Franja

butt² [bʌt] samostalnik
debeli konec orodja, puškino kopito; spodnji del debla
pogovorno ostanek, čik
zoologija ime raznih bokoplavutaric
figurativno tarča; cilj
figurativno namen, predmet česa
množina strelišče

to be the butt of the company biti vsem v posmeh

butter¹ [bʌ́tə] samostalnik
maslo
figurativno dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje

he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to quarrel with one's bread and butter godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovati
melted butter topljeno maslo
rank butter žarko, pokvarjeno maslo
bread and butter kruh z maslom

butter² [bʌ́tə] prehodni glagol
namazati, zabeliti z maslom
figurativno dobrikati, prilizovati se, laskati

fair (ali fine, kind) words butter no parsnips z lepimi besedami se ne da popraviti, od lepih besed se ne da živeti
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj človeku koristi
pogovorno to butter up laskati, dobrikati se

butterfly [bʌ́təflai] samostalnik
zoologija metulj
figurativno površnež, domišljavec

to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, trošiti preveč energije
butterfly stroke metuljček (plavanje)

button¹ [bʌ́tn] samostalnik
gumb
botanika popek; glavič; mlada gobica

covered button prevlečen gumb
not to care a (brass) button prav nič se ne meniti
pogovorno not to have all one's buttons ne biti čisto pri pameti
the buttons have come off the foils nasprotniki v borbi pozabljajo na osnovna pravila vljudnosti
to do up a button zapeti gumb
to undo a button odpeti gumb
a button has come undone gumb se je odpel
to press the button pozvoniti
(a boy in) buttons livrirani sluga; sprevodnik dvigala
not worth a button niti piškavega oreha vreden, zanič

button² [bʌ́tn] prehodni glagol (up)
zapeti

figurativno to button up one's mouth molčati, ne ziniti besede
to button up one's purse (ali pockets) skopariti

buttress² [bʌ́tris] prehodni glagol
podpreti, podpirati

to buttress up okrepiti, ojačiti

buy^*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
kupiti; podkupiti
figurativno drago plačati

to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
to buy and sell trgovati

buzz¹ [bʌz] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
brenčati, brneti; bobneti; mrmrati
vojska, sleng telegrafirati, brzojaviti

pogovorno to buzz the bottle izprazniti steklenico

buzz² [bʌz] samostalnik
brnenje, brenčanje
ameriško cirkularka
sleng govorica, šušljanje

buzz bomb nemška raketa V₁
to give s.o. a buzz telefonirati komu

buzz-saw [bʌ́zsɔ:] samostalnik
cirkularka

to monkey with a buzz-saw igrati se z ognjem

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

by² [bai] prislov
blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
close by čisto zraven
to go by iti mimo
hard by čisto poleg
by and large nasploh
to lay by prihraniti
to pass by mimo iti
figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
to put by prihraniti
to stand by nič ne delati
to set by prihraniti

bye [bai] samostalnik
odvečen tekmovalec

to draw (ali have) the bye ne se udeležiti igre, tekme

byword [báiwə:d] samostalnik
pregovor; svarilen primer; tarča posmeha

to become a byword postati splošno znan (v slabem pomenu)

cab¹ [kæb] samostalnik
fijakar, kočija; taksi; strojna hišica na lokomotivi

to take a cab najeti si kočijo, taksi, peljati se s kočijo, taksijem
cab driver fijakar, kočijaž, voznik taksija
cab stand parkirni prostor za kočije ali taksije
cab runner, cab tout človek, ki za nagrado pokliče taksi in pomaga naložiti vanj prtljago

cab² [kæb] neprehodni glagol

to cab (it) peljati se v kočiji ali taksiju

caber [kéibə] samostalnik
škotsko bruno; metalni drog

to toss the caber preskušati moč, metati se

cable¹ [kéibl] samostalnik
vrv, kabel; sidrenjak, vrv za sidro; globinska mera 231 m; kablogram

cable binding kandaharska vez
cable crane žičnati tir
cable entry (električni) dovod
cable's length dolžinska mera (ameriško 720 feet, britanska angleščina 606 feet [1/4 milje])
his cables parted umrl je
to slip (ali cut) one's cable umreti
cable way (ali car) žičnica, vzpenjača

cache¹ [kæš] samostalnik
skrivališče orožja, hrane (polarnih raziskovalcev); skrite zaloge (živeža, orožja)

to make a cache pripraviti si skrivališče