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fair² [fɛə] prislov
naravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežno

to bespeak s.o. fair dobro o kom govoriti
to promise (ali bid) fair dobro kazati
to copy fair na čisto prepisati
the sea runs fair morje je mirno
for fair zagotovo, nesporno
to keep (ali stand) fair with s.o. dobro se s kom razumeti
to write out fair na čisto prepisati
to strike fair in the face udariti naravnost v obraz
to speak s.o. fair vljudno s kom govoriti
fair and softly počasi, tiho
the wind sits fair veter je ugoden

fall^*1 [fɔ:l]

1. neprehodni glagol (in, to, from)
pasti, padati; pripasti, pripadati; podreti, prevrniti, zgruditi se; popustiti, popuščati; upadati; spustiti se
zoologija roditi se; spuščati se; izlivati se; viseti; (z)manjšati, poleči se; poginiti; podleči; z vnemo se lotiti; propadati; zgoditi se; morati

2. prehodni glagol
ameriško, narečno sekati drevesa

o fall adoing začeti kaj (npr. alaughing zasmejati se)
to fall asleep zaspati
to fall to blows stepsti, spopasti se
to fall due zapasti (menica)
to fall dumb onemeti
to fall from favour pasti v nemilost
to fall flat doživeti neuspeh
to fall foul of spopasti se, napasti; prepirati se
to fall from grace grešiti
to fall in love zaljubiti se
to fall in two razpoloviti se
to fall into habit navaditi se
to fall into conversation with s.o. začeti pogovor s kom
to fall a prey (ali victim, sacrifice) postati žrtev
to fall into a rage pobesneti
to fall heir to podedovati po
to fall to pieces razpasti
to fall on a sword figurativno narediti samomor
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo, izvleči se
his face fell kislo je pogledal
to fall to one's lot biti komu usojeno
to fall between two stools usesti se med dva stola
to fall into oblivion biti pozabljen

fate [feit] samostalnik
usoda; smrt, propad

as sure as fate čisto gotovo
the Fates rojenice, sojenice, Parke
to meet one's fate umreti, biti ubit
to decide (ali fix, seal) s.o.'s fate odločiti o usodi koga

fetial¹ [fí:šl] pridevnik

fetial law zakon o napovedi vojne ali mirovnih pogajanjih

find out prehodni glagol
odkriti, spoznati; zalotiti

find out about zvedeti (o kom, čem)

full¹ [ful] pridevnik (fully prislov)
poln, napolnjen, natlačen, natovorjen; popoln, ves; obilen, debelušen; sit; bogat česa; čist, pravi, močen, intenziven (svetloba); temen (barva)

full age polnoletnost
full of beans (ali guts) poln vneme, podjeten
of full blood čistokrven
in full fig (ali feather) v svečani obleki, v najboljšem stanju
full brother (sister) rodni brat (rodna sestra)
full dress svečana obleka
full dress rehearsal generalka v kostumih
full dress debate debata o pomembnem vprašanju
at full length obširno
full length portrait portret v naravni velikosti
full force (ali tilt) na vso moč; s polno paro, z največjo hitrostjo
full professor redni profesor
full stop (ali point) pika
full sail s polno paro
full swing poln razmah
to be full upon na dolgo in široko razlagati
full hand karta, ki dobiva
full tide plima
full face od spredaj, naravnost v obraz
full statement podrobno poročilo
in full view of ravno nasproti česa

gallows¹ [gǽlouz] samostalnik
množina vislice

hudomušno gallowses naramnice
to cheat the gallows umreti naravne smrti (o zločincu)
to come to the gallows biti obešen
a gallows look obešenjaški pogled
to have the gallows in one's face imeti obraz zločinca

good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

grace¹ [greis] samostalnik
milina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej
britanska angleščina dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)

act of grace zakon o amnestiji
airs and graces šopirjenje
with a bad grace nevljudno, neprijazno
to be in s.o.'s grace biti v milosti pri kom
grace to boot! bog se nas usmili!
with a good grace v milosti pri kom
in s.o.'s good graces v milosti pri kom
to say grace moliti pred jedjo ali po njej
days of grace dnevi odloga plačila
the Three Graces tri gracije
to fall from grace grešiti
time of grace doba prepovedi lova
in the year of grace v letu gospodovem

grievance [grí:vəns] samostalnik
zamera; pritožba; krivica; neprilika, stiska

to air a grievance razpravljati o težavi
to cherish a grievance zameriti
to make a grievance of a matter neupravičeno se pritoževati
to nurse a grievance against s.o. imeti koga na piki
to redress a grievance pomagati v nepriliki

ground² [graund] samostalnik
dno, globina; zemlja, tla; zemljišče, igrišče, lovišče, gradbišče (for)
osnova (for, of)
vzrok, povod; osnovna barva; ozadje
množina park, vrt
množina naselbina
množina gošča, usedlina; uzemljitev

above ground živ
below ground mrtev, pokopan
to break new (ali fresh) ground orati ledino
to cover ground potovati, opraviti določeno delo
ground clearance razdalja med šasijo in zemljo
common ground stična točka
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla, vzeti mu oporo
to be dashed to the ground propasti
pogovorno down to the ground popolnoma
to fall to the ground propasti
on firm ground na trdnem položaju
figurativno forbidden ground nedovoljeno področje, prepovedana tema
to gain ground napredovati, širiti se
to give ground popustiti
to hold one's ground vztrajati na svojem mestu, ne popustiti; ostati pri močeh
to meet s.o. on his own ground razpravljati o predmetu, ki ga nasprotnik sam določi
on the ground of zaradi
pogovorno to run into the ground pretiravati
ground staff letališko tehniško osebje
to stand one's ground vztrajati
to strike to the ground vreči na tla
to suit one down to the ground popolnoma se strinjati
to take ground nasesti
to touch ground dotakniti se dna; figurativno preiti na predmet pogovora
on the ground that češ da

hang^*2 [hæŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
obesiti, obešati; pobesiti, pobešati (glavo); obesiti (sliko), nalepiti (tapete)

2. neprehodni glagol
viseti, biti obešen, obesiti se; nagniti se, lebdeti; obotavljati se (tudi žoga pri športu)
ameriško, pravno ovirati porotnike pri odločitvi

hang it (all)! naj gre k vragu!
hang you! da bi te vrag pocitral!
I'll be hanged first! prej se dam obesiti!
I'll be hanged if vrag naj me vzame, če
well, I'm hanged! kaj takega!, vrag naj me pocitra!
ameriško it was a hung jury porotniki se niso mogli zediniti o krivdi
to hang between life and death viseti med življenjem in smrtjo
to hang by a hair (ali rope, single thread) figurativno viseti na nitki
to hang in the balance biti dvomljivo
to hang in doubt biti negotov, kolebati
to hang fire prepozno (se) sprožiti (puška); figurativno biti počasen, neodločen, omahovati, obotavljati se
to hang one's head pobesiti glavo
to hang o.s. obesiti se
to hang a leg vleči nogo
to let things go hang pustiti, da gre vse k vragu; pustiti stvari pri miru
to hang a room with paper nalepiti v sobi tapete
sleep hangs on my eyelids veke so mi težke, oči mi lezejo skupaj
time hangs heavy on my hands ne vem, kaj naj počnem s časom, predolgo mi traja, vleče se

hash² [hæš] prehodni glagol
(se)sekljati meso (up)

figurativno to hash up pogrevati staro zgodbo
ameriško, pogovorno to hash out temeljito obravnavati
to hash over pretresati, čvekati o čem

hatch² [hæč] samostalnik
zarod, zalega

hatches, catches, matches & dispatches časopisna rubrika o rojstvih, zarokah, porokah in smrti

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

hear^* [híə]

1. prehodni glagol
slišati, poslušati
pravno zaslišati, razpravljati, pretresati; uslišati; zvedeti (from od, of o)

2. neprehodni glagol
slišati, dobiti vesti (about o)
slišati (from od)

hear, hear! da slišimo!; ironično glej!, glej!
pravno to hear evidence zaslišati priče
to hear say slišati govoriti
I've heard tell of pripovedovali so mi, povedali so mi
you will hear of it to si boš še zapomnil
he will not hear of it o tem neče nič slišati
let me hear from you piši mi
to make o.s. heard obrniti pozornost nase
so I (have) heard to sem slišal
to hear s.o. out do konca koga poslušati, pustiti koga govoriti do konca

highly [háili] prislov
visoko, zelo, pohvalno; drago

highly gifted zelo nadarjen
highly inflammable zelo vnetljivo
highly paid drago plačano
to speak highly of s.o. hvaliti koga
to think highly of s.o. imeti najboljše mnenje o kom, spoštovati

hold forth prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
na dolgo govoriti, govoričiti (on o)
nuditi, obljubovati, dajati upanje

home² [hóum] prislov
doma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točno

to bring home the bacon zmagati
to bring a crime home to s.o. dokazati komu zločin
to bring s.th. home to s.o. prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komu
figurativno to come home to ganiti, občutiti, priti do srca
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubi
till the cows come home celo večnost
to drive a nail home zadeti
to drive s.th. home to s.o. prigovarjati, prepričevati koga
to get home uspeti zmagati
to hit (ali strike) home v živo zadeti, pravo zadeti
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
the thrust went home udarec je zadel v črno
nothing to write home about nič posebnega

horsy [hɔ́:si] pridevnik (horsily prislov)
ki ima rad konje, konjski, robat
sleng konjski (obraz, postava)

horsy dress jahalna obleka
horsy talk pogovor o konjih