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anxious [ǽŋkšəs] pridevnik (anxiously prislov) (about zaradi)
zaskrbljen, nestrpen (for za)
prizadeven
pogovorno željan
zastarelo mučen

I am anxious to know prav rad bi (z)vedel
to be anxious about bati se za
to be on the anxious seat (ali bench) biti v hudih škripcih, sedeti kot na šivankah

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da

anywhere [éniwɛə] prislov
nekje; povsod, kjerkoli, kamorkoli

I cannot find him anywhere nikjer ga ne morem najti
he meets friends anywhere povsod srečuje prijatelje
scarcely (ali hardly) anywhere skoraj nikjer
ameriško anywhere from ... to nekako od ... do

apart [əpá:t] prislov
posebej, ločeno, narazen, neodvisno, zase

apart from ne glede na
to keep apart ločeno pustiti
jesting (ali joking) apart brez šale
to set apart for ločiti, prihraniti za

apology [əpɔ́lədži] samostalnik (for za, to komu)
opravičilo, obramba

by way of apology kot opravičilo
an apology for dinner skromna večerja
she wore an apology for a hat na glavi je imela nekaj, kar naj bi bil klobuk
to make (ali offer) an apology for opravičiti se zaradi

apoplexy [ǽpəpleksi] samostalnik
medicina kap, mrtvoud

to fall into an apoplexy, to be seized (ali struck) with apoplexy biti od kapi zadet

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

appetite [ǽpitait] samostalnik (for)
tek, apetit; poželenje

canine appetite volčja lakota
to be given to appetite biti požrešen
the appetite is concealed under the teeth, appetite comes with eating šele ko začnemo jesti, dobimo tek
to sharpen (ali whet) the appetite povzročati, narediti tek
appetite is the best sauce lačnemu vse tekne

appliance [əpláiəns] samostalnik
sredstvo, naprava, priprava, orodje, stroj

home (ali household) appliances gospodinjski aparati

apron-string [éiprənstriŋ] samostalnik
trak na predpasniku

to be tied (ali pinned) to one's mother's (wife's) apron-string s držati se materinega (ženinega) krila, biti nesamostojen; biti pod copato

arbor [á:bə] samostalnik
drevo, deblo; vreteno, os, transmisija

ameriško Arbor Day dan sajenja dreves (na koncu aprila ali v začetku maja)

argue [á:gju:]

1. prehodni glagol (for, against)
dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati

2. neprehodni glagol
pričkati se (from)
sklepati (about)
diskutirati, razpravljati

to argue against s.th. nastopiti proti čemu
it argues him to be an honest man to dokazuje, da je poštenjak
to argue for (ali in favour of) zagovarjati kaj
to argue s.o. into pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)
to argue s.o. out of odvrniti koga od česa
to argue sagacity kazati bistroumnost
to argue the point spodbijati zadevo

ark [a:k] samostalnik
skrinja; barka
figurativno pribežališče

to lay hands on (ali touch the) ark oskruniti
Noah's ark Noetova barka
Ark of the Covenant skrinja zaveze

arm¹ [a:m] samostalnik
zgornja okončina, laket, roka; krak, ročica; rokav; naročje
figurativno oblast; opora; močna veja

to fly into s.o.'s s vreči se komu v naročje
to fold one's arm prekrižati roke
infant in arms dojenček, čisto majhen otrok, otročiček
to keep (ali hold) s.o. at arm's length varovati se koga, ne pustiti ga blizu
to make a long arm seči po čem
secular arm posvetna oblast
arm of the sea morski rokav
within arm's reach dosegljiv
with open arms prisrčno

armament [á:məmənt] samostalnik
oborožitev; vojna oprema; vojna sila

armament drive (ali race) tekma v oboroževanju

army [á:mi] samostalnik
armada, armija, vojska; krdelo, roj

army agent, (ali broker, contractor) vojni dobavitelj
ameriško army exchange vojaško skladišče
to enter (ali go into, join) the army iti služit vojake
standing army stalna vojska

around¹ [əráund] prislov
okoli, naokoli, približno
ameriško v bližini

all around povsod naokrog, okrog in okrog
to fool around brez cilja se potepati
around here tukaj nekje
to hang around biti v bližini
to get (ali come) around približati se
to get around to lotiti se česa
sleng stick around ostani v bližini!

arrangement [əréindžmənt] samostalnik
razvrstitev, razporeditev, ureditev; priprava, priredba; domenek, sporazum; montaža
množina načrti, ukrepi

to come to an arrangement pogoditi, pobotati, poravnati se
to enter into (ali make) an arrangement with s.o. sporazumeti, dogovoriti se s kom
to make arrangements ukrepati

arrear [əríə] samostalnik
arhaično zadnji del; zaostanek; dolg

to fall into (ali be in) arrears with zaostajati v čem; dolgovati

arrest² [ərést] samostalnik
ustavitev, ustavljanje; aretacija, pripor, zapor; zadržanje, oviranje, motnje; zaplemba

to put (ali place) under arrest pripreti, zapreti koga
to lay arrest on zaseči kaj
under arrest v priporu, v zaporu; zaplenjen