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just² [džʌst] prislov
pravkar, ravno, prav; komaj, toliko da; samo, zgolj
pogovorno resnično, res; pravzaprav

just now pravkar, v tem trenutku; pred kakšnim trenutkom
just then prav tedaj
just as prav tako kot, ravno ko
just as well prav tako
just so točno, pravilno
that is just it prav to je ono
that is just like you to je čisto tebi podobno
we just managed komaj smo uspeli
the bullet just missed him toliko, da ga je strel zgrešil
just possible vendar mogoče
just for the fun of it samo za šalo
just a moment, please! samo trenutek, prosim!
just an ordinary man zgolj navaden možakar
just tell me samo povej mi
he was just too late for the train vlak mu je pred nosom ušel
just wonderful res čudovito
just how many are there? koliko jih pa pravzaprav je?

till¹ [til]

1. predlog
do (časovno)

till evening (next Sunday, death) do večera (prihodnje nedelje, smrti)
till now doslej
till then dotlej, do takrat
not till šele
he did not come till yesterday šele včeraj je prišel
till due ekonomija do zapadlosti (dospelosti, plačljivosti)

2. veznik
dokler ne; toliko časa, da

wait till I return počakaj, dokler se ne vrnem
wait till he has flnished počakajte, dokler ne (da) bo on končal
till it was too late dokler ni bilo prepozno
he did not come till he was called for prišel je šele, ko so ga poklicali
to be left till called for poštno ležeče

again [əgéin, əgén] prislov
zopet, znova, ponovno, še enkrat, poleg tega, prav tako

again and again ponovno, zopet in zopet, nenehno
to be o.s. again okrevati
as much (ali many) again dvakrat toliko
now and again tu in tam, včasih
as long again and better več ko dvakrat tako dolg
once again še enkrat
time and again večkrat, pogosto
half again his size veliko večji od njega
over again znova, še enkrat

brass² [bra:s] pridevnik
medeninast, bronast
figurativno predrzen, izzivalen, trmast

brass band godba na pihala
to get down to brass tacks (ali nails) jasno se izraziti
not worth a brass farthing niti počenega groša vreden
not to care a brass farthing toliko se meniti kakor za lanski sneg
to part brass rags spreti se
brass works livarna bakra

fashion¹ [fǽšən] samostalnik
oblika, kroj, moda; način, navada; obnašanje, vedenje

after (ali in) a fashion kolikor toliko, ne posebno zadovoljivo
to bring into fashion, to launch a fashion vpeljati v modo
after the fashion of po, kot
in (the) fashion moderen, moden
out of fashion zastarel, nemoderen
to come into fashion postati moden
to go out of fashion priti iz mode
to set a fashion vpeljati modo
to follow the fashion po modi se ravnati
in one's own fashion po svoje
to walk crab fashion iti rakovo pot
to set the fashion voditi v modi
the latest fashion zadnja moda
rank and fashion imenitniki
at the height of fashion po najnovejši modi

forth¹ [fɔ:ɵ] prislov
naprej, dalje

to set forth naprej se odpraviti, odpotovati; odposlati; objaviti
and so forth in tako dalje
back and forth sem in tja
to bring forth roditi, skotiti
to put forth leaves ozeleneti
so far forth kolikor toliko
from this day forth od danes
to cast forth ven vreči
to sail forth izpluti

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

jack¹, Jack [džæk] samostalnik
domačno John; priložnostni delavec, dninar, sluga, hlapec; preprostež, poprečnež; mornar, pomorščak
britanska angleščina balinec
navtika zastavica na krmi
vojska, arhaično vojaški (usnjen) jopič brez rokavov
karte fant
elektrika vtičnica; dvigalo (za avtomobile), škripec; priprava za obračanje ražnja; koza za žaganje
ameriško osel
zoologija samec nekaterih živali; mlada ščuka; usnjena čutarica
ameriško ponev s smolo (za nočni lov in ribolov)
sleng denar

navtika pilot's jack pilotska zastavica
before one could say Jack Robinson takoj, kot bi trenil
every man jack vsakdo, vsi
Jack is as good as his master delavec velja prav toliko kot gospodar; če je gospodar dober, je tudi delavec
Jack and Gill fant in dekle
a good Jack makes a good Gill kakršen mož, takšna žena
car jack dvigalo za avtomobile
lifting jack dvigalo
roasting jack raženj
steeple jack popravljavec zvonikov
Union Jack angleška zastava
yellow jack rumena mrzlica
cheap jack kramar, sejmar
Jack of all trades vseznal

many¹ [méni] pridevnik
mnogi, številni, mnogo, veliko

as many prav toliko
as many as 20 ne manj od dvajset
as many again; ali twice as many še enkrat toliko
many times velikokrat, često
many a time pogosto
how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
many a man marsikateri
to be one too many for biti premočen za, biti prekanjen
too many by half za polovico preveč
one too many odveč, nezaželjen, eden preveč
many's the time pogosto
for many a long day zelo dolgo
in so many words dobesedno, izrecno
his reasons are many and good ima mnogo dobrih razlogov
many's the mnogo jih je, ki

mind¹ [máind] samostalnik
spomin; mišljenje, mnenje, nazor; misel; namen, volja, želja; pamet, razum; duh, duša; razpoloženje, čud; srce

the human mind človekov duh
history of the mind idejna zgodovina
things of the mind duhovne stvari
his is a fine mind je pametna glava
one of the greatest minds of his time eden največjih mislecev svojega časa
absence of mind raztresenost
presence of mind prisotnost duha
to be in two minds about s.th. kolebati, omahovati
to be of s.o.'s mind strinjati se s kom, biti istega mnenja
to be of the same mind biti istega mnenja
to bear (ali have, keep) s.th. in mind spomniti se zapomniti si
to bring (ali call) to mind spomniti (se)
to cast one's mind back v duhu se vrniti nazaj
to change one's mind premisliti se
the mind's eye vizija
in one's mind's eye v duhu, v domišljiji
to close one's mind to zapreti se vase, zapreti srce čemu
to come to mind priti na misel
to enter s.o.'s mind priti komu na misel
a frame (ali state) of mind duševno stanje, trenutno razpoloženje
to give one's mind to s.th. lotiti se česa zanimati se za kaj
to give s.o. a piece (ali bit) of one's mind učiti koga kozjih molitvic, odkrito povedati svoje mnenje o kom
to have a good (ali great) mind to nameniti se, biti trdno odločen za kaj
to have half a mind to biti skoraj odločen za kaj
to have s.th. on one's mind biti zaskrbljen zastran česa stalno misliti na kaj
to have an open mind biti brez predsodkov, nepristranski
to bave it in mind to do s.th. nameravati kaj storiti
to have s.th. in mind nameravati, imeti načrt, izbrati
to have no mind for ne imeti volje za kaj
to keep one's mind on kar naprej misliti na kaj
to keep an open mind počakati z odločitvijo
to know one's own mind biti odločen, vedeti kaj hočeš
not to know one's own mind biti poln dvomov, obotavljati se
to lose one's mind znoreti
to make up one's mind odločiti se
to make up one's mind to s.th. sprijazniti se s čim
to (ali in) my mind po mojem mnenju, meni pri srcu
many men, many minds kolikor glav, toliko misli
month's mind porodničina želja po jedi
my mind misgives me ne slutim nič dobrega
to open one's mind to zaupati komu svoje misli (čustva)
to pass (ali go) out of mind iti v pozabo, pozabiti kaj
to prey on one's mind ležati na duši
to put s.o. in mind of s.th. spomniti koga na kaj
to put s.tb. out of one's mind izbiti si kaj iz glave
in one's right mind pri zdravi pameti
out of one's (right) mind nor
to read s.o.'s mind brati komu misli, uganiti komu misli
pravno of sound mind and memory priseben
to set one's mind on ubiti si kaj v glavo, odločiti se za kaj
out of sight, out of mind kar ne vidiš, hitro pozabiš
to slip one's mind pozabiti
to speak one's mind odkrito govoriti
to take one's mind off prenehati misliti na kaj
to tell s.o. one's mind komu odkrito povedati svoje mnenje
time out of mind davno, pozabljeni časi
to turn one's mind to obrniti pozornost na kaj
to turn over in one's mind skrbno pretehtati, premisliti
it was a weight off my mind kamen se mi je odvalil od srca

more² [mɔ:] prislov
več, bolj, še; povrh, za nameček

to be no more biti mrtev
more and more bolj in bolj
more or less več ali manj, približno
the more ... the more čim več ... tem več
the more so because tem bolj, ker
all the more so tem več, tem prej
no more than ne več od, samo
once more še enkrat, zopet
never more nikoli več
neither more nor less than (stupid) dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)
so much the more toliko bolj
it is wrong and, more, it is foolish ni prav in povrh je še neumno
and what is more in kar je še važnejšc
what more? kaj pa še?

much¹ [məč] pridevnik
mnogo

much money mnogo denarja
so much water toliko vode, sama voda
pogovorno he is too much for me nisem mu dorastel, ne pridem mu do kraja
much cry and little wool mnogo hrupa za prazen nič

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

much³ [mač] samostalnik
mnogo, velika stvar, nekaj posebnega

nothing much nič posebnega
it did not come to much ni bilo prida
to think (ali make) much of s.o. zelo koga ceniti
he is not much of a dancer ni kaj prida plesalec
to do too much of a good thing pretiravati v čem
so much; ali that much (samo) toliko
not to say much for ne zgubljati besed za kaj
much will have more kolikor več imaš, toliko več želiš

pitcher¹ [píčə] samostalnik
lončen vrč

the pitcher goes once too often to the well z vrčem hodimo toliko časa po vodo, dokler se ne razbije
pitchers have ears stene imajo ušesa
little pitchers have long ears otroci vse slišijo

pity¹ [píti] samostalnik
usmiljenje, sočutje
figurativno škoda

to have (ali take) pity on smiliti se, usmiliti se koga
out of pity iz usmiljenja
for pity's sake! za božjo voljo!
what a pity! kakšna škoda!
such a pity! taka škoda!
more's the pity! toliko slabše!
it is a thousand pities večna škoda je

rather¹ [rá:ðə] prislov
prej, rajši, raje; precéj

rather good precéj dober, kar dober
rather good than bad prej dober kot slab
rather a long way precéj dolga pot, precéj daleč
rather before nekaj prej
the rather that... toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...
grey rather than white prej siv kot bel
I rather think that... jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...
I had rather that... jaz bi rajši...
I had rather stay jaz bi rajši ostal
he left rather than join me rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružil
I would rather die than betray him jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)
he would rather have died than revealed it on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkril
I would (had) much rather (not) go jaz bi precéj rajši (ne) šel
thank you, I had rather not hvala, (rajši) ne
his remark was rather foolish njegova opazka je bila precéj bedasta
the play was rather a success (gledališka) igra je imela precejšen uspeh

rock-bottom [rɔ́kbɔ́tɔm] pridevnik
najnižji

rock-bottom prices trgovina najnižje cene
to get down to rock-bottom iti na dno (neki stvari)
my supplies touched rock-bottom moje zaloge so bile toliko kot izčrpane

room¹ [rum, ru:m] samostalnik
prostor, mesto; soba, sobana
množina stanovanje, stanovanjski prostori; družba, stanovalci, ki so navzoči v sobi
figurativno možnost, prilika, ugoden trenutek; povod, vzrok (for za)

in one's room, in the room of namesto koga, v zameno za koga
in my room namesto mene
in your room da sem jaz na vašem mestu
room and to spare prostora še preveč
room for complaint povod za pritožbo
bachelor's rooms garsonjera, samsko stanovanje
bed-room spalnica
combination room družabni prostor za učitelje (v Cambridgeu)
dining-room obednica, jedilnica
drawing-room salon
junior common room družabni prostor za študente
living-room dnevna soba
school-room šolska soba, učilnica, razred
senior common room družabni prostor za učitelje
standing-room stojišče
standing-room only! samo stojišča (so še na voljo!)
state-room sprejemna dvorana
there is room for improvement lahko bi bilo bolje, ni ravno najbolje
there is no room to swing a cat figurativno ni niti toliko prostora, da bi se človek obrnil
to be confined to one's room ne zapustiti svoje sobe (zaradi bolezni)
to do a room pospraviti sobo
we'd rather have his room than his company rajši bi videli, da on ne bi bil tu
to make room for s.o. napraviti komu prostor, mesto
he set the room in a roar vso sobo je spravil v smeh
to take up too much room preveč prostora (za)vzeti

settle² [setl]

1. prehodni glagol
naseliti (koga), nastaniti, kolonizirati, stacionirati, namestiti; urediti; poravnati, plačati; pomiriti (koga); prepričati z argumenti; utišati; likvidirati (koga), ubiti; oskrbeti, oskrbovati; spraviti v red, urediti, izgladiti, poravnati (prepir); rešiti (vprašanje), razpršiti (sumničenja), urediti zadeve (zlasti pred smrtjo), prenesti, prepisati (to, on, upon na)
določiti (dediče), voliti; dogovoriti se (o čem), določiti; utrditi (cesto); prenesti, prepisati (on na)
(refleksivno) posvetiti se; predati se

2. neprehodni glagol
naseliti se (in America v Ameriki)
nastaniti se, ustanoviti si lasten dom, sesti (to k)
umiriti se, zbati se, ustaliti se (vreme); usesti se, potoniti; spustiti se (on na)
razbistriti se, očistiti se; odločiti se (upon za)
dogovoriti se, sporazumeti se, obračunati (with z)
pripravljati se (for za, na)

to settle the agitation pomiriti razburjenje
to settle an annuity on s.o. določiti komu rento (penzijo)
to settle the bill poravnati, plačati račun
will you settle for me? boš plačal zame?
to settle with one's creditors poravnati se z upniki
to settle a dispute poravnati spor
to settle s.o.'s doubts razpršiti komu dvome
it is as good as settled to je toliko kot dogovorjeno
we settled the old lady in her armchair posadili, namestili smo staro gospo v njen naslanjač
to settle one's mind pomiriti se; odločiti se
things will soon settle into order stvari se bodo kmalu uredile
to be settled in a place biti nastanjen, bivati v nekem kraju
to settle a price dogovoriti se o ceni, določiti ceno
that settles the question, that settles it s tem je stvar urejena, opravljena
he settled all his property on his children vse svoje premoženje je volil otrokom
they settled on selling odločili so se za prodajo
the weather is not settled yet vreme še ni ustaljeno
to settle accounts with s.o. (zlasti; figurativno ) obračunati s kom