriti
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
pogovorno it was murder bilo je strašno
the murder is out resnica je prišla na dan
murder will out vsak umor pride prej ali slej na dan
ameriško, pravno first-degree (second-degree) murder umor, (uboj)

must⁴ [məst] samostalnik
nujnost, potreba

it is a must je neizogibno

name² [néim] prehodni glagol
imenovati, nazivati, zvatti (after, from po)
omeniti po imenu, poklicati po imenu, našteti; imenovati, določiti (for za)
določiti (datum)
britanska angleščina, parlament posvariti, pozvati k redu

to name but one da omenim le enega
to be named after dobiti ime po kom
he is not to be named on the same day with me še zdaleč mi ni enak
to name the day določiti dan poroke
to name one's price (conditions) povedati svojo ceno (pogoje)

nay [néi]

1. prislov
arhaično ne; in celo, ne samo

2. samostalnik
odklonilen odgovor
parlament kdor glasuje proti

yea and nay neodločno, bi in ne bi
to say (s.o.) nay odbiti (komu) kaj
it is enough, nay, too much dovolj je in celo preveč

near¹ [níə] prislov
blizu, v bližini, bližje
pogovorno skoraj, málodane
figurativno varčno; (z negacijo) niti približno

near by blizu
to draw near približevati se
far and near od blizu in daleč, povsod
to go (ali come) near to doing s.th. skoraj kaj narediti
near at hand pri roki, blizu
not near so bad še zdaleč ne tako slabo
it is nowhere near enough še zdaleč ni dovolj
near upon kmalu nato
to live near varčno ali borno živeti
near to blizu (do česa)

necessity [nisésiti] samostalnik
potreba, sila, nuja
(tudi množina) pomanjkanje

to bow to necessity ukloniti se sili
necessity knows no laws sila kola lomi
to make a virtue of necessity napraviti od nuje vrlino; hvaliti se s čim, kar smo morali storiti
necessity is the mother of invention v sili je človek iznajdljiv
of necessity nujno, neizbežno
under the necessity (of doing s.th.) prisiljen (kaj narediti)

need¹ [ni:d] samostalnik
potreba, sila nuja (of, for po)
pomanjkanje (of, for česa)

to be (ali stand) in need of s.th.; ali to have need of s.th. nujno kaj potrebovati
to be in need biti v stiski
if need be; ali if need arise; ali in case of need če je potrebno, v sili
to do one's needs opraviti potrebo
I had need remember moral bi si zapomniti
to have no need to do s.th. ne čutiti potrebe kaj narediti
there is no need for you to come ni ti treba priti
a friend in need is a friend indeed v sili spoznaš pravega prijatelja
to fail s.o. in his need pustiti koga na cedilu
to feel the need of (ali for) s.th. pogrešati kaj