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be [bi:] neprehodni glagol & pomožni
biti, obstati, obstajati; eksistirati; nahajati se; veljati, stati; počutiti se; obiskati; morati; bodi

I am better bolje se počutim
I am cold (warm, hot) zebe me (toplo, vroče mi je)
to be hard up biti v stiski
here you are izvoli(te), na(te), tu imaš (imate)
to be from the purpose biti neprimeren, zgrešiti namen
to be right prav imeti
to be wrong ne imeti prav, motiti se
how are you? kako se imaš (imate)?; kako se ti (vam) godi?
how much is this? koliko stane?
if it were not for him če bi njega ne bilo
it is going to rain gotovo bo deževalo, na dež kaže
what is that to you? kaj vam to mar?
it is not in me to ni v mojem značaju, nisem tak
he lived to be 80 doživel je 80 let

bed¹ [bed] samostalnik
postelja, ležišče; divan; žimnica; podstavek; podzidje; (jezersko, morsko) dno; rečno korito, struga
geologija plast, ležišče; gredica; brlog

bed of boards pograd
to be brought (ali put) to bed roditi
to be confined to one's bed biti priklenjen na posteljo
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
to get out of the bed on the wrong side vstati z levo nogo
to go to bed iti spat
sleng go to bed molči!
hot bed topla greda, gnojak
to make the bed postlati posteljo
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
figurativno narrow bed zadnje počivališče
bed of sickness bolniška postelja
as one makes one's bed, so one must lie kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal
pravno from bed and board od mize in postelje
bed of roses (ali down, flowers) udobno življenje, dober položaj
to take to bed bolan leči
bed of thorns težko življenje, neprijeten položaj
to turn down the bed pripraviti posteljo za spanje
weary bed bolniška postelja
to lie in the bed one has made nositi posledice svojega ravnanja

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

blow^*5 [blou]

1. prehodni glagol
pihati, razpihavati; razstreliti, razstreljevati
sleng oslepariti
ameriško, sleng zapravljati; razmetavati
sleng izdati
pogovorno poveličevati

2. neprehodni glagol
pihati; doneti; piskati; puhati, sopsti; razpočiti se, eksplodirati; hvaliti se

sleng I'm blowed! ali je mogoče!, za nič na svetu!
to blow great guns močno pihati
to blow air into z zrakom napihniti
to blow a cloud kaditi pipo
to blow hot and cotd kolebati, nenehno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
it is blowing veter piha
blow it! presneto, vraga
to blow a kiss poslati poljubček
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to blow the bellows gnati mehove
it's an ill wind that blows nobody good vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
he knows which way the wind blows ve, kam pes taco moli
to puff and blow sopsti, puhati, sopihati
to blow one's trumpet (ali horn) hvaliti se
navtika, sleng to blow the gaff zatožiti, izdati koga
to blow the expense pogostiti koga, plačati račun
to blow a whistle zapiskati na piščalko

boiling¹ [bɔ́iliŋ] pridevnik
vrel, kipeč, zelo vroč

to keep the pot boiling preživljati se
boiling hot vrel, zelo vroč
boiling point vrelišče

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

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

cold¹ [kould] pridevnik (coldly prislov)
hladen, mrzel (to)
ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold zmrzovati
I am cold zebe me
in cold blood hladnokrvno
to blow hot and cold vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
cold comfort slaba tolažba
to give (ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti
sleng cold feet strah, trema
to make blood run cold prestrašiti
as cold as charity brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen
cold pig polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha
cold meat narezek
to throw cold water on s.o. vzeti komu pogum
a cold scent slaba sled
ameriško cold snap(s) hladen val
cold war hladna vojna
cold wave hladna ondulacija
pogovorno cold without alkohol z vodo
cold steel hladno orožje

collar¹ [kɔ́lə] samostalnik
ovratnik; komat; ogrlica; (pasji) navratnik
tehnično čep, mašilnik, obroč(ek), kolut, prirobnica; ustje rova; pena (na pivu)

against the collar težaven (opravek)
collar work težko delo
out of a collar brezposeln
in collar zaposlen
to slip the collar izmuzniti se, uiti
up to the collar do vratu, do grla
to get hot under the collar razsrditi se, pobesneti

connection [kənékšən] samostalnik (with)
zveza, stik, priključek; sorodstvo, poznanstvo; spolni stik
pravno izvenzakonska zveza; povezovanje, spojitev; odjemalci
množina (dobre) zveze

to enter into connection navezati stik
to cut the connection pretrgati stike
criminal connection izvenzakonski stik
hot water connections napeljava tople vode
in this connection v tej zvezi, glede na to
to establish a connection navezati stik
železnica to run in connection with imeti zvezo s

copper¹ [kɔ́pə] samostalnik
kemija baker; bakrena posoda, kotel; bakreni denar, drobiž; spajalec
množina drobiž (iz bakra)

hot coppers po pijančevanju izsušeno grlo, maček
to cool the hot coppers s pijačo mačka preganjati
copper in pigs surov baker
yellow copper med(enina)

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

ginger¹ [džíndžə]

1. samostalnik
ingver
pogovorno, sleng energija, vnema; pogum
sleng rdečeglavec

to put some ginger in z vnemo se lotiti
ginger cordial (ali brandy) ingverjev liker
ginger group posebno aktivna skupina (v parlamentu)
ameriško ginger pop z ingverjem začinjena peneča se pijača
ginger shall be hot in the mouth hrepenenje po užitku je večno

2. pridevnik
rdečkast (lasje)

gospeller [gɔ́spələ] samostalnik
evangelist; potujoči pridigar

figurativno hot gospeller navdušen zagovornik

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

iron² [áiən] samostalnik
železo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna
množina okovi
poetično meč, orožje
množina, medicina železna opora za nogo

cast iron lito železo
pig iron surovo železo
sheet iron pločevina
scrap iron staro železo
wrought iron kovno železo
sleng shooting iron revolver
navtika in(to) irons v vetru, ki se ne da obrniti
a will of iron železna volja
a man of iron človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človek
a heart of iron trdo srce
the iron entered into his soul strlo ga je (bolečina)
to put in irons vkovati v železje
to have too many irons in the fire imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkrati
he is made of iron je trdnega zdravja
to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand) vladati z železno roko
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo dokler je vroče

liver² [lívə] samostalnik
anatomija jetra

figurativno hot liver vročekrvnost, strastnost
white (ali lily) liver strahopetnost

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati