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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

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

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

easy² [í:zi] prislov
lahko, z lahkoto; udobno

to go (ali take) things easy ne si preveč prizadevati, ne se preveč gnati
mornarica easy! počasi!
easy all! nehajte veslati; voljno!

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

ekstáza ecstasy; rapture; medicina ecstasy; trance

pasti v ekstázo to be thrown into a state of ecstasy
biti v ekstázi to be enraptured, to go into raptures (ob, nad over), to be carried away (by), to be in ecstasies (at, over), to be entranced (by)
priti v ekstázo to grow ecstatic
spraviti v ekstázo to enrapture

ekstrém(nost) extreme; extreme limit

do ekstrém(nost)i ambiciozen, stremuški ambitious in the extreme
gnati, tirati stvari do ekstrém(nost)i to go to extremes, to carry to extremes, to take things too far
iti iz enega ekstrém(nost)a v drugega to go from one extreme to the other
vedno zapada v ekstrém(nost)e he always goes to extremes
nasprotni ekstrém(nost) the opposite extreme
zapasti v drug ekstrém(nost) to turn from one extreme to the other
ekstrém(nost)i se privlačijo extremes meet

enáko prislov equally; alike; likewise; in the same manner; just the same

enáko star of the same age; coeval
enáko oddaljen equidistant
približno enáko velik much of a size
enáko deliti to share alike
enáko si bomo razdelili we'll share and share alike, žargon we'll split (everything) even Steven
enáko rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam I'd just as well go there as anywhere else
enáko prezirati svoje prijatelje in svoje sovražnike to despise oneself' friends and one's enemies alike
to pride na enáko it amounts to the same thing
enáko vračati to repay in kind, to retaliate
ti besedi se enáko izgovarjata these two words are pronounced alike (ali have the same pronunciation)

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

errand [érənd] samostalnik
opravek, posel; pot, naročilo, nalog

a fool's errand brezkoristno početje
to run (ali go) errands, to go on errands tekati po opravkih

etápa stage; stopping place; distance between stopping places

iti, potovati v majhnih etápah to go, to travel by easy stages
v tej etápi svojega življenja at that stage of his life
nova etápa proti bogastvu a new step towards wealth
menjati konje na vsaki etápni postaji zgodovina to change horses at every stage

even² [í:vən] pridevnik (evenly prislov)
ploščat, raven, gladek; enak, paren; pravičen; pravilen; ritmičen; enoličen, monoton; paralelen

to come (ali be, get) even with vrniti komu milo za drago, obračunati s kom
to part even hands enako si razdeliti, poravnati se
of even date istega datuma
to meet on even ground imeti enako upanje na uspeh
to make even with the ground zravnati z zemljo
on even terms sporazumno
even number sodo število
to go even with ravnati se po
navtika on an even keel enakomerno obtežen

examination [igzæminéišən] samostalnik
izpit; raziskava, preiskava, pregled; razmišljanje
pravno zasliševanje

even plus examination britanska angleščina sprejemni izpit za srednjo šolo; šolo
board of examination izpitna komisija
customs examination carinski pregled
to go in for (ali sit, undergo) an examination delati izpit
to fail (in) an examination pasti pri izpitu
sleng to plough an examination cepniti pri izpitu
to get through (ali pass) an examination narediti izpit
to make an examination of s.th. ogledati si kaj
post-mortem examination obdukcija
public examination javna preiskava
competitive examination javni razpis
to be under examination biti na pretresu; pravno biti zaslišan

expedient² [ikspí:diənt] samostalnik
sredstvo, pomagalo, pomoček; iznajdba; zvijača

to hit upon an expedient znajti se, pomagati si
reduced to expedients prisiljen, da si pomaga, kakor ve in zna
to go to every expedient ne izbirati sredstev

expense [ikspéns] samostalnik
potrošnja, izdatek, poraba
množina stroški; nadomestilo stroškov

at my expense na moje stroške
at the expense of za ceno (česa)
free of expense franko
to go to the expense of trošiti denar za
to run into expenses nakopati si stroške
working expenses režija

extreme² [ikstrí:m] samostalnik
skrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotje

to carry to extreme, to go to extreme tirati do skrajnosti
the extremes meet nasprotja se privlačijo
at the other extreme na nasprotnem koncu
in the extreme, to an extreme čezmerno, pretirano
to go from one extreme to the other preiti z ene skrajnosti v drugo
to run to an extreme preiti v skrajnost

facing [féisiŋ] samostalnik
sprednja stran
vojska obšiv, obloga, okras
množina obrati, okreti

to put s.o. through his facings izprašati, preizkusiti koga
to go through one's facings dati se preizkusiti, izprašati

faint¹ [feint] samostalnik
omedlevica

dead faint popolna nezavest
to go off in a faint onesvestiti se

far² [fa:] prislov
daleč; zelo, znatno; davno

as far as in l8th century že v osemnajstem stoletju
to carry it (ali go) too far iti prek meje, preveč si upati, pretiravati
far from it ravno nasprotno, niti malo ne
far gone v nevarnosti, v visoki stopnji
so far doslej
to go far in life visoko se povzpeti
as far as prav do; v koliko
so far so good doslej je vse v redu
in so far as v koliko
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
far and near povsod
far and wide daleč po svetu
far and away brez dvoma, vsekakor
few and far between redkokdaj
far into the night pozno v noč
far up visoko zgoraj

fare¹ [fɛə] neprehodni glagol
uspevati; hraniti se, jesti in piti; počutiti se
arhaično potovati, peljati se, iti

to go farther and fare worse priti z dežja pod kap
pogovorno how fares it? kako ti (vam) gre?
poetično fare thee well mnogo uspeha
poetično to fare forth kreniti na pot
I fare ill (well) slabo (dobro) se mi godi