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deaf [def] pridevnik (deafly prislov)
gluh, naglušen (with)
omamljen

deaf of (ali in) one ear na eno uho gluh
deaf as a post (ali door-nail, stone, beetle, an adder) popolnoma gluh, gluh ko zemlja
none so deaf as those who won't hear najbolj gluhi so tisti, ki nočejo slišati
deaf nut prazen oreh
to fall on deaf ears ne biti uslišan
to turn a deaf ear delati se gluhega, ne uslišati

stone-deaf [stóundef] pridevnik
popolnoma gluh, gluh kot kamen

door-nail [dɔ́:neil] samostalnik
(okrasni) žebelj na vratih

dead as a door-nail mrtev ko hlod
deaf as a door-nail gluh ko zemlja

eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

impervious [impə́:viəs] pridevnik (imperviously prislov)
neprepusten, neprediren, nepristopen, neprehoden

impervious to gluh za kaj

oblivious [əblíviəs] pridevnik (obliviously prislov)
pozabljiv
poetično ki prinaša pozabo

to be oblivious of s.th. pozabiti na kaj
to be oblivious to s.th. biti gluh za kaj, ne meniti se za kaj

post¹ [póust] samostalnik
drog, steber, kol
šport vratnica gola, startno mesto (starting-post)
ciljna črta (winning-post)
mineralogija navpičen sloj premoga (rude), podpornik v rudniku

as deaf as a post gluh kakor kanon
to be beaten at the post za las premagan tik pred ciljem
left at the post premagan
from pillar to post od Poncija do Pilata
between you and me and the bed-post na štiri oči, med nama, zaupno
door-post vratnica

remonstrance [rimɔ́nstrəns] samostalnik
očitek, posvaritev, opomin, graja, ukor (to komu)
zgodovina pritožba, protest, ugovor

to be deaf to remonstrances biti gluh za (vse) proteste

shut^*2 [šʌt]

1. prehodni glagol
zapreti (knjigo, oči, nož itd.), zaklopiti; priščipniti (prst), stisniti (into med)
blokirati (cesto itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
zapirati se, zapreti se, zaklopiti se

to shut the door in s.o.'s face komu pred nosom zapreti vrata
to shut the door on (upon) s.o. zapreti vrata pred kom, ne hoteti govoriti z njim
the door shut with a bang vrata so se zaloputnila
the door shuts automatically vrata se avtomatično zapirajo
the prisoner was shut into his cell jetnika so zaprli v (njegovo) celico
he shut the dog's tail into the door priščipnil je psu rep med vrata
to shut one's ears to the truth biti gluh za resnico, ne hoteti slišati resnice, zapirati si ušesa pred resnico
the window shuts well okno se dobro zapira
shut your mouth! molči! drži jezik (za zobmi)!
shut your face vulgarno jezik za zobe!
to shut o.s. away from (out of) society izključiti se iz družbe