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feather¹ [féðə] samostalnik
pero, perje; čopek; pena na morskem valu; vrsta; razpoloženje

birds of a feather flock together enak se druži z enakim, ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo
to be in full feather imeti dosti denarja
a feather in one's cap hvalevredna odlika
to crop s.o.'s feathers pristriči komu krila, ponižati ga
in grand feather v svečani obleki, našemljen; odličnega zdravja
in high feather dobre volje; dobrega zdravja
to knock down with a feather močno presenetiti
ameriško, sleng feather merchant zmuzne; vojska, sleng civilist
fur and feather zveri in ptice
to ruffle s.o.'s feathers dražiti koga
to show the white feather popihati jo; biti strahopeten
to smooth s.o.'s ruffled feathers pomiriti koga
a broken feather in one's wing napaka v značaju
the vessel cuts a feather ladja pluje s polno paro

feed^*1 [fi:d]

1. prehodni glagol (on, with)
pitati, rediti, krmiti, pasti, hraniti; vzdrževati (ogenj); oskrbovati; netiti (strasti); podajati (žogo); dolivati (vodo)
gledališče prišepetavati

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, žreti, hraniti se; rediti se; napasti se

pogovorno to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen
to feed one's eyes on z očmi kaj požirati
to feed out of s.o.'s hand biti domač, krotek

feed² [ fi:d] samostalnik
hrana, krma; obrok, obed; hranjenje; napajanje, dovajanje pogonskih snovi; naboj

sleng to be off one's feed ne imeti teka
sleng to put on the feed bag lotiti se jedi
feed grains žitna klaja

fever¹ [fí:və] samostalnik
vročica, mrzlica
figurativno huda vnema

britanska angleščina Channel fever domotožje
gold (ali yellow) fever rumena mrzlica
intermittent fever menjajoča se mrzlica
to be in fever imeti mrzlico
mike fever strah pred mikrofonom
pogovorno break-bone fever visoka vročina; gripa
fever tree evkalipt
typhoid fever tifus
scarlet fever škrlatinka

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fifty² [fífti] pridevnik
petdeset

to have fifty things to tell (do) imeti veliko povedati (narediti)

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

find¹ [faind]

1. prehodni glagol
najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
zaslediti divjačino
pravno odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss grajati
to find expression izraziti se
to find fault with grajati koga ali kaj
to find favour imeti podporo, zaščito
pravno to find s.o. guilty spoznati, da je kdo kriv
pogovorno to find one's feet pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se
pravno to find a true bill izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen
to find s.o. in s.th. oskrbeti koga s čim
I cannot find it in my heart srce mi ne da
I could find it in my heart rad bi
how do you find yourself? kako se imaš?
to find one's match najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika
the jury found for the culprit porota je osvobodila obtoženca
I trust this finds you well upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo
to find o.s. sam se oskrbeti; znajti se
to find pleasure in s.th. imeti s čim veselje

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

finger-tip [fíŋgətip] samostalnik
prstna konica

to the finger-tips popolnoma; popoln
to have s.th. at one's finger-tip dobro kaj znati, imeti v malem prstu

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

floor¹ [flɔ:] samostalnik
tla, pod, dno; nadstropje; sejna dvorana; prizorišče v filmskem ateljeju; proizvodnja filma; najnižja meja (plače, dnevnice)

to ask for the floor oglasiti se k besedi
the film goes on the floor začenja se snemanje filma
the film is on the floor film se snema
floor show zabavni program, ki se predvaja med gledalci
floor price najnižja dopustna cena
to get (ali have, ameriško take) the floor imeti besedo (v parlamentu)
to give the floor dati besedo
ground floor, ameriško first floor pritličje
on the first (ameriško second) floor v prvem nadstropju
French floor parket
inlaid floor okrasni parket
to take the floor plesati
sleng to wipe the floor with s.o. uničiti, popolnoma premagati koga

fond [fɔnd] pridevnik (fondly prislov)
arhaično neumen, nespameten; domišljav; ljubeč, zateleban; prizanesljiv

to be fond of rad imeti

fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati

footing [fútiŋ] samostalnik
podlaga; hoja, ples; prostor za noge
figurativno opora, trden položaj; razmerje; celotna vsota

to be on good (ali friendly) footing biti v prijateljskem razmerju; imeti dobre stike
mind your footing! pazi, kam stopiš!
footing of columns seštevanje stolpcev; dobljena vsota
to lose (ali miss) one's footing spodrsniti
to pay one's footing plačati vstopnino ali članarino
on equal (ali the same) footing enakopraven
on business footing v poslovnih odnosih
škotsko first footing novoletni obisk
war footing vojno stanje
to get (ali gain) a footing ustaliti se
to gain (ali obtain) a footing uveljaviti se

forgetful [fəgétful] pridevnik (forgetfully prislov)
pozabljiv, površen

to be forgetful of imeti slab spomin za

foundation [faundéišən] samostalnik
osnovanje, ustanovitev; temelj, osnova; ustanova; samostan

to be on the foundation imeti štipendijo
foundation school samostanska šola
Old Foundation predreformacijske katedrale
New Foundation poreformacijske katedrale
foundation stone temeljni kamen
foundation garment pas za nogavice, steznik
foundation material škrobljeno platno

freedom [frí:dəm] samostalnik (from, of)
svoboda, neodvisnost, prostost; iskrenost; drznost; lahkota
figurativno prost dostop, prosta raba

freedom of the city častno meščanstvo
to have the freedom of s.th. imeti prost dostop do česa
freedom of house prosta uporaba hiše
freedom from passion brezstrastnost
to take out one's freedom dobiti državljanske pravice
to take freedoms with dovoliti si kaj, biti predomač s
freedom of a company mojstrska pravica