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angažírati (obvezati, zavezati) to engage; to bind; (namestiti) to engage someone (kot as); to hire; to employ; (kapital) to invest, to tie up, to lock up

angažírati se (obvezati se) to bind someone, to commit someone
biti angažiran to be engaged
angažiran kapital locked-up capital

angry [ǽŋgri] pridevnik (angrily prislov) (at, with, about)
jezen, razdražen, srdit; vnet, boleč

to be angry with s.o. for s.th. jeziti se na koga zaradi česa
to get (ali become, grow) angry razjeziti se
to make angry razjeziti, razdražiti
to have an angry look jezno gledati
the angry sea razburkano morje

annoy² [ənɔ́i] prehodni glagol
dražiti, vznejevoljiti, nagajati, nadlegovati, mučiti, vznemirjati

to be annoyed at (ali with) jeziti se zaradi

answerable [á:nsərəbl] pridevnik (answerably prislov) (to)
na kar se da odgovoriti; odgovoren, ustrezen

to be answerable for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti za kaj
such a question is not answerable na tako vprašanje se ne da odgovoriti
the results were not answerable to our hopes rezultati so nas razočarali

antagonism [æntǽgənizəm] samostalnik (to, against, with)
nasprotovanje, antagonizem, sovraštvo (between)
tekmovanje

to be in antagonism with biti v sovraštvu s kom

anvil [ǽnvil] samostalnik
nakovalo
anatomija nakovalce

to be on the anvil biti v delu, biti obravnavan
between hammer and anvil med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo

anxious [ǽŋkšəs] pridevnik (anxiously prislov) (about zaradi)
zaskrbljen, nestrpen (for za)
prizadeven
pogovorno željan
zastarelo mučen

I am anxious to know prav rad bi (z)vedel
to be anxious about bati se za
to be on the anxious seat (ali bench) biti v hudih škripcih, sedeti kot na šivankah

apetít appetite (za for)

velikanski apetít a ravenous appetite
dobiti apetít to get an appetite
narediti, delati apetít to give an appetite
biti brez apetíta to be off one's food
nimam veliko apetíta pogovorno I'm off my feed
dražiti apetít to whet (ali to stimulate) the appetite, to sharpen the appetite, to give an edge to the appetite
izgubiti apetít to lose one's appetite
z apetítom jesti to eat with gusto
pokvariti komu apetít to spoil someone's appetite
apetít pride z jedjo start eating, and you work up an appetite; much must have more; the appetite grows with what it feeds on; appetite comes with eating

apologetic¹ [əpɔlədžétik] pridevnik (apologetically prislov)
opravičujoč (se), obramben; spravljiv

to be apologetic opravičevati (se)

apoplexy [ǽpəpleksi] samostalnik
medicina kap, mrtvoud

to fall into an apoplexy, to be seized (ali struck) with apoplexy biti od kapi zadet

appetite [ǽpitait] samostalnik (for)
tek, apetit; poželenje

canine appetite volčja lakota
to be given to appetite biti požrešen
the appetite is concealed under the teeth, appetite comes with eating šele ko začnemo jesti, dobimo tek
to sharpen (ali whet) the appetite povzročati, narediti tek
appetite is the best sauce lačnemu vse tekne

apprehension [æprihénšən] samostalnik (of)
prijetje, aretacija; pojmovanje, razumevanje; strah, zaskrbljenost, zla slutnja

according to my apprehension kakor jaz stvar razumem
dull of apprehension počasnih misli
quick of apprehension bistroumen
to be under apprehensions of biti v strahu za kaj, bati se česa

apprehensive [æprihénsiv] pridevnik (apprehensively prislov) (of, for)
zaskrbljen, boječ; dovzeten, bistroumen; občutljiv

to be apprehensive of bati se česa, sumiti kaj

apprenticeship [əpréntisšip] samostalnik
vajenstvo

to serve one's apprenticeship biti vajenec
to be through one's apprenticeship izučiti se

apprise [əpráiz] prehodni glagol (of o)
obvestiti, obveščati; naznaniti; (o)ceniti

to be apprised of s.th. vedeti o čem

apron-string [éiprənstriŋ] samostalnik
trak na predpasniku

to be tied (ali pinned) to one's mother's (wife's) apron-string s držati se materinega (ženinega) krila, biti nesamostojen; biti pod copato

ardent [á:dənt] pridevnik (ardently prislov)
vroč, goreč, žareč; vnet, navdušen, strasten

ardent spirits opojne pijače
to be ardent for s.th. navduševati se za kaj

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

arrear [əríə] samostalnik
arhaično zadnji del; zaostanek; dolg

to fall into (ali be in) arrears with zaostajati v čem; dolgovati

art² [a:t] samostalnik
umetnost; veda; veščina, spretnost, znanje; zvijačnost, prebrisanost

applied art uporabna umetnost
Bachelor of Arts diplomiran filozof 1. stopnje
black art magija
pravno to be (ali have) art and part sokriv biti, udeležiti se česa
arts and crafts umetna obrt
faculty of art(s) filozofska fakulteta
the fine arts upodabljajoče umetnosti
art gallery umetniška zbirka
industrial (ali mechanical, useful) arts obrt, rokodelstvo
liberal art svobodna umetnost
manly art boks
art master učitelj risanja
Master of Arts diplomiran filozof 2. stopnje
to practise art uporabiti zvijačo
a work of art umetnina