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die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

different [dífrənt] pridevnik (differently prislov) (from)
različen, drugačen, drugovrsten, nepodoben; nenavaden

in a different way drugače
as different as chalk from cheese ko noč in dan (različen)

direct¹ [dirékt, dairékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
uravna(va)ti (towards, to)
usmeriti, napotiti (to do)
ukazovati, ukazati (to)
nasloviti, naslavljati; režirati

as directed po predpisu, po navodilu
to be directed to biti obrnjen proti

dirt [də:t] samostalnik
nesnaga, umazanija, blato, prah; zemlja; ničvredna stvar; umazanost, nesnažnost; nespodobne besede

as cheap as dirt skoraj zastonj
to eat dirt požreti žalitev, biti ponižan
to fling (ali throw) dirt at s.o. poniževati, blatiti koga
to fling dirt about obrekovati, opravljati
ameriško dirt farmer poljedelec
dirt floor netlakovana tla
ameriško dirt road netlakovana cesta
ameriško, mineralogija pay dirt zemlja bogata zlata
dirt roof rušnata streha
dirt track mehka dirkalna steza
yellow dirt zlato
to treat s.o. like dirt slabo s kom ravnati
a spot of dirt madež

disguise¹ [disgáiz] prehodni glagol
preobleči, prikri(va)ti; hliniti; (po)pačiti; potvarjati

to disguise o.s. as preobleči se v
to disguise one's feelings skrivati svoja čustva
to disguise the truth from s.o. skrivati resnico pred kom
disguised in liquor vinjen

dish-water [díšwɔtə] samostalnik
pomije

as dull as dish-water kar se da dolgočasen

ditch-water [díčwɔtə] samostalnik
stoječa voda

as dull as ditch-water skrajno dolgočasen
as clear as ditch-water nejasen, moten

do^*1 [du:]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti, storiti, početi, delati, (iz)vršiti, narediti; končati, urediti, prirediti; pospraviti; uspe(va)ti; zadostovati; (s)kuhati, (s)peči; popiti; povzročiti; trgovati
sleng varati
gledališče igrati; prehoditi; ogled(ov)ati si; prevesti
domačno pogostiti; odsedeti (kazen)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, ravnati; postopati; ukvarjati se; počutiti se; zadovoljiti; uspevati, napredovati

to do battle bojevati se
to do better poboljšati se
to do one's best na vso moč se truditi
to do s.o.'s bidding izpolniti ukaz koga
to do one's bit storiti svojo dolžnost
to do brown oslepariti
to do business trgovati
to do credit biti v čast
to do one's damnedest na vso moč se truditi
I have done my best potrudil sem se, kar se da
to do a drink piti
to do a favour izkazati ljubeznivost
to do good prijati, dobro (komu) storiti
to do a guy popihati jo, zbežati
to do one's hair počesati se
to do harm škodovati
to do one's heart good prijati komu
to do the heavy ošabno se vesti
to do the honours poskrbeti za goste
to do s.o. an ill turn zagosti jo komu
to do s.o. injustice storiti komu krivico
to do justice odkrito priznati; pogovorno s slastjo pojesti
how do you do dober dan, pozdravljeni
to do like for like vrniti milo za drago
to do the messages iti po opravkih
to do a mean thing podlo ravnati
to make do prebijati se, shajati s svojimi sredstvi
pogovorno nothing doing s tem ne bo nič
to do a part imeti vlogo
to do pictures iti v kino
to do a place ogledati si kak kraj
to do s.th. on the Q. T. delati kaj na skrivaj
to do sums reševati (računske) naloge, delati račune
pogovorno to do the talking imeti glavno besedo
to do things by halves delati stvari na pol
sleng to do time sedeti v ječi
to do s.o. a good turn narediti komu uslugo
to do the trick doseči namen
to do o.s. well privoščiti si
to do well dobro igrati; imeti uspeh, dobro se počutiti
well-to-do premožen, bogat
to do a room pospraviti sobo
do well and have well kdor si dobro postelje, dobro spi
that will do to zadostuje
that won't do to ne gre, to ni dovolj
one must do at Rome as the Romans do kdor se z volkovi druži, mora z njimi tuliti
it was do or die with him šlo mu je za življenje ali smrt
what can I do for you? s čim vam lahko postrežem?

do by neprehodni glagol
postopati, ravnati

do as you would be done by ne stori drugemu kar nočeš, da ti drugi prizadene

door-nail [dɔ́:neil] samostalnik
(okrasni) žebelj na vratih

dead as a door-nail mrtev ko hlod
deaf as a door-nail gluh ko zemlja

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

drunk² [drʌŋk] pridevnik (with česa)
pijan, opijanjen

as drunk as a lord (ali a fish, fiddler) pijan ko žolna
a drunk fish dolgočasnež
to get drunk opijaniti se
ever drunk ever dry čim več pijemo, tem bolj smo žejni
blind (ali dead) drunk do nezavesti pijan

dry¹ [drai] pridevnik (drily prislov)
suh, izsušen; žejen; suhoparen, dolgočasen; ki povzroča žejo; trpek (vino); prohibicijski; sarkastičen

dry battery suha baterija
dry bob igralec kriketa (Eton)
as dry as a bone čisto suh, suh ko poper
to feel dry biti žejen
a dry fish dolgočasnež
to go dry vpeljati prohibicijo
dry land kopno
dry law zakon o prohibiciji
dry season mrtva sezona
dry wine nesladkano vino
dry cow jalova krava
dry facts gola dejstva
dry shot slep strel
dry spell sušna doba
he's not even dry behind the ears mleko se ga še drži
to run dry posušiti se
dry death smrt na kopnem ali brez prelivanja krvi
as dry as dust skrajno dolgočasen

dull¹ [dʌl] pridevnik (dully prislov)
topoglav, neumen, omejen; dolgočasen; moten, medel, temen, mrk; top; zaspan, len; mrtev (sezona); okoren; neurejen; neaktiven

dull of hearing naglušen
dull of eyes slaboviden
as dull as ditchwater skrajno dolgočasen
to feel dull dolgočasiti se

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

easy¹ [í:zi] pridevnik (easily prislov)
lahek, lahkoten; zlóžen; udoben; miren, popustljiv, brezskrben, lahkomiseln; gladko tekoč; premožen

easy of access lahko dostopen
easy of belief lahkoveren
easy does it! le počasi, nikamor se ne mudi!
as easy as damm it, ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
in easy circumstances v ugodnih razmerah
sleng on easy street v dobrih razmerah
to make easy pomiriti
an easy market tržišče, na katerem ni povpraševanja
a lady of easy virtue pocestnica, lahkoživka
under easy sail počasen
on easy terms pod ugodnimi plačilnimi pogoji
sleng easy on the eye prijeten, čeden na pogled
an easy man popustljiv, prilagodljiv človek
sleng easy meat ne preveč nevaren nasprotnik; lahek posel

eel [i:l] samostalnik
zoologija jegulja

as slippery as an eel spolzek ko jegulja
to skin the eel from the tail začeti z nasprotnega konca

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

enclosure [inklóužə] samostalnik
ograja, plot; ograjen prostor; priloga

to send as enclosure poslati kot prilogo, kot vzorec brez vrednosti
Enclosure Act zakon, po katerem postane občinsko zemljišče zasebno