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feature¹ [fí:čə] samostalnik
poteza, fiziognomija; zunanja oblika; oris; značilnost, posebnost; odlika; pojava
ameriško glavni film; senzacija; atrakcija

to make a feature of posebno se skazati

feeder [fí:də] samostalnik
jedec; jasli, korito; pritok; stranska proga ali cesta; slinček; steklenica za zalivančka

dainty feeder izbirčen jedec
a large (ali gross, greedy) feeder velik jedec, požrešnež
feeder service avtobusna zveza med mestom in letališčem

feeding¹ [fí:diŋ] pridevnik
dovajalen, hranilen
sleng siten, dolgočasen

a feeding gale (ali storm) vedno močnejša nevihta

feeler [fí:lə] samostalnik
zoologija tipalka
vojska izvidnik
figurativno poskusni balon

to put (ali throw) out a feeler poizvedovati, pretipavati

féj medmet faugh!, pooh!, arhaično fie!; disgustiug!, shame on you!, for shame!

féj, taki ljudje! what disgusting people!, žargon what a shower!, what an absolute shower!
féj, kako smrdi! pooh, what a stench!
to je vreme, féj what (absolutely) foul weather!
féj te bodi! you ought to be ashamed of yourself; aren't you ashamed!; why, it's (absolutely) disgraceful!

fellow¹ [félou] samostalnik
družabnik, tovariš; član; deček, fant, človek; štipendist; sodelavec, sošolec, sotrpin; par; član znanstvenega društva; visokošolski profesor
arhaično surovež

jolly good fellow veseljak
a hail fellow well met dober prijatelj
poor fellow revež
to play the good fellow razkošno živeti
stone dead hath no fellow mrtvi molčijo
the fellow of a glove (shoe) druga rokavica (drugi čevelj) iz para
he has not his fellows nima sebi enakega
pogovorno let alone a fellow! daj mi mir!

fence¹ [fens] samostalnik
arhaično zaščita, obramba; ograja, plot; nasip; zaščitna naprava; mečevanje
figurativno spretno debatiranje
sleng skrivač ali skrivališče ukradenega blaga

to come down on the right side of the fence biti na strani zmagovalcev
to be (ali sit, ride) on the fence biti nepristranski, nobenostranski, obračati se po vetru
to look after one's fence pridobivati si volivce
to put a horse at fence spodbosti konja, da preskoči oviro
master of fence spreten mečevalec; figurativno dober diskutant

fence with prehodni glagol
z orožjem se boriti; izogniti se

to fence with a question izmikati se odgovoru, ne odgovoriti naravnost

ferment¹ [fé:mənt] samostalnik
kvasilo, kvasnik, kvašenje, vrenje
figurativno razburjenje

to be in a ferment vreti; figurativno biti razburjen, ves iz sebe

fetch¹ [feč]

1. prehodni glagol
iti po kaj, poslati koga po kaj; prinesti; puščati (kri); izpeljati (zaključke); dobiti, doseči; veljati (from)
izvleči

2. neprehodni glagol
prinašati (pes ustreljeno divjačino); obračati se; menjati se (veter); dospeti na cilj

to fetch and carry opravljati drobna nepomembna dela; prinašati ustreljeno divjačino
to fetch a blow udariti, prisoliti udarec
to fetch a breath vdihniti
to fetch a scream vzklikniti, krikniti
to fetch one in the face udariti koga po licu
to fetch a compass iti po ovinkih
to fetch a leap skočiti
to fetch port pripluti v pristanišče
to fetch a sigh vzdihniti
to fetch tears spraviti v jok
to fetch a high price doseči visoko ceno

few¹ [fju:] pridevnik
malo (za množino), nekaj, maloštevilni, majhno število česa

pogovorno a good few, quite a few precejšnje število, precej
few and far between le redkokateri
arhaično in few skratka
not a few kar precej (jih)
no fewer than najmanj, vsaj

fiásko (neuspeh) fiasco; pogovorno flop

to je bil fiásko it was a failure (ali a washout ali a flop)

fibre ameriško fiber [fáibə] samostalnik
vlakno, ličje; nitka, vejica
figurativno vrsta, značaj, narava, žilavost

a man of coarse fibre žilav človek

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

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

fiddlestick [fídlstik] samostalnik
godalni lok

fiddlestick's end ničeva stvar
the devil rides on a fiddlestick tam imajo pravega hudiča

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fifty-fifty¹ [fíftifífti] pridevnik
razdeljen na dva enaka dela

on a fifty-fifty basis pol na pol

fig¹ [fig] samostalnik
smokva
figurativno malenkost

not to care a fig prav nič ne marati; biti mar ko žabi oreha
green figs sveže smokve
pulled figs suhe smokve

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!