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bojeváti se to fight, to struggle (z with, proti against); to combat, to battle; to contest; to contend (z with)

bojeváti se za koga to fight for someone
bojeváti se za kak ideal to fight for an ideal
bojeváti se za svoje življenje to fight for one's life
bojeváti se do konca, do odločitve to fight to a finish, to fight it out
bojeváti se do kraja to fight to the bitter end
bojeváti se na življenje in smrt to fight for dear life
bojeváti se za vsako ped zemlje to contest every inch of ground
bojeváti se na strani koga to fight on the side of someone

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

bold [bould] pridevnik (boldly prislov)
smel, drzen, srčen, neustrašen; podjeten; jasen, izrazit; strm

to make bold drzniti si
as bold as brass predrzen
bold face masten tisk
to put a bold face on s.th. ne se za kaj zmeniti
I beg (ali make) bold to say upam si trditi, prepričan sem

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

bolézen illness, sickness; ill-health; (določena) disease; (organska) malady; (bolečine) ailment; (obolenje) affection; indisposition; (kronična) infirmity

zaradi bolézni owing to illness
angleška bolézen rachitis, rickets pl
epidemična bolézen epidemic
dolga bolézen prolonged (ali lingering) illness
bolézen na jetrih liver complaint
morska bolézen sea-sickness
nalezljiva bolézen infectious ali catching ali (pri dotiku) contagious disease
neznatna bolézen complaint, indisposition, trouble, disorder, distemper
otroške bolézni (figurativno) teething troubles
otroška bolézen disease of children
poklicna bolézen occupational (industrial, trade) disease
težka (lahka) bolézen a severe (a light) illness
zahrbtna, nevarna bolézen malignant disease
spalna bolézen sleeping sickness
spolna bolézen venereal (disease) (krajšava: VD)
zračna bolézen airsickness
dopust zaradi bolézni sick leave
izbruh (pojav, prenos, potek, žarišče) bolézni outbreak (manifestation, transmission, course, seat) of disease
kal bolézni (disease) germ
napad bolézni attack (ali bout) of illness
nosilec bolézni carrier
poročilo o bolézni bulletin, doctor's report
preprečevanje bolézni prophylaxis, preventive health care
simuliranje bolézni malingering
znak, simptom bolézni sign, symptom
bolézen gre na bolje (slabše) the illness has taken a turn for the better (worse)
nakopati si bolézen to catch a disease, to contract a disease; to fall ill, to be taken ill
ta bolézen ga je pobrala he was carried off by this illness
preboleti (svojo) bolézen to get over one's illness
prestati bolézen to go through an illness
hliniti, simulirati bolézen to malinger, to pretend to be ill, zastarelo to affect an illness
umreti za boléznijo to die of an illness

bóljši better; superior

daleč bóljši better by far
njegova bóljša polovica polovica (= žena) humoristično his better half
sprememba na bóljše a change for the better
on je na bóljšem he is better off
on je videl bóljše dneve (figurativno) he has seen better days, ZDA pogovorno he is a has-been
bóljšega ni mogel storiti kot... he could not do better than...
ima se za nekaj bóljšega he thinks himself superior
ker ni nič bóljšega for want of something better
zdravje je bóljše kot bogastvo health is better than wealth

bólnica bolnišnica hospital; infirmary

bólnica, bolnišnica za duševne bolezni mental hospital, lunatic asylum
poljska bólnica, bolnišnica field hospital
prevoz, sprejem v bólnico, bivanje v bólnici hospitalization
odpeljati v bólnico to put in (a) hospital, to hospitalize
sprejeti v bólnico to admit to (a) hospital

bolt¹ [boult] samostalnik
zapah; sornik; puščica, strela; beg; snop, sveženj; bala tkanine (30 yardov); vijak z matico

behind bolt and bar za zapahi, v ječi
a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to do a bolt zbežati, popihati jo
to make a bolt for planiti kam
to shoot one's bolt potruditi se kar se da

bómbnik (bojno letalo) bomber

lahki (težki) bómbnik light (heavy) bomber
lovski bómbnik fighterbomber
nočni (dnevni) bómbnik night (day)-bomber
formacija bómbnikov bomber formation
oporišče za bómbnike bomber base
posadka bómbnika bomber crew
val bómbnikov wave of bombers

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)

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

boot¹ [bu:t]

1. samostalnik
arhaično korist, prednost

to boot povrh za nameček, zraven
to no boot zaman

2. prehodni glagol
arhaično koristiti

it little boots od tega je malo koristi

bórba fight; fighting; struggle; strife; contest; (tekmovanje) competition

po ostri bórbi after sharp fighting
bórba moža proti možu hand-to-hand fighting
bórba na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle
bórba na nož skin-game, fight to the finish
bórba za obstanek, za življenje struggle for life (ali for existence)
surova bórba a rough-and-tumble
volilna bórba election campaign
vroča bórba a ding-dong fight
izločiti iz bórbe to put someone out of action; to knock someone out
pasti v bórbi to be killed in action
začeti bórbo to start a fight

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

bóter godfather; (birmanski, krstni) sponsor

botri (pri krstu) godparents pl
biti bóter to be someone's godfather
biti za bótra to act as sponsor (for), to sponsor (čemu something)

both¹ [bouɵ] pridevnik
oba, oboje, obadva

Jack of both sides kdor igra za obe stranki
to look at it both ways ogledati si stvar z obeh strani
to make both ends meet živeti po svojih razmerah, prebijati se s svojimi sredstvi

bótra godmother; sponsor; Škotska cummer

biti za bótro komu to be someone's godmother

bound¹ [baund] samostalnik
meja; omejitev

out of all bounds čez mero
to keep within bounds ohraniti pravo mero; ne pretiravati
to put (ali set) bounds to omejiti kaj
the shop was placed out of bounds trgovina je bila (za dijake) prepovedana
out of bounds zunaj dopustne meje; vstop prepovedan
beyond all bounds pretirano
within the bounds of possibility v mejah možnosti

bound⁵ [baund] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bind

bound up with s.o. navezan na koga
I'm (ali I will be) bound gotovo bom, jamčim za to
bound to s.o. for s.th. hvaležen komu za kaj

božíčen Christmas

božíčni čas Christmas-tide, Christmas season, Yuletide, Yule
božíčni čas nakupovanj Christmas shopping season
božíčne čestitke Christmas greeting(s), greetings (ali compliments) of the season
božíčni dan Christmas Day, Feast of the Nativity
božíčno darilo Christmas present (ZDA gift), (za poštarja, smetarja ipd.) Christmas box
božíčna dopisnica Christmas card
božíčno drevo Christmas tree; tannenbaum; aeronavtika žargon airfield lights pl
božíčna gratifikacija Christmas gratuity
božíčna obdaritev distribution (ali pogovorno handing round) of Christmas presents
božíčna pesem (Christmas) carol
božíčni praznik Christmas Day, Christmas, Christmastide
božíčni sejem Christmas fair
božíčna sveča Christmas candle
božíčni večer Christmas Eve
predbožičen preChristmas