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file¹ [fail] samostalnik
pila
figurativno izgotovitev, dovršitev
sleng navihanec, premetenec

sleng a close file velik skopuh
to gnaw (ali bite) a file zaman si prizadevati
figurativno it needs the file treba ga je še izpiliti
sleng old (ali deep) file navihanec, premetenec; tovariš

fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

granite [grǽnit] samostalnik
geologija granit

as hard as granite trd ko kamen; figurativno trmast
figurativno to bite on granite zaman si prizadevati

hay¹ [héi] samostalnik
seno

sleng to hit the hay iti spat
to look for a needle in a bundle of hay zaman iskati
to make hay kositi, seno obračati
to make hay of s.th. premetati, napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo, dokler je vroče

horse¹ [hɔ:s] samostalnik
konj, žrebec
vojska jezdeci, konjenica; lesen trinožnik
tisk vlagalna deska
šport konj
sleng prepovedan pripomoček v šoli
pogovorno bankovec za 5 funtov
ameriško burka, vragolija

to breathe like a horse sopsti kot konj
šport buck-horse koza
a horse of another colour nekaj čisto drugega
clothes-horse stojalo za sušenje obleke
to back the wrong horse slabo presoditi
figurativno a dark horse nepričakovan zmagovalec
to eat like a horse jesti kot volk
to flog a dead horse mlatiti prazno slamo; zaman se truditi
horse and foot konjenica in pešadija; figurativno z vsemi sredstvi
it is a good horse that never stumbles tudi najpametnejšemu včasih spodleti
ameriško hold your horses! le mirno!
light horse lahko oborožena konjenica
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
to mount (ali ride, be on) the high horse prevzetno se vesti
you may take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink s silo se ne da vsega doseči
to play horse with s.o. grobo s kom ravnati
to put the cart before the horse delati kaj narobe
to ride the wooden horse za kazen jahati na lesenem konju
to roll up horse, foot, and guns popolnoma premagati
horse of state paradni konj
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
one-horse show neuspela stvar
figurativno do not spur a willing horse ne priganjaj ubogljivega konja
sea-horse morski konj, triton; zoologija morski konjiček; zoologija mrož
vojska to horse! na konje!
wild horses will not drag me there za nobeno ceno ne grem tja
to work like a horse delati kakor konj
wheel horse zanesljiv delavec, garač

kick² [kik]

1. neprehodni glagol
brcati, ritati
pogovorno braniti se, upirati se (at, against)
godrnjati, ugovarjati, pritoževati se (about)
odskočiti, nazaj udariti (puška); visoko leteti (žoga)
ameriško, sleng umreti

2. prehodni glagol
brcniti; streljati (na gol); nazaj udariti, poriniti; pognati, priganjati

to be kicked out of a job biti vržen iz službe
to kick the beam biti malo pomemben
to make s.o. kick the beam izpodriniti koga
to kick back vrniti milo za drago; ameriško, sleng plačati podkupnino
sleng to kick the bucket umreti
sleng to kick to it umreti
to kick s.o. downstairs koga ven vreči, vreči koga po stopnicah
to kick s.o. upstairs odpustiti koga iz službe in dati v zameno časten naslov
to kick down the ladder pozabiti na ljudi, ki so ti pomagali naprej
to kick up dust dvigniti prah
to kick one's heels nestrpno čakati, zapravljati čas z brezplodnim čakanjem
to kick against the pricks zaman se upirati
to kick riot (ali noise, row) razburkati duhove
to kick over the traces iz ojnic skakati
to kick the wind (ali clouds) biti obešen

korístiti to be useful (ali of use, of service); to serve; to be profitable (ali advantageous), to prove efficient (ali effective); to be good (for); arhaično to avail

ne korístiti to be useless, to be of no use, to be of no good, (biti zaman) to be of little avail, to be in vain, to be fruitless (ali futile, to no purpose)
to mi nič ne koristi arhaično it avails me nothing
to lahko še kaj koristi it may still be of some use (ali of some service, serviceable)
kaj koristi (pomaga), da (če)... what use is it (ali arhaično what avails it) that (if)...
nič ne koristi it is of no use, pogovorno it's no use, arhaično it is of no avail
nikomur (to) ni koristilo nobody was any the better for it
vsa ta reč ti ne bo nič koristila all that stuff won't do you any good

labo(u)r¹ [léibə] samostalnik
delo, trud, muka
ekonomija delavci, delavski razred
medicina porodni popadki

Labour britanska laburistična stranka, laburisti
hard labo(u)r prisilno delo
lost labo(u)r brezplodno delo
skilled labo(u)r kvalificirano delo, kvalificirani delavci
unskilled labo(u)r nekvalificirano delo, nekvalificirani delavci
socialized labo(u)r podružbljeno delo
associated labo(u)r združeno delo
Labour and Capital delavci in delodajalci
britanska angleščina Ministry of Labour Ministrstvo za delo
labo(u)r of Hercules naporno delo
labo(u)r of love prostovoljno, neplačano delo
shortage of labo(u)r pomanjkanje delavcev
his labo(u)rs are over konec je njegovih muk, umrl je
to be in labo(u)r imeti porodne popadke
to lose one's labo(u)r zaman se truditi
to have one's labo(u)r for one's pains zaman se truditi

look for neprehodni glagol
iskati, pričakovati, upati na kaj

to look for a needle in a haystack (ali in a bundle of hay) zaman iskati
not looked-for nepričakovano
to look high and low for vse preiskati, vse pretakniti

losing [lú:ziŋ]

1. pridevnik
izgubljajoč, ki prinaša izgubo; izgubljen, brezupen

2. samostalnik
množina izgube

to play a losing game truditi se zaman

naught¹ [nɔ:t] samostalnik
ničla
arhaično nič

to bing (ali come) to naught uničiti, pogubiti, propasti, izjaloviti se
to care for naught za nič ne marati, ne meniti se za nič
to set at naught puščati vnemar, omalovaževati
all for naught vse zaman

needle¹ [ni:dl] samostalnik
šivanka
tehnično igla (kompasna, gramofonska, injekcijska, črtalna itd.); kazalec na tehtnici
botanika iglica; šilasta skala; obelisk
tehnično prečni tram
britanska angleščina, sleng živčnost

needle's eye uho šivanke, majhna odprtina
a needle fight (ali game, match) borba med nasprotnikoma, ki se osebno sovražita
sleng to get the needles postati živčen, biti na trnih
sleng to have the needles biti živčen, biti jezen
knitting needle pletilka, pletilna igla
to look for a needle in a buudle (ali bottle) of hay (ali in a haystack) zaman iskati
pins and needles zbadanje, ščemenje
sharp as a needle zelo pameten, zvit, duhovit

no¹ [nou] pridevnik
noben, nobeden

on no account pod nobenim pogojem nikakor
of no account nevažen, nepomemben
no one nihče
no man nihče, noben človek; kdor je vedno proti
no man's land sporno ozemlje, vojska ozemlje med dvema frontama
no parking parkiranje prepovedano
no such thing nič takšnega
there is no denying ne more se zanikati
there is no knowing (saying) nemogoče je vedeti (reči)
vojska, sleng no bon zanič, ne gre
no confidence vote glasovanje o nezaupnici
no doubt seveda, nedvomno
no end zelo, močno, silno
there is no end ni konca ne kraja
to have no end of a time odlično se zabavati
no fear brez strahu, brez bojazni
no go zaman, nemogoče
no meaning nesmisel
by no means nikakor ne
now no mistake dobro me poslušaj
and no mistake gotovo, brez dvoma
no odds nič ne de
no picnic ni lahko, ni šala
in no time takoj, nemudoma, hitro
no two ways about it ni druge izbire
no wonder ni čudno, naravno
no vent nikakor
no song no supper brez dela ni jela
no cards no flowers fraza v angleških osmrtnicah (brez vabil za pogreb, cvetje hvaležno odklanjamo)
no thourough-fare prepovedan prehod

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

pain¹ [péin] samostalnik
bolečina, bol, bridkost, trpljenje, skrb
množina trud, muka
množina, medicina porodne bolečine, popadki
kazen (samo v frazah: (up)on ali under pain of pod pretnjo kazni; pains and penalties kazni in globe)

to be in pain imeti bolečine, trpeti, biti zaskrbljen
to give (ali cause) s.o. pain zadati komu bolečino
to be at pains; ali to take pains potruditi se, truditi se
to go to great pains zelo se potruditi
to spare no pains ne prihraniti si truda
to get a thrashing for one's pains biti tepen v zahvalo za svoj trud
to have one's labours for one's pains; ali to be a fool for one's pains zaman se truditi
a pain in the neck zoprnik, zoprna zadeva

pick up

1. prehodni glagol
razkopati, odkopati (s krampom); vzdigniti, pobrati; vzeti v roke, poprijeti, na novo začeti, lotiti se česa; vzeti koga v avto, pobrati koga s ceste, priti po koga (z avtom)
pogovorno mimogrede spoznati koga
ameriško, sleng prijeti koga, aretirati; odkriti (sled); uloviti, najti, prisluškovati (radijski oddaji); zagledati, naleteti na, najti (npr. staro sliko); slučajno izvedeti, slišati ali zagledati, mimogrede se naučiti, pobrati (npr. par tujih besed); nazaj dobiti (moč, zdravje)
ameriško pospešiti
ameriško, pogovorno vzeti (račun) nase in plačati

2. neprehodni glagol
ekonomija postaviti se zopet na noge, opomoči si; popraviti se; seznaniti se, spoprijateljiti se (with)
povečati brzino
figurativno priti k moči

to pick up a few dollars zaslužiti par dolarjev s priložnostnim delom
to pick up courage ojunačiti se
to pick o.s. up; ali to pick up one's crumbs okrevati, opomoči si
to pick up for a song dobiti skoraj zastonj
to pick up straws zaman se truditi
to pick up flesh rediti se

plough² [pláu]

1. prehodni glagol
britanska angleščina orati, preorati; plužiti, brazditi
figurativno utirati pot
navtika brazditi, sekati valove (ladja)
sleng vreči pri izpitu

2. neprehodni glagol
orati, plužiti, brazdati; truditi se, mučiti se, prebijati se
sleng pasti pri izpitu

to plough a lonely furrow opravljati svoje delo sam
to plough the sands mučiti se zaman
to plough the sea ploviti po morju
to plough ahead neutrudno delati naprej, počasi napredovati
to plough back obogatiti zemljo (s travo, deteljo), figurativno ponovno vložiti dobiček v podjetje
to plough out izkopati, preorati
to plough under podorati, spodkopati
to plough up zorati
to plough through prebijati se skozi, prebiti se
to plough one's way utirati si pot

potrošíti to spend, to expend (za on); to lay out; to disburse; to consume, to use up; (obilo) to lavish; (potratiti) to squander, to waste

ki se da potrošíti spendable
zaman potrošíti figurativno (v vodo vreči) to pour down the drain

purpose¹ [pə́:pəs] samostalnik
namen, cilj, nakana; učinek; vsebina, smisel

to answer (ali serve) the purpose služiti svojemu namenu
for what purpose? čemu?
for the purpose of zaradi
on purpose namenoma
to the purpose stvarno, o pravem času
to little purpose z malo uspeha
to no purpose zaman
a novel with a purpose tendenčni roman
to some purpose s precejšnjim uspehom
of set purpose (zlasti pravno) premišljeno, namerno
to suit one's purpose biti pogodu
to turn s.th. to good purpose dobro kaj uporabiti ali izkoristiti
weak (ali wanting) of purpose neodločen

sieve [si:v]

1. samostalnik
sito, rešeto
figurativno oseba, ki ne zna varovati tajnosti, ki brblja; razsipnik, zapravljivec

to draw (to fetch, to carry) water in a sieve vodo zajemati (nositi) z rešetom, figurativno zaman se truditi
to have a memory like a sieve imeti spomin kot rešeto
to pour water into a sieve, to use a sieve for drawing water figurativno nositi vodo v morje, zaman se truditi

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
presejati, (pre)rešetati
figurativno prerešetati (kaj)