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gnézdo nest; (orlovo, roparic) eyrie, aerie, aery; (fazanov) arhaično nide; figurativno (dom) home, roof; figurativno haunt; (leglo) brood, hatch, (za žuželčja jajca) nidus

gnézdo roparjev den of thieves
polno gnézdo nestful
graditi gnézdo to build a nest, arhaično to nidificate, to nidify
krasti jajca iz gnézd to rob birds' nests
položiti v gnézdo to nest
sedeti na gnézdu to sit on the nest (to hatch)
stikati za ptičjimi gnézdi to go bird's-nesting (ali bird-nesting ali nesting)
sedeti v toplem gnézdu (figurativno) to live (ali to be living ali to be) in clover
ustvariti si gnézdo (figurativno) to build one's nest (ali home), (oženiti se) to settle down to married life
ptički brez gnézda (= otroci brez doma) waifs and strays
napraviti si mehko gnézdo to feather one's nest

go^*1 [gou] neprehodni glagol
hoditi, teči, bežati, peljati se, voziti se; oditi, odhajati, izginiti, izginevati; biti ukinjen; delovati; krožiti, biti; poteči; potekati; veljati; prodajati se; spadati, soditi; poda(ja)ti se; nameravati; posta(ja)ti

to be going to ➞ going
pogovorno to go all out na vse kriplje se truditi
another day to go še en dan
as far as that goes kar se tega tiče
to let go izpustiti
let it go at that pustimo, kakor je
as the story goes kakor pripovedujejo
as things go v teh okoliščinah, potemtakem
how goes the time? koliko je ura?
to go bail for jamčiti za
to go halves with razdeliti na polovici
to let go hang pustiti nerešeno
pogovorno to go the pace hiteti; figurativno veselo, brezskrbno živeti
to go shares (raz)deliti
to go a long way towards veliko prispevati k
pogovorno to go blind oslepeti
to go bad pokvariti se
sleng to go broke (ali bust) doživeti polom, bankrotirati
to go dry ameriško vpeljati prohibicijo
to go easy udobno si urediti
to go hungry stradati
to go mad znoreti
to go short of pogrešati
to go sick javiti se bolnega
to go steady biti previden
to go it strong odločno ravnati
to go unpunished rešiti se brez kazni, izmazati se
sleng to go west iti rakom žvižgat
to go wrong zgrešiti pot; pokvariti se
to go at large biti oproščen, na svobodi
to go bat for pomagati komu v sili
to go one better prekositi, prekašati koga
go it! le daj!
to let go izpustiti
to make things go zabavati
to go the pace zapravljivo živeti
to go a great way with s.o. to(wards) s.th. imeti velik vpliv pri kom na kaj
to go the wrong way napačno začeti, biti na nepravi poti
a little of his company goes a long way njegove družbe je človek kmalu sit
sleng to go the whole hog iti do skrajne meje, temeljito opraviti
to go the way of all flesh (ali all the earth) umreti
his tongue goes nineteen to the dozen govori kot dež
to go all lengths na vse kriplje se (po)truditi

gódlja thick soup made with boiled black pudding, black-pudding soup; figurativno mess, muddle, (kolobocija) medley; hotchpotch

lepa gódlja! a precious mess!; a fine mess!
kakšna gódlja! what a mess!
biti v lepi gódlji (figurativno) to be in a nice mess
lepo gódljo si naredil! you made a nice mess of it!
pasti v lepo gódljo to get into a mess

goose¹ množina geese [gu:s, gi:s] samostalnik
gos, goska; gosje meso
figurativno neumnež, -nica

to cook s.o.'s goose uničiti, odstraniti koga
to get the goose biti izžvižgan
green goose mlada goska
it's gone goose with him zgubljen je
to kill the goose that lays golden eggs s pohlepom in skopostjo si uničiti vir dohodkov, zaklati kravo, ki jo molzemo
he would not say "bo" to a goose nikomur ne bi skrivil lasu
what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za drugega
fox and geese vrsta družabne igre
all his geese are swans vedno pretirava

go out neprehodni glagol
iti v družbo; poiti (ogenj); iti v pokoj; umreti; ne biti več v modi; postati znan; zrušiti se

go out of one's mind razburiti se
go out of one's way na moč si prizadevati
my heart goes out to him srce me k njemu vleče
go out on strike stavkati
go out to service iti v službo
go out of business opustiti trgovino
go out of fashion priti iz mode
go out of print biti razprodan (knjiga)

go through neprehodni glagol
pregledati; zapraviti; vzdržati; preboleti

go through with prodreti; vztrajati do konca; končati kaj
go through the mill pridobiti si izkušnje

go to neprehodni glagol
iti k, kam; pripasti

arhaično go to! beži!, izgini!
go to the country obrniti se na ljudstvo; razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve
go to it tvegati, lotiti se, poskusiti
go to the world poročiti se
go to the dogs propasti, v revščino zabresti
go to expense nakopati si stroške
go to law začeti pravdo
go to a lot of trouble močno si prizadevati
go to war začeti vojno, vojskovati se
go to waste propasti
go to wrack and ruin propasti, konec vzeti, na nič priti
go to stool iti na stran
go to the wall biti ugnan v kozji rog

gotóv (končan) finished (off), done, complete; (pripravljen) ready, prepared, (jed) dressed; (zanesljiv, siguren) certain, sure

gotóva (konfekcijska) obleka ready-made clothes pl, (cenena) slops pl
gotóva (zanesljiva) smrt certain death
za gotóv denar for cash, for ready money
gotóv (prepričan) sem uspeha I feel sure of success
gotóv sem z delom I have done working
si gotóv? have you finished? ZDA are you thru?
nikoli nisi pravočasno gotóv you are never ready in time
zajtrk je gotóv breakfast is ready

grája blame; rebuke; reproval; reproof; censure; reprimand

brez gráje blameless
vreden gráje blameworthy, blamable, blameful; censurable; reprehensible
nakopati si grájo to incur blame
zaslužiti grájo to deserve censure, to merit blame

grájati to blame, to rebuke, to reprehend, to reprimand, to reprove, to censure, to chide; to find fault with; to scold, to snob; (ne odobravati) to disapprove, to deprecate

tebe je treba grájati (ti si kriv) you are to blame
grájati vojno to deprecate war
grájati nepravo (napačno) osebo ali stvar (figurativno) pogovorno to bark up the wrong tree

granite [grǽnit] samostalnik
geologija granit

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

gratulírati to congratulate (za on, upon), arhaično to gratulate

gratulirati si (drug drugemu) to congratulate one another
gratuliral sem si, da sem to naredil I congratulated myself (ali pogovorno I gave my self a pat on the back) for doing this

grave^*1 [greiv] prehodni glagol
arhaično pokopati (on)
vrezovati, gravirati; vtisniti
arhaično rezbariti

to grave in the memory vtisniti si v spomin

gréti to warm; to heat

gréti se to warm oneself
gréti se na soncu to bask
gréti (si) posteljo to warm one's bed
gréti se pri ognju to warm oneself at the fire
voda se greje the water is getting warm
on ni vreden, da ga sonce greje he is a worthless fellow, he is not worth his salt, he is a good-for-nothing

grow^* [grou]

1. neprehodni glagol
rasti (in na)
pridobivati; uspevati; naraščati, večati se; razvijati se; višati se; postajati (on)
prirasti, zrasti s čim

2. prehodni glagol
gojiti; obdelovati; pustiti rasti

to grow a beard pustiti si rasti brado
to grow into fashion postati moden
to grow out of fashion priti iz mode
to grow weary naveličati se
to grow well ozdraveti
to grow worse poslabšati se
to grow better izboljšati se
to grow out of use ne se več uporabljati
to grow less manjšati se
to grow old starati se

grudge¹ [grʌdž]

1. neprehodni glagol (at)
renčati, godrnjati, biti nezadovoljen

2. prehodni glagol (to)
zavidati, ne privoščiti, zameriti, imeti koga na piki; očitati

to grudge the time ne privoščiti si časa
to grudge no pains ne biti žal nobenega truda

hair [hɛə] samostalnik
las, lasje, dlaka

figurativno against the hair ne pogodu, kar ti ne gre v račun
by (ali within) a hair za las
to a hair točno, natančno
to comb s.o.'s hair for him ozmerjati koga
to do one's hair frizirati se
to get s.o. by the short hairs dobiti koga v oblast
to get in s.o.'s hair (raz)dražiti koga, razjeziti
ameriško to have s.o. in one's hair imeti koga na vratu
to keep one's hair on obrzdati se, ostati miren
to let down one's hair olajšati si srce, postati zaupljiv; prirodno se vesti
to lose one's hair izgubiti lase, postati plešast; pogovorno razburiti se
to make s.o.'s hair curl (ali stand on end) prestrašiti koga, da se mu lasje ježijo; prestrašiti koga, da mu gredo lasje pokonci
to put (ali turn) up one's hair po žensko se počesati (dekle, ko odraste)
to split hairs dlako cepiti
to take hair of the dog that bit you klin s klinom izbijati (pijača)
figurativno to tear one's hair lase si puliti
not to touch a hair of s.o.'s head tudi lasu komu ne skriviti
not to turn a hair niti z očesom ne treniti, obvladati se
without turning a hair ne da bi trenil

half¹ [ha:f, haæf] samostalnik (množina halves)
polovica; polletje
šport polčas; izenačenost (golf)
pravno stranka

one's better half boljša polovica, žena
the larger half večja polovica, večji del
too clever by half prepameten
to cry halves zahtevati enak del
to cut into halves razpoloviti
to do s.th. by halves površno, na pol kaj narediti
not good enough by half še zdaleč ne dovolj dobro
to go halves with s.o. razdeliti si s kom na pol
to go halves in razdeliti kaj na dva enaka dela
in half, in halves razpolovljen

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo

hard¹ [ha:d] pridevnik
trd; trden; težak, težaven, naporen; žilav, zdržljiv, odporen; močan, silen; priden, delaven, zmožen; strog, nepopustljiv, neusmiljen; trd, mrzel, oster (podnebje)
ekonomija pod težkimi pogoji, oster, visok (cena); težko razumljiv, težko izvedljiv; preudaren, trd (gospodarstvenik); rezek, močen (pijača)
slovnica trd (glas, soglasnik)

to be hard on s.o. biti prestrog s kom
to be hard upon s.o. biti komu za petami
to be a hard case biti zakrknjen
hard of belief nejeveren
hard to believe težko verjeten
hard to imagine kar si kdo težko predstavlja
hard to please ki se mu težko ugodi
a hard blow težak udarec, silen udarec
as hard as brick trd kakor kamen
šport in hard condition v dobri formi
hard drinking pijančevanje
hard of digestion težko prebavljiv
to drive a hard bargain ne popustiti pri kupčiji
hard facts neomajna dejstva
hard fare slaba in nezadostna hrana
hard of hearing naglušen
hard of heart trdosrčen
to have a hard head preudarno razsojati
to have a hard row to hoe imeti težko nalogo
hard life težko življenje
hard lines težko življenje, težko delo, zla usoda
hard liquor močne (žgane) pijače
hard lot trda usoda
hard luck nesreča, "smola"
a hard luck story jadikovanje
a hard master strog gospodar
figurativno a hard nut to crack trd oreh
as hard as nails žilav, trd kakor drenov les, trd kakor kamen
hard rain močan dež
hard swearing kriva prisega
a hard saying težko razumljive besede; predpis, ki ga je težko izpolnjevati
hard times težki časi
hard task težka naloga
to try one's hardest pošteno se potruditi
hard up na tesnem z denarjem
hard work trdo, naporno delo
hard worker priden delavec