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dram [dræm] samostalnik
utež 1/16 unče (avoirdupois); 1/8 tekočinske unče
figurativno malenkost; požirek žganja

to be fond of a dram rad ga srkati
not a dram niti trohice

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

fancy¹ [fǽnsi] samostalnik
fantazija, domišljija, predstava; domislek; muhe; poželenje; pristranost, naklonjenost, nagnjenje

a man of the fancy športnik
the fancy navdušenci; navijači
to take (ali please, tickle, strike) s.o.'s fancy ugajati, prikupiti se komu
to take a fancy to s.th. vzljubiti kaj
to have a fancy for rad kaj početi
not to have a fancy for ne marati kaj

find¹ [faind]

1. prehodni glagol
najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
zaslediti divjačino
pravno odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss grajati
to find expression izraziti se
to find fault with grajati koga ali kaj
to find favour imeti podporo, zaščito
pravno to find s.o. guilty spoznati, da je kdo kriv
pogovorno to find one's feet pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se
pravno to find a true bill izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen
to find s.o. in s.th. oskrbeti koga s čim
I cannot find it in my heart srce mi ne da
I could find it in my heart rad bi
how do you find yourself? kako se imaš?
to find one's match najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika
the jury found for the culprit porota je osvobodila obtoženca
I trust this finds you well upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo
to find o.s. sam se oskrbeti; znajti se
to find pleasure in s.th. imeti s čim veselje

fond [fɔnd] pridevnik (fondly prislov)
arhaično neumen, nespameten; domišljav; ljubeč, zateleban; prizanesljiv

to be fond of rad imeti

free¹ [fri:] pridevnik (freely prislov) (from, of)
prost; svoboden brezplačen; prostovoljen; neomejen, neodvisen; nezaposlen, brezdelen; nezaseden, prazen; neprisiljen, neoviran; radodaren; ljubek; surov, neprijazen
kemija nevezan

to be free to... smeti
free booze pijača zastonj
I am free to confess rad priznavam
free and easy neformalen, nekonvencionalen, naraven
Free Church cerkev, ki je ločena od države; britanska angleščina neanglikanska cerkev
to make free of the city podeliti častno meščanstvo
free delivered dostava zastonj
free of duty prost carine
free fight pretep, ravs in kavs
free from (ali of) brez, prost česa; izven, zunaj
free hand proste roke, posebna svoboda dejanja
free living uživanje
free and unencumbered brez hipoteke
to make s.o. free of one's house dati komu na razpolago svojo hišo, povabiti koga za poljubno dobo
to make free with preveč si dovoliti
free pass brezplačna vstopnica
free in one's speech nepreviden v govoru
free wind ugoden veter
to set (ali make) free osvoboditi
free labour delavstvo, ki ni včlanjeno v sindikatih
free thought svobodomiselnost
free trade prosta trgovina; tihotapstvo
free on board franko ladja
free on rail franko vagon
free alongside ship trgovina prost prevoz do ladje
to make free use of brez oklevanja uporabljati
post free poštnina plačana vnaprej
free station franko postaja

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

grudge² [grʌdž] samostalnik
nevolja, jeza, mržnja, zavist, zamera

to bear (ali owe) s.o. a grudge, to have grudge against s.o. zameriti komu
without grudge rad

happy [hǽpi] pridevnik (happily prislov)
srečen; zadovoljen, vesel (at, about česa)
razveseljiv; ugoden; posrečen (izraz)
pogovorno "v rožicah"
sleng omamljen (od udarcev, bombe)
sleng navdušen, nor na kaj

as happy as the day is long; ali as a king presrečen
a happy idea posrečena misel
the happy dispatch harakiri
sleng happy cabbage za zabavo porabljen denar
the happy medium (ali mean) zlata sredina
sleng happy dust kokain
sleng happy juice alkohol
ski-happy nor na smučanje
trigger-happy kdor rad strelja
many happy returns of the day na mnoga leta!

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

heart [ha:t] samostalnik
srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje)
množina srčne karte

after one's own heart po želji, kot srce poželi
at heart v duši, v srcu, po srcu
an affair of the heart ljubezenska zadeva
bless my heart! za boga!
by heart na pamet
at the bottom of one's heart na dnu srca
heart's desire srčna želja
from one's heart iskreno, iz srca
for one's heart srčno rad
heart and head navdušeno
heart of oak srčika hrasta, figurativno srčen človek; leseno ladjevje
heart and soul z dušo in telesom
a heart-to-heart talk odkrit pogovor
in good heart v dobrem stanju
the land is in good heart zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana
in the heart of v osrčju
in one's heart skrivoma
in one's heart of hearts v dnu duše, zares
in heart dobre volje
light of heart vesel, brezbrižen
left heart levi srčni prekat
king (queen) of hearts srčni kralj (dama)
navtika my hearts! tovariši!, pogumni fantje!
near one's heart všeč, pri srcu
the very heart of the matter bistvo zadeve
out of heart malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)
sick at heart potrt, žalosten
smoker's heart kadilčevo (bolno) srce
searchings of heart tesnoba, sum
to one's heart's content do mile volje, kot srce poželi
with all one's heart iz vsega srca, srčno rad
with a heavy heart s težkim srcem
medicina disordered heart srčna nevroza

Z glagoli:

to break s.o.'s heart streti komu srce
to clasp s.o. to one's heart prižeti koga na srce
to cry one's heart out oči si izjokati
to cut s.o. to the heart zadeti koga v srce, užaliti
to do one's heart good dobro deti, osrečiti
to eat one's heart out giniti od žalosti
my heart fails pogum mi upada
I cannot find it in my heart to; ali I don't have the heart to srce mi ne da, da bi
to get (go) to the heart of priti (iti) stvari do dna
to give heart opogumiti
to give one's heart to s.o. dati komu srce
to go near (ali to) one's heart ganiti
my heart goes out to him sočustvujem z njim
to grow out of heart postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)
to have a heart imeti (dobro) srce
have a heart! usmili se!
to have no heart biti brez srca, neusmiljen
to have s.th. at heart srčno kaj želeti
to have one's heart in one's mouth v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen
to have one's heart in one's boots biti zelo malodušen
to have one's heart in the right place imeti srce na pravem mestu
to have s.o.'s good at heart brigati se za dobro nekoga
to have one's heart in one's work biti z vsem srcem pri delu
his heart leaps up srce mu zaigra
to lay s.th. to heart na srce položiti
to lose heart izgubiti pogum
to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
to make one's heart bleed čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)
to open one's heart to s.o. razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen
to pluck up heart opogumiti se
to pour out one's heart srce izliti
to put s.o. in good heart razveseliti, razvedriti koga
to put one's heart into s.th. biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom
my heart sank srce mi je padlo v hlače
to set one's heart on s.th. iz vsega srca kaj želeti
to set one's heart at rest umiriti se, pomiriti se
to take s.th. to heart k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti
to take heart (of grace) zbrati pogum, opogumiti se
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve imeti srce na jeziku
to win s.o.'s heart srce osvojiti
what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh povedati, kar ti leži na srcu

itch² [ič] neprehodni glagol
srbeti
figurativno hlepeti, hrepeneti (for, after)

he was itching to come nad vse rad bi bil prišel
to have itching ears rad poslušati spotakljive zgodbe
to have an itching palm biti pohlepen na denar
my fingers itch (to do it) prsti me srbijo (da bi to storil)
I itch all over vse me srbi

knob¹ [nɔb] samostalnik
gumb (vrata, radio, predal itd.); izrastek, grča, grba, bradavica; košček (sladkorja, premoga itd.)
arhitektura glavič, kapitel (stebra)
sleng glava, "buča"
ameriško okrogel vrh griča

sleng with knobs on kaj vse bi še rad!

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

loath [louɵ] pridevnik
(samo predikativen): nerad, nenaklonjen

I am loath to trouble you nerad te vznemirjam
nothing loath kar rad, kar pripravljen
loath-to-depart odhodnica (glasba)
to be loath for s.o. to do s.th. biti proti temu, da kdo kaj naredi

mind² [máind]

1. prehodni glagol
paziti na kaj, meniti se za kaj, skrbeti, brigati, ozirati se na kaj; nasprotovati, ugovarjati
arhaično spomniti (of na)
spomniti se na kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
paziti; biti proti

to mind one's book pridno se učiti
to mind one's own business pometati pred svojim pragom, brigati se zase
if you don't mind če nimaš nič proti
don't mind me ne oziraj se name, ne pusti se motiti
would you mind coming! bi prišel, prosim!
do you mind my smoking? imaš kaj proti, če kadim?
pogovorno mind you write glej, da boš pisal
pogovorno I don't mind if I do prav rad to storim
mind and do that pazi, da boš to res storil
sleng to mind one's eye biti previden
mind (yon)! zapomni si!
never mind! nič ne de, ni važno, ne vznemirjaj se, ne oziraj se na to!
never mind him! ne brigaj se zanj!
sleng mind out! pazi, umakni se!
he minds a great deal je proti, zelo ga moti
to mind one's P's and Q's biti previden v besedah in vedenju
I shouldn't mind (a drink) rad bi (kaj popil), nimam nič proti
mind the step! pazi na stopnico!

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

partial¹ [pá:šəl] pridevnik (partially prislov)
delen, parcialen; pristranski, nepravičen, neobjektiven (to)
botanika drugoten, sekundaren

to be partial to s.th. imeti kaj posebno rad
ekonomija partial acceptance delno sprejetje
ekonomija partial amount delna vsota
ekonomija partial bond delna zadolžnica
ekonomija partial loss delna izguba
ekonomija partial payment delno plačilo
astronomija partial eclipse delni mrk
matematika partial fraction delni ulomek

ply² [plái]

1. prehodni glagol
rokovati (s čim), uporabljati kaj; opravljati, izvrševati, pridno delati; obdelati, obdelovati (with)
figurativno nadlegovati, zasipati (z vprašanji, udarci), ponujati, siliti (k pijači) redno oskrbovati (with s, z)
redno voziti po

2. neprehodni glagol
redno voziti (between med)
navtika redno pluti (redna zveza), lavirati, pluti proti vetru; truditi se, sukati se pri delu
britanska angleščina čakati na stranke (nosači, taksisti itd.)

to ply one's book pridno se učiti
to ply the bottle rad ga srkati
to ply a trade opravljati obrt
the ferryboat plies the river trajekt redno vozi po reki