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ballock [bǽlək] samostalnik
avstralsko, vulgarno jajce, modo
množina neumnost, traparija

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

ovi- predpona
jajce

ovum [óuvəm] samostalnik (množina ovum ova)
biologija jajce

wind egg [wíndeg] samostalnik
mehko jajce (brez lupine)

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

drop² [drɔp] samostalnik
kaplja, kapljica; gledališki zastor; padec; poklopna vrata; obesek, uhan; bonbon; odpadlo sadje ali zrnje; špranja (za novec v avtomatu)

at the drop of a hat nemudoma, takoj
to get the drop on s.o. izrabiti neprilike koga
to have a drop too much nekoliko preveč ga imeti, biti v rožicah
as like as two drops of water podobna ko jajce jajcu
ameriško, sleng to have a drop on s.o. imeti koga v rokah
sleng to have a drop in one's eye kazati, da je kdo preveč pil
a drop in the ocean (ali bucket) kapljica v morje
to take a drop naglo padati (vrednostni papirji)

fry¹ [frai] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
cvreti (se)
arhaično, figurativno vznemiriti

to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
ameriško to fry the fat out of s.o. s političnimi obljubami izsiljevati denar od koga
fried egg pečeno jajce, "na oko"

gently [džéntli] prislov
blago, nežno, zmerno

gently boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
gently born plemiški, imeniten

grope [group] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (for, after)
tipati, tavati

to grope a hen otipati kokoš (če ima jajce)
to grope one's way towards pretipati se kam

like¹ [laik] pridevnik
enak, podoben, sličen (komu, čemu)
arhaično verjetno (we are like to have war)

vulgarno as like as not zelo verjetno
on this and the like problems o tem in o sličnih problemih
and (ali or) the like in tako dalje, in temu slično
as like as two peas podobna kot jajce jajcu
what is he like? kakšen je?
a like amount enaka vsota
liker to God than man bolj podoben bogu kakor človeku
in like wise (ali manner) na enak način

pea [pi:] samostalnik
botanika grah; košček premoga, košček rude

like two peas in a pod; ali as like as two peas podobna kakor jajce jajcu

pin¹ [pin]
bucika, igla, zaponka
tehnično količ, klinček, moznik, žebljiček, zatič, zagozda; šilo, osnik, lunek; strelica, kazalec (kompasa), krak (šestila); vijak pri violini
figurativno malenkost, mrvica; kuhinjski valjar
množina, pogovorno noge
šport kegelj

to be weak on one's pins imeti šibke noge
not to care a pin ne jemati v mar, ne upoštevati
there's no pin to choose between them nobene razlike ni med njima, podobna sta si kot jajce jajcu
to knock s.o. off his pins podreti koga na tla
in a merry pin vesel, razpoložen
on a merry pin okajen, opit
you might have heard a pin fall lahko bi bil slišal iglo pasti na tla
as neat as a new pin kakor iz škatlice
pins and needles mravljinci
on pins and needles kakor na trnih
pogovorno on one's pins na nogah, čil in zdrav
clothes-pin kljukica za perilo
drawing-pin risalni žebljiček
hair-pin lasna igla
nine pin kegelj
rolling pin kuhinjski valjar
safety-pin varnostna zaponka
tie-pin kravatna igla

poach¹ [póuč] prehodni glagol
skrkniti (jajce)

poached egg skrknjeno jajce

rotten [rɔtn] pridevnik (rottenly prislov)
gnil, črviv, trohnel, razpadel; onemogel, izčrpan (od starosti ali uporabe)
pogovorno grd (o vremenu)
figurativno pokvarjen, ničvreden, podel, hudoben
sleng beden, odvraten, gnusen

a rotten business umazan posel (zadeva)
rotten egg gnilo jajce
rotten luck grda (vražja) smola
a rotten play strašansko slaba gledališka igra
Rotten Row jahalna pot v Hydeparku
rotten to the core do stržena gnil, figurativno skoz in skoz pokvarjen
a rotten trick surovo, objestno dejanje
rotten weather zelo grdo vreme
to get rotten zgniti; pokvariti se
something is rotten in the state of Denmark nekaj je gnilega v državi Danski

set² [set] pridevnik
določen, odrejen (čas), ustaljen, predpisan; pravilen, konvencionalen; tog, nepremičen; stalen (o ceni)
ameriško trmast; premišljen, pripravljen (govor); zaseden (with z)
zavzet, (popolnoma) zaposlen, okupiran (on, upon s.th. s čim)

at the set day na določeni dan
set egg jajce z razvitim piščetom v lupini
set fair stalno lepo vreme
set form predpisan formular
set piece (gradbeni) oder, na katerem se delajo razne figure za ognjemet
set phrase ustaljen izraz (reklo, fraza)
set scene kulise, sestavljene iz bolj ali manj gotovih delov
set resolution trden sklep
set speech vnaprej pripravljen, naštudiran govor
set time dogovorjen (odrejen, določen) čas
close-set na gosto postavljen
hard-set v škripcih
people with set opinions ljudje z ustaljenimi nazori
well-set stasit, lepe rasti, postaven
well set up in wine dobro založen, oskrbljen z vinom
I am set on s.th. srčno si želim česa, mnogo mi je do česa, hlepim po čem
his teeth were set stiskal je zobe

spit² [spit] samostalnik
pljuvanje; pljunek, slina; jezno pihanje (zlasti mačke); droben dež, dežek, rahlo sneženje; jajčeca nekaterih žuželk, zaplod, zapljunek, ličinka
figurativno kratka oddaljenost
pogovorno natančna podoba

spit and polish temeljito čiščenje in loščenje
a spit away malo proč (stran)
he is the dead spit of you podoben ti je kot jajce jajcu
he is the very spit of his father prav tak je kot njegov oče; izrezan oče je

spoon¹ [spu:n] samostalnik
žlica; predmet žličaste oblike (npr. veslo); vrsta palice za golf
(= spoon bait) blestivka
pogovorno bedak, tepec
ameriško, sleng zaljubljenec

dessert spoon žlica srednje velikosti
egg-and-spoon race tekma v teku, pri kateri udeleženci nosijo jajce v žlici
table-spoon namizna žlica (normalne velikosti)
tea-spoon (čajna) žlička
wooden spoon zgodovina lesena žlica, ki so jo (v Cambridgeu) dajali najslabšemu na izpitu iz matematike
to be spoons on s.o. ameriško biti zateleban v koga, noreti za kom
to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth figurativno roditi se kot bogataš
he must have a long spoon that sups with the devil nevarno je z vragom buče saditi, z bikom se ni bosti