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beggar² [bégə] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzeti

to beggar o.s. obubožati
it beggars all description ne da se popisati, nepopisno je

begging¹ [bégiŋ] samostalnik
beračenje, moledovanje

to go (a-)begging iti beračit
this situation is going (a-)begging za to službo se nihče ne javi
these goods go (a-)begging to blago se slabo prodaja

begin^* [bigín]

1. prehodni glagol
začeti, pričeti, lotiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
začeti, začenjati se, nastati

to begin with predvsem
to begin the world lotiti se česa, začeti trgovino, biti na začetku svoje kariere
pogovorno begin to niti malo ne

believe [bilí:v]

1. prehodni glagol
verjeti, zaupati (komu)

2. neprehodni glagol (in v)
verjeti; misliti, domnevati

to make believe hliniti, pretvarjati se, delati se
to believe in smatrati za dobro, koristno
I believe so zdi se, da je tako
I believe not mislim, da ne
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjamete

belly¹ [béli] samostalnik
anatomija trebuh; vamp, želodec, maternica
geologija odebelina žile

a hungry belly has no ears lakote ne utešiš z besedami
pot belly velik trebuh, vamp
to have fire in one's belly biti inspiriran

below² [bilóu] predlog
pod

below ground pod zemljo, pokopan
below the mark slabše kvalitete; ne čisto zdrav
below par pod nominalno ceno
to feel below par ne se dobro počutiti
to speak below one's breath šepetati
below the average podpovprečen

bent² [bent] samostalnik
naklonjenost, pregib, krivina; nagnjenje
botanika šaš

it is out of my bent tega ne zmorem
to the top of one's bent kakor komu drago; do skrajnosti
full bent skrajnji napor
to take (ali go, flee) to the bent zbežati, ucvreti jo

be on neprehodni glagol
dogajati se; biti na programu; slabo naleteti

be on s.o. ne marati koga
be on to nenehoma grajati, sitnariti

be out neprehodni glagol
biti zunaj doma; motiti se, biti na napačni poti; biti na koncu; biti brezposeln

be out of ne imeti
be out for skušati dobiti; nameravati; pripravljati se na kaj

beseem [bisí:m] prehodni glagol
arhaično spodobiti se; zdeti se

it ill beseems ne spodobi se

beside [bisáid] predlog
razen, poleg, blizu, ob strani
v primeri s

to be beside o.s. biti ves iz sebe
to be beside the mark motiti se
this is beside the question (ali purpose) to nima smisla
this is beside the point to ne spada sem

best² [best] samostalnik
najboljše, najprimernejše

the best najodličnejši, najboljši ljudje
at the best v najboljšem primeru
the very best najboljše od vsega
to be at one's best biti na višku
bad is the best nič dobrega ne moremo pričakovati
to do one's best do skrajnosti se potruditi
to get (ali have) the best of the bargain napraviti dobro kupčijo
make the best of your way home glej, da boš čimprej doma
to make the best of a bad bargain (ali job, business, of it) pogumno prenašati udarce usode, ne biti malodušen, ne obupati, ne zgubiti glave
to try one's best na vso moč se truditi
to the best of my power kolikor zmorem
the best is the enemy of good prevelike zahteve ovirajo napredek
with the best med najboljšimi
to have the best of both worlds izkoristiti obe možnosti
my best, my Sunday best moja najboljša, praznična obleka

better² [bétə] pridevnik
boljši; primernejši; ki se bolje počuti

no better than pravzaprav
he is no better than he should be nič boljšega ne moremo od njega pričakovati
she is no better than she should be razuzdanka je
my better half moja boljša polovica
better part večji del
better than več kakor
pogovorno the better the day the better the deed čim večji praznik tem več dela opravimo
upon better acquaintance če se človek bliže seznani
one's better angel angel varuh
he has seen better days nekoč se mu je bolje godilo
he is better than his word naredi še več, kot je obljubil
the better hand prednost, premoč
the better sort pomembni ljudje
his better self njegova boljša stran
I am better as I am raje sem tak kakor sem
he is none the better for it nič mu ne koristi

better³ [bétə] prislov
bolje, primerneje

to be better bolje se počutiti
to be better off biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejši
I had better start bolje bi bilo, če bi že začel
you had better not bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujem
I know better ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nos
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjameš
so much the better, all the better tem bolje
to get better okrevati
I like it none the better for it zato mi ni nič ljubši
he always knows better nič si ne da dopovedati
I thought better of it bolje sem si premislil

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

beyond² [bijɔ́nd] predlog
več kot, razen; na oni strani, nasproti

beyond belief neverjeten
beyond comprehension nerazumljiv
it is beyond my depth tega ne razumem, ne dojamem
beyond dispute nespodbiten
beyond endurance neznosen
beyond one's expectation več kot smo pričakovali
beyond expression neizrekljiv
beyond hope brezupen
beyond all praise odličen
it is beyond me tega ne zmorem
he is beyond the (human) pale njegovo vedenje je neprimerno
beyond measure pretiran(o)
beyond possibility nemogoče
he lives beyond his income živi preko svojih dohodkov
beyond one's means prepotratno
beyond one's time predolgo
beyond recovery neozdravljiv
beyond the tomb v onstranstvu
beyond words nepopisen
to go beyond one's depth zgubiti tla pod nogami

bird [bə:d] samostalnik
ptič, ptičica
sleng deklica, dečko, oseba
ameriško, sleng navdušenec; čudak

figurativno old bird lisjak, zvitorepec, tič
to do s.th. like a bird zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj narediti
bird of calm vodomec
the early bird catches the worm rana ura zlata ura
cock bird ptičji samec
birds of a feather flock together ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu gode
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
to give the bird zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgati
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi ga
hen bird ptičja samica
to hit the bird in the eye v črno zadeti
bird of Jove orel
bird of Juno pav
to kill two birds with one stone dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubiti
a little bird told me so nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedal
bird of paradise rajska ptica, rajčica
an old bird is not caught with chaff star lisjak ne gre na limanice
bird of passage ptica selivka
bird of prey ptica roparica
a queer (gay) bird čudak (veseljak)
a wise old bird zvitorepec

bit¹ [bit] samostalnik
košček, grižljaj; brada ključa; stružilo, rezilo; žvale; novčič, malenkost; konjsko zobovje; nadzorstvo, kontrola

by bits, bit by bit polagoma, malo po malem
to bite on the bit siromašno živeti
the biter bit osleparjeni slepar; kdor drugemu jamo koplje
not to care a bit niti malo ne biti mar
centre bit sredilnik (sveder)
dainty bit poslastica
to do one's bit opravljati svojo dolžnost
to draw bit (konja) zadržati, zmanjšati hitrost
every bit polagoma; docela
to give s.o. a bit of one's mind povedati komu svoje mnenje
not a bit niti malo ne, sploh ne
a bit on okajen, v rožicah
bits and pieces drobnarije, drobni ostanki
a short (long) bit kovanec deset (petnajst) centov
to take the bit between one's teeth upreti se
a tiny (ali little) bit čisto malo
wait a bit čakaj malo

bite² [bait] samostalnik
ugriz, pik, pekoča bolečina; grižljaj; prigrizek, hrana
figurativno zbadljivost, ostrost; jedkanje

to take two bites on a cherry obirati se
his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kakor je videti, pes, ki laja, ne grize

bite off prehodni glagol
odgristi

to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se dela, ki ga ne zmoremo
to bite off s.o.'s nose (ali head) odrezati se, nahruliti koga