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exert [igzə́:t] prehodni glagol
uveljaviti, uporabiti
zastarelo kazati, odkri(va)ti

to exert o.s. truditi se, prizadevati si

exhaust¹ [igzɔ́:st] prehodni glagol
izčrpati, utruditi; izprazniti; potrošiti

to exhaust o.s. utruditi, izčrpati se

exhibition [eksibíšən] samostalnik
razstava; razkazovanje; razstavljeni predmet; prizor; igra; dajanje zdravila
britanska angleščina štipendija

to be on public exhibition biti javno razstavljen
to make an exhibition of o.s. trapasto (nespodobno) se obnašati, osmešiti se

expedient² [ikspí:diənt] samostalnik
sredstvo, pomagalo, pomoček; iznajdba; zvijača

to hit upon an expedient znajti se, pomagati si
reduced to expedients prisiljen, da si pomaga, kakor ve in zna
to go to every expedient ne izbirati sredstev

experience² [ikspíəriəns] prehodni glagol
izkusiti, doživeti, prestati, pretrpeti

to experience a difficulty naleteti na težave
ameriško to experience religion spreobrniti se k veri

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

explain [ikspléin] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
razložiti, pojasniti, (raz)tolmačiti, navesti razloge

to explain o.s. opravičiti se

extreme² [ikstrí:m] samostalnik
skrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotje

to carry to extreme, to go to extreme tirati do skrajnosti
the extremes meet nasprotja se privlačijo
at the other extreme na nasprotnem koncu
in the extreme, to an extreme čezmerno, pretirano
to go from one extreme to the other preiti z ene skrajnosti v drugo
to run to an extreme preiti v skrajnost

eye¹ [ai] samostalnik
oko; vid; pogled; vidik; popek; ušesce (npr. šivanke); zankica; luknja (v kruhu, siru)
figurativno namera; blesk diamanta; središče
ameriško, sleng vohun

it's all my eye vse to je neumnost
the apple of one's eye nad vse drag
black eye modrica, ameriško poraz
by the eye na oko, po videzu
to cast sheep's eyes at s.o. zaljubljeno koga gledati
to clap an eye at s.o. zagledati koga
to catch the eyes of s.o. s pogledom koga opozoriti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to come to the eye of s.o. pojaviti se pred kom
to cry one's eyes out izjokati si oči
pogovorno to do in the eye oslepariti, ukaniti
easy on the eye čeden, prijeten
to feast one's eyes z užitkom gtedati
to give an eye to pogledati, popaziti
if you had half an eye ko bi ne bil čisto slep in gluh
to have eyes at the back of one's head imeti povsod oči, biti bister
to have in one's eye opazovati
to have an eye to s.th. paziti na kaj
to have an eye to the main chance urediti sebi v prid
in the eyes of vpričo
to keep an eye on, to keep a close (ali steady, strict) eye on budno opazovati
to keep one's eyes skinned (ali open) budno paziti
to keep one's weather eye open oprezovati, budno paziti
to make eyes at s.o. spogledovati se s kom
to make s.o. open his eyes hudo koga presenetiti
mind your eye bodi previden
my eye! presneto!
in the eye of the law po zakonu
with the naked eyes prostim očesom
quick eye oster vid, dar opazovanja
vojska eyes right! (left!, front!) desno (levo, naravnost) glej!
sleng in a pig's eye nikdar
right in the eye of naravnost proti
do you see any green in my eye? mar res misliš, da sem tako neumen, da bi ti verjel?
to see with half an eye takoj opaziti
to see eye to eye with s.o. popolnoma se strinjati
to set (ali lay) eyes on s.th. zagledati kaj
a sight for sore eyes nepričakovano veselje
to turn a blind eye prizanašati
up to one's eyes prek ušes
it strikes the eye pade v oči
to throw dust in the eyes of s.o. vreči komu pesek v oči, slepiti ga
with an eye to zaradi
in the eyes of the world po javnem mnenju
in the twinkling of an eye kot bi trenil

eye-tooth [áitu:ɵ] samostalnik
anatomija podočnjak

to cut one's eye-teeth spametovati se

face¹ [feis] samostalnik
obraz, lice; izraz obraza, spaka, zmrda; videz; sprednja (zgornja, prava) stran; zunanji del, pogled od spredaj; fasada, površina; številčnica
figurativno predrznost, nesramnost; brušena ploskev

before the face of v navzočnosti, pred (kom)
to draw (ali pull, wear) a long face biti videti potrt, kislo se držati
in the face of day ob belem dnevu; odkrito
his face fell nos se mu je povesil
to fly in (to) the face of s.o. upreti se komu, razjeziti, razžaliti ga
to fly in the face of Providence izzivati usodo
you have a good face zdravi ste videti
navtika guide face drsa zapore
full face obraz od spredaj
half face profil
to have the face to (do s.th.) upati, drzniti si (kaj storiti)
in (the) face of vpričo, neglede na, vkljub
I could hardly keep a straight face komaj sem zadrževal smeh
to look in the face of s.o. drzno koga gledati
to lose the face zgubiti ugled
to make (ali pull) faces at spakovati se nad
to make a wry face at s.th. kislo kaj gledati
face to face with naravnost, osebno, pred, vpričo
on the face of it očitno, na prvi pogled
to put a bold (ali good) face on s.th. ne si gnati kaj preveč k srcu
to put a new face on s.th. postaviti kaj v drugo luč
a right about face popoln obrat
to run one's face dobiti kredit s predrznim nastopom
to save one's face za las uiti sramoti
to set one's face against s.th. upirati se čemu
to set one's face like a flint biti neuklonljiv
to shut the door in one's face preprečiti nadaljnje razgovore, uresničenje načrta
to show one's face priti, prikazati se
to show a face izzivalno se vesti
to s.o.'s face odkrito, v navzočnosti koga
to tell straight to s.o.'s face naravnost komu povedati
to throw s.th. in s.o.'s face očitati, oponašati komu kaj
face value imenska vrednost

facing [féisiŋ] samostalnik
sprednja stran
vojska obšiv, obloga, okras
množina obrati, okreti

to put s.o. through his facings izprašati, preizkusiti koga
to go through one's facings dati se preizkusiti, izprašati

failure [féilə] samostalnik
propadanje, razdor; neuspeh, polomija, fiasko; brodolom; manjkanje; bankrot; razočaranje; zanemarjanje; nesrečnik, -nica

failure of the crops slaba letina
to turn out a failure, to be a failure ne se obnesti
to end in (ali meet with) failure doživeti neuspeh, ne se posrečiti
he is a failure nima uspeha, ni za nič
to be doomed to failure biti brezupno

faint¹ [feint] samostalnik
omedlevica

dead faint popolna nezavest
to go off in a faint onesvestiti se

faint³ [feint] neprehodni glagol
arhaično zgubiti pogum; slabeti, omedlevati

to faint away onesvestiti se, omedleti

fair² [fɛə] prislov
naravnost; jasno; pošteno; pravilno; vljudno; nežno

to bespeak s.o. fair dobro o kom govoriti
to promise (ali bid) fair dobro kazati
to copy fair na čisto prepisati
the sea runs fair morje je mirno
for fair zagotovo, nesporno
to keep (ali stand) fair with s.o. dobro se s kom razumeti
to write out fair na čisto prepisati
to strike fair in the face udariti naravnost v obraz
to speak s.o. fair vljudno s kom govoriti
fair and softly počasi, tiho
the wind sits fair veter je ugoden

faith [feiɵ] samostalnik (in)
zaupanje; zvestoba; vera, veroizpoved; dana beseda, obljuba

bad faith neodkritost, nepoštenost, verolomnost
by my faith pri moji veri
to have (ali put) faith in s.th. zaupati v kaj
in faith, upon my faith častna beseda, zares
to break faith with prelomiti obljubo komu, besedo snesti
in good faith v dobri veri, pošteno, častno
to keep faith biti mož beseda
to pin one's faith (to; ali on) popolnoma se zanesti
Punic faith izdajstvo
to plight (ali pledge) one's faith dati besedo, obljubiti
pravno in faith whereof v potrdilo česar

fall² [fɔ:l] samostalnik
padanje, padec, upadanje; padavina; pobočje, strmina, reber; spuščanje; slap; propad; poraz; smrt
glasba kadenca; sečnja

to have a fall pasti
the fall of man izvirni greh
to ride for a fall izpostavljati se nevarnosti, drveti v pogubo
to try a fall with boriti, meriti se s
to sustain a fall pasti, padati

false¹ [fɔ:ls] pridevnik (falsely prislov)
nepravi, napačen; lažniv, varljiv, potuhnjen; nezvest, izdajalski; zmoten; neosnovan, netočen; nezakonit; umeten, ponarejen

false keel zunanji gredelj
false key kljukec, odpirač
false pretences lažne obliube
to sail under false colours pluti pod lažno zastavo; figurativno šopiriti se s pavjim perjem
to take a false step spotakniti se
false alarm prazen preplah
to be false to one's promise ne izpolniti obljube
false bottom dvojno dno

familiar¹ [fəmíljə] pridevnik (with)
zaupen, domač (to)
znan; navaden, vsakdanji; seznanjen; intimen, familiaren; predomač, predrzen, nesramen

to be on familiar terms with s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
familiar spirit hišni škrat
to make o.s. familiar seznaniti se
familiar quotation krilatica