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feet [fi:t] samostalnik
množina noge
množina od foot

to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; zelo koga navdušiti ali razburiti
to set s.o. on his feet pomagati komu na noge ➞ foot¹

felicitate [filísiteit] prehodni glagol (on)
čestitati, voščiti
arhaično osrečiti

fence¹ [fens] samostalnik
arhaično zaščita, obramba; ograja, plot; nasip; zaščitna naprava; mečevanje
figurativno spretno debatiranje
sleng skrivač ali skrivališče ukradenega blaga

to come down on the right side of the fence biti na strani zmagovalcev
to be (ali sit, ride) on the fence biti nepristranski, nobenostranski, obračati se po vetru
to look after one's fence pridobivati si volivce
to put a horse at fence spodbosti konja, da preskoči oviro
master of fence spreten mečevalec; figurativno dober diskutant

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

fiddlestick [fídlstik] samostalnik
godalni lok

fiddlestick's end ničeva stvar
the devil rides on a fiddlestick tam imajo pravega hudiča

fie [fai] medmet
fej!

fie on (ali upon) you! sram te (vas) bodi!

fifty-fifty¹ [fíftifífti] pridevnik
razdeljen na dva enaka dela

on a fifty-fifty basis pol na pol

fight² [fait] prehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (against, about, for, with, on behalf of)
boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati se

to fight one's battles over again obnavljati spomine na razburljive dogodke v svoji preteklosti
that cock won't fight to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v redu
to fight with one's gloves off ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicami
to fight a lone hand boriti se sam, brez pomoči
to fight for one's own hand boriti se za lastno korist
to fight shy of s.o. izogibati se koga
to fight for dear life boriti se na življenje in smrt
to fight in the last ditch do kraja se boriti
to fight a good fight hrabro se boriti
to fight one's way prebiti se
to fight a question prepirati se za kaj

file³ [fail] samostalnik
kup aktov; arhiv, kartoteka, register za dokumente; urejanje aktov

on the file registriran

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

fire¹ [fáiə] samostalnik
ogenj, plamen, požar; streljanje
figurativno gorečnost, navdušenje, vnema, razburjenje; vročica; pekel; smrt na grmadi

to add fuel to the fire prilivati olje v ogenj; poslabšati; razpihovati strasti
medicina St. Anthony's fire šen
between two fires med dvema ognjema
a burnt child dreads the fire kdor se opeče, je drugič previden
to catch (ali take) fire vneti se
fire control stolp, s katerega vodijo streljanje; boj proti gozdnim požarom
fire department požarni oddelek
to go through fire and water mnogo pretrpeti
to lay a fire pripraviti za zakurjenje
to open fire začeti obstreljevati
out of the frying-pan into the fire z dežja pod kap
to pour oil on fire prilivati olje na ogenj, razdražiti, podpihovati
to set on fire, to set fire to zažgati, prižgati
vojska blind fire streljanje brez cilja, na slepo
to keep up a fire vzdrževati ogenj; nenehno obstreljevati
to be on fire goreti
there's no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj; iz nič ni nič
to set the Thames on fire narediti nekaj izrednega, iznajti smodnik
to strike fire izkresati ogenj
withering fire uničevalen ogenj
running fire salva strelov; zapovrstni napadi kritike

fit¹ [fit] samostalnik
napad, izbruh, krč; kaprica, muhavost
pogovorno razpoloženje

pogovorno, figurativno to give one a fit presenetiti, razdražiti koga
cold fit mrzlica
by fits (and starts) sunkovito, tu in tam
for a fit nekaj časa
to go into fits dobiti napad; omedleti
to give s.o. fit(s) razkačiti koga
to knock (ali bang, beat, lick) into fits popolnoma premagati
to throw a fit pobesneti, razsrditi se
when the fit was on him kadar je bil dobre volje
if the fit takes me če se mi zahoče
drunken fit pijanost
fit of hysterics histerični napad

fix¹ [fiks]

1. prehodni glagol (to, on, upon)
pritrditi, prilepiti, pripeti; usmeriti, upreti; nameriti; urediti; določiti; fiksirati, utrditi, utrjevati; organizirati; ustaliti; pripraviti, popraviti; naseliti, nastaniti; uokviriti; spraviti v zadrego; podkupiti

2. neprehodni glagol
otrdeti; nastaniti, namestiti se; odločiti se
ameriško nameravati
ameriško okrasiti se

to fix in one's head (ali memory) zapomniti si
ameriško, sleng to fix o.s. nastaniti se
pogovorno to fix a quarrel poravnati spor

flame¹ [fleim] samostalnik
plamen, ogenj, žar
pogovorno ljubezen; nagla jeza; strast

to set on flame zažgati
to throw oil on flame prilivati olje v ogenj
to burst into flame(s) vzplameneti
to commit to the flames sežgati
to fan the flame razplameniti
an old flame of his njegova stara ljubezen

flatter [flǽtə] prehodni glagol
laskati, dobrikati se, prilizovati se; zadovoljiti, ugajati, dobro deti, goditi

to flatter o.s. that domišljati si, da
to flatter s.o.'s hopes zbujati komu neosnovano upanje
to flatter o.s. on čestitati si k

flesh¹ [fleš] samostalnik
meso; človeštvo; človeška narava; mesnato oplodje sadežev; meseno poželenje, čutnost

flesh and blood telo; človek; človeška narava
in flesh dobro rejen
in the flesh dejanski, živ
to feel one's flesh creep dobi(va)ti kurjo polt
one's own flesh and blood lastna družina
to go the way of all flesh umreti
to loose (put on, make) flesh hujšati (rediti se)
medicina proud flesh divje meso (na rani)
flesh and fell z dušo in telesom
to run to flesh rediti se
to become one flesh postati duša in telo

floor¹ [flɔ:] samostalnik
tla, pod, dno; nadstropje; sejna dvorana; prizorišče v filmskem ateljeju; proizvodnja filma; najnižja meja (plače, dnevnice)

to ask for the floor oglasiti se k besedi
the film goes on the floor začenja se snemanje filma
the film is on the floor film se snema
floor show zabavni program, ki se predvaja med gledalci
floor price najnižja dopustna cena
to get (ali have, ameriško take) the floor imeti besedo (v parlamentu)
to give the floor dati besedo
ground floor, ameriško first floor pritličje
on the first (ameriško second) floor v prvem nadstropju
French floor parket
inlaid floor okrasni parket
to take the floor plesati
sleng to wipe the floor with s.o. uničiti, popolnoma premagati koga

fly¹ [flai] samostalnik
zoologija muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželk

fly agaric, fly anamita botanika mušnica
to break (ali crush) a fly on the wheel uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevati
to catch flies prodajati zijala
to be the fly on the wheel precenjevati samega sebe
a fly in amber redka stvar, zanimiv ostanek
a fly in the ointment senčna stran, neprijetna zadeva
sleng there are (ali he has) no flies on him zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zanesete
more flies are taken with honey than with gall s prijaznostjo največ dosežemo
sleng to rise to the fly pustiti si natvesti

fly³ [flai] samostalnik
polet; enovprežna kočija; šotorska pola; razporek; durnica; širina zastave
množina, gledališče sofita; prazen list na začetku in koncu knjige, spojni papir
tehnično zamašnjak

on the fly bežno, v naglici

foist [fɔist] prehodni glagol (in, into)
podriniti, podtakniti

to foist o.s. vsiliti, vsiljevati se
to foist s.th. on s.o. vsiliti komu kaj, opehariti koga