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egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

egocéntričen egocentric; self-centred

egocéntrično bitje a self-centred creature

eke¹ [i:k] prehodni glagol
arhaično (out, with) podaljšati, povečati, doda(ja)ti; pretolči se

to eke out the lion's skin with the fox's združiti moč z zvijačo
to eke out one's livelihood, to eke out one's salary with odd jobs preživljati se z dodatnim delom poleg rednega
to eke out a miserable existence komaj se preživljati

ekonómski economic

ekonómska blokada economic blockade
ekonómska geografija economic geography
ekonómska komisija economic commission
ekonómska konferenca economic conference
ekonómska kriza economic crisis
ekonómski plan economic plan
ekonómsko načrtovanje economic planning
ekonómska pogodba economic agreement
ekonómska politika economic policy
ekonómski položaj dežele the state of a country's economy, the economic state (ali situation) of a country
ponovna ekonómska poživitev (oživetje) economic recovery
ekonómski razvoj economic development
ekonómska struktura economic structure
ekonómska unija economic union
ekonómska varnost economic security
ekonómski vzpon (konjukturni) economic boom
ekonómski svèt economic council
ekonómska zakonitost economic law

eksêmpel (zgled) example

njegova smrt naj bo svarilen eksêmpel vsem pijancem let his death be a warning to all drunkards

eksemplár (primerek, izvod) specimen; (knjige) copy

napraviti (pismo) v dveh, štirih eksemplárih to draw up (a letter) in two, four copies

eksisténca existence; being; life

bedna eksisténca a wretched existence
borba za eksisténca struggle for existence
najti eksisténco to find one's livelihood

eksistírati to exist; to be

ki ne eksistira nonexistent
nekaj izvodov še eksistira there are still a few copies extant

ekspedítirati to dispatch, to forward, to send off, (po pošti) to post, to mail; (z ladjo) to ship

ekspedítirati paket z letalom to send a parcel by airmail

eksplozíja explosion, (granate) detonation, explosion, (kotla) blowup, blowout; figurativno (jeze, veselja) outburst, outbreak

eksplozíja besnosti an outburst (ali a blaze) of passion

ekspozé statement; account

napraviti ekspozé o položaju to draw up a statement, to give an account of the situation

ekstáza ecstasy; rapture; medicina ecstasy; trance

pasti v ekstázo to be thrown into a state of ecstasy
biti v ekstázi to be enraptured, to go into raptures (ob, nad over), to be carried away (by), to be in ecstasies (at, over), to be entranced (by)
priti v ekstázo to grow ecstatic
spraviti v ekstázo to enrapture

ekstrahírati to extract (iz from), to get out (of)

ekstrahírati sok iz citrone to squeeze a lemon, to squeeze the juice out of a lemon
ekstrahírati olje iz oliv to extract oil from olives, to press oil out of olives; (premog, rudo itd.) to mine, to extract; (marmor, kamen) to quarry; (nafto) to extract, to pump; (zob) to extract, to pull, to draw; (žebelj) to draw out

ekstrém(nost) extreme; extreme limit

do ekstrém(nost)i ambiciozen, stremuški ambitious in the extreme
gnati, tirati stvari do ekstrém(nost)i to go to extremes, to carry to extremes, to take things too far
iti iz enega ekstrém(nost)a v drugega to go from one extreme to the other
vedno zapada v ekstrém(nost)e he always goes to extremes
nasprotni ekstrém(nost) the opposite extreme
zapasti v drug ekstrém(nost) to turn from one extreme to the other
ekstrém(nost)i se privlačijo extremes meet

elán mettle; spirit; pogovorno dash; élan; impetus, momentum, figurativno impulse; vitality, vim, verve; eagerness, dash, go, pluck; ZDA pep, zip; (zagon, zalet) spring, bound; (navdušenja itd.) transports pl

danes sem poln elána I feel full of vim today
biti v elánu to be on one's mettle
dati nov elán to give a fresh impetus (to)
to mu bo dalo elána that will put him on his mettle

Eldorado El Dorado

eldorado figurativno paradise, promised land
Krka in Kolpa sta pravi Eldorado za ribiče the Krka and Kolpa rivers are a real paradise for anglers

elemént element (tudi figurativno); kemija element; (sestavina) constituent, component, element; figurativno element, substance, matter

eleménti pl elements pl, rudiments pl
nov dokazilen elemént a new item of evidence
elemént uspeha a factor of succcess
(ne) biti, (ne) čutiti se v svojem eleméntu to be, to feel in one's element (out of one's element ali like a fish out of water)
ogenj je bil eden od štirih eleméntov fire was one of the four elements
(ne) biti v svojem eleméntu to be (ill) at ease

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet

elíta francosko the élite; the cream, the flower, the choice, the pick; the chosen few, (ironično) the great and the good; la crème de la crème

družbena elíta the cream of society
intelektualna elíta kake dežele the intellectual aristocracy, the intelligentsia of a country

embroider [embrɔ́idə] prehodni glagol
vesti; (o)krasiti, (o)lepšati

to embroider a story dodati izmišljotine