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bring up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
bruhati; vzgojiti, vzgajati, (vz)rediti; obtožiti
navtika usidrati
figurativno opozoriti; besedo dati (poslancu v parlamentu); oživiti, osvežiti (se); pohiteti, prihrumeti

bring up the rear ščititi umik; figurativno biti zadnji
bring up short naglo ustaviti
navtika bring up standing usidrati se, preden so jadra spuščena
bring up to date naznaniti, vpeljati v stvar; modernizirati

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se

brisálnik

brisálnik stekla glass cloth; (v avtu) windscreen wiper

Britannic [britǽnik] pridevnik
britanski, velikobritanski (v naslovih: His ali Her Britannic Majesty)

bŕk

v bŕk (naravnost) (straight) from the shoulder
v bŕk reči, povedati to tell someone to his (ali her) face, to tell someone openly (ali without reserve)
v bŕk sem mu povedal I told him point-blank
laže mi v bŕk he lies in my face (ali without batting an eyelid)
smejati se komu v bŕk to laugh in someone's face

broomstick [brú:mstik] samostalnik
metlišče

to be married over the broomstick živeti v divjem zakonu

brow¹ [brau] samostalnik
obrv, čelo; izraz obraza; skalni rob, strmina

to clear up one's brow razveseliti se
to knit (ali bend, wrinkle, contract) one's brow gubati čelo
by the sweat of one's brow v potu svojega obraza

brúhniti ➞ bruhati

brúhniti v jok to burst into tears
brúhniti v smeh to burst out laughing

brunt [brʌnt] samostalnik
glavni sunek; najtežji del; kriza

at a brunt v prvem sunku
to bear the brunt prenesti glavni sunek

brush¹ [brʌš] samostalnik
krtača, ščetka, čopič, metlica; lisičji rep; grmičje, goščava, dračje; oplaz, pretep, praska, spopad
figurativno slikar, slikarstvo

at a brush, at the first brush v prvem zamahu
to give s.o. a brush grdo s kom ravnati, tepsti ga
tarred with the same brush enak, prav tak
to give it another brush še enkrat obdelati, izdelati
to give s.o. a brush-down okrtačiti koga

brzojáven telegraphic; telegraph

brzojávni drog telegraph post (ali pole)
brzojávni ključ (code) telegraphic code
brzojávni (Morzejev) ključ Morse code
brzojávna linija telegraphic line
brzojávni obrazec telegram form
brzojávni naslov (odgovor) telegraphic address (answer)
brzojávni transfer telegraphic transfer
brzojávna žica telegraph wire
brzojávni urad telegraph office
odgovoriti v brzojávnem stilu to answer briefly and to the point ali humoristično in telegraphese

bucket¹ [bʌ́kit] samostalnik
vedro, čeber; črpalni bat, črpalnik; žlebič na mlinskem kolesu

to give the bucket odsloviti, odkloniti
sleng to kick the bucket umreti
ameriško bucket shop trgovina in špekulacija z delnicami
a mere drop in the bucket kapljica v morju

budžét budget; (annual) estimates pl

debata o budžétu debate on the budget (ali on the finance bill)
predložiti budžét to present a budget
predvideti v budžétu to budget for

bulge¹ [bʌldž] samostalnik
izboklina, izbočina; nabreklina
pogovorno dvig cen
ameriško, sleng premoč, prednost

the Battle of the Bulge zadnja nemška protiofenziva v Ardenih (dec. 1944)
to get the bulge on prekašati
to have the intellectual bulge on biti umstveno na višji stopnji

bulk¹ [bʌlk] samostalnik
obseg, telesnina, prostornina, masa; večina, večji del; ladijski tovor; predzidje

by the bulk v celoti
bulk goods blago brez embalaže, neto
in bulk nepakiran
to sell in bulk prodajati na veliko
bulk buying kupovanje na debelo
bulk cargo razsuti tovor
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati

bumper [bʌ́mpə] samostalnik
vrč, polna čaša, pokal; odbijač, odbijalec
sleng nekaj velikanskega

bumper crop bogata žetev
to drive bumper to bumper voziti v tesni koloni

burden¹ [bə́:dn] samostalnik
breme, tovor; tonaža
figurativno gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški
geologija jalova plast
glasba refren, pripev, spremljava
figurativno osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bit

to bear the burden peti refren ali spremljati
beast of burden vprežna žival
to be a burden to s.o. biti komu v breme
pravno burden of proof obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditve

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

burning¹ [bə́:niŋ] pridevnik
goreč, vroč, žareč
figurativno vnet, ognjevit, vročekrven, strasten

burning oil gorilno olje, petrolej
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zvoni
a burning question pereče vprašanje
a burning shame v nebo vpijoče
a burning scent sveža sled

burst^*1 [bə:st]

1. neprehodni glagol (with zaradi)
počiti, razpočiti se (with s)
biti prenapolnjen (into v)
vlomiti, vlamljati; izbruhniti; nenadoma se prikazati
sleng bankrotirati, propasti

2. prehodni glagol
nasilno odpreti; (z)lomiti, zadreti, predreti; prenapolniti; uničiti
sleng denar zapravljati

to burst into blossom razcvesti se
to burst into flame vzplamteti
to burst into laughter zakrohotati se
to burst into tears razjokati se
to burst into view prikazati se
to burst into the room planiti v sobo
to burst one's way through the crowd preriniti se skozi gnečo
to burst open razpočiti se, naglo se odpreti
to burst one's sides with laughter počiti od smeha
to be bursting komaj čakati
to burst upon s.th. naleteti na kaj
it burst upon my ear nenadoma sem zaslišal
it burst upon my eye nenadoma sem zagledal
ready to burst skrajno razburjen
to burst with s.th. razpočiti se od česa
to burst one's buttons with food preobjesti se
the river burst its banks voda je stopila čez bregove