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sweep¹ [swi:p] samostalnik
pometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje
figurativno razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke)
množina smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad
britanska angleščina pometač, dimnikar
pogovorno sweepstake(s)
stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah
figurativno umazanec
sleng čemernež, nejevoljnež

at one sweep z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkrat
with a sweep of one's hand z močnim zamahom (svoje) roke
the sweep of Napoleon's genius širina Napoleonovega genija
beyond the sweep of the eye dljè kot seže oko
a wide sweep of plain razsežna ravnina
chimney sweep dimnikar
to give a sweep to the room pomesti sobo
to make a clean sweep of one's old furniture znebiti se starega pohištva
to make a clean sweep of the clerks odpustiti vse nameščence
to make a clean sweep of the table figurativno pomesti s čim, odpraviti kaj

talk round prehodni glagol
na dolgo pretresati; spremeniti prepričanje ali mišljenje (kake osebe); pregovoriti (koga)

talma [tǽlmə] samostalnik
zgodovina dolgo ogrinjalo brez rokavov, talma

yarn² [ja:n] neprehodni glagol
pogovorno, figurativno pripovedovati dolgo zgodbo; pripovedovati, govoriti, kramijati
prehodni glagol
uporabiti prejo (npr. za tesnilo pri pipi)

air² [ɛə]

1. prehodni glagol
zračiti; sušiti; rešetati; ohladiti
figurativno objaviti; širokoustiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
sprehajati se; domišljati si

to air one's fine clothes bahati, šopiriti se
to air one's opinion na dolgo in široko razlagati svoj nazor
to air one's feelings dati si duška
to air o.s. iti na sprehod, sprehoditi se

all¹ [ɔ:l] pridevnik
cel, ves, celoten

all the country vsa dežela
all very cushy udoben, prijeten
all day long ves dan
at all events v vsakem primeru
on all fours po vseh štirih
to be on all fours with s.o. povsem se s kom strinjati
to all intents and purposes v vsakem pogledu
all my life vse življenje
by all means vsekakor
once for all enkrat za vselej
to sit up till all hours of the night dolgo bedeti
all sorts (ali kinds) of vse mogoče
to turn in all standing leči popolnoma oblečen
not for all the world za nič na svetu

bedéti to wake, to be awake, to watch over

dolgo bedéti to sit up late, to keep late hours
bedéti nad to keep watch over, to keep a vigilant eye on
celo noč bedéti to sit up all night

blue¹ [blu:] pridevnik
moder, sinji; plemiški (kri); žalosten, potrt, otožen; zvest, stanoviten; mrtvaško bled; učen (ženska)
pogovorno nespodoben; konservativen, torijevski

blue blood plemenitaški rod
blue coat vojak, mornar
blue disease modrikavost kože, cianoza
blue devils potrtost; delirium tremens
in a blue funk živčen, prestrašen
to see through blue glasses črno gledati
blue gum vrsta evkaliptusa
blue joke nespodoben dovtip
blue jeans modre delovne hlače
to look (ali feel) blue zbegan, potrt biti
ameriško blue laws pretirano strogi, puritanski zakoni
Blue Monday zaspani ponedeljek
once in a blue moon redkokdaj
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
blue pencil cenzorjev svinčnik
Blue Peter modra zastava (znak za odhod ladje)
till all is blue neskončno dolgo; do nezavesti (se napiti)
a blue note napačen zvok
blue ribbon visoko odlikovanje; red podveze; znak vzdržnosti
blue rock vrsta goloba
sleng blue ruin slaba vrsta brinjevca
true blue zvest
to turn (ali make) the air blue kvantati, zmerjati
blue water odprto morje

búden awake; waking, roused; sleepless

čisto búden wide awake; figurativno watchful, vigilant, (on the) alert
biti, ostati dolgo búden to sit up late, to keep late hours
spremljati z búdnim očesom to keep a vigilant eye (on)
biti búden (figurativno) to be on the alert, to be on the lookout

coon [ku:n] samostalnik
ameriško, zoologija rakun
pogovorno črnec
figurativno premetenec, lisjak

domačno coon's age neskončno dolgo, cela večnost
he's gone coon z njim je konec, po njem je
old coon zviti lisjak
pogovorno coon song črnska pesem

creak [kri:k]

1. samostalnik
škripanje

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
škripati

creaking hinges last long kdor dolgo kašlja, dolgo živi

čákati to wait (for); to await; to expect

čákati v vrsti (»repu«) to queue (up)
čákati na odločitev to await the decision
čákati na (svojo) priložnost to watch one's opportunity
čakal sem te do šestih I waited for you till six
čakali so nanj they were waiting for him ali someone was waiting for him ali pogovorno he was waited for
na to lahko še dolgo čakaš figurativno you may whistle for it
pustiti koga čákati to keep someone waiting
to lahkó (po)čaka that can wait
ne čakajte me z večerjo! start supper without me!
dolgo, potrpežljivo čákati figurativno to kick one's heels, to cool one's heels
nismo čakali, da bi on odgovoril we did not wait for him to reply
nima smisla čákati there's no use waiting, it's no use waiting
čákati v zasedi to lie in ambush
čákati (oklevati) to linger, to hesitate, to tarry
čákati (biti usojeno) to be in store for
kdor čaka, dočaka everything comes to those who wait
človek nikoli ne ve, kaj ga čaka you never know what to expect

čás time; (doba) epoch; tide, (razdobje) period; space of time; (letni čas) season; (ura) hour; gramatika tense; (vmesni) interval, interim, meantime

božični čás Christmastime, Christmastide, arhaično yuletide
poletni (delovni) čás daylight saving time
konični čás (ure) rush hour, peak hours pl
prometno šibki čás offpeak (ali slack) hours pl
slabi, težki čási hard times pl
skrajni čás! high time!
prosti čás leisure; spare time
ves moj čás the whole of my time
s časom in the course of time, gradually
o pravem čásu in time; in the nick of time; in due course of time, ZDA on time
od čása do čása every now and then, from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while
čez nekaj čása some time afterwards
od tega čása since that time
v kratkem čásu in a short time
za kratek čás for a short time
pred čásom, predčasno prematurely
pred nekaj čása some time ago
že nekaj čása prej for some time past
že dolgo čása for a long time
že pred dolgo čása long ago, a long time ago; ZDA pogovorno way back
med tem čásom in the meantime, (in the) meanwhile
od tega čása naprej from this time onward, henceforth
od tistega čása dalje from that time forward
v istem čásu at the same time
nekaj čása (prislov) awhile, (samostalnik) a while
ob nepravem čásu at the wrong time, out of season
ob kateremkoli čásu, ob vsakem čásu at any time
ves čás all along, all the time
pred davnim čásom long ago
v teku čása in the course of time
vsak čás zdaj any time now
v starih čásih in olden times
v dobrih starih čásih in the good old days
v tistem čásu at that time
ob katerem čásu? at what time?
v sedanjem čásu at present, now
v določenem čásu within a fixed period, in due course
zadnje čáse lately
za vse čáse for all time
prav v zadnjem čásu quite recently
od davnih čásov from time immemorial, from time out of mind
ob določenem čásu at the appointed time
v prostem čásu at one's leisure
šala o nepravem čásu ill-timed jest
škoda čása za to it's a mere waste of time
vsaka stvar ob svojem čásu everything in its season
vse ob svojem čásu there is a time for everything, all in good time
v čásu, v čásih poplav in times of flood
čás beži time flies
skrajni čás je it is high time
to je samo vprašanje čása it's only a question of time
je že tudi čás! (it's) about time, too!
to je samo izguba čása it's a sheer waste of time
za to je še čás there is plenty of time for that
za to je še do jutri čás it can wait till tomorrow
bil je čás, ko... time was when...
za to je treba čása this takes time
določiti čás to fix a date
dati komu čás to give someone time
imate malo čása zame? can you spare me a moment?
čás se mu vleče time hangs heavy on his hands
ne imeti čása za... to have no time for
krajšati si čás to while away the time
izkoristiti čás to take time by the forelock
imam nekaj prostega čása I have some time to spare
iti (vštric) s čásom to be abreast of the times
nimam dosti čása, ne smem izgubljati čása I have no time to spare
kje so lepi stari čási? pesniško where are the snows of yester year?
kako dolgo čása ga ni! what a long time he has been gone!
korakati s čásom to move with the times
čási so minuli, ko... time was, when...
čás je potekel time is up
preganjati čás (figurativno) to while away the time
prihraniti čás to save time
prebiti svoj čás to pass one's time
njegov čás je prišel his hour has struck
čakati svoj čás to bide one's time
držati korak s čásom to keep pace with the times
priti ravno o pravem čásu to come in the nick of time
čás bo pokazal time will show, time will tell
čás presti (figurativno) to twiddle one's thumbs
je škoda čása (ne izplača se) it is not worth while
ob nepriličnem čásu priti h komu to intrude upon someone's time
štopati čás to time with a stopwatch
on je videl boljše čáse he had known better times
vzeti mnogo čása to take long
precéj čása mi bo vzelo, da... it will take me ages to...
to mi vzame skoraj ves moj čás it takes up nearly all my time
vzemite si čás! take your time!
ubi(ja)ti čás to kill time
ves čás sem to vedel I have known it all the time (ali all along)
precéj čása te že nisem videl I haven't seen you for ages
precéj čása bo trajalo, da... it will take some time to...
zapravljati tratiti (svoj) čás to waste one's time, to fritter away one's time, ZDA žargon to boondoggle
med tem čásom se je marsikaj zgodilo many things have happened in between
čás je denar time is money
preživljati težke čáse to have a hard time
čás hitro teče time passes quickly (ali races by, flies)

dáleč far (away, off); a long way off; widely, remotely, distantly

dáleč od tu far from here
dáleč naokoli far and wide
dáleč narazen wide apart
od dáleč from the distance, from afar
kako dáleč how far, to what extent
tako dáleč in ne dlje! thus far and no further ali farther
bil sem dáleč od doma I was far from home
kako dáleč je (to)? how far is it?
stanuje dáleč od tu he lives far away from here
dáleč boljši, dáleč najboljši better by far, by far the best
dáleč proč (še dolgo ne) far from it, not by a long way (ali chalk)
dáleč od tega far from it
še dáleč ne tako zanimiv not nearly so interesting
dáleč najboljša splošna zgodovina far and away the best general history
kakor dáleč seže oko as far as the eye can reach
lahkó tečeš tako dáleč? can you run as far as that?
držati se dáleč (stran) od to keep (ali to stand) clear of
kako dáleč si z angleščino? how far have you got with your English?
počasi se dáleč pride he that goes softly, goes safely

dólg -a, -o long; ➞ dolgo

prilično dólg, -a, -o lengthy; (dolgotrajen) of long standing; (bolezen) lingering
dólg, -a, -oo (mnogo) poprej (pozneje) long before (after)
dólg, -a, -o (velik) ovinek a long way round
dólg, -a, -o rok long term
za dólg, -a, -oo časa for long
na dólg, -a, -oo in široko far and wide, at length
pripovedovati na dólg, -a, -oo in široko to spin out at great length
dan postaja dólg, -a, -o the days are getting longer (ali are lengthening)
soba je 20 čevljev dólg, -a, -oa the room is 20 feet long
imeti dólg, -a, -o jezik to know all the answers, to be a chatterbox (ali gossip)
imeti dólg, -a, -oe prste (figurativno krasti) to have light fingers, to steal
iti na dólg, -a, -oo potovanje to go on a long journey
padel je, kot je dólg, -a, -o in širok he fell spread-eagled on the ground

door [dɔ:] samostalnik
vrata, vhod, dohod
tehnično zaklopnica, vratca

to answer the door iti odpret vrata
figurativno to close the door onemogočiti
next door v sosednji hiši
figurativno next door to blizu, skoraj
front door glavna, hišna vrata
to darken s.o.'s door priti komu v hišo
to show s.o. the door, to turn out of doors spoditi koga, pokazati mu vrata
door to door canvassing predvolilna agitacija od hiše do hiše
to force an open door skušati komu dopovedati že tako jasno stvar
to bang (ali slam) the door on s.th. onemogočiti kaj
at death's door na pragu smrti
to make door zapreti in zapahniti vrata
a creaking door bangs long bolehni in šibki dolgo živijo
in (ali within) doors doma
to lay a charge at the door of s.o. obdolžiti koga
it lies at his door on je kriv
out of (ali without) doors na prostem
to shut (ali slam) the door in s.o.'s face zapreti komu vrata pred nosom
packed to the doors nabito poln

eliksír elixir

eliksír za dolgo življenje elixir vitae, elixir or life

fílm fotografija film; roll of film; (kino) film, ZDA motion picture, moving picture, pogovorno movie; VB pogovorno picture; (umetnost, industrija) cinema, film, screen

animirani fílm animated cartoon
barvni fílm colour (ali technicolor) film
biografski fílm film biography, biopic
dokumentaren fílm documentary film, documentary
drugorazredni fílm B film
celovečerni, glavni fílm full-length film, main feature
fílm nornalne dolžine feature-length film; feature
črnobel fílm black-and-white film
kratek fílm film short
nemi fílm silent film, silent
ozki fílm 16millimetre film
plastičen fílm stereoscopic film
pozitivni film positive film
rol fílm roll film
poučen fílm instructional (ali educational) film
risani fílm cartoon film, cartoon
neosvetljen fílm unexposed film, pogovorno raw stock
fílm s časovno lupo slow-motion film
zvočni fílm sound film, talking picture, pogovorno talkie
gledati fílm to watch a film
igrati, predvajati fílm to show (ali to screen) a film
koliko časa se že predvaja (vrti) ta fílm? how long has this picture been on?
ta fílm se (že) dolgo predvaja this film has (already) had a long run
iti k fílmu to go on the films
napraviti fílm to produce a film
prirezati fílm to cut a film
sinhronizirati fílm to synchronize a film
snemati fílm to make a film, to shoot a film (ZDA a motion picture, a movie), to film
vložiti fílm (v kamero) to load (ali to fill) a camera
adaptirati za fílm to adapt for the screen, to make a film version (of a play, novel, ipd.)

full¹ [ful] pridevnik (fully prislov)
poln, napolnjen, natlačen, natovorjen; popoln, ves; obilen, debelušen; sit; bogat česa; čist, pravi, močen, intenziven (svetloba); temen (barva)

full age polnoletnost
full of beans (ali guts) poln vneme, podjeten
of full blood čistokrven
in full fig (ali feather) v svečani obleki, v najboljšem stanju
full brother (sister) rodni brat (rodna sestra)
full dress svečana obleka
full dress rehearsal generalka v kostumih
full dress debate debata o pomembnem vprašanju
at full length obširno
full length portrait portret v naravni velikosti
full force (ali tilt) na vso moč; s polno paro, z največjo hitrostjo
full professor redni profesor
full stop (ali point) pika
full sail s polno paro
full swing poln razmah
to be full upon na dolgo in široko razlagati
full hand karta, ki dobiva
full tide plima
full face od spredaj, naravnost v obraz
full statement podrobno poročilo
in full view of ravno nasproti česa

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti