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vert² [və:t]

1. samostalnik
pogovorno convert
spreobrnjenec (h katoliški veri); odpadnik (od katoliške vere)

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
spreobrniti (se); prestopiti v drugo vero

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

between¹ [bitwí:n] prislov

betwixt and between niti eno niti drugo
in between sredi, v sredini
few and far between na redko, v velikih razdaljah
the space between vmesni prostor
betwixt and between na pol
to stand between posredovati
far between zelo redek
between servant pomožni služabnik

between² [bitwí:n] predlog
med

between the devil and the deep sea, between two fires med Scilo in Karibdo, med dvema ognjema
between you and me and the bed (ali gate) post strogo zaupno
between you and me (pogovorno I), between ourselves med nama povedano
between two stools med dvema stoloma
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
hit between wind and water zadet na občutljivem mestu
between whiles (ali times) tu pa tam
between hay and grass ne tič ne miš, niti eno niti drugo
they had no penny between (the two of) them niti eden niti drugi nista imela prebite pare
between stations na odprti progi
we have bought it between us kupila sva to skupaj

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

cannot [kǽnɔt] ➞ can't

I cannot ne morem, ne znam
I cannot but moram, drugo mi ne preostaja
I cannot away with this tega ne zmorem

chain¹ [čein] samostalnik
veriga, vrsta
množina okovi, suženjstvo; dolžinska mera (okrog 20 m)

chain broadcasting hkratna oddaja istega programa več radijskim postajam
chain gang vrsta priklenjenih ujetnikov
chain of mountains gorska veriga
chain reaction verižna reakcija
chain smoker kadilec, ki prižiga eno cigareto za drugo
ameriško chain store podružnica velike trgovske hiše
to put s.o. in chains vkleniti koga
surveyor's chain merilna veriga

chapter¹ [čǽptə] samostalnik
poglavje; izglasovani zakon; kapitelj, zbor kanonikov

a chapter of accidents ena nesreča za drugo
to the end of the chapter do samega konca
to give chapter and verse natanko citirati, dokazati resničnost poročila
enough on that chapter! pustimo to!

cross² [krɔs] pridevnik
počezen, prečen; nasproten (veter); neugoden
pogovorno siten, čemeren, slabe volje (with na)
jezen, hud
sleng nepošten; nepošteno pridobljen

as cross as two sticks (ali a bear, a Devil) skrajno slabe volje
to be (ali play) at cross purposes napak razumeti
cross questions and crooked answers namenoma nejasni odgovori
cross reference sklicevanje na drugo mesto v isti knjigi

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

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

else² [els] pridevnik
drugi

somebody else nekdo drugi
anybody else kdorkoli drugi
nobody else nihče drugi
everybody else vsak drugi
something else nekaj drugega
anything else še kaj
not anything, nothing else nič drugega
everything else vse drugo
someone else nekdo drugi
anybody else (ali anyone) kdorkoli še
nobody else's nikogar drugega

extreme² [ikstrí:m] samostalnik
skrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotje

to carry to extreme, to go to extreme tirati do skrajnosti
the extremes meet nasprotja se privlačijo
at the other extreme na nasprotnem koncu
in the extreme, to an extreme čezmerno, pretirano
to go from one extreme to the other preiti z ene skrajnosti v drugo
to run to an extreme preiti v skrajnost

face¹ [feis] samostalnik
obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of v navzočnosti, pred (kom)
to draw (ali pull, wear) a long face biti videti potrt, kislo se držati
in the face of day ob belem dnevu; odkrito
his face fell nos se mu je povesil
to fly in (to) the face of s.o. upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga
to fly in the face of Providence izzivati usodo
you have a good face zdravi ste videti
navtika guide face drsa zapore
full face obraz od spredaj
half face profil
to have the face to (do s.th.) upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)
in (the) face of vpričo, neglede na, vkljub
I could hardly keep a straight face komaj sem zadrževal smeh
to look in the face of s.o. drzno koga gledati
to lose the face zgubiti ugled
to make (ali pull) faces at spakovati se nad
to make a wry face at s.th. kislo kaj gledati
face to face with naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo
on the face of it očitno, na prvi pogled
to put a bold (ali good) face on s.th. ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu
to put a new face on s.th. postaviti kaj v drugo luč
a right about face popoln obrat
to run one's face dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom
to save one's face za las uiti sramoti
to set one's face against s.th. upirati se čemu
to set one's face like a flint biti neuklonljiv
to shut the door in one's face preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta
to show one's face priti, prikazati se
to show a face izzivalno se vesti
to s.o.'s face odkrito, v navzočnosti koga
to tell straight to s.o.'s face naravnost komu povedati
to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face očitati, oponašati komu kaj
face value imenska vrednost

idea [aidíə] samostalnik
ideja, misel, duševna predstava, pojem; zamisel, zasnova, načrt; smoter, namen; mnenje
glasba tema
filozofija prapodoba

the Idea absolutna ideja, absolutnost
in idea v duhu, v mislih
the idea of such a thing!; ali the (very) idea!; ali what an idea! pomisli, kaj takega!, kakšna neumnost!
what's the (big) idea? kaj naj to pomeni?, kakšna neumnost je spet to?
it is my idea that moje mnenje je, da
the idea is namen stvari je
that's the idea! tako je!, za to gre!
the young idea otroška pamet
the idea entered my mind prišlo mi je na misel
to form an idea of ustvariti si mnenje o, predstavljati si kaj
to get ideas into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to get the idea of razumeti kaj
to have no idea of ne imeti pojma o čem
to strike a new idea skreniti na drugo pot

lap³ [læp]

1. prehodni glagol
zaviti, oviti, ogrniti (about, round, in)
figurativno obsipati, obdati (in s, z)
figurativno gojiti; prekriti, zgibati (over)
brusiti, polirati (drago kamenje, kovino)
šport prehiteti za en ali več krogov, preteči krog

2. neprehodni glagol
čez viseti (over)
prekrivati se

lap ped in luxury obdan z razkošjem
to lap tiles položiti strešno opeko (drugo preko druge)
šport to lap the course in 6 minutes preteči krog v šestih minutah

leap^*2 [li:p]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti, skakati; poskočiti, poskakovati; odskočiti (from)
preskočiti, preskakovati (over)
izskočiti (out)
vzplamteti (plamen), iti v glavo (kri)

2. prehodni glagol
preskočiti, preskakovati; pognati konja v skok

to leap aside skočiti vstran
look before you leap dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to leap to the eye biti v oči
ready to leap and strike pripravljen na skok
my heart leaps for joy srce mi poskakuje od veselja
to leap into fame postati slaven na en mah
to leap to a conclusion napraviti prenagljen sklep
to leap from one topic to another skakati od ene teme na drugo

morning [mɔ́:niŋ] samostalnik
jutro, dopoldan
figurativno jutro, začetek, svitanje

in the morning zjutraj
this morning danes zjutraj
tomorrow morning jutri zjutraj
yesterday morning včeraj zjutraj
the morning after drugo jutro
sleng the morning after the night before "maček"
poetično with (the) morning proti jutru

next¹ [nekst] pridevnik
naslednji, najbližji, sosednji (to)
sledeči, prvi (za)

next to poleg, takoj za, skoraj (nemogoče)
next door to v sosednji hiši, čisto blizu; figurativno skoraj
next door to death na pragu smrti
next to nothing skoraj nič
next to last predzadnji
next but one naslednji, drugi v vrsti
the next best thing to drugo najboljše za (tem)
(the) next moment naslednji trenutek
I will ask the next man vprašal bom prvega mimosdočega
what next? kaj še (želiš)?
šaljivo not till next do prihodnjič ne več
pravno next friend mladoletnikov zastopnik

other¹ [ʌ́ðə] pridevnik
drug, ostali, drugačen

the other day ondan
every other vsak drug
every other year vsako drugo leto
on the other hand po drugi plati
far other from ours čisto drugačen od našega
other than razen, različen
just the other way; ali the other way around ravno nasprotno, povsem drugače