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edínstven unique; matchless; peerless

on je edínstven there is no one to match him, there is nobody like him
edínstvene lepote of a unique (ali matchless) beauty

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

ekscelénca Excellency

ekscelénca, to je moj brat Excellency, this is my brother

ékstra

1. prislov extra, separately, apart; as a supplement

vino se plača ékstra wine is not included, there is an extra charge for wine, wine is extra

2. pridevnik superfine, extra-special, first-rate; pogovorno tip-top

ékstra (»prima«) slanina prime bacon

elder¹ [éldə] pridevnik
starejši

my elder brother is older than you moj starejši brat je starejši od tebe
elder statesman upokojeni državnik, ki ima funkcijo svetnika

elegánten elegant; (po modi) stylish, fashionable, smart; well-dressed

elegántna družba the smart set
elegántno je oblečena she is smartly dressed
videti je zelo elegántna she looks very smart

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

enák equal, even, (vrednost) equivalent, (isti) same, identical; (podoben) like, alike, similar; (enoličen) uniform; equable

dve enáki števili two equal numbers
enáka razdalja equidistance
enáka temperatura an even temperature
biti enák to equal, to be the equal of, to be equal, to be on a par with
ni mu enákega he has no equal, there is no one to match him, he is without an equal, he is unrivalled
ni ti enák he is not your equal
to ni bil enák boj it was not an equal fight
boj med enakima nasprotnikoma equal fight
boriti se ob enákih pogojih to fight on equal terms
naleteti, najti sebi enákega to meet one's match
imeti enáke deleže to have equal shares
vsi državljani so enáki pred zakonom all citizens are equal before the law
skušati biti enák to emulate, to vie with
sta kar enáka (= imata iste napake) they are tarred with the same brush!
plačati (vrniti) enáko z enákim (figurativno) to give someone tit for tat, to pay someone back in his own coin
enako se z enákim druži birds of a feather flock together

ênkrat once; some time

ênkrat na dan once a day
ênkrat ali dvakrat once or twice
ênkrat slučajno once by chance
ênkrat za vselej once for all
ênkrat pač (prej ali slej, kadarkoli) at some time or other
niti ênkrat not once
končno ênkrat at last
še ênkrat once more, once again, the same again
še ênkrat toliko as much (oziroma many) again; twice as much (oziroma many)
pozneje ênkrat by and by
to pot ênkrat this once
drugo leto ênkrat some time next year
za ênkrat for once, for the time being
niti ênkrat ni deževalo it never rained once
bil je ênkrat (slučajno) točen he was in time for once in a way
to je kar lahkó, ko ênkrat vidite, kako se tega lotiti it is easy enough once you see how to tackle it
kar je ênkrat narejeno, je narejeno once it is done, it is done

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

enough³ [inʌ́f] samostalnik
zadostnost, zadovoljivost

enough is as good as a feast če imaš dovolj, ne potrebuješ več
enough and to spare več ko dovolj
cry "enough"! priznaj poraz!

envy¹ [énvi] samostalnik
zavist, nevoščljivost; predmet zavisti

out of envy iz zavisti
green with envy zelen od zavisti
he is eaten up with envy sama zavist ga je, počil bo od zavisti
he is the envy of all vsi mu zavidajo

equal¹ [í:kwəl] pridevnik (equally prislov) (to)
enak, enakovreden; ravnodušen, miren; primeren, sposoben
arhaično pravičen

equal mark enačaj
to be equal to biti kos čemu
equal laws zakoni, ki veljajo za vsakogar
once ten is equal to ten enkrat deset je deset
equal fight boj med enakima nasprotnikoma
to be equal to doing s.th. biti zmožen kaj narediti
to be equal to the occasion biti kos čemu

err [ə:] neprehodni glagol
bloditi, motiti se, grešiti, zaiti na kriva pota

to err is human vsakdo se lahko zmoti

etáža floor; (nadstropje) storey, ZDA story

stanuje na tretji etáži he is living on the third (ZDA fourth) floor
stolpnica z desetimi etážami a ten-storey (ZDA ten story) tower (ali tower block)

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)

evidénten evident; obvious; manifest

zločin je evidénten the crime is self-evident (ali manifest)
to je več kot evidéntno it's as plain as a pikestaff
evidéntno je, da... it is obvious (ali plain) that...

fable¹ [féibl] samostalnik
basen, bajka; izmišljena zgodba, izmislek, pripovedka, fabula; mit, legenda
arhaično zaplet drame

fact and fable resnica in laž
it is a mere fable to je izmišljotina

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