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afloat [əflóut] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
plavajoč, poplavljen; vkrcan; nezadolžen

to bring (ali set) afloat sprožiti, uvesti
to keep afloat ne se potopiti; ne lesti v dolgove
there's a rumour afloat širijo se govorice

afoot [əfút] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na nogah, peš
v teku

a plot (ali mischief) is afoot nekaj se pripravlja

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

ago [əgóu]

1. pridevnik
minul, nekdanji

2. prislov
prej

two days ago pred dvema dnevoma
long ago davno
no longer than a year ago šele pred enim letom
a while ago nedavno, malo prej

ahead [əhéd] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
vnaprej; naprej, dalje; spredaj

to be ahead of s.th., s.o. biti pred čim, kom, prekašati, prehiteti koga
mornarica breakers ahead pazi, nevarnost grozi
trgovina to buy (sell) ahead vnaprej nakupiti (prodati)
to get ahead of prehiteti
a danger is ahead nevarnost grozi
navtika full speed (ali steam) ahead s polno paro naprej
look ahead pazi, misli na prihodnost
straight ahead naravnost naprej
he is ahead of his times prekaša svoje vrstnike

ail [eil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
boleti, bolehati

what ails you? kaj vam je?
what ails you to speak in such a way? kaj vam pride na misel, da tako govorite?

alack [əlǽk] medmet
arhaično ojoj, jojmene

alack the day, alack-a-day, alas and alack zaboga

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

allot [əlɔ́t] prehodni glagol (to)
razdeliti, odmeriti, parcelirati; nakazati, dodeliti

to allot a task dati nalogo
allotted gardens vrtičkarska kolonija

altogether¹ [ɔ:ltəgéðə] prislov
skupaj, popolnoma, povsem

a different thing altogether nekaj čisto drugega

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo

amount¹ [əmáunt] samostalnik
znesek, količina, vrednost; pomen
figurativno posledica

amount of balance saldo
a fair amount precejšen znesek precejšnja količina
any amount of nonsense same neumnosti
to the amount of do zneska
what is the amount of? koliko znaša?
with due amount of care zelo previdno, skrbno

an¹ [æn, ən] ➞ a² (pred samoglasnikom)

an(a)esthesia [æni:sɵí:ziə] samostalnik
omrtvičenje, anestezija, neobčutljivost

to give (ali administer) an(a)esthesia omrtvičiti, narkotizirati

anchor² [ǽŋkə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zasidrati (se)

to anchor a tent to the ground pritrditi šotor
to anchor one's hope in (ali on) staviti upanje v koga ali kaj

anger¹ [ǽŋgə] samostalnik (at zaradi)
jeza, bes, nevolja

a fit of anger napad besnosti

angle¹ [ǽŋgl] samostalnik
kot
figurativno gledišče; krivina; trnek

acute, obtuse, right angle ostri, topi, pravi kot
adjacent angle sokot
angle of sight, visual angle vidni kot
at right angles to pravokotno na
from a new angle z novega vidika

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

answer¹ [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə] samostalnik (to)
odgovor, odziv, reakcija, replika; rešitev (naloge); odzdrav; nasprotni udarec

to make an answer odgovoriti
answer in the affirmative pritrdilni odgovor
to know all the answers biti odrezav
pogovorno the answer is a lemon kakšno neumno vprašanje!
answer in the negative nikalni odgovor
the favour of an answer is requested prosimo za odgovor