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grdó badly, nastily, foully, basely, meanly; hideously; in an ugly manner

grdó se gledajo (figurativno) they are at daggers drawn
grdó jo komu zaigrati (figurativno) to play a dirty trick on someone
stvari se grdó obračajo, razvijajo things are looking ugly
grdó je (neprimerno je nekaj delati) it's wrong (ali bad, nasty) to...

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

Greek¹ [gri:k] samostalnik
Grk(inja); grščina; heleniziran Žid; član grške pravoslavne cerkve
figurativno premetenec

when Greek meets Greek kadar se spopadeta hrabra nasprotnika
that's Greek to me to mi je španska vas

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

grievance [grí:vəns] samostalnik
zamera; pritožba; krivica; neprilika, stiska

to air a grievance razpravljati o težavi
to cherish a grievance zameriti
to make a grievance of a matter neupravičeno se pritoževati
to nurse a grievance against s.o. imeti koga na piki
to redress a grievance pomagati v nepriliki

grip¹ [grip] samostalnik
stisk roke, prijem; krč, napad bolečine; prgišče; ročaj
figurativno (of, on česa) razumevanje; sposobnost zbuditi zanimanje (of, on nad)
oblast
ameriško ročna prtljaga

to lose one's grip on zgubiti oblast nad
to come to grips, to get at grips with spopasti se s
in the grip of v oblasti; v krempljih koga, česa

grísti to bite; (izjedati) to fret; (o kislini) to corrode; (o vesti) to prick, to sting; (peči, boleti) to smart; to worry

grize (žalostí) me I grieve
žena ga grize his wife leads him a cat and dog life
grísti se figurativno to grieve, to fret; to worry; to eat one's heart out
grísti se med seboj to torment one another, to lead a cat and dog life, to nag one another

gŕlo anatomija throat; (steklenice) neck; gorge, gullet

vnetje gŕla tonsillitis, quinsy
kronično vnetje gŕla arhaično clergyman's throat
gŕlo me boli I have a sore throat
imeti suho gŕlo (figurativno) to have a cobweb in one's throat
ozko gŕlo (figurativno, pogovorno) bottleneck
kričati, vpiti na vse gŕlo to shout (knjižno to cry, to cry out) at the top of one's voice, pogovorno to cry blue murder
nastaviti komu nož na gŕlo to put a knife to someone' throat
pognati po gŕlu (izpiti) to knock it back
glas mi je zastal v gŕlu I had a lump in my throat
besede so mi obtičale v gŕlu the words stuck in my throat
peti na vse gŕlo to sing at the top of one's voice
prerezati gŕlo komu to cut someone's throat
na vse gŕlo se smejati to roar with laughter
sit sem tega do gŕla I am sick and tired of that, I am bored to death (ali to tears) with that, I'm fed up to the back teeth with that, ZDA pogovorno it's coming out of my ears, it bores the pants off me
do gŕla sem vsega sit I've had a bellyful, žargon I'm absolutely cheesed off

grmáditi to pile (up), to heap; to accumulate; to cumulate

grmáditi se to pile up

groan¹ [groun] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (under zaradi)
stokati, ječati, vzdihovati; rukati (jelen)
figurativno (for za) močno hrepeneti, koprneti; sikati, mrmrati

to groan down prisiliti k molku
to groan under (ali with) šibiti se pod
to groan inwardly biti nesrečen
groaning board miza, ki se šibi od jedi

gròb grave; tomb; burial place; (zidan) sepulchre; figurativno death, destruction

gròb neznanega junaka grave of the Unknown Soldier
masovni, množični gròb mass grave
sveti gròb religija the Holy Sepulchre
do gròba (figurativno) till death
onstran gròba beyond the grave
skupni gròb a pauper's grave
z eno nogo v gròbu (figurativno) at death's door, with one foot in the grave
od zibelke do gròba from the cradle to the grave
zanemarjen, negovan gròb neglected (ali unkept) grave
položitev v gròb burial, interment; (redko) inhumation, sepulture
biti v gròbu to be dead
biti z eno nogo v gròbu to have one foot in the grave
kopati gròb to dig a grave
odkopati, vzeti iz gròba to exhume
molčati kot gròb to be silent (ali secret) as the grave
on bi se obrnil v gròbu... he would turn in his grave
dovolj hudó, da bi se človek še v gròbu obrnil enough to make someone turn in his grave
položiti v gròb to bury, to inter, (redko) to inhume
spraviti koga v gròb to cause someone's death
v gròb me boš spravil! (figurativno) you will be the death of me!
spremiti do gròba to attend someone's funeral
govor na, ob gròbu funeral oration

gròm thunder; thunderclap; a clap of thunder

brez gròma thunderless
blisk z gròmom thunderbolt
gròm se valí (the) thunder rolls
gròm in blisk thunder and lightning

groove¹ [gru:v] samostalnik
brazda, žlebič, utor
figurativno običajni način, navada, rutina, šablona

to keep (ali move) in the same groove živeti na stari način
to get into a groove navaditi se, dobiti rutino

grope [group] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (for, after)
tipati, tavati

to grope a hen otipati kokoš (če ima jajce)
to grope one's way towards pretipati se kam

gross² [grous] samostalnik
celota; veliki ducat (144 kosov)

great gross 1228 kosov
in (the) gross, by the gross v celoti, na debelo
pravno in gross ki se nanaša samo na osebo, neodvisen

ground² [graund] samostalnik
dno, globina; zemlja, tla; zemljišče, igrišče, lovišče, gradbišče (for)
osnova (for, of)
vzrok, povod; osnovna barva; ozadje
množina park, vrt
množina naselbina
množina gošča, usedlina; uzemljitev

above ground živ
below ground mrtev, pokopan
to break new (ali fresh) ground orati ledino
to cover ground potovati, opraviti določeno delo
ground clearance razdalja med šasijo in zemljo
common ground stična točka
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla, vzeti mu oporo
to be dashed to the ground propasti
pogovorno down to the ground popolnoma
to fall to the ground propasti
on firm ground na trdnem položaju
figurativno forbidden ground nedovoljeno področje, prepovedana tema
to gain ground napredovati, širiti se
to give ground popustiti
to hold one's ground vztrajati na svojem mestu, ne popustiti; ostati pri močeh
to meet s.o. on his own ground razpravljati o predmetu, ki ga nasprotnik sam določi
on the ground of zaradi
pogovorno to run into the ground pretiravati
ground staff letališko tehniško osebje
to stand one's ground vztrajati
to strike to the ground vreči na tla
to suit one down to the ground popolnoma se strinjati
to take ground nasesti
to touch ground dotakniti se dna; figurativno preiti na predmet pogovora
on the ground that češ da

groundfloor [gráundflɔ:] samostalnik
pritličje

pogovorno to get in on the groundfloor okoristiti se z dobro priložnostjo; dobiti delnice z istimi pogoji kakor ustanovitelji

grow out neprehodni glagol
zrasti

grow out of urasti, prerasti; izvirati; odvaditi se

grozíti to threaten; to menace

grozíti miru to threaten peace
grozili so nam s kaznijo they threatened us with punishment
grozil mi je z revolverjem he threatened me with his revolver
vojna nam grozi war is imminent
nebo grozi z nevihto the sky threatens a storm
hiši grozi zrušenje the house threatens to collapse
velika nevarnost nam grozi a great danger threatens us
nevarnosti, ki nam grozijo the dangers hanging over us
upor grozi, da se bo razširil the revolt threatens to spread

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