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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