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store¹ [stɔ:] samostalnik
skladišče; zaloga; shramba, kašča
množina trgovina, v kateri lahko kupujejo le njeni člani (npr. Army & Navy store)
vojno, pomorsko itd. skladišče, vojne zaloge, proviant; veleblagovnica, ki prodaja raznovrstno blago; množina, količina, obilje
figurativno zakladnica
ameriško prodajalna, trgovina; živina za rejo

in store v zalogi, v skladišču, v rezervi; pripravljen
a store of knowledge veliko znanje
book store knjigarna
co-operative stores zadruga
military stores vojni material
a sweet store slaščičarna
to have in store for imeti pripravljeno za
what does the future hold in store for us? kaj nam bo prinesla bodočnost?
a surprise is in store for you čaka vas presenečenje
my stores are getting low moje zaloge gredo h kraju, usihajo
to keep in store držati v rezervi
to set great (little) store by zelo (malo) ceniti, pripisovati veliko (majhno) vrednost (čemu)

topsawyer [tɔ́psɔ:jə] samostalnik
tehnično zgornji žagar
figurativno glavna oseba, oseba na visokem položaju, "visoka živina"

VIP [ví:ai:pí:] samostalnik
pogovorno (krajšava za: very important person) zelo ugledna in vplivna oseba, "visoka, velika živina"

big¹ [big] pridevnik
velik; važen; odrasel; plemenit; bahav; poln; noseča
ameriško izvrsten, odličen; glasen, domišljav

Big Ben veliki zvon na parlamentu v Londonu
a big bug (ali pot, gun, noise, wig, shot) visoka "živina"
the big drink (ali pond) velika luža (tj. Atlantski ocean)
big gate dvoriščna, vhodna vrata
to get (ali grow) too big for one's shoes (ali boots) postati domišljav
ameriško, sleng big house ječa, kaznilnica
the big idea namera, nakana
big top cirkuška kupola, cirkus
big look samozavestnost
ameriško, botanika big tree sekvoja
big with child noseča
the big toe palec na nogi
big words bahave besede
ameriško, sleng big wheel domišljavec; visoka "živina"

bug¹ [bʌg] samostalnik
zoologija stenica
ameriško hrošč, žuželka
sleng norec
pogovorno, množina bakterije
ameriško, sleng, tehnično defekt, okvara
sleng nespametna misel, norost
arhaično strašilo

big bug visoka "živina"
to go bugs znoreti
ameriško, sleng to be bugs on s.th. biti ves nor na kaj

čŕn black

čŕno na belem (= pismeno) dati, napisati to put in writing
čŕn kot smola as black as soot (ali as ink)
čŕno na belem in black and white
to imam čŕno na belem I have it in writing
čŕna barva black (colour ali dye ali paint)
čŕna borza black market
čŕn kruh brown bread
čŕna kroglica (pri volitvah) blackball
čŕna lista (seznam), knjiga black list, black book
čŕna magija the black art
čŕna metalurgija iron metallurgy
čŕna nehvaležnost black ingratitude
čŕna (garjava) ovca black sheep
čŕna (žalna) obleka mourning, (widow's) weeds pl
črn, nesrečen dan unlucky day, black day
čŕno oblečen black-clad
čŕn kot vran as black as ebony
čŕno vino red wine
čŕno nebo a black sky
čŕno obrobljen black-edged
čŕno obrobljen pisemski papir black-bordered notepaper
delo na čŕno žargon scab work
delati kot čŕna živina to work like a nigger
čŕno se mi dela pred očmi my head begins to swim
dati, vnesti v čŕn seznam to blacklist
v čŕno (žalno) se obleči to wear (ali arhaično to don) mourning
udarec je zadel v čŕno the thrust went home
prisegati, da je čŕno belo to swear that black is white
vrag ni tako čŕn, kot ga slikajo the devil is not so black as he is painted
zadeti v čŕno to hit the mark

délati to work, to be at work; to do; to make; to manufacture; (biti zaposlen) to be employed (funkcionirati) to function

težko délati to toil, to labour
délati za koga to work for someone
kaj delaš (sedajle)? what are you doing (now)?
délati v akordu to be a pieceworker, to do piecework
nimam kaj délati I have no work to do
délati kot črna živina to work like a nigger (ali like a slave)
delati na čem to work on something, to be busy with something, to be engaged on something
délati po navodilih to act (ali to proceed) according to instructions (ali as instructed), to follow the instructions
on dela le za svojo korist he looks only after his own interests
prekomerno délati to overwork someone
délati napake to make mistakes
délati krivico komu to do wrong to someone
délati za vsakdanji kruh to work for one's daily bread
on dela na svojo roko figurativno he is not authorized to act; pogovorno he's acting off his own bat
dela po svoji mili volji he has his own way, he pleases himself
površno délati to botch, to bungle
délati kot mravlja a to be busy as a bee
délati sitnosti to cause trouble
délati težave to make difficulties
stroj dela the machine is working (ali running)
stroj ne dela (je brez dela) the machine is idle, (je pokvarjen) the machine is out of order
trdo délati to work hard, to labour, to toil, to drudge
pri kom si dajete délati obleke? who is your tailor?
dan se dela it is dawn, it is daybreak, day is dawning
délati se (pretvarjati se) to pretend, to make pretence, to feign
dela se bolnega he pretends to be ill
dela se neumnega he plays the fool
dela se gluhega he pretends he is deaf
délati se norca iz koga to make fun of someone, to make a fool of someone
dela se bogatega he pretends to be rich, he makes believe he is rich
delal sem se jeznega I pretended to be angry
delal se je, kot da ničesar ne vidi he pretended to see nothing
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé arhaično no mill, no meal

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

domestic¹ [dəméstik] pridevnik (domestically prislov)
domač, hišen, družinski; udomačen, krotek; poselski
ameriško domače novice v časopisu

domestic affairs domače zadeve, notranja politika
domestic animal domača žival
domestic appliances gospodinjski aparati
domestic cattle koristna, porabna živina
domestic consumption domača poraba
domestic drama meščanska drama
domestic policy notranja politika
domestic remedy domače zdravilo
domestic trade notranja trgovina
ameriško, mornarica domestic voyage obalna plovba

draught¹ [dra:ft] samostalnik
poteza, vlečenje, vleka; načrt, koncept, skica; prepih; požirek
množina dama (igra); razburjenje, živčnost; ugrez, ponor; točenje (iz soda)
medicina doza (tekočega zdravila); odmerek; novačenje; četa; ček; menica

beast of draught tovorna živina
black draught odvajalo
beer on draught pivo iz soda
sleng to feel the draught imeti težave, na škodi biti
to play at draughts igrati damo (igro)

flock² [flɔk] samostalnik
čreda, jata, množica, tolpa, krdelo, verniki, ovčice

to come in flocks zbirati se
flocks and herds ovce in živina

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

gun¹ [gʌn] samostalnik
strelno orožje, puška, top
ameriško pištola, revolver; strel; lovec (kot član lovske družine)

a great (ali big) gun vplivna oseba, velika "živina"
to stand (ali stick) to one's guns držati se svojega prepričanja, ostati zvest, ne odnehati
as sure as a gun čisto gotovo, tako gotovo kakor amen v očenašu
navtika, pogovorno to blow great guns močno pihati, tuliti (veter); besneti, divjati
vulgarno, navtika son of a gun podlež
gun dog pes, ki se ne ustraši strela

kláven

klávna živina slaughter cattle, beef cattle, fat stock

mighty¹ [máiti] pridevnik
močen, silen, mogočen
pogovorno velikanski, čudovit

bigh and mighty domišljav
a mighty swell velika živina
mighty works čudeži

múčiti to torture; to torment; to rack; to inflict pain on, to martyr; to maltreat; (bolečina) to hurt, to ail; (v šoli) to bully, to intimidate; (dražiti z varljivimi upi) to tantalize; (nadlegovati, jeziti) to bother, to worry, to vex, to plague, to tease, to grieve, to harass

skrbi jo mučijo she is tormented with worry
muči ga protin he is a martyr to gout
muči me misel na... I am uneasy (ali anxious) about...
do smrti múčiti to martyr
múčiti se (z delom) to labour, to slave, to toil, to moil, to toil and moil; to be at pains; to take pains, to make efforts, to strive hard, to struggle; to trouble oneself
múčiti se navkreber, v hrib to toil up the hill
múčiti se kot črna živina to drudge
muči se na žive in mrtve he is working himself to death

nigger [nígə] samostalnik
slabšalno črnec, črnuh
ameriško naziv za razne težke stroje; vrsta vrtne gosenice

to work like a nigger delati kakor črna živina
ameriško, sleng nigger in the woodpile (ali fence) zla namera, sumljiva okoliščina
ameriško, gledališče nigger heaven galerija

osébnost personality; personage; character

odlične, znane osébnosti notabilities pl
ugledna osébnost (visoka »živina«) figurativno, humoristično bigwig, big noise, VIP, ZDA sachem

pítoven kept for fattening

pítovenna živina (zlasti vol) ZDA stocker

plême tribe; race; clan; genus; (poreklo, izvor) origin, stock, extraction, lineage; birth, strain

živina za plême breeding cattle