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narrow¹ [nǽrou] pridevnik (narrowly prislov)
ozek, tesen; omejen, pičel, suh, mršav; stisnjen (oči); ozkosrčen; natančen, temeljit (preiskava)
britanska angleščina skop (with)

by a narrow margin z majhno prednostjo
to have a narrow squeak za las uiti, komaj uiti
a narrow inspection natančen pregled
to live in narrow circumstances živeti v bedi
narrow majority majhna večina
to make a narrow escape komaj (za las) uiti
in the narrower sense of the word v ožjem pomenu besede
geografija the Narrow Seas Rokavski preliv in Irsko morje
figurativno the narrow way trnova pot
narrow vowels ozki samoglasniki
within narrow bounds zelo omejen

no³ [nou] samostalnik
zavrnitev, odklonitev
parlament glas proti

the ayes and noes glasovi za in proti
the noes have it večina je proti

stream¹ [stri:m] samostalnik
vodni tok, vodotok; tok, struja; reka (tudi figurativno)
potok
figurativno smer, usmeritev; dolg niz (česa), obilica, velika množina

against the stream proti toku
down the stream po toku navzdol
up the stream po toku navzgor
with the stream s tokom (tudi figurativno)
Gulf stream Zalivski tok
three-stream school britanska angleščina šola s tremi različnimi usmeritvami
stream of tears (of blood) potok solza (krvi)
to go with the stream figurativno slediti toku, delati (misliti) isto kot večina

swingeing [swíndžiŋ] pridevnik
pogovorno strahovit, silovit, močan; ogromen, velikanski, kolosalen; sijajen

a swingeing blow strahovit udarec
a swingeing lie zelo debela laž
a swingeing majority ogromna večina
a swingeing victory sijajna zmaga

working² [wə́:kiŋ] pridevnik
ki dela, deluje; deloven; ki je v pogonu (teku, obratovanju)

working capital obratni kapital (sredstva)
working class delavski razred
working costs splošni delovni stroški
working expenses obratovalni, režijski stroški
working day delovni dan, delavnik
working drawing arhitektura gradbeni (stavbeni) načrt (plan)
working hour delovna ura
working life vsakdanje življenje
working papers množina delovne osebne listine (zlasti mladoletnikov)
working partner aktiven družabnik
working power tehnično zmogljivost
working majority za delo (diskusijo) zadostna večina

yea [jéi]

1. prislov
da; pač, res; celó, še več

without reluctance, yea, with pleasure brez upiranja, celó z veseljem
he is a good, yea, a fine man dober, celó sijajen človek je

2.
glas za, pozitivni glas (pri glasovanju); pritrdilen odgovor, pritrditev

the yeas tisti, ki glasujejo za, glasovi za
the yeas have it večina je glasovala za (z da)
the yeas and nays glasovi za in proti

za for; for the purpose of; in favour of; after; behind; (= za časa) during

dan za dnem day by day
eden za drugim one after another, one behind the other
korak za korakom step by step
enkrat za vselej once and for all
za ves svet ne not for (all) the world
za gorami beyond the mountains
jaz za svojo osebo as far as I am concerned
za mojim hrbtom behind my back
za primer (v primeru) potrebe in case of need
za glavo večji taller by a head
za sedaj for the present
za šalo by way of a joke
argumenti za in proti the pros and the cons
razlogi za in proti the reasons for and against
za menoj! follow me!
(kar) za menoj, prosim! this way, please!
starejši za pet let five years older
jaz, za sebe (zase) as for me
beseda za besedo word for word
mož za možem man by man
zanimanje za... interest in...
za mladino neprimeren film a film unsuitable (ali not suitable) for young people
vstopnica za gledališče a theatre ticket
za vlade (vladanja) kralja Karla II during the reign of Charles II
za (= po pooblastilu) (acting) for, per pro., latinsko per procurationem (krajšava: p.p.)
biti za kaj to be in favour of something
kdo je za (to)? who is in favour?
sem za to, da mu odpustimo I'm in favour of (ali I'm for) pardoning him
večina je za nadaljevanje stavke there is a majority in favour of continuing the strike
to je važno zame (za mene) this is important to me
nekaj je za tem (figurativno) there's something behind it
za hišo je vrt there is a garden behind the house
to je hud udarec za nas it is a hard blow for us
brali smo eden za drugim we took it in turns to read
za koga me (pa) imate (smatrate)? who (arhaično whom) do you take me for?
nimam ga za genija I do not regard him as a genius
za to ceno lahko dobiš to blago povsod you can get these goods anywhere at that price
on jé za tri he eats as much as three
povleči koga za lase to pull someone by the hair
on porabi preveč za sebe (zase) he spends too much on himself
smatrati za dobro to think it advisable
odšel je za vedno he left for good
voditi koga za roko to lead someone by the hand
vzel jo je za ženo he has married her, arhaično he has taken her to wife (ali as his wife)
on zaostaja za časom he is behind the times
zapri vrata za seboj! shut the door after (ali behind) you!
zgrešil je za pol metra he missed by half a metre
zmotil sem se za 10.000 SIT I made a mistake of 10,000 tolars
sedeti za mizo to sit at the table
pustiti za seboj to leave behind