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approval [aprú:vəl] samostalnik
odobritev; pritrditev; presoja

on approval na poskušnjo, na ogled
to give one's approval to odobriti nekaj
to meet with approval dobiti odobritev
to submit for approval dati v presojo, v oceno
with the approval of z odobritvijo

bait¹ [beit] samostalnik
vaba; prigrizek; krma, klaja

figurativno to swallow (ali take, jump at, rise to) the bait ujeti se, dati se opehariti

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

bind^*1 [baind]

1. prehodni glagol
povezati, vezati; prisiliti; obrobiti, okovati; potrditi, ratificirati
medicina ustaviti (drisko); oviti, ovenčati; naložiti

2. neprehodni glagol
strditi se
medicina ustaviti se; obvezati se

to bind s.o. as apprentice dati koga v uk
to bind the bargain potrditi kupčijo

bluff¹ [blʌf] samostalnik
strma obala ali skala; varljivo pripovedovanje, prevara, zastraševanje; bahanje

to call s.o. bluff ne se dati zastrašiti; figurativno prisiliti koga, da odkrije karte

board¹ [bɔ:d] samostalnik
deska, plošča, tablica, tabla; miza; paluba; karton; oskrba; oblast, uprava komisija, ministrstvo
navtika ladijski bok
množina oder

above board odkrito, pošteno
bed of boards pograd
board and lodging hrana in stanovanje
trgovina free on board franko na ladjo
to go on board vkrcati se; ameriško (tudi) vstopiti v vlak
separation from bed and board ločitev od postelje in mize
to go by the board poginiti; biti žrtvovan; izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti
in boards v zaboju
on board na krovu, vkrcan
to be on the board biti v službi
to go on the boards postati poklicni igralec
groaning board miza, ki se šibi; figurativno obilna hrana
to sweep the board odlikovati se, zmagati
navtika to make boards križariti proti vetru
Board of Education ministrstvo za prosveto
Board of Trade ministrstvo za trgovino
Board of Admiralty ministrstvo za mornarico
Road Board ministrstvo za gradnjo in vzdrževanje cest
chess board šahovnica
to put to board dati na hrano
board of examiners izpitna komisija
diving board deska za skok v vodo

bob up neprehodni glagol
pogovorno nepričakovano se prikazati

bob up like a cork ne se dati obvladovati
bob up one's head naglo kvišku pogledati

bribe¹ [braib] samostalnik
podkupovanje podkupnina

to offer s.o. a bribe skušati koga podkupiti
to take a bribe dati se podkupiti

bridle [bráidl] samostalnik
uzda
mornarica sidrna veriga
figurativno zavora, zadržek

bridle hand leva roka
to bite on the bridle s težavami se boriti
bridle path jezdna pot
to put a bridle on uzdati, brzdati, zadrževati
to give a horse the bridle, to lay bridle on his neck popustiti konju vajeti, dati polno svobodo

character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

charge¹ [ča:dž] samostalnik
naboj; breme, obremenitev, obtežitev, tovor; naročilo, naloga, ukaz; varovanec, -nka (against)
tožba
množina stroški; taksa (of nad)
nadzorstvo, skrb (of do)
dolžnost (of za)
odgovornost; napad, naskok; znak za naskok; opomin

charge account mesečni kredit
to bear charges nositi stroške
I am at the charge of it to gre na moje stroške
to be in charge of voditi, upravljati, skrbeti za kaj
free of charge, no charge zastonj
to give in charge dati zapreti (koga)
to lay to s.o.'s charge pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti koga česa
to make a charge for s.th. zaračunati kaj
petty charges drobni stroški
to prefer a charge vložiti tožbo
to return the charge odgovoriti na napad
to take charge of s.th. zavzeti se za kaj, vzeti v varstvo
to the charge of s.o. v breme koga
heavy charges veliki stroški
charges forward po povzetju
to sound the charge dati znak za napad

circulation [sə:kjuléišən] samostalnik
kroženje; širjenje; zračenje, ventilacija; obtok; naklada; promet

circulation system krvna obtočila, ožilje
to put into circulation dati v obtok
to withdraw from circulation vzeti iz obtoka

colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

commission¹ [kəmíšən] samostalnik
komisija, nalog, določba, naloga; pooblastilo; častniški čin; provizija; zagrešitev

in commission pooblaščen; uporaben; za službo (plovbo) sposoben
out of commission neraben, za službo nesposoben
to sell on commission prodajati v komisiji
to get a commission postati častnik
vojska to resign one's commission podati ostavko
to put in commission dati (ladjo) v promet
to put out of commission vzeti (ladjo) iz prometa
to discharge a commission izvršiti nalog
to give a commission for s.th. naročiti kaj

comparison [kəmpǽrisn] samostalnik
primerjava, prispodoba
slovnica stopnjevanje

beyond (ali past, out of) (all) comparison neprimerljiv, brezprimeren
to bear (ali stand) comparison dati se primerjati, prenesti primerjavo
to draw comparisons with primerjati s
in comparison with v primeri s
by comparison, by way of comparison primerjaje, primeroma

complexion [kəmplékšən] samostalnik
barva polti, polt
figurativno videz; značaj

to put a fresh complexion on s.th. dati čemu nov videz

cross⁴ [krɔs]

1. prehodni glagol
križati; prekrižati, narediti znak križa; prečrtati
figurativno preprečiti; onemogočiti, pokvariti komu račune; prečkati; prepeljati; zajahati (konja)

2. neprehodni glagol
poprek ležati; križati se; preiti; prepeljati se; srečati se

to be crossed in love biti nesrečno zaljubljen
to cross the cudgels vdati se
it crossed my mind domislil sem se
to cross the palm podkupiti, dati napitnino
figurativno to dot the i's and cross the t's jasno se izražati; nadrobnosti navesti; loviti pičice na i
to cross s.o.'s hand with a piece of money stisniti komu denar v roko
to cross the Styx umreti
to cross the floor prestopiti k drugi stranki
to cross the path of s.o. srečati koga; figurativno zastaviti komu pot

currency [kʌ́rənsi] samostalnik
obtok, veljava, vrednost; tečaj, valuta; denar

in common currency zelo razširjen
to give currency to s.th. dati kaj v obtok
firm currency trdna valuta
currency notes bankovci, ki so jih v Angliji izdali med svetovno vojno
hard currency zdrava, trdna valuta
soft currency nestabilna valuta
floating currency drseča valuta

dare² [dɛə] samostalnik
poziv, izzivanje, spodbujanje

to give the dare kljubovati
to take the dare sprejeti poziv, dati se spodbuditi

day [dei] samostalnik
dan; obletnica

all day, all the day, all day long ves dan
the day after the fair prepozno
the day before the fair prezgodaj
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
ameriško between two days ponoči
broad day beli dan
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
sleng call it a day smatraj za opravljeno
to carry (ali gain, get, win) the day zmagati
to end one's days umreti
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give s.o. the time of the day povedati komu, koliko je ura; pozdraviti ga
far in the day proti večeru
first day nedelja
to have one's day imeti srečo
to have a day of it, to take a merry day of it dobro se zabavati, uživati
if a day natanko, nič več in nič manj od
day in day out dan za dnevom
in the days of old nekoč, prej
to lose the day zgubiti bitko
men of the day znameniti ljudje
to name on (ali in) the same day with dati se primerjati s čim
one's off day slab dan (v športu)
every other (third etc.) day vsak drugi (tretji itd.) dan
one day or other pred kratkim, nedavno, oni dan
one's out day uspešen dan (v športu)
the day of judgement sodni dan
in the face of day pri belem dnevu
to pass the time of the day pogovarjati se, klepetati
the present day danes
to save up (ali put by) for a rainy day prihraniti za hude čase
this day danes
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
one of these days kmalu
without day za nedoločen čas
in the days of yore nekoč
to know the time of day biti buden, paziti, biti izkušen
the Lord's day nedelja