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edínstven unique; matchless; peerless

on je edínstven there is no one to match him, there is nobody like him
edínstvene lepote of a unique (ali matchless) beauty

ekscelénca Excellency

ekscelénca, to je moj brat Excellency, this is my brother

ékstra

1. prislov extra, separately, apart; as a supplement

vino se plača ékstra wine is not included, there is an extra charge for wine, wine is extra

2. pridevnik superfine, extra-special, first-rate; pogovorno tip-top

ékstra (»prima«) slanina prime bacon

elegánten elegant; (po modi) stylish, fashionable, smart; well-dressed

elegántna družba the smart set
elegántno je oblečena she is smartly dressed
videti je zelo elegántna she looks very smart

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

enák equal, even, (vrednost) equivalent, (isti) same, identical; (podoben) like, alike, similar; (enoličen) uniform; equable

dve enáki števili two equal numbers
enáka razdalja equidistance
enáka temperatura an even temperature
biti enák to equal, to be the equal of, to be equal, to be on a par with
ni mu enákega he has no equal, there is no one to match him, he is without an equal, he is unrivalled
ni ti enák he is not your equal
to ni bil enák boj it was not an equal fight
boj med enakima nasprotnikoma equal fight
boriti se ob enákih pogojih to fight on equal terms
naleteti, najti sebi enákega to meet one's match
imeti enáke deleže to have equal shares
vsi državljani so enáki pred zakonom all citizens are equal before the law
skušati biti enák to emulate, to vie with
sta kar enáka (= imata iste napake) they are tarred with the same brush!
plačati (vrniti) enáko z enákim (figurativno) to give someone tit for tat, to pay someone back in his own coin
enako se z enákim druži birds of a feather flock together

ênkrat once; some time

ênkrat na dan once a day
ênkrat ali dvakrat once or twice
ênkrat slučajno once by chance
ênkrat za vselej once for all
ênkrat pač (prej ali slej, kadarkoli) at some time or other
niti ênkrat not once
končno ênkrat at last
še ênkrat once more, once again, the same again
še ênkrat toliko as much (oziroma many) again; twice as much (oziroma many)
pozneje ênkrat by and by
to pot ênkrat this once
drugo leto ênkrat some time next year
za ênkrat for once, for the time being
niti ênkrat ni deževalo it never rained once
bil je ênkrat (slučajno) točen he was in time for once in a way
to je kar lahkó, ko ênkrat vidite, kako se tega lotiti it is easy enough once you see how to tackle it
kar je ênkrat narejeno, je narejeno once it is done, it is done

etáža floor; (nadstropje) storey, ZDA story

stanuje na tretji etáži he is living on the third (ZDA fourth) floor
stolpnica z desetimi etážami a ten-storey (ZDA ten story) tower (ali tower block)

etikéta (za pakete, prtljago itd.) label; tag; (za označbo cene) ticket; tally; (ceremonial) etiquette; ceremony; ceremonial; convention

jahati na etikéti (figurativno) to be very formal, to be a stickler for etiquette
ne gledamo na etikéto ni, nam do etikéte (figurativno) we don't stand on ceremony
steklenica ima etikéto »strup« the bottle is labelled »poison«
pogrešiti se, napraviti prestopek proti etikéti to commit a solecism (ali a breach of etiquette)

evidénten evident; obvious; manifest

zločin je evidénten the crime is self-evident (ali manifest)
to je več kot evidéntno it's as plain as a pikestaff
evidéntno je, da... it is obvious (ali plain) that...

falíranec failure; (born) loser; dud; wastrel; washout

njegov sin je falíranec his son is a failure

famózen famous, famed, celebrated; extraordinary

kot pevec ni famózen he is not much of a singer, as a singer he's not up to much; (zloglasen) notorious, infamous, disreputable

fánt boy, lad, youth; youngster; stripling; young fellow; (ljubček) lover, boy friend, sweetheart; (neporočen) bachelor; (pri kartah) jack, knave

fánt od fare pogovorno brick, great guy, one of the lads (ali boys), the broth of a boy; (izvoljenec, stalen kavalir) steady
komaj 17 let star fánt a lad who's hardly seventeen
to dekle je pravi pravcati fánt that girl is a regular tomboy (ali hoyden)

fantazíja fancy; imagination; imaginative faculty; glasba fantasia, fantasy

v fantazíji in imagination
čista, gola fantazíja pure imagination
svét fantazíje the land of dreams, dreamland, never-never land
imaš bujno fantazíjo your imagination is running away with you
dati krila svoji fantazíji (figurativno) to give one's fancy free rein

fasáda façade; front; frontage; fig surface

hiša s fasádo proti morju a house fronting (ali facing) the sea
vsa njegova veselost je samo fasáda all that joviality of his is a mere facade

fébruar February

29. fébruar (prestopni dan) bissextile day
pismo je datirano z 11. fébruarjem the letter is dated February 11th
dne 1. fébruarja on February 1st, on 1st February (beri: on February the first, on the first of February)

figúra figure

figúra iz porcelana statuette, figurine
figúra pri šahu piece, chessman
govorna figúra figure of speech, rhetorical figure; metaphor
komična figúra a figure of fun
plesna figúra figure
ples v figúrah figure-dance
figúr poln jezik figurative language
on je samó figúra he is a mere figurehead, he's just a figurehead
igrati žalostno figúro to cut a poor figure

flírtati to flirt; to philander

on rad flirta he is fond of flirting

fórma form; shape

biti v dobri fórmi šport to be in good form, to be in fine fettle
biti pod fórmo to be (far) below one's best
ne čutim se v fórmi I don't feel in form, I don't feel fit, I don't feel up to par
on je v fórmi he is as fit as a fiddle
ne biti v fórmi to be off (one's) form
so v najboljši fórmi they are at their (very) best (ali on top form), they are at their peak, they have hit their peak
načrt dobiva fórmo the scheme is taking shape
predmet bez fórme a shapeless object

frankírati to prepay; to ank; to stamp; to pay for

frankiran paid, stamped
premalo underpaid
premalo frankirano! postage due!
je to pismo dovolj frankirano? is this letter sufficiently stamped?
nezadostno frankiran insufficiently prepaid; underpaid