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barge-pole [bá:džpoul] samostalnik
drog za odrivanje čolna

he's not fit to be touched with a barge-pole zaničujem ga, zoprn mi je, gnusi se mi

bark¹ [ba:k] samostalnik
skorja, lubje; skorja kininovca
sleng koža, krzno

bark tanning strojenje z lubjem
to come (ali go) between the bark and the tree vmešavati se v tuje zadeve
ameriško a man with the bark on neotesanec
to take the bark off prikazati brez olepšanja

barn-door [bá:ndɔ́:] samostalnik
skedenjska vrata
figurativno tarča, ki je ni moči zgrešiti

barn-door fowl domača perutnina
he cannot hit a barn-door je slab strelec
as big as a barn-door velikanski

barrel¹ [bǽrəl] samostalnik
sod; puškina cev; valj; trebuh (npr. konja); prostorninska mera (pribl. 147 l)
ameriško denar za politično kampanjo

pogovorno not enough barrel šibkega telesa
to have s.o. over a barrel spraviti koga v škripce
barrel house, barrel shop krčma
barrel pump ročna črpalka
to holler down a rain barrel gobezdati

basket¹ [bá:skit ameriško bǽskit] samostalnik
koš, košara; posoda

as blind as a basket čisto slep
to put (ali have) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to be left in the basket ne biti izbran
the pick of the basket najboljši
to give the basket zavrniti
ameriško, hudomušno like a basket of chips zelo ljubko, zelo prijetno

bat¹ [bæt] samostalnik
zoologija netopir

as blind as a bat skoraj slep, skrajno kratkoviden
he's got bats in the belfry čudne muhe mu rojijo po glavi, ima čudne domisleke
to go like a bat out of the hell švigniti kakor strela
to go bat ponoreti
to be bats biti prismuknjen

bat² [bæt] samostalnik
palica za kriket, baseball ipd., lopar; gorjača, krepelce; igrač, odbijalec (kriketa)

off one's own bat samostojen; na lastno odgovornost; brez tuje pomoči
at a rare (ali good) bat zelo urno, hitro
right off the bat nemudoma, takoj
ameriško to come to bat spoprijeti se s težko nalogo, lotiti se hudega problema
a good bat dober igralec kriketa
to be on the bat biti na vrsti za udarec
to be at bat figurativno biti pri krmilu, imeti oblast

bat⁵ [bæt] samostalnik
ameriško, sleng veseljačenje, popivanje

to go on a bat krokati, veseljačiti

bate² [beit] samostalnik
lugovina
sleng razburjenje

to get in a bate razburiti se

bath¹ [ba:ɵ ameriško bæɵ] samostalnik
kopel; kad
kemija pranje; kopališče
množina zdravilišče

to have (ali take) a bath kopati se (v kopalnici)
hip bath sedežna kopel
bath of blood pokol
shower bath prha(nje)
steam (ali Turkish, vapour) bath parna kopel
sun bath sončenje

battery [bǽtəri] samostalnik
pravno napad na koga, grdo ravnanje
vojska baterija, topniška edinica
fizika baterija, akumulator; sistem leč

pravno assault and battery telesna poškodba
cooking battery kuhinjska posoda
to turn a man's battery against himself premagati nasprotnika z njemu lastnim orožjem
to mask one's batteries skrivati svoje naklepe

bead¹ [bi:d] samostalnik
biser, koralda; kapljica; muha (na strelnem orožju)
množina rožni venec

to draw a bead on meriti na kaj (s puško)
to string beads nanizati bisere
to tell one's beads moliti rožni venec
to pray without one's beads ušteti se, zmotiti se pri štetju

beam¹ [bi:m] samostalnik
bruno, tram, prečnik; gred; prečka; gredelnica; rogovila; rožiček; stropnik; tkalski navoj; največja širina ladje; žarek; smehljaj; radijski signal (za letala); radij delovanja

to kick (ali strike) the beam biti nepomemben
to be on one's beam ends biti pred polomom, v stiski, v slabem položaju; navtika ležati na boku (ladja)
beam headlight žaromet
a beam in one's eye velika napaka
on the beam na pravi poti; sleng točen, natančen
to be off the beam zaiti, zgrešiti pot
ameriško, vulgarno to be off one's beam znoreti
beam sea bočni val
beam wind bočni veter

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

bear¹ [bɛə] samostalnik
zoologija medved
figurativno neotesanec, neroda; borzni špekulant na padec vrednot
navtika, sleng metla

a bear leader inštruktor in spremljevalec mladeniča, spremljevalec blaziranega tujca
bridled bear mladenič v vzgojiteljevem spremstvu
sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear ne delaj računa brez krčmarja, ne zidaj gradov v oblakih
astronomija Great (Little) Bear Veliki (Mali) voz
trgovina bear operation borzna špekulacija na padec cen
trgovina bear covering nakup borznih papirjev za prikrivanje špekulacij na padec vrednosti
to take a bear by the tooth po nepotrebnem se izpostavljati nevarnosti
had it been a bear it would have bitten you zmotil si se; ni bilo tako strašno kot je kazalo

bear^*3 [bɛə]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; prenesti, pretrpeti, prenašati; podpreti, podpirati; dopustiti, dopuščati; roditi; pridelati; občutiti

2. neprehodni glagol
zdržati; trpeti; peljati (pot); usmeriti se; biti ploden, (ob)roditi; uspeti

to bear arms služiti vojake
to bear the blame biti kriv, vzeti krivdo nase
to bring to bear vplivati; uveljaviti, urediti
to bear the brunt biti izpostavljen napadu
to bear the burden peti s kom refren
I cannot bear ne prenesem
to bear company delati komu družbo
to bear evidence (ali witness) pričati, dokaz(ov)ati
to bear good will biti naklonjen
to grin and bear it z nasmehom prenesti
to bear no grudge against s.o. ne zameriti komu
to bear a hand pomagati
to bear in hand imeti v oblasti; pomagati
to bear to the left držati se levo
to bear in mind misliti na kaj, upoštevati
to bear o.s. well dobro se držati
to bear the palm zmagati
to bear a part biti deležen; imeti vlogo
to bear a purpose nameravati
to bear reference sklicevati se
to bear resemblance (ali likeness) biti podoben
to bear to the right držati se desno
to bear rule (ali sway) vladati
to bear one's age well biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici

bearer [bɛ́ərə] samostalnik
nosač, nosilec; prinašalec, prinesnik; lastnik čeka ali menice; hindustanski sluga

this tree is a good (poor) bearer to drevo dobro (slabo) obrodi
bearer cheque ček na ime prinašalca

beast [bi:st] samostalnik
žival, govedo, zverina
figurativno surovina, surovež

(wild) beast, beast of prey zver
beast of burden vprežna žival
to make a beast of o.s. nesramno se vesti
the Beast vrag, antikrist

beat^*2 [bi:t]

1. prehodni glagol
tolči; udariti, udarjati; biti; utrti, utirati; premagati, prekositi, prekašati; (o)slepariti; obleteti; zbegati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti, utripati; mlatiti; trkati; taktirati; prebijati se
navtika lavirati

to beat black and blue do mrtvega pretepsti
to beat the air zaman se truditi, prazno slamo mlatiti
to beat the breast trkati se po prsih, obžalovati
that beats all (the devil) to je višek
that beats the band (ali the Dutch) to je neverjetno
to beat the bounds zakoličiti mejo
dead beat na smrt utrujen, onemogel
to beat one's head (ali brains) beliti si glavo
to beat hollow (to smithereens, sticks, nothing, all to pieces, to ribands ) dodobra premagati
beat it! poberi se!
to beat a proof narediti krtačni odtis
to beat a retreat umakniti se
to beat into shape izoblikovati
to beat time voditi, dirigirati, taktirati
ameriško, sleng can you beat it? to je nezaslišano, kakšna predrznost!
ameriško, sleng to beat it zbežati, popihati jo
that beats me tega ne razumem
to beat a wood pretakniti gozd
sleng that beats everything zdaj je pa že dovolj
to beat the wings plahutati

beat into prehodni glagol
vbiti, vbijati

beat into s.o.'s head vbijati komu v glavo
beat into a cocked hat popolnoma uničiti, premagati