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go at neprehodni glagol
lotiti se; napasti

go at s.th. hammer and tongs lotiti se česa z vso vnemo
go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi

goat [gout] samostalnik
zoologija koza, kozel

he-goat, billy-goat kozel
she-goat, nanny-goat koza; pogovorno neumnež, -nica, trapec, -pica; pohotnež
The Goat astronomija Kozorog
to play the (giddy) goat neumno se vesti
to get s.o.'s goat razdražiti, razjeziti koga
sleng to be the goat trpeti za grehe drugih, biti grešni kozel

go beyond neprehodni glagol
prekositi, prekašati

go beyond one's depth pregloboko zabresti
go beyond o.s. biti ves iz sebe

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

god¹ [gɔd] samostalnik
bog, božanstvo

to be among gods biti na galeriji (v gledališču)
a feast for the gods odlična hrana
God knows, I don't bog ve
a sight for the gods prizor za bogove
god of this world satan
for god's sake za božjo voljo
god grant! daj bog!
god forbid! bog varuj!
god willing po božji volji
god of love, blind god Amor, Kupido
god of heaven Jupiter
god of hell Pluto
god of the sea Neptun
god of wine Bakhos
house of god cerkev
God's Book biblija, sveto pismo
little god mali tiran, paša
act of god višja sila

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

goose¹ množina geese [gu:s, gi:s] samostalnik
gos, goska; gosje meso
figurativno neumnež, -nica

to cook s.o.'s goose uničiti, odstraniti koga
to get the goose biti izžvižgan
green goose mlada goska
it's gone goose with him zgubljen je
to kill the goose that lays golden eggs s pohlepom in skopostjo si uničiti vir dohodkov, zaklati kravo, ki jo molzemo
he would not say "bo" to a goose nikomur ne bi skrivil lasu
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugega
fox and geese vrsta družabne igre
all his geese are swans vedno pretirava

gooseberry [gú:zbəri] samostalnik
botanika kosmulja

big gooseberry season doba kislih kumar
gooseberry fool vrsta sladke jedi iz kosmulj in smetane; figurativno domišljav gizdalin
to play gooseberry predstavljati "slona", biti varuh zaljubljencev
to play old gooseberry with s.o. uničiti koga

got [gɔt] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od get

I have got to moram
pogovorno to have got'em all biti zelo elegantno oblečen
ill got ill spent krivično pridobljeno imetje nam ne prinese sreče, kar hudič priveka, nima teka

go to neprehodni glagol
iti k, kam; pripasti

arhaično go to! beži!, izgini!
go to the country obrniti se na ljudstvo; razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve
go to it tvegati, lotiti se, poskusiti
go to the world poročiti se
go to the dogs propasti, v revščino zabresti
go to expense nakopati si stroške
go to law začeti pravdo
go to a lot of trouble močno si prizadevati
go to war začeti vojno, vojskovati se
go to waste propasti
go to wrack and ruin propasti, konec vzeti, na nič priti
go to stool iti na stran
go to the wall biti ugnan v kozji rog

go under neprehodni glagol
utoniti, propasti, podleči, umreti, poginiti

go under the name biti znan pod imenom

grace¹ [greis] samostalnik
milina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej
britanska angleščina dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)

act of grace zakon o amnestiji
airs and graces šopirjenje
with a bad grace nevljudno, neprijazno
to be in s.o.'s grace biti v milosti pri kom
grace to boot! bog se nas usmili!
with a good grace v milosti pri kom
in s.o.'s good graces v milosti pri kom
to say grace moliti pred jedjo ali po njej
days of grace dnevi odloga plačila
the Three Graces tri gracije
to fall from grace grešiti
time of grace doba prepovedi lova
in the year of grace v letu gospodovem

grant² [gra:nt] prehodni glagol
dopustiti, dopuščati, dovoliti; zagotoviti, priznati; podeliti, odobriti, uslišati

grant it to be true recimo, da je tako
to take for granted imeti za dognano, biti prepričan
to grant a request uslišati prošnjo
to grant an advance odobriti predujem
granted that recimo, vzemimo, da

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

greenwood [grí:nwud] samostalnik
zelen gozd

to go to the greenwood biti izobčen, postati razbojnik

grist¹ [grist] samostalnik
žito, mletev
pogovorno živila, zaloga; slad
figurativno korist

that's grist to his mill to je voda na njegov mlin
to bring grist to the mill biti vir dobička, biti zlata jama
all is grist that comes to his mill vse zna izkoristiti, vse je voda na njegov mlin

groan¹ [groun] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (under zaradi)
stokati, ječati, vzdihovati; rukati (jelen)
figurativno (for za) močno hrepeneti, koprneti; sikati, mrmrati

to groan down prisiliti k molku
to groan under (ali with) šibiti se pod
to groan inwardly biti nesrečen
groaning board miza, ki se šibi od jedi

gruel¹ [grúəl] samostalnik
ovsena ali druga kaša

sleng to give s.o. his gruel kaznovati, umoriti koga
to have (ali take, get) one's gruel biti strogo kaznovan, biti ubit, premagan, poražen, tepen

guard¹ [ga:d] samostalnik
straža; pažnja, preža; zaščita; varovalna, zaščitna naprava; odbijanje udarca
britanska angleščina sprevodnik (na vlaku); zavirač
množina garda; budnost; skrbništvo, varstvo

advance(d) guard prednja straža
guard of honour častna straža
to keep guard čuvati, biti na straži
on one's guard oprezen, pazljiv, buden
to mount guard prevzeti stražo
off one's guard nepazljiv, nepreviden
to relieve guard izmenjati stražo
to stand guard over s.th. biti na straži, čuvati kaj
to put s.o. on his guard opozoriti koga na nevarnost
Life Guards telesna straža
to throw s.o. off his guard presenetiti, zalotiti koga
to mount guard stražiti

guinea-pig [gínipig] samostalnik
zoologija morski prašiček, budra
figurativno poskusna žival

guinea-pig (director) direktor, ki kot član upravnega sveta dobiva visok honorar zato, ker sme biti na seznamu direktorjev