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both³ [bouɵ] veznik

both ... and tako ... kakor
both by night and by day tako podnevi kakor ponoči, podnevi in ponoči, dan in noč
both you and I jaz in ti

bottle² [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
otep sena ali slame

to look for a needle in a bottle of hay zaman iskati, zaman si prizadevati

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

bow¹ [bou] samostalnik
lok
glasba godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj
množina okvir za naočnike
vulgarno trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period obdobje uporabe loka in puščice
to draw (ali pull, shoot with) the long bow pretiravati, širokoustiti se
to draw a bow at a venture streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dve železi v ognju
wide on the bow hand daleč od cilja
bow instrument godalo
bows on z glavo naprej
bows under premagan, ki težko napreduje
sleng bow window velik trebuh, vamp
to tie a bow zavezati pentljo

bowel [báuəl] samostalnik
anatomija črevo
množina črevesje
figurativno prebava
figurativno čustvo, strasti, usmiljenje

to have the bowels open iztrebljati se
to have no bowels biti neusmiljen
to get one's bowels in an uproar razjeziti se

box¹ [bɔks] samostalnik
škatla, zaboj; skrinja; okrov; posoda, predal; kozel na kočiji; loža, predel; staja; garažni oddelek za avto, boks; uta, hišica, soba; klop; oblikovalni okvir; darilo
ameriško votlina v deblu

Christmas box božično darilo
jury box porotniška klop
ballot box volilna žara
box of bricks škatla s kockami
elektrika junction box odcepna pušica
money box hranilnik
sentry box stražnica
shooting box lovska koča
strong box kaseta, železna blagajna
to be in the same box deliti isto usodo
to be in the wrong box motiti se
prisoner's box zatožna klop
witness box prostor za priče na sodišču
sleng box of dominoes klavir
ameriško, sleng eternity box grob
to he in a (tight) box biti v zagati
to be in one's thinking box resno premišljevati
the whole box of tricks vse skupaj

brace¹ [breis] samostalnik
spona, vez; obveza; nosilni jermen; opornik
množina naramnice
množina oklepaj (); opora, proteza; vhod v jamo (rudnik); par, dvojica

in a brace of shakes takoj, kakor bi trenil
brace drill vrtalo
navtika, sleng to splice the main brace popivati
brace and hit tehnično vrtalo

bracket¹ [brǽkit] samostalnik
konzola, polica; nosilec, opornik; plinski gorilnik; obrnjena trojka (figura na ledu)
množina oklepaji; ljudje z enakimi dohodki

in brackets v oklepajih; figurativno mimogrede povedano

breach¹ [bri:č] samostalnik
zlom, prelom; odprtina, luknja, razpoka, vrzel
figurativno prekinitev, presledek; razdor, nesloga; prestopek, kršitev, prekršek
vojska prodor; skok kita iz vode
navtika valovi ob ladji

to heal the breach poravnati spor
a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance navada, ki jo je bolje opustiti
breach of faith izdajstvo
breach of the peace nemir, upor
to stand in the breach pretrpeti prvi sunek napada, figurativno biti na braniku
breach of trust zloraba zaupanja
without breach of continuity nenehno, nepretrgano
to step into the breach priskočiti na pomoč
pravno breach of promise neizpolnjena obljuba zakona
breach of a covenant kršitev dogovora

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

break² [breik] samostalnik
zlom; razpoka; prekinitev, pavza, odmor; jasa
glasba sprememba glasu, mutiranje; presledek; vdolbina v zidu; pobeg iz ječe
ameriško, pogovorno slučaj, napaka
figurativno dobra priložnost

the break of day jutranji svit, zora
without break nenehno
break in the clouds žarek upanja

breath [breɵ] samostalnik
dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj
figurativno življenje; odmor
figurativno sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje

above one's breath polglasno, komaj slišno
to catch (ali bate, hold) one's breath zadržati dih
breath analysis alkotest
to gasp for breath sapo loviti
to draw breath dihati, živeti
to draw the first breath roditi se, priti na svet
to draw one's last breath izdihniti, umreti
to knock out s.o.'s breath presenetiti, osupiti koga
with bated breath napeto (poslušati)
out of breath brez sape, zasopel
pogovorno keep your breath to cool your porridge prihrani nasvete zase
that knocks the breath out of me (ali takes my breath away) nad tem mi zastane sapa
to spend one's breath in vain zaman se truditi
below (ali under) one's breath tiho, šepetaje
the breath of one's nostrils najljubši; nujno potreben
in the same breath v isti sapi, hkrati
to save one's breath ne zapravljati energije
shortness of breath težko dihanje, sopihanje

bred [bred] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od breed

bred in bone vrojen, prirojen

breed^*2 [bri:d]

1. prehodni glagol
roditi, ploditi, valiti; gojiti; vzgajati
figurativno povzročiti; kovati, snovati

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi se; biti noseča; množiti se, rasti

familiarity breeds contempt ni dobro biti preveč zaupen
to breed ill blood razburiti; osovražiti
to breed in and in poročati se s krvnimi sorodniki; pariti se s krvno sorodnimi partnerji

brewster [brú:stə] samostalnik
zastarelo pivovarka; pivovar

Brewster Sessions seje za podelitev koncesij za točenje piva in drugih pijač

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

brick³ [brik] prehodni glagol

to brick up (ali in) zazidati

brief⁴ [bri:f] samostalnik
kratkost, jedrnatost, zgoščenost

in brief skratka

bring^* [briŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
prinesti, pripeijati, privleči; ustvariti; zakriviti; izzvati; pregovoriti, pripraviti do česa; donašati; prepričevati, spodbuditi

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi, obroditi
mornarica ustaviti, pristati

to bring an action against s.o. tožiti koga
to bring to bear uveljaviti; (orožje) pomeriti; uporabiti
to bring to book obdolžiti, kaznovati
to bring to a close dokončati, izpeljati
to bring to a head rešiti zadevo
to bring the hand in izuriti se
to bring to life obuditi
to bring to light odkriti
to bring s.o. low ponižati koga
to bring to mind spomniti (se)
to bring to nothing uničiti
to bring to pass uresničiti, izpolniti, izvršiti
to bring into play uveljaviti
to bring o.s. to prisiliti se k čemu
sleng to bring home the bacon imeti uspeh
to bring to reason spraviti k pameti
to bring into step sinhronizirati
to bring word obvestiti
to bring into world roditi

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se