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beard² [biəd] prehodni glagol
figurativno po robu se postaviti, kljubovati, izzivati

to beard the lion in his den izzivati koga, ostro komu ugovarjati

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

bearing¹ [bɛ́əriŋ] samostalnik
vedenje, obnašanje, ravnanje; drža (on, upon)
razmerje, odnos, vpliv; zveza; pomen, smisel; ležaj; grbovna slika
arhitektura razpon
navtika smer; obrod

as bearing on glede na
ball bearing kroglični ležaj
beyond bearing neznosen
bearing box (ali housing) ležajni okrov
to consider the question in all its bearings vsestransko pretehtati vprašanje
to lose one's bearing zmesti se, priti v zadrego
past bearing neznosen; ki več ne obrodi
to take one's bearing razgledati, orientirati, znajti se
this has no bearing on the question to nima nobene zveze z vprašanjem
the precise bearing of the word natančen pomen besede
the true bearing of the case dejansko stanje
trunnion bearing tečajni ležaj

beast [bi:st] samostalnik
žival, govedo, zverina
figurativno surovina, surovež

(wild) beast, beast of prey zver
beast of burden vprežna žival
to make a beast of o.s. nesramno se vesti
the Beast vrag, antikrist

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

beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

beaver¹ [bí:və] samostalnik
zoologija bober; bobrovo krzno; vrsta blaga; vrsta rokavice

eager beaver stremuh
to work like a beaver biti priden kot mravlja

becalm [biká:m] prehodni glagol
(po)miriti
navtika poleči se (veter)

to be becalmed navtika ostati brez vetra

beck¹ [bek] samostalnik
migljaj, namig, znak; kimanje

to be at beck and call biti na voljo, na razpolago
to have s.o. at one's beck razpolagati s kom

bed¹ [bed] samostalnik
postelja, ležišče; divan; žimnica; podstavek; podzidje; (jezersko, morsko) dno; rečno korito, struga
geologija plast, ležišče; gredica; brlog

bed of boards pograd
to be brought (ali put) to bed roditi
to be confined to one's bed biti priklenjen na posteljo
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
to get out of the bed on the wrong side vstati z levo nogo
to go to bed iti spat
sleng go to bed molči!
hot bed topla greda, gnojak
to make the bed postlati posteljo
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
figurativno narrow bed zadnje počivališče
bed of sickness bolniška postelja
as one makes one's bed, so one must lie kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal
pravno from bed and board od mize in postelje
bed of roses (ali down, flowers) udobno življenje, dober položaj
to take to bed bolan leči
bed of thorns težko življenje, neprijeten položaj
to turn down the bed pripraviti posteljo za spanje
weary bed bolniška postelja
to lie in the bed one has made nositi posledice svojega ravnanja

bedizen [bidáizən] prehodni glagol
našemiti, (na)lišpati

to bedizen o.s. našemiti, nališpati se

bedrock [bédrɔk] samostalnik
trdna podlaga; živa skala

to get down to bedrock priti stvari do dna
trgovina bedrock price najnižja cena

bedside [bédsaid] samostalnik
okolica postelje

bedside manner nega bolnika
to have a good bedside manner znati dobro ravnati z bolnikom
to sit (ali be) at (ali by) s.o.'s bedside negovati bolnika
bedside lamp posteljna svetilka
bedside table posteljna mizica

bee [bi:] samostalnik
zoologija čebela
ameriško delovni krožek

bumble bee čmrlj
as busy as a bee priden ko mravlja
bee accommodation panj
to swarm like bees rojiti kot čebele
to have bees in one's bonnet imeti čudne domisleke, biti ves nor na kaj
spelling bee krožek tekmovalcev v pravopisu
queen bee čebelja matica

beef množina beeves [bi:f, bi:vz] samostalnik
govedina; pitano govedo; zaklana žival
figurativno debelost, zajetnost; mišice, krepkost; energija

corned beef konservirana govedina
beef eater dobro hranjen človek
beef to the heels predebel
to put too much beef into a stroke premočno udariti (tenis, biljard)
horse beef konjsko meso
boiled beef kuhana govedina

bee-line [bí:lain] samostalnik
najkrajša razdalja; zračna črta

to make a bee-line for po najkrajši poti iti kam

beer [biə] samostalnik
pivo; rob osnove pri tkanju

to think no small beer of o.s. visoko ceniti samega sebe, biti domišljav
beer and skittles višek užitka; igrača (lahko delo)
small beer slabo pivo; figurativno malenkost

before² [bifɔ́:] predlog
pred, v navzočnosti

before all predvsem
to be (ali go) before the mast biti navadni mornar
to be before one's time priti prezgodaj; biti napreden za svoje čase
the day before yesterday predvčerajšnjim
to carry everything before o.s. imeti v vsem uspeh
before you can say Jack Robinson takoj, kakor bi trenil
before long kmalu
before now že prej
to run before the sea veslati z valovi
to love before o.s. ljubiti bolj kot samega sebe
the question before us vprašanje, ki ga je treba rešiti
before s.o.'s eyes v prisotnosti, vpričo koga

beforehand [bifɔ́:hænd] prislov
vnaprej; najprej, predhodno; prezgodaj

to be beforehand with prehiteti koga, prestreči koga
beforehand with the world v dobrih razmerah, z denarjem v žepu
thanking you beforehand zahvaljujoč se vam vnaprej (kot zaključek pisma)

befoul [bifául] prehodni glagol
umazati, onesnažiti; oskruniti

to befoul one's own nest v lastno skledo pljuvati