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for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

hebdomadal [hebdɔ́mədl] pridevnik
tedenski

Hebdomadal Council nadzorni odbor v Oxfordu, ki se sestaja enkrat tedensko

kick¹ [kik] samostalnik
brca
šport strel (nogomet)
ameriško spurt; udarec, sunek, sunkovita vožnja; sunek, udarec nazaj (strelno orožje); udarna moč, odporna sila, elan, energija
ameriško, sleng opojnost alkoholne pijače; dražljaj, mik
ameriško ugovor, očitek, pritožba
britanska angleščina, sleng kovanec za 6 penijev
britanska angleščina najnovejša moda

ameriško to get a kick out of uživati v čem
sleng to get the kick biti vržen iz službe
for kicks le za šalo
that cocktail has got a kick ta koktajl ima nekaj v sebi
he's got a kick pijan je
to give a kick to pognati kaj v tek
to have no kick left biti na koncu svojih moči
to have the kick on one's side imeti srečo
let's have one more kick! poskusimo še enkrat!
more kicks than halfpence več graje kot hvale
šport free kick prosti strel (nogomet)

kônec end; finish; termination; completion, conclusion, close; (iztek) expiration; (prenehanje) cessation; (razpust) break-up; (posledica) issue, result

brez kônca endless
na kôncu finally, in the end, at the end
do kônca to the end, to the last
do kônca 19. stol. up to the end of the 19th century
proti kôncu towards the end
do samega kônca (= do smrti) up to the bitter end, to the very end
konec koncev finally, at long last, in the long run
kônec tega meseca at the end of the present month
kônec svetá the end of the world
na drugem kônu at the far end
biti pri, na kônu to be at an end
z njim je kônec (izgubljen je) he is done for, it is all over (ali up) with him, arhaično he is undone
imeti slab kônec to come to a bad end
vsega je enkrat kônec there is an end to every thing
njegovi nevednosti ni kônca there is no end to his ignorance
bližati se kôncu to draw to an end (ali to a close)
poslušaj me do kônca! hear me out!
priti do kônca to come to an end
privesti do kônca to bring to an end
napraviti kônec s kom (pokončati ga) to make an end of someone
imeti na kôncu jezika (figurativno) to have (something) on the tip of one's tongue
temu boš moral napraviti kônec (pogovorno) you will have to put your foot down on that
napraviti čemu kônec to put an end to something
to pride konec koncev na isto it comes to the same thing in the end
ni še videti kônca the end is not yet in sight
začeti na napačnem kôncu pogovorno to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
kônec dober, vse dobro all's well that ends well

-krát times

enkrat once
dvakrat twice, two times
tri-krát three times, thrice
10 m x 5 m 10 metres by 5 metres
koliko-krát? how often?, how many times?
večkrat several times
dvakrat tako dolg twice as long
dvakrat manj ljudi half as many people
ni si dal tega dvakrat reči he didn't need (ali want) telling twice

lane [léin] samostalnik
podeželska cesta, kolovoz, ozka ulica; špalir; redna pomorska (zračna) linija
šport proga za tek

it is a long lane that has no turning nobena nesreča ne traja večno, enkrat se vse obrne
to make (ali form) a lane napraviti špalir
sleng red lane grlo
Drury Lane; ali the Lane znano gledališče v Londonu

léto year; arhaično, pesniško twelvemonth

koledarsko léto calendar (ali civil) year
šolsko léto school year
akademsko léto academic year
navadno léto common (365-day) year
prestopno léto leap year, bissextile year
tekoče léto the current year
cerkveno léto church year
preteklo léto last year
prihodnje léto next year
sončno léto solar (ali astronomical) year
staro léto old year
Novo léto New Year, New Year's Day
srečno novo léto! Happy New Year!
nora, nerodna léta (figurativno) years pl of indiscretion, the awkward age
v létu Gospodovem religija in the year of Our Lord (A.D.), in the year of grace
enkrat na léto once a year
v létu 1950 in nineteen (hundred and) fifty
na starega léta dan on New Year's Eve
v cvetju (svojih) lét in the prime of life
skozi vse léto odprto open all the year round
v poznejših létih in after years
v 70ih létih in the '70s
v teku léta in the course of the year
vsako léto every year
iz léta v léto, léto za létom year by year, year after year, year in year out, from year's end to year's end
pol léta six months
tri četrtine léta nine months
četrt léta three months
ob létu within a year
(skozi) vse léto all the year round, from one year's end to another
v létu 1910 in (the year) 1910
v enem létu in a year's time, arhaično this day twelvemonth
v zadnjih létih of late (ali recent) years
léto dni trajajoč year-long
pred mnogimi léti many years ago (ali since, back)
že mnogo, precéj lét for many years past
z léti with the years
v starosti 50 lét at the age of fifty
po mnogih létih after many years
že nekaj lét (sém) for some years past
pred létom dni a year ago
30 funtov na léto 30 pounds a year (ali per annum)
za prihodnja léta for years to come
danes léto (dni) (bodočnost) twelve months from now, twelve months today, a year hence, (za preteklost) a year ago (ali since, back)
konec léta year-end, close of the year
biti že v létih to be advanced in years, to be well on in years
biti iz svojih najboljših lét to be past one's best
on je že čez 50 (let star) he is on the wrong (ali humoristično shady) side of 50
on še ni 50 (let star) he is on the right (ali sunny) side of 50
10 lét star deček a ten-year-old boy
mlad za svoja léta young for his years
v najlepših létih in the prime of life
ona ne kaže svojih lét she does not look her age
iti v léta to be getting on in years
priti v léta to come to a good age, to get old, to begin to grow old
ona je mojih lét she is my age
priti iz norih lét to sow one's wild oats
dobro nositi svoja léta to bear one's age well
stopiti v novo léto to usher in the New Year
léta bežijo the years race by
umrla je v starosti 20 lét she died at the age of twenty
bistra je za svoja léta she is clever for her age
ta revija izhaja dvakrat na léto this magazine comes out twice a year, this magazine is a biannual (ali semiannual)
čez 7 lét vse prav pride every little helps

lifetime [Láiftaim] samostalnik
življenjska doba

the chance of a lifetime edinstvena prilika
in one's lifetime za časa življenja
once in a lifetime enkrat v življenju, zelo redko

long¹ [lɔŋ] pridevnik
dolg; dolgotrajen, dolgovezen
pravno časovno odmaknjen
(tudi ekonomija) dolgoročen
ekonomija čakajoč na zvišanje cen

long arm dolga roka, oblast
to make a long arm iztegniti roko po čem
at long bowls borba na daljavo
ameriško long bit kovanec za 15 centov
as broad as it is long vseeno
a long chair ležalnik
by a long chalk in že kako
not by a long chalk kje neki
long clay dolga pipa
ekonomija a long date dolg rok
long dozen 13 kosov
a long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
long ears neumnost
little pitchers have long ears otroci vse slišijo
a long family mnogoštevilna družina
the long finger sredinec
long in the finger tatinski, dolgoprst
a long face kisel, žalosten obraz
a long figure (ali price) visoka cena
a long guess negotova domneva
long hundred 120 kosov
long hundredweight angleški cent (50,8 kg)
to have a long head biti preudaren, bister, daljnoviden
long home grob
long haul prevoz ali promet na veliko daljavo
šport long jump skok v daljino
it is a long lane that has no turning nobena stvar ne traja večno, vsaki nesreči je enkrat kraj
long measure dolžinska mera
two long miles dve dobri milji
ekonomija to be on the long side of the market; ali to be long of the market špekulirati na višje cene
to make a long nose pokazati osle
long odds neenaka stava
long in oil bogat z oljem, z mnogo olja
it is long odds that stavim l proti 100
a long purse globok žep, mnogo denarja
navtika, sleng longpig človeško meso (hrana ljudožrcev)
gentlemen of the long robe pravniki, odvetniki
in the long run končno, konec koncev
long sight daljnovidnost (tudi figurativno)
of long standing dolgoleten, star
to be (ali take) a long time in dolgo potrebovati za
Long Tom daljnosežen top
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik
long in the tooth starejša, kakor hoče priznati
long vacation letni oddih, poletne počitnice
to have a long wind imeti dobra pljuča, dobro teči, figurativno dolgovezno govoriti
to take long views misliti na posledice
a long way round velik ovinek

look¹ [luk] samostalnik
pogled (at)
(ednina ali množina) izraz (obraza), videz, podoba

good looks lepota
to have (ali take) a look at s.th. pogledati kaj
to cast (ali throw) a look at s.o. ošiniti koga s pogledom
to give s.th. a second look še enkrat ali natančneje kaj pogledati
let's have a look round razglejmo se
to take on a severe look strogo pogledati
there was an ugly look on his face preteče je gledal
I do not like the look of it zadeva se mi ne dopade
to wear the look of izgledati kot

many¹ [méni] pridevnik
mnogi, številni, mnogo, veliko

as many prav toliko
as many as 20 ne manj od dvajset
as many again; ali twice as many še enkrat toliko
many times velikokrat, često
many a time pogosto
how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
many a man marsikateri
to be one too many for biti premočen za, biti prekanjen
too many by half za polovico preveč
one too many odveč, nezaželjen, eden preveč
many's the time pogosto
for many a long day zelo dolgo
in so many words dobesedno, izrecno
his reasons are many and good ima mnogo dobrih razlogov
many's the mnogo jih je, ki

mésec (luna) moon; (koledarski) calendar month

lunarni mésec lunar month
v roku enega méseca within a month
méseca marca in the month of March
danes mésec dni a month today
konec méseca at the end of the month
mésecu day of the month
danes tri mésece three months today
ta mésec, tega méseca (t. m.) this month, the current (ali present) month
9 t.m. the 9th of this (ali of the present, of the current) month, the 9th inst. (= instant)
prihodnji mésec next month, prox. (= proximo)
pretekli mésec last month, ult. (= ultimo)
dne 1. prihodnjega méseca on the 1st prox.
vzhod (zahod) méseca moonrise (moonset)
mésece dolgo going on for months, of some months' duration, lasting months
mésec sije the moon is shining
koliko zaslužiš na mésec? how much do you make a month?
vsake 3 mésece every three months
enkrat, dvakrat na mésec once, twice a month
vsak mésec, enkrat na mésec monthly

mlád young; youthful; adolescent, juvenile

od mládega, od mládih nog since one was a child, from childhood
v mojih mládih letih in my early years, in my youth
še mlád youngish
mládi in stari young and old
mláda kri youthful blood
mláda luna new moon
mlád krompir new potatoes pl
mládo vino new wine
Mladi Turki, mladoturki the young Turks
moj mlajši brat my younger brother
Grad mlajši Grad Junior (krajšava: Jr.)
ona ni več tako mláda she is no chicken
samó enkrat si mlád! you're only young once!
postati zopet mlád to grow young again
ko sem bil mlád in my early life, in my youth
mláda ljubezen young love, first love, early loveaffair
ona je bila njegova mláda ljubezen she was his old sweetheart
ostal je mlád od zadnjega he retained the spirit of youth to the last
videti je mlajša, kot je v resnici she does not look her age
tri leta je mlajši kot jaz he is three years younger than I, (ali pogovorno than me), he is my junior by three years
povreči, imeti, dobiti mláde (o živalih) to bring forth young, to litter, (o psici) to have pups, to whelp, (o medvedki) to cub

more² [mɔ:] prislov
več, bolj, še; povrh, za nameček

to be no more biti mrtev
more and more bolj in bolj
more or less več ali manj, približno
the more ... the more čim več ... tem več
the more so because tem bolj, ker
all the more so tem več, tem prej
no more than ne več od, samo
once more še enkrat, zopet
never more nikoli več
neither more nor less than (stupid) dobesedno, preprosto, docela (neumen)
so much the more toliko bolj
it is wrong and, more, it is foolish ni prav in povrh je še neumno
and what is more in kar je še važnejšc
what more? kaj pa še?

motíti to disturb; to inconvenience; to intrude (koga on someone); to trouble; (spanje) to interrupt; (radio) to jam; (posegati v) to interfere with; to violate; (nadlegovati) to inconvenience

motíti se to be mistaken (v kom in someone
v čem about something), to err
kaj vas moti? what is troubling you?, what is upsetting you?
vas moti, če kadim? do you mind if I smoke?
zelo se motiš you're badly mistaken
ne pustite, ne dajte se motíti! don't let me disturb you!
oprostite, da vas motim! excuse my disturbing (ali troubling) you!
upam, da ne motim? I hope I'm not disturbing (ali bothering) you, I hope I'm not in the way
obžalujem, toda moram vas še enkrat motíti I am sorry, but I shall have to trouble you again
nekoliko se motite you are slightly mistaken
če se ne motim if I am not mistaken, unless I am mistaken
ne daj se motíti! do not inconvenience yourself!
motíti se je človeško to err is human
motiš se! (si na napačni sledi!) you are barking up the wrong tree
ali motim? am I in the way?, am I intruding?

much² [məč] prislov
mnogo; zelo (v sestavljenkah: much-admired)
zelo, veliko (pred komparativi: much stronger)
daleč (pred superlativi: much the oldest)
skoraj

much to my regret na mojo veliko žalost
we much regret zelo nam je žal
much to my surprise na moje veliko presenečenje
he did it in much the same way napravil je to na skoraj isti način
it is much the same thing je skoraj isto
as much as toliko kakor
(as) much as I would like kakor rad bi že
as much more (ali again) še enkrat toliko
as much as to say kakor če bi hotel reči
he said as much nekaj takega je rekel
I thought as much tako sem tudi mislil
he, as much as any on, prav tako kot kdo drug
so much the better tem bolje
so much for today toliko za danes
not so much as komaj
without so much as to move ne da bi se premaknil
so much so tako veliko
much less mnogo manj, kaj šele, da ne rečem
pogovorno not much komaj da (v odgovoru)
much of a size skoraj enako velik
much the most likely najbolj verjetno
much too much veliko preveč
how much? koliko?

nadlegováti to molest, (motiti) to trouble, to bother, to annoy, to worry, to pester; pogovorno to plague; to vex; (nehoté) to inconvenience, to disturb; (s prošnjami) to importune

nadlegováti koga z vprašanji to ply someone with questions
če vas ne nadlegujem if I'm not being a nuisance (ali a bore)
obžalujem, da vas toliko nadlegujem I'm sorry to give you so much trouble
oprostite, da vas še enkrat nadlegujem excuse my troubling (ali bothering) you once more
ne nadleguj me kar naprej! don't keep on bothering me!

now² [náu] samostalnik
sedaj, sedanjost

before now že prej, že enkrat
by now že, medtem, do sedaj
how now? no, kaj pa sedaj?
what is it now? no, kaj pa je spet?
now that ker, sedaj ko
no nonsense, now! brez neumnosti, prosim!
(every) now and then tu pa tam

once³ [wans] samostalnik
enkratnost

every once in a while od časa do časa
for once izjemno, vsaj enkrat
once is no custom enkrat ni nobenkrat

opáriti to scald

opáriti se to get scalded
kdor se enkrat opari, se še mrzle vode boji once bitten twice shy, a burnt child dreads the fire