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administer [ədmínistə]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, upravljati, oskrbovati; uporabiti; vršiti

2. neprehodni glagol
prispevati; pomagati; služiti

to administer an oath zapriseči
to administer the law soditi
to administer medicine dati zdravilo
to administer a rebuke grajati
to administer a shock prizadeti udarec
to administer a will izvršiti oporoko

admit [ədmít] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pripustiti, pripuščati, dopustiti, priznati; upoštevati; sprejeti za člana

to admit to the bar podeliti advokaturo
to admit a claim priznati dolg
to admit s.o. into confidence zaupati se komu
to admit of improvement dati se popraviti, izboljšati
it admits of no excuse ni opravičljivo
it admits of no doubt o tem ni dvoma
to admit as partner sprejeti za družabnika
this ticket admits to the evening performance ta vstopnica velja za večerno predstavo

adopt [ədɔ́pt] prehodni glagol
privzeti, prisvojiti, sprejeti; posinoviti, pohčeriti

to adopt another course spremeniti taktiko
to adopt s.o. as a candidate postaviti za kandidata

advance¹ [ədvá:ns]

1. prehodni glagol
naprej pomikati, pospešiti; predlagati; dati predujem, posoditi; podražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
naprej se pomikati, napredovati; dvigati se, rasti; izjaviti

to advance a solution for izdati odlok o čem
to advance an opinion povedati mnenje
to advance a claim zahtevati kaj

advertisement [ədvə́:tizmənt ameriško ədvətáizmənt] samostalnik
naznanilo, opozorilo, oglašanje, oglas, reklama

advertisement column oglasni del v časopisu
to put (ali insert) an advertisement in a paper dati oglas v časopis

advocate¹ [ǽdvəkit, -keit] samostalnik
odvetnik, branilec, zagovornik, advokat

Devil's advocate advocatus diaboli
Lord Advocate državni tožilec
to be a great advocate of s.th. dosti dati na kaj

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

affix¹ [əfíks] prehodni glagol (to, on)
pritrditi, pripeti, nalepiti, privezati

to affix the leads zaplombirati
to affix ridicule to s.o. osmešiti koga
to affix one's seal zapečatiti
to affix one's signature lastnoročno podpisati
to affix a stamp nalepiti znamko

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

afoot [əfút] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na nogah, peš
v teku

a plot (ali mischief) is afoot nekaj se pripravlja

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

ago [əgóu]

1. pridevnik
minul, nekdanji

2. prislov
prej

two days ago pred dvema dnevoma
long ago davno
no longer than a year ago šele pred enim letom
a while ago nedavno, malo prej

ahead [əhéd] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
vnaprej; naprej, dalje; spredaj

to be ahead of s.th., s.o. biti pred čim, kom, prekašati, prehiteti koga
mornarica breakers ahead pazi, nevarnost grozi
trgovina to buy (sell) ahead vnaprej nakupiti (prodati)
to get ahead of prehiteti
a danger is ahead nevarnost grozi
navtika full speed (ali steam) ahead s polno paro naprej
look ahead pazi, misli na prihodnost
straight ahead naravnost naprej
he is ahead of his times prekaša svoje vrstnike

ail [eil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
boleti, bolehati

what ails you? kaj vam je?
what ails you to speak in such a way? kaj vam pride na misel, da tako govorite?

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

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

allot [əlɔ́t] prehodni glagol (to)
razdeliti, odmeriti, parcelirati; nakazati, dodeliti

to allot a task dati nalogo
allotted gardens vrtičkarska kolonija

altogether¹ [ɔ:ltəgéðə] prislov
skupaj, popolnoma, povsem

a different thing altogether nekaj čisto drugega

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