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discriminate¹ [diskrímineit] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (between med; from od)
razlikovati, ločiti (against proti)
favorizirati, biti pristranski

to discriminate in favour of favorizirati, dajati prednost
to discriminate against zapostavljati

dispute¹ [dispjú:t]

1. neprehodni glagol (with, against s, proti; on, about o)
prepirati, pričkati se, razpravljati

2. prehodni glagol
razlagati, pretresati; pobijati; spodbijati, oporekati; braniti, boriti se

it cannot be disputed o tem ni dvoma

dóm home; (hiša) house; (zavod) home, hall

brez dóma homeless; houseless; unsettled
z dóma away, away from home
proti dómu homeward(s)
dečji dóm children's home
študentovski dóm hall (ali hostel) of residence (for students)
dóm za stare ljudi old people's home
dóm upokojencev home for the aged; home for old-age pensioners
dóm za slepe home for the blind
ustvariti si dóm to set up a home

drive^*1 [draiv]

1. prehodni glagol
gnati, goniti, pognati; zabiti; vreči, zagnati (žogo); vbiti; voditi, upravljati, šofirati; pregnati, spoditi; siliti; peljati; preutruditi; graditi (cesto); vrtati (predor)

2. neprehodni glagol
peljati se; hiteti; voziti se; meriti, ciljati

to drive a bargain dobro voditi kupčijo
to drive a good (hard) bargain dobro (slabo) opraviti
to drive a coach and four through spregledati lažnivost pripovedovanja
to drive a nail home popolnoma zabiti žebelj
to drive home a point neizpodbitno dokazati
to drive a roaring trade narediti sijajno kupčijo
to let drive at zamahniti proti
to drive to the wall (ali into the corner) pritisniti ob zid, ugnati v kozji rog
to drive one's pigs to the market glasno hrkati
to drive a quill (ali pen) biti pisatelj(ica)
to drive to one's wit's end popolnoma koga zbegati
to drive s.o. mad razbesniti koga
to drive s.th. into s.o. vbiti komu kaj v glavo
to drive s.o. hard zatirati koga
to drive s.o. to despair spraviti koga v obup

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

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

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

etikéta (za pakete, prtljago itd.) label; tag; (za označbo cene) ticket; tally; (ceremonial) etiquette; ceremony; ceremonial; convention

jahati na etikéti (figurativno) to be very formal, to be a stickler for etiquette
ne gledamo na etikéto ni, nam do etikéte (figurativno) we don't stand on ceremony
steklenica ima etikéto »strup« the bottle is labelled »poison«
pogrešiti se, napraviti prestopek proti etikéti to commit a solecism (ali a breach of etiquette)

evidence¹ [évidəns] samostalnik
očitnost, jasnost, razvidnost (for)
dokaz; pričanje

to admit in evidence priznati
to establish by evidence dokazati
in evidence jasno viden, na vidiku
to give (ali bear, furnish) evidence of s.th. pričati o čem, kazati znake česa
to turn King's (ali Queen's, State's) evidence izdati sokrivce in pričati proti njim, biti glavna priča
on this evidence zaradi tega
to be called in evidence biti klican za pričo
a piece of evidence dokaz

expectation [ekspektéišən] samostalnik
pričakovanje; upanje na dediščino; slutnja, domneva, verjetnost

against all expectation proti pričakovanju
to answer (ali meet, come up to) one's expectation(s) izpolniti, kar smo pričakovali
expectation of life pričakovana dolžina življenja
beyond expectation več kakor bi človek upal
contrary to expectation nepričakovano
to fall short of (ali not to come up to) one's expectation(s) razočarati, ne izpolniti pričakovanja
on the tiptoe of expectation v velikem pričakovanju

eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

fact [fækt] samostalnik
dejstvo, resničnost, resnica; dejanje; ugotovitev

pravno before the fact pred zagrešitvijo zločina
in (point of) fact, as a matter of fact pravzaprav, po pravici povedano, dejansko
it is a positive fact to je čista resnica, čisto gotovo
facts are stubborn things proti dejstvom smo brez moči
pogovorno the facts of life resnica o spolnem življenju
taken in the fact zasačen pri samem dejanju
pravno before the fact pred izvršitvijo dejanja

fasáda façade; front; frontage; fig surface

hiša s fasádo proti morju a house fronting (ali facing) the sea
vsa njegova veselost je samo fasáda all that joviality of his is a mere facade

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fire¹ [fáiə] samostalnik
ogenj, plamen, požar; streljanje
figurativno gorečnost, navdušenje, vnema, razburjenje; vročica; pekel; smrt na grmadi

to add fuel to the fire prilivati olje v ogenj; poslabšati; razpihovati strasti
medicina St. Anthony's fire šen
between two fires med dvema ognjema
a burnt child dreads the fire kdor se opeče, je drugič previden
to catch (ali take) fire vneti se
fire control stolp, s katerega vodijo streljanje; boj proti gozdnim požarom
fire department požarni oddelek
to go through fire and water mnogo pretrpeti
to lay a fire pripraviti za zakurjenje
to open fire začeti obstreljevati
out of the frying-pan into the fire z dežja pod kap
to pour oil on fire prilivati olje na ogenj, razdražiti, podpihovati
to set on fire, to set fire to zažgati, prižgati
vojska blind fire streljanje brez cilja, na slepo
to keep up a fire vzdrževati ogenj; nenehno obstreljevati
to be on fire goreti
there's no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj; iz nič ni nič
to set the Thames on fire narediti nekaj izrednega, iznajti smodnik
to strike fire izkresati ogenj
withering fire uničevalen ogenj
running fire salva strelov; zapovrstni napadi kritike

fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

fortify [fɔ́:tifai] prehodni glagol
ojačiti, krepiti, podpreti, podpirati; potrditi; utrjevati

to fortify o.s. against oborožiti, utrditi se proti

gang² [gæŋ] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
škotsko hoditi, iti
ameriško (with) družiti, spoprijateljiti se

to gang one's own gait ➞ gait
to gang agley zmotiti se, polomiti ga
to gang up on združiti se proti

garancija guarantee; warranty

z garancijo prodajno blago warranted (ali guaranteed goods) pl
patentiran brez državne garancije patent without government guarantee
kot garancija za to pogodbo as guarantee for (ali as security for) this agreement
garancija proti security against, insurance against, safeguard against
ne potrebujem (ne želim) nobene druge garancije kot Vašo besedo I want no other guarantee than your word, pogovorno your word will do for me
ne moremo prevzeti nobene garancije we cannot assume any responsibility
pustiti svoje dragulje kot garancijo to pawn (ali to pledge) one's jewels, to leave one's jewels in pawn
zahteval bom dobre garancije I shall want good security
naša moč je naša najboljša garancija proti novi invaziji our strength is our best safeguard against a new invasion
ki ima tovarniško garancijo factory warranted

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga