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bristle¹ [brísl] samostalnik
kocina, ščetina
množina razdražljiva čud

to set up s.o.'s bristles razdražiti koga
to set up one's bristles razjeziti, naježiti se

brow¹ [brau] samostalnik
obrv, čelo; izraz obraza; skalni rob, strmina

to clear up one's brow razveseliti se
to knit (ali bend, wrinkle, contract) one's brow gubati čelo
by the sweat of one's brow v potu svojega obraza

bruit [bru:t] arhaično

1. samostalnik
govorica

2. prehodni glagol
širiti govorice

it is bruited about govoriti se, baje

bull² [bul] samostalnik
bik, samec velikih sesalcev; borzni špekulant; središče tarče
sleng nesmisel
sleng vohun, policaj; nerodnež

like a bull in a china shop skrajno neroden
(Irish) bull nesmisel
John Bull utelešen značaj angleškega naroda, Anglež
to take the bull by the horns pogumno se lotiti
ameriško, sleng to throw (ali sling) the bull hvalisati se, pretiravati
bull session moška družba
sleng bull and cow ravs in kavs

burden¹ [bə́:dn] samostalnik
breme, tovor; tonaža
figurativno gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški
geologija jalova plast
glasba refren, pripev, spremljava
figurativno osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bit

to bear the burden peti refren ali spremljati
beast of burden vprežna žival
to be a burden to s.o. biti komu v breme
pravno burden of proof obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditve

burnt² [bə:nt] pridevnik
zažgan, zgorel, spaljen, pogorel

burnt claret kuhano vino
a burnt child dreads the fire, once burnt twice shy kdor se opeče, je drugič previden
burnt gas izpušni plin
burnt earthenware žgana glina, terakota

burst² [bə:st] samostalnik
razpoka; (raz)pok, izbruh, eksplozija
figurativno prodor; popivanje, veseljačenje

sleng to make a burst odvaditi se
to be on the burst popivati, veseljačiti, krokati
burst of applause viharno pritrjevanje

burton [bə́:tən] samostalnik
škripčevje; pivo (iz Burtona)

pogovorno he has gone for a burton odšel je in se ni vrnil, ni ga več

bush¹ [buš] samostalnik
grm, grmovje, goščava, divja pustinja; lisičji rep; gosti lasje; šop (las)

to beat about the bush hoditi kakor mačka okoli vrele kaše
good wine needs no bush dobro blago se samo hvali
to take to the bush začeti se klatiti, postati razbojnik

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

busy² [bízi] pridevnik (busily prislov)
delaven, marljiv, priden; zaposlen; vihrav, nemiren, živahen; aktiven; vsiljiv, radoveden

to get busy lotiti se dela
to be busy in (ali at, with) ukvarjati se s čim

button¹ [bʌ́tn] samostalnik
gumb
botanika popek; glavič; mlada gobica

covered button prevlečen gumb
not to care a (brass) button prav nič se ne meniti
pogovorno not to have all one's buttons ne biti čisto pri pameti
the buttons have come off the foils nasprotniki v borbi pozabljajo na osnovna pravila vljudnosti
to do up a button zapeti gumb
to undo a button odpeti gumb
a button has come undone gumb se je odpel
to press the button pozvoniti
(a boy in) buttons livrirani sluga; sprevodnik dvigala
not worth a button niti piškavega oreha vreden, zanič

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

buzz-saw [bʌ́zsɔ:] samostalnik
cirkularka

to monkey with a buzz-saw igrati se z ognjem

bye [bai] samostalnik
odvečen tekmovalec

to draw (ali have) the bye ne se udeležiti igre, tekme

cab¹ [kæb] samostalnik
fijakar, kočija; taksi; strojna hišica na lokomotivi

to take a cab najeti si kočijo, taksi, peljati se s kočijo, taksijem
cab driver fijakar, kočijaž, voznik taksija
cab stand parkirni prostor za kočije ali taksije
cab runner, cab tout človek, ki za nagrado pokliče taksi in pomaga naložiti vanj prtljago

cab² [kæb] neprehodni glagol

to cab (it) peljati se v kočiji ali taksiju

caber [kéibə] samostalnik
škotsko bruno; metalni drog

to toss the caber preskušati moč, metati se

cackle² [kǽkl] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
gagati, kokodakati; klepetati

to cackle out zakrohotati se; blekniti

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse