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admit [ədmít] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pripustiti, pripuščati, dopustiti, priznati; upoštevati; sprejeti za člana

to admit to the bar podeliti advokaturo
to admit a claim priznati dolg
to admit s.o. into confidence zaupati se komu
to admit of improvement dati se popraviti, izboljšati
it admits of no excuse ni opravičljivo
it admits of no doubt o tem ni dvoma
to admit as partner sprejeti za družabnika
this ticket admits to the evening performance ta vstopnica velja za večerno predstavo

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo

answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

attach [ətǽč]

1. prehodni glagol
pritrditi, privezati, dodati, priložiti, zvezati
figurativno pridobiti koga, navezati se na koga; pripisovati komu
pravno aretirati, zapleniti; imenovati, določiti

2. neprehodni glagol
povezati se s kom, navezati se na koga; biti združeno s čim

to be attached to s.o. biti vdan komu
to attach importance smatrati za važno
to attach blame to s.o. dolžiti koga
no blame attaches to him on ni kriv
to attach o.s. navezati se
to attach a stamp nalepiti znamko

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

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

bedfellow [bédfelou] samostalnik
soprenočevalec; soprog(a)

he is an awkward (ali a strange) bedfellow z njim ni prijetno živeti, z njim ni dobro češnje zobati

bite² [bait] samostalnik
ugriz, pik, pekoča bolečina; grižljaj; prigrizek, hrana
figurativno zbadljivost, ostrost; jedkanje

to take two bites on a cherry obirati se
his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kakor je videti, pes, ki laja, ne grize

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

burton [bə́:tən] samostalnik
škripčevje; pivo (iz Burtona)

pogovorno he has gone for a burton odšel je in se ni vrnil, ni ga več

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

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

care² [kɛə] neprehodni glagol (for, of, about)
skrbeti, negovati; marati
ameriško zmoči, uspešno urediti

to care for rad imeti, zanimati se
much do I care for mar mi je, še na misel mi ne pride
I don't care ne ljubi se mi, ni mi mar
for aught (ali ought) I care zaradi mene, meni nič mar
I don't care if I do nimam nič proti
I don't care a pin (ali rap, damn, straw, cent, brass farthing, fig, feather, whoop) nič mi ni mar, vseeno mi je
what do I care? kaj mi mar?