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black² [blæk] samostalnik
črna barva, črnota, črnina; črnec; loščilo

old gentleman in black vrag
to have in black and white imeti črno na belem
to wear black v črno se obleči

blank² [blæŋk] samostalnik
srečka, ki ni dobila; blanket, obrazec; praznina

to draw a blank zgubiti na loteriji; figurativno imeti neuspeh
my mind is a complete blank ničesar se ne spominjam
drawn in blank neizpolnjen
pogovorno what the (blankety) blank kaj za vraga

bless [bles] prehodni glagol
blagosloviti; častiti, za blaženega proglasiti; osrečiti; hvaliti, poveličevati
olepševalno kleti, preklinjati
ironično pogubiti

bless me, bless my soul, bless my (ali your) heart glej glej!, ali je mogoče!, kdo bi si mislil!
not to have a penny to bless o.s. with ne imeti prebite pare
to bless o.s. srečnega se počutiti
to bless one's stars biti hvaležen svoji srečni zvezdi

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

bodóčnost the future; futurity; time to come

v bližnji bodóčnosti in the near future
v dogledni bodóčnosti in the foreseeable future
mož bodóčnosti an up-and-coming man, a man with a future
imeti veliko bodóčnost to have a great future
napovedati, prerokovati bodóčnost to predict, to foretell, to prophesy the future
sanje bodóčnosti (figurativno) dreams pl of the future, castles pl in the air
načrti za bodóčnost plans pl for the future
bodóčnost bo pokazala it remains to be seen
videti v bodóčnost to look into the future
kaj nam bo prinesla bodóčnost? what does the future hold in store for us?

bók flank; side; (kolk) hip; zastarelo huckle; (pri živalih) haunch

levi (desni) bók ladje port (starboard)
bók ob bóku side by side
z rokami v bókih akimbo
napad z bóka a flank attack
kritje z bóka vojska flank guard
izpostaviti, odkriti bók vojska to expose the flank
napasti z bóka sovražnika to attack the enemy flank, to attack the flank of the enemy
obiti bók to turn the enemy flank
imeti bolečine v bóku to have a pain in one's side
ladja je zelo nagnjena na bók the ship is listing
leži na bóku the ship is over on her side

bolečína ache, pain, smart, ailment; (trganje) twinge, pang; (zbodljaj) stitch (v boku in the side); figurativno grief, distress

duševna bolečína grief, pang(s pl)
huda bolečína anguish
nema bolečína silent grief
skrajna bolečína extreme suffering, agony
porodne bolečíne throes pl
začetne (porodne) bolečíne (figurativno) teething troubles
odškodnina za bolečíne compensation for pain or distress
imeti bolečíne to be in pain
imate bolečíne? (Vas boli?) do you feel any pain, does it hurt?
imam bolečíne I've got a pain
imam velike bolečíne I am in great pain, I have an awful pain
zvijati se od bolečínin to wince
trpeti, prenašati velike bolečíne to suffer great pain
deljena bolečína je pol bolečína arhaično company in distress makes trouble less

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

bonnet¹ [bɔ́nit] samostalnik
klobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto)
sleng pomagač, sokrivec

to have a bee in one's bonnet biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejo
to fill s.o.'s bonnet zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovreden
to vail the bonnet spoštljivo se odkriti

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

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

brég (rečni) bank, (morski) shore, (morski, peščeni) strand, beach; (strmina) slope, hill; (nagib) incline

na breg, na bregu ashore
reka je prestopila brégove the river has overflowed ali has burst its banks
imeti nekaj za brégom (figurativno) to have an ulterior motive; to have something at the back of one's mind; to have some design, to harbour a design
ne vem, kaj imaš za brégom I don't know what you're after ali what you're driving at
kaj ima (on) za brégom? what is he up to?

brief² [bri:f] samostalnik
pravno kratka razlaga tožbene reči
cerkev papeževo pismo; kratek pregled
množina kratke hlače

to have (ali hold) a brief for s.o. zastopati, braniti koga
to accept a brief on behalf of jamčiti za koga
to have plenty of briefs imeti mnogo posla (odvetnik)
pogovorno to hold no brief for ne marati koga

bríga care; trouble; worries pl; (zaskrbljenost) concern, anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness, apprehension

bríga za (kaj) care for (something)
moreča bríga zastarelo carking care
to je moja bríga I shall see to it
to ni moja bríga this is no business of mine, this is no concern of mine
to mi je deveta bríga I don't care about it at all
bodi brez bríge! don't worry; never you fear; be easy on that score
dajati, povzročati bríge to cause anxiety (ali uneasiness)
imeti na brígi to take care of, to attend (ali to see) to

bring^* [briŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
prinesti, pripeijati, privleči; ustvariti; zakriviti; izzvati; pregovoriti, pripraviti do česa; donašati; prepričevati, spodbuditi

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi, obroditi
mornarica ustaviti, pristati

to bring an action against s.o. tožiti koga
to bring to bear uveljaviti; (orožje) pomeriti; uporabiti
to bring to book obdolžiti, kaznovati
to bring to a close dokončati, izpeljati
to bring to a head rešiti zadevo
to bring the hand in izuriti se
to bring to life obuditi
to bring to light odkriti
to bring s.o. low ponižati koga
to bring to mind spomniti (se)
to bring to nothing uničiti
to bring to pass uresničiti, izpolniti, izvršiti
to bring into play uveljaviti
to bring o.s. to prisiliti se k čemu
sleng to bring home the bacon imeti uspeh
to bring to reason spraviti k pameti
to bring into step sinhronizirati
to bring word obvestiti
to bring into world roditi

búbi

búbi frizura bobbed hair; shingled hair
imeti búbi frizuro to have one's hair shingled

bulk² [bʌlk]

1. neprehodni glagol
povečati se, strniti se, kopičiti se
figurativno biti zelo pomemben

2. prehodni glagol
kopičiti; strniti

to bulk large imeti veliko vlogo

bump¹ [bʌmp] samostalnik
udarec, sunek; oteklina, bula; izbočenost, izboklina; talent, dar
množina zračne luknje

not to have the bump for s.th. ne imeti daru za kaj
to make a bump for dohiteti (čoln)
bump supper slovesna večerja po veslaških tekmah
the bump of locality smisel za orientacijo

bung up prehodni glagol
raniti, poškodovati; začepiti

to have one's eyes bunged up imeti otečene oči

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