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drop¹ [drɔp]

1. neprehodni glagol (from)
kapljati, kaniti (with)
cediti se, teči; pasti, spustiti se; padati (cene) (from, out of)
ven pasti, izpasti; prenehati; pasti v nezavest, zrušiti se
figurativno umreti

2. prehodni glagol
pokapati; prelivati; izpustiti; opustiti, prekiniti; spustiti se; splaviti, povreči; oglasiti se pri kom; namigniti

to drop an acquaintance (ali s.o.) prekiniti stike s kom
to drop asleep zaspati
to drop astern zaostajati (za ladjo)
to drop the anchor usidrati se
to drop back to the old life vrniti se k staremu načinu življenja
to drop a hint namigniti
to drop a line napisati par besed
to drop from sight izginiti, zgubiti se
to drop to the rear zaosta(ja)ti
drop it! nehaj že!
to drop a bird ustreliti ptiča
figurativno to drop a brick narediti nerodno napako, ustreliti kozla, blekniti
to drop lamb ojagnjiti se
to let drop izpustiti
till one drops do onemoglosti
to drop short ne zadostovati; ne doseči cilja
to drop a bird on the wing ustreliti ptico med poletom
to drop a curtsy prikloniti se
figurativno to drop the curtain narediti konec
to drop into bad habits zabresti v slabe navade

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

ere¹ [ɛə] predlog
arhaično pred

ere long kmalu
ere now nekoč, (že) prej, doslej
ere this že prej

even³ [í:vən] prislov
celo, nasprotno; sploh; pravkar

even as v tistem trenutku, ko
even if, even though četudi, čeprav, dasi
even that vzemimo, da
not even niti ne
even more še (veliko) več
even so vendar, če že

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

fain² [fein] pridevnik
zadovoljen, vesel; prisiljen

pogovorno fain I! jaz že ne!
I was fain to comply with their demands hočeš nočeš sem moral spolniti njihove zahteve

far² [fa:] prislov
daleč; zelo, znatno; davno

as far as in l8th century že v osemnajstem stoletju
to carry it (ali go) too far iti prek meje, preveč si upati, pretiravati
far from it ravno nasprotno, niti malo ne
far gone v nevarnosti, v visoki stopnji
so far doslej
to go far in life visoko se povzpeti
as far as prav do; v koliko
so far so good doslej je vse v redu
in so far as v koliko
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
far and near povsod
far and wide daleč po svetu
far and away brez dvoma, vsekakor
few and far between redkokdaj
far into the night pozno v noč
far up visoko zgoraj

fight¹ [fait] samostalnik
boj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitost

pogovorno a dog fight borba v zraku
to give (ali make) a fight boriti se
to put up a good fight hrabro se boriti
running fight borba pred umikom
single fight dvoboj
to show fight pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobe
sham fight manever, navidezna bitka
to make a fight of it pogumno se boriti
a tea fight velika čajanka
hand-to-hand fight pretep, boj na nož
there is no fight left in him je že od boja utrujen
there is fight in him yet še ni premagan
stand-up fight borba po vseh pravilih

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

go² [gou] samostalnik
hoja tek; odhod; požirek, grižljaj; vrstni red; moda; dejavnost, energija; napad bolezni
sleng izpit

all the go velika moda
on the go v teku
a capital go prijetna zadeva
at the first go-off v samem začetku
it was a near go malo je manjkalo, za las je šlo
is it a go? smo se sporazumeli?, velja?
Great (Little) go glavni (sprejemni) izpit (na univerzi)
to have a go at s.th. lotiti se česa
it's no go tako ne gre, nima smisla
a pretty go presenetljiva zadeva
quite the go čisto navadno
a rum (ali queer) go čudna zadeva
that's the go je že tako na svetu

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

half² [ha:f, hæf] pridevnik
polovičen; površen, nepopoln

at half the price za pol cene, po polovični ceni
to gain half the battle polovico že dobiti, opraviti že pol dela
to have half a mind to na pol se odločiti za kaj
half a loaf is better than no bread boljši vrabec v roki, kot golob na strehi
to see with half an eye takoj sprevideti, videti brez najmanjšega truda
a half share pol deleža
half shot opit
navtika half three tri in pol sežnja

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

high¹ [hái] pridevnik
visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet (a high Tory)
napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)
pogovorno natrkan
sleng omamljen (od mamila)

ameriško, sleng high on nor na kaj
of high birth plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu
high complexion zardel obraz
britanska angleščina higher school certificate abiturientsko spričevalo
high day beli dan, prazničen dan
high and dry figurativno osamljen, zapuščen; navtika nasedel, na suhem
to leave s.o. high and dry pustiti koga na cedilu
in high feather dobre volje, opit
to fly a high game visoko letati
in high health pri odličnem zdravju
with a high hand samovoljno, ošabno
to carry things off with a high hand samovoljno, predrzno ravnati
a high kicker lahkoživka
high latitudes pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev
high and low gospoda in raja
land is high zemlja je draga
pogovorno to mount (ali ride) the high horse biti ponosen, biti domišljav
high merit velika zasluga
high and mighty nadut, ošaben
high noon točno opoldne
high praise velika hvala
high politics visoka politika
high period obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)
on the high ropes ohol, poln prezira; besen
high speed največja hitrost
high society visoka družba
of high standing visokega stanu, ugleden
high summer visoko poletje
high spirit razigranost, vedrost
in high spirits razigran, pogovorno natrkan, "v rožicah"
high seas razburkano morje
the high seas odprto morje
high time skrajni čas
high wind močan veter
high words ostre besede, prepir
a high old time; ali high jinks imenitna zabava
the Most High bog
sleng how is that for high? to je pa že malo preveč

hindsight [háindsait] samostalnik
šaljivo prepozen spregled, prepozno spoznanje

hindsight is easier than foresight lahko je biti pameten, ko je že narejeno

history [hístəri] samostalnik
zgodovina; pripoved, zgodba, zgodovinski potek; zgodovinska drama
medicina anamneza, potek bolezni

to become (ali make) history priti v zgodovino
ancient (medieval, modern) history zgodovina starega (srednjega, novega) veka
natural history prirodopis
history of art umetnostna zgodovina
history piece zgodovinska slika
that is all history now to je že zdavnaj minilo

how¹ [háu] prislov
kako (vprašanje in vzklik)

how about...? kako pa kaj...?
how are you? kako se počutiš?
how do you do dober dan (pozdrav)
how much?, how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
how ever do you do it? kako le to narediš?
how so?; ali how come? kako?, kako to misliš?
how the deuce (ali devil, dickens) ? kako za vraga?
how goes it? kako kaj gre?
how in the world? kako vendar?
how is that? odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?
how now? kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?
and how! in še kako!
here's how! pogovorno na zdravje (pri pitju)
that's how tako, na tak način
pogovorno a nice how-do-you-do (ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!

inherent [inhíərənt] pridevnik (inherently prislov)
naravno, neločljivo zvezan, inherenten; vrojen, prirojen, svojstven, pripadajoč
slovnica stoječ pred samostalnikom

it is inherent in the blood je že v krvi
inherent right prirojena ali naravna pravica
ekonomija & pravno inherent defect notranja hiba

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

lamb¹ [læm] samostalnik
jagnje; jagnjetina; ovčica (član verske skupnosti)

you may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb če že grešiš, pojdi do konca (kazen ne bo nič manjša)
wolf (ali fox) in lamb's skin volk v ovčji koži, hinavec
like a lamb ko jagnje, pohleven, krotek
in (ali with) lamb breja (ovca)
the Lamb (of God) božje jagnje, Kristus