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booted [bú:tid] pridevnik
obut

booted and spurred na pot pripravljen

boríti se (telesno) to fight; šport to fence; figurativno to conflict, to battle, to war; (meriti se) to contend, to cope (z with); to contest; (upirati se) to resist, to combat, to withstand; (konkurirati) to compete (z with), to vie (with someone for something), to rival (in something); (stremeti za) to strive for

boríti se za to struggle for
boríti se za koga (figurativno zastarelo) to break a lance for someone
boríti se za golo življenje (figurativno) to live from hand to mouth, to struggle to make ends meet, to struggle to survive
boríti se proti močnejšemu to fight against the odds
boríti se s seboj to be undecided
boríti se s smrtjo to struggle with death, to suffer one's last agony, to suffer the pangs of death
boríti se na vse kriplje, z vsemi sredstvi to fight tooth and nail
boríti se s težavami to contend with difficulties
boríti se z velikimi težavami to labour under great difficulties
boríti se z valovi to battle against the waves
boríti se z vetrom to battle against the wind
do zadnjega (diha) boríti se to fight till the last gasp

both³ [bouɵ] veznik

both ... and tako ... kakor
both by night and by day tako podnevi kakor ponoči, podnevi in ponoči, dan in noč
both you and I jaz in ti

bought [bɔ:t] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od buy

to be bought, sold and done biti uničen, propasti

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bow¹ [bou] samostalnik
lok
glasba godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj
množina okvir za naočnike
vulgarno trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period obdobje uporabe loka in puščice
to draw (ali pull, shoot with) the long bow pretiravati, širokoustiti se
to draw a bow at a venture streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dve železi v ognju
wide on the bow hand daleč od cilja
bow instrument godalo
bows on z glavo naprej
bows under premagan, ki težko napreduje
sleng bow window velik trebuh, vamp
to tie a bow zavezati pentljo

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati

brace¹ [breis] samostalnik
spona, vez; obveza; nosilni jermen; opornik
množina naramnice
množina oklepaj (); opora, proteza; vhod v jamo (rudnik); par, dvojica

in a brace of shakes takoj, kakor bi trenil
brace drill vrtalo
navtika, sleng to splice the main brace popivati
brace and hit tehnično vrtalo

branch¹ [bra:nč ameriško brænč] samostalnik
veja; odrastek; podružnica; odcep, priključek; stroka, panoga; rečni rokav; krak; vzporedna proga
arhitektura lok, obok, rebro oboka

branch box odcepna puščica
to reform root and branch popolnoma preosnovati

brátstvo brotherhood; fraternity

brátstvo in enotnost brotherhood and unity

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

breakfast¹ [brékfəst] samostalnik
zajtrk

laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper ne hvali dneva pred večerom

breed^*2 [bri:d]

1. prehodni glagol
roditi, ploditi, valiti; gojiti; vzgajati
figurativno povzročiti; kovati, snovati

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi se; biti noseča; množiti se, rasti

familiarity breeds contempt ni dobro biti preveč zaupen
to breed ill blood razburiti; osovražiti
to breed in and in poročati se s krvnimi sorodniki; pariti se s krvno sorodnimi partnerji

brezdómec homeless person; stray; (potepuh) vagabond, tramp, vagrant

brezdómci pl, otroci brezdómci (ptički brez gnezda) waifs and strays

bright² [brait] prislov
jasno, svetlo

bright and early navsezgodaj

brzojáven telegraphic; telegraph

brzojávni drog telegraph post (ali pole)
brzojávni ključ (code) telegraphic code
brzojávni (Morzejev) ključ Morse code
brzojávna linija telegraphic line
brzojávni obrazec telegram form
brzojávni naslov (odgovor) telegraphic address (answer)
brzojávni transfer telegraphic transfer
brzojávna žica telegraph wire
brzojávni urad telegraph office
odgovoriti v brzojávnem stilu to answer briefly and to the point ali humoristično in telegraphese

budžéten budgetary

budžétna komisija Committee of supply, (kritje) Committee of Ways and Means
budžétna kontrola budgetary control
budžétni predlog budget estimates pl

bull² [bul] samostalnik
bik, samec velikih sesalcev; borzni špekulant; središče tarče
sleng nesmisel
sleng vohun, policaj; nerodnež

like a bull in a china shop skrajno neroden
(Irish) bull nesmisel
John Bull utelešen značaj angleškega naroda, Anglež
to take the bull by the horns pogumno se lotiti
ameriško, sleng to throw (ali sling) the bull hvalisati se, pretiravati
bull session moška družba
sleng bull and cow ravs in kavs

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

but⁵ [bʌt] škotsko

1. pridevnik
zunanji

2. samostalnik
zunanja soba, kuhinja

but and ben zunanji in notranji deli stanovanja, vsa hiša