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difference [dífrəns] samostalnik (between)
razlika, razloček; spor, prepir
matematika ostanek

to split the difference sporazumeti, spraviti se
it makes no difference nič ne de
to have differences ne se strinjati
it makes all the difference in the world to je zelo pametno

disparagement [dispǽridžmənt] samostalnik (to, for)
podcenjevanje, omalovaževanje; sramota, psovanje, obrekovanje

no (ali without) disparagement brez zamere

doubt² [daut] samostalnik
dvom, negotovost, pomislek, sum

no doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt brez dvoma, gotovo
to give s.o. the benefit of the doubt imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazov
not a shadow of doubt niti najmanjši sum
to make no doubt ne dvomiti, biti prepričan
to be in doubt dvomiti; sumiti

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

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

earthly [ə́:ɵli] pridevnik
zemeljski; posveten; telesen

pogovorno no earthly use prav za nobeno rabo
sleng not an earthly nobena možnost, brez upanja na uspeh
the earthly paradise raj na zemlji
he had nothing earthly nič na svetu ni imel

effect¹ [ifékt] samostalnik
posledica, učinek, namen, cilj; uspeh; dejstvo; izvršitev, realizacija; korist; vsebina (pisma); produktivnost
množina vrednostni papirji, premoženje

to bring to effect, to carry into effect izvajati, uveljaviti, uresničiti
to give effect to s.th. uveljaviti kaj
in effect dejansko, v bistvu
of no effect neučinkovit, jalov
no effects brez kritja (ček)
to the same effect v istem smislu
personal effects osebne premičnine
to take effect obnesti se
to this effect v tem smislu
to some effect še kar, precej
colour effects kombinacija barv
to that effect za to
to good effect uspešno
with telling effect nedvoumno, jasno, učinkovito, uspešno
without effect zaman; neučinkovit

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

enmity [énmiti] samostalnik
sovraštvo, sovražnost

at (ali in) enmity with s.o. nasproten komu
to bear no enmity ne zameriti

entrance¹ [éntrəns] samostalnik (to)
vstop, vhod; nastop; ustje; začetek; vpis, prijava, registracija, deklaracija; žrelnica (v panju)

to make one's entrance vstopiti, nastopiti
no entrance! vstop prepovedan!
to give entrance to s.o. dovoliti komu, da vstopi
to force an entrance into prodreti v

entry [éntri] samostalnik
prihod, vstop, vhod; ustje; vpis, vknjižba, protokol, prijava; začetek; carinska deklaracija

bill of entry carinska deklaracija
credit entry knjiženje v korist
debit entry knjiženje v breme
duty of entry uvozna carina
double entry dvojno knjigovodstvo
port of entry uvozno pristanišče
supplementary entry dvojno knjiženje
upon entry po sprejemu
to make an entry (v)knjižiti, (za)beležiti
no entry! zaprto!

equal² [í:kwəl] samostalnik
vrstnik, -nica, bližnjik

to have no equal, to be without equals ne imeti tekmeca
my equals in age moji vrstniki

esteem² [istí:m] samostalnik
arhaično sodba (for)
spoštovanje čislanje; ugled; cenitev

to hold in high esteem visoko ceniti
to enjoy no great esteem ne biti preveč v časteh
to be in great esteem with s.o. imeti pri kom velik ugled

event [ivént] samostalnik
dogodek, prigodba; primer; točka (športnega programa); (športna) disciplina; posledica, rezultat, uspeh

at all events v vsakem primeru
in the event končno
in the event of s.th. v primeru česa
in either event v obeh primerih
to achieve a double event zmagati v dveh točkah tekmovanja
quite an event važen dogodek
athletic events lahkoatletsko tekmovanje
table of events program slavnosti
track events dirkalno, štafetno tekmovanje
no events of note nobeni važni dogodki

exception [iksépšən] samostalnik
izjema; ugovor

to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti
by way of exception izjemoma
the exception proves the rule izjema potrjuje pravilo
with the exception of z izjemo, izvzemši, razen
to admit of no exception ne dopuščati nobene izjeme
beyond exception neizpodbitno, neoporečen
subject (ali liable) to exception oporečen, izpodbiten

excuse² [ikskjú:s] samostalnik
opravičilo, oproščenje, spregled

in excuse of kot opravičilo
to make (ali offer) an excuse opravičiti, opravičevati se
it admits of no excuse je neopravičljivo
a lame (ali poor) excuse slabo opravičilo
there's no excuse for it neopravičljivo je

fair¹ [fɛə] pridevnik
lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) ženske
a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
a fair chance dobra priložnost
a fair copy čistopis
for fair dejansko, zares
to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
to be in a fair way dobro kazati
what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
fair wind ugoden veter
to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati

fear¹ [fiə] samostalnik (of pred; for za)
strah, bojazen, groza; plašnost; zaskrbljenost, nemir

to be in fear of one's life bati se za svoje življenje
to put the fear of god into s.o. hudo koga grajati
to go in fear for s.o.'s life bati se za življenje koga
no fear! brez skrbi!, kje neki!
for fear iz strahu
without fear or favour nepristransko
fear of death, fear of one's life smrtni strah

fellow¹ [félou] samostalnik
družabnik, tovariš; član; deček, fant, človek; štipendist; sodelavec, sošolec, sotrpin; par; član znanstvenega društva; visokošolski profesor
arhaično surovež

jolly good fellow veseljak
a hail fellow well met dober prijatelj
poor fellow revež
to play the good fellow razkošno živeti
stone dead hath no fellow mrtvi molčijo
the fellow of a glove (shoe) druga rokavica (drugi čevelj) iz para
he has not his fellows nima sebi enakega
pogovorno let alone a fellow! daj mi mir!

few¹ [fju:] pridevnik
malo (za množino), nekaj, maloštevilni, majhno število česa

pogovorno a good few, quite a few precejšnje število, precej
few and far between le redkokateri
arhaično in few skratka
not a few kar precej (jih)
no fewer than najmanj, vsaj