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mountain [máuntin] samostalnik
gora (tudi figurativno)

a mountain is raised off my spirits kamen se mi je odvalil od srca
to climb mountains iti v hribe
mountains high izredno visok
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
the mountain on labo(u)r veliko hrupa za prazen nič
zgodovina the Mountain jakobinska stranka v francoski revoluciji
Mountain State vzdevek za Montano in Zahodno Virginijo (ZDA)

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

move² [mu:v]

1. prehodni glagol
premakniti, premikati, pomakniti; odstraniti, odnesti
figurativno ganiti; spodbujati, spodbuditi, začeti, sprožiti, napeljati, nagovoriti (to k)
razdražiti, spraviti v bes; predlagati
ekonomija odposlati, razprodati

2. neprehodni glagol
premikati se, premakniti se, pomakniti se, kreniti, oditi, preseliti se (to)
figurativno napredovati; ukrepati (in s.th. v čem, against proti)
napraviti potezo (šah)
ekonomija iti v prodajo

to be moved to tears biti do solz ganjen
to be moved (at, by) biti ganjen
to move s.o. from an opinion odvrniti koga od njegovega mnenja
to move s.o. to anger razjeziti koga
to move the bowels dristiti
his bowels moved šel je na veliko potrebo
things began to move stvari so stekle
parlament to move an amendment predlagati amandma
he moved quickly hitro je ukrepal
to move heaven and earth vse poskusiti, truditi se na vse pretege
to move house preseliti se
to move in a rut živeti po stari navadi
the spirit moves nekaj me sili (to do s.th.)

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

muddle¹ [mədl] samostalnik
zmešnjava, nered, zmedenost

to make a muddle of s.th. vse pokvariti
to get into a muddle zaiti v težave
to be in muddle biti zmeden

mulct² [mʌlkt] prehodni glagol
naložiti komu globo; oskubiti koga (from)
ogoljufati koga (of)

to mulct s.o. in a pound naložiti komu en funt globe
to be mulcted biti oskubljen (za denar)

murder¹ [mə́:də] samostalnik
umor (of)

to commit a murder zagrešiti umor, umoriti
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
pogovorno it was murder bilo je strašno
the murder is out resnica je prišla na dan
murder will out vsak umor pride prej ali slej na dan
ameriško, pravno first-degree (second-degree) murder umor, (uboj)

nail¹ [néil] samostalnik
tehnično žebelj; noht
zoologija krempelj, trd izrastek na kljunu nekih ptic; stara dolžinska mera (0,057 m)

a nail in one's coffin vse, kar pospeši smrt; padec vlade, režima
to drive a nail in zabiti žebelj
to drive the nail home iti (dognati) do kraja
one nail drives out another klin se s klinom izbija
to fight tooth and nail boriti se z zobmi in nohti, boriti se na vso moč
as hard as nails trdnega zdravja, žilav, neusmiljen, trd
to hit the nail (right) on the head zadeti v črno
on the nail takoj
to pay on the nail takoj plačati v gotovini
to the nail do konca, dokončan, dovršen
right as nails točen, v redu
nails in mourning umazani nohti

name¹ [néim] samostalnik
ime, vzdevek, označba; reputacija, glas, ugled, čast; slavno ime, slaven človek; rod, rodbina

by name po imenu
to call s.th. by its proper name dati čemu pravo ime, reči bobu bob
to call s.o. names dajati komu priimke, psovati koga
family name priimek
first (ali given) name krstno ime
to give a dog a bad name and hang him vso krivdo zvaliti na človeka, ki je na slabem glasu
to give one's name povedati svoje ime
pogovorno give it a name! povej naravnost, kaj želiš!
to go by the name of živeti pod (tujim) imenom
the great names of our century slavni ljudje našega stoletja
to have a good (ill) name biti na dobrem (slabem) glasu
in name only samo po imenu
to have a name for biti na glasu; da
in the name of v imenu (ljudstva, usmiljenja itd.)
of name ugleden, pomemben
maiden name dekliško ime
in one's own name v svojem imenu
proper name lastno ime
to make one's name; ali to make a name for o.s.; ali to make o.s. a name zasloveti
not a penny (ali nickel) to his name čisto brez denarja je
to put one's name down for priglasiti kandidaturo
to send in one's name napovedati se, priglasiti se
to take a name in vain nespoštljivo o kom govoriti, po nemarnem imenovati
to keep one's name on the books ostati v klubu, šoli
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz kluba, šole
to win a name for o.s. napraviti si ime, zasloveti
what's in a name? ime kaj malo pomeni

napkin [nǽpkin] samostalnik
prtič, brisača
britanska angleščina plenica

sanitary napkin ženski (mesečni) vložek
to lay up in a napkin spraviti kaj, ne uporabljati

narrow¹ [nǽrou] pridevnik (narrowly prislov)
ozek, tesen; omejen, pičel, suh, mršav; stisnjen (oči); ozkosrčen; natančen, temeljit (preiskava)
britanska angleščina skop (with)

by a narrow margin z majhno prednostjo
to have a narrow squeak za las uiti, komaj uiti
a narrow inspection natančen pregled
to live in narrow circumstances živeti v bedi
narrow majority majhna večina
to make a narrow escape komaj (za las) uiti
in the narrower sense of the word v ožjem pomenu besede
geografija the Narrow Seas Rokavski preliv in Irsko morje
figurativno the narrow way trnova pot
narrow vowels ozki samoglasniki
within narrow bounds zelo omejen

nasty [ná:sti] pridevnik (nastiliy prislov)
umazan, gnusen, oduren; opolzek, nespodoben, grd (značaj); zloben (to do)
grozeč, nevaren (morje), viharen (vreme), težek, hud (nesreča); neprijeten

a nasty customer neljub gost
in a nasty fix v hudih škripcih, v kaši
a nasty jar zavrnitev
a nasty one zelo neprijeten (udarec, graja, zavrnitev itd.)

nature [néičə] samostalnik
narava, priroda; čud, vrsta, lastnost
vojska kaliber, premer; življenjska sila, primitivizem
botanika drevesna smola

against (ali contrary to) nature proti naravi, nadnaravno
by nature po naravi
to ease (ali relieve) nature opraviti potrebo
law of nature naravni zakon
to go the way of nature umreti
from nature po naravi (v slikarstvu)
good nature dobrodušnost
in the nature of kot, po, zaradi, v svojstvu, podoben
of a grave nature resen
of the same nature iste vrste
to pay the debt of nature; ali to pay one's debt to nature umreti
ia a state of nature nag, divji, primitiven
true to nature realističen, naraven
Nature Conservancy urad za varstvo narave
it has become second nature with him to mu je prešlo v meso in kri
things of this nature stvari te vrste

near² [níə] pridevnik
bližnji; pereč (problem); skop, varčen; levi (del živali, ceste); zvest (prevod)

a near friend zaupen prijatelj
near miss le malo zgrešen zadetek
it was a near thing komaj je šlo, za las je manjkalo
near work za oči naporno delo
the near distance del slike med ozadjem in sprednjim delom
near akin v bližnjem sorodstvu
ameriško near true skoraj gotovo
the nearest way najkrajša pot
the Near East Bližnji Vzhod

neck¹ [nek] samostalnik
vrat, tilnik; izrez (obleke); vratina (meso)
anatomija vrat (maternice itd.); vrat pri violini, vrat steklenice
geografija ožina (morska, kopenska) soteska
tisk konus tiskarske črke

to break one's neck zlomiti si vrat; ameriško nečloveško se namučiti, ugonobiti se
to break the neck of a task izvršiti najtežji del naloge
to crane one's neck (at, for) stegovati vrat
Derbyshire neck golša
neck and neck division glasovanje, pri katerem dobita obe strani enako število glasov
sleng to get (ali catch) it in the neck biti hudo kaznovan, trpeti
he's got a neck predrzen je
to have a lot of neck biti zelo predrzen
neck and heel docela, trdno (vezati)
neck and neck bok ob boku (dirkalni konji), enako število glasov, enak
neck or nothing vse ali nič
on (ali in) the neck of neposredno po
to put one's neck in a noose izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to risk one's neck staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to save one's neck rešiti se, rešiti si glavo
to stick one's neck out for mnogo tvegati za
a stiff neck trdoglavost
stiff-necked trdoglav
to take s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
neck and crop popolnoma, kot dolg in širok
to throw s.o. out neck and crop na pete na glavo koga ven vreči
to tread on s.o.'s neck zaviti komu vrat
up to one's neck do grla
to win by a neck zmagati za dolžino vratu (konjske dirke), za las zmagati (glasovanje)
ameriško, pogovorno neck of the woods soseščina

need¹ [ni:d] samostalnik
potreba, sila nuja (of, for po)
pomanjkanje (of, for česa)

to be (ali stand) in need of s.th.; ali to have need of s.th. nujno kaj potrebovati
to be in need biti v stiski
if need be; ali if need arise; ali in case of need če je potrebno, v sili
to do one's needs opraviti potrebo
I had need remember moral bi si zapomniti
to have no need to do s.th. ne čutiti potrebe kaj narediti
there is no need for you to come ni ti treba priti
a friend in need is a friend indeed v sili spoznaš pravega prijatelja
to fail s.o. in his need pustiti koga na cedilu
to feel the need of (ali for) s.th. pogrešati kaj

needle¹ [ni:dl] samostalnik
šivanka
tehnično igla (kompasna, gramofonska, injekcijska, črtalna itd.); kazalec na tehtnici
botanika iglica; šilasta skala; obelisk
tehnično prečni tram
britanska angleščina, sleng živčnost

needle's eye uho šivanke, majhna odprtina
a needle fight (ali game, match) borba med nasprotnikoma, ki se osebno sovražita
sleng to get the needles postati živčen, biti na trnih
sleng to have the needles biti živčen, biti jezen
knitting needle pletilka, pletilna igla
to look for a needle in a buudle (ali bottle) of hay (ali in a haystack) zaman iskati
pins and needles zbadanje, ščemenje
sharp as a needle zelo pameten, zvit, duhovit

new¹ [nju:] pridevnik
nov; svež (kruh, mleko), mlad (krompir, vino); neizkušen, nevajen; neznan (to komu)
jezikoslovje moderen

avstralsko new chum nov naseljenec
New England Nova Anglija, šest vzhodnih držav v ZDA (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine)
New Egyptian koptovščina (jezik)
New Deal Rooseveltov progresivni program za ekonomsko in socialno obnovo ZDA po veliki krizi l.1929.
the New World novi svet, Amerika
New Testament nova zaveza
figurativno new blood sveža kri, življenjska sila
new departure popolna sprememba starih navad
as good as new skoraj nov
to lead a new life živeti drugačno življenje
astronomija new moon mladi mesec
figurativno new man prerojen človek
to put on the new man; ali to turn over a new leaf začeti novo življenje, poboljšati se
new woman moderna žena
an old dog can't learn new tricks star človek ne spremeni svojih navad

news [nju:z] samostalnik
množina (edninska konstrukcija) novica, poročilo, vest; kar je novo, novost

at this news pri tej novici
a piece of news (ena) novica
to be in the news zbujati pozornost
to break the news to s.o. povedati komu slabo novico
ill news flies apace slaba novica se kaj hitro izve
no news is good news če ni novic, je vse v redu
that's news to me to mi je popolnoma novo
what is the news? kaj je novega?

nice [náis] pridevnik (nicely prislov)
fin, nežen
pogovorno okusen, slasten (hrana)
pogovorno prijeten, prijazen (to s.o.)
pogovorno čeden, lep, privlačen, simpatičen
ironično krasen; izbirčen (about, in)
točen, tankovesten, skrben, pedanten, precizen (in doing s.th.)
figurativno kočljiv, občutljiv, rahel (običajno z not)
spodoben

a nice mess lepa kaša
nice and fat lepo debelo
nice and warm prijetno toplo
to have a nice ear imeti oster sluh
a nice point kočljiva zadeva
nice and nice precej
not a nice song nespodobna pesem