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blessed [blést, blésid] pridevnik (blessedly prislov)
blagoslovljen, blažen
vulgarno presnet, preklet

blessed Virgin devica Marija
of blessed memory rajnki, pokojni
I'm blessed if naj me vrag vzame, če, srečen bi bil, če bi
I am blessed if I know res ne vem
I am blessed if I do it še v glavo mi ne pade, da bi to storil
the whole blessed day ves božji dan
blessed with poln česa

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

cess [ses] samostalnik
irsko, škotsko davek, davščina

out of all cess čez mero
bad cess to you! naj te vzame vrag!, solit se pojdi!.

cobbler² [kɔ́blə] samostalnik
krpač, čevljar, ki samo popravlja; šušmar

the cobbler must not go beyond his last, the cobbler must stick to his last le čevlje sodi naj kopitar
cobbler's wax čevljarska smola

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

confound [kənfáund] prehodni glagol
(z)mešati, osupiti, zbegati, presenetiti (with)
zamenjati; osramotiti

confound him! naj ga vrag vzame!
confound it! hudiča!

craft [kra:ft ameriško kræft] samostalnik
spretnost, ročnost; zvijača; obrt, rokodelstvo, umetna obrt; ceh; orodje za ribolov; ladja, ladjevje, letalo, splav

the gentle craft ribolov
the Craft prostozidarji
small craft drobne ladje
landing craft izkrcevalna ladja
every man to his craft le čevlje sodi naj kopitar

curse¹ [kə:s] samostalnik
kletev, psovka; prekletstvo, šiba božja, nesreča
domačno menstruacija

not to care a curse niti malo se ne meniti
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jamo koplje, sam vanjo pade
curse of Scotland karo devetica
not worth a tinker's curse niti piškavega oreha vreden
curse on youl naj te vrag vzame!

curse² [kə:s]

1. prehodni glagol
preklinjati, psovati, obrekovati, sramotiti, izobčiti

2. neprehodni glagol
kleti

to curse by bell, book and candle vse po vrsti prekleti
curse him! naj ga vrag vzame!
to curse with s.th. kaznovati, mučiti s čim

damn¹ [dæm]

1. prehodni glagol
prekleti, preklinjati; grajati, karati, zmerjati; obsoditi, obsojati; pogubiti

2. neprehodni glagol
kleti

to damn a play izžvižgati igro
to damn s.th. with a faint praise previdno kaj hvaliti
I'll be damned if naj me vrag vzame, če

damnation [dæmnéišən]

1. samostalnik
prekletstvo poguba; izžvižganje, preklinjanje; stroga kritika, obsodba

may damnation take him! naj bo preklet

2. medmet
presneto

deprecate [déprikeit] prehodni glagol
moliti za odvrnitev (nesreče, zla); ne odobravati, grajati, obsojati; odvračati; milo prositi

to deprecate s.o.'s anger prositi koga, naj se ne jezi
to deprecate war ne odobravati vojne

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

differ [dífə] prehodni glagol (from)
razlikovati se; pričkati prepirati se, ne se strinjati, ne privoliti

tastes differ okusi so različni
I beg to differ oprostite, ne strinjam se
let's agree to differ naj ostane vsak pri svojem mnenju

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?

Dutchman [dʌ́čmən] samostalnik
Holandec, Nizozemec

Flying Dutchman leteči Holandec
I'm a Dutchman if... naj me vrag vzame, če...

every [évri] pridevnik
vsak

each and every prav vsak, brez izjeme
all and every vsi po vrsti
every bit, every whit popolnoma, do skrajnosti
every here and there tu in tam
every so often včasih
on every side na vseh straneh
every man for himself! naj se reši, kdor se more!
every other day vsak drugi dan
every now and again tu pa tam
every once in a while tu in tam, včasih, redkokdaj
every right polna, vsa pravica

example¹ [igzá:mpl] samostalnik
vzorec, primer, zgled; svarilo, opomin

to make an example of drugim v zgled kaznovati
as an example, by way of example, for example na primer
to set (ali give) an example dajati zgled
to take example by s.o. posnemati koga
without example nezaslišan, izreden
to hold up as an example to s.o. dajati komu za zgled
let this be an example to you naj vam (ti) bo v svarilo

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro