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false² [fɔ:ls] prislov
napačno, zmotno, lažnivo, nezakonito, varljivo, nezvesto

to play s.o. false nepošteno s kom ravnati, prevarati, izdati ga

fashion¹ [fǽšən] samostalnik
oblika, kroj, moda; način, navada; obnašanje, vedenje

after (ali in) a fashion kolikor toliko, ne posebno zadovoljivo
to bring into fashion, to launch a fashion vpeljati v modo
after the fashion of po, kot
in (the) fashion moderen, moden
out of fashion zastarel, nemoderen
to come into fashion postati moden
to go out of fashion priti iz mode
to set a fashion vpeljati modo
to follow the fashion po modi se ravnati
in one's own fashion po svoje
to walk crab fashion iti rakovo pot
to set the fashion voditi v modi
the latest fashion zadnja moda
rank and fashion imenitniki
at the height of fashion po najnovejši modi

follow¹ [fɔ́lou]

1. prehodni glagol
slediti, iti po sledi, spremljati koga; priključiti se; ubogati, pokoriti se; prizadevati si za kaj; iti za čim (from)
izhajati, izvirati; biti posledica; ukvarjati se, posvetiti se; preganjati; dojeti, razumeti; strinjati se

2. neprehodni glagol
slediti, kasneje se zgoditi

to follow up an advantage izkoristiti ugodnost
to follow s.o.'s advice ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to follow home (ali up) vztrajati
to follow the hounds iti na lov
to follow one's nose iti naravnost
to follow a lead ravnati se po navodilu
to follow the law biti pravnik
to follow the plough orati
to follow in his steps (ali wake) iti za njegovimi sledovi
to follow the sea biti mornar
to follow suit priznati barvo
as follows kakor sledi, sledeče
letter to follow pismo sledi
to follow the fashion ravnati se po modi
I cannot follow you ne razumem vas

foul² [faul] prislov
nepošteno, nepravilno, sramotno

to hit foul nepošteno ravnati
to play foul podlo ravnati, izdati

gaff¹ [gæf] samostalnik
železni kavelj za ribolov; ostre osti, harpuna

sleng to blow the gaff ovaditi, izdati skrivnost
ameriško, pogovorno to stand the gaff biti vztrajen, potrpežljivo prenašati
to give the gaff surovo ravnati, strogo kritizirati

game² [geim] samostalnik
igra, zabava, šala; načrt, nakana, spletka
množina športne igre, tekma

the game is afoot začelo se je
double (ali deep) game dvolična igra
drawn game nedoločena igra
one's little game ukana, zvijača
to make game of norčevati se, osmešiti
none of your game ne boš me ukanil
to play the game pošteno ravnati
two can play at the game to je dvorezna stvar
round game družabna igra
the game is up po njem je, načrt je propadel
the game is not worth the candle ni bilo vredno tolikšnega truda
game of chance hazardna igra
to make game of s.o. norčevati se iz koga
to play a good (poor) game dobro (slabo) igrati
to be on one's game biti v dobri kondiciji
to give the game away izdati skrivnost

glove¹ [glʌv] samostalnik
rokavica

a kid glove affair zelo služben sprejem v svečani obleki
to be hand and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
the iron hand in the velvet glove le na videz nežen in mil
to handle without gloves (ali with the gloves off) strogo, surovo ravnati
to take up the glove sprejeti poziv
to throw down the glove pozvati na dvoboj
to take off the gloves pripraviti se na boj, neusmiljeno se vesti
to fit like a glove tesno se prilegati; biti pravšen

go^*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to ➞ going
pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
another day to go še en dan
as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
to let go izpustiti
let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
how goes the time? koliko je ura?
to go bail for jamčiti za
to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
to go shares (raz)deliti
to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
to go bad pokvariti se
sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
to go easy udobno si urediti
to go hungry stradati
to go mad znoreti
to go short of pogrešati
to go sick javiti se bolnega
to go steady biti previden
to go it strong odločno ravnati
to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
go it! le daj!
to let go izpustiti
to make things go zabavati
to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi

go by neprehodni glagol
miniti, minevati; peljati se s čim ali preko česa

go by air leteti
go by the instructions ravnati se po navodilih
go by the name of Harry imenovati se, biti znan pod imenom Harry

grind^*1 [graind]

1. prehodni glagol
(z)mleti, (z)drobiti; brusiti, stružiti, gladiti; vrteti pogonsko ročico
ameriško jeziti (into s.o.)
vbijati komu v glavo
figurativno zatirati, mučiti; škrtati (z zobmi) (into)
vtisniti (on, against ob)
drgniti, treti

2. neprehodni glagol
mleti, dati se zmleti; igrati na lajno
figurativno (away) mučiti se (at)
naporno delati; guliti se

to grind the face of s.o. surovo s kom ravnati
to have an axe to grind imeti osebne skrite namene
to grind the faces of the poor izkoriščati reveže
to grind s.o. in grammar vbijati komu slovnico v glavo
to grind the teeth škrtati z zobmi
to grind to powder zdrobiti v prah
to grind roughly razsekati

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

high¹ [hái] pridevnik
visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet (a high Tory)
napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)
pogovorno natrkan
sleng omamljen (od mamila)

ameriško, sleng high on nor na kaj
of high birth plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu
high complexion zardel obraz
britanska angleščina higher school certificate abiturientsko spričevalo
high day beli dan, prazničen dan
high and dry figurativno osamljen, zapuščen; navtika nasedel, na suhem
to leave s.o. high and dry pustiti koga na cedilu
in high feather dobre volje, opit
to fly a high game visoko letati
in high health pri odličnem zdravju
with a high hand samovoljno, ošabno
to carry things off with a high hand samovoljno, predrzno ravnati
a high kicker lahkoživka
high latitudes pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev
high and low gospoda in raja
land is high zemlja je draga
pogovorno to mount (ali ride) the high horse biti ponosen, biti domišljav
high merit velika zasluga
high and mighty nadut, ošaben
high noon točno opoldne
high praise velika hvala
high politics visoka politika
high period obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)
on the high ropes ohol, poln prezira; besen
high speed največja hitrost
high society visoka družba
of high standing visokega stanu, ugleden
high summer visoko poletje
high spirit razigranost, vedrost
in high spirits razigran, pogovorno natrkan, "v rožicah"
high seas razburkano morje
the high seas odprto morje
high time skrajni čas
high wind močan veter
high words ostre besede, prepir
a high old time; ali high jinks imenitna zabava
the Most High bog
sleng how is that for high? to je pa že malo preveč

hit^*2 [hit]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, poriniti, zadeti
figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči (at po)
slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
zadeti (against na)
ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
ameriško to hit the books guliti se
pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
hit hard! močno udari!
to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
to hit oil najti nafto
prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti

hob² [hɔb] samostalnik
narečno kmetavz, teslo
narečno škrat
pogovorno nespodobnost

to play (ali raise) hob with grdo s kom ravnati, pometati s kom
to raise hob zagnati hrup

horse¹ [hɔ:s] samostalnik
konj, žrebec
vojska jezdeci, konjenica; lesen trinožnik
tisk vlagalna deska
šport konj
sleng prepovedan pripomoček v šoli
pogovorno bankovec za 5 funtov
ameriško burka, vragolija

to breathe like a horse sopsti kot konj
šport buck-horse koza
a horse of another colour nekaj čisto drugega
clothes-horse stojalo za sušenje obleke
to back the wrong horse slabo presoditi
figurativno a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec
to eat like a horse jesti kot volk
to flog a dead horse mlatiti prazno slamo; zaman se truditi
horse and foot konjenica in pešadija; figurativno z vsemi sredstvi
it is a good horse that never stumbles tudi najpametnejšemu včasih spodleti
ameriško hold your horses! le mirno!
light horse lahko oborožena konjenica
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
to mount (ali ride, be on) the high horse prevzetno se vesti
you may take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink s silo se ne da vsega doseči
to play horse with s.o. grobo s kom ravnati
to put the cart before the horse delati kaj narobe
to ride the wooden horse za kazen jahati na lesenem konju
to roll up horse, foot, and guns popolnoma premagati
horse of state paradni konj
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
one-horse show neuspela stvar
figurativno do not spur a willing horse ne priganjaj ubogljivega konja
sea-horse morski konj, triton; zoologija morski konjiček; zoologija mrož
vojska to horse! na konje!
wild horses will not drag me there za nobeno ceno ne grem tja
to work like a horse delati kakor konj
wheel horse zanesljiv delavec, garač

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

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

lead³ [li:d] samostalnik
vodenje, vodstvo
šport & figurativno prednost, naskok; začetni udarec (boks); zgled, primer, nasvet, napotek
gledališče glavna vloga, glavni igralec, -lka
karte prednost, prva karta; kratek izvleček iz vsebine članka, uvod k članku
elektrika vod, dovod, prevodnik, prevodna žica; mlinščica, korito za mlin; kanal skozi ledeno polje; pasji konopec; naplavina zlata v rečni strugi

under s.o.'s lead pod vodstvom koga
to be in the lead of biti na čelu, voditi
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, prevzeti pobudo, sprožiti kaj
to give a lead iti pred kom, jahati na čelu (lov)
šport to have the lead of voditi pred, imeti prednost (naskok) pred
figurativno to have the lead over imeti naskok pred (konkurenco)
to follow s.o.'s lead ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to give s.o. a lead dati komu dober zgled, svetovati
one minute's lead ena minuta naskoka
karte it is your lead ti začneš, ti si na vrsti (pri kartanju)
karte to return lead vreči karto iste barve

line¹ [lain] samostalnik
črta, linija, poteza; guba, brazda (na obrazu, roki)
matematika črta (zlasti premica)
geografija ekvator, poldnevnik, vzporednik; smer, pot (avtobusna, železniška) proga, tir
množina obris, kontura, oblika
množina načrt (ladje), osnutek, plan
množina načela, smernice, navodila; način, metoda, postopek; meja, mejna črta (tudi figurativno)
vrsta, niz, rep (ljudi); soglasje; rod, veja, koleno, pokolenje
tisk vrstica; kratko sporočilo, kratko pismo; stih, pesmica (upon s.th. to s.o.)
množina, britanska angleščina latinski stihi, ki jih mora dijak prepisati za kazen, kazenska pismena naloga
množina, gledališče tekst vloge, vloga
množina, pogovorno poročni list
pogovorno poročilo, pojasnilo
množina usoda; stroka, področje, panoga; telefonska, telegrafska linija
tehnično vod
ekonomija sortiment, blago, predmet
množina serijsko blago
vojska (bojna) linija, vrsta, fronta, frontne čete, šotori ali barake v taboru; vrv, konopec; žica, kabel

the Line ekvator
line of sight kamor seže pogled
line of vision horizont, obzorje; vojska vizirna črta
hung on the line (slika) obešena v višini oči
figurativno all along the line; ali down the line na celi črti
the line of least resistance linija najmanjšega odpora
on the dotted line v vrsti, ki je namenjena za podpis
on the line na meji, politika na liniji
line of fate (fortune, heart, life) črta usode (sreče, srca, življenja) na roki
to stand in line stati v repu (vrsti)
britanska angleščina up (down) line (vlak) v (iz) London(a)
the Southern line južna železnica
bus line avtobusna proga
double line dvotirna proga
single line enotirna proga
main (ali trunk) glavna proga
branch line stranska proga
on the lines laid down by the chairman po smernicah, ki jih je postavil predsedujoči
along these lines po teh navodilih, smernicah
along general lines po splošnih smernicah
line of argument dokazni postopek
to take (ali keep to) one's own line ukrepati po svoje, držati se svoje poti
to take a strong line (with s.o.) biti čvrst, neomajen (do koga), vztrajati
to take the line that zavzeti stališče, da; biti mišljenja, da
dont' take that line with me z menoj ne ravnaj tako
lines of responsibility pristojnosti
to take the line postaviti se na stališče
in line of duty pri opravljanju dolžnosti
out of line iz črte, ne na črti; figurativno nesoglasen, nezdružljiv; iz ravnotežja
that's s.th. out of (ali not in) my line to mi ne leži, ne spada v mojo stroko
to come (ali get, fall) into line (with) prilagoditi se (komu, čemu), ravnati se po
to overstep the line of good taste prekoračiti mejo dobrega okusa
to draw the line (at) povleči mejo (pri)
I draw the line at that to se pri meni neha
to toe the line spoštovati predpise; politika biti na liniji
to give s.o. line enough popustiti uzde, pustiti komu proste roke
to go over the line prekoračiti mejo, mero
in line with skladno z
ameriško, figurativno to be in line for pričakovati (službo), upati na
to be in line with soglašati s, z
to bring s.o. into line (with) spraviti v sklad s, z; politika pridobiti koga k sodelovanju
ameriško, pogovorno to go down the line for zavezati se za kaj (na celi črti)
the male line moški potomci
in the direct line neposredni potomci
to read between the lines brati med vrsticami
to drop s.o. a line napisati komu par vrstic
to get a line on dobiti poročilo o čem
gledališče to study one's lines učiti se vloge
marriage lines poročni list
pogovorno hard lines težka usoda, "smola", nesreča
the line is engaged (ali busy) telefonska linija je zasedena
to hold the line ostati pri telefonu
ameriško party line dvojček (telefon)
on strictly commercial lines na čisto komercialni bazi
ekonomija line of goods vrsta blaga, naročilo zanj
vojska line of fire strelska bojna vrsta
vojska behind the enemy's lines za sovražnikovimi vrstami
vojska line of battle frontna linija
vojska line of defence obrambna linija
vojska to go up the line iti v frontno linijo
vojska to draw up in line; ali to form (wheel into) line stopiti v vrsto
vojska the line regularne čete
navtika line abreast bojna linija vzporedno postavljenih ladij
navtika ship of the line linijska ladja
fizika line of force magnetna silnica
in the line of glede na
somewhere along the line ob neki priliki, v gotovem trenutku
figurativno to keep to one's line iti premočrtno
figurativno by (rule and) line natančno, precizno
to get off the line iztiriti
hook, line, and sinker popoln(oma)
to have s.o. on a line pustiti koga v negotovosti

low² [lou] prislov
nizko, globoko, tiho
ekonomija poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaško

to bring s.o. low ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti koga
to burn low dogorevati
to feel low biti potrt
to lay low podreti, ubiti
to lie low biti ponižan, sleng skrivati se, pritajiti se
to live low borno živeti
to play low igrati za malo denarja
to play it low ravnati nizkotno s kom
to run low zmanjkovati
to sell low poceni prodati
figurativno the sands are running low čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bliža