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polite [pəláit] pridevnik (politely prislov)
vljuden (to do)
uglajen, olikan, dostojen, izbran

pogovorno to do the polite vesti se dostojno
polite letters (ali literature) leposlovje, beletristika
polite arts lepe umetnosti
polite society olikana družba

respectful [rispéktful] prislov (respectfully prislov)
spoštljiv (to do)
poln spoštovanja; vljuden, dostojen, spodoben

to be respectful of spoštovati, ceniti

suave [swéiv] pridevnik (suavely prislov)
mil, blag (o zdravilu); piten (vino); ljubezniv, prijazen, vljuden; prijeten; sladek (besede)

urbane [ə:béin] pridevnik (urbanely prislov)
vljuden, olikan, uglajen, lepega vedenja, fin, ljubezniv

well-spoken [wélspóukən] pridevnik
ki ima dober izgovor, lepo govoreč; vljuden, dobro povedan

ceremonious [serimóunjəs] pridevnik (ceremoniously prislov)
slovesen; pretirano vljuden

chin-chin [čínčín]

1. samostalnik
vljuden pozdrav, vljuden pogovor

2. medmet
zdravo!

civility [sivíliti] samostalnik
vljudnost, olika
množina vljuden pogovor

conventional [kənvénšənəl] pridevnik (conventionally prislov)
navaden, običajen; dogovorjen, pogodben, določen; konvencionalen, hladno vljuden

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

over² [óuvə] prislov

1.
preko, pre- (z glagoli: to paint s.th. over preslikati kaj, he jumped over preskočil je)

2. figurativno
na drugo stran, k drugi stranki (they went over to the enemy prešli so k sovražniku)

3.
sem, semkaj (come over! pridi sem!)

4.
tam (preko), na drugi strani (over there tamle, ameriško pogovorno v Evropi)

5.
(prav) nad (the bird is directly over us ptič je prav nad nami)

6.
znova (ten times over desetkrat zapovrstjo)

7.
pretirano, čezmerno (over polite pretirano vljuden)

8.
mimo, gotovo, končano (the lesson is over šolska ura je končana)

9.

Razno:

over again še enkrat, znova
over and over again vedno znova
over against nasprotno (temu)
over and above vrhu tega, skrajno, preveč
all over povsod, popolnoma, končan
to be all over with biti na koncu s čim
it is all over with him z njim je konec
that is him all over to je čisto njemu podobno
sleng to be all over s.o. (s.th.) biti vzhičen nad kom (čim)
pogovorno to get s.th. over with končati kaj
the world over po vsem svetu
not over well precej slabo
that can stand over to lahko počaka
see over poglej naslednjo stran
ekonomija carried over prenos

reminder [rimáində] samostalnik
oseba ali stvar, ki spomni; spomin, namig (of na)
(pismeni) opomin

a gentle reminder blag, vljuden opomin

tongue [tʌŋ]

1. samostalnik
jezik
figurativno človeški govor, jezik, veščina govora; način, spretnost izražanja
figurativno (zemeljski) rt; jezik plamena; jeziček (pri tehtnici); jezik pri čevlju; kembelj (zvona); ustnik (pihala)
tehnično tračnica, kretnica

furred (coated) tongue medicina obložen jezik
a fluent tongue, a sharp tongue dobro namazan, odrezav jezik
a long tongue, a sharp tongue dolg, oster jezik
tongue in cheek figurativno ironično
much tongue veliko govorjenja
slanderous tongue zlobni jeziki, obrekovalci
one's mother tongue materinski jezik
smoked tongue prekajen jezik
gift of tongues dar, talent za jezike
on the tip of one's tongue na konici jezika, na jeziku
he is all tongue on samo govoriči, njega je samo govorjenje, brbljanje
his tongue is too long for his teeth on je preveč jezikav, on preveč jezika
she is on the tongues of all men vsi jo vlačijo po zobeh
his tongue failed him jezik mu je odpovedal
to find one's tongue spregovoriti
he found his tongue jezik se mu je (spet) odvezal
to give tongue glasno govoriti, vpiti
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik, biti čenčav
to have a fluent (ready) tongue biti zgovoren
he has too much tongue kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku
I have the word on the tip of my tongue besedo imam na jeziku
to hold one's tongue molčati
hold your tongue! drži jezik za zobmi! jezik za zobe!
to give (to lay) one's tongue to izraziti (izjaviti) se gledé
to keep a civil tongue in one's head ostati vljuden
I made a slip of the tongue zareklo se mi je
to put out one's tongue jezik pokazati
to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek govoriti ironično (posmehljivo, neiskreno, hinavsko)
to wag one's tongue neprestano brbljati, žlabudrati

2. prehodni glagol
dotakniti se, polizati z jezikom
pogovorno ozmerjati, ošteti
neprehodni glagol
klepetati, jezik vrteti