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triennial [traiéniəl]

1. pridevnik (triennially prislov)
trileten, ki traja tri leta, ki se dogaja ali menjava na tri leta

2. samostalnik
triletnica
religija maša, ki se bere za pokojnika vsak dan skozi tri leta; (redko) triletje, doba treh let

triennium [traiéniəm, -niə] samostalnik (množina trienniums, triennia)
triletje, doba treh let

vicennial [vaiséniəl] pridevnik
20-leten; ki traja ali se ponavlja vsakih 20 let

vicennial celebration proslava 20-letnice (kakega spominskega dne)

volation [vəléišən] samostalnik
zmožnost letenja (ptic); let, letenje

volitation [vɔlitéišən] samostalnik
letenje, let; zmožnost letenja

wave-hopping [wéivhɔpiŋ] samostalnik
aeronavtika nizki let nad morjem

wing¹ [wiŋ] samostalnik
perut, krilo (tudi figurativno)
okrilje; stran, krilo (vrat, zgradbe, vojske)
gledališče odrska stran, stranska kulisa
šaljivo laket (človeka)
sleng sprednja noga (štirinožca)
aeronavtika krilo, nosilna površina
pogovorno pilotski znak
šport krilo
aeronavtika skupina treh (ameriško šestih)
eskadrilj; (po)let, letenje
množina, gledališče stranske kulise

on the wing v (po)letu, leteč; figurativno na potovanju
birds are on the wing ptice so v poletu, leté
under s.o.'s wing(s) pod okriljem koga
to clip s.o.'s wings figurativno pristriči komu krila
he is always on the wing on nikoli ne miruje
to come on the wings of the wind privihrati kot veter, priti na krilih vetra
the news spread on the wings of the wind vest se je bliskovito razširila
to get the wings napredovati v položaj pilota
to lend (ali to add) a wing to s.th. pospešiti kaj
fear lent her wings strah ji je dal hitrost
riches take wings bogastvo hitro skopni
to take wings vzleteti, poleteti, odleteti
to take under one's wings vzeti pod svoje okrilje

abe(e) [əbí:] pridevnik pogovorno

to let abe(e) pri miru pustiti

aged [eidžd]

1. pridevnik
star, postaren

aged ten deset let star
an aged horse nad šest let star konj

2. samostalnik
starci, starke

alone¹ [əlóun] povedkovnik pridevnik
sam, osamljen

leave me alone!, let me alone! daj mi mir!, pusti me pri miru!
let alone that kje šele, da ne rečem, da

anchor¹ [ǽŋkə] samostalnik
sidro, maček
tehnično kotva
figurativno pribežališče, rešitev, nada

at anchor usidran
bower anchor sidro na ladijskem kljunu
to back the anchor zapeti sidro
to bring to an anchor zasidrati
buoy anchor polsidro
to cast (ali drop) the anchor zasidrati
to come to anchor usidrati se
to lie (ali ride) at anchor biti zasidran
to let go the anchor spustiti sidro
sea (ali drift) anchor plovno sidro
to weigh the anchor dvigniti sidro

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

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

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

boy [bɔi] samostalnik
deček, fant; sluga

boy friend (njen) fant
from a boy od otroških let
domačno old boy dragi prijatelj; bivši učenec šole
the old boy "stari"
domačno my boy ljubi moj
pogovorno there's a good boy bodi tako dober
sleng pansy boy homoseksualec
sleng flying boy letalec
sleng the boy šampanjec
boy scout stezosledec, skavt

bygone² [báigɔn] samostalnik
preteklost

let bygones be bygones pozabimo, kar je bilo, odpustimo

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

child [čaild] samostalnik
otrok, dete; potomec; privrženec
figurativno plod

from a child od otroških let
with child noseča
to get with child zanositi
the burnt child dreads the flre kdor se enkrat opeče, je drugič previden
figurativno child's play igrača
child murder detomor
sleng this child jaz, mene

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!