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drink² [driŋk] samostalnik
pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
sleng morje

in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
hard drink opojna pijača
soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
small drink pivo
to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

due¹ [dju:] pridevnik
plačljiv, zapadel; dolžan; primeren, predpisan, pravšen; pravočasen; pristojen; pričakovan; dospel; povzročen, pripisljiv; dolgovan

in due time (ali course) pravočasno
to be due prispeti (po voznem redu)
upon due consideration po zrelem premisleku
due to zaradi
trgovina to become (ali fall) due zapasti (menica)
after due consideration po zrelem premisleku

dumb¹ [dʌm] pridevnik (dumbly prislov)
nem, onemel, molčeč
ameriško, domačno bedast, neumen

to strike s.o. dumb osupiti koga
to be dumb molčati ko riba
a dumb dog molčeč človek
deaf and dumb gluhonem
the dumb millions brezpravne mase

dupe [dju:p]

1. prehodni glagol
za nos potegniti, varati, opehariti

2. samostalnik
prismoda, tepec; prevaranec, opeharjenec

to be a dupe of s.o. dati se voditi za nos

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

earnest¹ [ə́:nist] pridevnik (earnestly prislov)
resen, tehten; prepričan, iskren

to be earnest with s.o. goreče koga prositi

earnest² [ə́:nist] samostalnik
resnost

to be in earnest resno misliti, ne se šaliti
in good (ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest popolnoma resno, brez šale

eaten [í:tn] pretekli deležnik od eat

to be eaten up with koprneti; biti prevzet

eater [í:tə] samostalnik
jedec

to be a poor eater ne imeti teka
opium eater uživalec opija

edge¹ [edž] samostalnik
rob, greben; meja; ostrina; osornost, moč, strogost
množina obreza (knjige)
ameriško, pogovorno prednost, privilegij

to be on the very edge pravkar nameravati
to give an edge to, to put on an edge ostriti
to give the edge of one's tongue ostro komu povedati, zabrusiti jih komu
to have an edge biti okajen
to have an edge on s.o. imeti neznatno prednost pred kom
(all) on edge skrajno napet, živčen
not to put a fine edge upon jasno se izražati, odkrito povedati
to set one's teeth on edge skominati
to sit on the thin edge of nothing sedeti na skrajno tesnem prostorčku
to take off the edge otopiti
to take the edge off one's appetite pokvariti komu tek
the thin edge of the wedge skromen začetek
gilt edges zlata obreza knjige

edgeways [édžweiz] prislov
po strani; ob robu

not to be able to get a word in edgeways ne priti do besede

effectual [iféktjuəl] pridevnik (effectually prislov)
učinkovit; veljaven; uspešen; dejaven, tvoren, priden; krepak; resen, praktičen

to be effectual učinkovati

element [élimənt] samostalnik
prvina, živelj; element, sestavni del; osnova, sestavina
množina osnovni pojmi
figurativno delokrog

the devouring element požar, ogenj
to be in one's element biti zadovoljen, dobro se počutiti
to be out of one's element nelagodno se počutiti
an element of truth drobec resnice

eloquent [éləkwənt] pridevnik (eloquently prislov)
zgovoren, izrazit; govorniški

to be eloquent of s.th. jasno kaj izraziti

embalm [imbá:m] prehodni glagol
balzamirati; odišaviti
figurativno ohraniti v spominu

to be embalmed ostati v trajnem spominu

embarrass [imbǽrəs] prehodni glagol
zbegati, spravljati v zadrego; ovirati, otežkočiti, otežiti
figurativno spraviti v slab denarni položaj; zadolžiti

to be embarrassed biti v zadregi, škripcih, težavah, stiski

emissive [emísiv] pridevnik
oddajen, izžarevalen

to be emissive of light oddajati svetlobo

employ¹ [implɔ́i] prehodni glagol
namestiti, zaposliti; ukvarjati se; uporabiti, uporabljati

to employ o.s. (in, with) zaposliti se, ukvarjati se s čim
to be employed biti zaposlen

employment [implɔ́imənt] samostalnik
posel, služba, zaposlitev

out of employment brezposeln
to throw out of employment odpustiti iz službe
employment exchange (ali bureau) borza dela
to be in employment biti zaposlen