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egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

elder¹ [éldə] pridevnik
starejši

my elder brother is older than you moj starejši brat je starejši od tebe
elder statesman upokojeni državnik, ki ima funkcijo svetnika

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

enough³ [inʌ́f] samostalnik
zadostnost, zadovoljivost

enough is as good as a feast če imaš dovolj, ne potrebuješ več
enough and to spare več ko dovolj
cry "enough"! priznaj poraz!

envy¹ [énvi] samostalnik
zavist, nevoščljivost; predmet zavisti

out of envy iz zavisti
green with envy zelen od zavisti
he is eaten up with envy sama zavist ga je, počil bo od zavisti
he is the envy of all vsi mu zavidajo

equal¹ [í:kwəl] pridevnik (equally prislov) (to)
enak, enakovreden; ravnodušen, miren; primeren, sposoben
arhaično pravičen

equal mark enačaj
to be equal to biti kos čemu
equal laws zakoni, ki veljajo za vsakogar
once ten is equal to ten enkrat deset je deset
equal fight boj med enakima nasprotnikoma
to be equal to doing s.th. biti zmožen kaj narediti
to be equal to the occasion biti kos čemu

err [ə:] neprehodni glagol
bloditi, motiti se, grešiti, zaiti na kriva pota

to err is human vsakdo se lahko zmoti

fable¹ [féibl] samostalnik
basen, bajka; izmišljena zgodba, izmislek, pripovedka, fabula; mit, legenda
arhaično zaplet drame

fact and fable resnica in laž
it is a mere fable to je izmišljotina

fact [fækt] samostalnik
dejstvo, resničnost, resnica; dejanje; ugotovitev

pravno before the fact pred zagrešitvijo zločina
in (point of) fact, as a matter of fact pravzaprav, po pravici povedano, dejansko
it is a positive fact to je čista resnica, čisto gotovo
facts are stubborn things proti dejstvom smo brez moči
pogovorno the facts of life resnica o spolnem življenju
taken in the fact zasačen pri samem dejanju
pravno before the fact pred izvršitvijo dejanja

failure [féilə] samostalnik
propadanje, razdor; neuspeh, polomija, fiasko; brodolom; manjkanje; bankrot; razočaranje; zanemarjanje; nesrečnik, -nica

failure of the crops slaba letina
to turn out a failure, to be a failure ne se obnesti
to end in (ali meet with) failure doživeti neuspeh, ne se posrečiti
he is a failure nima uspeha, ni za nič
to be doomed to failure biti brezupno

fair¹ [fɛə] pridevnik
lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) ženske
a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
a fair chance dobra priložnost
a fair copy čistopis
for fair dejansko, zares
to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
to be in a fair way dobro kazati
what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
fair wind ugoden veter
to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati

fat² [fæt] samostalnik
maščoba, tolšča, mast; maža, mazilo; najboljši del
gledališče važna vloga v igri

all the fat is in the fire vse je pokvarjeno, ogenj je na strehi
a bit of fat nepričakovana sreča, prijetno in donosno delo
to live on the fat of the land razkošno živeti, vse si privoščiti
fat cat človek, ki daje denar za politične spletke
fat fryer človek, ki dobiva denar za politične spletke

father¹ [fá:ðə] samostalnik
oče; prednik; pater, duhovnik; starešina; utemeljitelj; senator

fathers predniki, mestni očetje
adoptive father očim, krušni oče
to be gathered to one's fathers zapustiti ta svet, umreti
Father of lies vrag, hudič
like father like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
the wish is father to the thought kar želimo, da bi bilo res, najraje verjamemo
from father to son iz roda v rod
Father Christmas dedek Mraz
Father of Waters reka Mississippi

fault¹ [fɔ:lt] samostalnik
napaka, hiba, pomanjkljaj, pomota; krivda
geologija prelomnica
lov zguba sledi
elektrika zguba električnega toka, slaba izolacija
tehnično motnja, defekt

to be at fault zgubiti sled; biti v zadregi; motiti se
to find fault with s.o. grajati koga, očitati komu kaj
for fault of zaradi pomanjkanja
to a fault več kakor je prav, pretirano
a fault confessed is half redressed priznanje krivde zmanjša kazen
geologija fault plane dislokacija
trgovina with all faults na kupčev riziko
in fault kriv česa
generous to a fault preradodaren

feast¹ [fi:st] samostalnik
praznik; pojedina, gostija, pir, banket
figurativno obilje

enough is as good as a feast ➞ enough
feast of reason pameten razgovor
movable feast premičen praznik

fight¹ [fait] samostalnik
boj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitost

pogovorno a dog fight borba v zraku
to give (ali make) a fight boriti se
to put up a good fight hrabro se boriti
running fight borba pred umikom
single fight dvoboj
to show fight pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobe
sham fight manever, navidezna bitka
to make a fight of it pogumno se boriti
a tea fight velika čajanka
hand-to-hand fight pretep, boj na nož
there is no fight left in him je že od boja utrujen
there is fight in him yet še ni premagan
stand-up fight borba po vseh pravilih

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

firm¹ [fə:m] pridevnik (firmly prislov)
trden, čvrst, nespremenljiv, stalen; odločen

the offer is firm ponudba velja
the prices remain firm cene ostajajo nespremenjene

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba