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arbor [á:bə] samostalnik
drevo, deblo; vreteno, os, transmisija

ameriško Arbor Day dan sajenja dreves (na koncu aprila ali v začetku maja)

around² [əráund] predlog
okrog, okoli

around the clock dan in noč, nenehno
around the corner čisto blizu

banian [bǽniən] samostalnik
indijski trgovec; krošnjar; agent; tajnik; domača halja (Angleža v Indiji); vrsta majice; indijski figovec

banian day brezmesni, postni dan
banian hospital veterinarska bolnica

beat about neprehodni glagol
pluti proti vetru; iskati, truditi se; tavati, bloditi

beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
beat about in one's mind tuhtati, preudarjati
beat about for skušati najti, iskati

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blaze away neprehodni glagol
streljati
figurativno (at) z navdušenjem se lotiti

blaze away! z besedo na dan!

blessed [blést, blésid] pridevnik (blessedly prislov)
blagoslovljen, blažen
vulgarno presnet, preklet

blessed Virgin devica Marija
of blessed memory rajnki, pokojni
I'm blessed if naj me vrag vzame, če, srečen bi bil, če bi
I am blessed if I know res ne vem
I am blessed if I do it še v glavo mi ne pade, da bi to storil
the whole blessed day ves božji dan
blessed with poln česa

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

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

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

Christmas [krísməs] samostalnik
božič

Christmas Day 25. december
Christmas Eve božični večer
Christmas comes but once a year vsak dan ni nedelja
Christmas carol božična pesem

clean¹ [kli:n] pridevnik (cleanly prislov)
čist, snažen, očiščen, opran; nepopisan
figurativno nedolžen; brezhiben; popoln; gladek, someren; spreten; lepe postave

sleng to come clean priznati, priti z besedo na dan
to make a clean sweep odpraviti, znebiti se
figurativno to see one's way clean ne imeti težav
to stand clean off stati ob strani česa, ne priti v bližino
to make a clean breast of it vse odkrito povedati
figurativno to have a clean slate ne imeti obveznosti
clean proof druga korektura

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica

clock¹ [klɔk] samostalnik
(stenska, stolpna) ura; taksimeter

around the clock dan in noč, nenehno
what o'clock is it? koliko je ura
at five o'clock ob petih
the clock strikes for him prišel je njegov čas
to set (ali put) back the clock zadrževati razvoj

crack¹ [kræk] samostalnik
razpoka, špranja, reža; pok, tresk, močan udarec; mutiranje
arhaično, sleng bahanje; laž
škotsko, narečno klepetanje, pomenek
množina novice
sleng vlom, vlomilec
pogovorno trenutek; dober igralec; dober konj
sleng duhovita pripomba

the crack of doom sodni dan
pogovorno in a crack v trenutku, ko bi mignil

d [di:] samostalnik
črka d
glasba nota d

D-day dan invazije (6. junija 1944)
D-deck krov D
D flat glasba des
D sharp glasba dis

date³ [deit] samostalnik
rok, datum, doba
ameriško sestanek

(down) to date do danes
out of date zastarel, nemoderen, staromoden
at an early date prav kmalu
to bear a date biti datiran
of even date istega datuma
trgovina date of the bill (of exchange) dan izdaje menice
at long date dolgoročen
at short date kratkoročen
from date od današnjega datuma
date of expiration (ali maturity) , due date datum poteka roka
ameriško without date odložen na nedoločen čas
to make a date dogovoriti se za sestanek
of recent date nov, moderen
up to date sodoben, moderen

daylight [déilait] samostalnik
dnevna svetloba, razsvit, svitanje

to burn daylight zapravljati čas
sleng to let (ali admit) daylight into s.o. ustreliti ali zabosti koga
ameriško daylight saving time poletni čas
to see daylight doumeti, razumeti; rešiti vprašanje
as clear as daylight jasno ko beli dan
in broad daylight pri belem dnevu

different [dífrənt] pridevnik (differently prislov) (from)
različen, drugačen, drugovrsten, nepodoben; nenavaden

in a different way drugače
as different as chalk from cheese ko noč in dan (različen)