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raven¹ [réivən]

1. samostalnik
zoologija krokar

2. pridevnik
črn kot krokar

raven locks kot krokar črni kodri (las)

slate-black [sléitblæk] pridevnik
črn kot skril(avec)

baržúnast velvet, velvety, velvet-like

baržúnasto črn velvet black
baržúnasta obleka velvet dress
baržúnast sijaj velvet gloss
baržúnasta rokavica velvet glove
prijeti koga z baržúnastimi rokavicami (figurativno) to handle someone with kid gloves
baržúnast telovnik velvet waistcoat

brown¹ [braun] pridevnik
rjav, zagorel, temen, mračen

brown bread črn kruh
brown cloth surovo, nebeljeno platno
brown coal lignit
sleng to do brown slepariti, ugnati
brown George lončena posoda
in a brown study zamaknjen, zamišljen
brown shirt nacist
brown sugar nerafiniran sladkor
brown ware kamenina

črnílo (black) ink

kopirno črnílo copying ink
črn kot črnílo, umazan od črníla inky
črnílo za nalivno pero fountain-pen ink
nevidno črnílo invisible ink
madež od črníla blot, inkblot
tiskarsko črnílo printer's ink
pisati s črnílom to write in ink, to write with pen and ink
umazati s črnílom to blot (with ink)
črnílo se razliva na papirju the ink runs on the paper

dán day; (dnevna svetloba, luč) daylight, daytime; (svetloba) light

dober dán! (zjutraj) good morning!, (popoldne) good afternoon!, (splošno) how do you do!, pogovorno hallo!, hullo!, ZDA hello, (pri poslovitvi) good day!, pogovorno see you!, be seeing you!; see you later!
deloven dán working day, weekday
črn dán figurativno a black day, a dark day, an unfortunate day
materinski dán Mother's Day
novoletni dán New Year's Day
beli dán broad daylight
plačilni dán payday
postni dán fast day
prazničen dán holiday
pasji dnevi dog days pl
prosti dán day off, (brez pouka) day off school
rojstni dán birthday
srečen dán a red-letter day
sodni dán the Last Day, Judgment Day, Day of Judgment, Doomsday
davni dnevi bygone days, arhaično day of yore
spominski dán Remembrance Day (11. november)
z dne 3. maja dated May 3rd
čez dán (podnevi) in the daytime; during the day, by daylight, by day
dán za dnem day by day
drugi (naslednji) dán next day, the day after
do današnjega dne to the preent day
od dneva do dneva from day to day
čez nekaj dni in a day or two
enega teh dni, te dni enkrat one of these days
dvakrat na dán twice a day
pri belem dnevu in broad daylight
lepega dne one fine day
oni dán (zadnjič) the other day
še oni dán only the other day
še isti dán that very day
od tega dne dalje from this day forth
par dni a couple of days
ta ali oni dán one day or another
svoj živi dán in all my born days, in my lifetime
nekega dne one day, (za prihodnost) some day
pred tremi dnevi three days ago
dán poprej the day before, the day beforehand
teden dni (7 dni) a week
danes teden dni this day week, (pred tednom dni) a week ago
14 dni (2 tedna) a fortnight, two weeks
čez 14 dni in a fortnight
vsak dán every day, daily
vsak drugi dán every other (ali second) day
vsakih pet dni every five days
ves dán all day long, for the whole of the day
ves ljubi božji dán the livelong day
za nekaj dni for a few days
prejšnji dán the previous (ali preceding) day
ki traja ves dán daylong
na dán z besedo! speak out!, out with it!
to je jasno kot beli dán it's as clear as daylight, it's as plain as a pikestaff
biti različen kot noč in dán to be as different as chalk and cheese
béli dán je it is broad daylight
dobiti prost dán to be allowed a day off
ni še vseh dni konec we have not seen the last of it yet
prinesti, spraviti na dán to bring to light
prinesti stvar na dán to broach a matter
sedaj prihaja na dán it now transpires
priti na dán to come to light, to transpire, to leak out, to become known, ZDA to develop
prinesti na dán svoje težave to air one's troubles
ko napoči dán at daybreak, at dawn
za vsakega pride njegov dán every dog has his day
sanja se ti pri belem dnevu you're day-dreaming
svoj živi dán nisem videl... I have never seen in all my born days (ali in my lifetime)...
dnevi so mu šteti his days are numbered
zagledati dán (luč sveta) to be born, to come to light, to come out
določiti dán to fix a day
voščiti dober dán to bid someone good day, zastarelo to give someone the time of day
bil je 2 dni prepozen he was two days late
delati noč in dán to work day and night
ne hvali dneva pred nočjo do not praise the day before it is over; laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper

gavrán zoologija raven

črn kot gavrán raven; raven-haired
kot gavrán črni kodri (las) pesniško raven locks pl

hat¹ [hæt] samostalnik
klobuk; kardinalski klobuk
figurativno kardinalstvo

sleng my hat! za vraga!
top hat cilinder
britanska angleščina, sleng a bad hat pokvarjenec
as black as my hat čisto črn
figurativno red hat kardinalstvo
hat in hand hlapčevsko, servilno
high hat domišljav
hats off to him! klobuk dol pred njim!
under one's hat v tajnosti, skrivoma
ameriško at the drop of a hat takoj, zaradi najmanjšega povoda
I'll eat my hat if naj me vrag vzame, če
his hat covers his family čisto sam je, nikogar nima
to hang up one's hat in s.o.'s house obnašati se v tuji hiši po domače, ugnezditi se pri kom
to keep it under one's hat obdržati kaj zase
to pass (ali send) round the hat for pobirati denarne prispevke za
to raise one's hat odkriti se v pozdrav
to receive the hat postati kardinal
to take one's hat off to s.o. klobuk pred kom sneti
to throw one's hat in the ring izzvati koga na boj
to talk through one's hat širokoustiti se, pretiravati
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka v pozdrav

humór humour; sense of humour; comicality; humorousness, facetiousness

brez humórja humourless; devoid of humour
oseba, človek brez humórja disgruntled person; ZDA pogovorno sorehead
obešenjaški humór gallows humour
črn humór black humour
suh humór dry humour
surov humór robust humour
biti brez humórja, nobenega smisla za humór ne imeti to lack any sense of humour

ink¹ [iŋk] samostalnik
črnilo, tiskarsko črnilo

Chinese (ali Indian) ink tuš
printing (ali printer's) ink tiskarsko črnilo
sleng to sling ink pisariti, slabo pisati
as black as ink črn kot vran

krókar

1. zoologija crow; raven

črn kot krókar raven
kot krókar črni kodri (las) raven locks pl

2. (ponočnjak) revel(l)er

krùh bread

brez krùha breadless, (brez posla) unemployed
črn krùh brown (ali black) bread
domač krùh home-made (ali household) bread
bel krùh white bread
ječmenov krùh barley bread
koruzen krùh ZDA corn pone
ržen rye bread
svež krùh fresh (ali new) bread
star, suh krùh stale bread
(ne)kvašen krùh (un)leavened bread
vojaški krùh ration bread
pražen krùh toast
naš vsakdanji krùh our daily bread
hlebec, štruca krùha loaf of bread
kos, reženj krùha a piece, a slice of bread
ob krùhu in vodi on bread and water
krùh z maslom bread and butter
ostanki krùha left-over bread
pražilec za krùh toaster
košarica za krùh breadbasket
rezilni stroj za krùh bread slicer
skorja krùha a crust of bread
krùha in iger! bread and circuses!
boj za vsakdanji krùh the struggle for life
pomanjkanje krùha shortage (ali scarcity) of bread
deliti s kom krùh to break bread with someone
on ni vreden krùha, ki ga jé he is not worth his salt
ni imel skorje krùha he had not a crust of bread to eat
ostati brez krùha (figurativno) to be thrown out of work
pritrgovati si krùh od ust to stint oneself
odjesti komu krùh to take the bread out of someone's mouth
jesti tuj krùh (figurativno) to serve other people, to be dependent on other people
prišel je do krùha pogovorno he's got it made
peči krùh to bake bread
služiti si svoj krùh z... to get one's living by...
sam si mora služiti krùh he has to earn his own living
težko si služiti krùh to work hard for a living
kako si služi svoj krùh? (figurativno) how does he earn (ali make, win) his bread (ali his living)?
skregati se s svojim krùhom (figurativno) to quarrel with one's bread and butter, not to know which side one's bread is buttered on
stati v vrsti za krùh to stand in a bread-line
krùh je vzhajal the bread has risen
živeti ob krùhu in vodi to be put on bread and water

labód zoologija swan

črn labód a black swan
labódu podoben swanlike

midnight [mídnait] samostalnik
polnoč

to burn the midnight oil delati dolgo v noč
midnight sun polnočno sonce
dark (ali black) as midnight črn kot noč
ameriško, politika midnight appointment imenovanje tik pred potekom oblasti

mourning² [mɔ́:niŋ] pridevnik (mourningly prislov)
žalujoč, žalen

mourning band črn trak
mourning border žalni okvir
mourning coach mrliški voz
mourning paper črno obrobljen pisemski papir
ameriško mourning dove grlica

pitch¹ [pič] samostalnik
mineralogija smola (zemeljska), katran
botanika drevesna smola

mineral pitch bitumen
dark as pitch ko smola črn
you can't touch pitch without being defiled gnilo jabolko zdravo kvari

pretépati pretêpsti to beat (ali to thrash) thoroughly (ali all over), to beat someone black and blue; to maul; pogovorno to whop; to hide; to tan someone's hide; to give someone a good hiding

pretépati, pretêpsti s palico to belabour with a stick
pretépati, pretêpsti do mrtvega to thrash someone within an inch of his life
te bom pretepel, da boš črn I'll beat you black and blue

príža (proga, pega) streak

črn z rumenimi prížami black with yellow streaks

próga line; stripe, streak; route; (črnavka, modrica) weal

železniška próga railway line, railway track; ZDA railroad line
enotirna próga single-track line
dvotirna próga double-track line
glavna próga main (ali trunk) line
stranska próga branch line
ozkotirna próga narrow-gauge railway; (za premikanje vagonov itd.) sidings pl
lokalna próga local line
krožna próga circular (ali circle) line
nadzemeljska próga elevated railway
podzemeljska ž. próga (v Angliji) underground (railway), tube, ZDA subway
ladijska próga steamship line
zobata ž. próga rack railway, ZDA cogwheel (ali cog) railway
zračna próga air line
žična próga cable railway, funicular
próga za tek šport track, lane
notranja próga šport inner lane
čistiti železniško prógo to clear the line
črn z rumenimi prógami black with yellow streaks
zebrine próge zebra's stripes

smôla (zemeljska) pitch; bitumen

katranska smôla coal-tar pitch; (drevesna) resin, gum arabic; (terpentinova) rosin
čevljarska smôla cobbler's wax; (figurativno) hard luck, ill-luck, bad luck, misfortune, mishap, ill fortune
smôla! (figurativno) hard luck!, tough luck!, hard lines!
vedno imam smôlo I am an unlucky fellow, žargon I always cop it
ona mi prinaša smôlo she brings me bad luck
črn kot smôla pitch-black
da bo moja smôla še večja... to crown my misery...