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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

bloody¹ [blʌ́di] pridevnik (bloodily prislov)
krvav; krvoločen, krut, morilski
vulgarno preklet, vražji, hudičev

bloody flux krvava griža
not a bloody thing prav nič
bloody Mary cocktail iz vodke in paradižnikovega soka
to wave the bloody shirt obujati žalostne spomine
bloody hand grbovni znak Ulstra; grbovni znak baroneta

blue¹ [blu:] pridevnik
moder, sinji; plemiški (kri); žalosten, potrt, otožen; zvest, stanoviten; mrtvaško bled; učen (ženska)
pogovorno nespodoben; konservativen, torijevski

blue blood plemenitaški rod
blue coat vojak, mornar
blue disease modrikavost kože, cianoza
blue devils potrtost; delirium tremens
in a blue funk živčen, prestrašen
to see through blue glasses črno gledati
blue gum vrsta evkaliptusa
blue joke nespodoben dovtip
blue jeans modre delovne hlače
to look (ali feel) blue zbegan, potrt biti
ameriško blue laws pretirano strogi, puritanski zakoni
Blue Monday zaspani ponedeljek
once in a blue moon redkokdaj
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
blue pencil cenzorjev svinčnik
Blue Peter modra zastava (znak za odhod ladje)
till all is blue neskončno dolgo; do nezavesti (se napiti)
a blue note napačen zvok
blue ribbon visoko odlikovanje; red podveze; znak vzdržnosti
blue rock vrsta goloba
sleng blue ruin slaba vrsta brinjevca
true blue zvest
to turn (ali make) the air blue kvantati, zmerjati
blue water odprto morje

blue² [blu:] samostalnik
modra barva, modrina, sinjina; modrilo
figurativno morje; nebo; modra tkanina ali obleka
britanska angleščina član visokošolske športne reprezentance; konservativec
množina otožnost, potrtost

a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to have (a fit of) the blues biti zelo potrt
to give s.o. the blues dolgočasiti koga
in the blue daleč, nedosegljiv
out of the blue ko strela z jasnega
Oxford blue temnomodra barva
Cambridge blue svetlomodra barva
the Blues kraljeva konjeniška garda
the men (ali gentlemen, boys) in blue policaji mornarji, vojaki ameriške federalne vojske
navy blue temnomodra barva
Prussian blue berlinsko modra barva
true blue konservativec
to fire into the blue na slepo streljati

bodóčnost the future; futurity; time to come

v bližnji bodóčnosti in the near future
v dogledni bodóčnosti in the foreseeable future
mož bodóčnosti an up-and-coming man, a man with a future
imeti veliko bodóčnost to have a great future
napovedati, prerokovati bodóčnost to predict, to foretell, to prophesy the future
sanje bodóčnosti (figurativno) dreams pl of the future, castles pl in the air
načrti za bodóčnost plans pl for the future
bodóčnost bo pokazala it remains to be seen
videti v bodóčnost to look into the future
kaj nam bo prinesla bodóčnost? what does the future hold in store for us?

body¹ [bɔ́di] samostalnik
telo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del
figurativno snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina
astronomija astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnica

body corporate korporacija; pravna oseba
in the body of the hall v sredini dvorane
the body of people velika množica
in a body vsi skupaj
to keep body and soul together preživljati se
one body is like another vsi ljudje smo enaki
main body glavnina vojske
diplomatic body diplomatski zbor
a poor body revež
kemija compound body spojina
body politic država
body of a letter tekst, vsebina pisma

bogát rich (z in, with); wealthy; well off; affluent, opulent; (obilen) abundant, copious

zelo, neizmerno bogát enormously rich; as rich as Croesus
bogáta izbira a wide selection
bogáta pojedina a rich feast
bogáta rima rich rhyme
bogáta zemlja rich (ali fertile) soil
bogáta žetev a rich harvest, heavy crop, bumper crop
z zlatom bogáta ruda an ore rich in gold
bogát z živino rich in cattle
bogáto ilustriran profusely illustrated
biti zelo bogát to be rolling in money, to be made of money
biti bogát z to be rich in
postati bogát to become rich

bòj fight (tudi figurativno), fighting; (oborožen) combat; (bitka) battle, engagement, action; (bojevanje) struggle (za for, z with); (spopad) encounter, (praska) skirmish; (tekmovanje) contest, match; (spor, figurativno) conflct

hud težak bòj hard, heavy fighting
bòj moža proti možu, bòj od blizu hand-to-hand fighting, dog-fight, close combat
vroč bòj a ding-dong fight
v vročem bòju in the heat of the battle
surov bòj rough-and-tumble fight
neodločen bòj drawn battle
bòj na nož fight to the finish, skin-game
bòj na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle; all-in fighting, a deadly fight
bòj za obstanek struggle for life, struggle for existence
smrtni bòj death agony
poulični bòji street fighting
bòj nazorov conflict of opinions
politični bòji political conflicts
duševni bòj mental strife, mental struggle
volilni bòj election contest, election campaign
pripravljen za bòj ready to fight, (na morju) decks cleared for action
sposoben za bòj able to fight, in fighting trim
nesposoben za bòj disabled, out of action
bíti (bijem) bòj to fight a battle
izločiti iz bòja to put out of action
ne izbirati sredstev za bòj to fight with one's gloves off
izzvati na bòj to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet
pasti v bòju to be killed in action, to fall in action
sprejeti bòj (figurativno) to accept the challenge, to pick up the gauntlet; to accept battle
spustiti se v bòj to join battle

bojeváti se to fight, to struggle (z with, proti against); to combat, to battle; to contest; to contend (z with)

bojeváti se za koga to fight for someone
bojeváti se za kak ideal to fight for an ideal
bojeváti se za svoje življenje to fight for one's life
bojeváti se do konca, do odločitve to fight to a finish, to fight it out
bojeváti se do kraja to fight to the bitter end
bojeváti se na življenje in smrt to fight for dear life
bojeváti se za vsako ped zemlje to contest every inch of ground
bojeváti se na strani koga to fight on the side of someone

bók flank; side; (kolk) hip; zastarelo huckle; (pri živalih) haunch

levi (desni) bók ladje port (starboard)
bók ob bóku side by side
z rokami v bókih akimbo
napad z bóka a flank attack
kritje z bóka vojska flank guard
izpostaviti, odkriti bók vojska to expose the flank
napasti z bóka sovražnika to attack the enemy flank, to attack the flank of the enemy
obiti bók to turn the enemy flank
imeti bolečine v bóku to have a pain in one's side
ladja je zelo nagnjena na bók the ship is listing
leži na bóku the ship is over on her side

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

bolečína ache, pain, smart, ailment; (trganje) twinge, pang; (zbodljaj) stitch (v boku in the side); figurativno grief, distress

duševna bolečína grief, pang(s pl)
huda bolečína anguish
nema bolečína silent grief
skrajna bolečína extreme suffering, agony
porodne bolečíne throes pl
začetne (porodne) bolečíne (figurativno) teething troubles
odškodnina za bolečíne compensation for pain or distress
imeti bolečíne to be in pain
imate bolečíne? (Vas boli?) do you feel any pain, does it hurt?
imam bolečíne I've got a pain
imam velike bolečíne I am in great pain, I have an awful pain
zvijati se od bolečínin to wince
trpeti, prenašati velike bolečíne to suffer great pain
deljena bolečína je pol bolečína arhaično company in distress makes trouble less

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

bólnica bolnišnica hospital; infirmary

bólnica, bolnišnica za duševne bolezni mental hospital, lunatic asylum
poljska bólnica, bolnišnica field hospital
prevoz, sprejem v bólnico, bivanje v bólnici hospitalization
odpeljati v bólnico to put in (a) hospital, to hospitalize
sprejeti v bólnico to admit to (a) hospital

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)

bonnet¹ [bɔ́nit] samostalnik
klobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto)
sleng pomagač, sokrivec

to have a bee in one's bonnet biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejo
to fill s.o.'s bonnet zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovreden
to vail the bonnet spoštljivo se odkriti

book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

bórba fight; fighting; struggle; strife; contest; (tekmovanje) competition

po ostri bórbi after sharp fighting
bórba moža proti možu hand-to-hand fighting
bórba na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle
bórba na nož skin-game, fight to the finish
bórba za obstanek, za življenje struggle for life (ali for existence)
surova bórba a rough-and-tumble
volilna bórba election campaign
vroča bórba a ding-dong fight
izločiti iz bórbe to put someone out of action; to knock someone out
pasti v bórbi to be killed in action
začeti bórbo to start a fight

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen