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eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

king¹ [kiŋ] samostalnik
kralj; kralj (karte, šah); dama (igra)
figurativno kralj, magnat

King; ali king of kings bog
king of beasts kralj živali, lev
king of birds orel
King of Terrors smrt
king's peg pijača, mešanica šampanjca in žganja
britanska angleščina King's English literarna angleščina
britanska angleščina, pravno king's evidence človek, ki priča proti svojim sokrivcem
britanska angleščina king sends his carriage marica pride po osumljenca
britanska angleščina King's Bench sodišče
britanska angleščina King's Bounty dar materi trojčkov
britanska angleščina King's colours angleška zastava
britanska angleščina King's Councel (K. C.) vrhovni državni odvetnik
britanska angleščina king's highway glavna prometna žila
britanska angleščina king's weather lepo vreme med uradno svečanostjo
britanska angleščina King's Roll obvezna zaposlitev vojnih veteranov
King Baby otrok, okoli katerega se vrti vsa hiša

readiness [rédinis] samostalnik
pripravljenost, voljnost, prizadevnost; okretnost, spretnost, veščina; lahkota; hitrost, točnost, promptnost

in readiness v pripravljenosti
readiness of mind, of wit prisebnost, dar dojemanja
readiness of speech dar govora, zgovornost
readiness in paying točnost v plačevanju
readiness to help others pripravljenost za pomoč drugim
readiness for war pripravljenost za vojno
to keep in readiness držati v pripravljenosti

sight¹ [sáit] samostalnik
vid
figurativno oko, doseg oči; vidik, dogled, pogled, ogled; prizor, ogleda vredna znamenitost
množina znamenitosti (of a town kakega mesta)
pogovorno nenavaden ali žalosten pogled (prizor), grda zunanjost, strašilo; muha (na puški), merjenje, viziranje
fotografija iskalo
pogovorno masa, množina, kup
ameriško, sleng šansa

in sight v bližini, na dosegu, na dogledu
on sight na (prvi) pogied
at (first) sight na prvi pogled, brez priprave
out of sight iz vida, zunaj obzorja
within sight of v vidiku, v vidu
a (long) sight pogovorno (zelo) mnogo (of money denarja)
a sight for the gods prizor za bogove
a sight for sore eyes zelo prijeten prizor (pogled), privlačna oseba
sight unseen figurativno maček v žaklju; kupljen na slepo
bad (good) sight slab (dober) vid
the loss of sight izguba vida; oslepitev
long sight daljnovidnost
a long sight better daleč boljši
second sight figurativno preroški dar
payable at (on) sight plačljiv na pokaz
short (near) sight kratkovidnost
out of my sight! izgubi se mi izpred oči!
out of sight out of mind daleč od oči, daleč od srca
it is not right in my sight to ni prav po mojem mišljenju
it is a sight better than it was mnogo bolje je, kot je bilo
it was quite a sight! bil je to prizor za bogove!
to be in sight of videti
to catch sight of zagledati, ugledati (koga, kaj)
to come in sight pokazati se
it has cost him a sight of money to ga je veljalo kup denarja
to find favour in s.o.'s sight pridobiti si naklonjenost koga, prikupiti se, ugajati komu
to get sight of s.o. zagledati, opaziti koga
to get (to go) out of sight izginiti (iz vida)
to heave in sight pojavljati se, prikazovati se, postajati viden
to keep in sight imeti v vidu
to know by sight poznati po videzu
what a sight you look! kakšen pa si!, kot strašilo si videti!
to lose sight of izgubiti iz vida, ne več videti, figurativno pozabiti
to lose one's sight oslepeti
the letter was not meant for your sight pismo ni bilo namenjeno tebi
I should like it a jolly sight better stokrat rajši bi imel to
to make a sight of oneself smešno se obleči, osmešiti se
to play (to sing) at sight igrati na prvi pogled, brez priprave
to put out of sight skriti, ne posvečati pozornosti
to see the sights videti, ogledati si znamenitosti
I can't see (bear stand) the sight of him ne morem ga živega videti
to take a sight nameriti, ciljati; obrniti pogled
to take a sight at s.o. sleng osle pokazati komu

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti

use¹ [ju:s] samostalnik
raba, uporaba; uporabnost, korist(nost), prid; (poseben) namen, smoter; pripravnost; moč ali sposobnost uporabljati (kaj); navada, običaj, uzus; stalna ali ponovna uporaba; vaja; praksa; (pred)pravica uporabe (česa)
pravno užitek; pravica, uživanje (posesti); dobiček
cerkev obredi kake Cerkve, liturgija

beyond all use čisto nenavaden
in use v rabi
of use uporaben, koristen
of no use neuporaben, brezkoristen
in common use v splošni rabi
out of use ne v rabi, ne več uporaben
fit for use uporaben
with use s trajno rabo
the Anglican use anglikanski obred
value in use dejanska vrednost
use and wont šege in navade
according to his use and wont po njegovi (svoji) stari navadi
directions (ali instructions) for use navodila za uporabo
use makes perfect vaja naredi mojstra
use is second nature stara navada je železna srajca
once a use and ever a custum česar se je Janezek naučil, to Janez zna
can I be of use? lahko (kaj) pomagam?
is this of use to you? lahko to kaj porabite?
crying is no use nima smisla jokati, zastonj je jokati
it is (of) no use (running) brez koristi, zaman je (teči)
what's the use (of it)? kakšen smisel naj (sploh) to ima?
to be in daily use biti vsak dan v rabi
to bring into use uporabiti
to be out of use ne biti v rabi (v navadi)
to come into use priti v splošno rabo
to fall (ali to pass) out of use postati neuporaben, zastareti
you will find these shoes of use in the mountains videli boste, da so ti čevlji zelo koristni v gorah
everything has its use vsaka stvar je za kaj uporabna
I have no use for it nimam kaj početi s tem
I have no use for such people nimam nobenega smisla za take ljudi, ne cenim (ne potrebujem) takih ljudi
have you lost the use of your tongue? si izgubil dar govora?
he lost the use of his right eye ne vidi več na desno oko
to make use of s.th. uporabiti (izkoristiti) kaj, posluževati se česa
to make use of s.o.'s name sklicevati se na koga
to put out of use vzeti iz obtoka (kovance itd.)
to put to (good) use (dobro) uporabiti

veritable [véritəbl] pridevnik (-bly prislov)
pravi, pravcat; resničen, stvaren; avtentičen

a veritable godsend pravi božji dar (blagoslov)
veritable triumph pravo (pravcato) zmagoslavje

votive [vóutiv] pridevnik (votively prislov)
zaobljubljen, votiven; spominski

votive medal spominska medalja
votive offering votivni dar
votive tablet votivna plošča