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bound¹ [baund] samostalnik
meja; omejitev

out of all bounds čez mero
to keep within bounds ohraniti pravo mero; ne pretiravati
to put (ali set) bounds to omejiti kaj
the shop was placed out of bounds trgovina je bila (za dijake) prepovedana
out of bounds zunaj dopustne meje; vstop prepovedan
beyond all bounds pretirano
within the bounds of possibility v mejah možnosti

bound⁶ [baund] pridevnik
pripravljen na odhod (for)
namenjen kam

the ship is bound for London ladja potuje v London, njen cilj je London
where are you bound for? kam greš (greste)?
homeward bound ki se vrača domov
outward bound ki potuje iz matične luke

bow¹ [bou] samostalnik
lok
glasba godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj
množina okvir za naočnike
vulgarno trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period obdobje uporabe loka in puščice
to draw (ali pull, shoot with) the long bow pretiravati, širokoustiti se
to draw a bow at a venture streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dve železi v ognju
wide on the bow hand daleč od cilja
bow instrument godalo
bows on z glavo naprej
bows under premagan, ki težko napreduje
sleng bow window velik trebuh, vamp
to tie a bow zavezati pentljo

bracket¹ [brǽkit] samostalnik
konzola, polica; nosilec, opornik; plinski gorilnik; obrnjena trojka (figura na ledu)
množina oklepaji; ljudje z enakimi dohodki

in brackets v oklepajih; figurativno mimogrede povedano

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia

brán defence; resistance

postaviti se v brán to make a stand, to stand upon one's guard

bràt brother

bràt po krvi brother german
(pol)bràt po materi uterine brother
starejši bràt elder brother
najstarejši bràt the eldest brother
rodni bràt full brother
bràt po mleku foster-brother
mlajši bràt younger brother
samostanski bràt (menih) friar
dragi bràtje! religija dearly beloved brethren!
eden naših bràtov religija one of our brethren
bratje po krvi brothers pl, religija brethren pl
bratje v orožju brothers in arms
to je med bràti vredno that's a reasonable price

bráti (čitati) to read

skrbno bráti to peruse; (nabirati ipd.) to collect, to gather (in), to pick; (trgati) to pluck; to cull
bráti grozdje to gather grapes, to vintage
bráti hmelj to pick hops
bráti mašo to say mass
napačno bráti to misread
do konca bráti to read through
bráti zase (skrivaj) to read to oneself
bráti med vrsticami to read between the lines
to sem bral v časopisu I read it in the paper
ne zna ne bráti ne pisati he can neither read nor write
to se bere kot roman it reads like a novel
tvoja knjiga se mnogo bere your book is much read
bráti komu na obrazu to read someone's face
nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu innocence is written all over his face, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
hoteti bráti v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni to read something into a text
vsak večer berem očetu časopis every evening I read the paper to my father
rada ima, da ji kaj berejo she likes being read to

brátranec cousin

pravi brátranec cousin german, first cousin
brátranec v drugem kolenu second cousin
brátranec v tretjem kolenu cousin twice removed

bŕca kick

bŕca v rit (vulgarno) a kick up the arse
dobiti bŕco v zadnjico to get a kick in the pants, (biti odpuščen) to get the sack

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

breath [breɵ] samostalnik
dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj
figurativno življenje; odmor
figurativno sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje

above one's breath polglasno, komaj slišno
to catch (ali bate, hold) one's breath zadržati dih
breath analysis alkotest
to gasp for breath sapo loviti
to draw breath dihati, živeti
to draw the first breath roditi se, priti na svet
to draw one's last breath izdihniti, umreti
to knock out s.o.'s breath presenetiti, osupiti koga
with bated breath napeto (poslušati)
out of breath brez sape, zasopel
pogovorno keep your breath to cool your porridge prihrani nasvete zase
that knocks the breath out of me (ali takes my breath away) nad tem mi zastane sapa
to spend one's breath in vain zaman se truditi
below (ali under) one's breath tiho, šepetaje
the breath of one's nostrils najljubši; nujno potreben
in the same breath v isti sapi, hkrati
to save one's breath ne zapravljati energije
shortness of breath težko dihanje, sopihanje

brême load; burden; (tovor) cargo, freight; charge; (teža) weight, charge; (trud) trouble; figurativno encumbrance

davčna brêmena taxespl
javna brêmena public charges
v brême (koga, komu) against someone's account, to someone's debit
natovorjen, obložen z brêmenom saddled with a burden
olajšati brême to ease the burden
biti komu v brême to be a burden to someone, to be a drag on someone
stroški gredo v moje brême the expenses are to be charged to my account
padel je občini v brême he became a charge on the parish
zapisati znesek komu v brême to debit someone's account (with)

brêsti (bredem) to wade (po, skozi through)

brêsti proti bregu to wade ashore
brêsti po blatu to wade through (the) mud
brêsti čez reko to wade across a river
brêsti v dolgove to run (ali to get) into debt

brezdélje brezdélica idleness; inactivity; leisure; inaction; spare time

tratiti čas v brezdélju to idle away one's time

brezizhóden without resource, without prospects

biti v brezizhódnem položaju to be in a cleft stick

brezobvézen without obligation; not obligatory

brezobvezno! no obligation is involved; (v trgovini) no obligation to buy!

brezúpen hopeless; desperate; despairing; past all hope; past remedy

brezúpna stvar a hopeless cause
v brezúpnem stanju in a desperate state

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

briljírati to shine; to excel; to be conspicuous

ni briljiral v družbi he did not shine in society
nisi ravno briljiral v tej zadevi you didn't exactly shine in this affair