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blamáža disgrace; discomfiture; shame; (neuspeh) failure, discredit

to je blamáža za Vas it is a disgrace for you
v blamáži sem I feel (very) foolish
to bo blamáža zame pogovorno I'm going to finish up with egg on my face

blanket¹ [blǽŋkit] samostalnik
odeja; prevleka; zgornja plast

to get between the blankets iti v posteljo
wet blanket kvarilec zabave; črnogled, sitnež; figurativno mrzla prha
to put a wet blanket on s.o., to throw a wet blanket over s.o. zmanjšati komu vnemo, gorečnost (kot mrzla prha)
born on the wrong side of the blanket nezakonski otrok
to toss in a blanket metati kvišku z napete odeje

bláto mud; (tudi figurativno); dirt; mire; filth; (rečno, jezersko) slime

človeško bláto excrement, excreta
oškropljen od bláta spattered with mud
obmetavati z blátom koga figurativno to throw (ali to fling) mud at someone
potegniti, povleči v bláto figurativno to drag through the mud
tičati v blátu to stick in the mud
(po)vleči iz bláta to pull out of the mud (ali mire)

blaze¹ [bleiz] samostalnik
plamen, požar; sij, svit, blišč, blesk; izbruh, vzbuh
množina pekel

in a blaze v plamenu, goreč
to blow to blazes zdrobiti v prah
in the blazes of the day pri belem dnevu
go to blazes! pojdi k vragu!
like blazes kar se da, silovito, na vso moč
what the blazes kaj za vraga

bláznost lunacy, madness, insanity; mental disorder; mania; frenzy

pripraviti koga do bláznosti to drive someone mad
verska bláznost religious mania
pisanje me spravlja v bláznost writing drives me crazy

blessed [blést, blésid] pridevnik (blessedly prislov)
blagoslovljen, blažen
vulgarno presnet, preklet

blessed Virgin devica Marija
of blessed memory rajnki, pokojni
I'm blessed if naj me vrag vzame, če, srečen bi bil, če bi
I am blessed if I know res ne vem
I am blessed if I do it še v glavo mi ne pade, da bi to storil
the whole blessed day ves božji dan
blessed with poln česa

blessing [blésiŋ] samostalnik
blagoslov; molitev pred jedjo; milost; srečno naključje; kletvica, psovka

a blessing in disguise sreča v nesreči
hudomušno unappropriated blessing neporočena ženska, stara devica
that is a blessing to je sreča
to ask a blessing moliti pred jedjo

blestéti blesketáti se to glitter, to glimmer, to glare, to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to blaze

ni blestel v družbi he did not shine in society

blighted [bláitid] pridevnik
snetljiv, ovenel, uničen; razočaran

blighted hopes v kali zatrto upanje

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

blink² [bliŋk] samostalnik
blesk, lesketanje; migljanje; trenutek

in a blink ko bi mignil, v trenutku
ameriško, sleng on the blink v slabem stanju; v zadnjih izdihljajih

blísk lightning; ash; (strele) flash (of lightning)

cikcakast blísk forked lightning
kot blísk hitro like lightning, with lightning speed
kot blísk like (greased) lightning
kot blísk se razširiti to spread like wildfire
iti kot blísk to go like lightning
novica se je razširila v taborišču kot blísk the news ran through the camp like wildfire

blížanje approaching, approach; coming near

blížanje sovražnika je zasejalo paniko v mestu the approach of the enemy spread panic in the town

bližína nearness; closeness; proximity; propinquity; (soseščina) vicinity, neighbourhood

v bližíni in (one's) vicinity, near, nearby, close at hand
iz bližíne at close quarters, closely
v neposredni bližíni in the immediate vicinity, close by
nekje v bližíni somewhere around, somewhere in the neighbourhood ali vicinity

blížnji near; imminent; forthcoming; nearby (hiša house)

smo v blížnjem sorodstvu we are close relatives ali near relations

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

bloom¹ [blu:m] samostalnik
cvet, razcvet, cvetenje; moka (npr. na slivah, grozdju)
figurativno svežina, rdečica, lepota

in full bloom v razcvetu
to take the bloom off s.th. pokvariti, uničiti, zatreti v razcvetu
bloom of youth prva mladost, cvet mladosti

blossom² [blɔ́səm] neprehodni glagol
cvesti (o sadnem drevju)

šaljivo to blossom into a good statesman razvijati se v dobrega državnika
to blossom out into razviti se v

blow³ [blou] poetično neprehodni glagol
cvetenje, cvet

in full blow v polnem razcvetu, cvetoč

blow out prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
upihniti, ugasiti; napihniti

blow out one's brains ustreliti se v glavo; narediti samomor
blow out one's cheeks napihniti lica