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voluminous [vəljú:minəs] pridevnik (voluminously prislov)
prostoren, obsežen, obširen, zelo velik, ogromen; ki ima veliko prostornino, voluminozen; napihnjen, nabran (zavesa); obilen, plodovit, produktiven (pisatelj); ki obsega mnogo zvezkov (literarno delo)

a voluminous correspondence, a voluminous work obsežna korespondenca, obsežno delo

votary [vóutəri]

1. samostalnik
zaobljubnik, kdor se je zaobljubil; redovnik, menih
figurativno spoštovatelj, častilec; vnet, navdušen privrženec, velik ljubitelj (prijatelj), zagovornik; entuziast

a votary of peace vnet privrženec miru

2. pridevnik
zaobljubljen

votary resolution odločitev na podlagi zaobljube

weigh¹ [wéi]

1. samostalnik
tehtanje

2. prehodni glagol
tehtati (on a scale na tehtnici)
pretehtati, odtehtati, potehtati (in one's hand v roki)
odmerjati, odmeriti; (pre)ceniti, presoditi; razsoditi; upoštevati; dvigniti (sidro); pritisniti (to the ground k tlom)

to weigh one's words (pre)tehtati svoje besede
neprehodni glagol
tehtati; težiti, biti težak, imeti težo
figurativno biti tehten, važen, vreden; imeti velik vpliv, biti odločilne važnosti, biti odločilen; pritiskati, tiščati
navtika dvigniti sidro, odpluti, odjadrati
šport tehtati se (boksar itd.)

to weigh heavy težiti, težko bremeniti
it weighs 2 pounds to tehta 2 funta

wimble [wimbl]

1. samostalnik
tehnično vrtalo, velik sveder

2. prehodni glagol
(na)vrtati, prevrtati; (vrvarstvo) zviti (skupaj)

about¹ [əbáut] prislov
naokoli, naokrog, nekje v bližini; približno

all about povsod
about and about sem ter tja, tu pa tam; ameriško zelo podobno, enako
to be about biti razširjen, prisostvovati; biti v teku; biti pokonci; biti zdrav
to be about to do s.th. pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to bring about povzročiti, uresničiti, dokazati
to come about pripetiti, zgoditi se
vojska, ameriško about face poln obrat, na desno!
to hang about potepati se v bližini
vojska left about! na levo!
a long way about velik ovinek
much about več ali manj
vojska right about! na desno!
pogovorno about right še kar prav
rumours are about govori se, širijo se govorice
to send to the right about zapoditi, ošteti koga
to set about to do s.th. lotiti se česa, začeti kaj
vojska about turn poln obrat; na levo; ameriško na desno
what are you about? kaj počneš?, kaj nameravaš?
mind what you are about pazi se

apothecary [əpɔ́ɵikəri] samostalnik
arhaično lekarnar

apothecary's bill velik račun
apothecary's shop lekarna

as¹ [æz] prislov
kot, tako kot, prav tako

as big again še enkrat tako velik
as clear as crystal kristalno čist
as good as dead kakor če bi bil mrtev
as long as dokler
as soon as bržko
as quiet as a mouse tih ko miška
I thought as much to sem si mislil
as well tudi, prav tako
just as well prav tako
as well as prav tako kakor, nič manj od
as yet doslej
not as yet še ne
he might just as well leave lahko bi že odšel

beetle¹ [bí:tl]

1. samostalnik
kij, tolkač, stopa

three-man beetle velik tolkač

2. prehodni glagol
tolči, zabijati, phati

belly¹ [béli] samostalnik
anatomija trebuh; vamp, želodec, maternica
geologija odebelina žile

a hungry belly has no ears lakote ne utešiš z besedami
pot belly velik trebuh, vamp
to have fire in one's belly biti inspiriran

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

bring down prehodni glagol
znižati, ponižati; oslabiti; zmanjšati; zrušiti; ukrotiti; (divjad) ustreliti; napisati

bring down upon s.o. oškodovati koga, prizadeti ga
bring down the house doživeti velik uspeh
bring down prices znižati cene
bring down fire začeti streljati
to bring down upon s.o. prizadeti koga
bring down upon o.s. nakopati si

carry² [kǽri]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati; aportirati, nesti
sleng nadaljevati

to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
to carry the day zmagati
to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
to carry into effect izvršiti
to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto

die³ množina dice [dai, dais] samostalnik
igralna kocka

the die is cast kocka je padla, nazaj ni poti
as straight as a die čisto raven; velik poštenjak
upon the die na kocki, v nevarnosti
to risk all on a turn (ali the throw) of a die vse staviti, vse prepustiti naključju
the dice are loaded against him nima sreče, usoda mu ni naklonjena

drink² [driŋk] samostalnik
pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
sleng morje

in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
hard drink opojna pijača
soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
small drink pivo
to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin

esteem² [istí:m] samostalnik
arhaično sodba (for)
spoštovanje čislanje; ugled; cenitev

to hold in high esteem visoko ceniti
to enjoy no great esteem ne biti preveč v časteh
to be in great esteem with s.o. imeti pri kom velik ugled

feeder [fí:də] samostalnik
jedec; jasli, korito; pritok; stranska proga ali cesta; slinček; steklenica za zalivančka

dainty feeder izbirčen jedec
a large (ali gross, greedy) feeder velik jedec, požrešnež
feeder service avtobusna zveza med mestom in letališčem

file¹ [fail] samostalnik
pila
figurativno izgotovitev, dovršitev
sleng navihanec, premetenec

sleng a close file velik skopuh
to gnaw (ali bite) a file zaman si prizadevati
figurativno it needs the file treba ga je še izpiliti
sleng old (ali deep) file navihanec, premetenec; tovariš

fortune² [fɔ́:čən] samostalnik
usoda, sreča; premoženje, imetje, bogastvo, dota; ugodna ženitev (možitev)

ill (ali bad) fortune nesreča, smola
to make one's (ali a) fortune obogateti
to marry a fortune bogato se poročiti
every man is the architect of his fortune vsak je svoje sreče kovač
to tell fortunes vedeževati
to come into a fortune dedovati
pogovorno a small fortune celo premoženje, velik znesek
soldier of fortune vojak najemnik
to have one's fortune told dati si vedeževati
with good fortune če ima človek srečo

George [džɔ:dž] samostalnik
Jurij

brown George velik kamnit vrč
by George presneto!

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga