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grasp² [gra:sp] samostalnik
prijem
figurativno razumevanje; doseg

to have a perfect grasp of s.th. dobro kaj obvladati
within s.o.'s grasp v dosegu koga, razumljivo komu
beyond s.o.'s grasp zunaj dosega, nedosegljiv; nerazumljiv
no grasp of nobeno razumevanje za
in s.o.'s grasp v oblasti koga

gratulírati to congratulate (za on, upon), arhaično to gratulate

gratulirati si (drug drugemu) to congratulate one another
gratuliral sem si, da sem to naredil I congratulated myself (ali pogovorno I gave my self a pat on the back) for doing this

gŕba hump; hunch; (izboklina) boss, protuberance, excrescence

kamelja gŕba the hump of a camel
imeti koga na gŕbi (figurativno) to be burdened with someone
po gŕbi jih dati komu (figurativno) to tread on someone's neck

gŕd ugly; hideous; nasty; dirty; (ime) ill, bad; (podel) mean, base, scurvy; (vreme) bad, nasty; (vedenje) unmannerly, boorish; (neroden) ungainly; figurativno (prostaški) foul, obscene, indecent

gŕd kot smrtni greh (as) ugly as sin
gŕd kos poti nasty stretch of road
gŕd obraz ugly face
gŕda rana ugly wound
gŕdo govorjenje bad language
gŕdo vreme nasty weather
gŕd zločin ugly crime
nebo obeta gŕdo vreme the sky looks ugly
to je bilo gŕdo dejanje that was a wicked deed
posta(ja)ti gŕd to grow ugly
gŕda šala dirty trick

grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...

grease¹ [gri:s] samostalnik
loj, mast, maža, mazilo, maščoba
veterina žuljnata oteklina na konjski nogi

a grease spot podlež; poprečnež
axle grease kolomaz
in grease, in prime (ali pride) of grease zrel za odstrel (jelen); zrel za zakol
wool in the grease neprana volna

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

gréh sin (zoper, proti, do against), (majhen) peccadillo; offence; offence

brez gréha sinless
Adamov gréh Adam's sin, the Fall
izvirni gréh original sin
mali gréh venial sin
smrtni gréh mortal sin
sedem smrtnih gréhov the seven deadly sins
mladostni gréh youthful sin
mutasti gréh sodomy
storiti gréh to commit a sin
trpeti za tuje gréhe to be a scapegoat
to je gréh in sramota it is a sin and a shame
izpoved gréhov confession of sins
odpuščanje gréhov forgiveness (ali remission) of sins, absolution
odkrivati stare gréhe kake osebe to rake up someone's past
padati v isti gréh to relapse into sin, to backslide
odpustiti gréhe to remit someone's sins
zabresti v gréh to slide into sin
zakriviti gréh to commit a sin
grd kot smrten gréh ugly as sin

grélen warming

grélna steklenica hot-water bottle; foot-warmer
grélna ponev arhaično warming pan
grélne cevi (v vagonu) hot-water pipes pl
grélna blazin(ic)a electric blanket

grenák bitter; (bolečina itd.) bitter, keen, sharp, poignant

grenka izguba a bitter loss
do grenkega konca to the bitter end
grenka sol Epsom salts
grenke solze salt tears
to je grenka pilula (figurativno) it's a bitter pill
pogoltniti grenko pilulo to swallow a bitter pill
imeti gren okus v ustih to have a bitter taste in the mouth
točiti grenke solze to weep (ali to shed) bitter tears, to weep bitterly

gréti to warm; to heat

gréti se to warm oneself
gréti se na soncu to bask
gréti (si) posteljo to warm one's bed
gréti se pri ognju to warm oneself at the fire
voda se greje the water is getting warm
on ni vreden, da ga sonce greje he is a worthless fellow, he is not worth his salt, he is a good-for-nothing

grievance [grí:vəns] samostalnik
zamera; pritožba; krivica; neprilika, stiska

to air a grievance razpravljati o težavi
to cherish a grievance zameriti
to make a grievance of a matter neupravičeno se pritoževati
to nurse a grievance against s.o. imeti koga na piki
to redress a grievance pomagati v nepriliki

grig [grig] samostalnik
zoologija, narečno muren; mlada jegulja; kratkonoga pasma perutnine
botanika resa

as merry as a grig zelo živahen, ves srečen

grísti to bite; (izjedati) to fret; (o kislini) to corrode; (o vesti) to prick, to sting; (peči, boleti) to smart; to worry

grize (žalostí) me I grieve
žena ga grize his wife leads him a cat and dog life
grísti se figurativno to grieve, to fret; to worry; to eat one's heart out
grísti se med seboj to torment one another, to lead a cat and dog life, to nag one another

grit¹ [grit] samostalnik
prod, pesek; peščenjak
figurativno odločnost, pogum, energija

figurativno to put (a little) grit in the machine ovirati delo

gŕlo anatomija throat; (steklenice) neck; gorge, gullet

vnetje gŕla tonsillitis, quinsy
kronično vnetje gŕla arhaično clergyman's throat
gŕlo me boli I have a sore throat
imeti suho gŕlo (figurativno) to have a cobweb in one's throat
ozko gŕlo (figurativno, pogovorno) bottleneck
kričati, vpiti na vse gŕlo to shout (knjižno to cry, to cry out) at the top of one's voice, pogovorno to cry blue murder
nastaviti komu nož na gŕlo to put a knife to someone' throat
pognati po gŕlu (izpiti) to knock it back
glas mi je zastal v gŕlu I had a lump in my throat
besede so mi obtičale v gŕlu the words stuck in my throat
peti na vse gŕlo to sing at the top of one's voice
prerezati gŕlo komu to cut someone's throat
na vse gŕlo se smejati to roar with laughter
sit sem tega do gŕla I am sick and tired of that, I am bored to death (ali to tears) with that, I'm fed up to the back teeth with that, ZDA pogovorno it's coming out of my ears, it bores the pants off me
do gŕla sem vsega sit I've had a bellyful, žargon I'm absolutely cheesed off

grmèč thundering; pogovorno thundery; thunderous

grmèč glas a thundering voice
grmèč slap a thundering waterfall

grméti to thunder; to rumble; to roar; to boom

grmí it thunders
pošteno je grmelo it thundered a great deal
grméti proti (figurativno) to thunder against, to fulminate against, to bluster against, to inveigh against, to storm at
grméti z grožnjami to thunder threats against
v dvorani je kar grmelo od ploskanja there was thunderous applause in the hall

groat [grout] samostalnik
zgodovina novčič (srebrn štiripenijski)

I don't care a groat nič mi ni mar
a cracked (ali slit) groat ničvredna stvar, počen groš