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address¹ [ədrés] prehodni glagol
nasloviti, ogovoriti, nagovoriti, obrniti se (na koga); usmeriti (žogo pri golfu); napisati naslov

to address a lady dvoriti dami
to address o.s. to obrniti se na koga; lotiti se česa

adept² [ǽdept] samostalnik
strokovnjak, poznavalec; alkimist, zlatodej

pogovorno to be an adept at biti strokovnjak za, spoznati se na kaj

adrésa address; direction; superscription

pomanjkljiva adrésa insufficient address
napisati adréso na pismo to address (ali to direct ali to superscribe) a letter, (na kovček ipd.) to label
zmotil si se v adrési (figurativno, nisi prišel na pravi naslov) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop

advert [ədvə́:t] neprehodni glagol (to na)
opozoriti, opozarjati; omeniti, namigavati

advocate¹ [ǽdvəkit, -keit] samostalnik
odvetnik, branilec, zagovornik, advokat

Devil's advocate advocatus diaboli
Lord Advocate državni tožilec
to be a great advocate of s.th. dosti dati na kaj

aerodróm aerodrome; ZDA airdrome; airport, airfield

plavajoči aerodróm seadrome
kontrolni stolp na aerodrómu aerodrome control tower
pomožni aerodróm landing strip
začasen aerodróm airstrip

affair [əfɛ́ə] samostalnik
stvar, zadeva, afera; posel; skrb
vojska boj

family affair družinska zadeva
at the head of affairs na čelu podjetja
affair of honour častna zadeva, dvoboj
affair of love ljubezenska zadeva, ljubimkanje
a man of affairs poslovni človek
mind your own affairs ne vmešavaj se v zadeve drugih
minister for foreign affairs minister za zunanje zadeve
as affairs stand kakor kaže
state of affairs dejanski položaj
that's not your affair to ti (vam) nič mar

afraid [əfréid] povedkovnik pridevnik (of)
prestrašen, boječ; zaskrbljen

to be afraid of s.th. bati se česa
to make afraid prestrašiti
pogovorno I am afraid žal, na žalost, oprostite
I am afraid not žal ne

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

ahead [əhéd] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
vnaprej; naprej, dalje; spredaj

to be ahead of s.th., s.o. biti pred čim, kom, prekašati, prehiteti koga
mornarica breakers ahead pazi, nevarnost grozi
trgovina to buy (sell) ahead vnaprej nakupiti (prodati)
to get ahead of prehiteti
a danger is ahead nevarnost grozi
navtika full speed (ali steam) ahead s polno paro naprej
look ahead pazi, misli na prihodnost
straight ahead naravnost naprej
he is ahead of his times prekaša svoje vrstnike

ahoy [əhɔ́i] medmet
navtika ahoj

ship ahoy! ladja na vidiku!

aid¹ [eid] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpirati; pospeševati

pravno to aid and abet pomagati, iti na roko

aid² [eid] samostalnik
pomoč, podpora; pomagalo, pomoček, pomočnik, -nica

by (ali with) the aid of s pomočjo
to come to aid priti na pomoč
aids and appliances pripomočki, materialna sredstva
first aid prva pomoč
hearing aid slušni aparat
to lend (ali give) aid pomagati
ameriško aid man bolničar

ail [eil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
boleti, bolehati

what ails you? kaj vam je?
what ails you to speak in such a way? kaj vam pride na misel, da tako govorite?

aim² [eim] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (at)
meriti kam; naklepati; namigovati

to take aim at s.th. meriti na kaj
to aim too high preveč si prizadevati

aim¹ [eim] samostalnik
cilj; namera, nakana, namen

to miss one's aim zgrešiti svoj cilj
to take aim at s.th. meriti na kaj

air¹ [ɛə] samostalnik
zrak, atmosfera; vetrič, prepih; videz, vedenje, obnašanje; arija, napev, melodija

to be in the air biti v nejasnem položaju
to be (ali go) on the air govoriti, oddajati se po radiu
by air po zraku, z letalom
to beat the air zaman si prizadevati, prazno slamo mlatiti
air bed pnevmatična žimnica
castles in the air gradovi v oblakih
air cleaner zračni filter
air express ekspresna avionska pošiljka
Air Force zračno brodovje
to give o.s. airs šopiriti se
ameriško, sleng to give s.o. the air odpustiti koga
to go up in the air razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
in the open air na prostem
to keep s.o. in the air pustiti koga v negotovosti
on the air po radiu
to put on airs šopiriti se
quite in the air čisto negotovo
to take the air iti na sprehod
the matter takes air zadeva prihaja na dan
to vanish (ali melt) into thin air izginiti kot kafra
to walk (ali tread) on air biti ves srečen; zibati se v sreči
air waybill avionski tovorni list

air² [ɛə]

1. prehodni glagol
zračiti; sušiti; rešetati; ohladiti
figurativno objaviti; širokoustiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
sprehajati se; domišljati si

to air one's fine clothes bahati, šopiriti se
to air one's opinion na dolgo in široko razlagati svoj nazor
to air one's feelings dati si duška
to air o.s. iti na sprehod, sprehoditi se

airing [ɛ́əriŋ] samostalnik
zračenje; sprehod

to take an airing iti na sprehod

ajar [ədžá:] prislov
priprt; škripajoč
figurativno sprt

to set s.o.'s nerves ajar hoditi komu na živce