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booted [bú:tid] pridevnik
obut

booted and spurred na pot pripravljen

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

bought [bɔ:t] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od buy

to be bought, sold and done biti uničen, propasti

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bow¹ [bou] samostalnik
lok
glasba godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj
množina okvir za naočnike
vulgarno trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period obdobje uporabe loka in puščice
to draw (ali pull, shoot with) the long bow pretiravati, širokoustiti se
to draw a bow at a venture streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dve železi v ognju
wide on the bow hand daleč od cilja
bow instrument godalo
bows on z glavo naprej
bows under premagan, ki težko napreduje
sleng bow window velik trebuh, vamp
to tie a bow zavezati pentljo

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati

brace¹ [breis] samostalnik
spona, vez; obveza; nosilni jermen; opornik
množina naramnice
množina oklepaj (); opora, proteza; vhod v jamo (rudnik); par, dvojica

in a brace of shakes takoj, kakor bi trenil
brace drill vrtalo
navtika, sleng to splice the main brace popivati
brace and hit tehnično vrtalo

branch¹ [bra:nč ameriško brænč] samostalnik
veja; odrastek; podružnica; odcep, priključek; stroka, panoga; rečni rokav; krak; vzporedna proga
arhitektura lok, obok, rebro oboka

branch box odcepna puščica
to reform root and branch popolnoma preosnovati

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

breakfast¹ [brékfəst] samostalnik
zajtrk

laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper ne hvali dneva pred večerom

breed^*2 [bri:d]

1. prehodni glagol
roditi, ploditi, valiti; gojiti; vzgajati
figurativno povzročiti; kovati, snovati

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi se; biti noseča; množiti se, rasti

familiarity breeds contempt ni dobro biti preveč zaupen
to breed ill blood razburiti; osovražiti
to breed in and in poročati se s krvnimi sorodniki; pariti se s krvno sorodnimi partnerji

bright² [brait] prislov
jasno, svetlo

bright and early navsezgodaj

bull² [bul] samostalnik
bik, samec velikih sesalcev; borzni špekulant; središče tarče
sleng nesmisel
sleng vohun, policaj; nerodnež

like a bull in a china shop skrajno neroden
(Irish) bull nesmisel
John Bull utelešen značaj angleškega naroda, Anglež
to take the bull by the horns pogumno se lotiti
ameriško, sleng to throw (ali sling) the bull hvalisati se, pretiravati
bull session moška družba
sleng bull and cow ravs in kavs

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

but⁵ [bʌt] škotsko

1. pridevnik
zunanji

2. samostalnik
zunanja soba, kuhinja

but and ben zunanji in notranji deli stanovanja, vsa hiša

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

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

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

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse