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flight¹ [flait] samostalnik
letenje, polet, odlet; minevanje; jata
pogovorno zarod ptičev v istem letnem času; razdalja, ki se da preleteti; stopniščna rama; serija; tekmovanje v streljanju z lokom; puščica

a flight of fancy izmišljotina
in the first flight na najvišjem položaju, najboljši
to wing one's flight vzleteti
to take (ali make) a flight leteti
flight of missiles toča izstrelkov, krogel
blind flight polet brez vidljivosti
flight commander poveljnik letalstva

flight² [flait] samostalnik
pobeg, nagel umik

to betake o.s. to flight, to take (to) flight pobrisati jo, zbežati
flight of capital beg kapitala
to put (ali turn) to flight spoditi

floor¹ [flɔ:] samostalnik
tla, pod, dno; nadstropje; sejna dvorana; prizorišče v filmskem ateljeju; proizvodnja filma; najnižja meja (plače, dnevnice)

to ask for the floor oglasiti se k besedi
the film goes on the floor začenja se snemanje filma
the film is on the floor film se snema
floor show zabavni program, ki se predvaja med gledalci
floor price najnižja dopustna cena
to get (ali have, ameriško take) the floor imeti besedo (v parlamentu)
to give the floor dati besedo
ground floor, ameriško first floor pritličje
on the first (ameriško second) floor v prvem nadstropju
French floor parket
inlaid floor okrasni parket
to take the floor plesati
sleng to wipe the floor with s.o. uničiti, popolnoma premagati koga

flóta (vojna) fleet, navy; (trgovska) merchant navy, merchant marine

Kraljeva flóta the Royal Navy (krajšava: R.N.)
angleška flóta the British (ali English) fleet
ribiška flóta fishing fleet
zračna flóta air force
trgovska flóta merchant navy

fluktuácija fluctuation

fluktuácija delovne sile turnover of work force (ali of staff)

flutter² [flʌ́tə] samostalnik
kriljenje, prhutanje; tresenje, vibracija; razburjenje, nemir, vznemirjenost; drhtenje
sleng špekulacija, hazardna igra; krok

to cause (ali make) flutter vznemiriti, razburiti
all in a flutter ves iz sebe

fly¹ [flai] samostalnik
zoologija muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželk

fly agaric, fly anamita botanika mušnica
to break (ali crush) a fly on the wheel uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevati
to catch flies prodajati zijala
to be the fly on the wheel precenjevati samega sebe
a fly in amber redka stvar, zanimiv ostanek
a fly in the ointment senčna stran, neprijetna zadeva
sleng there are (ali he has) no flies on him zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zanesete
more flies are taken with honey than with gall s prijaznostjo največ dosežemo
sleng to rise to the fly pustiti si natvesti

fly^*2 [flai]

1. neprehodni glagol
leteti, kriliti; hiteti; bežati; planiti, zagnati se; napasti; razpočiti, razleteti se; vihrati; plapolati

2. prehodni glagol
streljati; izobesiti; voditi, pilotirati; spuščati; s sokolom loviti; splašiti (ptiča); preleteti

to fly in the face of s.o. rogati, ustavljati se komu
not a feather to fly with brez beliča
to fly off the deep end (ali handle) razjeziti se, planiti
to fly hawks iti na lov s sokoli
to fly high (ali at high game) visoko letati, biti častihlepen
to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng preizkušati javno mnenje; sposoditi na menico brez kritja
to let fly at figurativno napasti; streljati, sprožiti
to let fly with one's fists s pestmi napasti
to let money fly pognati, zapraviti denar
to fly low biti skromen
to fly the country zbežati iz dežele
to fly in pieces razleteti se
to fly into a passion (ali rage, temper) pobesneti
to fly open na stežaj odpreti
to fly out at s.o. napasti koga
to fly the river loviti močvirnike

flying² [fláiiŋ] pridevnik
leteč, bežen, hiter

to send s.o. flying zapoditi koga
flying saucer leteči krožnik
with flying colours uspešno, zmagovito; odločno
flying fortress leteča trdnjava
flying visit kratek obisk
flying squad leteči policijski oddelek
flying jump (ali leap) skok z zaletom

follow¹ [fɔ́lou]

1. prehodni glagol
slediti, iti po sledi, spremljati koga; priključiti se; ubogati, pokoriti se; prizadevati si za kaj; iti za čim (from)
izhajati, izvirati; biti posledica; ukvarjati se, posvetiti se; preganjati; dojeti, razumeti; strinjati se

2. neprehodni glagol
slediti, kasneje se zgoditi

to follow up an advantage izkoristiti ugodnost
to follow s.o.'s advice ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to follow home (ali up) vztrajati
to follow the hounds iti na lov
to follow one's nose iti naravnost
to follow a lead ravnati se po navodilu
to follow the law biti pravnik
to follow the plough orati
to follow in his steps (ali wake) iti za njegovimi sledovi
to follow the sea biti mornar
to follow suit priznati barvo
as follows kakor sledi, sledeče
letter to follow pismo sledi
to follow the fashion ravnati se po modi
I cannot follow you ne razumem vas

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati

footing [fútiŋ] samostalnik
podlaga; hoja, ples; prostor za noge
figurativno opora, trden položaj; razmerje; celotna vsota

to be on good (ali friendly) footing biti v prijateljskem razmerju; imeti dobre stike
mind your footing! pazi, kam stopiš!
footing of columns seštevanje stolpcev; dobljena vsota
to lose (ali miss) one's footing spodrsniti
to pay one's footing plačati vstopnino ali članarino
on equal (ali the same) footing enakopraven
on business footing v poslovnih odnosih
škotsko first footing novoletni obisk
war footing vojno stanje
to get (ali gain) a footing ustaliti se
to gain (ali obtain) a footing uveljaviti se

footlights [fútlaits] samostalnik
množina odrske luči, rampa
figurativno igralstvo

before the footlights na odru
gledališče, sleng to get across (ali over) the footlights doživeti uspeh (na odru)

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

forelock¹ [fɔ́:lɔk] samostalnik
čop, koder na čelu

take time (ali occasion) by the forelock (for it is bald behind) izrabi priložnost, ko se ti nudi

foremast [fɔ́:ma:st] samostalnik
sprednji jambor

foremast hand (ali sailor) navadni mornar

fork² [fɔ:k]

1. neprehodni glagol (into)
cepiti se; mešati, brkljati

2. prehodni glagol
nabosti; z vilami podajati

sleng to fork out (ali up) plačati, odriniti denar, v žep seči
to fork in z vilami metati

fórma form; shape

biti v dobri fórmi šport to be in good form, to be in fine fettle
biti pod fórmo to be (far) below one's best
ne čutim se v fórmi I don't feel in form, I don't feel fit, I don't feel up to par
on je v fórmi he is as fit as a fiddle
ne biti v fórmi to be off (one's) form
so v najboljši fórmi they are at their (very) best (ali on top form), they are at their peak, they have hit their peak
načrt dobiva fórmo the scheme is taking shape
predmet bez fórme a shapeless object

formírati to form; to create, to produce, to organize; to fashion, to shape; to mould

formírati se to form, to be formed, to take shape
formírati novo vlado to form a new government
potovanja formirajo mladino travel helps to build (ali to mould) a young person's character

fórmula matematika, kemija itd. formula, pl -as, -ae

vljudnostna fórmula polite form of words, polite wording (ali formula)