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bill² [bil]

1. samostalnik
kljun; ost, konica
navtika krempelj (sidra); (v geogr. imenih) rt

2. neprehodni glagol
kljunčkati se

to bill and coo dobrikati, laskati se

compliment¹ [kɔ́mplimənt] samostalnik
poklon, laskanje (on za)
pohvala
množina pozdravi
zastarelo darilo

in compliment to na čast koga
to pay (ali make) compliments delati poklone, laskati
with the author's compliment poklon od pisca
to fish for compliments pričakovati poklone
Bristol compliment danajsko darilo
compliments of the season božične čestitke
to send compliments poslati pozdrave
left-handed compliment ironično, sumljivo, neodkrito laskanje
give her my compliments pozdravi jo od mene

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

incense¹ [ínsens] samostalnik
kadilo
figurativno laskanje

cerkev incense boat (ali burner) kadilnica
to burn (ali offer) incense to kaditi komu, laskati

lay on

1. prehodni glagol
naložiti (kazen, davke); naložiti jih komu; nanesti (barvo); napeljati (vodo, plin); spustiti pse na sled

2. neprehodni glagol
napasti, udariti

to lay hounds on scent spustiti pse na sled
to lay it on naložiti jih komu
to lay taxes on obdavčiti kaj
to lay it on thick (ali with a trowel) laskati komu, pretiravati

play up

1. neprehodni glagol
zaigrati (glasba); napeti vso moč, z vsem srcem biti pri stvari
gledališče z vsem srcem igrati

2. prehodni glagol
pogovorno napihniti kaj; jeziti koga

to play up to podpreti koga; laskati komu; prilagoditi

vanity [vǽniti] samostalnik
ničnost, puhlost, praznota; nečimrnost, neizmerna domišljavost, arogantnost; samovšečnost, ničevost, gizdalinstvo
(= bag) (ženska) torbica z ogledalom in s kozmetičnimi sredstvi

the vanities of life ničevost življenja
injured vanity užaljeno samoljubje
to do s.th. out of vanity napraviti kaj iz domišljavosti
to tickle s.o.'s vanity laskati, goditi samovšečnosti kake osebe