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thee [ði:]

1. zaimek
zastarelo, poetično, Biblija (3. in 4. sklon od thou) tebi, tebe; ti, te
narečno ti

the Lord be with thee Gospod bodi s teboj

2. prehodni glagol
uporabljati

to thee and thou reči (komu) ti, tikati (koga)

thou¹ [ðáu]

1. zaimek
narečno, poetično ti

2. prehodni glagol
tikati (koga), reči (komu) ti

to thou and thee tikati (koga), biti familiaren ali intimen (s kom)

3. neprehodni glagol
uporabljati v nagovoru "thou"

thyself [ðaisélf] zaimek
zastarelo, poetično ti, ti sam; tebe (samega); tebi, ti

ye¹ [ji:, ji] zaimek
zastarelo, Biblija & šaljivo vi, vam, vas; ti

hush ye! tiho, ti!
pogovorno za you

how d'ye do? ➞ how do you do?

you [ju:, ju, jə] zaimek
vi, vas, vam; ti, te(be), t(eb)i

you blockhead! ti (vi) tepec!
you fool! ti norec!
you three vi trije
the rest of you ostali od vas
you're another! hvala, enako! (odgovor na psovko)
you bet (your life) sleng na to se lahko zaneseš, (glavo) stavim za to
get you gone! poberi(te) se!
you don't say česa ne poveste (poveš) (to me preseneča)
you never can tell človek nikoli ne more vedeti
you never know človek nikoli ne ve
you soon get used to it človek se kmalu navadi na to
come here all of you! pridite sem vsi!
if I were you ko bi jaz bil na tvojem (vašem) mestu

sayest [séiist]
arhaično, 2. os. edn. od to say, thou sayest
ti praviš

affair [əfɛ́ə] samostalnik
stvar, zadeva, afera; posel; skrb
vojska boj

family affair družinska zadeva
at the head of affairs na čelu podjetja
affair of honour častna zadeva, dvoboj
affair of love ljubezenska zadeva, ljubimkanje
a man of affairs poslovni človek
mind your own affairs ne vmešavaj se v zadeve drugih
minister for foreign affairs minister za zunanje zadeve
as affairs stand kakor kaže
state of affairs dejanski položaj
that's not your affair to ti (vam) nič mar

alternative² [ɔ:ltə́:nətiv] samostalnik
izbira (med dvema možnostma) (with)
alternativa, druga možnost

there is no other alternative but... nič drugega ne preostane, razen...
these two things are not necessarily alternatives ti dve stvari se nikakor ne izključujeta

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

as³ [æz] oziralni zaimek
tisti, ki, ki; takšen, da

I am not such a fool as to believe you nisem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel
the same as isti kot
such as kot na primer

balance² [bǽləns]

1. prehodni glagol
tehtati; izenačiti (with, against, by)
držati v ravnotežju; soočiti

2. neprehodni glagol (between)
kolebati, nihati; biti, ostati v ravnotežju

to balance the accounts with obračuna(va)ti s
to balance the ledger zaključiti glavno knjigo
the accounts don't balance računi se ne ujemajo

ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

be [bi:] neprehodni glagol & pomožni
biti, obstati, obstajati; eksistirati; nahajati se; veljati, stati; počutiti se; obiskati; morati; bodi

I am better bolje se počutim
I am cold (warm, hot) zebe me (toplo, vroče mi je)
to be hard up biti v stiski
here you are izvoli(te), na(te), tu imaš (imate)
to be from the purpose biti neprimeren, zgrešiti namen
to be right prav imeti
to be wrong ne imeti prav, motiti se
how are you? kako se imaš (imate)?; kako se ti (vam) godi?
how much is this? koliko stane?
if it were not for him če bi njega ne bilo
it is going to rain gotovo bo deževalo, na dež kaže
what is that to you? kaj vam to mar?
it is not in me to ni v mojem značaju, nisem tak
he lived to be 80 doživel je 80 let

both³ [bouɵ] veznik

both ... and tako ... kakor
both by night and by day tako podnevi kakor ponoči, podnevi in ponoči, dan in noč
both you and I jaz in ti

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

call² [kɔl] samostalnik
klic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place)
prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic
trgovina opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)

at call pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedaleč
call to arms (ali the colours) vpoklic
to have no call to do s.th. ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storiti
to have no call on s.o.'s time ne imeti pravice koga zadrževati
to pay (ali make) a call (on) obiskati, oglasiti se
to have a close call za las uiti
to obey the call of nature iti na stran
roll call klicanje imen prisotnih
to give a call poklicati po telefonu
for the call of na razpolago (koga)
to take a call stopiti pred zastor (igralec po ploskanju)
within call dosegljiv
house of call zatočišče; borza dela
place of call trgovska hiša
no call to blush ni se ti treba sramovati

carpet¹ [ká:pit] samostalnik
preproga

on the carpet na dnevnem redu
to do a carpet odsedeti kazen
to call on the carpet grajati
the question is on the carpet zadevo pretresajo
to walk the carpet dobi(va)ti ukor
bedside carpet predposteljnik

catch^*1 [kæč]

1. prehodni glagol
ujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati (at, in pri)
presenetiti; zamrzniti

2. neprehodni glagol
prijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)

to catch s.o. bending zasačiti koga
to catch s.o. a blow udariti koga
to catch one's breath zadrževati dih
to catch one's foot spotakniti se
to catch (a) cold prehladiti se
to catch a crab pregloboko z vesli udariti
to catch fire vžgati se
to catch a glimpse of s.o. bežno koga zagledati
to catch the idea (ali point) razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti misel
to catch hold of s.th. polastiti se česa, prijeti kaj
to catch it biti kaznovan
catch me! nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne pride
to catch s.o. napping zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega dela
to catch the Speaker's eye dobiti besedo (v parlamentu)
to catch a Tartar izkupiti jo
sleng you will catch it! ti bom že pokazal!

choice¹ [čɔis] samostalnik
izbira, izbor; alternativa (of)
najboljše, cvet, elita

Hobson's choice, choice of evils nobena izbira
choice of everything najboljše, kar se dobi
ameriško, sleng I am choice of it mnogo mi je do tega
for choice, by choice prvenstveno, najraje
a wide (poor) choice velika (majhna) izbira
to take (ali make) one's choice izb(i)rati si
I have no choice but to moram, prisiljen sem
at your choice kakor želite
the choice is (ali lies) with you ti se moraš odločiti
a good choice bogata izbira

claw² [klɔ:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(o)praskati; ščipati; zgrabiti

to claw at zgrabiti kaj
claw me and I'll claw thee kakor ti meni, tako jaz tebi
to claw hold of s.th. prijeti se česa
navtika to claw off odriniti proti smeri vetra