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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

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

endure [indjúə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vztrajati; prenesti, pretrpeti; vzdržati, potrpeti; sprijazniti se s čim

I cannot endure ne prenesem, upira, gnusi se mi
what cannot be cured must be endured potrpljenje božja mast
not to be endured neznosen

English [íŋgliš]

1. pridevnik
angleški

I am English sem Anglež

2. samostalnik
angleščina

Basic English moderna umetna angleščina z omejenim številom besed
King's, Queen's English lepa, pravilna angleščina
to abuse, mishandle, murder the King's English kvariti jezik, slabo govoriti
in plain English preprosto in jasno (povedano)

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje

enter into neprehodni glagol
prodreti; sodelovati; lotiti se

I enter into your feelings razumem vas, sočustvujem z vami
enter into an arrangement sporazumeti se
enter into a contract skleniti pogodbo
enter into business relations navezati poslovne stike
enter into details spustiti se v podrobnosti
enter into a treaty skleniti pogodbo
enter into one's mind na misel priti
enter into correspondence with s.o. začeti si s kom dopisovati
enter into obligations prevzeti obveznost

envy² [énvi] prehodni glagol
zavidati, ne privoščiti

I envy you your success zavidam ti tvoj uspeh

excuse¹ [ikskjú:z] prehodni glagol (from, for)
opravičiti, oprostiti, spregledati

excuse me dovolite, z dovoljenjem; opravičite me
I beg to be excused prosim, da me opravičite

face¹ [feis] samostalnik
obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of v navzočnosti, pred (kom)
to draw (ali pull, wear) a long face biti videti potrt, kislo se držati
in the face of day ob belem dnevu; odkrito
his face fell nos se mu je povesil
to fly in (to) the face of s.o. upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga
to fly in the face of Providence izzivati usodo
you have a good face zdravi ste videti
navtika guide face drsa zapore
full face obraz od spredaj
half face profil
to have the face to (do s.th.) upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)
in (the) face of vpričo, neglede na, vkljub
I could hardly keep a straight face komaj sem zadrževal smeh
to look in the face of s.o. drzno koga gledati
to lose the face zgubiti ugled
to make (ali pull) faces at spakovati se nad
to make a wry face at s.th. kislo kaj gledati
face to face with naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo
on the face of it očitno, na prvi pogled
to put a bold (ali good) face on s.th. ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu
to put a new face on s.th. postaviti kaj v drugo luč
a right about face popoln obrat
to run one's face dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom
to save one's face za las uiti sramoti
to set one's face against s.th. upirati se čemu
to set one's face like a flint biti neuklonljiv
to shut the door in one's face preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta
to show one's face priti, prikazati se
to show a face izzivalno se vesti
to s.o.'s face odkrito, v navzočnosti koga
to tell straight to s.o.'s face naravnost komu povedati
to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face očitati, oponašati komu kaj
face value imenska vrednost

fail¹ [feil]

1. neprehodni glagol
manjkati, ne zadostovati; prenehati, pešati, slabeti, slabšati se, ne moči (in)
ponesrečiti se, spodleteti, ne uspeti; pasti pri izpitu

2. prehodni glagol
izneveriti se, razočarati, pustiti na cedilu; pustiti pasti (pri izpitu); ne imeti; doživeti denarni polom

to fail to come ne priti
not to fail to do it gotovo narediti
you cannot fail to find gotovo boste našli
I fail to see ne morem razumeti
to fail in duty zanemarjati svojo dolžnost
to fail in one's word besedo snesti
my heart has failed me nisem imel dovolj poguma
his voice failed glas mu je odpovedal
to fail in business propasti, bankrotirati
the prophesy failed napoved se ni izpolnila

fain² [fein] pridevnik
zadovoljen, vesel; prisiljen

pogovorno fain I! jaz že ne!
I was fain to comply with their demands hočeš nočeš sem moral spolniti njihove zahteve

fare¹ [fɛə] neprehodni glagol
uspevati; hraniti se, jesti in piti; počutiti se
arhaično potovati, peljati se, iti

to go farther and fare worse priti z dežja pod kap
pogovorno how fares it? kako ti (vam) gre?
poetično fare thee well mnogo uspeha
poetično to fare forth kreniti na pot
I fare ill (well) slabo (dobro) se mi godi

favour¹ ameriško favor [féivə] samostalnik
ljubeznivost, naklonjenost, priljubljenost; usluga, protekcija, milost; podpora, zaščita, okrilje; prednost, prid, korist; pristranost; koncesija
trgovina trgovsko pismo; videz, lepota, čar; odlikovanje; znamenje, kokarda, emblem

to be in favour biti za, odobravati
to find favour with (ali in the eyes of) s.o. biti priljubljen, v časteh pri kom
by favour of, under favour of zaradi, po
with s.o.'s favour z blagohotnim dovoljenjem koga
your favour vaše cenjeno pismo
I am not in favour of it nisem za to
to curry favour prilizovati se
to win s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost koga
by your favour z vašim dovoljenjem
to be in great favour dobro iti v promet
to do (ali bestow, confer) a favour on s.o. izkazati komu ljubeznivost
to look with favour on s.th. odobravati kaj
to stand high in s.o.'s favour biti pri kom priljubljen
do me the favour to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
trgovina balance in your favour saldo vam v prid
under favour of night pod okriljem noči

feel^*1 [fi:l]

1. prehodni glagol
občutiti; potipati, dotikati se; zaznati, opaziti; zaslutiti; smatrati, misliti

2. neprehodni glagol
tipati; počutiti se; zavedati se; imeti občutje, k srcu si gnati

to feel about s tipanjem iskati
to feel certain (ali sure) biti prepričan
I feel it in my bones trdno sem prepričan
to feel bitter biti grenkega okusa
to feel cheap slabo se počutiti
I feel cold (warm) zebe me (toplo mi je)
to feel doubts dvomiti
to feel one's feet dobiti zaupanje vase
to feel like nothing on the earth, to feel poorly (ali rotten, faint) zelo slabo se počutiti
to feel hurt biti užaljen
to feel small sramovati se
to feel sorry obžalovati
to feel the pulse meriti utrip
to feel like želeti si
I don't feel like ne ljubi se mi
it feels like rain na dež kaže
to feel quite o.s. again opomoči si
to feel up to moči
to feel one's way previdno spraševati, sondirati
I do not feel up to work ne ljubi se mi delati

fícek penny; rap

brez fícka penniless
ne dam fícka zanj I don't give a rap for him
ni fícka vredno it isn't worth a brass farthing

fíga botanika fig; (pričeska) bun; contemptuous gesture made with thumb between index and middle fingers

posušena fíga dried fig
venec fíg a string of figs
konjske fíge horse droppings, horse manure, horse dung, vulgarno horse turds
fíga mož (figurativno) one who reneges, reneger, unreliable fellow; bastard
biti fíga mož to go back on one's word; to break one's promise
fígo držati figurativno to keep one's fingers crossed, to cross fingers (za srečo for luck)
moramo fígo držati! touch wood!
fígo pokazati komu to make a contemptuous gesture at someone, to cock a snook at someone
to mi je fígo mar I don't care a damn about it, I don't give a hang (ali hoot) about it
za vsako fígo jokati to whimper (ali to cry) at the slightest provocation (ali žargon for damn all)
Figo, pa ne njegov obraz! His face my foot!
fígo (= nič) ji bo to koristilo! (ironično) a lot of good that'll do her!
fígo ti je mar! a lot you care!

find¹ [faind]

1. prehodni glagol
najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
zaslediti divjačino
pravno odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss grajati
to find expression izraziti se
to find fault with grajati koga ali kaj
to find favour imeti podporo, zaščito
pravno to find s.o. guilty spoznati, da je kdo kriv
pogovorno to find one's feet pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se
pravno to find a true bill izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen
to find s.o. in s.th. oskrbeti koga s čim
I cannot find it in my heart srce mi ne da
I could find it in my heart rad bi
how do you find yourself? kako se imaš?
to find one's match najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika
the jury found for the culprit porota je osvobodila obtoženca
I trust this finds you well upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo
to find o.s. sam se oskrbeti; znajti se
to find pleasure in s.th. imeti s čim veselje

first¹ [fə:st] pridevnik (firstly prislov)
prvi, najzgodnejši, prvovrsten

at first hand iz prve roke
ameriško first board začetni tečaj
first cause pravzrok
First Commoner predsednik spodnjega doma parlamenta
to come first biti najboljši
first day nedelja
first cost proizvodna cena
first finger kazalec
first floor britanska angleščina prvo nadstropje, ameriško pritličje
ameriško first, last and all the time nenehno, neomajno
First Lord of the Admiralty minister za mornarico
First Sea Lord komandant mornarice
First Lord of Treasury minister za državno zakladnico
to go first peljati se v prvem razredu
ameriško first lady prezidentova žena
first name krstno, dano ime
first night premiera
ameriško I could not get to the first base nobenega uspeha nisem imel
First International prva internacionala
first lieutenant nadporočnik
in the first place predvsem
at first sight na prvi pogled
first thing na prvem mestu; pogovorno navsezgodaj
first refusal predkupna pravica

fit⁵ [fit] pridevnik (fitly prislov) (for)
primeren, ustrezen, uporaben, zmožen, sposoben; zdrav; vreden

to feel (ali keep) fit dobro se počutiti
fit to eat užiten
I was fit to die of shame najraje bi se bil v tla udrl od sramu
as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
more than is fit čezmerno, pretirano
I was fit to malo je manjkalo, da nisem
to think fit to odločiti se; raje narediti
to run to be fit to burst teči, dokler nam ne zmanjka sape
pogovorno I laughed fit to burst malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha
not to be fit to ne moči