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velíko much; a great deal, a good deal (of); a lot of; pogovorno lots, masses, loads, bags (of)

zelo velíko very much, quite a lot, pl a great many
moj brat velíko bere (dela, potuje) my brother is a great reader (worker, traveller)
velíko se sprehajam I am a great walker
(on) ima zelo velíko denarja he has a considerable amount (ali pogovorno lots, loads, bags, pots) of money
on velíko pije he is a big drinker, he drinks hard, he is a hard-drinking man
velíko hrupa za nič much ado about nothing
velíko sreče! good luck!, lots of luck!

big² [big] prislov
veliko, bahavo

to talk big bahati, širokoustiti se

great³ [greit] prislov
veliko, močno, zelo

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

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?

muchly [mʌ́čli] prislov
šaljivo zelo, veliko, posebno

rush¹ [rʌš]

1. samostalnik
naval, nalet, zamah, prerivanje, drvenje, pehanje; naglica; masovno odhajanje (to v)
nenaden izbruh ali povečanje
medicina naval krvi
trgovina veliko, živo povpraševanje (for po, za)
figurativno napad

by rushes skokoma
on the rush pogovorno z vso naglico, na hitro
with a rush nenadoma
the rush hours najprometnejše, konične ure (ko gredo ljudje v službo ali se vračajo domov)
a rush for seats naval na sedeže
rush of pity nenadno sočutje
gold rush figurativno zlata mrzlica
there was a rush of blood to his face kri mu je planila v obraz
to make a rush for planiti na, navaliti na

2. pridevnik
hiter, nagel; nujen; prizadeven

rush order hitro, nujno naročilo

sea [si:] samostalnik
morje; ocean; val
figurativno veliko prostranstvo, velika množina
figurativno morje, mnogo, veliko

at sea na morju
in the open sea na odprtem morju
on the sea na morju, ob morju
beyond (over) sea(s) prek, onstran morja
by sea and land po morju in po kopnem
between devil and deep sea med dvema zloma, med nakovalom in kladivom
seas of blood figurativno morja, potoki krvi
a sea of clouds morje oblakov
a sea of difficulties morje (mnogo, veliko) težav
seas mountains high kot gora visoki morski valovi
a sea like a looking glass, a sea like a sheet of glass kot zrcalo (steklo) gladko morje
sea protest dokazilo pomorske nezgode
sea shanty mornarska pesem
the four seas štiri morja okrog Velike Britanije
choppy sea nagubano, nagrbančeno morje
a heavy (rough) sea razburkano morje
the high sea odprto morje; morje zunaj teritorialnih voda
long sea dolgi pravilni morski valovi
short sea kratki nepravilni valovi
I am (all) at sea figurativno čisto sem zmeden (v dvomih), ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to follow the sea biti pomorščak
when the sea gives up its dead figurativno na sodni dan
to go to sea vkrcati se; postati mornar
to head the sea pluti proti valovom
to put to sea spustiti (ladjo) v morje, splaviti (ladjo)

about-sledge [əbáutsledž] samostalnik
veliko kovaško kladivo

absorption [əbsɔ́:pšən] samostalnik
vsrkavanje, vpijanje
figurativno zatopljenost, veliko zanimanje

armada [a:mái:də] samostalnik
veliko bojno ladjevje

bay² [bei] samostalnik
zaliv, draga; tin; jez; senik; zaprt balkon, veliko okno; oddelek; pregraja

sick bay bolniški oddelek (na ladji)
bay roof žagasta streha
bay window okno v tinu

bomb-shell [bɔ́mšel] samostalnik
bomba
figurativno veliko presenečenje

capitalization [kæpitəlaizéišən] samostalnik
kapitalizacija; pisanje, tiskanje z veliko črko

capitalize [kəpítəlaiz] prehodni glagol
kapitalizirati, v kapital spremeniti; pisati ali tiskati z veliko črko

to capitalize on (ali upon) s.th. okoristiti se s čim

circus [sə́:kəs] samostalnik
cirkus
britanska angleščina trg zaokrožene oblike; veliko križišče

clean up prehodni glagol
temeljito očistiti, pospraviti, urediti; opraviti delo
ameriško, sleng dobiti veliko denarja (pri igri)

considerable [kənsídərəbl] pridevnik (considerably prislov)
znaten, precejšen, upoštevanja vreden, imeniten, pomemben
ameriško, pogovorno zelo veliko (česa)

country-seat [kʌ́ntrisi:t] samostalnik
veliko posestvo; dvorec

crucifixion [krú:sifíkšən] samostalnik
križanje
figurativno veliko trpljenje