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benefit¹ [bénifit] samostalnik
dobro, korist, ugodnost, prednost; podpora; nadarba; beneficij

gledališče benefit night benefična predstava
to give the benefit of the doubt zaradi pomanjkljivostih dokazov razložiti zadevo komu v prid; pomilostiti, odpustiti
to the benefit of v korist koga, česa
for your (special) benefit (samo) za vas
ameriško to take the benefit objaviti bankrot
unemployment benefit podpora za brezposelne
to derive benefit from okoristiti se s čim

bush¹ [buš] samostalnik
grm, grmovje, goščava, divja pustinja; lisičji rep; gosti lasje; šop (las)

to beat about the bush hoditi kakor mačka okoli vrele kaše
good wine needs no bush dobro blago se samo hvali
to take to the bush začeti se klatiti, postati razbojnik

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

but² [bʌt] predlog
razen, mimo, izvzemši

the last but one predzadnji
the last but two predpredzadnji
but for you če bi tebe ne bilo
all but he (ali him) vsi razen njega, samo on ne
but for all that toda kljub vsemu temu
nothing but nič razen

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

cash-system [kǽšsistəm] samostalnik
plačanje v gotovini

on the cash-system samo za gotovino

caviar(e) [kǽvia:] samostalnik
kaviar

it's caviar(e) to the general tega preprosti ljudje ne razumejo, to je samo za izbrance, to metanje biserov svinjam

cheap [či:p] pridevnik (cheaply prislov)
cenen, poceni; slab; jalov, prazen (izgovor)

as cheap as dirt, dirt cheap za smešno ceno
pogovorno to feel cheap ne se dobro počutiti
to get (ali come off) cheap(ly) poceni jo odnesti
to hold cheap podcenjevati, zaničevati
Cheap Jack (ali John) krošnjar
to make o.s. cheap podcenjevati samega sebe
cheap and nasty samo na zunaj lep
cheap trip izlet ob znižanih vozovnicah

cheek¹ [či:k] samostalnik
lice, obraz
pogovorno predrznost, nesramnost
množina, tehnično stranski deli raznih strojev

cheek by jowl tesno skupaj, zelo zaupno
none of your cheek! ne bodi tako predrzen!
hollow cheeked upadlih lic
with one's tongue in one's cheek neodkritosrčno; hudomušen
pogovorno to one's own cheek vse samo zase

closed [klouzd] pridevnik
zaprt

closed circuit television televizija zaprtega kroga
closed work podzemeljsko delo
closed season doba prepovedi lova
ameriško closed shop delavnica, ki sme zaposliti samo člane strokovne zveze

course¹ [kɔ:s] samostalnik
tek, potek, postopek; proga, pot, smer; krožek, študij, tečaj; plast; dirkališče; golfišče; korito; kariera
množina menstruacija

main course glavno jadro
fore course sprednje jadro
in the course of med, v teku
in course of time sčasoma
in due course v določenem času, pravočasno
it is a matter of course to se samo ob sebi razume
of course seveda, vsekakor, naravno
course of law sodni postopek
in the course of nature po naravnem zakonu
course of action postopek
to follow (ali pursue) a course of action iti za določenim ciljem
to steer a course pluti v določeni smeri
to stay the course vztrajati do konca, ne popustiti
to take (ali run) one's own course iti svojo pot
to take a course for s.th. ukreniti kaj
words of course navadna fraza
course of treatment zdravljenje

deed¹ [di:d] samostalnik
delo, posel; dejanje, postopek; junaštvo; dejstvo, resnica; listina, dokument

to take the will for the deed že samo dobro voljo upoštevati
in word and in deed z besedo in dejanjem
in very deed v resnici, dejansko
to draw up a deed sestaviti dokument
deed of sale kupoprodajna pogodba
deed of conveyance dogovor o prevozu

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

firer [fáiərə] samostalnik
požigalec, prižigalec; strelec; puška

single firer puška, ki ima samo en naboj

flag³ [flæg] samostalnik
zastava; košat pasji rep

black flag piratsko znamenje; piratstvo
flag of distress srajca, ki visi skozi raztrgano obleko; figurativno slab znak
to get one's flag postati admiral
to hang out the white flag vdati se
to hang out the red flag pozvati na boj
to hoist the flag izobesiti zastavo; prevzeti poveljništvo
house flag zastava ladijske družbe
merchant flag zastava trgovske mornarice
to strike (ali lower) the flag spustiti zastavo, priznati poraz
flag station postajališče (samo na znamenje)
yellow flag znamenje, da je na ladji kužna bolezen; karantena
to dip the flag pozdravljati s spuščanjem in dviganjem zastave

go without neprehodni glagol
ne imeti, biti brez

it goes without saying to je samo ob sebi umevno

gross² [grous] samostalnik
celota; veliki ducat (144 kosov)

great gross 1228 kosov
in (the) gross, by the gross v celoti, na debelo
pravno in gross ki se nanaša samo na osebo, neodvisen

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo

hearsay [híəsei] samostalnik
nepotrjena govorica, čenča

by hearsay po govoricah
it is mere hearsay to so samo govorice
pravno hearsay evidence pričevanje, ki se opira na govorice
pravno hearsay rule izključitev pričevanja, ki se opira na govorice

imagine [imǽdžin]

1. prehodni glagol
predstavljati si, (za)misliti si, umisliti si

2. neprehodni glagol
misliti, meniti, domišljati si

just imagine! samo pomisli!
it is not to be imagined tega si ni mogoče predstavljati