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disagreement [disəgrí:mənt] samostalnik
nesoglasje, neskladnost, različnost; spor

in disagreement from v razliko od

discretion [diskréšən] samostalnik
preudarnost, opreznost, previdnost; takt, obzirnost; razsodnost, preudarek; molčečnost; pooblastilo, upravičenost

at (ali upon, on) discretion poljubno, po mili volji
to surrender at discretion vdati se na milost in nemilost
years of discretion odrasla doba
to use one's own discretion ravnati po lastnem preudarku
to act with discretion obzirno ravnati
to leave a wide discretion dopuščati veliko svobodo dejavnosti
discretion is the better part of valour opreznost je boljša od hrabrosti
within one's own discretion po lastni preudarnosti

discriminate¹ [diskrímineit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (between med; from od)
razlikovati, ločiti (against proti)
favorizirati, biti pristranski

to discriminate in favour of favorizirati, dajati prednost
to discriminate against zapostavljati

distance¹ [dístəns] samostalnik
daljava, razdalja (from)
oddaljenost, razmik; interval, obdobje; nepodobnost
figurativno opreznost, zadržanost, hladnokrvnost

to keep one's distance ne se vsiljevati
to keep s.o. at a distance ne želeti si stikov s kom
I know my distance vem, koliko si smem dovoliti
from a distance od daleč
in the distance v ozadju
a good distance off precej daleč
within driving distance z avtom dosegljiv
within easy distance nedaleč

divorce¹ [divɔ́:s]
ločitev (zakona), razveza, razporoka; razdvajanje

to obtain a divorce from dati se ločiti od

divorce² [divɔ́:s] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (from)
ločiti, razporočiti (se); razdvojiti (se)

to divorce one's wife (husband) ločiti se od žene (moža)

donkey [dʌ́ŋki] samostalnik
zoologija osel
figurativno bedak

to talk the hind leg of a donkey govoriti kot dež
donkey's years cela večnost
pogovorno to ride the black donkey biti trmast
the donkey means one thing, the driver another mnenja so različna
since (ali for) donkey's years že od nekdaj

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

double¹ [dʌ́bl] pridevnik (doubly prislov)
dvojen, dvakraten; ojačen; paren, podvojen; neodkrit, dvoličen; dvosmiseln; upognjen, preganjen

double with age sključen od starosti
double Dutch "španska vas"
navtika double skull dvojec s krmarjem
double chin podbradek
to work double tides biti kar se da delaven

down³ [daun] prislov & predlog
dol, doli; spodaj, navzdol; na tleh; na tla; v postelji; do kraja; tik do

to be down oslabeti
to bear down pluti v zavetje
to burn down pogoreti
to die down poleči se
to climb (ali come) down spuščati se
to drop down on s.o. strogo koga grajati
to get down spustiti se; pogoltniti
to get down the bedrock priti stvari do dna
down to the ground popolnoma, temeljito
all down history skozi vso zgodovino
down at heels (and out at elbows) zanemarjene zunanjosti
from king down to cobbler od najvišjega do najnižjega
to let go down the wind opustiti
to look down upon s.o. zaničevati, omalovaževati koga
money (ali pay) down takojšnje plačilo
down on the nail takoj
down in the mouth potrt
down and out popolnoma brez sredstev, gladujoč, sestradan; uničen; za borbo nesposoben
one down the other drug za drugim
to put down zapisati
to run s.o. down slabo o kom govoriti
run down od dela izčrpan
to take s.o. down the peg ponižati koga
to talk down to s.o. razumljivo komu govoriti
down town v mesto, v središče mesta
down under pri antipodih, v Avstraliji
to write down zapisati
worn down ponošen
down the wind z vetrom
down on one's luck potrt

downward(s) [dáunwəd(z)] prislov
navzdol

downward(s) from Adam, from Adam downward(s) od Adama, že od nekdaj

drench¹ [drenč] prehodni glagol
premočiti, zmočiti, prepojiti, preplaviti
veterina dati zdravilno pijačo

drenched with rain (sweat) premočen od dežja (potu)

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

east¹ [i:st] samostalnik
vzhod, Jutrovo

Far East Daljni vzhod
Middle East Srednji vzhod
Near East Bližnji vzhod
ameriško, sleng about east vrlo, precej
in the east na vzhodu
(to the) east of vzhodno od
East or West home is best doma je najlepše

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

elder¹ [éldə] pridevnik
starejši

my elder brother is older than you moj starejši brat je starejši od tebe
elder statesman upokojeni državnik, ki ima funkcijo svetnika

embosom [imbúzəm] prehodni glagol
obje(ma)ti, vzljubiti, v srcu nositi
figurativno obda(ja)ti; zapreti, zapirati; skri(va)ti, spraviti, spravljati v kaj

embosomed with obdan od

envy¹ [énvi] samostalnik
zavist, nevoščljivost; predmet zavisti

out of envy iz zavisti
green with envy zelen od zavisti
he is eaten up with envy sama zavist ga je, počil bo od zavisti
he is the envy of all vsi mu zavidajo

ever [évə] prislov
vedno, nenehno, vselej; večno; nekdaj, včasih, (sploh) kdaj

as ever kakor hitro, bržko
ever afterwards, ever since odtlej
arhaično ever and anon tu in tam
ever before od nekdaj
hardly (ali scarcely) ever skoraj nikoli
ever so long celo večnost
pogovorno ever so še kako, zelo
if ever so tired najsi še tako truden
for ever (and a day) večno
ever yours vaš (ali tvoj) vdani (kot zaključek pisma)
who (what, how, where, when) ever kdo (kaj, kako, kje, kam, kdaj) le, že