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chance¹ [ča:ns] samostalnik
prilika; usoda, sreča; slučaj, naključje; priložnost, možnost, verjetnost; tveganje, upanje

by chance slučajno, po naključju
on the chance that v primeru, da
on the chance of v upanju česa
to take one's chance tvegati
pogovorno to have the eye (ali to look) to the main chance biti koristoljuben
to stand a chance imeti upanje
pogovorno not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance, not a ghost of a chance niti trohica upanja
on the chance of na slepo srečo
a mere chance golo naključje
chance of arms bojna sreča
the chances are that vse kaže, da

curse¹ [kə:s] samostalnik
kletev, psovka; prekletstvo, šiba božja, nesreča
domačno menstruacija

not to care a curse niti malo se ne meniti
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jamo koplje, sam vanjo pade
curse of Scotland karo devetica
not worth a tinker's curse niti piškavega oreha vreden
curse on youl naj te vrag vzame!

damn² [dæm] samostalnik
preklinjanje, kletev; malenkost

not to care a damn niti malo se ne zanimati, prav nič ne marati
I don't give a damn prav nič mi ni mar
not worth a damn niti piškavega oreha vreden

degree [digrí:] samostalnik
stopnja; stopinja; stan, razred, položaj; diploma; kakovost, vrsta

by degrees postopoma, polagoma
to a (certain) degree tako rekoč, precej
of low (high) degree nizkega (visokega) položaja
in some degree nekako
to take one's degree diplomirati, promovirati
ameriško, sleng third degree zasliševanje z mučenjem
pravno principal in the first degree glavni krivec
doctor's degree doktorat
to a high degree v veliki meri
to the last degree veliko, skrajno
in no degree niti malo ne

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

doit [dɔit] samostalnik
malenkost; božjak

not to care a doit prav nič se ne meniti
not worth a doit niti počenega groša vreden

doubt² [daut] samostalnik
dvom, negotovost, pomislek, sum

no doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt brez dvoma, gotovo
to give s.o. the benefit of the doubt imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazov
not a shadow of doubt niti najmanjši sum
to make no doubt ne dvomiti, biti prepričan
to be in doubt dvomiti; sumiti

dram [dræm] samostalnik
utež 1/16 unče (avoirdupois); 1/8 tekočinske unče
figurativno malenkost; požirek žganja

to be fond of a dram rad ga srkati
not a dram niti trohice

dump¹ [dʌmp] samostalnik
smetišče
vojska začasno skladišče, odlagališče; udarec; debeluh; majhen čokat človek; droben novec
množina denar

not worth a dump niti počenega groša vreden

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

faint² [feint] pridevnik (faintly prislov)
slaboten, šibek; boječ, plašen; izčrpan, oslabel, vrtoglav; nejasen, moten, meglen; nedoločen

faint heart never won fair lady brez poguma nič ne dosežeš
not the faintest idea niti pojma ne
faint recollection nejasen spomin

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

fillip² [fílip] samostalnik
krc; spodbuda; malenkost

to give s.o. a fillip spodbosti, bodriti koga
not worth a fillip niti piškavega oreha vreden

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

further¹ [fé:ðə] prislov (from)
dalje; nadalje, razen tega

I'll see you further first niti na misel mi ne pride
what further? kaj še (želite)?
to go further and fare worse razočarati se

gleam¹ [gli:m] samostalnik
blesk, lesk, odsev, žarek

not a gleam of hope niti trohica upanja

glimmer¹ [glímə] samostalnik
svetlikanje
figurativno preblisk; bežen pogled
mineralogija sljuda
množina oči

not a glimmer of an idea niti pojma ne

hair [hɛə] samostalnik
las, lasje, dlaka

figurativno against the hair ne pogodu, kar ti ne gre v račun
by (ali within) a hair za las
to a hair točno, natančno
to comb s.o.'s hair for him ozmerjati koga
to do one's hair frizirati se
to get s.o. by the short hairs dobiti koga v oblast
to get in s.o.'s hair (raz)dražiti koga, razjeziti
ameriško to have s.o. in one's hair imeti koga na vratu
to keep one's hair on obrzdati se, ostati miren
to let down one's hair olajšati si srce, postati zaupljiv; prirodno se vesti
to lose one's hair izgubiti lase, postati plešast; pogovorno razburiti se
to make s.o.'s hair curl (ali stand on end) prestrašiti koga, da se mu lasje ježijo; prestrašiti koga, da mu gredo lasje pokonci
to put (ali turn) up one's hair po žensko se počesati (dekle, ko odraste)
to split hairs dlako cepiti
to take hair of the dog that bit you klin s klinom izbijati (pijača)
figurativno to tear one's hair lase si puliti
not to touch a hair of s.o.'s head tudi lasu komu ne skriviti
not to turn a hair niti z očesom ne treniti, obvladati se
without turning a hair ne da bi trenil

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo