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fault¹ [fɔ:lt] samostalnik
napaka, hiba, pomanjkljaj, pomota; krivda
geologija prelomnica
lov zguba sledi
elektrika zguba električnega toka, slaba izolacija
tehnično motnja, defekt

to be at fault zgubiti sled; biti v zadregi; motiti se
to find fault with s.o. grajati koga, očitati komu kaj
for fault of zaradi pomanjkanja
to a fault več kakor je prav, pretirano
a fault confessed is half redressed priznanje krivde zmanjša kazen
geologija fault plane dislokacija
trgovina with all faults na kupčev riziko
in fault kriv česa
generous to a fault preradodaren

favour¹ ameriško favor [féivə] samostalnik
ljubeznivost, naklonjenost, priljubljenost; usluga, protekcija, milost; podpora, zaščita, okrilje; prednost, prid, korist; pristranost; koncesija
trgovina trgovsko pismo; videz, lepota, čar; odlikovanje; znamenje, kokarda, emblem

to be in favour biti za, odobravati
to find favour with (ali in the eyes of) s.o. biti priljubljen, v časteh pri kom
by favour of, under favour of zaradi, po
with s.o.'s favour z blagohotnim dovoljenjem koga
your favour vaše cenjeno pismo
I am not in favour of it nisem za to
to curry favour prilizovati se
to win s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost koga
by your favour z vašim dovoljenjem
to be in great favour dobro iti v promet
to do (ali bestow, confer) a favour on s.o. izkazati komu ljubeznivost
to look with favour on s.th. odobravati kaj
to stand high in s.o.'s favour biti pri kom priljubljen
do me the favour to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
trgovina balance in your favour saldo vam v prid
under favour of night pod okriljem noči

fealty [fí:əlti] samostalnik
zgodovina (fevdna) zvestoba, lojalnost

to do (ali make) fealty biti zvest, vdan
to swear fealty priseči zvestobo
to receive fealty sprejeti prisego zvestobe

feather¹ [féðə] samostalnik
pero, perje; čopek; pena na morskem valu; vrsta; razpoloženje

birds of a feather flock together enak se druži z enakim, ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo
to be in full feather imeti dosti denarja
a feather in one's cap hvalevredna odlika
to crop s.o.'s feathers pristriči komu krila, ponižati ga
in grand feather v svečani obleki, našemljen; odličnega zdravja
in high feather dobre volje; dobrega zdravja
to knock down with a feather močno presenetiti
ameriško, sleng feather merchant zmuzne; vojska, sleng civilist
fur and feather zveri in ptice
to ruffle s.o.'s feathers dražiti koga
to show the white feather popihati jo; biti strahopeten
to smooth s.o.'s ruffled feathers pomiriti koga
a broken feather in one's wing napaka v značaju
the vessel cuts a feather ladja pluje s polno paro

fed [fed] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od feed

to be fed up with s.th. biti česa do grla sit

feed^*1 [fi:d]

1. prehodni glagol (on, with)
pitati, rediti, krmiti, pasti, hraniti; vzdrževati (ogenj); oskrbovati; netiti (strasti); podajati (žogo); dolivati (vodo)
gledališče prišepetavati

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, žreti, hraniti se; rediti se; napasti se

pogovorno to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen
to feed one's eyes on z očmi kaj požirati
to feed out of s.o.'s hand biti domač, krotek

feel^*1 [fi:l]

1. prehodni glagol
občutiti; potipati, dotikati se; zaznati, opaziti; zaslutiti; smatrati, misliti

2. neprehodni glagol
tipati; počutiti se; zavedati se; imeti občutje, k srcu si gnati

to feel about s tipanjem iskati
to feel certain (ali sure) biti prepričan
I feel it in my bones trdno sem prepričan
to feel bitter biti grenkega okusa
to feel cheap slabo se počutiti
I feel cold (warm) zebe me (toplo mi je)
to feel doubts dvomiti
to feel one's feet dobiti zaupanje vase
to feel like nothing on the earth, to feel poorly (ali rotten, faint) zelo slabo se počutiti
to feel hurt biti užaljen
to feel small sramovati se
to feel sorry obžalovati
to feel the pulse meriti utrip
to feel like želeti si
I don't feel like ne ljubi se mi
it feels like rain na dež kaže
to feel quite o.s. again opomoči si
to feel up to moči
to feel one's way previdno spraševati, sondirati
I do not feel up to work ne ljubi se mi delati

fence¹ [fens] samostalnik
arhaično zaščita, obramba; ograja, plot; nasip; zaščitna naprava; mečevanje
figurativno spretno debatiranje
sleng skrivač ali skrivališče ukradenega blaga

to come down on the right side of the fence biti na strani zmagovalcev
to be (ali sit, ride) on the fence biti nepristranski, nobenostranski, obračati se po vetru
to look after one's fence pridobivati si volivce
to put a horse at fence spodbosti konja, da preskoči oviro
master of fence spreten mečevalec; figurativno dober diskutant

ferment¹ [fé:mənt] samostalnik
kvasilo, kvasnik, kvašenje, vrenje
figurativno razburjenje

to be in a ferment vreti; figurativno biti razburjen, ves iz sebe

ferule¹ [féru:l] samostalnik
šiba, palica za kaznovanje učenca; ravnilo
botanika komarček
figurativno šolska disciplina

to be under the ferule biti podrejen

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

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fig¹ [fig] samostalnik
smokva
figurativno malenkost

not to care a fig prav nič ne marati; biti mar ko žabi oreha
green figs sveže smokve
pulled figs suhe smokve

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

fill¹ [fil]

1. prehodni glagol (with)
(na)polniti, nasititi; prenapolniti, natrpati; napihniti; zamašiti; plombirati (zob); zasesti, zadovoljiti, izvršiti, izpolniti; izrabiti

2. neprehodni glagol
polniti se; nabrekniti; zamašiti se; napolniti se

to fill the bill biti primeren
to fill one's glass natočiti si kozarec
to fill an order izvršiti naročilo
to fill s.o. with a story narediti na koga vtis
ameriško to fill a prescription narediti zdravilo po predpisu
gledališče to fill a role igrati vlogo
to fill s.o.'s place nadomeščati koga
to fill a tooth plombirati zob
filling at the price dober in poceni

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

firm² [fə:m] prislov
trdno, zanesljivo, neomajno

to stand firm biti neomajen

first¹ [fə:st] pridevnik (firstly prislov)
prvi, najzgodnejši, prvovrsten

at first hand iz prve roke
ameriško first board začetni tečaj
first cause pravzrok
First Commoner predsednik spodnjega doma parlamenta
to come first biti najboljši
first day nedelja
first cost proizvodna cena
first finger kazalec
first floor britanska angleščina prvo nadstropje, ameriško pritličje
ameriško first, last and all the time nenehno, neomajno
First Lord of the Admiralty minister za mornarico
First Sea Lord komandant mornarice
First Lord of Treasury minister za državno zakladnico
to go first peljati se v prvem razredu
ameriško first lady prezidentova žena
first name krstno, dano ime
first night premiera
ameriško I could not get to the first base nobenega uspeha nisem imel
First International prva internacionala
first lieutenant nadporočnik
in the first place predvsem
at first sight na prvi pogled
first thing na prvem mestu; pogovorno navsezgodaj
first refusal predkupna pravica

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

flagpole [flǽgpoul] samostalnik
zastavni drog

vojska to guard the flagpole biti za kazen zaprt v kasarni