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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