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divide¹ [diváid]

1. prehodni glagol (with)
deliti (in, into v; between, among med)
razdeliti (from)
ločiti; razmejiti (through)
krčiti pot

2. neprehodni glagol
biti deljiv (brez ostanka), (raz)deliti, cepiti se
parlament glasovati

to divide the Parliament (ali House) dati na glasovanje v parlamentu; glasovati

dock¹ [dɔk] samostalnik
dok, ladjedelnica; nabrežje
železnica nakladalna rampa

dry dock suhi dok
graving dock ladjedelnica za popravila
floating dock plavajoči dok
docks pristaniške naprave
pogovorno to be in dry dock nasesti, biti brezposeln
wet dock moker dok (v ustju reke)

dock⁴ [dɔk]
zatožna klop
sleng vojaška bolnica

to be in the dock sedeti na zatožni klopi
vojska to be in dock ležati v bolnici

dodge¹ [dɔ́dž] (about, behind, round)

1. neprehodni glagol
vstran skočiti, odskočiti; izogniti, izogibati se; izmikati se; izmotavati, izvijati se

2. prehodni glagol
neopazno zasledovati; lisičiti, za norca imeti šale zbijati

to dodge the issue izogniti se posledic
to dodge in and out izmazati se

dodge² [dɔ́dž] samostalnik
odskok, izogibanje
pogovorno zvijača, spretnost
pogovorno domiselna naprava

capital dodge veliko veselje
to come the religious dodge over hliniti pobožnost
to put on the dummy dodge delati se gluhega in slepega

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

dog-house [dɔ́ghaus] samostalnik
pasja hišica, pesjak

pogovorno in the dog-house v nemilosti

doldrums [dɔ́ldrəmz] samostalnik
množina pobitost, otožnost, slaba volja
navtika brezvetrn pas ob ravniku

to be in the doldrumss biti potrt

domain [dəméin] samostalnik
področje, torišče, domena; oblast, gospostvo, graščina

in the domain na področju
ameriško, pravno Eminent Domain vrhovna oblast

don't² [dount] samostalnik
prepoved

dos and don'ts zapovedi in prepovedi

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

dot² [dɔt] prehodni glagol (about, along, down, in, with)
s pikami posejati

to dot one's i's and cross one's t's biti pretirano natančen, loviti pičice na i
to dot a man one udariti koga
dotted line pikčasta črta

dotage [dóutidž] samostalnik
čenče; pešanje pameti, senilnost; slepa ljubezen

to be in one's dotage biti senilen, otročji

doubt² [daut] samostalnik
dvom, negotovost, pomislek, sum

no doubt, beyond doubt, out of doubt, without doubt brez dvoma, gotovo
to give s.o. the benefit of the doubt imeti o kom najboljše mnenje, dokler se ne prepričamo o nasprotnem; oprostiti zaradi pomanjkljivih dokazov
not a shadow of doubt niti najmanjši sum
to make no doubt ne dvomiti, biti prepričan
to be in doubt dvomiti; sumiti

dove-cot [dʌ́vkɔt] samostalnik
golobnjak

a flutter in the dove-cot vznemirjenje sicer mirnih ljudi

down³ [daun] prislov & predlog
dol, doli; spodaj, navzdol; na tleh; na tla; v postelji; do kraja; tik do

to be down oslabeti
to bear down pluti v zavetje
to burn down pogoreti
to die down poleči se
to climb (ali come) down spuščati se
to drop down on s.o. strogo koga grajati
to get down spustiti se; pogoltniti
to get down the bedrock priti stvari do dna
down to the ground popolnoma, temeljito
all down history skozi vso zgodovino
down at heels (and out at elbows) zanemarjene zunanjosti
from king down to cobbler od najvišjega do najnižjega
to let go down the wind opustiti
to look down upon s.o. zaničevati, omalovaževati koga
money (ali pay) down takojšnje plačilo
down on the nail takoj
down in the mouth potrt
down and out popolnoma brez sredstev, gladujoč, sestradan; uničen; za borbo nesposoben
one down the other drug za drugim
to put down zapisati
to run s.o. down slabo o kom govoriti
run down od dela izčrpan
to take s.o. down the peg ponižati koga
to talk down to s.o. razumljivo komu govoriti
down town v mesto, v središče mesta
down under pri antipodih, v Avstraliji
to write down zapisati
worn down ponošen
down the wind z vetrom
down on one's luck potrt

down⁶ [daun] samostalnik
smola, neuspeh

the ups and downs sreča in nesreča
pogovorno to have a down on s.o. imeti koga na piki

dozen [dʌ́zn] samostalnik
ducat, dvanajst (kosov)

by the dozen na ducate
baker's (ali devil's, long, printer's) dozen 13 kosov
to talk nineteen to the dozen preveč in prehitro govoriti
dozens of na ducate, na kupe
six of one and half a-dozen of the other eno in isto
three, several dozen tri, več ducatov
a round dozen celi ducat
pogovorno to do daily dozen dnevno telovaditi

drib [drib] samostalnik
kapljica, trohica

in dribs and drabs po kapljicah

drill² [dril] prehodni glagol
vrtati, preluknjati

to drill a hole in s.o. prestreliti koga