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turnip [tə́:nip] samostalnik
botanika (bela) repa
sleng manjvredna (žepna) ura, "čebula"
šaljivo, sleng bedak

turnip tops množina repno listje

acaudate [əkɔ́:deit] pridevnik
zoologija ki nima repa

anourous [ænú:rəs] pridevnik
brezrep, ki nima repa

dock⁵ [dɔk] samostalnik
mesnati del repa; odrezan rep, odrezani lasje itd.

excaudate [ékskɔ:deit] pridevnik
ki nima repa, brezrep

fluke² [flu:k] samostalnik
kavelj sidra, harpune, sulice; loputa kitovega repa

flying-wing [fláiiŋwiŋ] samostalnik
letalo brez repa

rumpless [rʌ́mplis] pridevnik
(ki je) brez repa (o perutnini)

Swede [swi:d] samostalnik
Šved, -inja (večinoma swede)
botanika švedska repa

tailless [téillis] pridevnik
nerepat, brez repa

artichoke [á:tičouk] samostalnik
botanika artičoka

Jerusalem artichoke laška repa

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

neither³ [náiðə, ní:ðə] prislov

neither ... nor niti ... niti
neither here nor there nepomemben
there is neither rhyme nor reason nima ne repa ne glave

quill¹ [kwil] samostalnik
zoologija pero (peruti ali repa; tudi quill feather)
letalno pero; gosje pero (pisalno)
tehnično tkalska cevka, vretence
zoologija (ježeva) bodica
glasba pastirska piščalka

to carry a good quill dobro pisati

reason¹ [ri:zn] samostalnik
razlog, vzrok, povod, motiv; argument, utemeljitev; um, razum, razumnost, razsodnost, uvidevnost, razumevanje, logika
pravno pravica (za kaj); glavni razlog; kar je prav in pošteno, upravičenost, usmerjenost
logika premisa nekega dokaza; sposobnost ustvarjanja zaključkov, sklepov na podlagi premis

by reason of zaradi
bereft of reason blazen, nor
for the reason that zaradi tega (iz razloga), ker
for the same reason iz istega razloga
for that very reason prav iz tega razloga
in (all) reason z (vso) pravico, kot je pravično, upravičeno, v mejah
with (good) reason upravičeno
without rhyme or reason figurativno brez glave in repa, nesmiseln, bedast
woman's reason ženska logika
to bring s.o. to reason spraviti koga k pameti, spametovati koga
to complain with reason upravičeno se pritoževati
I will do anything in reason napravil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pametno
to give, (to show) reason dati povod
to have reason arhaično prav imeti
you have good reason to complain čisto upravičeno se pritožujete
to listen to reason, to hear reason dati se poučiti, prepričati, poslušati nasvet, priti k pameti
to lose one's reason izgubiti pamet
he lost his reason zmešalo se mu je
I saw reason to interfere zdelo se mi je prav, da se vmešam
it stands to reason that... jasno je, da...
there is reason in what you say pametno (premišljeno) je, kar govoriš

rhyme¹, rime [ráim] samostalnik
stik, rima; stih; beseda, ki se rima (to na)
(tudi množina) pesem v rimah, pesnitev

without rhyme or reason brez glave in repa, brez smisla, nesmiseln
caudate rhyme, tailed rhyme izmenična rima
double rhyme, female rhyme, feminine rhyme ženska rima
male rhyme, masculine rhyme moška rima
nursery rhymes otroške pesmice
to give rhymes rimati se
to write bad rhymes kovati slabe stihe, pesnikariti

vestige [véstidž] samostalnik
sled; odtis noge; (pre)ostanek; znak
figurativno slaba sled; mrvica, trohica
biologija rudiment, okrnek, okrnel ud ali organ

vestiges of old customs sledovi, ostanki starih šeg
not a vestige of truth niti sledu resnice
he hasn't a vestige of common sense niti trohice zdrave pameti nima
a human being has the vestige of a tail človeško bitje ima okrnek repa

wag [wæg]

1. samostalnik
majanje, kimanje, tresenje (of the head z glavo)
mahanje (of a dog's tail pasjega repa)
burkež, šaljivec; prebrisanec; učenec, ki se potepa in ne pride v šolo, "špricar", lenuh

with a wag of one's head s prikimavanjem (glave)

2. prehodni glagol
mahati (z repom); (s)tresti, (po)kimati (z glavo); premikati, gibati
neprehodni glagol
premikati se (sem in tja), gibati se; racati; hitro oditi, pobrisati jo; odvijati se, potekati
sleng "špricati" šolo

to wag one's finger at s.o. (po)žugati komu s prstom
to wag one's head (od)kimati z glavo
beards wag govoriči se, govori se
let the world wag on ljudje naj kar govoričijo
how wags the world? figurativno kako (kaj) gre?
to set tongues waging širiti novice, spraviti jezike v tek
the tail wags the dog figurativno najmanj pomemben član (skupine itd.) ima glavno besedo, je na krmilu