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eager [í:gə] pridevnik (eagerly prislov)
željan, poželjiv; oster; vnet, hlepeč, lakomen, pohlepen (to)
nestrpen

an eager beaver stremuh
eager for (ali after) fame slavohlepen
arhaično eager air hladen zrak
trgovina eager buying živahen promet
eager about (ali in) prizadeven, marljiv
eager after (ali for) pohlepen, željan, vnet

eagle [í:gl] samostalnik
zoologija orel
šport vrsta zadetka pri golfu
ameriško desetdolarski zlati novec

double eagle dvajsetdolarski novec
half eagle petdolarski novec
quarter eagle dva dolarja 50 centov
zoologija golden eagle planinski ali zlati orel
bald eagle plešec

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

early¹ [ə́:li] pridevnik
zgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začeten

the early bird catches (ali gets) the worm rana ura zlata ura
one's early days zgodnja mladost
to keep early hours zgodaj leči in zgodaj vstati
at your earliest convenience čimprej
at an early date kmalu, v bližnji bodočnosti
it is early days yet je še prezgodaj, še ni čas
an early riser zgodnji vstajalec, -lka

earn [ə:n] prehodni glagol
pridobiti, zaslužiti

to earn one's daily bread (ali living, livelihood) preživljati se, kruh si služiti
to earn fame zasloveti

earnest² [ə́:nist] samostalnik
resnost

to be in earnest resno misliti, ne se šaliti
in good (ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest popolnoma resno, brez šale

earnest³ [ə́:nist] samostalnik
ara, nadav; slutnja

to give (ali make) earnest zaarati

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

ease¹ [i:z] samostalnik
mir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanje

at one's ease udobno, mirno, brez zadrege
ill at ease slabega počutja
to set at ease pomiriti
at heart's ease po mili volji
vojska at ease! voljno!
to set (ali put) at ease hrabriti; zadovoljiti
to take one's ease udobno si urediti
with ease lahko, brez težav

easy² [í:zi] prislov
lahko, z lahkoto; udobno

to go (ali take) things easy ne si preveč prizadevati, ne se preveč gnati
mornarica easy! počasi!
easy all! nehajte veslati; voljno!

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

ebony¹ [ébəni] samostalnik
ebenovina

pogovorno a bit (ali piece) of ebony, son of ebony črnec

edge-tool [édžtu:l] samostalnik
ostro nabrušeno orodje

to play (ali jest) with edge-tools z ognjem se igrati

education [edjukéišən] samostalnik
vzgoja, izobrazba, šolanje, pouk

free education brezplačen pouk
classical education klasična izobrazba
commercial education trgovska izobrazba
general education splošna izobrazba
primary (ali elementary) education osnovna izobrazba
secondary education srednješolska izobrazba
trade education strokovna izobrazba
board of education šolski svet

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

egg-shell [égšel] samostalnik
jajčna lupina

to walk (ali tread) upon egg-shells ravnati skrajno previdno
egg-shell china zelo tenek porcelan

either² [áiðə ameriško í:ðə] prislov, veznik
kakorkoli; niti

not either tudi ne
either ... or bodisi ... ali
either way tako ali tako

electoral [iléktərəl] pridevnik (electorally prislov)
volivski

ameriško electoral college ožji volivci prezidenta posamezne države
electoral committee volilna komisija
electoral register (ali roll) volilni imenik

electronic [ilektrɔ́nik] pridevnik
elektronski

electronic calculator (ali computer) elektronski računalnik

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet