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action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

Adam [ǽdəm] samostalnik
Adam, prvi človek

Adam's ale (ali wine) voda
Adam's apple anatomija Adamovo jabolko
not to know s.o. from Adam sploh koga ne poznati

adamant² [ǽdəmənt] pridevnik (adamantly prislov)
figurativno ko kamen trd
figurativno nepopustijiv

to be adamant (to) ne popustiti

adhere [ədhíə] neprehodni glagol (to)
trdno se držati; prilepiti se; vdan, zvest biti

to adhere to an opinion ne spreminjati svojega mnenja
to adhere to orders izpolnjevati ukaze
to adhere to a party biti vdan stranki
to adhere together biti v zvezi

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

affair [əfɛ́ə] samostalnik
stvar, zadeva, afera; posel; skrb
vojska boj

family affair družinska zadeva
at the head of affairs na čelu podjetja
affair of honour častna zadeva, dvoboj
affair of love ljubezenska zadeva, ljubimkanje
a man of affairs poslovni človek
mind your own affairs ne vmešavaj se v zadeve drugih
minister for foreign affairs minister za zunanje zadeve
as affairs stand kakor kaže
state of affairs dejanski položaj
that's not your affair to ti (vam) nič mar

afford [əfɔ́:d] prehodni glagol
dati, nuditi; premoči, privoščiti si

I cannot afford ne morem si privoščiti, ne premorem
I cannot afford the time ne utegnem
to afford a basis dati osnovo, biti osnova
to afford cover skriti
to afford satisfaction zadovoljiti
to afford a good view nuditi lep razgled

afloat [əflóut] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
plavajoč, poplavljen; vkrcan; nezadolžen

to bring (ali set) afloat sprožiti, uvesti
to keep afloat ne se potopiti; ne lesti v dolgove
there's a rumour afloat širijo se govorice

afraid [əfréid] povedkovnik pridevnik (of)
prestrašen, boječ; zaskrbljen

to be afraid of s.th. bati se česa
to make afraid prestrašiti
pogovorno I am afraid žal, na žalost, oprostite
I am afraid not žal ne

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

agree [əgrí:]

1. neprehodni glagol (to v)
privoliti (with s)
strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati (on, upon, about o)
dogovoriti, sporazumeti se
slovnica (with) skladati se

2. prehodni glagol (to, with s)
izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladiti

as agreed kot smo se dogovorili
to be agreed sporazumeti se
agreed! velja!
it doesn't agree with me tega ne prenesem
to agree like dog and cat razumeti se kakor pes in mačka
to agree to differ ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor

aitch [eič] samostalnik
črka h

to drop one's aitches ne izgovarjati začetne črke h

alive² [əláiv] pridevnik
živ, živahen
elektrika pod napetostjo; veljaven; dovzeten; zavesten; produktiven

are you alive to what is going on? veste, kaj se dogaja?
to be fully alive to s.th. jasno se česa zavedati
to be alive with mrgoleti česa
alive and kicking živahen
man alive! človek božji!
there's no man alive who can... nihče na svetu ne more...
he was alive to the advantage spoznal je korist

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

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

aloof [əlú:f] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
daleč, stran, proč
navtika stran od vetra; vzvišen, nebrižen; osamljen

to keep (ali hold, stand) aloof ostati nepristranski, nevtralen, ne se vmešavati

also [ɔ́:lsou] prislov
tudi, prav tako, poleg tega; nadalje

sleng also ran ne med najboljšimi, med zadnjimi; nesrečnik

alter [ɔ́:ltə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
spremeniti, spreminjati (se); prekrojiti, prenarediti

to alter for the better poboljšati (se)
to alter for the worse poslabšati (se)
to alter one's mind premisliti se
that alters the case s tem se položaj spremeni
it does not alter the fact s tem se na stvari nič ne spremeni

alternative² [ɔ:ltə́:nətiv] samostalnik
izbira (med dvema možnostma) (with)
alternativa, druga možnost

there is no other alternative but... nič drugega ne preostane, razen...
these two things are not necessarily alternatives ti dve stvari se nikakor ne izključujeta

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo