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acquaintance [əkwéintəns] samostalnik
poznanstvo; znanec, -nka

on closer acquaintance ko se bolje seznanimo
to cultivate the acquaintance of s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
to make (ali strike) acquaintance of s.o. seznaniti se s kom
upon what acquaintance? zakaj?
to have acquaintance with s.th. vedeti o čem

across² [əkrɔ́s] predlog
prek, čez

to come (ali run) across s.th., s.o. naleteti na kaj, slučajno srečati koga
to get across s.o. spreti se s kom
to be across a horse's back jahati konja
it flashed across my mind domislil sem se
across the street from here na nasprotni strani ulice

act² [ækt]

1. prehodni glagol
igrati, predstavljati; hliniti

2. neprehodni glagol
delovati, služiti, vesti se (on na)
vplivati (upon po)
ravnati se; pretvarjati se

to act out naturalistično zaigrati
to act out of character zmesti se
to act a part imeti vlogo
to act upon s.o.'s advice ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to act up to one's reputation ravnati, kakor smo pričakovali

adrift [ədríft] prislov
na slepo srečo gnan

to be all adrift biti zbegan, biti ves iz sebe
navtika to break adrift splavati
to break adrift from the moorings odtrgati se od sidra
to cut o.s. adrift from pretrgati zveze s kom
to run adrift potepati se brez cilja
to set (ali turn) adrift spoditi

advice [ədváis] samostalnik
nasvet, svet; predlog; obvestilo, novica
množina trgovinska poročila, avizo

as per advice of po sporočilu, navodilu
advice boat izvidniški čoln
to follow an advice ravnati se po nasvetu
(trgovina) letter (ali note) of advice avizo, naznanilo
to take advice with s.o., to take s.o.'s advice posvetovati se s kom, ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to take legal advice posvetovati se z odvetnikom
to take medical advice posvetovati se z zdravnikom

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

agency [éidžənsi] samostalnik
delovanje, napor; moč, učinek; posredovanje, zastopstvo; agentura, pisarna, agencija

by (ali through) the agency of s pomočjo, po
agency business komisijska trgovina

agree [əgrí:]

1. neprehodni glagol (to v)
privoliti (with s)
strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati (on, upon, about o)
dogovoriti, sporazumeti se
slovnica (with) skladati se

2. prehodni glagol (to, with s)
izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladiti

as agreed kot smo se dogovorili
to be agreed sporazumeti se
agreed! velja!
it doesn't agree with me tega ne prenesem
to agree like dog and cat razumeti se kakor pes in mačka
to agree to differ ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor

agreeable [əgríəbl] pridevnik (agreeably prislov) (to)
sprejemljiv; prijeten, ustrezen, primeren, skladen; naklonjen

I am agreeable to it s tem se strinjam
domačno I am agreeable meni je prav

agreement [əgrí:mənt] samostalnik (to, with s)
soglasnost, sloga, skladnost; sporazum; dogovor, pogodba

to be in agreement ujemati, skladati, razumeti se
by agreement po dogovoru
to come to (ali make) an agreement sporazumeti se
by general (mutual) agreement po splošnem (medsebojnem) dogovoru
as per agreement po dogovoru, sporazumno
pooling agreements skupna korist

ahead [əhéd] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
vnaprej; naprej, dalje; spredaj

to be ahead of s.th., s.o. biti pred čim, kom, prekašati, prehiteti koga
mornarica breakers ahead pazi, nevarnost grozi
trgovina to buy (sell) ahead vnaprej nakupiti (prodati)
to get ahead of prehiteti
a danger is ahead nevarnost grozi
navtika full speed (ali steam) ahead s polno paro naprej
look ahead pazi, misli na prihodnost
straight ahead naravnost naprej
he is ahead of his times prekaša svoje vrstnike

aid² [eid] samostalnik
pomoč, podpora; pomagalo, pomoček, pomočnik, -nica

by (ali with) the aid of s pomočjo
to come to aid priti na pomoč
aids and appliances pripomočki, materialna sredstva
first aid prva pomoč
hearing aid slušni aparat
to lend (ali give) aid pomagati
ameriško aid man bolničar

ajar [ədžá:] prislov
priprt; škripajoč
figurativno sprt

to set s.o.'s nerves ajar hoditi komu na živce

all¹ [ɔ:l] pridevnik
cel, ves, celoten

all the country vsa dežela
all very cushy udoben, prijeten
all day long ves dan
at all events v vsakem primeru
on all fours po vseh štirih
to be on all fours with s.o. povsem se s kom strinjati
to all intents and purposes v vsakem pogledu
all my life vse življenje
by all means vsekakor
once for all enkrat za vselej
to sit up till all hours of the night dolgo bedeti
all sorts (ali kinds) of vse mogoče
to turn in all standing leči popolnoma oblečen
not for all the world za nič na svetu

allusion [əl(j)ú:žən] samostalnik (to)
cikanje, namigavanje

in allusion to misleč s tem, namigavajoč na
to make an allusion to namigovati na

ally¹ [əlái] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (to, with)
združiti, zvezati

to ally o.s. with združiti, povezati se s
vojska the allied forces zavezniške sile

alter [ɔ́:ltə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
spremeniti, spreminjati (se); prekrojiti, prenarediti

to alter for the better poboljšati (se)
to alter for the worse poslabšati (se)
to alter one's mind premisliti se
that alters the case s tem se položaj spremeni
it does not alter the fact s tem se na stvari nič ne spremeni

amen [á:mén, éimén] medmet
amen

to say amen to strinjati se s čim, odobriti kaj

analogy [ənǽlədži] samostalnik
analogija, podobnost

by analogy with po analogiji s
to bear analogy to biti podoben čemu
on the analogy of analogno, po analogiji s

animated [ǽnimeitid] pridevnik (animatedly prislov)
živ, živahen (with, by)
navdušen, navdihnjen

animated cartoon(s) risanka (film)