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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

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

drove² [drouv] samostalnik
krdelo, čreda, truma; vrvež; izsuševalni jarek; široko zidarsko dleto

to stand in droves zbirati se v trumah

drown [draun]

1. neprehodni glagol
utoniti, utopiti, potopiti, udušiti se

2. prehodni glagol
potopiti, poplaviti, preplaviti; udušiti; zatreti, uničiti

to be (ali get) drowned utoniti
drowning men catch at straws v sili hudič mušice žre
to drown the miller preveč krstiti pijačo
to drown one's sorrows iskati pozabe v pijači
as wet as a drowning rat moker ko miš
to drown s.o.'s wine priliti komu vode v vino
drowned in tears ves solzen
drowned in sleep v globokem spanju
to drown out (s poplavo) izgnati

drug¹ [drʌg] samostalnik
droga, zdravilo, strup, mamilo, surovina za zdravila; blago, ki ne gre v denar

drug addict (ali taker, fiend) narkoman
drug addiction narkomanija
a drug in the market blago, ki ne gre v denar, po katerem ni povpraševanja

duck¹ [dʌk] samostalnik
zoologija raca; amfibijsko vozilo
pogovorno srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba
ameriško, vojska našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid
pogovorno nič, ničla (kriket)

a lame duck dolžnik; invalid
like a duck in a thunderstorm potrt, otožen; zgubljen
to play (ali make) ducks and drakes metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati
to make a duck ne zadeti nobene točke (v kriketu)
like water off a duck's back brez učinka, kot bob ob steno
pogovorno a duck of a očarljiv
(to take to s.th.) like a duck to water (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja
a fine day for young ducks deževno vreme
duck's egg šport nič, nobena točka (kriket)

dudgeon [dʌ́džən] samostalnik
jeza, zamera
arhaično držaj bodala

in high dudgeon besen
to take s.th. in dudgeon zameriti kaj

due¹ [dju:] pridevnik
plačljiv, zapadel; dolžan; primeren, predpisan, pravšen; pravočasen; pristojen; pričakovan; dospel; povzročen, pripisljiv; dolgovan

in due time (ali course) pravočasno
to be due prispeti (po voznem redu)
upon due consideration po zrelem premisleku
due to zaradi
trgovina to become (ali fall) due zapasti (menica)
after due consideration po zrelem premisleku

dumps [dʌ́mps] samostalnik
množina potrtost, otožnost

down in the dumps potrt, malodušen

durance [djúərəns] samostalnik
poetično zapor; konfinacija, izgnanstvo

to keep in durance držati vječi

dust¹ [dʌst] samostalnik
prah
britanska angleščina smeti
botanika cvetni prah
sleng denar
figurativno zemlja
figurativno posmrtni ostanki

to bite the dust zgruditi se ranjen ali mrtev, iti v krtovo deželo
to kick up (ali make, raise) a dust vzdigniti prah, razburiti
to throw dust into s.o.'s eyes vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
to shake the dust off one's feet jezen oditi
ameriško to give the dust to s.o. prehite(va)ti koga
ameriško to take s.o.'s dust zaostajati
to lick the dust prilizovati se
honoured dust posmrtni ostanki
in the dust ponižan
to make the dust fly švigniti, energično nastopiti
down with the dust! denar na roko!
humbled in (ali to) the dust ponižan
to fall to dust razpasti

duty [djú:ti] samostalnik
dolžnost, obveznost; služba, funkcija (on, upon)
dajatev, davek, taksa, carina; spoštovanje
britanska angleščina, tehnično delo, proizvodnost, storilnost, produktivnost; količina vode za zalivanje jutra zemlje

customs duty uvozna carina
in duty bound po dolžnosti
to do duty for služiti kot, biti enako dober kot
off duty prost službe
on duty v službi, na straži
to go on duty stopiti v službo
to lay duty on zacariniti
liable to duty carinski (blago)
in duty bound dolžnosten
to send one's duty to s.o. izraziti komu spoštovanje
to take up one's duties prevzeti dolžnosti
to do one's duty by s.o. opraviti svojo dolžnost do koga
to pay duty on goods plačati carino za blago
duty off brez carine
duty paid ocarinjen

dye² [dai]

1. prehodni glagol
barvati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati se barvati

to dye in grain (ali wool) barvati v surovem stanju

eager [í:gə] pridevnik (eagerly prislov)
željan, poželjiv; oster; vnet, hlepeč, lakomen, pohlepen (to)
nestrpen

an eager beaver stremuh
eager for (ali after) fame slavohlepen
arhaično eager air hladen zrak
trgovina eager buying živahen promet
eager about (ali in) prizadeven, marljiv
eager after (ali for) pohlepen, željan, vnet

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

early¹ [ə́:li] pridevnik
zgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začeten

the early bird catches (ali gets) the worm rana ura zlata ura
one's early days zgodnja mladost
to keep early hours zgodaj leči in zgodaj vstati
at your earliest convenience čimprej
at an early date kmalu, v bližnji bodočnosti
it is early days yet je še prezgodaj, še ni čas
an early riser zgodnji vstajalec, -lka

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

earnest² [ə́:nist] samostalnik
resnost

to be in earnest resno misliti, ne se šaliti
in good (ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest popolnoma resno, brez šale

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

east¹ [i:st] samostalnik
vzhod, Jutrovo

Far East Daljni vzhod
Middle East Srednji vzhod
Near East Bližnji vzhod
ameriško, sleng about east vrlo, precej
in the east na vzhodu
(to the) east of vzhodno od
East or West home is best doma je najlepše