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tilt hammer [tílthǽmə] samostalnik
težko kovaško kladivo, bat, macelj

willow¹ [wílou]

1. samostalnik
botanika vrba; vrbovina; predmet iz vrbovine; vrbova vejica (simbol nesrečne ljubezni); (kriket) bat, tolkač

to wear the willow žalovati ob izgubi ljubljene ali odsotne osebe, nositi žalno obleko
willowed posajen z vrbami

2. pridevnik
vrbov, narejen iz vrbovine, iz vrbovih vej(ic)

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

forcer [fɔ́:sɔ́] samostalnik
bat v tlačni sesalki; majhna ročna sesalka

malaceous [məléišəs] pridevnik
bat ki pripada družini rosacej

mall¹ [mɔ:l] samostalnik
senčna pot, senčno sprehajališče
zgodovina bat za igro pall-mall, igra pall-mall, igrališče za to igro

the Mall [mæl] sprehajališče v parku St. James v Londonu
Pall-Mall [pélmél] ulica v Londonu

paving-beetle [péiviŋbi:tl] samostalnik
tlakarski bat, zabijač, oven

vampír zoologija vampire bat, vampire; mitologija vampire

veliki vampír zoologija spectre bat

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

go^*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to ➞ going
pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
another day to go še en dan
as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
to let go izpustiti
let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
how goes the time? koliko je ura?
to go bail for jamčiti za
to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
to go shares (raz)deliti
to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
to go bad pokvariti se
sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
to go easy udobno si urediti
to go hungry stradati
to go mad znoreti
to go short of pogrešati
to go sick javiti se bolnega
to go steady biti previden
to go it strong odločno ravnati
to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
go it! le daj!
to let go izpustiti
to make things go zabavati
to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi

kratkovíden shortsighted, nearsighted; myopic; (napol slep) purblind (tudi figurativno); figurativno narrow, narrow-minded; undiscerning

zelo kratkovíden as blind as a bat

lopár

pekovski, krušni lopár baker's peel, oven-peel
lopár za tenis racket, racquet
napenjač za teniški lopár racket press
lopár za namizni tenis table-tennis (ali ping-pong) bat

okó eye; (na krompirju) eye; (mastno) drop of grease; botanika eye (of a bud)

kurje okó (figurativno) corn
operater kurjih očes chiropodist
stekleno okó a glass eye
magično okó magic-eye tuning
mačje okó (figurativno) (rear) reflector
z golim očesom with the naked eye
s prostim očesom with unaided eye
okó postave je budno the eye of the law is ever vigilant
imeti okó za lepoto (za kaj lepega) to have an eye for the beautiful
kakor daleč seže okó as far as the eye can reach, within eyeshot, within range of sight
dljè kot seže okó farther (ali further) than the eye can see
z očesom ne treniti not to bat an eyelid
niti z očesom ni trenil he did not even wince
on ne vidi več na levo okó he lost the sight of his left eye
vidim stvari z istim očesom kot ti (figurativno) I see eye to eye with you
pazi na okó! mind your eye!
zamižati na eno okó to wink an eye (ob at), (figurativno) to connive (at), to shut one's eyes to
zatisnil je eno okó ob mojem kajenju he turned a blind eye to my smoking
ne zatisniti očesa (figurativno) not to sleep a wink
nocoj nisem zatisnil očesa I did not get a wink of sleep last night
okó za okó, zob za zob an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

pomóč help, aid, assistance, (v sili) succour; (denarna) subvention, bounty, subsidy, support, standby; (olajšanje) relief; (lek) remedy, cure

brez pomóči helpless
na pomóč! help! help!
klic na pomóč cry for help
klic za hitro, nujno pomóč v sili emergency call
garnitura, oprema za prvo pomóč first aid kit
s pomóčjo by the help of, by means of, by dint of, by (ali with) the aid of, by the agency of
z božjo pomóčjo with God's help
temu ni pomóči there's nothing to be done about it, there's no help for it, it cannot be remedied (ali helped)
zanj ni več pomóči he is past help
klicati na pomóč to shout (ali to call) for help, to call for assistance
nuditi pomóč komu to offer help to someone
nuditi prvo pomóč na postaji prve pomóči to give first aid at the dressing station (ali first-aid post)
ponuditi svojo pomóč to offer one's aid
hoditi s pomóčjo palice to walk with the aid (ali help) of a stick
iti komu na pomóč to go to someone's help
to mi ni bilo v nobeno pomóč it was no help to me
poslati pomóč žrtvam potresa to send relief to the victims of an earthquake
priti komu na pomóč to come to someone's rescue (ali aid, assistance)
priskočil mi je na pomóč he ran (ali came) to my help (ali to my assistance)
prositi za pomóč to ask for help
napraviti kaj brez tuje pomóči to do something off one's own bat
obrniti se na koga za pomóč to turn for aid (ali help) to someone, to resort to someone
vsa zdravniška pomóč ga ni mogla rešiti all the resources of medical skill could not save him
ne vem si (več) pomóči I am at my wits' end, I am in a quandary (ali a dilemma, a rare fix), pogovorno I'm up the creek, I'm up a gum tree

ram¹ [ræm] samostalnik
zoologija oven

astronomija the Ram Oven (zvezda v zodiaku)
the Ram (= battering ram) vojska, zgodovina napadalna naprava za prebijanje zidov, oven, navtika ladijski kljun za prebijanje boka sovražnih ladij, tehnično zabijač, oven, majhno parno kladivo, nabijač; čep, bat (hidrostatične stiskalnice, tlačilke)

slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

spectre, specter [spéktə] samostalnik
prikazen, fantom, duh, strah, strašilo
figurativno izmišljotina, privid

spectre bat zoologija véliki vampir

swing^*2 [swiŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
nihati, zibati se, gugati se, guncati se, pozibavati se
figurativno biti odvisen (from od)
viseti, bingljati; biti obešen na vislice; obračati se, vrteti se
navtika obračati se okoli sidra ali boje; gibati se v krivulji, zavijati; hoditi hitro, z dolgimi koraki in z elanom

2. prehodni glagol
zamahniti, mahati z, vihteti; zibati, gugati, pustiti nihati; obesiti; obračati na vse strani; meriti (čas) z nihaji; bingljati z; z zamahom dvigniti kvišku (on, to na)
ameriško vplivati na
ameriško uspešno izvesti
politika pridobiti si (volilce)

swing it! sleng prekleto!
to swing a bat (a sword, a lasso) vihteti gorjačo (meč, laso)
to swing one's arms mahati, otepati z rokami
to swing a child guncati otroka
the door swings on its hinges vrata se vrte na svojih tečajih
to swing a hammock obesiti visečo mrežo
to swing one's legs bingljati z nogami
to swing into line vojska formirati eno vrsto
to swing the lead navtika, sleng ogibati se dela, zabušavati, delati se bolnega
to swing into motion priti v tek, v zamah
to swing round the circle ameriško večkrat spremeniti svoje mnenje; politika, ameriško obiskati volilna okrožja
he shall swing for it za to bo visel, bo obešen
the shutter swung to and fro in the wind veter je oknico obračal sem in tja
he swung when I shouted obrnil se je, ko sem zavpil
he swung out of the room z dolgimi, brzimi, prožnimi koraki je odšel iz sobe
the trees were swinging in the wind drevesa so se pozibavala v vetru
there is not room enough to swing a cat figurativno niti toliko ni prostora, da bi se človek obrnil

švígniti to shoot

švígniti kot strela (figurativno) to go like a streak of (greased) lightning (ali like a bat out of hell)
švígniti prek brzice to shoot the rapids
avto je švignil mimo a car swept past
mačka je švignila iz sobe the (ali a) cat shot out of the room

tlákar tlakoválec paver

tlakarski bat, oven, zabijač paving beetle, beetle