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dvígati dvígniti to lift (up); to raise; to pull up; (nekaj težkega) to heave, to hoist

dvígati, dvígniti denar to draw money
dvígati, dvígniti znesek to withdraw a sum; (roke, glavo) to raise, to lift, to hold up
dvígati, dvígniti roko na koga to raise oneself hand at someone; (oči) to raise, to lift
dvígati, dvígniti na rame to hoist on one's shoulders; (s škripcem, vitlom) to hoist
dvígati, dvígniti zastor to raise the curtain
dvígati, dvígniti sidro to weigh anchor, to heave anchor
dvígati, dvígniti se (dim) to rise, to go up; to ascend; to stand
zgradba, ki se dviga nad vsemi drugimi a building that overtops all the others; (teren ipd.) to rise, to slope; (oseba) to rise, to get up
dvígati, dvígniti se proti to stand up against, to revolt, to rebel against, to protest (against)
vsi so se dvignili, ko so zaigrali državno himno every one rose to his feet when the national anthem was played
dvígati, dvígniti se v zrak to soar

dvobój duel; single combat; affair of honour

izzvati na dvobój to challenge to a duel
poklicati na dvobój to call out
besedni dvobój (figurativno) the cut and thrust (of debate)

dvój -a, -e double

na dvój, -a, -ee in two
prerezati kaj na dvój, -a, -ee to cut something in two
ples v dvój, -a, -ee twosome dance
igrati klavir v dvój, -a, -ee to play four-handed
raztrgati na dvój, -a, -ee to tear asunder (ali in two)

dvóje ➞ dvoj -a -e

na dvóje asunder; in two
v dvóje jahati na konju to ride double
reči in storiti je dvóje saying and doing are different things

dvóm doubt

brez dvóma without (any) doubt, undoubtedly, doubtless; certainly, surely; beyond a doubt, unquestionably
brez dvóma no doubt!
nad vsakim dvómom beyond all doubt, past all doubt
najmanjši dvóm the slightest doubt
ni dvóma, da... there is no doubt that..., it is beyond all doubt that...
ni najmanjšega dvóma, da... there is no doubt whatever that...
ni nobenega dvóma, da... there is no doubt (that)..., there can be no doubt (that)...
ni dvóma, da bo plačal there is no doubt he will pay, there is no question (but) that he will pay
noben dvóm ni na mestu there is no room for doubt
sem (malo) v dvomih, kaj narediti I am in some doubt as to what to do
biti v dvómu to be doubtful (glede of)
pojavil se je, nastal je dvóm če... doubt arose as to whether...
to je brez dvóma res that is doubtless true
brez najmanjšega dvóma without the shadow of a doubt
za pomiritev majhnih dvómov to settle some minor qualms

dvór (vladarjev) court

na dvóru at court
angleški dvór the Court of St. James's
na dvóru je bil včeraj sprejem the queen (oziroma the king) held court yesterday
življenje na dvóru court life
knežji dvór court
sodni dvór court of law, court of justice, law courts pl, tribunal
Vrhovni sodni dvór (za Anglijo in Valezijo) Supreme Court

dvoríšče yard; court(yard); backyard

na dvoríšču in the yard
kmečko dvoríšče farmyard
dvoríšče za perutnino poultry yard
iti na dvoríšče to go into the yard

each [i:č] zaimek & pridevnik
vsak; vsakdo

each other drug drugega, vzajemno
each and every, each and all prav vsak, vsi brez razlike
each time vsakokrat
each one vsak posamezen
they love each other ljubita se
one dollar each po dolarju, dolar na vsakega

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

earshot [íəšɔt] samostalnik
slišanj

out of earshot predaleč, tako da ga ne moremo slišati
within earshot precej blizu, dovolj blizu, da ga lahko slišimo, na slišaj

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

earthly [ə́:ɵli] pridevnik
zemeljski; posveten; telesen

pogovorno no earthly use prav za nobeno rabo
sleng not an earthly nobena možnost, brez upanja na uspeh
the earthly paradise raj na zemlji
he had nothing earthly nič na svetu ni imel

east¹ [i:st] samostalnik
vzhod, Jutrovo

Far East Daljni vzhod
Middle East Srednji vzhod
Near East Bližnji vzhod
ameriško, sleng about east vrlo, precej
in the east na vzhodu
(to the) east of vzhodno od
East or West home is best doma je najlepše

easy¹ [í:zi] pridevnik (easily prislov)
lahek, lahkoten; zlóžen; udoben; miren, popustljiv, brezskrben, lahkomiseln; gladko tekoč; premožen

easy of access lahko dostopen
easy of belief lahkoveren
easy does it! le počasi, nikamor se ne mudi!
as easy as damm it, ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
in easy circumstances v ugodnih razmerah
sleng on easy street v dobrih razmerah
to make easy pomiriti
an easy market tržišče, na katerem ni povpraševanja
a lady of easy virtue pocestnica, lahkoživka
under easy sail počasen
on easy terms pod ugodnimi plačilnimi pogoji
sleng easy on the eye prijeten, čeden na pogled
an easy man popustljiv, prilagodljiv človek
sleng easy meat ne preveč nevaren nasprotnik; lahek posel

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

edge¹ [edž] samostalnik
rob, greben; meja; ostrina; osornost, moč, strogost
množina obreza (knjige)
ameriško, pogovorno prednost, privilegij

to be on the very edge pravkar nameravati
to give an edge to, to put on an edge ostriti
to give the edge of one's tongue ostro komu povedati, zabrusiti jih komu
to have an edge biti okajen
to have an edge on s.o. imeti neznatno prednost pred kom
(all) on edge skrajno napet, živčen
not to put a fine edge upon jasno se izražati, odkrito povedati
to set one's teeth on edge skominati
to sit on the thin edge of nothing sedeti na skrajno tesnem prostorčku
to take off the edge otopiti
to take the edge off one's appetite pokvariti komu tek
the thin edge of the wedge skromen začetek
gilt edges zlata obreza knjige

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

either¹ [áiðə ameriško í:ðə] pridevnik
oba, eden in drugi, eden od obeh

on either side na obeh straneh

ekskúrzija excursion; trip; jaunt; (peš) ramble, hike

ekskúrzija na deželo outing; (z nahrbtnikom, taborniška) hike, hiking
iti na ekskúrzijo to make an excursion, to go on an excursion, to go for an outing

ekstrémen extreme; farthest; farthermost; last

ekstremno (prislov) extremely
ekstrémna levica politika the extreme left
ekstrémna mnenja, nazori extreme opinions
ekstrémen primer an extreme case
na ekstrémni meji at the extreme limit
privzeti ekstrémne mere, ukrepe to take extreme, drastic measures
zateči se k ekstrémnim ukrepom to resort to extreme measures
biti prisiljen privzeti ekstrémne mere to be forced to take drastic measures