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ball¹ [bɔ:l] samostalnik
žoga, klobčič, kepa
anatomija plesno, blazina
anatomija peščaj; gruda

šport a good ball dober udarec
to catch the ball at (ali on) the bound spoznati priložnost, izrabiti položaj
ball of contention vzrok prepira
ball of the eye zrklo
ball of the knee anatomija pogačica
ball of the foot plesno, blazina
to have the ball at one's feet obvladati položaj
to keep the ball rolling (ali up) ohraniti stvar ali pogovor v teku
to make balls of s.th. narediti zmedo iz česa
to toss about the ball posplošiti pogovor
to take the ball before the bound prenagliti se
to play at the ball žogati se
on the ball spreten, uren
ameriško to have a lot on the ball biti zelo sposoben
vojska to load with ball ostro nabiti
ball and socket joint kroglasti zgib
šport ball out stranski avt
uncle three balls lastnik zastavljalnice
three (golden) balls znak zastavijalnice
to strike the ball under the line imeti smolo
to take up the ball lotiti se česa
the ball is with you vi ste (ti si) na vrsti (pri igri)

blunder away neprehodni glagol
zapraviti, uničiti

blunder away one's chances zapraviti ugodno priložnost

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bus¹, 'bus [bʌs] samostalnik
avtobus
pogovorno avtomobil; letalo

bus boy pikolo
bus girl pomožna natakarica
sleng to miss the bus zapraviti dobro priložnost

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

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

fair¹ [fɛə] pridevnik
lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) ženske
a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
a fair chance dobra priložnost
a fair copy čistopis
for fair dejansko, zares
to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
to be in a fair way dobro kazati
what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
fair wind ugoden veter
to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati

forelock¹ [fɔ́:lɔk] samostalnik
čop, koder na čelu

take time (ali occasion) by the forelock (for it is bald behind) izrabi priložnost, ko se ti nudi

golden [góuldən] pridevnik
zlatorumen, zlat, bleščeč; dragocen

golden age zlati časi
golden bridge častni umik
golden balls zlate krogle (znak zastavljalnice)
golden calf zlato tele
golden eye zoologija zimska raca
golden fleece zlato runo
golden mean zlata sredina
golden hours zlati časi
golden opportunity sijajna priložnost
golden pheasant zoologija zlati fazan
golden oriole kobilar, vuga
golden wedding zlata poroka

improve [imprú:v]

1. prehodni glagol
izboljšati, popraviti, izpopolniti
(tudi ameriško) obdelati (zemljo), meliorirati; povečati vrednost, koristno uporabiti, izkoristiti; pomnožiti, povečati, zvišati; oplemenititi (into)
spremeniti (in v)

2. neprehodni glagol
izboljšati se, popraviti se, izpopolniti se; povečati se, napredovati
ekonomija rasti (cene)

to improve an occasion (ali opportunity) izkoristiti priložnost
to improve away (ali off, out) s poskusi za izboljšanje pokvariti, poslabšati; pokvariti še tisto, kar je bilo dobrega
to improve in strength postati močnejši
to improve (up)on izpopolniti kaj
not to be improved upon neprekosljiv
to improve the shining hour dobro izkoristiti čas

izrábiti izrábljati to use; to turn to account; (okoristiti se) to take advantage of, to profit by, to make the best (ali most) of

dobro izrábiti, izrábljati to put something to (a) good use
izrábiti, izrábljati rudnik to exploit a mine
dobro izrábiti, izrábljati čas pesniško to improve the shining hour
izrábiti, izrábljati priliko to take the opportunity, arhaično to improve the occasion (ali opportunity)
izrábiti, izrábljati lahkovernost to play upon someone's credulity
izrabil bom prvo dano mi priložnost I shall take advantage of the first opportunity, I shall profit by the first opportunity offered
izrabljati delovno silo, delavce to exploit the workers (ali the workforce), to employ sweated labour
izrábiti, izrábljati položaj, priložnost (figurativno) to strike while the iron's hot, to make hay while the sun shines

lép -a, -o beautiful, fine; pretty, nice, handsome; sweet; (obraz) good-looking; pesniško beauteous; (vreme) fair, fine, favourable; (rast, stas) wellmade, well-proportioned, well-formed, wellshaped, shapely; (ljubek) lovely, graceful, charming

lép, -a, -o kot slika as pretty as a picture
lép, -a, -oo darilo (premoženje, kompliment) a handsome present (fortune, compliment)
lép, -a, -oa godlja, zmeda a nice mess
lép, -a, -oa pot good road
lép, -a, -oi spol the fair sex
lép, -a, -oa priložnost (znesek) a fair chance (amount)
lép, -a, -oa vsota a round (ali respectable) sum
lép, -a, -oe goré beautiful mountains pl
lép, -a, -oo vreme fine weather
lép, -a, -oe umetnosti fine (ali liberal) arts pl
lép, -a, -o začetek a nice beginning
lép, -a, -oe pozdrave tvoji sestri! best regards to your sister!
lép, -a, -oega dne one fine day
lép, -a, -oa pisava a fair hand
imeti lép, -a, -oo pisavo to write a fair hand
od lép, -a, -oih besed se ne da živeti fine words butter no parsnips
lép, -a, -oo mnenje boste imeli o meni you will have a fine opinion of me, what are you going to think of me?
barometer kaže "lepo" the barometer stands at fair
to ni lepó od tebe that's not nice of you
ta je pa lép, -a, -oa! a fine (ali story), this is!
to je vse lép, -a, -oo, toda... that's all very well (ali fine), but...
kar praviš, je vse prav lép, -a, -oo, toda... what you say is all very fine, but...
to bi bilo še lepše! that would beat everything!, that would cap it all!

nap⁴ [næp] samostalnik
vrsta kvartaške igre, napoleon

to go nap on staviti vse na eno karto
figurativno a nap hand dobra priložnost, mnogo obetajoča stvar

núditi to offer; (na dražbi) to bid; to tender

več núditi (na dražbi) to bid up, to outbid
prilika se nudi opportunity offers
brž ko se bo nudila priložnost as soon as an opportunity appears
núditi svoje usluge to tender one's services

pace¹ [péis] samostalnik
korak, koračaj (tudi figurativno dolžinska mera)
hoja; hitrost, tempo; korak, drnec, kljusanje (konja)

at a great (ali spanking) pace v hitrem tempu
pace for pace korak za korakom
to go the pace hitro iti (hoditi), figurativno veselo živeti, zapravljati
to hit the pace hiteti
to keep pace with iti v korak s čim
figurativno to put s.o. through his paces preizkusiti koga; dati komu priložnost, da pokaže svoje zmožnosti
to quicken one's pace pospešiti korak
to set the pace diktirati tempo
to show one's paces pokazati svoje zmožnosti
geometrical (ali great) pace 5 čevljev (1,524 m)
vojska ordinary pace navadni korak
vojska quick pace hitri korak

pebble [pebl] samostalnik
prodnik (okrogel kamenček); vrsta ahata, kremenec; kamena strela, kristalna kopuča
fizika leča iz kristalne kopuče

that's not the only pebble on the beach ni še vseh dni konec, priložnost se bo že še našla

počákati to wait

počakaj malo! wait a bit!, wait a while!
ta zadeva lahko počaka this matter can wait! (ali can be left pending)
kar (ali le) počakaj! (bomo videli, kaj bo) wait and see!
počákati na priložnost to bide one's time
počákati na izid to await the outcome
počakal te bom I'll wait for you
počakaj, da pridem nazaj! wait till (ali until) I come back
počákati koga na postaji to meet someone at the station

pograbíti to seize; to grasp; to take (ali to get, to catch, to lay) hold of

pograbíti priliko, priložnost to seize upon a chance, to seize an opportunity
hlastno pograbíti ponudbo to snap up an offer
(službeno) mesto je bilo takoj pograbljeno the job was snapped up at once
pograbíti koga za vrat to seize someone by the neck

prihraníti to save (up); to spare; to reserve; to economize; to put by; to make economies

prihraníti za hude čase to put by (ali to lay by) money for a rainy day
prihrani si denar za kako drugo priložnost! save your money for another occasion!
prihrani (si) svoje besede! (molči!) save your breath!
lahko si prihraniš svoj trud! you may save your pains!
prihranjen peni je pridobljen peni a penny saved is a penny gained

provide [prəváid]

1. prehodni glagol
preskrbeti, oskrbeti, opremiti, dobaviti (with kaj, s čim)
pravno določiti, predpisati, pripraviti (zakon, pogodbo)

2. neprehodni glagol
preskrbeti se (si), oskrbeti se (si), zavarovati se (against pred)
skrbeti (for za)
računati s čim, pripraviti
pravno predpisati, določiti (that da)

ekonomija to provide payment preskrbeti kritje, poskrbeti za plačilo
to provide an opportunity nuditi priložnost
to provide against zavarovati se pred, varovati se; pravno preprečiti
pravno the law provides that zakon določa, da
to provide for the needs opraviti naravne potrebe