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effect² [ifékt] prehodni glagol
učinkovati; izvesti, izvršiti; uveljaviti

trgovina to effect an entry vknjižiti
to effect a sale prodati
to effect collection inkasirati
to effect a cure zdraviti se
to effect a junction with priključiti se
to effect an insurance policy zavarovati se

effort [éfət] samostalnik
napor, trud, boj
tehnično moč, napetost
pogovorno dosežek, uspeh

to make efforts napeti vse moči
pogovorno a fine effort dober uspeh
with an effort naporno

egg¹ [eg] samostalnik
jajce
sleng letalska bomba
ameriško, sleng neotesanec, fant, dečko

in the egg v zarodku
sleng a bad egg pokvarjenec
sleng a good egg dober dečko
like a Curate's egg samo deloma dober, v splošnem pa slab
to have (ali put) all one's eggs in one basket staviti vse na eno karto
to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs pišče več od koklje ve
sleng goose egg ničla, nič
to crush in the egg v kali zatreti
as full as an egg do vrha poln
to get eggs for one's money preveč plačati
to lay eggs nesti jajca
vojska sl polagati mine
as sure as eggs is eggs popolnoma gotovo
to tread upon eggs hoditi zelo oprezno
hard-boiled egg v trdo kuhano jajce
soft-boiled egg v mehko kuhano jajce
poached egg skrknjeno jajce
wind (ali addle) egg gnilo jajce
white of egg beljak
yolk of egg rumenjak
fried eggs pečena jajca "na oko"
scrambled eggs cvrtje

ekscépcija (izjema) exception

ekscépcija pravilu an exception to the rule
ekscépcija potrjuje pravilo the exception proves the rule
z eno samo ekscépcijo with only one exception

ekskúrzija excursion; trip; jaunt; (peš) ramble, hike

ekskúrzija na deželo outing; (z nahrbtnikom, taborniška) hike, hiking
iti na ekskúrzijo to make an excursion, to go on an excursion, to go for an outing

eksperimént experiment

eksperiménti o odpornosti materialov test (ali trial) of the resistance of materials
delati eksperiménte to experiment (o on)
poskusiti, narediti eksperimént to conduct an experiment, to test

eksplozíja explosion, (granate) detonation, explosion, (kotla) blowup, blowout; figurativno (jeze, veselja) outburst, outbreak

eksplozíja besnosti an outburst (ali a blaze) of passion

ekspozé statement; account

napraviti ekspozé o položaju to draw up a statement, to give an account of the situation

ékstra

1. prislov extra, separately, apart; as a supplement

vino se plača ékstra wine is not included, there is an extra charge for wine, wine is extra

2. pridevnik superfine, extra-special, first-rate; pogovorno tip-top

ékstra (»prima«) slanina prime bacon

ekstrémen extreme; farthest; farthermost; last

ekstremno (prislov) extremely
ekstrémna levica politika the extreme left
ekstrémna mnenja, nazori extreme opinions
ekstrémen primer an extreme case
na ekstrémni meji at the extreme limit
privzeti ekstrémne mere, ukrepe to take extreme, drastic measures
zateči se k ekstrémnim ukrepom to resort to extreme measures
biti prisiljen privzeti ekstrémne mere to be forced to take drastic measures

election [ilékšən] samostalnik
izbor, izbira, volitev

general election splošne volitve
to hold an election voliti
ameriško special election dodatne volitve

element [élimənt] samostalnik
prvina, živelj; element, sestavni del; osnova, sestavina
množina osnovni pojmi
figurativno delokrog

the devouring element požar, ogenj
to be in one's element biti zadovoljen, dobro se počutiti
to be out of one's element nelagodno se počutiti
an element of truth drobec resnice

elephant [élifənt] samostalnik
zoologija slon

elephant bull slon samec
elephant cow slonica
elephant calf slonič
white elephant danajsko darilo, stvar, katere vzdrževanje stane več kot je vredna
elephant (paper) risalna pola 28 x 23 col
double elephant pola 40 x 26 1/2 cole
ameriško to see (ali get a look at) an elephant ogledati si svet

ell [el] samostalnik
vatel (mera 113 cm)

give s.o. an inch and he'll take an ell ponudi komu prst in zgrabil bo celo roko

embargo¹ [embá:gou] samostalnik
zaplemba ladij; prepoved uvoza

to lay an embargo on s.th. zapleniti kaj
under embargo zaplenjen, konfisciran

embárgo embargo

naložiti, izreči embárgo na, za to lay an embargo on, to embargo

embassy [émbəsi] samostalnik
poslaništvo, ambasada; misija, poslanstvo

on an embassy kot odposlanec

emergency¹ [imə́:džənsi] samostalnik
sila, potreba; težaven ali nepričakovan položaj, nevarnost

in an emergency, in case of emergency v sili
state of emergency stiska, beda; izredno stanje

emfátičen bombastic, pompous, magniloquent, grandiloquent; gramatika (izraz, pomen) emphatic

emfátičenno, energično zanikanje an emphatic denial

empty¹ [ém(p)ti] pridevnik (emptily prislov)
prazen; nezaseden; brezvsebinski, puhel
pogovorno lačen, trezen

to feel empty biti lačen
to be empty of s.th. ne imeti česa
empty weight lastna teža
on an empty stomach na prazen želodec, tešč