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abrežé abridgment; epitome; summary; précis

napraviti abrežé to summarize
skrajšati v abrežé to epitomize

abundance [əbʌ́ndəns] samostalnik (of česa)
obilje, obilica; bogastvo

in abundance na prebitek, obilo
to live in abundance živeti v obilju

accord¹ [əkɔ́:d] samostalnik
soglasje
glasba sozvočje, akord; sporazum; ubranost

to be of accord ujemati se
in accord with v skladu s, v sporazumu s
of one's own accord prostovoljno, sam od sebe
with one accord soglasno

according [əkɔ́:diŋ]

1. veznik

according as v kolikor, če

2. predlog
glede na, po mnenju

he did it according to his promise izpolnil je svojo obljubo
according to law po zakonu
according to the latest intelligence po najnovejših vesteh

ace² [eis] samostalnik
as; enica (na kocki); malenkost, drobec; uspešen letalec, as

not an ace niti malo ne
ace of spades pikov as; hudomušno vdova v globoki žalosti
within an ace of za las, skoraj

acknowledgement [əknɔ́lidžmənt] samostalnik
priznanje, potrdilo, pobotnica; nagrada

under acknowledgement potrjujoč (v pismih), v potrdilo

acquaintance [əkwéintəns] samostalnik
poznanstvo; znanec, -nka

on closer acquaintance ko se bolje seznanimo
to cultivate the acquaintance of s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
to make (ali strike) acquaintance of s.o. seznaniti se s kom
upon what acquaintance? zakaj?
to have acquaintance with s.th. vedeti o čem

across¹ [əkrɔ́s] prislov
križema, pošev

with arms across prekrižanih rok
to put across uveljaviti, izpeljati
ameriško come across! priznaj(te)!; sezi(te) v žep!

act¹ [ækt] samostalnik
delo; dejanje; zakon, listina; svečanost; sodba; teza za disertacijo

act of bravery junaško dejanje
act and deed uradna listina, obveznost
Act of God višja sila
Act of Grace pomilostitev
act of hostility sovražno dejanje
in act v resnici, dejansko
in the (very) act pri (samem) dejanju (zasačen)
Act of Oblivion pomilostitev
to put on an act zaigrati komedijo

action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

Adam Adam

Adamovo jabolko anatomija Adam's apple
v Adamovi obleki in the altogether; humoristično in one's birthday suit

add [æd] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
dodati, povečati; pristaviti; sešteti

to add fuel to the fire prilivati olje v ogenj
to add insult to injury še bolj poslabšati zadevo
to add the interest to the capital pripisati obresti h kapitalu
added to this vštevši

adépt (strokovnjak) adept (at, in)

on je adépt v sleparjenju he is a consummate swindler

adhere [ədhíə] neprehodni glagol (to)
trdno se držati; prilepiti se; vdan, zvest biti

to adhere to an opinion ne spreminjati svojega mnenja
to adhere to orders izpolnjevati ukaze
to adhere to a party biti vdan stranki
to adhere together biti v zvezi

adjutánt vojska adjutant (officer); assistant

adjutánt višjega častnika aide-de-camp
v generalnem štabu adjutant-general
adjutantúra adjutancy

adrésa address; direction; superscription

pomanjkljiva adrésa insufficient address
napisati adréso na pismo to address (ali to direct ali to superscribe) a letter, (na kovček ipd.) to label
zmotil si se v adrési (figurativno, nisi prišel na pravi naslov) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop

adút trump, trump card

brez adúta no trumps
adút v rezervi (figurativno) an ace up one's sleeve
kaj je adút? what are trumps?
srce je adút hearts are trumps
izigrati adúta to lead trumps ali a trump
igrati adút (tudi figurativno) to play a trump card, to trump
imeti vse adúte v rokah to hold all the trumps (ali all the winning cards)
vzeti z adútom to trump, to take with a trump
(pre)vzeti vzetek z adútom to take a trick with a trump
to je eden naših najboljših adútov (figurativno) it is one of our best assets
uporabiti svoj zadnji adút to play one's last card

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

advertisement [ədvə́:tizmənt ameriško ədvətáizmənt] samostalnik
naznanilo, opozorilo, oglašanje, oglas, reklama

advertisement column oglasni del v časopisu
to put (ali insert) an advertisement in a paper dati oglas v časopis

advocacy [ǽdvəkəsi] samostalnik
odvetništvo, advokatura; zagovor; posredovanje

in advocacy of v obrambo česa