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little¹ [litl] pridevnik
majhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen
ironično reven, beden

little one malček
the little ones otročički, malčki
the little Browns Brownovi otroci
the little majhni, nepomembni ljudje
big (ali great) and little pomembni in nepomembni ljudje
a little man mali mož, figurativno ničé
the little people palčki
the little finger mezinec
a little way kratka pot
a little while kratek čas, trenutek
little hope malo upanja
little minds omejenci, malenkostni ljudje
his little intrigues njegovo bedne spletke
pogovorno little Mary želodec, prebava
the Little Masters skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletju
I know his little ways poznarn njegove zvijače
astronomija Little Bear Mali medved
astronomija Little Dipper Mali voz
politika, zgodovina Little Entente mala antanta
Little Red Ridinghood Rdeča Kapica
Little Russian Malorus, Ukrajinec
little theater mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališče

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

little³ [litl] samostalnik
malenkost

a little malo, nekaj
little or nothing skoraj nič
not a little precej
for a little za kratek čas
little by little; ali by little and little po malem, počasi
by littles v majhnih količinah, po malem
in little po malem
to make little of podcenjevati
after a little čez kakšen trenutek

a², an [ei, ə; ən] pridevnik & nedoločni člen
neki, določen; eden; vsak; isti

all of a size vsi iste velikosti
twice a day dvakrat na dan
such a one (prav) takšen
he is a teacher je učitelj
half a day pol dneva
a great deal of veliko česa
a few questions nekaj vprašanj
a little time nekaj časa
many a time marsikdaj, dostikrat

any¹ [éni] pridevnik & zaimek

1.
v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče

2.
v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkoli

have you any money? imaš kaj denarja?
there are not any matches in the box v škatlici ni nobenih vžigalic
is there any hope? je sploh kaj upanja?
no more than one if any ne več kot eden, če sploh kaj
we have little time if any nimamo skoraj nič časa
any and every prav vsak
at any rate, in any case v vsakem primeru

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

bear¹ [bɛə] samostalnik
zoologija medved
figurativno neotesanec, neroda; borzni špekulant na padec vrednot
navtika, sleng metla

a bear leader inštruktor in spremljevalec mladeniča, spremljevalec blaziranega tujca
bridled bear mladenič v vzgojiteljevem spremstvu
sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear ne delaj računa brez krčmarja, ne zidaj gradov v oblakih
astronomija Great (Little) Bear Veliki (Mali) voz
trgovina bear operation borzna špekulacija na padec cen
trgovina bear covering nakup borznih papirjev za prikrivanje špekulacij na padec vrednosti
to take a bear by the tooth po nepotrebnem se izpostavljati nevarnosti
had it been a bear it would have bitten you zmotil si se; ni bilo tako strašno kot je kazalo

beggar¹ [bégə] samostalnik
berač; revež, revček
pogovorno fant, možak

set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the devil tisti, ki naglo obogatijo, so največji naduteži
dull beggar dolgočasnež
stubborn beggar trmoglavec
little beggars otročički, živalice
lucky beggar srečnež
insolent beggar nesramnež
beggars should (ali must) be no choosers reveži se morajo zadovoljiti z malim
the beggar may sing before the thief revež ne more nič zgubiti
to know s.o. (s.th.) as well as a beggar knows his bag dodobra koga (kaj) poznati

bird [bə:d] samostalnik
ptič, ptičica
sleng deklica, dečko, oseba
ameriško, sleng navdušenec; čudak

figurativno old bird lisjak, zvitorepec, tič
to do s.th. like a bird zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj narediti
bird of calm vodomec
the early bird catches the worm rana ura zlata ura
cock bird ptičji samec
birds of a feather flock together ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu gode
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
to give the bird zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgati
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi ga
hen bird ptičja samica
to hit the bird in the eye v črno zadeti
bird of Jove orel
bird of Juno pav
to kill two birds with one stone dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubiti
a little bird told me so nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedal
bird of paradise rajska ptica, rajčica
an old bird is not caught with chaff star lisjak ne gre na limanice
bird of passage ptica selivka
bird of prey ptica roparica
a queer (gay) bird čudak (veseljak)
a wise old bird zvitorepec

bit¹ [bit] samostalnik
košček, grižljaj; brada ključa; stružilo, rezilo; žvale; novčič, malenkost; konjsko zobovje; nadzorstvo, kontrola

by bits, bit by bit polagoma, malo po malem
to bite on the bit siromašno živeti
the biter bit osleparjeni slepar; kdor drugemu jamo koplje
not to care a bit niti malo ne biti mar
centre bit sredilnik (sveder)
dainty bit poslastica
to do one's bit opravljati svojo dolžnost
to draw bit (konja) zadržati, zmanjšati hitrost
every bit polagoma; docela
to give s.o. a bit of one's mind povedati komu svoje mnenje
not a bit niti malo ne, sploh ne
a bit on okajen, v rožicah
bits and pieces drobnarije, drobni ostanki
a short (long) bit kovanec deset (petnajst) centov
to take the bit between one's teeth upreti se
a tiny (ali little) bit čisto malo
wait a bit čakaj malo

boot¹ [bu:t]

1. samostalnik
arhaično korist, prednost

to boot povrh za nameček, zraven
to no boot zaman

2. prehodni glagol
arhaično koristiti

it little boots od tega je malo koristi

corporal² [kɔ́:pərəl] samostalnik
desetar

lance-corporal poddesetnik
the Little Corporal Napoleon

count for neprehodni glagol
veljati za, pomeniti

count for much (little) veliko (malo) pomeniti

crook² [kruk] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
upogniti, kriviti (se); s kavljem ujeti

pogovorno to crook the elbow (ali little finger) pijančevati

cry¹ [krai] samostalnik
krik, vreščanje, vpitje, klicanje; jok; lajež; tolpa psov; geslo; rotitev

to follow in the cry pridružiti se
in full cry v največjem razmahu
much cry and little wool mnogo krika za prazen nič, veliko truda in malo uspeha
a far cry velika razdalja, velika razlika
figurativno hue and cry krik in vik; tiralica
to have a good cry izjokati se
within cry v slišaju

dipper [dípə] samostalnik
potapljač
zoologija ponirek; velika zajemalka
pogovorno anabaptist, prekrščevalec

astronomija Big (Little) Dipper Veliki (Mali) voz

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

game² [geim] samostalnik
igra, zabava, šala; načrt, nakana, spletka
množina športne igre, tekma

the game is afoot začelo se je
double (ali deep) game dvolična igra
drawn game nedoločena igra
one's little game ukana, zvijača
to make game of norčevati se, osmešiti
none of your game ne boš me ukanil
to play the game pošteno ravnati
two can play at the game to je dvorezna stvar
round game družabna igra
the game is up po njem je, načrt je propadel
the game is not worth the candle ni bilo vredno tolikšnega truda
game of chance hazardna igra
to make game of s.o. norčevati se iz koga
to play a good (poor) game dobro (slabo) igrati
to be on one's game biti v dobri kondiciji
to give the game away izdati skrivnost