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bat² [bæt] samostalnik
palica za kriket, baseball ipd., lopar; gorjača, krepelce; igrač, odbijalec (kriketa)

off one's own bat samostojen; na lastno odgovornost; brez tuje pomoči
at a rare (ali good) bat zelo urno, hitro
right off the bat nemudoma, takoj
ameriško to come to bat spoprijeti se s težko nalogo, lotiti se hudega problema
a good bat dober igralec kriketa
to be on the bat biti na vrsti za udarec
to be at bat figurativno biti pri krmilu, imeti oblast

bead¹ [bi:d] samostalnik
biser, koralda; kapljica; muha (na strelnem orožju)
množina rožni venec

to draw a bead on meriti na kaj (s puško)
to string beads nanizati bisere
to tell one's beads moliti rožni venec
to pray without one's beads ušteti se, zmotiti se pri štetju

behind¹ [biháind] prislov
zadaj, nazaj; prepozno, v zamudi, v zaostanku

to be (ali stay) behind in (ali with) biti v zaostanku s, zaostajati pri
to fall behind zaostajati
to leave behind prehiteti; zapustiti (dediščino)

best¹ [best] pridevnik
najboljši; najprimernejši; najodličnejši

to be best at odlikovati se v čem
he was on his best behaviour zelo je pazil na svoje vedenje
at the best hand iz prve roke; poceni
to put one's best foot (ali leg) foremost (ali forward) pohiteti; na moč si prizadevati
best maid družica
sleng one's best girl ljubica
best man drug (pri poroki)
best part večji del
to get best thrashing biti hudo tepen
best seller zelo uspešna knjiga
to send one's best regards poslati pozdrav

beware [biwɛ́ə] (samo nedoločnik in neosebno) prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (of)
paziti, čuvati se

beware of trespassing prepovedana pot
beware of dogs pozor, hudi psi!
beware lest you fall pazi, kam stopiš
beware how you step out pazi pri izstopanju
beware of pickpockets! pazi se pred žeparji!

bias² [báiəs] samostalnik
nagnjenost, poševnost (in favour of, towards)
pristranost (against)
predsodek

to cut on the bias poševno odrezati, (pri)krojiti
on the bias diagonalno
without (ali free from) bias brez predsodka

Bible [báibl] samostalnik
Sveto pismo, biblija

upon my Bible oath pri moji veri
Bible clerk študent, ki bere odlomke iz biblije (Oxford)

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blaze¹ [bleiz] samostalnik
plamen, požar; sij, svit, blišč, blesk; izbruh, vzbuh
množina pekel

in a blaze v plamenu, goreč
to blow to blazes zdrobiti v prah
in the blazes of the day pri belem dnevu
go to blazes! pojdi k vragu!
like blazes kar se da, silovito, na vso moč
what the blazes kaj za vraga

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

broad¹ [brɔ:d] pridevnik
širok, obsežen, (ob)širen, prostoren
figurativno brez predsodkov, širokogruden, svobodomiseln; glaven, osnoven; jasen; splošen; biten; surov, nespodoben

in broad daylight pri belem dnevu
it's as broad as it is long oba razloga sta enako tehtna, eno ni nič boljše od drugega
ameriško, pogovorno broad place in the road mestece
britanska angleščina, pogovorno broad mob goljufivi kvartopirci
broad hint migljaj s kolom
broad stare predrzen pogled
broad views strpni nazori

brutal [brútl] pridevnik (brutally [brú:təli] prislov)
surov, okruten, brezobziren
pogovorno zoprn

ameriško, sleng brutal breasting tesen objem pri plesu

buckle¹ [bʌ́kl] samostalnik
zaponka; upogib
tehnično spojnica

to cut the buckle poskakovati, udariti s petami pri plesu

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

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

canny [kǽni] pridevnik (cannily prislov)
škotsko previden, varčen, oprezen; zvit; zanesljiv; počasen, udoben; dober; miren

canny wife babica, pomočnica pri porodu
canny moment trenutek poroda

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

care¹ [kɛə] samostalnik
skrb, nega; zaskrbljenost, previdnost, pazljivost; marljivost, prizadevnost

to take (ali have) care (of) biti previden
to take (ali have) the care of poskrbeti za koga ali kaj
care of (kratica c/o) pri (v naslovih)
Care Sunday peta postna nedelja
that shall be my care za to bom že jaz poskrbel
care killed (ali will kill) the cat pretirana skrb škoduje
with care! pazi! previdno!

catch^*1 [kæč]

1. prehodni glagol
ujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati (at, in pri)
presenetiti; zamrzniti

2. neprehodni glagol
prijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)

to catch s.o. bending zasačiti koga
to catch s.o. a blow udariti koga
to catch one's breath zadrževati dih
to catch one's foot spotakniti se
to catch (a) cold prehladiti se
to catch a crab pregloboko z vesli udariti
to catch fire vžgati se
to catch a glimpse of s.o. bežno koga zagledati
to catch the idea (ali point) razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti misel
to catch hold of s.th. polastiti se česa, prijeti kaj
to catch it biti kaznovan
catch me! nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne pride
to catch s.o. napping zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega dela
to catch the Speaker's eye dobiti besedo (v parlamentu)
to catch a Tartar izkupiti jo
sleng you will catch it! ti bom že pokazal!