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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

arrow [ǽrou] samostalnik
puščica; znak za smer

an arrow left in the quiver neizkoriščeno sredstvo, rezerva
straight as an arrow raven ko sveča
swift as an arrow ko strela hiter

as¹ [æz] prislov
kot, tako kot, prav tako

as big again še enkrat tako velik
as clear as crystal kristalno čist
as good as dead kakor če bi bil mrtev
as long as dokler
as soon as bržko
as quiet as a mouse tih ko miška
I thought as much to sem si mislil
as well tudi, prav tako
just as well prav tako
as well as prav tako kakor, nič manj od
as yet doslej
not as yet še ne
he might just as well leave lahko bi že odšel

ash² [æš]
(tudi množina) pepel; posmrtni ostanki; ruševine

to lay in ashes, to reduce to ashes popolnoma požgati, upepeliti
pale as ashes bel ko mrtvaški prt
Ash Wednesday pepelnična sreda
to turn into dust and ashes upepeliti; figurativno izjaloviti se
to repent (ali mourn) in sack-cloth and ashes spokoriti se
šport to bring back the ashes maščevati se za poraz
peace be to his ashes! naj počiva v miru!

aspen² [ǽspən] pridevnik
trepetlikov
figurativno trepetajoč, drhteč

to tremble like an aspen leaf tresti se kot trepetlika, ko šiba na vodi

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

band² [bænd] samostalnik
tolpa, četa, truma; drhal, sodrga; godba, kapela, orkester

ameriško that beats the band to je višek
pogovorno when the band begins to play ko postane položaj resen

bang¹ [bæŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
glasno udariti; loputati, zaloputniti; tolči; bobnati; znižati cene
sleng prekašati, presegati

2. neprehodni glagol
razpočiti se, eksplodirati; zaloputniti se

to bang something into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu v glavo
to bang s.o. on the head lopniti koga po glavi
banged up to the eyes ko žolna pijan
to bang against s.th. butniti ob kaj

bee [bi:] samostalnik
zoologija čebela
ameriško delovni krožek

bumble bee čmrlj
as busy as a bee priden ko mravlja
bee accommodation panj
to swarm like bees rojiti kot čebele
to have bees in one's bonnet imeti čudne domisleke, biti ves nor na kaj
spelling bee krožek tekmovalcev v pravopisu
queen bee čebelja matica

bell¹ [bel] samostalnik
zvon, zvonec; udarec na zvon, zvonjenje; potapljaški zvon
botanika popek; zvočni lijak; mehurček

to answer the bell iti odpret vrata
to bear the bell nositi zvonec, voditi
to carry off the bell dobiti prvo nagrado
passing bell navček
all went merrily as a marriage bell vse je šlo kakor po maslu
diving bell potapljaški zvon
to curse by bell, book and candle prekleti do desetega kolena
it is ringing a bell with me to me na nekaj spominja
as sound as a bell zdrav ko riba
with bells on v slovesni obleki; z navdušenjem
to ring the bell pozvoniti; sleng uspešno opraviti
peal (ali chime) of bells zvončkljanje
bell push gumb (zvonca)
to ring one's own bell sam sebe hvaliti
within the sound of Bow bells v Londonu
ring of bells zvonjenje
mornarica one to eight bells štiriurna straža

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blackberry [blǽkberi] samostalnik
botanika robidnica; črni ribez

as plentiful as blackberries obilje česa, več ko dovolj

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

blink² [bliŋk] samostalnik
blesk, lesketanje; migljanje; trenutek

in a blink ko bi mignil, v trenutku
ameriško, sleng on the blink v slabem stanju; v zadnjih izdihljajih

blue² [blu:] samostalnik
modra barva, modrina, sinjina; modrilo
figurativno morje; nebo; modra tkanina ali obleka
britanska angleščina član visokošolske športne reprezentance; konservativec
množina otožnost, potrtost

a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to have (a fit of) the blues biti zelo potrt
to give s.o. the blues dolgočasiti koga
in the blue daleč, nedosegljiv
out of the blue ko strela z jasnega
Oxford blue temnomodra barva
Cambridge blue svetlomodra barva
the Blues kraljeva konjeniška garda
the men (ali gentlemen, boys) in blue policaji mornarji, vojaki ameriške federalne vojske
navy blue temnomodra barva
Prussian blue berlinsko modra barva
true blue konservativec
to fire into the blue na slepo streljati

blush¹ [blʌš] neprehodni glagol (at, for, with)
zardevati, sramovati se

to blush like a rose zardeti ko kuhan rak
to blush like a blue (ali black) dog biti nesramen

bolt³ [boult] prislov
popolnoma, čisto

bolt upright raven ko sveča

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

bottle¹ [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
steklenica; močna pijača

figurativno the bottle popivanje
to crack a bottle popiti steklenico vina
over a bottle medtem ko pijemo
to hit the bottle pijančevati
to bring up on the bottle (otroka) umetno hraniti
bottle green temno zelen
to know s.o. from the bottle poznati koga od rane mladosti
to be fond of the bottle rad ga zvrniti
to take to the bottle zapiti se
ameriško black bottle strup
stone bottle kamnit vrč
hot-water bottle termofor

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

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