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banker [bǽŋkə] samostalnik
bankir, lastnik banke; kopač jarkov; vrsta ribiškega čolna; vrsta igre kart; konj, ki skače preko jarkov

banker's discretion bančna skrivnost
banker's order plačilni nalog

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

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

dark¹ [da:k] pridevnik (darkly prislov)
temen, temnolas, temačen, mračen, mrk; žalosten, obupan; skrit, skrivnosten, nerazumljiv, nejasen; neznan; negotov; neprosvetljen; zloben, zločinski

the dark ages srednji vek
dark house umobolnica
a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec (v dirki); ameriško malo znan kandidat za prezidenta
the Dark Blues študenti iz Oxforda; srednješolci iz Harrowa
the Dark Continent Afrika
to keep s.th. dark skrivati nekaj; obdržati skrivnost zase
dark room temnica
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
dark slide kaseta
dark lantern slepica
ameriško dark and bloody ground Kentucky

dead¹ [ded] pridevnik
mrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)

ameriško, pogovorno dead above the ears neumen, topoglav
dead end slepa ulica; figurativno zagata
dead and gone že davno mrtev
dead colour osnovna barva
dead failure popoln polom
dead forms same formalnosti
to flog a dead horse zaman si prizadevati
ameriško dead freight nepokvarljiv tovor
ameriško, sleng dead from the neck up trapast, butast
a dead frost popoln polom
vojska dead ground ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljaja
a dead halt nenadna ustavitev
dead heat tekma brez zmagovalca
dead hand neprodajen
dead letter nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejo
dead level figurativno enoličnost, neučinkovitost
to make a dead set on napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamo
dead march žalna koračnica
pogovorno dead men (ali marines) izpite, prazne steklenice
as dead as a doornail (ali mutton, nit) mrtev ko hlod
dead nuts on popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kaj
dead office pogrebni obredi, zadušnica
perfectly dead neznosen
dead reckoning mornarica približna ocena (dolžine poti)
dead secret največja skrivnost
dead stock mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blago
dead set oster napad
waiting for dead man's shoes čakanje na dediščino
dead wall stena brez vrat in oken
dead weight lastna teža; figurativno huda ovira napredka
dead wind nasprotni veter
dead wood posušen les; izvržek, izbirek
dead silence popolna, mrtva tišina

gaff¹ [gæf] samostalnik
železni kavelj za ribolov; ostre osti, harpuna

sleng to blow the gaff ovaditi, izdati skrivnost
ameriško, pogovorno to stand the gaff biti vztrajen, potrpežljivo prenašati
to give the gaff surovo ravnati, strogo kritizirati

game² [geim] samostalnik
igra, zabava, šala; načrt, nakana, spletka
množina športne igre, tekma

the game is afoot začelo se je
double (ali deep) game dvolična igra
drawn game nedoločena igra
one's little game ukana, zvijača
to make game of norčevati se, osmešiti
none of your game ne boš me ukanil
to play the game pošteno ravnati
two can play at the game to je dvorezna stvar
round game družabna igra
the game is up po njem je, načrt je propadel
the game is not worth the candle ni bilo vredno tolikšnega truda
game of chance hazardna igra
to make game of s.o. norčevati se iz koga
to play a good (poor) game dobro (slabo) igrati
to be on one's game biti v dobri kondiciji
to give the game away izdati skrivnost

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

izblebetáti to blurt out; to blab out; to divulge; to tell tales

izblebetáti skrivnost, tajnost to reveal a secret, (figurativno) ZDA žargon to spill the beans

keep^*2 [ki:p]

1. prehodni glagol
držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep body and soul together životariti
trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
to keep cool ostati miren
to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
to keep in countenance bodriti koga
to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
to keep guard stražiti
to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
God keep you! bog te varuj!
to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
to keep the law držati se zakona
to keep in mind zapomniti si
to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
to keep peace between obdržati mir med
to keep the peace držati se reda
ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
to keep time držati se takta
to keep good time biti točen (ura)
to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
to keep one's word držati besedo
to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati

leak² [li:k] neprehodni glagol
curljati, kapljati, puščati, biti preluknjan; teči iz česa, uhajati (out)
teči v, predreti (in)

secret leaks out skrivnost predre v javnost

let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

ooze² [u:z]

1. neprehodni glagol
curljati, počasi odtekati, kapljati, pronicati (tudi svetloba itd.)

2. prehodni glagol
izločati, prepuščati vodo
figurativno izžarevati (optimizem, milino itd.)

his courage was oozing away hrabrost ga je počasi zapuščala
the secret oozed out skrivnost je prišla na dan

ovít wrapped

ovít v veiled in, shrouded with (diskrecijo discretion)
ovít v skrivnost wrapped in mystery
ovít v kopreno skrivnosti wrapped in a shroud of mystery
ovít z bršljanom ivied; ivy-clad

pronícati preníkati to trickle through; to ooze out

pronícati, preníkati na dan (figurativno) to leak out
resnica (skrivnost) je pronikla na dan the truth (the secret) has trickled out (has leaked out)

razréšiti (nalogo, problem) to solve; (službe) to discharge, to relieve, to dismiss

razréšiti koga dolžnosti to relieve someone of a duty
razréšiti skrivnost to solve a mystery
razréšiti koga službe, dolžnosti to relieve someone of his post, of his duties

razvédeti se to be learned; to come to light; to leak out; to become known

skrivnost se je razvedela the secret leaked out
včeraj se je razvedelo it was learned yesterday
stvar se je razvedela (news of) the matter got (ali leaked) out

razvozláti to untie (ali to undo) a knot, to unknot; to untie, to disentangle; to make out, to find out

skrivnost, uganko to unravel a mystery, a puzzle

rest⁴ [rest] neprehodni glagol
ostati, preostati, biti preostanek (of česa)

rest assured that I will do my best bodite prepričani, da bom storil vse, kar bo v moji moči
to rest with biti v rokah, biti odvisen od
it rests with you to decide vi odločite; vaša stvar je, da odločite
it does not rest with me to decide odločitev ni v mojih rokah
the affair rests a mystery zadeva (stvar) ostaja (je še naprej) skrivnost

rešíti to save, to rescue; (osvoboditi) to deliver; to redeem; (na morju) to salvage; (nalogo itd.) to solve

rešíti svojo čast to save (oziroma to vindicate) one's honour
rešíti si kožo (figurativno) to save one's skin
rešíti se (znebiti se) koga to get rid of someone
rešíti skrivnost, problem to solve a mystery, a problem
rešíti situacijo to retrieve the situation
rešíti uganko to solve (ali to work out, to puzzle out) a riddle
rešíti komu življenje to save someone's life
rešíti svoj ugled to save one's reputation
rešil sem ga bede I saved him from utter poverty
zdravnik upa, da ga bo rešil the doctor hopes to pull him through
rešili so ga, da ni utonil he was saved from drowning
rešíti si glavo (figurativno) to save one's bacon
rešíti se to save someone, to be saved (ali rescued, delivered), to come off unscathed, to get away with a whole skin
komaj, za las se rešíti to have a narrow escape, to escape by the skin of one's teeth
reši se, kdor se more! every man for himself!, run for your lives!