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wasteful [wéistful] pridevnik (wastefully prislov)
zapravljiv, potraten, razsipen; drag, nerentabilen; ki pustoši, uničuje
zastarelo pust, zapuščen

to be wasteful of biti potraten z, zapravljati (kaj)

solitaire [səlitɛ́ə] samostalnik
en sam, velik drag kamen (npr. briljant v prstanu); manšetni gumb iz enega kosa
ameriško pasjansa (igra s kartami, ki jo igra samo en igralec s samim seboj); (redko) samotar

stone¹ [stóun]

1. samostalnik
kamen; drag kamen; koščica (sadja), peška; zrno toče
medicina (ledvični, žolčni, v mehurju) kamen; utežna mera (14 funtov, 6,35 kg); (spominski, mejni, nagrobni) kamen; brus, osla; mlinski kamen
množina, vulgarno modo

a stone of cheese 7,26 kg sira
a stone of meat (fish) 3,63 kg mesa (rib)
stone's throw (cast) daljava, do katere se lahko vrže kamen; lučaj, domet kamna; majhna oddaljenost
artificial stone cement
Cornish stone kaolin
gall stone medicina žolčni kamen
grave stone nagrobni kamen
grind stone mlinski kamen
hearth stone kamnito podnožje ognjišča
holy stone mehak peščenec za čiščenje palube
meteoric stone meteorit
mile stone miljnik; mejnik
paving stone tlakovalna kocka
philosophers' stone kamen modrih
precious stone dragulj
rocking stone majav kamen
rolling stone valeč se kamen, figurativno nestanoviten človek
the Stone Age kamena doba
shower of stones ploha, dež kamenja
stocks and stones nežive stvari
to break stones tolči, drobiti, razbijati kamenje
to cast (to throw) stones at s.o. obmetavati koga s kamenjem, figurativno zmerjati, sramotiti, grajati, obrekovati koga
stones will cry out figurativno krivica, ki vpije v nebo
to be cut for the stone biti operiran zaradi (žolčnega, ledvičnega itd.) kamna
some of the stones were the size of a pigeon's egg nekaj zrn toče je bilo velikosti golobjega jajca
to give a stone and a beating šport, pogovorno z lahkoto premagati
a rolling stone gathers no moss figurativno goste službe, redke suknje
to give a stone for bread figurativno posmehovati se, namesto da bi pomagali; nuditi nesprejemljivo pomoč
to harden into stone okamneti (tudi figurativno)
to kill two birds with one stone ubiti dve muhi z enim udarcem
not to leave a stone standing ne pustiti kamna na kamnu
to leave no stone unturned figurativno vse poskušati, vse možno napraviti
those who live in glass-houses should not throw stones naj ne grajajo tisti, ki sami niso brez graje; kdor druge kritizira, se sam izpostavlja kritiziranju
to mark with a white stone z belo kredo (v dimniku) zapisati, obeležiti (dan) kot važen (slavnosten, prazničen)

2. pridevnik
kamnit; lončen

stone mug lončen vrček

coal¹ [koul] samostalnik
premog

to blow the coals podpihovati strasti
to carry coals opravljati ponižujoče ali neprijetno delo
to carry coals to Newcastle vlivati vodo v morje
ameriško hard coal antracit
vegetable coal rjavi premog
to haul (ali call, rake, drag) over the coals grajati, psovati
to heap coals of fire over s.o's head poplačati slabo z dobrim, povzročiti komu slabo vest
coal field premogovni revir
live (ali hot, quick) coal(s) žerjavica
to put coal on the fire naložiti premog v peč

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

head² [hed] samostalnik
glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt
domačno plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu)
ekonomija postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija
sleng latrina

above one's head težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga
at the head of na čelu
by head and shoulders; ali by the head and ears s silo, na silo
(by) head and shoulders above mnogo boljši od
by a short head za dolžino nosu, figurativno z majhno prednostjo
crowned heads kronane glave
a deer of the first head petleten jelen ali srnjak
navtika down by the head s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi
head of the family družinski poglavar
heads of state državni voditelji
the head and front bistvo, politika glava zarote, vodja upora
from head to foot od nog do glave, popolnoma
head first (ali foremost) z glavo naprej, figurativno nepremišljeno
a large head of game velik trop živali
hot head vročekrvnež
a beautiful head of hair gosti lasje
head over heels narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos
old head on young shoulders pameten mlad človek
off one's head; ali out of one's head nor
over one's head viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo
over head and ears; ali head over ears preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma
on this head o tem predmetu
out of one's own head sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku
two heads are better than one kolikor glav, toliko misli
head of water vodni steber
heads or tails obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)
twopence a head 2 penija na osebo
sleng King's (Queen's) head poštna znamka
weak in the head slaboumen
head, cook and bottle washer kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo
figurativno on your head be it! naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren
ten head of cattle deset glav živine

Z glagoli:

to beat s.o.'s head off prekositi koga
pogovorno to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s head off uničiti koga
to bring to a head pripeljati do krize
figurativno to break one's head glavo si razbijati
to carry one's head high nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen
to come to a head priti do krize, zaostriti se; medicina zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir)
sleng to do a thing on one's head igraje kaj napraviti
to drag in by the head and ears s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči
to eat (ali cry, scream, run) one's head off pretirano se razburjati
it entered my head v glavo mi je padlo
to give s.o. his head figurativno popustiti uzde
to get s.th. through one's head doumeti, razumeti kaj
to go over s.o.'s head biti pretežko za koga
to go to s.o.'s head v glavo stopiti
this horse eats his head off ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden
to have a good head for biti nadarjen za
to have a head imeti "mačka"
to have a good head on one's shoulders biti dobre glave
to have one's head in the clouds figurativno živeti v oblakih, sanjariti
to have one's head screwed in the right way imeti glavo na pravem koncu
to have a head like a sieve imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv
to hit the nail on the head točno zadeti
to keep one's head ostati miren
figurativno to keep one's head above water obdržati se nad vodo, životariti
to knock s.th. on the head onemogočiti kaj
to lay (ali put) heads together glave stikati, posvetovati se
to let s.o. have his head pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi
to lie on s.o.'s head biti komu v breme
to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
I cannot make head or tail of ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave
to make head izbiti na čelo, napredovati
to make head against uspešno se upirati
to be put over the heads of other persons pri napredovanju preskočiti druge
to put s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to put s.th. into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head izbiti komu kaj iz glave
to put s.th. out of one's head izbiti si kaj iz glave
to put one's head in the lion's mouth izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to rear one's head glavo dvigniti
to run in s.o.'s head vrteti se komu po glavi
to run one's head against a brick wall riniti z glavo skozi zid
to shake one's head odkimati
to shake one's head at z glavo zmajati
to suffer from swelled (ali swollen) head biti zelo domišljav
to take the head prevzeti vodstvo
to take s.th. into one's head v glavo si kaj vtepsti
to talk over s.o.'s head za koga preučeno govoriti
to talk s.o.'s head off utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem
to talk through the back of s.o.'s head neprestano v koga govoriti
to throw o.s. at the head of obesiti se komu za vrat
to talk one's head off nenehno govoriti
to turn one's head v glavo stopiti
to turn s.o.'s head glavo komu zmešati
to win by a head zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)
to work one's head off pretegniti se od dela, garati
heads I win, tails you lose izgubiš v vsakem primeru

horse¹ [hɔ:s] samostalnik
konj, žrebec
vojska jezdeci, konjenica; lesen trinožnik
tisk vlagalna deska
šport konj
sleng prepovedan pripomoček v šoli
pogovorno bankovec za 5 funtov
ameriško burka, vragolija

to breathe like a horse sopsti kot konj
šport buck-horse koza
a horse of another colour nekaj čisto drugega
clothes-horse stojalo za sušenje obleke
to back the wrong horse slabo presoditi
figurativno a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec
to eat like a horse jesti kot volk
to flog a dead horse mlatiti prazno slamo; zaman se truditi
horse and foot konjenica in pešadija; figurativno z vsemi sredstvi
it is a good horse that never stumbles tudi najpametnejšemu včasih spodleti
ameriško hold your horses! le mirno!
light horse lahko oborožena konjenica
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
to mount (ali ride, be on) the high horse prevzetno se vesti
you may take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink s silo se ne da vsega doseči
to play horse with s.o. grobo s kom ravnati
to put the cart before the horse delati kaj narobe
to ride the wooden horse za kazen jahati na lesenem konju
to roll up horse, foot, and guns popolnoma premagati
horse of state paradni konj
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
one-horse show neuspela stvar
figurativno do not spur a willing horse ne priganjaj ubogljivega konja
sea-horse morski konj, triton; zoologija morski konjiček; zoologija mrož
vojska to horse! na konje!
wild horses will not drag me there za nobeno ceno ne grem tja
to work like a horse delati kakor konj
wheel horse zanesljiv delavec, garač

mire¹ [máiə] samostalnik
blato (tudi figurativno)
glen, grez, mulj; močvirje, močvirno tlo

figurativno to be deep in the mire tičati v blatu
figurativno to stick in the mire; ali to find o.s. in the mire tičati v težavah, biti v škripcu
figurativno to drag s.o. through the mire blatiti koga, vlačiti koga po zobeh

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)

priced [práist] pridevnik
z označeno ceno; vreden, dragocen

high-priced drag
low-priced cenen

run into neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
trčiti v, z; nepričakovano se srečati (with s kom)
naleteti na (koga); priteči v, prileteti v; izlivati se v; (o knjigi) iziti, doživeti izdajo; spremeniti se, preiti v; stopiti v

to run into debts zabresti v dolgove
his book ran into 10 editions njegova knjiga je doživela 10 izdaj
to run into some length doseči precejšnjo dolžino
to run into money pogovorno biti drag, mnogo stati
that runs into millions to gre v milijone

worth² [wə:ɵ] samostalnik
(denarna) vrednost, cena; pomembnost, važnost; notranja vrednost, dobrota, krepost, zaslužnost; ugled, čast, dostojanstvo; (redko) posest, bogastvo

of great worth drag, zelo dragocen
of no worth brez vrednosti
men of worth zaslužni ljudje
penny worth vrednost enega penija
in good worth zastarelo zlepa, brez jeze
three shillings' worth of stamps znamke v vrednosti 3 šilingov
to get the worth of one's money za svoj denar dobiti nekaj enakovrednega
I did not get my money's worth preplačal sem
to have one's money's worth ne preplačati