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curious [kjúəriəs] pridevnik (curiously prislov)
radoveden; znamenit, redek; čuden, nenavaden; ličen, izbran, prefinjen
olepševalno erotičen, pornografski

I am curious to know rad bi vedel
curiously enough čudno, presenetljivo

damn² [dæm] samostalnik
preklinjanje, kletev; malenkost

not to care a damn niti malo se ne zanimati, prav nič ne marati
I don't give a damn prav nič mi ni mar
not worth a damn niti piškavega oreha vreden

damned [dæmd] pridevnik
obsojen, preklet; zoprn, vražji

none of your damned nonsense! ne počenjaj(te) neumnosti!
I'll be damned if I know res ne vem

dare^*1 [dɛə]

1. neprehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti, osmeliti se; smeti

2. prehodni glagol
pozvati, izzivati, kljubovati; lotiti se

I dare say kakor kaže, verjetno mislim, da, rekel bi
I dare swear prepričan sem
he dare not (ali does not dare to) do it ne upa si tega storiti

death [deɵ] samostalnik
smrt; smrtni primer; uboj, umor; konec, uničenje; kuga

to be the death of s.o. ubiti koga, povzročiti smrt koga
to be in at the death vzdržati do konca
to bleed to death izkrvaveti
to catch one's death of umreti zaradi
to be bored to death strašno se dolgočasiti
arhaično to do to death pogubiti, ubiti, uničiti
it's a case of life and death gre za biti ali ne biti
ameriško, sleng sudden death slab whisky
worse than death zelo slab
sleng death on ves nor na; odličen
to put to death usmrtiti
to lie at the death's door umirati, biti na pragu smrti
pravno civil death zguba državljanskih pravic
as sure as death popolnoma prepričan, čisto gotov
Black Death kuga
field of death bojno polje
I am sick to death of it do grla sem tega sit
certificate of death mrliški list
tired to death na smrt utrujen

declare [diklɛ́ə]

1. prehodni glagol
navesti, napovedati, razglasiti, izjaviti, objaviti, razodeti; ocariniti

2. neprehodni glagol
izjaviti se; odločiti se; pred koncem igre odstopiti (kriket)

I declare! zares!
to declare war on s.o. napovedati komu vojno
well I declare! kaj takega!
to declare o.s. povedati svoje mnenje
to declare in debt tožiti zaradi dolga
have you anything to declare? imate kaj za cariniti?
to declare innings closed (ali off) objaviti konec igre (kriket)

deem [di:m] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
soditi, meniti, misliti, domnevati

to deem highly of s.o. visoko koga ceniti
to deem s.th. right smatrati kaj za pravilno
it is deemed sufficient smatra se za zadostno
I deem it my duty menim, da je to moja dolžnost

deny [dinái] prehodni glagol
zanikati, (u)tajiti; odreči, odrekati se; odbiti, pritrgati

there's no denying ne da se zanikati, treba je priznati
I don't deny but he may thought so ne trdim, da ni tako mislil
he will not be denied ne da se odpraviti
to deny o.s. to s.o. dati se pred kom zatajiti
to deny o.s. s.th. ne si česa privoščiti
to deny on oath s prisego zanikati

depth [depɵ] samostalnik
globina, prepad; intenzivnost
poetično morje; sredina; skrajnost

in the depth of despair skrajno obupan
in the depth of winter sredi zime
depth charge (ali bomb) globinska bomba
to be out of one's depth ne doumeti česa
I am beyond (ali out of) my depth to presega moje moči, tega ne zmorem
moulded depth globina prostora
in depth v globino
to go (ali get) out of one's depth zgubiti tla pod nogami

die¹ [dai] neprehodni glagol (of od, zaradi)
umreti, izdihniti, poginiti; ugasniti, ugašati; umiriti se; (o)veneti
pogovorno hrepeneti

to die in one's boots, to die with the boots (ali shoes) on umreti nasilne smrti
to die in the last ditch vzdržati do konca
to die game hrabro umreti; ostati zvest
to die hard biti trdoživ
to die in harness umreti sredi dela
to die in one's bed umreti naravne smrti
never say die nikoli ne obupuj
to be dying for s.th. hrepeneti po čem
to die by one's hand narediti samomor
to die of laughing počiti od smeha
a die wish zadnja želja (pred smrtjo)
were I to die for it četudi bi moral z življenjem poplačati

differ [dífə] prehodni glagol (from)
razlikovati se; pričkati prepirati se, ne se strinjati, ne privoliti

tastes differ okusi so različni
I beg to differ oprostite, ne strinjam se
let's agree to differ naj ostane vsak pri svojem mnenju

distance¹ [dístəns] samostalnik
daljava, razdalja (from)
oddaljenost, razmik; interval, obdobje; nepodobnost
figurativno opreznost, zadržanost, hladnokrvnost

to keep one's distance ne se vsiljevati
to keep s.o. at a distance ne želeti si stikov s kom
I know my distance vem, koliko si smem dovoliti
from a distance od daleč
in the distance v ozadju
a good distance off precej daleč
within driving distance z avtom dosegljiv
within easy distance nedaleč

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?

dot² [dɔt] prehodni glagol (about, along, down, in, with)
s pikami posejati

to dot one's i's and cross one's t's biti pretirano natančen, loviti pičice na i
to dot a man one udariti koga
dotted line pikčasta črta

do with neprehodni glagol
vzdržati, prenesti; zadovoljiti se; shajati s čim

I could do with some money potrebujem nekaj denarja

dream^*2 [dri:m] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
sanjati, sanjariti; razmišljati, premišljevati; slutiti

I should not dream of doing it še na misel mi ne pride, da bi to storil

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

endure [indjúə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vztrajati; prenesti, pretrpeti; vzdržati, potrpeti; sprijazniti se s čim

I cannot endure ne prenesem, upira, gnusi se mi
what cannot be cured must be endured potrpljenje božja mast
not to be endured neznosen

English [íŋgliš]

1. pridevnik
angleški

I am English sem Anglež

2. samostalnik
angleščina

Basic English moderna umetna angleščina z omejenim številom besed
King's, Queen's English lepa, pravilna angleščina
to abuse, mishandle, murder the King's English kvariti jezik, slabo govoriti
in plain English preprosto in jasno (povedano)

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje