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fig¹ [fig] samostalnik
smokva
figurativno malenkost

not to care a fig prav nič ne marati; biti mar ko žabi oreha
green figs sveže smokve
pulled figs suhe smokve

fine⁵ [fain] prislov
lepo; rahlo, nežno itn.

to run (ali cut) it (rather) fine na kratko odpraviti
that will suit me fine to mi je zelo prav

full³ [ful] prislov
arhaično, poetično popolnoma, zelo

full well prav dobro
full many a marsikateri
full nigh skorajda; natanko
to hit full in the face udariti naravnost v obraz

gander [gǽndə] samostalnik
gosjak
figurativno bedak
sleng poročenec
ameriško mož, ki živi ločeno od žene

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je dobro za enega, je prav tako dobro za drugega
to see how the gander hops čakati na nadaljnji razvoj dogodkov

ghost [goust] samostalnik
duh, prikazen
figurativno senca, sled; pisatelj, ki piše v imenu drugega

not the ghost of a chance prav nič upanja
arhaično to give up (ali yield) the ghost izdihniti, umreti
as white as a ghost bel ko kreda
ghost town izumrlo, zapuščeno mesto
gledališče, sleng the ghost walks izplačujejo plače
to lay a ghost preganjati duha
to raise a ghost klicati duha

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

handy² [hǽndi] prislov
tik ob, zelo blizu

to come in handy prav priti

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

help² [help] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti (s can in neg)
ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)

I cannot help it ne morem pomagati, sem nemočen
it cannot be helped ni pomoči
if I can help it če se temu lahko izognem
don't be late if you can help it ne ostani delj, kot je potrebno
don't do more than you can help napravi le tisto, kar moraš
I cannot help laughing moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal
I cannot help myself ne morem drugače
how could I help it? kaj sem jaz mogel za to
to help s.o. in (ali with) s.th. pomagati komu pri čem
to help o.s. to s.th. postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrasti
to help s.o. to s.th. ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim
to help a lame dog over a stile; ali to help s.o. out pomagati komu prebroditi težave
to lend a helping hand priskočiti v pomoč
every little helps vse prav pride
nothing will help now ni več pomoči

jack¹, Jack [džæk] samostalnik
domačno John; priložnostni delavec, dninar, sluga, hlapec; preprostež, poprečnež; mornar, pomorščak
britanska angleščina balinec
navtika zastavica na krmi
vojska, arhaično vojaški (usnjen) jopič brez rokavov
karte fant
elektrika vtičnica; dvigalo (za avtomobile), škripec; priprava za obračanje ražnja; koza za žaganje
ameriško osel
zoologija samec nekaterih živali; mlada ščuka; usnjena čutarica
ameriško ponev s smolo (za nočni lov in ribolov)
sleng denar

navtika pilot's jack pilotska zastavica
before one could say Jack Robinson takoj, kot bi trenil
every man jack vsakdo, vsi
Jack is as good as his master delavec velja prav toliko kot gospodar; če je gospodar dober, je tudi delavec
Jack and Gill fant in dekle
a good Jack makes a good Gill kakršen mož, takšna žena
car jack dvigalo za avtomobile
lifting jack dvigalo
roasting jack raženj
steeple jack popravljavec zvonikov
Union Jack angleška zastava
yellow jack rumena mrzlica
cheap jack kramar, sejmar
Jack of all trades vseznal

just¹ [džʌst] pridevnik (justly prislov)
pravičen (to do)
pravilen, upravičen, zaslužen, utemeljen; korekten, neoporečen, resničen
glasba čist

to be just to s.o. pravično s kom ravnati
it was only just bilo je pošteno in prav
just reward zaslužena nagrada
a just claim utemeljena zahteva
ekonomija just dealings korekten postopek

justice [džʌ́stis] samostalnik
pravičnost (to do)
zakonitost, upravičenost, utemeljenost; pravica; sodišče, sodnik

Court of Justice sodišče, sodnija
High Court of Justice vrhovno sodišče
Lord Chief of Justice vrhovni sodnik
Justice of the Peace mirovni sodnik
to administer justice deliti pravico, soditi
to bring s.o. to justice kaznovati koga, pripeljati koga pred sodnika
to flee from justice bežati pred roko pravice
to complain with justice s pravico se pritožiti
the justice of a claim upravičenost zahteve
to do justice to izkazati komu pravico; dati polno priznanje (tudi hrani, pijači)
to do o.s. justice izkazati se, pokazati, kaj kdo zna
in justice po zakonu, po pravici
in justice to pravici na ljubo
in justice to him če smo pravični do njega
in simple justice kot je pošteno in prav
justice was done pravici je bilo zadoščeno

lief [li:f] prislov
rad, z veseljem

I had (ali would) as lief go there as anywhere else prav tako rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam
I would (ali had) a lief die as betray him rajši bi umrl kot da bi ga izdal
I'd liefer (than ) rajši (kot)

likeness [láiknis] samostalnik
podobnost, sličnost, enakost (between med, to s, z)
podoba, videz; slika, portret

to have one's likeness taken dati se fotografirati
an enemy in the likeness of a friend sovražnik v podobi prijatelja
he is the exact likeness of his father je prav tak kot oče

many¹ [méni] pridevnik
mnogi, številni, mnogo, veliko

as many prav toliko
as many as 20 ne manj od dvajset
as many again; ali twice as many še enkrat toliko
many times velikokrat, često
many a time pogosto
how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
many a man marsikateri
to be one too many for biti premočen za, biti prekanjen
too many by half za polovico preveč
one too many odveč, nezaželjen, eden preveč
many's the time pogosto
for many a long day zelo dolgo
in so many words dobesedno, izrecno
his reasons are many and good ima mnogo dobrih razlogov
many's the mnogo jih je, ki

meet¹ [mi:t] pridevnik
arhaično (meetly prislov) primeren, prikladen

it is meet that prav je, da; spodobi se, da

memory [méməri] samostalnik
spomin, sloves (posmrtni)

from (ali by) memory po spominu
in memory of v spomin na
to the best of my memory v kolikor se spomnim
to call to memory poklicati komu v spomin, spomniti se
to commit to memory vtisniti si v spomin
to escape one's memory pozabiti
to have a good (weak) memory imeti dober (slab) spomin
to retain a clear memory of ohraniti v dobrem spominu
if my memory serves me (right) če se prav spomnim
before (ali beyond) memory pred davnim časom
within living memory v spominu sedaj živečih
within the memory of men od pamtiveka
retentive (ali tenacious) memory dober spomin
tehnično memory store skladišče informacij (v stroju, ki obdeluje podatke)

mind² [máind]

1. prehodni glagol
paziti na kaj, meniti se za kaj, skrbeti, brigati, ozirati se na kaj; nasprotovati, ugovarjati
arhaično spomniti (of na)
spomniti se na kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
paziti; biti proti

to mind one's book pridno se učiti
to mind one's own business pometati pred svojim pragom, brigati se zase
if you don't mind če nimaš nič proti
don't mind me ne oziraj se name, ne pusti se motiti
would you mind coming! bi prišel, prosim!
do you mind my smoking? imaš kaj proti, če kadim?
pogovorno mind you write glej, da boš pisal
pogovorno I don't mind if I do prav rad to storim
mind and do that pazi, da boš to res storil
sleng to mind one's eye biti previden
mind (yon)! zapomni si!
never mind! nič ne de, ni važno, ne vznemirjaj se, ne oziraj se na to!
never mind him! ne brigaj se zanj!
sleng mind out! pazi, umakni se!
he minds a great deal je proti, zelo ga moti
to mind one's P's and Q's biti previden v besedah in vedenju
I shouldn't mind (a drink) rad bi (kaj popil), nimam nič proti
mind the step! pazi na stopnico!