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thundering [ɵʌ́ndəriŋ]

1. pridevnik (thunderingly prislov)
grmeč, gromovit
pogovorno strahovit, ogromen, velikanski, nenavaden

2. prislov
zelo, strašno, strašansko

a thundering ass popoln teleban
a thundering big mistake strašanska pomota
a thundering lie debela, velikanska laž
I was thundering glad bil sem strašansko vesel

Titan [táitən]

1. samostalnik
mitologija Titan
poetično Sonce, Helios

titan figurativno titan, gigant, velikan (uma itd.); kemija titan

2. pridevnik
titanski, gigantski, velikanski

titan crane tehnično žerjav velikan

titanic [taitǽnik] pridevnik
titanski, gigantski, velikanski; kolosalen, nadčloveški
kemija, geologija ki vsebuje titan

tremendous [triméndəs] pridevnik (tremendously prislov)
strašen, grozen; strahovit
pogovorno ogromen, velikanski, kolosalen, silen, izreden

a tremendous difference ogromna. razlika
a tremendous explosion strahovita eksplozija

vasty [vá:sti] pridevnik
ogromen, velikanski, neizmeren

vasty deep morje, ocean

walloping [wɔ́ləpiŋ]

1. samostalnik
obrok ali porcija udarcev; udarci, batine

2. pridevnik
močan
sleng velikanski, ogromen; silen, kolosalen

3. prislov
silno

whacking [wǽkiŋ]

1. samostalnik
pretepanje, udarci, batine

2. pridevnik
sleng silen, velikanski

3. prislov
silno, močnó

whaling² [wéiliŋ]

1. samostalnik
udarci, batine

2. pridevnik
sleng ogromen, velikanski, silen, kolosalen

a whaling big fellow pravi velikan

whopping [wɔ́piŋ]

1. samostalnik
pogovorno udarci, batine

2. pridevnik
velikanski, silen, kolosalen

apetít appetite (za for)

velikanski apetít a ravenous appetite
dobiti apetít to get an appetite
narediti, delati apetít to give an appetite
biti brez apetíta to be off one's food
nimam veliko apetíta pogovorno I'm off my feed
dražiti apetít to whet (ali to stimulate) the appetite, to sharpen the appetite, to give an edge to the appetite
izgubiti apetít to lose one's appetite
z apetítom jesti to eat with gusto
pokvariti komu apetít to spoil someone's appetite
apetít pride z jedjo start eating, and you work up an appetite; much must have more; the appetite grows with what it feeds on; appetite comes with eating

barn-door [bá:ndɔ́:] samostalnik
skedenjska vrata
figurativno tarča, ki je ni moči zgrešiti

barn-door fowl domača perutnina
he cannot hit a barn-door je slab strelec
as big as a barn-door velikanski

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

pogóltniti to swallow (up); to devour; (o morju) to engulf, to swamp

pogóltniti žalitev (figurativno) to swallow (ali to pocket) an insult
velikanski morski valovi so pogoltnili njihov čoln enormous seas swamped their boat
vrtinec ga je pogoltnil he was sucked down by the whirlpool

whale¹ [wéil]

1. samostalnik
zoologija kit

bull whale kit samec
cow whale kit samica
whale calf kitič, mlad kit
whale line vrv za harpuno
right-whale polarni kit
a whale of a lot velikanska množina
very like a whale ameriško, pogovorno velikanski; sijajen
a whale of ameriško osupljiv primerek (česa), kolosalen
to be a whale at football biti izvrsten nogometaš
to be a whale for (ali on) živo kaj želeti, biti ves mrtev na, ne odnehati, ne odstopiti (od česa)
we had a whale of time kolosalno smo se zabavali

2. neprehodni glagol
loviti kite, biti na lovu na kite