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elbow¹ [élbou] samostalnik
anatomija komolec
tehnično koleno; stranski naslon (pri stolu)

at one's elbow pri roki
sleng to lift the elbow (too often) piti več, kot je pametno
out at elbows v raztrgani obleki; reven
up to the elbows in work zelo zaposlen
more power to your elbows! mnogo uspeha!
to rub elbows with s.o. družiti se s kom

elemént element (tudi figurativno); kemija element; (sestavina) constituent, component, element; figurativno element, substance, matter

eleménti pl elements pl, rudiments pl
nov dokazilen elemént a new item of evidence
elemént uspeha a factor of succcess
(ne) biti, (ne) čutiti se v svojem eleméntu to be, to feel in one's element (out of one's element ali like a fish out of water)
ogenj je bil eden od štirih eleméntov fire was one of the four elements
(ne) biti v svojem eleméntu to be (ill) at ease

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

eleventh¹ [ilévnɵ] pridevnik
enajsti

at the eleventh hour v zadnjem hipu

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

enchant [inčá:nt] prehodni glagol
očarati; začarati

to be enchanted at s.th. (with s.o) biti očaran, navdušen nad čim (kom)

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

ênkrat once; some time

ênkrat na dan once a day
ênkrat ali dvakrat once or twice
ênkrat slučajno once by chance
ênkrat za vselej once for all
ênkrat pač (prej ali slej, kadarkoli) at some time or other
niti ênkrat not once
končno ênkrat at last
še ênkrat once more, once again, the same again
še ênkrat toliko as much (oziroma many) again; twice as much (oziroma many)
pozneje ênkrat by and by
to pot ênkrat this once
drugo leto ênkrat some time next year
za ênkrat for once, for the time being
niti ênkrat ni deževalo it never rained once
bil je ênkrat (slučajno) točen he was in time for once in a way
to je kar lahkó, ko ênkrat vidite, kako se tega lotiti it is easy enough once you see how to tackle it
kar je ênkrat narejeno, je narejeno once it is done, it is done

enmity [énmiti] samostalnik
sovraštvo, sovražnost

at (ali in) enmity with s.o. nasproten komu
to bear no enmity ne zameriti

enrage [inréidž]

1. prehodni glagol
razjeziti, razdražiti, raztogotiti, ogorčiti

2. neprehodni glagol (at)
razjeziti se, pobesneti, raztogotiti se

enraged [inréidžd] pridevnik (at)
togoten, besen

estimate¹ [éstimeit] prehodni glagol (at na)
ceniti, ocenjevati; soditi, meniti, presojati; spoštovati

etápa stage; stopping place; distance between stopping places

iti, potovati v majhnih etápah to go, to travel by easy stages
v tej etápi svojega življenja at that stage of his life
nova etápa proti bogastvu a new step towards wealth
menjati konje na vsaki etápni postaji zgodovina to change horses at every stage

event [ivént] samostalnik
dogodek, prigodba; primer; točka (športnega programa); (športna) disciplina; posledica, rezultat, uspeh

at all events v vsakem primeru
in the event končno
in the event of s.th. v primeru česa
in either event v obeh primerih
to achieve a double event zmagati v dveh točkah tekmovanja
quite an event važen dogodek
athletic events lahkoatletsko tekmovanje
table of events program slavnosti
track events dirkalno, štafetno tekmovanje
no events of note nobeni važni dogodki

exasperate [igzá:spəreit] prehodni glagol
(raz)jeziti, razkačiti; (za)greniti
medicina (po)slabšati

exasperated at jezen, ogorčen zaradi

excel [iksél]

1. prehodni glagol (at)
prekašati, nadkriljevati

2. neprehodni glagol (in)
odlikovati se

exception [iksépšən] samostalnik
izjema; ugovor

to take exception to (ali at, against) grajati, oporekati, biti užaljen, zameriti
by way of exception izjemoma
the exception proves the rule izjema potrjuje pravilo
with the exception of z izjemo, izvzemši, razen
to admit of no exception ne dopuščati nobene izjeme
beyond exception neizpodbitno, neoporečen
subject (ali liable) to exception oporečen, izpodbiten

exclaim [ikskléim] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
vzklikniti, zakričati

to exclaim at biti ves iz sebe nad
to exclaim against glasno protestirati, robantiti

expense [ikspéns] samostalnik
potrošnja, izdatek, poraba
množina stroški; nadomestilo stroškov

at my expense na moje stroške
at the expense of za ceno (česa)
free of expense franko
to go to the expense of trošiti denar za
to run into expenses nakopati si stroške
working expenses režija

expert¹ [ékspə:t] samostalnik (in, at)
strokovnjak(inja), izvedenec, -nka, veščak(inja), specialist(ka)

to be an expert in s.th. dobro se na kaj spoznati