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air¹ [ɛə] samostalnik
zrak, atmosfera; vetrič, prepih; videz, vedenje, obnašanje; arija, napev, melodija

to be in the air biti v nejasnem položaju
to be (ali go) on the air govoriti, oddajati se po radiu
by air po zraku, z letalom
to beat the air zaman si prizadevati, prazno slamo mlatiti
air bed pnevmatična žimnica
castles in the air gradovi v oblakih
air cleaner zračni filter
air express ekspresna avionska pošiljka
Air Force zračno brodovje
to give o.s. airs šopiriti se
ameriško, sleng to give s.o. the air odpustiti koga
to go up in the air razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
in the open air na prostem
to keep s.o. in the air pustiti koga v negotovosti
on the air po radiu
to put on airs šopiriti se
quite in the air čisto negotovo
to take the air iti na sprehod
the matter takes air zadeva prihaja na dan
to vanish (ali melt) into thin air izginiti kot kafra
to walk (ali tread) on air biti ves srečen; zibati se v sreči
air waybill avionski tovorni list

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

a different thing altogether nekaj čisto drugega

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

apple-pie [aéplpai] samostalnik
jabolčna pita, jabolčni kolač

apple-pie bed postelja s podvihanimi rjuhami
in apple-pie order v vzornem redu
pogovorno apple-pie sure čisto gotovo

arm¹ [a:m] samostalnik
zgornja okončina, laket, roka; krak, ročica; rokav; naročje
figurativno oblast; opora; močna veja

to fly into s.o.'s s vreči se komu v naročje
to fold one's arm prekrižati roke
infant in arms dojenček, čisto majhen otrok, otročiček
to keep (ali hold) s.o. at arm's length varovati se koga, ne pustiti ga blizu
to make a long arm seči po čem
secular arm posvetna oblast
arm of the sea morski rokav
within arm's reach dosegljiv
with open arms prisrčno

around² [əráund] predlog
okrog, okoli

around the clock dan in noč, nenehno
around the corner čisto blizu

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

averse [əvə́:s] pridevnik (aversely prislov) (to)
nenaklonjen, protiven

not averse to good food ki rad dobro je
he is not averse to come čisto rad pride

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

bare² [bɛə] pridevnik
gol, slečen, nepokrit; prazen; preprost; oguljen, ponošen; oropan; plešast; neokrašen; sam
figurativno očiten

bare boards gola tla
the bare fact že samo dejstvo
in one's bare skin čisto gol
as bare as the palm of one's hand kakor bi pometel, čisto pust
under bare poles navtika s spuščenimi jadri

basket¹ [bá:skit ameriško bǽskit] samostalnik
koš, košara; posoda

as blind as a basket čisto slep
to put (ali have) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to be left in the basket ne biti izbran
the pick of the basket najboljši
to give the basket zavrniti
ameriško, hudomušno like a basket of chips zelo ljubko, zelo prijetno

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

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

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

breadth [bredɵ] samostalnik
širina, prostranost
figurativno velikodušnost; drznost

to a hair's breadth čisto natanko, za las
breadth of mind velikodušnost

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

by² [bai] prislov
blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
close by čisto zraven
to go by iti mimo
hard by čisto poleg
by and large nasploh
to lay by prihraniti
to pass by mimo iti
figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
to put by prihraniti
to stand by nič ne delati
to set by prihraniti

cert [sə:t] samostalnik
sleng zanesljiva stvar, gotovost

dead cert čisto gotovo

chip¹ [čip] samostalnik
drobec, odkrušek, iver, trska; oškrbek; odpadek; igralna znamka; odkrušeno mesto
pogovorno otrok

a chip of the old block čisto tak kakor njegov oče
I don't care a chip for it ni mi do tega
to carry a chip on one's shoulder rad se prepirati
potato chips tenke ocvrte krompirjeve rezine
to buy chips hraniti denar
ameriško, sleng to hand (ali pass in) one's chips umreti
dry as a chip nezanimiv, dolgočasen, suhoparen
such carpenters such chips po delu spoznamo človeka