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me [mi(:)] osebni zaimek
mene, me, meni, mi

ah me!, dear me! joj, jojmene!
pogovorno it's me jaz sem
pogovorno poor me jaz ubožec, -žica
and me a widow ko sem vendar vdova
arhaično & poetično I sat me down sedel sem
not for the life of me pod nobenim pogojem

me me

ali me vidiš? can you see me?

mí we; (kralj o sebi) ourself; (= meni) (to) me

mí sami we ourselves
med nami (povedano) between ourselves

myself [maisélf] zaimek
jaz sam; se, si, me, mi

I'm not myself today danes se ne počutim posebno dobro

we [wi:, wi] zaimek
množina mi, me
sleng nam, nas

jójmene! poor me!

mêni to me

kakor ti mêni, tako jaz tebi play ball with me and I'll play ball with you, arhaično claw me, and I'll claw thee
mêni je žal I am sorry
mêni ga je žal I pity him, I am sorry for him
mêni je drago I am glad (ali pleased)
mêni na ljubo to please me, on (ali ZDA in) my behalf
mêni se zdi it seems (ali appears) to me
mêni je do tega, da (ga vidim) I am anxious to (see him), I insist on (seeing him)
danes mêni, jutri tebi today is ours, tomorrow is yours

a but; however

A-dur A major
a-mol A minor
a tako (= razumem) I see
a zdaj but now
a kljub vsemu temu but for all that
a kaj šele... much less, let alone
on lahko to stori, a vem, da ne bo he can do it, but I know he will not
a kaj je z njo? what about her?
a kaj zato (= ne briga me) so what? (I don't care)
oni tako pravijo, a jaz tega ne verjamem they say so, but I don't believe it
kdor reče a, mora reči tudi b in for a penny, in for a pound

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

above¹ [əbʌ́v] predlog
nad, preko; več kakor

above all predvsem
above one hour več kot eno uro
to be above s.o. prekašati koga
to be above o.s. biti domišljav
above comprehension nerazumljiv
to speak above s.o.'s head govoriti preučeno za koga
trgovina above par nad pariteto
he is above suspicion ne moremo ga obdolžiti
he is above doing it preponosen je, da bi to storil, pod častjo mu je
those above me moji predstojniki

ache² [eik] neprehodni glagol
boleti (for)
hrepeneti

my tooth aches zob me boli
my head aches glava me boli
my heart aches for you hrepenim po tebi

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

advised [ədváizd] pridevnik (advisedly prislov)
premišljen, nameren

be advised! pazi!; bodi previden!
be advised by me poslušaj moj nasvet
ill-advised nepremišljen; prenagljen
well-advised dobro premišljen

agree [əgrí:]

1. neprehodni glagol (to v)
privoliti (with s)
strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati (on, upon, about o)
dogovoriti, sporazumeti se
slovnica (with) skladati se

2. prehodni glagol (to, with s)
izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladiti

as agreed kot smo se dogovorili
to be agreed sporazumeti se
agreed! velja!
it doesn't agree with me tega ne prenesem
to agree like dog and cat razumeti se kakor pes in mačka
to agree to differ ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor

áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

alike² [əláik] prislov
enako, prav tako, podobno

for you and me alike, alike for you and me enako zate kakor zame

allow [əláu] prehodni glagol
dovoliti, dopustiti, omogočiti, odobriti; popustiti; upoštevati
ameriško (that da) trditi, izjaviti

to be allowed sméti
I allow I was wrong priznam svojo zmoto
allow me! dovolite!
to allow for prehodni glagol upoštevati
allowing for upoštevajoč, če upoštevamo
allow of prehodni glagol ameriško, pogovorno dopuščati
it allows of no excuse neopravičljivo je

alone¹ [əlóun] povedkovnik pridevnik
sam, osamljen

leave me alone!, let me alone! daj mi mir!, pusti me pri miru!
let alone that kje šele, da ne rečem, da

amuse [əmjú:z] prehodni glagol
zabavati

to be amused at (ali by, with) zabavati se; zanimati se
you amuse me v smeh me spravljate

appeal¹ [əpí:l]

1. neprehodni glagol (to, against)
prizivati se, apelirati; pritožiti se; obrniti se na koga; rotiti; prositi; ugajati, tekniti

2. prehodni glagol
pravno poklicati pred sodišče; obtožiti

to appeal to arms poklicati pod orožje
it doesn't appeal to me ne ugaja mi, ni mi pri srcu
to appeal to the country razpustiti parlament, razpisati nove volitve
to appeal to reason sklicevati se na zdravo pamet