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flat¹ [flæt] pridevnik
raven, plosek, sploščen; medel, plehek, nezanimiv, pust, enoličen; prazen; razdišan; potrt; slab (prodaja); zveneč
glasba molovski; za pol tona znižan; napačen (petje); razglašen; onemogel, izčrpan; brezobresten; odkrit

sleng flat broke brez pare
flat calm mrtva tišina
to give a flat denial gladko odkloniti, zanikati
a flat lie debela laž
to meet with a flat refusal biti odločno zavrnjen
figurativno he fell as flat as a pancake popolnoma mu je spodletelo
to lay flat zravnati z zemljo
flat prices nizke enotne cene
flat race dirka brez ovir
his singing is flat poje za pol tona prenizko
to go into a flat spin zmesti se
that's flat to je moja zadnja beseda
flat nonsense popoln nesmisel
hudomušno B flat stenica
to tell flat naravnost povedati
ameriško flat silver srebrn pribor

fling^*1 [fliŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
vreči, zagnati se; švigniti; lotiti se; ritniti (konj); skočiti, odbrzeti; hiteti

2. prehodni glagol
vreči, zalučati (round)
oviti; na tla vreči
figurativno uničiti, pogubiti

to fling dirt opravljati
to fling the door open naglo odpreti vrata
to fling the door to s.o. zaloputniti komu vrata pred nosom
to fling o.s. at s.o.'s head siliti v koga
to fling s.th. into s.o.'s teeth očitati komu kaj
to fling caution to the winds biti brezskrben, lahkomiseln
to fling o.s. into s.o's arms vreči se komu v naročje

flood¹ [flʌd] samostalnik
poplava, potop, plima, valovi, ploha
figurativno obilje
poetično morje, reka

the Flood vesoljski potop
the tide is at the flood plima je na višku, voda narašča
flood and field morje in kopno
to come in a flood biti zelo številen
flood of tears potok solza
to be in floods of tears topiti se v solzah
flood of words ploha besed, puhlo besedovanje

floor² [flɔ:] prehodni glagol
deske položiti
pogovorno premagati, vreči, ugnati; zbegati

to floor the examiner odgovoriti na vsa izpitna vprašanja
to be floored pasti pri izpitu; biti presenečen
sleng to floor the paper odlično narediti pismeni izpit
to floor a question zadovoljivo odgovoriti na vprašanje

fly^*2 [flai]

1. neprehodni glagol
leteti, kriliti; hiteti; bežati; planiti, zagnati se; napasti; razpočiti, razleteti se; vihrati; plapolati

2. prehodni glagol
streljati; izobesiti; voditi, pilotirati; spuščati; s sokolom loviti; splašiti (ptiča); preleteti

to fly in the face of s.o. rogati, ustavljati se komu
not a feather to fly with brez beliča
to fly off the deep end (ali handle) razjeziti se, planiti
to fly hawks iti na lov s sokoli
to fly high (ali at high game) visoko letati, biti častihlepen
to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng preizkušati javno mnenje; sposoditi na menico brez kritja
to let fly at figurativno napasti; streljati, sprožiti
to let fly with one's fists s pestmi napasti
to let money fly pognati, zapraviti denar
to fly low biti skromen
to fly the country zbežati iz dežele
to fly in pieces razleteti se
to fly into a passion (ali rage, temper) pobesneti
to fly open na stežaj odpreti
to fly out at s.o. napasti koga
to fly the river loviti močvirnike

fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati

footing [fútiŋ] samostalnik
podlaga; hoja, ples; prostor za noge
figurativno opora, trden položaj; razmerje; celotna vsota

to be on good (ali friendly) footing biti v prijateljskem razmerju; imeti dobre stike
mind your footing! pazi, kam stopiš!
footing of columns seštevanje stolpcev; dobljena vsota
to lose (ali miss) one's footing spodrsniti
to pay one's footing plačati vstopnino ali članarino
on equal (ali the same) footing enakopraven
on business footing v poslovnih odnosih
škotsko first footing novoletni obisk
war footing vojno stanje
to get (ali gain) a footing ustaliti se
to gain (ali obtain) a footing uveljaviti se

forge³ [fɔ:dž] neprehodni glagol
utirati si pot, z muko napredovati

to forge ahead prevzeti vodstvo (pri dirki), biti na čelu

four¹ [f:ɔ] štetje pridevnik
štiri

to be four biti štiri leta star
botanika four o'clock Mirabilis jalapa
within the four seas v Veliki Britaniji
arhaično to the four winds v vse smeri
four corners of (the) earth najoddaljenejša točka sveta

free² [fri:] prislov (from)
prosto, neovirano; brezplačno, zastonj

avtomobilizem to run free biti v prostem teku

freedom [frí:dəm] samostalnik (from, of)
svoboda, neodvisnost, prostost; iskrenost; drznost; lahkota
figurativno prost dostop, prosta raba

freedom of the city častno meščanstvo
to have the freedom of s.th. imeti prost dostop do česa
freedom of house prosta uporaba hiše
freedom from passion brezstrastnost
to take out one's freedom dobiti državljanske pravice
to take freedoms with dovoliti si kaj, biti predomač s
freedom of a company mojstrska pravica

fret² [fret] samostalnik
razburjenost, vznemirjenost; skrb, zaskrbljenost, nezadovoljstvo

to put s.o. in a fret razjeziti, razdražiti koga
to be on the fret biti razdražen, jezen, besneti

fright¹ [frait] samostalnik
strah, groza
domačno strašilo

in a fright ves iz sebe, prestrašen
to take fright prestrašiti, splašiti se
to give s.o. fright prestrašiti koga
to look a perfect fright biti kot strašilo

frog [frɔg] samostalnik
zoologija žaba; okrasni gumb s pentljo
železnica križiščni del tira; okrasna vrvca; držalo meča; kobilica na konjskem kopitu
pogovorno Francoz

pogovorno to have a frog in one's throat biti hripav
ameriško, pogovorno frog restaurant francoska restavracija

from [frɔm, frəm] predlog
od, iz, z, zaradi, po

apart from neglede na
from the beginning od začetka
from a child od otroških let
different from različen od
from day to day z dneva v dan
to defend from braniti pred
to descend from biti po izvoru, izvirati iz
to draw from nature risati po naravi
to die from umreti zaradi
from my own experience iz lastne izkušnje
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
from first to last od začetka do konca, od A do Z
to hide s.th. from s.o. skrivati kaj pred kom
to judge from soditi po
to keep s.o. from doing s.th. braniti komu, da česa ne stori
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
to suffer from trpeti zaradi
from time to time tu pa tam
where are you from? od kod si (ste)?
to tell from razlikovati od
from of old zdavnaj, davno
from on high od zgoraj
from memory na pamet
from post to pillar od Poncija do Pilata
six from nine leavas three devet manj šest je tri
trgovina from date od danes
from title to colophone od prve do zadnje strani
from above od zgoraj
from affar od daleč
from amidst iz sredine
from among izmed
from before od prej
from behind od zadaj, izza
from below (ali beneath) od spodaj
from between izmed (dveh)
from beyond z one strani
from out ven iz
from under izpod
from without od zunaj
from within od znotraj

front¹ [frʌnt] samostalnik
poetično čelo; sprednja stran, pročelje, fasada
vojska fronta, bojna črta
britanska angleščina sprehajališče ob obali; prsi (na srajci)
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost

to come to the front priti v ospredje, prikazati se
in front spredaj
in front of pred (krajevno)
to show a bold front biti predrzen
front door glavna, vežna vrata
to have the front biti tako predrzen, drzniti si

frost¹ [frɔst] samostalnik
mraz, slana, zmrzal, ivje
sleng veliko razočaranje, mrzla prha, popoln neuspeh, polomija

Jack Frost zima
black frost mraz brez slane
white (ali hoar) frost slana
ground frost mrazica, suh mraz
hard (ali sharp) frost hud mraz
to turn out a frost biti polomija

furnace¹ [fə́:nis] samostalnik
(talilna) peč; vigenj, kovaško ognjišče
figurativno huda preiskušnja

blast furnace plavž
tried in the furnace prekaljen
to come through the furnace of war biti izkušen v borbi

gaff¹ [gæf] samostalnik
železni kavelj za ribolov; ostre osti, harpuna

sleng to blow the gaff ovaditi, izdati skrivnost
ameriško, pogovorno to stand the gaff biti vztrajen, potrpežljivo prenašati
to give the gaff surovo ravnati, strogo kritizirati