Franja

blight¹ [blait] samostalnik
rastlinska rja, snet; megla, sopara; listna uš
figurativno udarec, razočaranje, poguba

gauze [gɔ:z] samostalnik
gaza, tenčica, til; hlap, sopara

smoke¹ [smóuk] samostalnik
dim, oblak dima; sopara
figurativno megla, koprena
domačno cigareta, cigara

a column of smoke steber dima
like smoke sleng kot veter (hitro), hipoma, naenkrat; brez težav, gladko
from smoke into smother iz slabega v slabše, z dežja pod kap
the big smoke (vzdevek za) London
there is no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj
that's all smoke sleng vse to so same prazne besede
to end (to go up) in smoke figurativno razbliniti se, razpršiti se v dim, v nič
it will all end in a smoke vse se bo razblinilo v nič, iz vsega tega ne bo nič
we're getting on like smoke sleng to gre kot namazano
to go from smoke into smother priti z dežja pod kap
I haven't had a smoke all the morning ves dopoldan nisem nobene (cigarete) pokadil
let's have a smoke prižgimo si eno (cigareto)!
to see things through the smoke of hate videti stvari skozi tančico sovraštva

steam¹ [sti:m] samostalnik
(vodna) para, hlap; sopara; izparina; moč pare
figurativno moč, sila, energija; parnik, vožnja s parnikom

at full steam s polno paro
steam train parni vlak
to get one's steam up lotiti se s polno paro
to get up steam zakuriti, naložiti (kotel), figurativno zbrati vse svoje moči (energijo)
to keep up steam vzdrževati paro, biti pod paro
to let off steam izpustiti paro, odpreti ventile, figurativno dati duška svojim čustvom, jezi itd.
to put the steam on figurativno potruditi se
to travel by steam potovati s parnikom