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book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

break^*1 [breik]

1. prehodni glagol
lomiti, prelomiti, zlomiti, odlomiti; skrhati; raztrgati, pretrgati, odtrgati; poškodovati, (po)kvariti; odpreti, odpečatiti; prestreči, prekiniti; odvaditi; (pre)kršiti; oslabiti, ublažiti; (iz)uriti (konja v ježi); uničiti; obzirno sporočiti; izčrpati; orati, kopati; (iz službe) odpustiti, degradirati

2. neprehodni glagol
zlomiti, skrhati, razbiti, raztrgati se; razpasti, razpadati; počiti, razpočiti se; poslabšati se (vreme); svitati; ločiti se, spremeniti smer; propasti, zbankrotirati; vlomiti

to break asunder pretrgati, prelomiti
to break an army razpustiti vojsko
to break s.o.'s back zlomiti komu vrat, uničiti ga
pogovorno to break the back of s.th. opraviti najtežji del česa
to break the bank izčrpati banko
to break the blow prestreči udarec
to break the bounds prekoračiti mejo
to break bread jesti
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati
to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, uporabiti drastična sredstva
to break cover zapustiti skrivališče, izkobacati se
to break a custom odvaditi se
the day is breaking svita se, dani se
to break a drunkard of drinking odvaditi pijanca piti
to break the engagement razdreti zaroko
to break even pokriti stroške, poravnati se
to break faith prelomiti prisego, izneveriti se
to break a fall zadržati padec
to break one's fast nekaj pojesti
to break the flax treti lan
to break (new) ground ledino orati, začeti nov obrat
to break hold iztrgati se
to break the ice prebiti led
to break lance with začeti s kom pismeno diskusijo
to break the law kršiti zakon
to break loose odtrgati se, zbežati; prekršiti
to break a match razdreti zaroko
to break the neck of s.th. izvržiti najtežji del naloge, končati kaj
to break o.s. of a habit odvaditi se česa
to break the news povedati novico
to break open nasilno odpreti
to break a promise ne izpolniti obljube
to break s.o.'s pride ponižati koga
to break to pieces zdrobiti (se); razpasti
to break small zdrobiti
to break the thread prekiniti, pretrgati
to break water priti na površino
who breaks pays sam pojej, kar si si skuhal
to break wind prdniti
to break short dokončati
break your neck! veliko sreče!

bulk¹ [bʌlk] samostalnik
obseg, telesnina, prostornina, masa; večina, večji del; ladijski tovor; predzidje

by the bulk v celoti
bulk goods blago brez embalaže, neto
in bulk nepakiran
to sell in bulk prodajati na veliko
bulk buying kupovanje na debelo
bulk cargo razsuti tovor
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati

bulk² [bʌlk]

1. neprehodni glagol
povečati se, strniti se, kopičiti se
figurativno biti zelo pomemben

2. prehodni glagol
kopičiti; strniti

to bulk large imeti veliko vlogo

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

chalk¹ [čɔ:k] samostalnik
kreda; pastel
pogovorno račun, dolg, kredit
sleng praska

as like as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk from cheese kot noč in dan (različna)
not by a long chalk nikakor ne
by a long chalk the best veliko boljši od vseh
pogovorno to walk a chalk line biti trezen, vesti se skrajno spodobno
chalk talk predavanje ob risbah na tabli
not to know chalk from cheese ne imeti niti pojma, prav nič ne razumeti
sleng to walk (ali stump) one's chalks ucvreti jo

constituency [kənstítjuənsi] samostalnik
volilno okrožje; volivci
domačno odjemalci, klientela; bralci

to sweep a constituency dobiti veliko večino glasov

count for neprehodni glagol
veljati za, pomeniti

count for much (little) veliko (malo) pomeniti

crowd¹ [kraud] samostalnik
množica, gneča; drhal, tolpa
pogovorno klika; velika množina
pogovorno družba

he might pass in the crowd ni slabši od drugih
crowd of sail nenavadno veliko razpetih jader
in crowds v velikem številu

cry¹ [krai] samostalnik
krik, vreščanje, vpitje, klicanje; jok; lajež; tolpa psov; geslo; rotitev

to follow in the cry pridružiti se
in full cry v največjem razmahu
much cry and little wool mnogo krika za prazen nič, veliko truda in malo uspeha
a far cry velika razdalja, velika razlika
figurativno hue and cry krik in vik; tiralica
to have a good cry izjokati se
within cry v slišaju

cut up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
razrezati, razsekati; uničiti
figurativno podcenjevati, ostro kritizirati

cut up rough razjeziti se
cut up well zapustiti veliko premoženje

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

dear² [diə] prislov
drago; zelo

figurativno to pay dear for drago plačati
it cost him dear veliko ga je stalo

degree [digrí:] samostalnik
stopnja; stopinja; stan, razred, položaj; diploma; kakovost, vrsta

by degrees postopoma, polagoma
to a (certain) degree tako rekoč, precej
of low (high) degree nizkega (visokega) položaja
in some degree nekako
to take one's degree diplomirati, promovirati
ameriško, sleng third degree zasliševanje z mučenjem
pravno principal in the first degree glavni krivec
doctor's degree doktorat
to a high degree v veliki meri
to the last degree veliko, skrajno
in no degree niti malo ne

demand² [dimá:nd, dimǽnd] samostalnik
zahteva, prošnja; potreba (for)
povpraševanje, poizvedba
pravno pravna zahteva (upon)

demand note opomin
in great demand ki je po njem veliko povpraševanje
to meet s.o.'s demands ugoditi zahtevam koga
on demand na zahtevo, na prošnjo
demand for payment opomin

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

discretion [diskréšən] samostalnik
preudarnost, opreznost, previdnost; takt, obzirnost; razsodnost, preudarek; molčečnost; pooblastilo, upravičenost

at (ali upon, on) discretion poljubno, po mili volji
to surrender at discretion vdati se na milost in nemilost
years of discretion odrasla doba
to use one's own discretion ravnati po lastnem preudarku
to act with discretion obzirno ravnati
to leave a wide discretion dopuščati veliko svobodo dejavnosti
discretion is the better part of valour opreznost je boljša od hrabrosti
within one's own discretion po lastni preudarnosti

dodge² [dɔ́dž] samostalnik
odskok, izogibanje
pogovorno zvijača, spretnost
pogovorno domiselna naprava

capital dodge veliko veselje
to come the religious dodge over hliniti pobožnost
to put on the dummy dodge delati se gluhega in slepega

establishment [istǽblišmənt] samostalnik
ustanovitev, osnovanje; odobritev; dohodki; zavod, ustanova, podjetje, trgovina, tvrdka; gospodinjstvo; državna (anglikanska) cerkev; vojska; osebje, oborožene sile; uradništvo, personal
pogovorno osebe v ozadju javnega življenja

branch establishment filiala
the Church Establishment zakonito priznan cerkveni sistem
to have a separate establishment imeti ločeno gospodinjstvo; vzdrževati si ljubico
naval establishment mornarica
military establishment oborožene sile
to keep up a large establishment vzdrževati veliko gospodinjstvo