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balance¹ [bǽləns] samostalnik
tehtnica; ravnotežje, protiutež; nihalo; kritje
trgovina bilanca; saldo
ameriško, hudomušno ostanek

to be (ali hang, tremble, swing) in the balance viseti na nitki, biti v kritičnem položaju
to lay in balance tvegati
off one's balance ves iz sebe, razburjen
balance of payments plačilna bilanca
to carry forward the balance prenesti ostanek na nov račun
to keep one's balance ohraniti ravnotežje
to lose one's balance zgubiti ravnotežje
to strike a balance narediti bilanco; najti ravnotežje; figurativno izvesti posledice
balance of power politično ravnotežje
(trembling) in the balance neodločen
to be weighed in the balance and found wanting ne izpolniti upov, razočarati

balance-sheet [bǽlənsši:t] samostalnik
popis imovine; bilanca

to make out the balance-sheet narediti bilanco

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

banjo [bǽndžou] samostalnik
glasba banjo, črnska kitara

to play the cat and banjo with narediti zmešnjavo

baronetcy [bǽrənetsi] samostalnik
baronetstvo

to confer baronetcy upon s.o. narediti koga za baroneta

beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

bird [bə:d] samostalnik
ptič, ptičica
sleng deklica, dečko, oseba
ameriško, sleng navdušenec; čudak

figurativno old bird lisjak, zvitorepec, tič
to do s.th. like a bird zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj narediti
bird of calm vodomec
the early bird catches the worm rana ura zlata ura
cock bird ptičji samec
birds of a feather flock together ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu gode
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
to give the bird zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgati
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi ga
hen bird ptičja samica
to hit the bird in the eye v črno zadeti
bird of Jove orel
bird of Juno pav
to kill two birds with one stone dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubiti
a little bird told me so nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedal
bird of paradise rajska ptica, rajčica
an old bird is not caught with chaff star lisjak ne gre na limanice
bird of passage ptica selivka
bird of prey ptica roparica
a queer (gay) bird čudak (veseljak)
a wise old bird zvitorepec

blow out prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
upihniti, ugasiti; napihniti

blow out one's brains ustreliti se v glavo; narediti samomor
blow out one's cheeks napihniti lica

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

carry² [kǽri]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati; aportirati, nesti
sleng nadaljevati

to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
to carry the day zmagati
to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
to carry into effect izvršiti
to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto

carve out prehodni glagol
izrezati, izdelati, ustvariti

carve out a career for s.o. narediti kariero, napredovati v službi
carve out one's way utreti, utirati si pot

close⁵ [klouz]

1. prehodni glagol
zapreti; končati, zaključiti, likvidirati; ustaviti se (ob drugi ladji)

2. neprehodni glagol
zapreti se; prenehati (to)
bližati se, zaceliti se

to close one's days umreti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to close s.o.'s eye suniti koga v oko
to close the door on s.th. narediti konec razpravljanju o čem
to close with the land približati se kopnemu
to close with an offer sprejeti ponudbo
to close bargain končati pogovor

cog¹ [kɔg] samostalnik
tehnično zobec; vrsta ribiške ladje; sleparstvo

to slip a cog narediti napako

commend [kəménd] prehodni glagol
arhaično priporočiti, pohvaliti (to)
zaupati

to commend o.s. narediti dober vtis
arhaično commend me to your wife pozdravi svojo ženo od mene

commit [kəmít] prehodni glagol (to)
zaupati; poveriti, izročiti; zapreti v preiskovalni zapor; učiti se na pamet; naložiti dolžnost; zagrešiti, zakriviti; storiti; kompromitirati

to commit to grave pokopati
to commit to flames v ogenj vreči
to commit to memory vtisniti si v spomin, zapomniti si
to commit to o.s. obvezati se; kompromitirati se
to commit to paper zapisati
to commit suicide narediti samomor
to commit a crime zagrešiti zločin
to stand committed biti zadolžen
commit no nuisance! onesnaženje (tega prostora) je strogo prepovedano!

compass² [kʌ́mpəs] samostalnik
krog, obseg, obod
figurativno torišče, območje
glasba obseg glasu; ovinek, stranska pot

a pair of compasses šestilo
to be within compass biti v območju
compass card plošča kompasa
to keep within compass krotiti se
to set (ali cast, go, fetch) a compass narediti ovinek
bearing compass azimutni kompas
compass variation odklon magnetne igle

cordon¹ [kɔ́:dən] samostalnik
trak za redove, lenta; kordon (policija); špalir
arhitektura napušč

cordon bleu hudomušno odlična kuharica
to form a cordon narediti špalir

cross¹ [krɔs] samostalnik
križ, križec; križanje; krščanstvo
biologija križanec
figurativno trpljenje, težava, nesreča
sleng prevara
sleng (between) kompromis

each must bear one's own cross vsakdo ima svoje težave
on the cross prečno, počez; figurativno nepošteno
to make the sign of the cross prekrižati se
to make one's cross narediti križ (namesto podpisa)
no cross no crown brez dela ni jela
Red Cross Rdeči križ

deal¹ [di:l] samostalnik
množina, del; sporazum; ravnanje, poslovanje; kupčija; deljenje kart
ameriško gospodarska politika določenega obdobja

a geat (ali good) deal, sleng a deal veliko, mnogo, precej
to think a great deal of precenjevati
pogovorno square deal pošteno ravnanje
pogovorno raw deal nepošteno ravnanje
to do a deal with narediti kupčijo, dogovoriti se
it's a deal! velja!
the New Deal Rooseveltov poskus reorganizacije upravnega in gospodarskega sistema