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bi- [bai] predpona
dvo-, dvakrat(en)

twice [twáis] prislov
dvakrat

twice as good dvakrat boljši
twice as much dvakrat toliko, dvojno, še enkrat toliko
twice the sum dvakratna, dvojna vsota
twice three are six 2 x 3 = 6
he is twice my age on je dvakrat starejši od mene
to think twice about s.th. figurativno dvakrat, dobro kaj premisliti
not to think twice about ne misliti več (na kaj), pozabiti; takoj kaj napraviti (brez razmišljanja in oklevanja)

twice-told [twáistould] pridevnik
dvakrat, ponovno povedan (rečén); omlačen, obrabljen, star

bifer [báifə] samostalnik
botanika rastlina, ki obrodi dvakrat na leto

double-dyed [dʌ́bldáid] pridevnik
dvakrat namočen v barvo
figurativno skrajen, prenapet, zakrknjen, nepopravljiv

double-lock [dʌ́bllɔ́k] prehodni glagol
dvakrat obrniti ključ v ključavnici

semidaily [semidéili] pridevnik
dvakrat na dan, dvakrat dnevno

twicer [twáisə] samostalnik
oseba, ki kaj dvakrat naredi (zlasti hodi v nedeljo dvakrat v cerkev)
tisk stavec-strojnik

a², an [ei, ə; ən] pridevnik & nedoločni člen
neki, določen; eden; vsak; isti

all of a size vsi iste velikosti
twice a day dvakrat na dan
such a one (prav) takšen
he is a teacher je učitelj
half a day pol dneva
a great deal of veliko česa
a few questions nekaj vprašanj
a little time nekaj časa
many a time marsikdaj, dostikrat

again [əgéin, əgén] prislov
zopet, znova, ponovno, še enkrat, poleg tega, prav tako

again and again ponovno, zopet in zopet, nenehno
to be o.s. again okrevati
as much (ali many) again dvakrat toliko
now and again tu in tam, včasih
as long again and better več ko dvakrat tako dolg
once again še enkrat
time and again večkrat, pogosto
half again his size veliko večji od njega
over again znova, še enkrat

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

cut^*2 [kʌt]

1. prehodni glagol
(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati
figurativno izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
rezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi
sleng zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)

to cut after s.o. letati za kom
to cut at s.o. udariti koga (z mečem); figurativno prizadeti koga
that cuts both ways to govori za in proti
figurativno to cut one's cable umreti
to cut capers (ali didoes) prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce briti
to cut cards privzdigniti karte
to cut s.o.'s claws pristriči komu kremplje
to cut and come again dvakrat si odrezati
to cut and contrive varčno gospodariti
to cut (dead) ne pozdraviti, ignorirati
to cut dirt, to cut it, to cut one's lucky (ali stick, sticks) popihati jo
to cut a dash zbujati pozornost
to cut a figure (ali splash, show, flash) imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mesto
to cut it fine premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunati
figurativno to cut one's fingers opeči se
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet pokvariti komu načrte
to cut free osvoboditi
to cut to the heart globoko prizadeti
sleng to cut no ice ne imeti vpliva
to cut it (ali the matter) short na kratko, skratka
cut it! molči(te)!
figurativno to cut the knot odločno rešiti vprašanje
to cut a loss odreči se, sprijazniti se z izgubo
to cut one's profits žrtvovati svoj dobiček
to cut the painter pretrgati stike
to cut the record potolči rekord
to be cutting one's teeth dobivati zobe
to cut one's own throat samemu sebi škodovati
to cut to usmeriti kam
to cut one's wisdom teeth (ali eyeteeth) spametovati, izučiti se
to cut the price znižati ceno

grass¹ [gra:s] samostalnik
trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
pogovorno beluš
pogovorno pomlad
sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
sleng marihuana, mamilo

to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
go to grass! solit se pojdi!
figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da

injury [ín(d)žəri] samostalnik
krivica, nepravičnost; žalitev
medicina rana, poškodba (to na)
škoda

personal injury telesna poškodba, osebna škoda
injury benefit nadomestilo za poškodbo
to the injury of na škodo koga
to add insult to injury koga dvakrat prizadeti (oškodovati in ozmerjati)

jeopardy [džépədi] samostalnik
tveganje, nevarnost

pravno no one shall be put twice in jeopardy for the same offence nihče ne more biti sojen dvakrat za isti zločin

knock¹ [nɔk] samostalnik
udarec, sunek; trkanje; ropotanje motorja
ameriško, sleng neugodna kritika

sleng to take the knock pretrpeti hudo denarno izgubo
there is a knock nekdo trka
to give a double knock dvakrat potrkati

o' [ə] predlog
okrajšava od of, on

it's two o'clock ura je dve
twice o'Sundays dvakrat ob nedeljah
o' nights ponoči

size¹ [sáiz] samostalnik
velikost, veličina, debelina, dolžina; dimenzija, format, obseg; postava; kaliber, mera številka (obutve, obleke, rokavic itd.)
figurativno veličina, format, pomembnost, važnost
pogovorno dejstvo, resničnost
zastarelo določena mera, količina, porcija, obrok
tehnično priprava (sito) za sortiranje (zlasti žlahtnih kamnov in biserov)

all of a size (vsi) iste velikosti
of all sizes (v) vseh velikostih (številkah)
a size too small (za) številko premajhen
full size polna, naravna velikost
standard size standardna, normalna velikost
twice the size of dvakrat večji kot
two sizes too big dve številki prevelik
they are of a size enako sta velika
that's about the size of it figurativno, pogovorno (natančno) tako je
she takes size 7 in gloves ona ima rokavice številka 7

think^* [ɵiŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

2. neprehodni glagol
misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
to think scorn of prezirati
to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
think away prehodni glagol odmisliti