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character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

countenance¹ [káuntinəns] samostalnik
zadržanje; pojava, zunanjost, lice; zadržanost; opora
figurativno podpora; odobravanje, naklonjenost; duševni mir

to change one's countenance spremeniti izraz obraza, prebledeti
to keep one's countenance premagovati se, ne se smejati
to give (ali lend) countenance pomagati komu, bodriti ga
to put out of countenance zmesti, zbegati, osramotiti
to keep in countenance bodriti, podpirati
in countenance zbran, nemoten
to stare out of countenance s pogledom zbegati
to lose countenance vznemiriti se, izbruhniti
the knight of woeful countenance vitez žalostne postave

flat¹ [flæt] pridevnik
raven, plosek, sploščen; medel, plehek, nezanimiv, pust, enoličen; prazen; razdišan; potrt; slab (prodaja); zveneč
glasba molovski; za pol tona znižan; napačen (petje); razglašen; onemogel, izčrpan; brezobresten; odkrit

sleng flat broke brez pare
flat calm mrtva tišina
to give a flat denial gladko odkloniti, zanikati
a flat lie debela laž
to meet with a flat refusal biti odločno zavrnjen
figurativno he fell as flat as a pancake popolnoma mu je spodletelo
to lay flat zravnati z zemljo
flat prices nizke enotne cene
flat race dirka brez ovir
his singing is flat poje za pol tona prenizko
to go into a flat spin zmesti se
that's flat to je moja zadnja beseda
flat nonsense popoln nesmisel
hudomušno B flat stenica
to tell flat naravnost povedati
ameriško flat silver srebrn pribor

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga

mix² [miks]

1. prehodni glagol
metati, pomešati, zmešati (with s, z)
biologija križati; melirati (blago)
figurativno združiti

2. neprehodni glagol
(po)mešati se; zlagati se s kom

to mix into primešati
to mix in baviti se s čim
to mix in society zahajati v družbo
to mix up premešati, zamešati; zamenjati (with s, z)
to be mixed up biti vpleten (in, with), biti zmeden
to get mixed up zmesti se; vmešati se, zaplesti se (in, with)
to mix work and pleasure združiti delo in zadovoljstvo
ameriško, sleng to mix it (up) skočiti si v lase
not to mix well ne zlagati se s kom, ne spadati skupaj

stare² [stɛ́ə] neprehodni glagol
buljiti, izbuljiti oči, strmeti, zijati, začudeno, debelo gledati (at na, v after za)
zijati; ježiti se (lasje)
prehodni glagol
s pogledom prisiliti, nagnati (koga) k čemu; buljiti (v koga), zijati (koga)

to stare at s.o. in horror z grozo strmeti v koga
to stare s.o. in the face figurativno pasti, skočiti v oči, biti očiten, neizbežen
death stareed me in the face smrt mi je pogledala v oči, mi je pretila
he stareed me out of countenance s svojim srepim pogledom me je zmedel
to stare into silence, to stare s.o. dumb utišati koga z ostrim pogledom
to make s.o. stare spraviti koga v začudenje
it will make everybody stare vsi se bodo temu čudili, vsi bodo zijali od začudenja
the truth of it stares us in the face resnica o tem nam bije v obraz
to stare down zmesti, zbegati (koga) s pogledom

tie up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
privezati, zavezati; oviti, zaviti, zamotati
ekonomija ustaviti (tovarno, proizvodnjo)
medicina obvezati, povezati
pravno omejiti koristenje (lastništva)
figurativno ovirati; blokirati
pogovorno poročiti
neprehodni glagol
zavezati se, združiti se

tied up in a handkerchief zavit v robec
to get o.s. tied up zmešati se, zmesti se
he is tied up with Italian ukvarja se izključno le z italijanščino
to tie s.o. up (in knots) figurativno privesti koga v veliko nepriliko
all my money is tied up ves moj denar je blokiran

vprašánje question; query; interrogation

črnsko vprašánje the Negro question
gornje vprašánje the above question
indirektno vprašánje gramatika oblique question
kakšno vprašánje! what a question to ask!
nujno vprašánje urgent question
nerešeno vprašánje pending question; question in abeyance
kritično, odločilno vprašánje crucial question
odprto vprašánje open question
pereče vprašánje burning question
sporno vprašánje question at issue, debatable question, moot question, moot point, point in question
pravno vprašánje question of law
sugestivno vprašánje suggestive question
težko vprašánje (pri izpitu) poser
vprašánje življenja ali smrti a life-anddeath issue
to je vprašánje časa (denarja, navade) that is a question (ali a matter) of time (of money, of habit)
v tem ni vprašánje that is not the point
to je še vprašánje that is still doubtful
to nima nobene zveze z vprašánjm this has no bearing on the question
to je drugo vprašánje that is another matter
vprašánje je brez pomena (se ne stavlja) the question does not arise
vprašánje je, kje naj to najdemo the question is, where are we going to find it
načeti vprašánje to raise a question
napasti koga z vprašánji to bombard someone with questions
obsuti koga z vprašánje to shoot questions at someone, to ply someone with questions
odgovoriti na vprašánje to answer a question
oddaljiti se od vprašánja to get (ali to wander) away from the point, to digress
obravnavati vprašánje to discuss a question
pustiti vprašánje odprto to leave a question unanswered (ali unsolved), to leave a question in suspense
rešiti vprašánje to solve a question
ne spadati k vprašánju to be irrelevant to the case
staviti vprašánje to raise a question, to put (ali to ask) a question
staviti vprašánje zaupnice to ask for a vote of confidence
zmesti koga s težkim vprašánjem to puzzle someone

zmésti¹ (zmedem) to confuse (koga someone), to confound, to puzzle, to bewilder, to embarrass

zmésti se to become bewildered (ali perlexed, confused, confounded); to lose one's bearings; to be bemused