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buy^*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
kupiti; podkupiti
figurativno drago plačati

to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
to buy and sell trgovati

circuitous [sə:kjú:itəs] pridevnik (circuitously prislov)
ovinkast; preveč previden; dolgovezen, obširen

circuitously kot mačka okrog vrele kaše

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?

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

leopard [lépəd] samostalnik
zoologija leopard

American leopard jaguar
hunting leopard gepard
black leopard črni panter
snow leopard tibetanski ali sibirski snežni panter
leopard cat bengalska mačka
figurativno can the leopard change his spots? značaj se ne spreminja, iz svoje kože ne moreš

light^*6 [lait] neprehodni glagol
izstopiti, iti dol (from, off)
pasti (on na)
spustiti se (on na)
naleteti (on na)
ameriško, sleng navaliti (into na)
ameriško, sleng izginiti, pobegniti (out)
dogoditi se

a cat always lights on its feet mačka vedno pade na noge
the bird lighted on a twig ptič se je spustil na vejico

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

mouse¹ [maus] samostalnik (množina mice)
miš
sleng podpluto oko
figurativno strahopetec
tehnično vrv na poteg z utežjo

field mouse poljska miš
as poor as a church mouse reven kakor cerkvena miš
as silent as a mouse tih kakor miška
to play like a cat with a mouse igrati se kakor mačka z mišjo

Persian [pə́:šən, -žən]

1. pridevnik
perzijski

2. samostalnik
Perzijec, -jka; iranščina

Persian blinds žaluzije, rebrače
Persian carpet perzijska preproga
Persian cat angora mačka
Persian lamb perzijanec (ovca, koža)

pig¹ [pig] samostalnik
prašič, svinja; svinjina.
tehnično šibika, kos surovega železa, kalup za vlivanje; pomarančni krhelj
pogovorno umazanec, požeruh, svinja

in pig breja (svinja)
sucking pig odojek
guinea pig morski prešiček
ameriško, sleng blind pig skrivna točilnica
figurativno to carry pigs to market hoteti kupčevati
to bring one's pigs to a pretty (ali wrong) market narediti slabo kupčijo
figurativno to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v žaklju
pigs in clover ljudje, ki so hitro obogateli, pa ne vedo kam z denarjem; vrsta družabne igre
to go to pigs and whistles iti rakom žvižgat, propasti
in less than a pig's whistle na mah
ameriško, sleng in a (ali the) pig's eye! traparija!
when the pigs fly nikoli
to make a pig of o.s. požrešno jesti, žreti
please the pigs če bo šlo vse po sreči, če bodo okoliščine dopuščale
pigs might fly čudeži se utegnejo zgoditi
to stare like a stuck pig gledati ko zaboden vol

poke³ [póuk] samostalnik
narečno vreča, žakelj
arhaično žep

to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v žaklju

scratch² [skrǽč] prehodni glagol
(iz)grebsti, (iz)brskati; praskati; uprasniti (vžigalico); (na)strgati; s težavo spraviti skupaj (denar); (na)čečkati, (na)pisati
šport zbrisati s seznama (konja)
sleng izločiti iz boja, iz tekmovanja
neprehodni glagol
grebsti (o mački); s težavo spraviti skupaj
šport preklicati prijavo za tekmovanje, odstopiti (od tekmovanja)

to scratch s.o.'s back figurativno prilizovati se, dobrikati se komu
scratch my back and I will yours figurativno naredi mi uslugo in jaz jo bom tebi, roka roko umiva
to scratch s.o.'s face spraskati komu obraz
the cat scratched my nose mačka me je oprasnila po nosu
to scratch one's head (one's ears) (po)praskati se po glavi (za ušesom) (iz zadrege)
scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar figurativno civilizacija spremeni samo zunanjost človeka
to scratch the surface of s.th. figurativno šele začeti, biti šele na začetku, le površno obravnavati, ne iti v globino
to scratch the wall with letters počečkati zid

shoot^*2 [šu:t]

1. prehodni glagol
iz-, na-, pre-, ustreliti; sprožiti, izstreliti (strelico); vreči (sidro); odvreči (odpadek); izprazniti, iztovoriti; metati, sipati (svetlobo), metati (poglede)
ameriško, sleng odvreči kot neuporabno; poganjati (mladike); zapahniti (vrata); drveti ali hitro voziti, se peljati po čem, preko česa
fotografija posneti, slikati, fotografirati
sleng izreči, izgovoriti

2. neprehodni glagol
streljati (at na, v)
streljati divjačino, loviti, baviti se z lovom, biti lovec; poganjati, brsteti, kliti, naglo rasti
fotografija napraviti posnetek; boleti, trgati (o zobobolu); pošiljati (svetlobo, žarke); švigniti, šiniti, planiti
figurativno razvijati se, zoreti

shoot him! ustrelite ga!
a shooting pain zbadajoča bolečina, zbodljaj
a shooting star zvezdni utrinek, meteor
to shoot o.s. ustreliti se
to shoot the amber ameriško, sleng pri rumeni luči voziti skozi križišče
to be shot of s.o. znebiti se koga
I'll be shot if... naj na mestu umrem, če...
to be out shooting biti na lovu
to shoot the bolt odriniti zapah
to shoot one's bolt sleng napraviti, kar se (le) da
to shoot the cat pogovorno bljuvati, bruhati, kozlati
a cat shot out of the room mačka je šinila iz sobe
to shoot big game loviti, streljati veliko divjad
to go shooting iti na lov
the driver was shot out of the car šoferja je vrglo iz avta
a grain shoots zrno kali
to shoot a bridge hitro se peljati, šiniti pod mostom
to shoot a line sleng bahati se, pretiravati
to shoot one's linen namenoma kazati krajnike svojih manšet
to shoot a match udeležiti se tekmovanja v streljanju
to shoot the moon sleng odseliti se ponoči brez plačanja stanarine
to shoot wide of the mark figurativno zelo se zmotiti
to shoot the Niagara figurativno poskusiti vratolomno dejanje
to shoot questions at s.o. bombardirati koga z vprašanji
to shoot a rapid šiniti prek brzice
to shoot a scene film snemati sceno (prizor)
to shoot straight sleng biti pošten, iskren
he was shot for a spy bil je ustreljen kot špijon
to shoot the sun navtika določiti položaj ladje s sekstantom opoldne
my tooth shoots abominably zob me strašansko boli
to shoot the traffic lights pri rdeči luči voziti skozi križišče
to shoot the works figurativno igrati za najvišji vložek; vložiti skrajne napore

Siamese [saiəmí:z]

1. samostalnik
Siamec, -mka; siamski jezik

the Siamese Siamci

2. pridevnik
siamski
figurativno neločljiv, podoben, dvojčen

Siamese cat siamska mačka
Siamese twins siamska dvojčka, figurativno neločljiva prijatelja

sight unseen [sáit ʌnsí:n] pridevnik
ameriško neogledan

to buy s.th. sight unseen kupiti kaj brez ogleda, na slepo, kupiti "mačka v vreči"

tailed [téild] pridevnik
repat, ki ima rep

long-tailed dolgorep
a short-tailed cat mačka s kratkim repom
tailed rhyme rima v 1. in 2. stihu, v 3. in 4. stihu (zlasti v narodni pesmi)