Franja

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

bride¹ [braid] samostalnik
nevesta

to give the bride away biti nevestin starešina

bright¹ [brait] pridevnik (brightly prislov)
jasen, svetel; lesketajoč se, žareč; bister, pameten, duhovit; živ (barva); vesel, živahen; slaven

to look on the bright side of things biti optimist
bright eyes žareče oči
bright prospect ki dobro kaže

bring up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
bruhati; vzgojiti, vzgajati, (vz)rediti; obtožiti
navtika usidrati
figurativno opozoriti; besedo dati (poslancu v parlamentu); oživiti, osvežiti (se); pohiteti, prihrumeti

bring up the rear ščititi umik; figurativno biti zadnji
bring up short naglo ustaviti
navtika bring up standing usidrati se, preden so jadra spuščena
bring up to date naznaniti, vpeljati v stvar; modernizirati

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se

bristle² [brísl] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
ježiti, namrščiti se

to bristle up razsrditi (se)
to bristle with dangers (difficulties, mistakes) biti poln nevarnosti (težav, napak)

broil³ [brɔil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
na rešetki (žaru) se peči, pražiti

figurativno to broil with impatience biti skrajno nestrpen, sedeti ko na šivankah

broom² [bru:m] samostalnik
metla

to hang out the broom biti vdovec ob živi ženi
new brooms sweep clean nova metla dobro pometa

bug¹ [bʌg] samostalnik
zoologija stenica
ameriško hrošč, žuželka
sleng norec
pogovorno, množina bakterije
ameriško, sleng, tehnično defekt, okvara
sleng nespametna misel, norost
arhaično strašilo

big bug visoka "živina"
to go bugs znoreti
ameriško, sleng to be bugs on s.th. biti ves nor na kaj

bulge¹ [bʌldž] samostalnik
izboklina, izbočina; nabreklina
pogovorno dvig cen
ameriško, sleng premoč, prednost

the Battle of the Bulge zadnja nemška protiofenziva v Ardenih (dec. 1944)
to get the bulge on prekašati
to have the intellectual bulge on biti umstveno na višji stopnji

bullet [búlit] samostalnik
krogla, svinčenka, projektil, izstrelek

to get the bullet biti odpuščen
every bullet finds its billet vsaka krogla na koncu zadene, slepa kura zrno najde

bundle¹ [bʌ́ndl] samostalnik
sveženj, cula, butara; zavitek, omot
ameriško dva risa papirja (1000 pol)

to be a bundle of nerves biti skrajno nemiren, živčen, občutljiv

burden¹ [bə́:dn] samostalnik
breme, tovor; tonaža
figurativno gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški
geologija jalova plast
glasba refren, pripev, spremljava
figurativno osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bit

to bear the burden peti refren ali spremljati
beast of burden vprežna žival
to be a burden to s.o. biti komu v breme
pravno burden of proof obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditve

bushel [búšl] samostalnik
mernik, korec (britanska angleščina 36,3 l, ameriško 35,3 l)

to hide one's light under a bushel biti preskromen, postavljati svojo luč pod mernik
don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel ne sodi drugih po sebi

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

butt² [bʌt] samostalnik
debeli konec orodja, puškino kopito; spodnji del debla
pogovorno ostanek, čik
zoologija ime raznih bokoplavutaric
figurativno tarča; cilj
figurativno namen, predmet česa
množina strelišče

to be the butt of the company biti vsem v posmeh

button¹ [bʌ́tn] samostalnik
gumb
botanika popek; glavič; mlada gobica

covered button prevlečen gumb
not to care a (brass) button prav nič se ne meniti
pogovorno not to have all one's buttons ne biti čisto pri pameti
the buttons have come off the foils nasprotniki v borbi pozabljajo na osnovna pravila vljudnosti
to do up a button zapeti gumb
to undo a button odpeti gumb
a button has come undone gumb se je odpel
to press the button pozvoniti
(a boy in) buttons livrirani sluga; sprevodnik dvigala
not worth a button niti piškavega oreha vreden, zanič

cagey, cagy [kéidži] pridevnik
sleng prebrisan, zvit

to play it cagey biti previden, omahovati

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

calculated [kǽlkjuleitid] pridevnik
premišljen, nameren

to be calculated for biti primeren za