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help² [help] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti (s can in neg)
ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)

I cannot help it ne morem pomagati, sem nemočen
it cannot be helped ni pomoči
if I can help it če se temu lahko izognem
don't be late if you can help it ne ostani delj, kot je potrebno
don't do more than you can help napravi le tisto, kar moraš
I cannot help laughing moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal
I cannot help myself ne morem drugače
how could I help it? kaj sem jaz mogel za to
to help s.o. in (ali with) s.th. pomagati komu pri čem
to help o.s. to s.th. postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrasti
to help s.o. to s.th. ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim
to help a lame dog over a stile; ali to help s.o. out pomagati komu prebroditi težave
to lend a helping hand priskočiti v pomoč
every little helps vse prav pride
nothing will help now ni več pomoči

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

long² [lɔŋ] prislov
dolgo

as (ali so) long as dokler, samo če
long after dolgo potem
long ago zdavnaj
not long ago pred kratkim
as long ago as 1900 že l. 1900.
long before že zdavnaj prej
long since že davno
all day long ves dan
so long! na svidenje!
don't be long ne pomudi se
to be long in doing s.th. potrebovati mnogo časa za kaj napraviti
I won't be long ne bom dolgo odsoten
he won't be long for this world ne bo več dolgo živel
no (ali not any) longer nič več, ne delj
to hold out longer dlje zdržati

nose¹ [nóuz] samostalnik
nos, smrček
figurativno voh; konica, osina, kljun (ladijski); odprtina (cevi)
sleng vohljač
britanska angleščina duh po čaju (senu)

with one's nose in the air prevzetno
to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s nose off ostro napasti, obregniti se ob koga
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face samemu sebi škoditi, obrisati se pod nosom
to count (ali tell) noses šteti prisotne, šteti privržence
to follow one's nose hoditi za nosom, delati po nagonu
to have a good nose for s.th. imeti dober nos za kaj, vse izvohati
to keep one's nose to the grindstone kar naprej garati
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih
to look down one's nose čemerno gledati
to make long nose; ali to thumb one's nose at kazati komu osle
ameriško, pogovorno on the nose točen
to pay through the nose preplačati, mastno plačati
as plain as the nose in one's face jasno ko beli dan
to poke (ali push, thrust) one's nose into vtakniti nos v vsako reč, vmešavati se
not to see beyond one's nose ne videti delj od svojega nosu, imeti ozko obzorje
to speak through one's nose govoriti skozi nos, nosljati
to put s.o.'s nose out of joint izpodriniti koga
right under one's (very) nose pred nosom, pred očmi
to turn up one's nose at vihati nos
nose of wax mehak ko vosek, slabič
parson's kurja škofija