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apoplexy [ǽpəpleksi] samostalnik
medicina kap, mrtvoud

to fall into an apoplexy, to be seized (ali struck) with apoplexy biti od kapi zadet

appeal² [əpí:l] samostalnik (to)
poziv, priziv (for)
prošnja, rotitev; privlačnost

Court of Appeal apelacijsko sodišče
to dismiss the appeal from the judgement zavrniti priziv
to have appeal biti privlačen
to make an appeal privlačiti
on second appeal v drugi instanci
sex appeal spolna privlačnost

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

appetite [ǽpitait] samostalnik (for)
tek, apetit; poželenje

canine appetite volčja lakota
to be given to appetite biti požrešen
the appetite is concealed under the teeth, appetite comes with eating šele ko začnemo jesti, dobimo tek
to sharpen (ali whet) the appetite povzročati, narediti tek
appetite is the best sauce lačnemu vse tekne

apprehension [æprihénšən] samostalnik (of)
prijetje, aretacija; pojmovanje, razumevanje; strah, zaskrbljenost, zla slutnja

according to my apprehension kakor jaz stvar razumem
dull of apprehension počasnih misli
quick of apprehension bistroumen
to be under apprehensions of biti v strahu za kaj, bati se česa

apprenticeship [əpréntisšip] samostalnik
vajenstvo

to serve one's apprenticeship biti vajenec
to be through one's apprenticeship izučiti se

apron-string [éiprənstriŋ] samostalnik
trak na predpasniku

to be tied (ali pinned) to one's mother's (wife's) apron-string s držati se materinega (ženinega) krila, biti nesamostojen; biti pod copato

around¹ [əráund] prislov
okoli, naokoli, približno
ameriško v bližini

all around povsod naokrog, okrog in okrog
to fool around brez cilja se potepati
around here tukaj nekje
to hang around biti v bližini
to get (ali come) around približati se
to get around to lotiti se česa
sleng stick around ostani v bližini!

art² [a:t] samostalnik
umetnost; veda; veščina, spretnost, znanje; zvijačnost, prebrisanost

applied art uporabna umetnost
Bachelor of Arts diplomiran filozof 1. stopnje
black art magija
pravno to be (ali have) art and part sokriv biti, udeležiti se česa
arts and crafts umetna obrt
faculty of art(s) filozofska fakulteta
the fine arts upodabljajoče umetnosti
art gallery umetniška zbirka
industrial (ali mechanical, useful) arts obrt, rokodelstvo
liberal art svobodna umetnost
manly art boks
art master učitelj risanja
Master of Arts diplomiran filozof 2. stopnje
to practise art uporabiti zvijačo
a work of art umetnina

article¹ [á:tikl] samostalnik
člen, sklep, zgib; članek
trgovina predmet, blago, potrebščina
slovnica spolnik, člen; paragraf, določba

articles of agreement pogoji dogovora
articles of clothing oblačila
in the article of death v trenutku smrti
slovnica deflnite (indefinite) article določni (nedoločni) člen
leading article uvodnik
trgovina what's the next article? s čim vam še lahko postrežem?
to serve one's articles biti v uku
to be under articles imeti pogodbo

ask [a:sk ameriško æsk]

1. prehodni glagol
vprašati, spraševati; povabiti (from, of)
zahtevati, zaprositi; objaviti (oklice)

2. neprehodni glagol
popraševati, poizvedovati; prositi

to ask the banns oklicati poroko
to ask in marriage zaprositi za roko
to ask to dinner povabiti na večerjo
to ask the time vprašati, koliko je ura
to ask a question vprašati
to be asked in church biti oklican
ask me another! ne vem, ne sprašuj(te) me!
that's asking preveč si (ste) radoveden

at [æt, ət] predlog
ob, pri, zraven; proti, k, v, na; za

at the age of v starosti
at all sploh
to aim at s.th. meriti na kaj
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano, ko strela z jasnega neba
at attention v pozoru
angry at jezen zaradi
at best v najboljšem primeru
to be at s.th. ukvarjati se s čim
at the bottom na dnu, spodaj
at all costs za vsako ceno
at close quarters čisto blizu
at court na dvoru
at one's disposal na razpolago komu
to drive at meriti na kaj
at first najprej
to receive s.th. at s.o.'s hands dobiti kaj od koga
to be hard at s.th. naporno delati, truditi se s čim
at the head of na čelu česa
at home doma
at one fell swoop na mah
at large na prostosti
to laugh at s.o. posmehovati se komu
at last končno
at least vsaj
at long last na koncu koncev
at loggerheads v sporu, sprt
at length končno
at the minute na minuto
to be at hand biti na voljo
at any moment vsak trenutek
at most največ, kvečjemu
near at hand čisto blizu
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na thank you)
at night ponoči
at noon opoldne
at one složno, sporazumno
at peace v miru
at a pinch v stiski
to play at chess igrati šah
at any price za vsako ceno
at rest v miru
at school v šoli, pri pouku
to scoff at posmehovati se
at sight na pogled, po videzu
at stake v nevarnosti, na kocki
two at a time dva hkrati
at that vrh tega, poleg tega; kljub temu
to be at a standstill zastajati
to value at ceniti na
what are you at? kaj počneš?
at war v vojni
at work pri delu

attic [ǽtik] samostalnik
podstrešnica, mansarda
množina podstrešje

to have rats in the attic biti nekoliko nor, ne biti pri pravi, imeti eno kolesce preveč

audience [ɔ́:djəns] samostalnik
poslušanje; zasliševanje; avdienca; poslušalci, občinstvo, publika

to give audience to poslušati koga
to have audience of, to have an audience with biti sprejet v avdienco
to receive in audience, to give (ali grant an) audience to sprejeti v avdienco

axe¹, ax [æks] samostalnik
sekira
figurativno obglavljenje

to have an axe to grind zasledovati zasebne cilje, imeti nekaj za bregom
to put (ali fit) the axe in the helve rešiti uganko, doseči cilj
to apply the axe znižati proračun
to get the axe biti odpuščen, zgubiti službo
to hang up the axe na klin obesiti
to set (ali lay) the axe to the root of lotiti se zatiranja česa

b [bi:]
črka b
glasba nota H

B-deck krov B
not to know a B from a bull's foot (ali broom-stick) biti zelo neveden
hudomušno a B flat stenica
b minor H mol
b major H dur
b sharp his

back¹ [bæk] samostalnik
hrbet, hrbtišče; zadnja, spodnja stran; naslonilo, hrbtnik; velik čeber, sod
šport branilec, zaščitnik

at the back za
behind the back of s.o. figurativno za hrbtom komu
the back of beyond zelo daleč od tod
to break the back of s.th. opraviti glavni del naloge
to be cast on one's back doživeti poraz
back and belly obleka in hrana
the Backs parki za študentskimi domovi v Cambridgeu
to get to the back izslediti vzroke
to have s.o. on one's back imeti koga na vratu
to give (ali make) a back pripogniti se
I can make neither back nor edge of him ne spoznam se v njem
at the back of one's mind podzavestno
to be on one's back ležati bolan
to be thoroughly on one's back biti popolnoma na koncu
to put one's back into z vso vnemo se lotiti
to put up one's back razhuditi se
to see the back of s.o. znebiti se koga
to bave a strong back veliko prenesti
to turn one's back upon s.o. obračati hrbet komu, zapustiti koga
to get one's back up trdovratno se upirati
with one's back to the wall v hudi stiski

bad¹ [bæd] pridevnik (primernik worse, presežnik worst)
slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolan

bad to beat težko premagljiv
bad blood sovraštvo, huda kri
to be in s.o.'s bad books biti pri kom slabo zapisan
bad egg (ali hat, lot) človek na slabem glasu
bad fairy zli duh
bad form neprimerno vedenje
from bad to worse vedno slabše
to go bad pokvariti se; propasti, propadati
not half (as) bad čisto čedno
bad language zmerjanje, psovke
bad luck smola
ameriško bad man razbojnik, bandit
in bad odour na slabem glasu
not too bad kar dobro
it is too bad škoda, preneumno
with a bad grace nerad
bad ways razuzdano življenje
bad woman razuzdanka

bad² [bæd] samostalnik
zlo; primanjkljaj, zguba, poguba

to go to the bad propasti, propadati
to take the bad with the good sprijazniti se z neprijetnim
to be to the bad biti na zgubi

bail¹ [beil] samostalnik
poroštvo, zastava, jamščina, kavcija

to go (ali be, become, stand) bail for s.o. jamčiti za koga
to be out on bail biti na svobodi proti kavciji
to take (ali give) leg bail popihati jo
I'll go bail glavo stavim
to surrender (ali save) one's bail javiti se na sodišču v določenem roku
to forfeit one's bail ne se javiti na sodišču (in tako zgubiti kavcijo)
to put in bail položiti kavcijo