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accountable [əkáuntəbl] pridevnik (to)
odgovoren (for)
razložljiv

answerable [á:nsərəbl] pridevnik (answerably prislov) (to)
na kar se da odgovoriti; odgovoren, ustrezen

to be answerable for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti za kaj
such a question is not answerable na tako vprašanje se ne da odgovoriti
the results were not answerable to our hopes rezultati so nas razočarali

chargeable [čá:džəbl] pridevnik (chargeably prislov)
obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovoren

to be chargeable with a fault biti odgovoren za napako
he became chargeable to the parish padel je občini v breme
chargeable to the account na račun
chargeable on s.o. ki ga je treba pripisati komu

imputable [impjú:təbl] pridevnik
prišteven, odgovoren; pripisen (to komu)

liable [láiəbl] pridevnik
ekonomija, pravno odgovoren (for za)
ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for)
nagnjen, podvržen (to k)
(z nedoločnikom) predisponiran

to be liable for odgovarjati za, biti porok za
liable for military service ki mora služiti vojsko
liable to prosecution kazniv
liable to taxation ki mora plačati davke
liable to fits of temper ki se hitro razburi
liable to catch cold ki se hitro prehladi
difficulties are liable to occur treba je računati na težave
everybody is liable to make mistakes vsak se lahko zmoti

responsible [rispɔ́nsibl] prislov (responsibly prislov)
odgovoren, poln odgovornosti; zanesljiv, zaupanja vreden; prišteven (for za)
trgovina ki more plačati, solventen, soliden

responsible government vlada, ki se mora zagovarjati (pred parlamentom)
a responsible position odgovoren položaj
to be responsible for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti, nositi odgovornost za, odgovarjati za
to make oneself responsible for prevzeti (nase) odgovornost za

answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

amenable [əmí:nəbl] pridevnik (amenably prislov)
voljan, dostopen, podložen, ubogljiv

amenable to law odgovoren

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

head² [hed] samostalnik
glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt
domačno plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu)
ekonomija postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija
sleng latrina

above one's head težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga
at the head of na čelu
by head and shoulders; ali by the head and ears s silo, na silo
(by) head and shoulders above mnogo boljši od
by a short head za dolžino nosu, figurativno z majhno prednostjo
crowned heads kronane glave
a deer of the first head petleten jelen ali srnjak
navtika down by the head s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi
head of the family družinski poglavar
heads of state državni voditelji
the head and front bistvo, politika glava zarote, vodja upora
from head to foot od nog do glave, popolnoma
head first (ali foremost) z glavo naprej, figurativno nepremišljeno
a large head of game velik trop živali
hot head vročekrvnež
a beautiful head of hair gosti lasje
head over heels narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos
old head on young shoulders pameten mlad človek
off one's head; ali out of one's head nor
over one's head viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo
over head and ears; ali head over ears preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma
on this head o tem predmetu
out of one's own head sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku
two heads are better than one kolikor glav, toliko misli
head of water vodni steber
heads or tails obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)
twopence a head 2 penija na osebo
sleng King's (Queen's) head poštna znamka
weak in the head slaboumen
head, cook and bottle washer kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo
figurativno on your head be it! naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren
ten head of cattle deset glav živine

Z glagoli:

to beat s.o.'s head off prekositi koga
pogovorno to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s head off uničiti koga
to bring to a head pripeljati do krize
figurativno to break one's head glavo si razbijati
to carry one's head high nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen
to come to a head priti do krize, zaostriti se; medicina zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir)
sleng to do a thing on one's head igraje kaj napraviti
to drag in by the head and ears s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči
to eat (ali cry, scream, run) one's head off pretirano se razburjati
it entered my head v glavo mi je padlo
to give s.o. his head figurativno popustiti uzde
to get s.th. through one's head doumeti, razumeti kaj
to go over s.o.'s head biti pretežko za koga
to go to s.o.'s head v glavo stopiti
this horse eats his head off ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden
to have a good head for biti nadarjen za
to have a head imeti "mačka"
to have a good head on one's shoulders biti dobre glave
to have one's head in the clouds figurativno živeti v oblakih, sanjariti
to have one's head screwed in the right way imeti glavo na pravem koncu
to have a head like a sieve imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv
to hit the nail on the head točno zadeti
to keep one's head ostati miren
figurativno to keep one's head above water obdržati se nad vodo, životariti
to knock s.th. on the head onemogočiti kaj
to lay (ali put) heads together glave stikati, posvetovati se
to let s.o. have his head pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi
to lie on s.o.'s head biti komu v breme
to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
I cannot make head or tail of ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave
to make head izbiti na čelo, napredovati
to make head against uspešno se upirati
to be put over the heads of other persons pri napredovanju preskočiti druge
to put s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to put s.th. into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head izbiti komu kaj iz glave
to put s.th. out of one's head izbiti si kaj iz glave
to put one's head in the lion's mouth izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to rear one's head glavo dvigniti
to run in s.o.'s head vrteti se komu po glavi
to run one's head against a brick wall riniti z glavo skozi zid
to shake one's head odkimati
to shake one's head at z glavo zmajati
to suffer from swelled (ali swollen) head biti zelo domišljav
to take the head prevzeti vodstvo
to take s.th. into one's head v glavo si kaj vtepsti
to talk over s.o.'s head za koga preučeno govoriti
to talk s.o.'s head off utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem
to talk through the back of s.o.'s head neprestano v koga govoriti
to throw o.s. at the head of obesiti se komu za vrat
to talk one's head off nenehno govoriti
to turn one's head v glavo stopiti
to turn s.o.'s head glavo komu zmešati
to win by a head zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)
to work one's head off pretegniti se od dela, garati
heads I win, tails you lose izgubiš v vsakem primeru

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

position¹ [pəzíšən] samostalnik
lega, položaj (v prostoru); družbeni položaj, služba
navtika lega ladje na morju; (telesna) drža
vojska pozicija
glasba lega akordnih tonov, lega prstov na godalih
figurativno situacija, stanje, možnost; stališče
filozofija postavka, trditev, predpostavka, propozicija

geographical position zemljepisna lega
vojska position warfare pozicijsko vojskovanje
in (out of) position v pravi (napačni) legi
aeronavtika, navtika position lights pozicijske luči
upright position pokončna (telesna) drža
people of position vplivni ljudje
to be in a position to biti v stanju, da
to define one's position pojasniti svoje stališče
to take up a position on a question zavzeti stališče do vprašanja
to hold a responsible position imeti odgovoren položaj