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ill-gotten [ílgɔ́tn] pridevnik
nepošteno pridobljen

ill-gotten, ill-spent kakor dobljeno, tako izgubljeno

just² [džʌst] prislov
pravkar, ravno, prav; komaj, toliko da; samo, zgolj
pogovorno resnično, res; pravzaprav

just now pravkar, v tem trenutku; pred kakšnim trenutkom
just then prav tedaj
just as prav tako kot, ravno ko
just as well prav tako
just so točno, pravilno
that is just it prav to je ono
that is just like you to je čisto tebi podobno
we just managed komaj smo uspeli
the bullet just missed him toliko, da ga je strel zgrešil
just possible vendar mogoče
just for the fun of it samo za šalo
just a moment, please! samo trenutek, prosim!
just an ordinary man zgolj navaden možakar
just tell me samo povej mi
he was just too late for the train vlak mu je pred nosom ušel
just wonderful res čudovito
just how many are there? koliko jih pa pravzaprav je?

kind¹ [káind] pridevnik (kindly prislov)
prijazen, ljubezniv, nežen dobrotljiv (to do)
krotek, dober (konj)

to be as kind as to; ali to be kind enough to biti tako prijazen, da
with kind regards s prisrčnimi pozdravi

kindly² [káindli] prislov
prijazno, dobrotljivo, dobrohotno, naklonjeno, prisrčno

to take kindly to vzljubiti, naklonjeno sprejeti
I would take it kindly of you if bil bi ti zelo hvaležen, če
would you kindly (tell me the time) (vljudno vprašanje) bi bili tako prijazni, da
kindly let me know bodi tako prijazen in me obvesti
we thank you kindly prisrčno se vam zahvaljujemo
would you kindly shut up bi prosim utihnil

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

lark¹ [la:k] samostalnik
škrjanec

crested (ali tufted) lark čopasti škrjanec
to rise with a lark zgodaj vstati
if the sky fall we shall catch larks ni tako hudo, kot se vidi

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

lief [li:f] prislov
rad, z veseljem

I had (ali would) as lief go there as anywhere else prav tako rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam
I would (ali had) a lief die as betray him rajši bi umrl kot da bi ga izdal
I'd liefer (than ) rajši (kot)

light² [lait] prislov
nalahko, rahlo, lahko

light come, light go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to get off light srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovan
to travel light potovati z malo prtljage

lightly [láitli] prislov
nalahko, lahko, brez truda; malo, mirno, potrpežljivo; lahkoživo; podcenjujoče

lightly come, lightly go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to bear s.th. lightly mirno kaj prenašati

like¹ [laik] pridevnik
enak, podoben, sličen (komu, čemu)
arhaično verjetno (we are like to have war)

vulgarno as like as not zelo verjetno
on this and the like problems o tem in o sličnih problemih
and (ali or) the like in tako dalje, in temu slično
as like as two peas podobna kot jajce jajcu
what is he like? kakšen je?
a like amount enaka vsota
liker to God than man bolj podoben bogu kakor človeku
in like wise (ali manner) na enak način

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

like⁵ [laik] samostalnik
nekaj sličnega, nekaj takega, nekaj enakega
šport izenačevalen udarec (golf)

the like of it nekaj takega
and the like in slično, in tako dalje
or the like ali nekaj sličnega
mix with your likes! druži se s sebi enakimi
pogovorno the likes of me meni enaki
pogovorno not for the likes of me ne za ljudi mojega kova
to give like for like vrniti milo za drago
like attracts like ljudje istega kova se privlačijo

line¹ [lain] samostalnik
črta, linija, poteza; guba, brazda (na obrazu, roki)
matematika črta (zlasti premica)
geografija ekvator, poldnevnik, vzporednik; smer, pot (avtobusna, železniška) proga, tir
množina obris, kontura, oblika
množina načrt (ladje), osnutek, plan
množina načela, smernice, navodila; način, metoda, postopek; meja, mejna črta (tudi figurativno)
vrsta, niz, rep (ljudi); soglasje; rod, veja, koleno, pokolenje
tisk vrstica; kratko sporočilo, kratko pismo; stih, pesmica (upon s.th. to s.o.)
množina, britanska angleščina latinski stihi, ki jih mora dijak prepisati za kazen, kazenska pismena naloga
množina, gledališče tekst vloge, vloga
množina, pogovorno poročni list
pogovorno poročilo, pojasnilo
množina usoda; stroka, področje, panoga; telefonska, telegrafska linija
tehnično vod
ekonomija sortiment, blago, predmet
množina serijsko blago
vojska (bojna) linija, vrsta, fronta, frontne čete, šotori ali barake v taboru; vrv, konopec; žica, kabel

the Line ekvator
line of sight kamor seže pogled
line of vision horizont, obzorje; vojska vizirna črta
hung on the line (slika) obešena v višini oči
figurativno all along the line; ali down the line na celi črti
the line of least resistance linija najmanjšega odpora
on the dotted line v vrsti, ki je namenjena za podpis
on the line na meji, politika na liniji
line of fate (fortune, heart, life) črta usode (sreče, srca, življenja) na roki
to stand in line stati v repu (vrsti)
britanska angleščina up (down) line (vlak) v (iz) London(a)
the Southern line južna železnica
bus line avtobusna proga
double line dvotirna proga
single line enotirna proga
main (ali trunk) glavna proga
branch line stranska proga
on the lines laid down by the chairman po smernicah, ki jih je postavil predsedujoči
along these lines po teh navodilih, smernicah
along general lines po splošnih smernicah
line of argument dokazni postopek
to take (ali keep to) one's own line ukrepati po svoje, držati se svoje poti
to take a strong line (with s.o.) biti čvrst, neomajen (do koga), vztrajati
to take the line that zavzeti stališče, da; biti mišljenja, da
dont' take that line with me z menoj ne ravnaj tako
lines of responsibility pristojnosti
to take the line postaviti se na stališče
in line of duty pri opravljanju dolžnosti
out of line iz črte, ne na črti; figurativno nesoglasen, nezdružljiv; iz ravnotežja
that's s.th. out of (ali not in) my line to mi ne leži, ne spada v mojo stroko
to come (ali get, fall) into line (with) prilagoditi se (komu, čemu), ravnati se po
to overstep the line of good taste prekoračiti mejo dobrega okusa
to draw the line (at) povleči mejo (pri)
I draw the line at that to se pri meni neha
to toe the line spoštovati predpise; politika biti na liniji
to give s.o. line enough popustiti uzde, pustiti komu proste roke
to go over the line prekoračiti mejo, mero
in line with skladno z
ameriško, figurativno to be in line for pričakovati (službo), upati na
to be in line with soglašati s, z
to bring s.o. into line (with) spraviti v sklad s, z; politika pridobiti koga k sodelovanju
ameriško, pogovorno to go down the line for zavezati se za kaj (na celi črti)
the male line moški potomci
in the direct line neposredni potomci
to read between the lines brati med vrsticami
to drop s.o. a line napisati komu par vrstic
to get a line on dobiti poročilo o čem
gledališče to study one's lines učiti se vloge
marriage lines poročni list
pogovorno hard lines težka usoda, "smola", nesreča
the line is engaged (ali busy) telefonska linija je zasedena
to hold the line ostati pri telefonu
ameriško party line dvojček (telefon)
on strictly commercial lines na čisto komercialni bazi
ekonomija line of goods vrsta blaga, naročilo zanj
vojska line of fire strelska bojna vrsta
vojska behind the enemy's lines za sovražnikovimi vrstami
vojska line of battle frontna linija
vojska line of defence obrambna linija
vojska to go up the line iti v frontno linijo
vojska to draw up in line; ali to form (wheel into) line stopiti v vrsto
vojska the line regularne čete
navtika line abreast bojna linija vzporedno postavljenih ladij
navtika ship of the line linijska ladja
fizika line of force magnetna silnica
in the line of glede na
somewhere along the line ob neki priliki, v gotovem trenutku
figurativno to keep to one's line iti premočrtno
figurativno by (rule and) line natančno, precizno
to get off the line iztiriti
hook, line, and sinker popoln(oma)
to have s.o. on a line pustiti koga v negotovosti

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

manner [mǽnə] samostalnik
način; nastop, stil
množina običaji, šege
množina obnašanje, olika, vedenje, manire, način življenja
arhaično vrsta

adverb of manner prislov načina
all manner of vsake vrste
after (ali in) this manner na tak način, tako
it is bad manners neolikano je
to the manner born kakor rojen za kaj, kakor da bi bil od rojstva tak
the grand manner staromodna dostojanstvenost
good manners lepo vedenje; olika
he has quite a manner ima dober nastop
to have no manners ne imeti manir
to have no manner of right ne imeti nikakšne pravice
to make one's manners prikloniti se
in a manner v neki meri
in a singular manner čudno, nenavadno
by all manner of means na vsak način
by no manner of means na noben način
in a manner of speaking tako rekoč
other times, other manners drugi časi; drugi običaji

meal³ [mi:l] samostalnik
grobo mleta moka (ne pšenična)
ameriško koruzni zdrob

whole meal črna moka z otrobi
in meal or in malt tako ali drugače, na vsak način

mean³ [mi:n] samostalnik
sredina; povprečje, povprečnost
(množina z glagolom v ednini) sredstvo, način
množina premoženje

a means of communication občilo
a means of transportation prometno sredstvo
means of production proizvodna sredstva
to be a means of bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kaj
by means of s pomočjo
by any means na kakršenkoli način
by all (manner of) means vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako ceno
by no (manner of) means; ali not by any means nikakor, na noben način
by this means or other tako ali drugače
by fair (foul) means na pošten (nepošten) način
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
a means to an end sredstvo za dosego cilja
the golden (ali happy) mean zlata sredina
to live beyond one's means živeti preko svojih razmer
a man of means premožen človek
ways and means pota in načini
britanska angleščina means test preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporo