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balk¹ [bɔ:k, bɔ:lk] samostalnik
bruno, hlod; prekladnik; obmejek, osredek; ovira, preprečitev; kazenski prostor (biljard)

to make a balk of good ground zamuditi ugodno priložnost

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

ballot¹ [bǽlət] samostalnik
volilna kroglica; glasovnica; tajno glasovanje, volitve; žrebanje; oddani glasovi; žreb; bala (30 do 50 kg)

to take a ballot, to elect (ali vote) by ballot glasovati
ameriško Australian ballot nevezana kandidatna lista
single ballot soglasna izvolitev
by ballot z glasovanjem
second (ali final) ballot ožja volitev

ban² [bæn] samostalnik
razglas
arhaično prekletstvo, izobčenje, prepoved; bojkot; ban

to put under a ban prepovedati, izobčiti

bandbox [bǽndbɔks] samostalnik
škatla za trakove, klobuke ipd.

to look as if one had stepped out of a bandbox biti kakor iz škatlice

bandy² [bændi] prehodni glagol
premetavati; pričkati se; spogledovati se; deliti in dobivati udarce

to bandy about, to bandy a rumour širiti govorico
to bandy words with s.o. pričkati se s kom
her name was freely bandied about njeno ime je šlo od ust do ust

bang² [bæŋ] samostalnik
udarec, pok, tresk; deška frizura

to shut the door with a bang zaloputniti vrata
pogovorno to go over with a bang sijajno opraviti

bar¹ [ba:] samostalnik
palica, drog, bradeljnica
glasba črta taktnica; proga, kos npr. mila; tablica (čokolade); zapah; pregraja
figurativno ovira; posebni oddelek, pult; sipina
figurativno sodišče; odvetništvo, advokatura
pravno priziv, tožba; dvorana; točilnica, gostilna
zoologija grba

to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call to the bar poklicati na sodišče
behind bolt and bar za rešetkami
God's bar poslednja sodba
to practise at the bar ukvarjati se z odvetništvom, biti odvetnik
prisoner of the bar obtoženec
sand bar sipina
to study for the bar študirati pravo
bar sinister prečka v grbu kot znak nezakonskega rojstva plemiča
to play a few bars zaigrati nekaj taktov
horizontal bar drog (telovadno orodje)
parallel bars bradlja

barefaced [bɛ́əfeist] pridevnik (barefacedly prislov)
figurativno predrzen, nesramen; golobrad, nemaskiran

a barefaced lie nesramna laž

bargain² [bá:gin] samostalnik
(dobra) kupčija, ugodna priložnost; pogodba; razprodaja

a bad bargain nesreča, huda zadeva
by bargain po dogovoru
a chance bargain priložnostni nakup
bargain counter oddelek z blagom po znižani ceni
I got it a dead bargain skoraj zastonj sem dobil
to drive a hard bargain mnogo zahtevati
it's a bargain! velja!
Dutch bargain kupčija ali ugovor v enostransko korist
to make the best of a bad bargain ne obupavati
a good bargain is a pickpocket poceni blago je slabo
a bargain is a bargain kar je, je
into the bargain povrhu
bargain hunter tisti, ki išče dobro kupčijo
a losing (ali hard, bad) bargain slaba kupčija
to strike (ali make, close) a bargain napraviti kupčijo, pogoditi se, dogovoriti se
to be off one's bargain rešiti se obveznosti
switch bargain ovinkarska kupčija
wet bargain kupčija, ki se konča s popivanjem

barge² [bá:dž] neprehodni glagol

sleng to barge about majati, opotekati se
to barge into zaleteti se, trčiti v kaj
to barge in prekinjati
pogovorno a barge about slab jahač, neroda, motovilo

bargee [ba:dží:] samostalnik
barkar, čolnar
pogovorno surovež

to swear like a bargee preklinjati kot voznik
pogovorno lucky bargee srečnež

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