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  • ear4 [iə] samostalnik
    uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
    figurativno pozornost

    to be all ears napeto poslušati
    to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
    to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
    my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
    to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
    with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
    to give ear pazljivo poslušati
    to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
    to have itching ears rad opravljati
    to have long ears biti radoveden
    to have no ears ne imeti posluha
    in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
    to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
    little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
    to play by ear igrati po posluhu
    to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
    an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
    over (head and) ears preko ušes
    to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
    quick ear dober sluh
    to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
    to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
    to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
    up to the ears preko ušes
    to tickle the ears laskati
    walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
    to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
    a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
    I would give my ears glavo stavim
  • eat* [i:t]

    1. prehodni glagol
    jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
    kemija razjedati, uničiti
    ameriško hraniti
    figurativno mučiti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    jesti, hraniti se
    pogovorno imeti dober okus

    to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
    I'll eat my head glavo stavim
    to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
    one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
    to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
    to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
    to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
    to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
    to eat one's word besedo snesti
  • egg1 [eg] samostalnik
    jajce
    sleng letalska bomba
    ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

    in the egg v zarodku
    sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
    sleng a good egg dober dečko
    like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
    to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
    to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
    sleng goose egg ničla, nič
    to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
    as full as an egg do vrha poln
    to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
    to lay eggs nesti jajca
    vojska sl polagati mine
    as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
    to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
    hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
    soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
    poached egg skrknjeno jajce
    wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
    white of egg beljak
    yolk of egg rumenjak
    fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
    scrambled eggs cvrtje
  • eight [eit]

    1. štetje
    osem

    2. samostalnik
    osmica
    šport osmerec

    the Eights tekma osmercev med Cambridgem in Oxfordom
    to have one over the eight biti okajen
  • evil1 [í:vl] pridevnik (evilly prislov)
    hudoben, grešen, škodljiv; nesrečen

    to fall on evil days obubožati, doživeti hude čase
    an evil genius zli duh
    the evil one hudobec, vrag
    of evil repute na slabem glasu
    an evil tongue hudoben jezik
  • extreme2 [ikstrí:m] samostalnik
    skrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotje

    to carry to extreme, to go to extreme tirati do skrajnosti
    the extremes meet nasprotja se privlačijo
    at the other extreme na nasprotnem koncu
    in the extreme, to an extreme čezmerno, pretirano
    to go from one extreme to the other preiti z ene skrajnosti v drugo
    to run to an extreme preiti v skrajnost
  • fair1 [fɛə] pridevnik
    lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
    pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

    the fair (sex) ženske
    a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
    to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
    to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
    a fair chance dobra priložnost
    a fair copy čistopis
    for fair dejansko, zares
    to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
    pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
    fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
    fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
    fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
    fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
    to be in a fair way dobro kazati
    what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
    fair wind ugoden veter
    to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
    fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
    a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
    to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati
  • fetch1 [feč]

    1. prehodni glagol
    iti po kaj, poslati koga po kaj; prinesti; puščati (kri); izpeljati (zaključke); dobiti, doseči; veljati (from)
    izvleči

    2. neprehodni glagol
    prinašati (pes ustreljeno divjačino); obračati se; menjati se (veter); dospeti na cilj

    to fetch and carry opravljati drobna nepomembna dela; prinašati ustreljeno divjačino
    to fetch a blow udariti, prisoliti udarec
    to fetch a breath vdihniti
    to fetch a scream vzklikniti, krikniti
    to fetch one in the face udariti koga po licu
    to fetch a compass iti po ovinkih
    to fetch a leap skočiti
    to fetch port pripluti v pristanišče
    to fetch a sigh vzdihniti
    to fetch tears spraviti v jok
    to fetch a high price doseči visoko ceno
  • fiddle1 [fídl] samostalnik
    gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

    as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
    to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
    to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
    to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
    there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
    a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
    to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen
  • fine4 [fain] pridevnik
    droben, tenek, fin; rahel, nežen; lep, sijajen, odličen; eleganten; čist; jasen; oster (nož), nabrušen; dobro razvit; bister; prevzeten

    fine arts lepe umetnosti
    one fine day lepega dne
    one of these fine days prej ali slej
    fine middling srednje dober
    to call things by fine names imenovati grdo z lepimi besedami
    fine gold čisto zlato
    fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
    not to put too fine point upon it povedati naravnost in brez olepšavanja
    to say fine things about s.o. hvaliti koga
    fine words butter no parsnips od lepih besed se ne da živeti
  • finger1 [fíŋgə] samostalnik
    prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

    to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
    his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
    by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
    to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
    to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
    to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
    my fingers itch komaj čakam
    to the finger nails popolnoma
    one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
    to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
    to lift one's little finger preveč piti
    to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
    to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
    not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
    to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
    to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
    one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
    within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
    index (ali first) finger kazalec
    middle finger sredinec
    ring finger prstanec
    little finger mezinec
  • fish1 [fiš] samostalnik
    riba; ribe
    vulgarno ženski spolni organ

    all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
    a cool fish hladnokrvnež
    to cry stinking fish poniževati se
    to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
    drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
    dull as a fish neumen ko noč
    he eats no fish je poštenjak
    to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
    to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
    neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
    pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
    one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
    a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
    a loose fish razuzdanec
    there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
    a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
    a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
    to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
    mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
    salt-water fish morska riba
  • fit1 [fit] samostalnik
    napad, izbruh, krč; kaprica, muhavost
    pogovorno razpoloženje

    pogovorno, figurativno to give one a fit presenetiti, razdražiti koga
    cold fit mrzlica
    by fits (and starts) sunkovito, tu in tam
    for a fit nekaj časa
    to go into fits dobiti napad; omedleti
    to give s.o. fit(s) razkačiti koga
    to knock (ali bang, beat, lick) into fits popolnoma premagati
    to throw a fit pobesneti, razsrditi se
    when the fit was on him kadar je bil dobre volje
    if the fit takes me če se mi zahoče
    drunken fit pijanost
    fit of hysterics histerični napad
  • flesh1 [fleš] samostalnik
    meso; človeštvo; človeška narava; mesnato oplodje sadežev; meseno poželenje, čutnost

    flesh and blood telo; človek; človeška narava
    in flesh dobro rejen
    in the flesh dejanski, živ
    to feel one's flesh creep dobi(va)ti kurjo polt
    one's own flesh and blood lastna družina
    to go the way of all flesh umreti
    to loose (put on, make) flesh hujšati (rediti se)
    medicina proud flesh divje meso (na rani)
    flesh and fell z dušo in telesom
    to run to flesh rediti se
    to become one flesh postati duša in telo
  • fling ll [fliŋ] samostalnik
    udarec, zamah; met, lučaj; vdajanje; ritanje; pikra pripomba; živahnost; veselje, zabava, razvedrilo
    figurativno posmeh; izbruh; vrsta škotskega plesa; ritanje (konja)

    in full fling ll v polnem razmahu
    at one fling ll mahoma, pri priči
    to have a fling ll at zbijati šale na račun
    to have one's fling ll zabavati se po mili volji, privoščiti si, iznoreti se
  • foot1 [fut] množina feet samostalnik
    noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
    pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
    gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

    at foot na dnu
    by (ali on) foot peš
    to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
    figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
    from head to foot od nog do glave
    ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
    to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
    to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
    to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
    my foot! nesmisel!
    to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
    to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
    to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
    to set on foot ustanoviti
    to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
    sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
    to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
    something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
    to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
    under foot na zemlji
    to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
    to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
    to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati
  • for1 [fɔ:, fə] predlog
    za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

    for all navzlic, kljub
    as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
    pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
    pogovorno to be out for nameravati
    for the better na bolje
    but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
    for fear iz strahu
    for love iz ljubezni
    for the present za zdaj
    for the first time prvič
    not for love or money za nič na svetu
    to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
    now for them! na juriš!
    for good za vedno
    there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
    to go for a walk iti na sprehod
    sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
    to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
    I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
    he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
    to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
    it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
    it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
    once for all enkrat za vselej
    for as much v koliko
    for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
    for instance, for example na primer
    for the nonce tokrat
    I for one jaz na primer
    for God's sake za božjo voljo
    to look for s.th. iskati kaj
    not for the life of me za nič na svetu
    for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
    to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
    she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
    the train for London vlak proti Londonu
    word for word beseda za besedo
    Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
    for the time being za zdaj
    he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro
  • from [frɔm, frəm] predlog
    od, iz, z, zaradi, po

    apart from neglede na
    from the beginning od začetka
    from a child od otroških let
    different from različen od
    from day to day z dneva v dan
    to defend from braniti pred
    to descend from biti po izvoru, izvirati iz
    to draw from nature risati po naravi
    to die from umreti zaradi
    from my own experience iz lastne izkušnje
    far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
    from first to last od začetka do konca, od A do Z
    to hide s.th. from s.o. skrivati kaj pred kom
    to judge from soditi po
    to keep s.o. from doing s.th. braniti komu, da česa ne stori
    to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
    to suffer from trpeti zaradi
    from time to time tu pa tam
    where are you from? od kod si (ste)?
    to tell from razlikovati od
    from of old zdavnaj, davno
    from on high od zgoraj
    from memory na pamet
    from post to pillar od Poncija do Pilata
    six from nine leavas three devet manj šest je tri
    trgovina from date od danes
    from title to colophone od prve do zadnje strani
    from above od zgoraj
    from affar od daleč
    from amidst iz sredine
    from among izmed
    from before od prej
    from behind od zadaj, izza
    from below (ali beneath) od spodaj
    from between izmed (dveh)
    from beyond z one strani
    from out ven iz
    from under izpod
    from without od zunaj
    from within od znotraj
  • give*1 [giv]

    1. prehodni glagol
    da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
    medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
    donašati
    pogovorno izdati

    2. neprehodni glagol
    dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
    (o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
    biti prožen

    to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
    to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
    to give attention to paziti na
    to give a bird izžvižgati
    to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
    to give chase zasledovati, loviti
    to give a cry vzklikniti
    to give credit zaupati, verjeti
    to give into custody izročiti policiji
    to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
    to give a decision odločiti zadevo
    to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
    to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
    to give evidence pričati
    to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
    to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
    to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
    ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
    to give ground umakniti se
    to give a guess ugibati
    to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
    to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
    to give a jump poskočiti
    to give to know sporočiti
    to give a laugh zasmejati se
    figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
    to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
    to give a look pogledati
    it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
    to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
    to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
    to give place umakniti se
    to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
    to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
    to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
    to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
    to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
    pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
    to give the slip izmuzniti se
    to give a start planiti
    to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
    to give thanks zahvaliti se
    to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
    to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
    to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
    to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
    to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
    to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
    to give vent dati si duška
  • go*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
    hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

    to be going to ➞ going
    pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
    another day to go še en dan
    as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
    to let go izpustiti
    let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
    as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
    as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
    how goes the time? koliko je ura?
    to go bail for jamčiti za
    to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
    to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
    pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
    to go shares (raz)deliti
    to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
    pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
    to go bad pokvariti se
    sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
    to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
    to go easy udobno si urediti
    to go hungry stradati
    to go mad znoreti
    to go short of pogrešati
    to go sick javiti se bolnega
    to go steady biti previden
    to go it strong odločno ravnati
    to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
    sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
    to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
    to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
    to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
    to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
    go it! le daj!
    to let go izpustiti
    to make things go zabavati
    to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
    to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
    to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
    a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
    sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
    to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
    his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
    to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi