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gósti (godem) to play the violin; pogovorno to play the fiddle, to fiddle; to make music

plesati, kot drugi godejo (hočejo) to dance to someone else's tune, to follow another's lead
gósti na godalo pesniško to touch the strings
vedno isto gósti (goniti) to harp on one (ali on the same) string, to harp on
gósti od zadovoljstva (figurativno) to purr with satisfaction

gotóvo certainly; sure, surely; positively

gotóvo! certainly! for sure!, ZDA sure!
popolnoma gotóvo (humoristično) as sure as eggs is eggs; as sure as death and taxes
nekaj je gotóvo one thing remains certain
čisto gotóvo (zanesljivo) without fail, assuredly
tako gotóvo kot živim as sure as I live
to gotóvo ne more biti njen brat it surely cannot be her brother
vrata so gotóvo odprta the door is sure to be open
gotóvo bo prišel prvi he is sure to come first
počasi, a gotóvo slowly, but surely

govoríca rumour; talk(ing); language; report; (čenče) gossip, tattle, pogovorno blabber; (narečje) dialect

prazne govoríce nonsense, pogovorno poppycock, bosh
govoríca se je izkazala kot lažniva the rumour has proved false
širijo se govoríce rumours have got abroad
govoríca gre the rumour goes, rumour has it, it is rumoured
govoríca se širi it is widely rumoured (da that)
širiti govoríco to spread a rumour
to je samó govoríca this is only a rumour
te govoríce se širijo z namenom, da... these rumours (ali reports) are spread only with the object of...
bile so govoríce o njegovem odstopu (demisiji) there have been rumours (ali reports) of his resigning

govoríti to speak (o of, about, z to, with); to tell; (pogovarjati se) to talk (z with, to, o about, of, over); to converse; (kramljati) to chat

glasno govoríti to talk loud, to speak in a loud voice
tiho govoríti to speak softly (ali in a soft voice)
govoríti angleški to speak English
slabo govoríti angleški to speak poor (ali broken) English
slabo govoríti o kom to speak ill of someone
kar naprej govoríti to keep (on) talking
odkrito, brez ovinkov govoríti to speak freely
govoríti o tem in onem, o raznem to talk nineteen to the dozen
uglajeno govoríti to be well-spoken
govoríti stenam (figurativno) to talk (ali to be talking) to a brick wall
govoríti o politiki to talk politics
tekoče govoríti to speak fluently
govoríti o čem drugem to change the subject
govoríti resnico to speak the truth, to tell the truth
govoríti brez priprave to speak extempore
govoríti v veter (figurativno) to waste one's breath
govoríti v imenu koga to be the spokesman of, to be the mouthpiece of
govoríti v korist koga to speak on (ali ZDA in) someone's behalf
govoríti polomljeno angleščino to speak broken English, to murder the English language
govoríti neumnosti to talk nonsense
šepetaje govoríti to speak in an undertone, to speak in a whisper
govoríti skozi nos to speak with a nasal twang
govoríti laži to tell lies (ali untruths)
govoríti sam s seboj to soliloquize
govoríti med štirimi očmi s kom to talk with someone in private
govoríti na pamet to speak from memory, to say something by heart (ali by rote)
obširno govoríti o to speak at length about (ali on), to descant, to expatiate on (ali upon)
otročje govoríti to drivel
govoríti kot papiga to parrot
govoríti preučeno za koga to speak above someone's head
govoríti tja v tri dni pogovorno to waffle, žargon to rabbit on
tu se govori angleški (napis) English spoken here
ko (ker) ravno govorimo o... since we are on the subject, since we happen to be talking about...
da niti ne govorimo o... to say nothing of...
ne govorimo več o tem!, nehajmo govoríti o tem! let us change (ali drop) the subject!
mi ne »govorimo« (smo sprti ipd.) we are not on speaking terms
o tem ni vredno govoríti it isn't worth speaking of
ona ne govorita več med seboj (sta sprta) they are no longer on speaking terms
govori! speak up!, speak out, out with it!
on ne more (ne zna) nehati govoríti he can never stop talking, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
(on) govori, kot da bi ga navil he has the gift of the gab, he talks nineteen to the dozen
on malo govori he is a man of few words, (je boječ) he is tongue-tied
z njim se da govoríti he is someone you can talk to
z njim se ne da govoríti (figurativno) he will not listen to reason
po vsem mestu se govori o njih they are the talk of the town
govorilo se je o njegovi demisiji there have been rumours of his resignation
vse mesto govori o tem it is the talk of the town
govori se, da je zelo bogata she is said to be very rich
o njem se mnogo govori he is much talked about
to dejstvo govori zanj this fact tells in his favour
dejstva govoré sama the facts speak for themselves
to govori za in proti that cuts both ways
dejanja govore glasneje kot besede actions speak louder than words
vse govori za to, da... there is every reason to believe that...
to govori proti that tells against it
ne govorite z nikomer o tem! not a word to anyone about this!, keep this to yourself!
začeti govoríti o nekem predmetu to broach a subject
bi lahko govoril z Vami? could I have a word with you?
bi lahko govoril z g. X? could I see Mr. X
govorimo odkrito! let's speak frankly, let's lay (ali put) our cards on the table
kjer se veliko govori, se malo naredi least said, soonest mended
govoríti je srebro, molčati pa zlato the less said, the better
prav tako bi lahko govoril stenam figurativno I might as well speak to a brick wall
ti to meni govoriš! (= kot da jaz tega ne vem) you're telling me!

grád (fevdalen, utrjen) castle; (kraljev, knežji) palace; castle; (graščina) manor; (podeželski) country seat

grádovi na reki Loire Loire-valley chateaus (ali chateaux), chateaus on the Loire
Versajski grád the palace of Versailles
zidanje grádov v oblake (figurativno) wishful thinking; building (of) castles in the air
obljubljati komu zlate grádove to promise someone the earth
sesuti se kot grád iz kart to collapse like a house of cards
zidati grádove v oblake to build castles in the air (ali in Spain)
ne zidaj grádov v oblake! don't count your chickens before they're hatched!, arhaično sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear

gŕd ugly; hideous; nasty; dirty; (ime) ill, bad; (podel) mean, base, scurvy; (vreme) bad, nasty; (vedenje) unmannerly, boorish; (neroden) ungainly; figurativno (prostaški) foul, obscene, indecent

gŕd kot smrtni greh (as) ugly as sin
gŕd kos poti nasty stretch of road
gŕd obraz ugly face
gŕda rana ugly wound
gŕdo govorjenje bad language
gŕdo vreme nasty weather
gŕd zločin ugly crime
nebo obeta gŕdo vreme the sky looks ugly
to je bilo gŕdo dejanje that was a wicked deed
posta(ja)ti gŕd to grow ugly
gŕda šala dirty trick

gréh sin (zoper, proti, do against), (majhen) peccadillo; offence; offence

brez gréha sinless
Adamov gréh Adam's sin, the Fall
izvirni gréh original sin
mali gréh venial sin
smrtni gréh mortal sin
sedem smrtnih gréhov the seven deadly sins
mladostni gréh youthful sin
mutasti gréh sodomy
storiti gréh to commit a sin
trpeti za tuje gréhe to be a scapegoat
to je gréh in sramota it is a sin and a shame
izpoved gréhov confession of sins
odpuščanje gréhov forgiveness (ali remission) of sins, absolution
odkrivati stare gréhe kake osebe to rake up someone's past
padati v isti gréh to relapse into sin, to backslide
odpustiti gréhe to remit someone's sins
zabresti v gréh to slide into sin
zakriviti gréh to commit a sin
grd kot smrten gréh ugly as sin

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

guinea-pig [gínipig] samostalnik
zoologija morski prašiček, budra
figurativno poskusna žival

guinea-pig (director) direktor, ki kot član upravnega sveta dobiva visok honorar zato, ker sme biti na seznamu direktorjev

gut¹ [gʌt] samostalnik
anatomija črevo
množina drobovje
množina trebuh; ožina; zavoj reke na veslaški progi (Oxford, Cambridge); struna; svilena struna
sleng, množina vztrajnost; odločnost; hrabrost, predrznost; učinkovitost; bistvo, vsebina

large gut debelo črevo
little (ali small) gut tenko črevo
fat guts debeluh, trebušnež
more guts than brain več sreče kot pameti
to have no guts biti prazen, brez vsebine, brez vrednosti

guy² [gai] samostalnik
groteskna lutka iz cunj (ki jo nosijo 5. novembra in sežgejo v spomin na ponesrečeno zaroto Guy Fawkesa, ko je hotel pognati v zrak angleški parlament); strašilo
ameriško, pogovorno človek, fant, tovariš, dečko

to look a regular guy biti kot strašilo

habituálen habitual, customary; wonted, regular

kot habituálenno as usual
bilo je več ljudi kot habituálenno there were more people than usual
z njegovo habituálenno nesramnostjo with his wonted insolence

half² [ha:f, hæf] pridevnik
polovičen; površen, nepopoln

at half the price za pol cene, po polovični ceni
to gain half the battle polovico že dobiti, opraviti že pol dela
to have half a mind to na pol se odločiti za kaj
half a loaf is better than no bread boljši vrabec v roki, kot golob na strehi
to see with half an eye takoj sprevideti, videti brez najmanjšega truda
a half share pol deleža
half shot opit
navtika half three tri in pol sežnja

head² [hed] samostalnik
glava; dolžina glave (pri konjskih dirkah); pamet, razum, nadarjenost; vodja, voditelj, predstojnik; šolski direktor, -ica; glava kovanca; glava, vrh, gornji del, vzglavje (strani, postelje, knjige, pisma, stopnišča itd); glava žeblja, kladiva, bucike; višek, kriza; pena na pivu, mleku; rogovje (srnjadi); oseba, komad, kos, glava (živine); stržen čira; izvir reke; zajezena voda; pritisk pare zraka, plina, vode; predgorje, rt
domačno plačilni, glavni natakar; streha na vozu; glavna točka (govora), poglavje (knjige), rubrika, stolpič (v časopisu)
ekonomija postavka (v računu, fakturi), kategorija
sleng latrina

above one's head težko razumljivo, prepametno za koga
at the head of na čelu
by head and shoulders; ali by the head and ears s silo, na silo
(by) head and shoulders above mnogo boljši od
by a short head za dolžino nosu, figurativno z majhno prednostjo
crowned heads kronane glave
a deer of the first head petleten jelen ali srnjak
navtika down by the head s prednjim delom ladje globoko v vodi
head of the family družinski poglavar
heads of state državni voditelji
the head and front bistvo, politika glava zarote, vodja upora
from head to foot od nog do glave, popolnoma
head first (ali foremost) z glavo naprej, figurativno nepremišljeno
a large head of game velik trop živali
hot head vročekrvnež
a beautiful head of hair gosti lasje
head over heels narobe, do ušes, na vrat na nos
old head on young shoulders pameten mlad človek
off one's head; ali out of one's head nor
over one's head viseč nad glavo (nevarnost); težko razumljivo
over head and ears; ali head over ears preko glave, do ušes, popolnoma
on this head o tem predmetu
out of one's own head sam od sebe, sam, na lastnem zeljniku
two heads are better than one kolikor glav, toliko misli
head of water vodni steber
heads or tails obe strani kovanca (pri metanju)
twopence a head 2 penija na osebo
sleng King's (Queen's) head poštna znamka
weak in the head slaboumen
head, cook and bottle washer kdor s svojim vedenjem poudarja svojo veljavo
figurativno on your head be it! naj gre na tvojo glavo, ti si odgovoren
ten head of cattle deset glav živine

Z glagoli:

to beat s.o.'s head off prekositi koga
pogovorno to bite (ali snap) s.o.'s head off uničiti koga
to bring to a head pripeljati do krize
figurativno to break one's head glavo si razbijati
to carry one's head high nositi glavo pokonci, biti ponosen
to come to a head priti do krize, zaostriti se; medicina zagnojiti se, dozoreti (čir)
sleng to do a thing on one's head igraje kaj napraviti
to drag in by the head and ears s silo privleči, za ušesa privleči
to eat (ali cry, scream, run) one's head off pretirano se razburjati
it entered my head v glavo mi je padlo
to give s.o. his head figurativno popustiti uzde
to get s.th. through one's head doumeti, razumeti kaj
to go over s.o.'s head biti pretežko za koga
to go to s.o.'s head v glavo stopiti
this horse eats his head off ta konj več pojé, kot je vreden
to have a good head for biti nadarjen za
to have a head imeti "mačka"
to have a good head on one's shoulders biti dobre glave
to have one's head in the clouds figurativno živeti v oblakih, sanjariti
to have one's head screwed in the right way imeti glavo na pravem koncu
to have a head like a sieve imeti glavo kot rešeto, biti pozabljiv
to hit the nail on the head točno zadeti
to keep one's head ostati miren
figurativno to keep one's head above water obdržati se nad vodo, životariti
to knock s.th. on the head onemogočiti kaj
to lay (ali put) heads together glave stikati, posvetovati se
to let s.o. have his head pustiti komu delati po svoji glavi
to lie on s.o.'s head biti komu v breme
to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
I cannot make head or tail of ne razumem, ne vidim ne repa ne glave
to make head izbiti na čelo, napredovati
to make head against uspešno se upirati
to be put over the heads of other persons pri napredovanju preskočiti druge
to put s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to put s.th. into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to put s.th. out of s.o.'s head izbiti komu kaj iz glave
to put s.th. out of one's head izbiti si kaj iz glave
to put one's head in the lion's mouth izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to rear one's head glavo dvigniti
to run in s.o.'s head vrteti se komu po glavi
to run one's head against a brick wall riniti z glavo skozi zid
to shake one's head odkimati
to shake one's head at z glavo zmajati
to suffer from swelled (ali swollen) head biti zelo domišljav
to take the head prevzeti vodstvo
to take s.th. into one's head v glavo si kaj vtepsti
to talk over s.o.'s head za koga preučeno govoriti
to talk s.o.'s head off utruditi koga z nenehnim govorjenjem
to talk through the back of s.o.'s head neprestano v koga govoriti
to throw o.s. at the head of obesiti se komu za vrat
to talk one's head off nenehno govoriti
to turn one's head v glavo stopiti
to turn s.o.'s head glavo komu zmešati
to win by a head zmagati za dolžino glave (konj)
to work one's head off pretegniti se od dela, garati
heads I win, tails you lose izgubiš v vsakem primeru

heart [ha:t] samostalnik
srce, srčni prekat; čud, duša; ljubezen, naklonjenost; usmiljenje, sočutje; hrabrost, srčnost; razum; jedro, središče, osrčje; srčevina, srčika (debla, rastline), srce (solate); bistvo, bit; srček, dragec, dragica; srčen, pogumen človek; predmet oblike srca; rodovitnost (zemlje)
množina srčne karte

after one's own heart po želji, kot srce poželi
at heart v duši, v srcu, po srcu
an affair of the heart ljubezenska zadeva
bless my heart! za boga!
by heart na pamet
at the bottom of one's heart na dnu srca
heart's desire srčna želja
from one's heart iskreno, iz srca
for one's heart srčno rad
heart and head navdušeno
heart of oak srčika hrasta, figurativno srčen človek; leseno ladjevje
heart and soul z dušo in telesom
a heart-to-heart talk odkrit pogovor
in good heart v dobrem stanju
the land is in good heart zemlja je rodovitna, ni izčrpana
in the heart of v osrčju
in one's heart skrivoma
in one's heart of hearts v dnu duše, zares
in heart dobre volje
light of heart vesel, brezbrižen
left heart levi srčni prekat
king (queen) of hearts srčni kralj (dama)
navtika my hearts! tovariši!, pogumni fantje!
near one's heart všeč, pri srcu
the very heart of the matter bistvo zadeve
out of heart malodušen; nerodoviten, izčrpan (zemlja)
sick at heart potrt, žalosten
smoker's heart kadilčevo (bolno) srce
searchings of heart tesnoba, sum
to one's heart's content do mile volje, kot srce poželi
with all one's heart iz vsega srca, srčno rad
with a heavy heart s težkim srcem
medicina disordered heart srčna nevroza

Z glagoli:

to break s.o.'s heart streti komu srce
to clasp s.o. to one's heart prižeti koga na srce
to cry one's heart out oči si izjokati
to cut s.o. to the heart zadeti koga v srce, užaliti
to do one's heart good dobro deti, osrečiti
to eat one's heart out giniti od žalosti
my heart fails pogum mi upada
I cannot find it in my heart to; ali I don't have the heart to srce mi ne da, da bi
to get (go) to the heart of priti (iti) stvari do dna
to give heart opogumiti
to give one's heart to s.o. dati komu srce
to go near (ali to) one's heart ganiti
my heart goes out to him sočustvujem z njim
to grow out of heart postajati malodušen; izčrpavati se (zemlja)
to have a heart imeti (dobro) srce
have a heart! usmili se!
to have no heart biti brez srca, neusmiljen
to have s.th. at heart srčno kaj želeti
to have one's heart in one's mouth v grlu stiskati, biti zelo prestrašen
to have one's heart in one's boots biti zelo malodušen
to have one's heart in the right place imeti srce na pravem mestu
to have s.o.'s good at heart brigati se za dobro nekoga
to have one's heart in one's work biti z vsem srcem pri delu
his heart leaps up srce mu zaigra
to lay s.th. to heart na srce položiti
to lose heart izgubiti pogum
to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
to make one's heart bleed čutiti veliko usmiljenje in žalost (srce krvavi)
to open one's heart to s.o. razkriti komu srce, biti velikodušen
to pluck up heart opogumiti se
to pour out one's heart srce izliti
to put s.o. in good heart razveseliti, razvedriti koga
to put one's heart into s.th. biti pri stvari z dušo in telesom
my heart sank srce mi je padlo v hlače
to set one's heart on s.th. iz vsega srca kaj želeti
to set one's heart at rest umiriti se, pomiriti se
to take s.th. to heart k srcu si kaj gnati, v srce si vtisniti
to take heart (of grace) zbrati pogum, opogumiti se
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve imeti srce na jeziku
to win s.o.'s heart srce osvojiti
what the heart thinketh, the mouth speaketh povedati, kar ti leži na srcu

help² [help] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpreti, podpirati; pripomoči, prispevati; (u)blažiti (s can in neg)
ne moči se upirati, si pomagati, preprečiti, se izogniti; ponuditi, podati (pri mizi)

I cannot help it ne morem pomagati, sem nemočen
it cannot be helped ni pomoči
if I can help it če se temu lahko izognem
don't be late if you can help it ne ostani delj, kot je potrebno
don't do more than you can help napravi le tisto, kar moraš
I cannot help laughing moram se smejati; ne morem si kaj, da se ne bi smejal
I cannot help myself ne morem drugače
how could I help it? kaj sem jaz mogel za to
to help s.o. in (ali with) s.th. pomagati komu pri čem
to help o.s. to s.th. postreči si s čim, prisvojiti si kaj, ukrasti
to help s.o. to s.th. ponuditi komu kaj (pri mizi), postreči komu s čim
to help a lame dog over a stile; ali to help s.o. out pomagati komu prebroditi težave
to lend a helping hand priskočiti v pomoč
every little helps vse prav pride
nothing will help now ni več pomoči

herój hero, pl -roes; (polbog, mitologija) demigod

herój dneva hero of the hour
boriti se kot herój to fight like a hero
napraviti za herója to hero-worship

herring [hériŋ] samostalnik
zoologija sled, slanik

red (ali kippered) herring prekajen slanik
to draw a red herring across the path odvrniti pozornost
neither fish, flesh nor good red herring ne tič ne miš
packed as close as herrings natlačeni kot sardine

herself [hə:sélf] zaimek
ona sama; se

(all) by herself čisto sama, brez pomoči
she is not quite herself ni čisto zdrava, ni čisto pri sebi
she has come to herself; ali she is herself again prišla je k sebi, počuti se kot navadno

hinávec hypocrite; dissembler; dissimulator

ni takega hinávca kot je on he is an unparallelled (ali unrivalled) hypocrite