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alone¹ [əlóun] povedkovnik pridevnik
sam, osamljen

leave me alone!, let me alone! daj mi mir!, pusti me pri miru!
let alone that kje šele, da ne rečem, da

anticipate [æntísipeit] prehodni glagol
predvidevati, napovedati, pričakovati, slutiti; vnaprej porabiti; pospešiti; preprečiti
trgovina predčasno izplačati (menico)

to anticipate payment vnaprej plačati, plačati pred rokom
to anticipate the pleasure of vnaprej se veseliti na
to anticipate s.o.'s wishes uganiti želje koga
anticipated profit pričakovani dobiček
anticipating your early answer pričakujoč, da boste kmalu odgovorili

anxiety [æŋzáieti] samostalnik (to da)
strah, bojazen, zaskrbljenost (for po)
hrepenenje, vroča želja

in great anxiety v velikih skrbeh

anything [éniɵiŋ] zaimek
nekaj, karkoli, vse

anything but vse prej kot
for anything I know kolikor je meni znano
he is a little better if anything godi se mu malo bolje, če se sploh da govoriti o zboljšanju
not for anything za nič na svetu
hardly (ali scarcely) anything skoraj nič
like anything na vso moč, kar se da

appear [əpí:ə] neprehodni glagol
pojaviti, pokazati se; prikazati se; iziti (tisk); javiti se; zdeti se, biti viden

to appear against s.o. tožiti koga
to appear for s.o. zastopati, braniti koga
it appears from this iz tega se razvidi
to appear in the character of Hamlet igrati vlogo Hamleta
to make appear pokazati, dokazati
strange as it may appear če se zdi še tako čudno
it would appear zdi se, kaže, da

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

appreciate [əprí:šieit]

1. prehodni glagol
oceniti; upoštevati, uvaževati; spoštovati, ceniti; razločiti; dvigati vrednost

2. neprehodni glagol
pridobivati na vrednosti, dražiti se

I appreciate your difficulty vem, da vam je težko
to appreciate the necessity zavedati se nujnosti
the dollar has appreciated just slightly tečaj dolarja se je le neznatno dvignil

à propos by the way

à propos, ali ti je povedal, da... by the way (ali bye), did he tell you that...; (ravno prav, o pravem času) opportunely, seasonably, just at the right time

argue [á:gju:]

1. prehodni glagol (for, against)
dokazovati, pobijati; pretresati; kazati

2. neprehodni glagol
pričkati se (from)
sklepati (about)
diskutirati, razpravljati

to argue against s.th. nastopiti proti čemu
it argues him to be an honest man to dokazuje, da je poštenjak
to argue for (ali in favour of) zagovarjati kaj
to argue s.o. into pregovoriti koga (da kaj stori)
to argue s.o. out of odvrniti koga od česa
to argue sagacity kazati bistroumnost
to argue the point spodbijati zadevo

assumption [əsʌ́m(p)šən] samostalnik
prevzem; privzem; podmena, predpostavka, domneva; nadutost, ošabnost, prevzetnost; vnebovzetje

on the assumption that postavimo, da, recimo, da

avizírati to notify; to announce; trgovina to advise

avizirali so nas, da je bilo blago odposlano we are advised that the goods have been dispatched

baffle² [bǽfl] prehodni glagol
uničiti, pokaziti; speljati v stran; zbegati, zmesti; ovirati; izigravati, preprečiti; odbijati

it baffles all description ne da se popisati, nepopisno je
to be baffled ne se znajti
to baffle s.o.'s designs prekrižati komu račune

bajè allegedly; supposedly; reputedly; (as) they say

bajè, da... it is said that...
on je bajè bogat he is said (ali supposed) to be rich
bajè je on to naredil he is said to have done it
on je bajè rekel... he has reportedly said

bamboozle [bæmbú:zl] prehodni glagol
sleng (pre)slepiti, (pre)varati, ukaniti koga

figurativno to bamboozle o.s. zaleteti se
to bamboozle out s prevaro vzeti
to bamboozle into doing s.th. s prevaro prisiliti, da kaj stori

báti se to fear, to dread, to apprehend, to be afraid of, to be in fear of, to be apprehensive of; to have cold feet; to stand in fear (ali awe) of; to shy away from, žargon to funk; (biti zaskrbljen) to be anxious (ali uneasy) about

zelo báti se to be frightened
bati se je it is to be feared
ničesar se ni bati there is nothing to be afraid of
ničesar se ne bati to be game for anything
ne bojte se! (ni nevarnosti) never fear!
báti se boga to fear God
ne bati se ne boga ne zlodeja to fear no foe
bolj se boji matere kot očeta he is more scared of his mother than of his father
bojim se, da je prepozno I fear that it is too late
bojim se za Vas I'm (really) worried about you
bojim se za njegovo zdravje I am worried sick about his health

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

bêda misery; poverty; distress; (pomanjkanje) want, need, indigence; penury

huda bêda squalor
bêda, ki se ne da popisati misery that surpasses description
pasti v bêdo to fall into poverty
živeti v bêdi to live in dire want (ali in abject poverty), to suffer want, to be badly off, to be in dire straits (ali in straitened circumstances)

beg [beg]

1. prehodni glagol
prositi, rotiti; izprositi si

2. neprehodni glagol
beračiti, moledovati

I beg to inform you dovoljujem si vam sporočiti
I beg your pardon, beg pardon prosim, kaj ste rekli?
to beg the question smatrati zadevo za rešeno; izvijati se
to beg leave to do s.th. prositi za dovoljenje za nekaj
I beg to differ oprostite, da se z vami ne strinjam
to beg one's life prositi za pomilostitev
to beg one's bread beračiti
I beg to acknowledge v čast mi je potrditi

beggar² [bégə] prehodni glagol
spraviti na beraško palico; oropati, odvzeti

to beggar o.s. obubožati
it beggars all description ne da se popisati, nepopisno je

behove [bihóuv] prehodni glagol
biti primeren, spodobiti se

it behoves me nujno je, da (jaz)
it behoves that treba je, da