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affirmative² [əfé:mətiv] samostalnik
pritrditev

to answer in the affirmative odgovoriti pritrdilno, reči, da je tako

ail [eil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
boleti, bolehati

what ails you? kaj vam je?
what ails you to speak in such a way? kaj vam pride na misel, da tako govorite?

and [ænd, ənd, ən] veznik
in, ter, pa tudi

both... and tako ... kakor
bread and butter kruh z maslom
coffee and milk bela kava
some good and ten dobrih deset
and so forth, and so on in tako dalje
and how! pa še kako!
miles and miles neskončno daleč
nice and warm prijetno toplo
to come and see obiskati

answerable [á:nsərəbl] pridevnik (answerably prislov) (to)
na kar se da odgovoriti; odgovoren, ustrezen

to be answerable for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti za kaj
such a question is not answerable na tako vprašanje se ne da odgovoriti
the results were not answerable to our hopes rezultati so nas razočarali

appear [əpí:ə] neprehodni glagol
pojaviti, pokazati se; prikazati se; iziti (tisk); javiti se; zdeti se, biti viden

to appear against s.o. tožiti koga
to appear for s.o. zastopati, braniti koga
it appears from this iz tega se razvidi
to appear in the character of Hamlet igrati vlogo Hamleta
to make appear pokazati, dokazati
strange as it may appear če se zdi še tako čudno
it would appear zdi se, kaže, da

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

as³ [æz] oziralni zaimek
tisti, ki, ki; takšen, da

I am not such a fool as to believe you nisem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel
the same as isti kot
such as kot na primer

bail¹ [beil] samostalnik
poroštvo, zastava, jamščina, kavcija

to go (ali be, become, stand) bail for s.o. jamčiti za koga
to be out on bail biti na svobodi proti kavciji
to take (ali give) leg bail popihati jo
I'll go bail glavo stavim
to surrender (ali save) one's bail javiti se na sodišču v določenem roku
to forfeit one's bail ne se javiti na sodišču (in tako zgubiti kavcijo)
to put in bail položiti kavcijo

bark³ [ba:k] samostalnik
lajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)

his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kot je videti

bear¹ [bɛə] samostalnik
zoologija medved
figurativno neotesanec, neroda; borzni špekulant na padec vrednot
navtika, sleng metla

a bear leader inštruktor in spremljevalec mladeniča, spremljevalec blaziranega tujca
bridled bear mladenič v vzgojiteljevem spremstvu
sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear ne delaj računa brez krčmarja, ne zidaj gradov v oblakih
astronomija Great (Little) Bear Veliki (Mali) voz
trgovina bear operation borzna špekulacija na padec cen
trgovina bear covering nakup borznih papirjev za prikrivanje špekulacij na padec vrednosti
to take a bear by the tooth po nepotrebnem se izpostavljati nevarnosti
had it been a bear it would have bitten you zmotil si se; ni bilo tako strašno kot je kazalo

bed¹ [bed] samostalnik
postelja, ležišče; divan; žimnica; podstavek; podzidje; (jezersko, morsko) dno; rečno korito, struga
geologija plast, ležišče; gredica; brlog

bed of boards pograd
to be brought (ali put) to bed roditi
to be confined to one's bed biti priklenjen na posteljo
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
to get out of the bed on the wrong side vstati z levo nogo
to go to bed iti spat
sleng go to bed molči!
hot bed topla greda, gnojak
to make the bed postlati posteljo
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
figurativno narrow bed zadnje počivališče
bed of sickness bolniška postelja
as one makes one's bed, so one must lie kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal
pravno from bed and board od mize in postelje
bed of roses (ali down, flowers) udobno življenje, dober položaj
to take to bed bolan leči
bed of thorns težko življenje, neprijeten položaj
to turn down the bed pripraviti posteljo za spanje
weary bed bolniška postelja
to lie in the bed one has made nositi posledice svojega ravnanja

beginning¹ [bigíniŋ] samostalnik
začetek, nastanek, izvor, izhodišče

in (ali at) the beginning spočetka
a good beginning is half the battle dober začetek je že pol zmage
a bad beginning makes a bad ending kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
from the very beginning od samega začetka
to give a beginning to s.th. povzročiti kaj
the beginning of the end začetek konca

believe [bilí:v]

1. prehodni glagol
verjeti, zaupati (komu)

2. neprehodni glagol (in v)
verjeti; misliti, domnevati

to make believe hliniti, pretvarjati se, delati se
to believe in smatrati za dobro, koristno
I believe so zdi se, da je tako
I believe not mislim, da ne
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjamete

bite² [bait] samostalnik
ugriz, pik, pekoča bolečina; grižljaj; prigrizek, hrana
figurativno zbadljivost, ostrost; jedkanje

to take two bites on a cherry obirati se
his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kakor je videti, pes, ki laja, ne grize

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

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

both³ [bouɵ] veznik

both ... and tako ... kakor
both by night and by day tako podnevi kakor ponoči, podnevi in ponoči, dan in noč
both you and I jaz in ti

boy [bɔi] samostalnik
deček, fant; sluga

boy friend (njen) fant
from a boy od otroških let
domačno old boy dragi prijatelj; bivši učenec šole
the old boy "stari"
domačno my boy ljubi moj
pogovorno there's a good boy bodi tako dober
sleng pansy boy homoseksualec
sleng flying boy letalec
sleng the boy šampanjec
boy scout stezosledec, skavt

brew¹ [bru:]

1. prehodni glagol
(s)kuhati, (z)variti
figurativno pripraviti, povzročiti; (s)kovati

2. neprehodni glagol
kuhati, variti se
figurativno pripravljati se

a mischief is brewing nesreča grozi
a storm is brewing nevihta se pripravlja
as you have brewed, so you must drink kakor si postelješ, tako boš spal

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