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fit¹ [fit] samostalnik
napad, izbruh, krč; kaprica, muhavost
pogovorno razpoloženje

pogovorno, figurativno to give one a fit presenetiti, razdražiti koga
cold fit mrzlica
by fits (and starts) sunkovito, tu in tam
for a fit nekaj časa
to go into fits dobiti napad; omedleti
to give s.o. fit(s) razkačiti koga
to knock (ali bang, beat, lick) into fits popolnoma premagati
to throw a fit pobesneti, razsrditi se
when the fit was on him kadar je bil dobre volje
if the fit takes me če se mi zahoče
drunken fit pijanost
fit of hysterics histerični napad

fit² [fit] samostalnik
arhaično del pesmi, kitica

fit³ [fit]

1. prehodni glagol
prilagoditi, uravnati, urediti; opremiti, oskrbeti; (obleko) pomerjati; montirati; oborožiti

2. neprehodni glagol
ustrezati, biti pogodu; prilagoditi se; spodobiti se; prilegati se

to fit the bill ustrezati zahtevam

fit⁴ [fit] samostalnik
prileganje, prilagoditev

to be an exact (bad) fit dobro (slabo) se prilegati; nav.; množina instalacija
to a fit čisto natanko
it is a tight fit odlično se prilega

fit⁵ [fit] pridevnik (fitly prislov) (for)
primeren, ustrezen, uporaben, zmožen, sposoben; zdrav; vreden

to feel (ali keep) fit dobro se počutiti
fit to eat užiten
I was fit to die of shame najraje bi se bil v tla udrl od sramu
as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
more than is fit čezmerno, pretirano
I was fit to malo je manjkalo, da nisem
to think fit to odločiti se; raje narediti
to run to be fit to burst teči, dokler nam ne zmanjka sape
pogovorno I laughed fit to burst malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha
not to be fit to ne moči

fit into neprehodni glagol
prilegati se v kaj

fit in to neprehodni glagol
prilagoditi, ujemati se

fit in with neprehodni glagol
skladati, prilagoditi se

fit out prehodni glagol
opremiti, oskrbeti; instalirati

fit up prehodni glagol
urediti, namestiti, instalirati, opremiti, oskrbeti, pripraviti

anger¹ [ǽŋgə] samostalnik (at zaradi)
jeza, bes, nevolja

a fit of anger napad besnosti

axe¹, ax [æks] samostalnik
sekira
figurativno obglavljenje

to have an axe to grind zasledovati zasebne cilje, imeti nekaj za bregom
to put (ali fit) the axe in the helve rešiti uganko, doseči cilj
to apply the axe znižati proračun
to get the axe biti odpuščen, zgubiti službo
to hang up the axe na klin obesiti
to set (ali lay) the axe to the root of lotiti se zatiranja česa

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

blue² [blu:] samostalnik
modra barva, modrina, sinjina; modrilo
figurativno morje; nebo; modra tkanina ali obleka
britanska angleščina član visokošolske športne reprezentance; konservativec
množina otožnost, potrtost

a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to have (a fit of) the blues biti zelo potrt
to give s.o. the blues dolgočasiti koga
in the blue daleč, nedosegljiv
out of the blue ko strela z jasnega
Oxford blue temnomodra barva
Cambridge blue svetlomodra barva
the Blues kraljeva konjeniška garda
the men (ali gentlemen, boys) in blue policaji mornarji, vojaki ameriške federalne vojske
navy blue temnomodra barva
Prussian blue berlinsko modra barva
true blue konservativec
to fire into the blue na slepo streljati

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

conniption [kənípšən] samostalnik
ameriško, sleng besnost, togota, srd

conniption fit histeričen napad

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

glove¹ [glʌv] samostalnik
rokavica

a kid glove affair zelo služben sprejem v svečani obleki
to be hand and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
the iron hand in the velvet glove le na videz nežen in mil
to handle without gloves (ali with the gloves off) strogo, surovo ravnati
to take up the glove sprejeti poziv
to throw down the glove pozvati na dvoboj
to take off the gloves pripraviti se na boj, neusmiljeno se vesti
to fit like a glove tesno se prilegati; biti pravšen

land² [lænd]

1. prehodni glagol
(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v)
izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave)
pogovorno udariti, usekati koga
pogovorno ujeti, dobiti
šport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol

2. neprehodni glagol
pristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku)
šport, pogovorno priti v cilj

the cab landed him at the station taksi ga je pripeljal do postaje
he was landed in the mud pristal je v blatu
to land s.o. in difficulties spraviti koga v težave
to land s.o. with s.th. obesiti komu kaj na vrat
to land o.s. in; ali to be landed in zabresti v kaj
to land a husband ujeti, dobiti moža
to land a prize dobiti nagrado
to land in prison dospeti v ječo
he landed him one usekal ga je
to land on s.o. navaliti na koga
to land a blow udariti
to land on one's head pasti na glavo
to land on one's feet doskočiti na noge
to be nicely landed biti v dobrem položaju
to land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit spraviti koga v zadrego
to land second biti drugi v cilju

nerve¹ [nə:v] samostalnik
anatomija živec, živčni končič
figurativno hladnokrvnost, pogum, odločnest, moč
botanika žila lista
zoologija žilica v krilu insekta
pogovorno predrznost
množina živčnost, živčevje
poetično kita

he is a bag of nerves prenapet je, ima zrahljane živce
a fit of nerves živčnost, živčni napad
to get on s.o.'s nerves iti komu na živce, dražiti
to have the nerve to do s.th. imeti pogum kaj narediti, drzniti si kaj narediti
to have steady nerves imeti močne živce
nerves of iron (ali steel) jekleni živci
to lose one's nerve zgubiti pogum, zbati se
a man of nerve pogumen človek
figurativno to strain every nerve napeti vse sile
to suffer from nerves biti prenapetih živcev