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've (glagol) pogovorno, (krajšava za) have; I've = I have

newsy [njú:zi]

1. pridevnik
poln novic, klepetav

2. samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno prodajalec časopisov, kolporter; kdor vedno vé vse novice, klepetulja

set-up [sétʌp]

1. pridevnik
nastanjen; uveden (v posel, v delo); raven (o drži telesa)

2. samostalnik
sestav, struktura, organizacija, sistem; način
ameriško načrt, ureditev, plan, program; razmestitev, razpored, stanje, situacija
ameriško drža telesa; soda (led itd.) za mešanje z alkoholnimi pijačami
ameriško, sleng lahek posel
ameriško, sleng pogostitev
ameriško, sleng tekma, za katero se vnaprej ve, kdo bo zmagovalec; na poraz obsojeni tekmovalec

barber [bá:bə] samostalnik
brivec

arhaično surgeon barber padar
every barber knows it to ve vsakdo
barber's music neubrana glasba

blow^*5 [blou]

1. prehodni glagol
pihati, razpihavati; razstreliti, razstreljevati
sleng oslepariti
ameriško, sleng zapravljati; razmetavati
sleng izdati
pogovorno poveličevati

2. neprehodni glagol
pihati; doneti; piskati; puhati, sopsti; razpočiti se, eksplodirati; hvaliti se

sleng I'm blowed! ali je mogoče!, za nič na svetu!
to blow great guns močno pihati
to blow air into z zrakom napihniti
to blow a cloud kaditi pipo
to blow hot and cotd kolebati, nenehno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
it is blowing veter piha
blow it! presneto, vraga
to blow a kiss poslati poljubček
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to blow the bellows gnati mehove
it's an ill wind that blows nobody good vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
he knows which way the wind blows ve, kam pes taco moli
to puff and blow sopsti, puhati, sopihati
to blow one's trumpet (ali horn) hvaliti se
navtika, sleng to blow the gaff zatožiti, izdati koga
to blow the expense pogostiti koga, plačati račun
to blow a whistle zapiskati na piščalko

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

expedient² [ikspí:diənt] samostalnik
sredstvo, pomagalo, pomoček; iznajdba; zvijača

to hit upon an expedient znajti se, pomagati si
reduced to expedients prisiljen, da si pomaga, kakor ve in zna
to go to every expedient ne izbirati sredstev

god¹ [gɔd] samostalnik
bog, božanstvo

to be among gods biti na galeriji (v gledališču)
a feast for the gods odlična hrana
God knows, I don't bog ve
a sight for the gods prizor za bogove
god of this world satan
for god's sake za božjo voljo
god grant! daj bog!
god forbid! bog varuj!
god willing po božji volji
god of love, blind god Amor, Kupido
god of heaven Jupiter
god of hell Pluto
god of the sea Neptun
god of wine Bakhos
house of god cerkev
God's Book biblija, sveto pismo
little god mali tiran, paša
act of god višja sila

grandmother [grǽn(d)mʌðə] samostalnik
stara mama, babica

to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve

ignorant [ígnərənt] pridevnik (ignorantly prislov)
neveden, neumen, nešolan, nepoučen, ne zavedajoč se

an ignorant sin nevede storjen greh
to be ignorant of s.th. ne vedeti za kaj
he is not ignorant of what happened on dobro ve, kaj se je zgodilo

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

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

little² [litl] prislov
malo, komaj kaj, slabo, sploh ne, redko

little known malo znan
he little knows sploh ne ve
little does he know nima pojma, še sanja se mu ne
I see him very little redko (malo) ga vidim

neither² [náiðə, ní:ðə] veznik
niti; tudi ne

he does not know, neither do I on ne ve in tudi jaz ne

nonplus¹ [nɔ́nplʌ́s] samostalnik
zmedenost, zbeganost; škripec, zadrega

at a nonplus, brought to a nonplus zmeden, ki si ne ve pomoči

one² [wʌn] zaimek

1.
nekdo, kdo, kdorkoli

2.
eden, en (namesto zaimka ali samostalnika: the little one malček, the picture is a realistic one slika je realistična)

3.
nedoločni zaimek (one knows ve se)

4.

Razno:

one who nekdo, ki
the one who tisti, ki
that one tisti
like one dead kot mrtvec
one so clever nekdo, ki je tako pameten
a sly one prebrisanec
a nasty one hud udarec
many a one veliko ljudi
that's a good one! dobro je!, ni slabo!
figurativno one in the eye nekaj, kar boš pomnil; polten udarec (ki ga boš pomnil), spominek
to land s.o. one pritisniti koga, udariti
the Holy One, One above bog
the evil one hudič, satan

pretend [priténd]

1. prehodni glagol
delati se, hliniti, varati, slepiti; predrzniti si, upati si

2. neprehodni glagol
pretvarjati se; drzniti si, domišljati si, zahtevati, lastiti si, pretendirati na kaj (to)

to pretend to be sick hliniti bolezen
to pretend to be robbers igrati se razbojnike
he pretends ignorance dela se, da ne ve
I don't pretend to learning ne domišljam si, da sem učen

standing² [stǽndiŋ] pridevnik
stoječ, pokončen; nepokošen, nepodrt; miren, nepremičen, mirujoč, stoječ (voda); trajen (barva); stalen, reden; ustaljen, običajen
ekonomija tekoč

standing army stalna, mirnodobska vojska
standing commission stalna komisija
standing charge ekonomija tekoči stroški
standing corn nepožeto žito
a standing custom ustaljena navada (običaj)
a standing joke preizkušen, star (dober) dovtip
a standing jump šport skok z mesta (brez zaleta)
standing order ekonomija abonma (na časopise), trajno naročilo
standing orders poslovnik (v parlamentu)
standing nuisance stalna jeza
standing part, standing rigging navtika nepremična ladijska oprema
standing water stoječa, mirujoča voda
all standing sleng ki si ne ve pomoči

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi