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yellow peril [jéloupéril] samostalnik
rumena nevarnost (ogrožanje), ki naj bi grozila beli rasi od rumene rase

ablaze [əbléiz] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
v plamenih, goreč, žareč, blesteč
figurativno razburjen, ves iz sebe (with zaradi)

to set ablaze zanetiti, vžgati
to be ablaze with anger biti ves iz sebe od jeze

absolve [əbzɔ́lv] prehodni glagol (from od)
odvezati, oprostiti, dati odvezo

abstinence, abstinency [ǽbstinəns, -si] samostalnik (from od)
vzdržnost, treznost

day of abstinence postni dan

abstract¹ [æbstrǽkt] prehodni glagol (from iz, od)
odvrniti, speljati; povzeti
kemija destilirati
pogovorno ukrasti, izmakniti, suniti

accord¹ [əkɔ́:d] samostalnik
soglasje
glasba sozvočje, akord; sporazum; ubranost

to be of accord ujemati se
in accord with v skladu s, v sporazumu s
of one's own accord prostovoljno, sam od sebe
with one accord soglasno

adieu² [ədjú:] samostalnik
slovo

to make (ali take) one's adieu posloviti se
to bid (ali say) adieu to posloviti se od

adrift [ədríft] prislov
na slepo srečo gnan

to be all adrift biti zbegan, biti ves iz sebe
navtika to break adrift splavati
to break adrift from the moorings odtrgati se od sidra
to cut o.s. adrift from pretrgati zveze s kom
to run adrift potepati se brez cilja
to set (ali turn) adrift spoditi

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

afar [əfá:] prislov
daleč

from afar od daleč

again [əgéin, əgén] prislov
zopet, znova, ponovno, še enkrat, poleg tega, prav tako

again and again ponovno, zopet in zopet, nenehno
to be o.s. again okrevati
as much (ali many) again dvakrat toliko
now and again tu in tam, včasih
as long again and better več ko dvakrat tako dolg
once again še enkrat
time and again večkrat, pogosto
half again his size veliko večji od njega
over again znova, še enkrat

annual¹ [ǽnjuəl] pridevnik (annually prislov)
leten, vsakoleten, enoleten

(trgovina) annual balance letna bilanca
annual report letno poročilo
annual ring branika, letnica
in an annual round od leta do leta

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

anywhere [éniwɛə] prislov
nekje; povsod, kjerkoli, kamorkoli

I cannot find him anywhere nikjer ga ne morem najti
he meets friends anywhere povsod srečuje prijatelje
scarcely (ali hardly) anywhere skoraj nikjer
ameriško anywhere from ... to nekako od ... do

apoplexy [ǽpəpleksi] samostalnik
medicina kap, mrtvoud

to fall into an apoplexy, to be seized (ali struck) with apoplexy biti od kapi zadet

argue [á:gju:]

1. prehodni glagol (for, against)
dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati

2. neprehodni glagol
pričkati se (from)
sklepati (about)
diskutirati, razpravljati

to argue against s.th. nastopiti proti čemu
it argues him to be an honest man to dokazuje, da je poštenjak
to argue for (ali in favour of) zagovarjati kaj
to argue s.o. into pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)
to argue s.o. out of odvrniti koga od česa
to argue sagacity kazati bistroumnost
to argue the point spodbijati zadevo

aroint, aroynt [ərɔ́int] medmet arhaično

aroint thee! izgini!, proč od tod!

as¹ [æz] prislov
kot, tako kot, prav tako

as big again še enkrat tako velik
as clear as crystal kristalno čist
as good as dead kakor če bi bil mrtev
as long as dokler
as soon as bržko
as quiet as a mouse tih ko miška
I thought as much to sem si mislil
as well tudi, prav tako
just as well prav tako
as well as prav tako kakor, nič manj od
as yet doslej
not as yet še ne
he might just as well leave lahko bi že odšel

astray [əstréi] povedkovnik pridevnik & prislov
bloden, blodeč, zmoten; blodno, zmotno, na napačni poti

to go astray zgrešiti pot; figurativno motiti se, oddaljiti se od prvotnega predmeta pogovora
to lead astray speljati koga, zapeljati

at [æt, ət] predlog
ob, pri, zraven; proti, k, v, na; za

at the age of v starosti
at all sploh
to aim at s.th. meriti na kaj
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano, ko strela z jasnega neba
at attention v pozoru
angry at jezen zaradi
at best v najboljšem primeru
to be at s.th. ukvarjati se s čim
at the bottom na dnu, spodaj
at all costs za vsako ceno
at close quarters čisto blizu
at court na dvoru
at one's disposal na razpolago komu
to drive at meriti na kaj
at first najprej
to receive s.th. at s.o.'s hands dobiti kaj od koga
to be hard at s.th. naporno delati, truditi se s čim
at the head of na čelu česa
at home doma
at one fell swoop na mah
at large na prostosti
to laugh at s.o. posmehovati se komu
at last končno
at least vsaj
at long last na koncu koncev
at loggerheads v sporu, sprt
at length končno
at the minute na minuto
to be at hand biti na voljo
at any moment vsak trenutek
at most največ, kvečjemu
near at hand čisto blizu
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na thank you)
at night ponoči
at noon opoldne
at one složno, sporazumno
at peace v miru
at a pinch v stiski
to play at chess igrati šah
at any price za vsako ceno
at rest v miru
at school v šoli, pri pouku
to scoff at posmehovati se
at sight na pogled, po videzu
at stake v nevarnosti, na kocki
two at a time dva hkrati
at that vrh tega, poleg tega; kljub temu
to be at a standstill zastajati
to value at ceniti na
what are you at? kaj počneš?
at war v vojni
at work pri delu