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averse [əvə́:s] pridevnik (aversely prislov) (to)
nenaklonjen, protiven

not averse to good food ki rad dobro je
he is not averse to come čisto rad pride

bad¹ [bæd] pridevnik (primernik worse, presežnik worst)
slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolan

bad to beat težko premagljiv
bad blood sovraštvo, huda kri
to be in s.o.'s bad books biti pri kom slabo zapisan
bad egg (ali hat, lot) človek na slabem glasu
bad fairy zli duh
bad form neprimerno vedenje
from bad to worse vedno slabše
to go bad pokvariti se; propasti, propadati
not half (as) bad čisto čedno
bad language zmerjanje, psovke
bad luck smola
ameriško bad man razbojnik, bandit
in bad odour na slabem glasu
not too bad kar dobro
it is too bad škoda, preneumno
with a bad grace nerad
bad ways razuzdano življenje
bad woman razuzdanka

bag¹ [bæg] samostalnik
vreča, torba, kovček; vrečka; lovska torba; lovska trofeja; balon; vime
množina, pogovorno hlače
figurativno odpust

bag and baggage z vsem, kar ima
a bag of bones kost in koža
to let the cat out of the bag izdati skrivnost
to empty the bag povedati vso resnico
to bear (ali carry) the bag razpolagati z denarjem, obvladati položaj
to give the bag odpustiti iz službe
to have s.th. in the bag imeti kaj v dosegu
pogovorno it is in the bag je skoraj gotovo
the whole bag of tricks vsi do zadnjega
to make a good bag imeti lovsko srečo; prisvojiti si kaj

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

bargain² [bá:gin] samostalnik
(dobra) kupčija, ugodna priložnost; pogodba; razprodaja

a bad bargain nesreča, huda zadeva
by bargain po dogovoru
a chance bargain priložnostni nakup
bargain counter oddelek z blagom po znižani ceni
I got it a dead bargain skoraj zastonj sem dobil
to drive a hard bargain mnogo zahtevati
it's a bargain! velja!
Dutch bargain kupčija ali ugovor v enostransko korist
to make the best of a bad bargain ne obupavati
a good bargain is a pickpocket poceni blago je slabo
a bargain is a bargain kar je, je
into the bargain povrhu
bargain hunter tisti, ki išče dobro kupčijo
a losing (ali hard, bad) bargain slaba kupčija
to strike (ali make, close) a bargain napraviti kupčijo, pogoditi se, dogovoriti se
to be off one's bargain rešiti se obveznosti
switch bargain ovinkarska kupčija
wet bargain kupčija, ki se konča s popivanjem

bark³ [ba:k] samostalnik
lajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)

his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kot je videti

be [bi:] neprehodni glagol & pomožni
biti, obstati, obstajati; eksistirati; nahajati se; veljati, stati; počutiti se; obiskati; morati; bodi

I am better bolje se počutim
I am cold (warm, hot) zebe me (toplo, vroče mi je)
to be hard up biti v stiski
here you are izvoli(te), na(te), tu imaš (imate)
to be from the purpose biti neprimeren, zgrešiti namen
to be right prav imeti
to be wrong ne imeti prav, motiti se
how are you? kako se imaš (imate)?; kako se ti (vam) godi?
how much is this? koliko stane?
if it were not for him če bi njega ne bilo
it is going to rain gotovo bo deževalo, na dež kaže
what is that to you? kaj vam to mar?
it is not in me to ni v mojem značaju, nisem tak
he lived to be 80 doživel je 80 let

bearer [bɛ́ərə] samostalnik
nosač, nosilec; prinašalec, prinesnik; lastnik čeka ali menice; hindustanski sluga

this tree is a good (poor) bearer to drevo dobro (slabo) obrodi
bearer cheque ček na ime prinašalca

beat¹ [bi:t] samostalnik
udarec; bitje, utrip; nihanje (nihala)
glasba ritem, takt; korak; območje, stroka, delokrog, revir, rajon; obhodna straža
ameriško, sleng časopisna senzacija
ameriško, sleng lenuh, postopač

that is not my beat, that is off (ali out of) my beat to ni moja stroka, s tem se ne ukvarjam; to me ne zanima
the beat of waves pljuskanje valov
to be on the beat pregledovati svoje (policijsko) območje

beauty [bjú:ti] samostalnik
lepota, krasota; lepotica; mik, dražest
ironično lepotec

the Sleeping Beauty Trnuljčica
the beauty of it is najlepše na tem je
beauty shop, ameriško beauty parlor kozmetični salon
beauty sleep spanje pred polnočjo
beauty is but skin deep videz vara
my beauties moji dragi
beauty contest lepotna tekma

bedfellow [bédfelou] samostalnik
soprenočevalec; soprog(a)

he is an awkward (ali a strange) bedfellow z njim ni prijetno živeti, z njim ni dobro češnje zobati

bedtime [bédtaim] samostalnik
ura, ko gremo spat

it is past bedtime moral(i) bi že biti v postelji

begging¹ [bégiŋ] samostalnik
beračenje, moledovanje

to go (a-)begging iti beračit
this situation is going (a-)begging za to službo se nihče ne javi
these goods go (a-)begging to blago se slabo prodaja

beginning¹ [bigíniŋ] samostalnik
začetek, nastanek, izvor, izhodišče

in (ali at) the beginning spočetka
a good beginning is half the battle dober začetek je že pol zmage
a bad beginning makes a bad ending kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
from the very beginning od samega začetka
to give a beginning to s.th. povzročiti kaj
the beginning of the end začetek konca

begun [bigʌ́n] pretekli deležnik od begin

well begun is half done dober začetek je že na pol opravljeno delo

believing [bilí:viŋ]

1. pridevnik (believingly prislov)
veren

2. samostalnik
verovanje

seeing is believing verjamemo samo, če se lahko na lastne oči prepričamo

bell¹ [bel] samostalnik
zvon, zvonec; udarec na zvon, zvonjenje; potapljaški zvon
botanika popek; zvočni lijak; mehurček

to answer the bell iti odpret vrata
to bear the bell nositi zvonec, voditi
to carry off the bell dobiti prvo nagrado
passing bell navček
all went merrily as a marriage bell vse je šlo kakor po maslu
diving bell potapljaški zvon
to curse by bell, book and candle prekleti do desetega kolena
it is ringing a bell with me to me na nekaj spominja
as sound as a bell zdrav ko riba
with bells on v slovesni obleki; z navdušenjem
to ring the bell pozvoniti; sleng uspešno opraviti
peal (ali chime) of bells zvončkljanje
bell push gumb (zvonca)
to ring one's own bell sam sebe hvaliti
within the sound of Bow bells v Londonu
ring of bells zvonjenje
mornarica one to eight bells štiriurna straža

bent¹ [bent]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bend

2. pridevnik
upognjen, skrivljen

as the twing is bent the tree is inclined kar se Janezek nauči, to Janezek zna
to be bent on imeti nagnjenje k čemu, nameravati kaj

bent² [bent] samostalnik
naklonjenost, pregib, krivina; nagnjenje
botanika šaš

it is out of my bent tega ne zmorem
to the top of one's bent kakor komu drago; do skrajnosti
full bent skrajnji napor
to take (ali go, flee) to the bent zbežati, ucvreti jo

beside [bisáid] predlog
razen, poleg, blizu, ob strani
v primeri s

to be beside o.s. biti ves iz sebe
to be beside the mark motiti se
this is beside the question (ali purpose) to nima smisla
this is beside the point to ne spada sem