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mortgage¹ [mɔ́:gidž] samostalnik
pravno zastava, poroštvo (v nepremičninah), zastavnica, zastavno pismo; hipoteka, poroštveno pismo

to give in mortgage zastaviti
by mortgage hipotečno
to borrow on mortgage vzeti posojilo na hipoteko
to foreclose a mortgage izjaviti, da je hipoteka zapadla
to lend on mortgage posoditi na hipoteko
to raise a mortgage on vzeti hipotečno posojilo na kaj

moss¹ [mɔs] samostalnik
botanika (drevesni) mah, mahovnica; šotišče, močvirje

a rolling stone gathers no moss goste službe, redke suknje

most² [moust] prislov
najbolj; naj- (za tvorbo superlativa: the most interesting)
izredno (pred pridevniki: a most indecent story)

most of all posebno, zlasti
ekonomija, politika most-favo(u)red-nation clause klavzula največjih ugodnosti

mother² [mʌ́ðə] prehodni glagol
roditi (tudi figurativno)
po materinsko skrbeti, priznati materinstvo

to mother a novel on s.o. pripisati komu avtorstvo romana

motion¹ [móušən] samostalnik
gibanje; kretnja; hoja (težka, lahka); premik; zamah, pogon
figurativno spodbuda, nagib
pravno, parlament predlog
medicina stolica
množina koraki, ravnanje, dejanja

on the motion of na predlog koga
to go through the motions of pretvarjati se, navidezno kaj delati
to have a motion iti na potrebo
in motion gibajoč, v pogonu
to make a motion; ali to bring forward a motion predlagati kaj v skupščini
to move a motion nagovarjati ljudi k glasovanju za kak predlog
of one's own motion iz lastnega nagiba, prostovoljno
to put (ali set) in motion sprožiti (postopek), začeti, razgibati
to watch s.o.'s motions budno spremljati dejanja koga
tehnično idle motion prazni tek
tehnično lost motion mrtvi tek

mount² [máunt] samostalnik
jezdni konj; karton pod sliko, passe partout; okvir za kamen v prstanu; steklo s preparatom za mikroskopiranje
vojska lafeta, podstavek
pogovorno ježa

to have a mount smeti jahati

mount³ [máunt]

1. neprehodni glagol
vzpenjati se, povzpeti se, dvigniti se; zajahati
figurativno dvigniti se, rasti, naraščati (up)
kopičiti se (dolg, težave itd.)

2. prehodni glagol
popeti se (na goro, konja, kolo); postaviti, posaditi (on na)
peljati po reki navzgor; opremiti s konji; namestiti, sestaviti, montirati (stroj); vgraditi, vdelati (kamen v prstan); nalepiti, uokviriti (sliko)
vojska postaviti stražo, stražiti
gledališče & figurativno inscenirati; preparirati (žival, insekta); dati pod mikroskop

mounted troops konjenica
mounted police policija na konjih
to mount guard (over) postaviti stražo, nastopiti stražo
to mount the throne sesti na prestol
vojska to mount a gun postaviti, montirati top
to mount a specimen dati primerek pod mikroskop
to mount the high horse prevzetovati
to mount on posoditi komu konja

mountain [máuntin] samostalnik
gora (tudi figurativno)

a mountain is raised off my spirits kamen se mi je odvalil od srca
to climb mountains iti v hribe
mountains high izredno visok
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
the mountain on labo(u)r veliko hrupa za prazen nič
zgodovina the Mountain jakobinska stranka v francoski revoluciji
Mountain State vzdevek za Montano in Zahodno Virginijo (ZDA)

mouse¹ [maus] samostalnik (množina mice)
miš
sleng podpluto oko
figurativno strahopetec
tehnično vrv na poteg z utežjo

field mouse poljska miš
as poor as a church mouse reven kakor cerkvena miš
as silent as a mouse tih kakor miška
to play like a cat with a mouse igrati se kakor mačka z mišjo

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

mouthful [máuɵful] samostalnik
zalogaj, grižljaj

ameriško, sleng to say a mouthful nekaj tehtnega povedati

move¹ [mu:v] samostalnik
poteza (šah); preselitev, gibanje
figurativno korak, ukrep, akcija, dejanje

on the move na pohodu, aktiven
sleng to get a move on podvizati se
it is your move ti si na potezi
to make a move iti drugam, premakniti se, ukreniti kaj
a clever move pameten ukrep; dobra poteza (šah)

move² [mu:v]

1. prehodni glagol
premakniti, premikati, pomakniti; odstraniti, odnesti
figurativno ganiti; spodbujati, spodbuditi, začeti, sprožiti, napeljati, nagovoriti (to k)
razdražiti, spraviti v bes; predlagati
ekonomija odposlati, razprodati

2. neprehodni glagol
premikati se, premakniti se, pomakniti se, kreniti, oditi, preseliti se (to)
figurativno napredovati; ukrepati (in s.th. v čem, against proti)
napraviti potezo (šah)
ekonomija iti v prodajo

to be moved to tears biti do solz ganjen
to be moved (at, by) biti ganjen
to move s.o. from an opinion odvrniti koga od njegovega mnenja
to move s.o. to anger razjeziti koga
to move the bowels dristiti
his bowels moved šel je na veliko potrebo
things began to move stvari so stekle
parlament to move an amendment predlagati amandma
he moved quickly hitro je ukrepal
to move heaven and earth vse poskusiti, truditi se na vse pretege
to move house preseliti se
to move in a rut živeti po stari navadi
the spirit moves nekaj me sili (to do s.th.)

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

much³ [mač] samostalnik
mnogo, velika stvar, nekaj posebnega

nothing much nič posebnega
it did not come to much ni bilo prida
to think (ali make) much of s.o. zelo koga ceniti
he is not much of a dancer ni kaj prida plesalec
to do too much of a good thing pretiravati v čem
so much; ali that much (samo) toliko
not to say much for ne zgubljati besed za kaj
much will have more kolikor več imaš, toliko več želiš

muchness [mʌ́čnis] samostalnik
množina, veličina, obilje

pogovorno much of a muchness skoraj enak

muck¹ [mək] samostalnik
gnoj, blato, govno (tudi figurativno)
pogovorno gnusoba
britanska angleščina, pogovorno nesmisel

it's all muck to je nesmisel
to make a muck of pokvariti, zapackati, uničiti

mucker [mʌ́kə] samostalnik
britanska angleščina, sleng pad, štrbunk
figurativno smola, nesreča
ameriško surovež

to come a mucker hudo pasti, štrbunkniti
to go a mucker razsipavati (on, over)

muddle¹ [mədl] samostalnik
zmešnjava, nered, zmedenost

to make a muddle of s.th. vse pokvariti
to get into a muddle zaiti v težave
to be in muddle biti zmeden

muff² [maf]

1. samostalnik
neroda (v športu); tepec; neuspeh

2. prehodni glagol
zgrešiti (žogo), ne ujeti, skaziti

to make a muff of it skaziti