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brán defence; resistance

postaviti se v brán to make a stand, to stand upon one's guard

braníti to defend (pred from, proti against); to protect; to shield; (prepovedati) to prohibit, to forbid

braníti komu to restrain someone (from doing something), to forbid someone (to do something); (na sodišču) to defend, to advocate, to plead for
braníti svojo pravico to maintain one's right
braníti se to defend oneself, (upirati se) to resist, to withstand
braníti se česa (odklanjati) to refuse, to decline
tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden (figurativno) even a worm will turn

brass¹ [bra:s] samostalnik
medenina, med, bron
pogovorno denar
glasba trobila
množina medeninasta posoda; nagrobna plošča, spominska plošča
ameriško, sleng častniki
figurativno nesramnost, predrznost

as bold as brass kar se da nesramen

brass² [bra:s] pridevnik
medeninast, bronast
figurativno predrzen, izzivalen, trmast

brass band godba na pihala
to get down to brass tacks (ali nails) jasno se izraziti
not worth a brass farthing niti počenega groša vreden
not to care a brass farthing toliko se meniti kakor za lanski sneg
to part brass rags spreti se
brass works livarna bakra

bráti (čitati) to read

skrbno bráti to peruse; (nabirati ipd.) to collect, to gather (in), to pick; (trgati) to pluck; to cull
bráti grozdje to gather grapes, to vintage
bráti hmelj to pick hops
bráti mašo to say mass
napačno bráti to misread
do konca bráti to read through
bráti zase (skrivaj) to read to oneself
bráti med vrsticami to read between the lines
to sem bral v časopisu I read it in the paper
ne zna ne bráti ne pisati he can neither read nor write
to se bere kot roman it reads like a novel
tvoja knjiga se mnogo bere your book is much read
bráti komu na obrazu to read someone's face
nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu innocence is written all over his face, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
hoteti bráti v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni to read something into a text
vsak večer berem očetu časopis every evening I read the paper to my father
rada ima, da ji kaj berejo she likes being read to

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

break into neprehodni glagol
vlomiti

break into laughter zakrohotati se
break into obedience prisiliti k ubogljivosti, ukrotiti
break into tears razjokati se

breath [breɵ] samostalnik
dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj
figurativno življenje; odmor
figurativno sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje

above one's breath polglasno, komaj slišno
to catch (ali bate, hold) one's breath zadržati dih
breath analysis alkotest
to gasp for breath sapo loviti
to draw breath dihati, živeti
to draw the first breath roditi se, priti na svet
to draw one's last breath izdihniti, umreti
to knock out s.o.'s breath presenetiti, osupiti koga
with bated breath napeto (poslušati)
out of breath brez sape, zasopel
pogovorno keep your breath to cool your porridge prihrani nasvete zase
that knocks the breath out of me (ali takes my breath away) nad tem mi zastane sapa
to spend one's breath in vain zaman se truditi
below (ali under) one's breath tiho, šepetaje
the breath of one's nostrils najljubši; nujno potreben
in the same breath v isti sapi, hkrati
to save one's breath ne zapravljati energije
shortness of breath težko dihanje, sopihanje

breeze² [bri:z] samostalnik
vetrič
sleng prepir, pričkanje
figurativno novica, glas

to have (ali get) the breeze up razjeziti se; prestrašiti se
ameriško to fan the breeze čas zapravljati
pogovorno it's a breeze to je igrača

brezpogójen unconditional; unreserved; without reservations (ali stipulations); absolute; implicit

brezpogójna pokorščina unquestioning obedience
brezpogójna predaja unconditional surrender
brezpogojno unconditionally; without reserve; absolutely
brezpogójno se vdati to surrender unconditionally

bribe¹ [braib] samostalnik
podkupovanje podkupnina

to offer s.o. a bribe skušati koga podkupiti
to take a bribe dati se podkupiti

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

bridle [bráidl] samostalnik
uzda
mornarica sidrna veriga
figurativno zavora, zadržek

bridle hand leva roka
to bite on the bridle s težavami se boriti
bridle path jezdna pot
to put a bridle on uzdati, brzdati, zadrževati
to give a horse the bridle, to lay bridle on his neck popustiti konju vajeti, dati polno svobodo

brígati to concern; to regard

kaj me to briga? what is that to me?
to te nič ne briga! it is none of your business!
to Vas nič ne briga! that is not your concern!
on me nič ne briga he is no concern of mine
stvar nikogar ne briga the matter is no one's business
to me nič ne briga that is no business of mine, that doesn't concern me
brígati se to care (za for, about); to concern oneself (with, about); to bother about; (skrbeti za) to attend to, to see to
brigaj se za svoje zadeve (stvari)! mind your own business!, go about your business!
ne briga se za politiko he doesn't concern himself with politics
ne brigajte se za govorice ljudi! don't trouble about what people say

bring^* [briŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
prinesti, pripeijati, privleči; ustvariti; zakriviti; izzvati; pregovoriti, pripraviti do česa; donašati; prepričevati, spodbuditi

2. neprehodni glagol
roditi, obroditi
mornarica ustaviti, pristati

to bring an action against s.o. tožiti koga
to bring to bear uveljaviti; (orožje) pomeriti; uporabiti
to bring to book obdolžiti, kaznovati
to bring to a close dokončati, izpeljati
to bring to a head rešiti zadevo
to bring the hand in izuriti se
to bring to life obuditi
to bring to light odkriti
to bring s.o. low ponižati koga
to bring to mind spomniti (se)
to bring to nothing uničiti
to bring to pass uresničiti, izpolniti, izvršiti
to bring into play uveljaviti
to bring o.s. to prisiliti se k čemu
sleng to bring home the bacon imeti uspeh
to bring to reason spraviti k pameti
to bring into step sinhronizirati
to bring word obvestiti
to bring into world roditi

bring up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
bruhati; vzgojiti, vzgajati, (vz)rediti; obtožiti
navtika usidrati
figurativno opozoriti; besedo dati (poslancu v parlamentu); oživiti, osvežiti (se); pohiteti, prihrumeti

bring up the rear ščititi umik; figurativno biti zadnji
bring up short naglo ustaviti
navtika bring up standing usidrati se, preden so jadra spuščena
bring up to date naznaniti, vpeljati v stvar; modernizirati

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se

bristle¹ [brísl] samostalnik
kocina, ščetina
množina razdražljiva čud

to set up s.o.'s bristles razdražiti koga
to set up one's bristles razjeziti, naježiti se

bríti

1. (o vetru) to blow

veter brije there is a keen (ali bitter) wind blowing
veter ostro, mrzlo brije the wind blows hard, cold
veter brije čez planjavo the wind sweeps over the plain

2. (z britvijo) to shave

gladko bríti to give a clean (ali close) shave
bríti se to shave (oneself)
dati se briti to have a shave, to get shaved, to get a shave
želim se bríti I want a shave
bríti, prosim (pri brivcu) a shave, please
bríti norce iz koga to make fun of someone, to play a trick on someone, to make a fool of someone, to pull someone's leg, ZDA žargon to kid someone

bŕk

v bŕk (naravnost) (straight) from the shoulder
v bŕk reči, povedati to tell someone to his (ali her) face, to tell someone openly (ali without reserve)
v bŕk sem mu povedal I told him point-blank
laže mi v bŕk he lies in my face (ali without batting an eyelid)
smejati se komu v bŕk to laugh in someone's face