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squall¹ [skwɔ:l]

1. samostalnik
močan sunek, piš vetra; nevihta (z dežjem in snegom)
figurativno hud prepir

black squall viharen veter s črnimi oblaki
white squall viharen veter brez oblakov
to look out for squalls oprezovati (na), paziti se pred nevarnostjo
they were caught in a squall presenetila (ujela) jih je nevihta

2. neprehodni glagol
biti viharen; vihrati

three-bottle man [ɵrí:bɔtlmən] samostalnik (množina three-bottle men)
hud pivec; pijanec

throe [ɵrɔ́u]

1. samostalnik
(večinoma množina) huda (ostra) bolečina, muka
množina bolečine, porodni popadki; smrtni boj, agonija; duševna bolečina
figurativno hud boj, napor

in the throes of v mukah, bolečinah zaradi

2. neprehodni glagol
ležati v agoniji

tug [təg]

1. samostalnik
poteg, povlek, trzaj, trzanje, vlečenje; napor, napenjanje, muka, velik trud; hud (duševni) boj
figurativno huda borba (for za)
vrv, veriga za vlečenje:
navtika vlačilec (parnik)

tug of war šport vlečenje vrvi (tudi figurativno)
to give a tug at močno vleči, potegniti

2. prehodni glagol
močno vleči (kaj), potegniti, trzati
navtika vleči (z vlačilcem)
neprehodni glagol
vleči, potegniti (at za)
(redko) napenjati se, mučiti se, garati; boriti se (for za)

whole gale [hóulgeil] samostalnik
hud vihar

wump [wəmp] samostalnik
hud udarec

bark³ [ba:k] samostalnik
lajež, lajanje; regljanje (puške)

his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kot je videti

battle¹ [bǽtl] samostalnik
bitka, boj

to do battle bojevati, vojskovati se
the battle of the books znanstvena diskusija
drawn battle neodločena bitka
to give battle napasti
above the battle nepristranski
to have the battle zmagati
that's half the battle to je že polovica uspeha, to je ugodno
to come unscathed out of the battle izmazati se iz neprijetnosti
to fight one's battles over again znova doživljati preteklost
to fight s.o.'s battles for him spuščati se v prepir za drugega
battle royal hud prepir, boj na življenje in smrt

bite² [bait] samostalnik
ugriz, pik, pekoča bolečina; grižljaj; prigrizek, hrana
figurativno zbadljivost, ostrost; jedkanje

to take two bites on a cherry obirati se
his bark is worse than his bite ni tako hud kakor je videti, pes, ki laja, ne grize

bitter¹ [bítə] pridevnik (bitterly prislov)
grenek, gorjup, trpek; močen (veter); bridek, zagrenjen ogorčen, žalosten

bitter draught grenka pijača, figurativno neprijetna zadeva
to the bitter end do skrajnosti, do smrti
bitter beer svetlo pivo
botanika bitter oak cer
bitter quarrel hud prepir
bitter enemy smrtni sovražnik
bitter blast strupeno mrzel veter

bòj fight (tudi figurativno), fighting; (oborožen) combat; (bitka) battle, engagement, action; (bojevanje) struggle (za for, z with); (spopad) encounter, (praska) skirmish; (tekmovanje) contest, match; (spor, figurativno) conflct

hud težak bòj hard, heavy fighting
bòj moža proti možu, bòj od blizu hand-to-hand fighting, dog-fight, close combat
vroč bòj a ding-dong fight
v vročem bòju in the heat of the battle
surov bòj rough-and-tumble fight
neodločen bòj drawn battle
bòj na nož fight to the finish, skin-game
bòj na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle; all-in fighting, a deadly fight
bòj za obstanek struggle for life, struggle for existence
smrtni bòj death agony
poulični bòji street fighting
bòj nazorov conflict of opinions
politični bòji political conflicts
duševni bòj mental strife, mental struggle
volilni bòj election contest, election campaign
pripravljen za bòj ready to fight, (na morju) decks cleared for action
sposoben za bòj able to fight, in fighting trim
nesposoben za bòj disabled, out of action
bíti (bijem) bòj to fight a battle
izločiti iz bòja to put out of action
ne izbirati sredstev za bòj to fight with one's gloves off
izzvati na bòj to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet
pasti v bòju to be killed in action, to fall in action
sprejeti bòj (figurativno) to accept the challenge, to pick up the gauntlet; to accept battle
spustiti se v bòj to join battle

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

deep¹ [di:p] pridevnik (deeply prislov)
globok; temeljit; zatopljen
figurativno skrivnosten, skrit; nerazumljiv; temen; nizek (glas); skrajen, velik
sleng zvit

in deep water(s) v neprilikah, v težavah
deep reader navdušen bralec
deep drinker hud pijanec
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti se; figurativno zaleteti se
deep in thought zatopljen v misli, zamišljen
deep delight velik užitek
a deep man zviti lisjak
deep kneebend počep
deep disappointment hudo razočaranje
to play deeply igrati za velik denar
to drink deeply pogledati globoko v kozarec; figurativno pridobiti si mnogo izkušenj

dèž rain

močan, hud dèž heavy rain, pelting rain; (ploha) shower, downpour
silen dèž torrential rain
droben dèž drizzle, mizzle
dèž granat, udarcev a rain of shells, of blows
dèž pepela a rain of ashes
množina dèž ja rainfall
dèž gre, pada it rains, it is raining
dèž lije it is pouring with rain (ali pouring down)
dèž lije kot iz škafa it is raining cats and dogs, it is bucketing down
kar naprej gre dèž it keeps raining
na dèž kaže it looks like rain, it's probably going to rain, we're in for rain
dèž se je izlil it has rained itself out
dèž je ponehal it has stopped raining
priti z dèžja pod kap (figurativno) to fall out of the frying pan into the fire, to go from bad to worse
stati v dèžju to stand in the rain
za dèžjem pride sonce after rain comes sunshine (ali comes fair weather)
ustvarjanje umetnega dèžja cloud seeding
govori kot dèž he's chattering (ali he chatters) away nineteen to the dozen

disciplínski of discipline; disciplinary

disciplínski primer disciplinary offence
hud disciplínski prestopek a serious breach of discipline, a serious infringement (ali infraction) of discipline

drinker [dríŋkə] samostalnik
pivec; pijanec

a hard drinker hud pijanec, pijandura

frost¹ [frɔst] samostalnik
mraz, slana, zmrzal, ivje
sleng veliko razočaranje, mrzla prha, popoln neuspeh, polomija

Jack Frost zima
black frost mraz brez slane
white (ali hoar) frost slana
ground frost mrazica, suh mraz
hard (ali sharp) frost hud mraz
to turn out a frost biti polomija

glavobòl headache; (migrena) migraine

hud glavobòl a splitting (ali a bad) headache
povzročajoč glavobòl pogovorno headachy
imaš glavobòl? have you a headache?
imam hud glavobòl I have a bad headache, I have a terrible head

heavy¹ [hévi] pridevnik (heavily prislov)
težek; prenatovorjen, težko otovorjen, nabit; obilen, bogat (žetev); razburkan (morje); močen, silen (dež); bobneč (grom); oblačen, mračen, preteč (nebo); moreč (tišina); težek, naporen (delo); grob (poteza); težko prehoden, razmočen (cesta); znaten, velik (kupec, naročilo); težko prebavljiv (hrana); težek, težko razumljiv (knjiga); topoglav, okoren, počasen; potrt, žalosten; dolgočasen; noseča
ekonomija medel, slab (trg)
tisk masten (tisk)

heavy crop obilna letina
heavy with child noseča
heavy drinker hud pivec
heavy fate žalostna usoda
heavy fog gosta megla
heavy guns (ali artillery) težka artilerija, figurativno silovit napad, nevaren nasprotnik
heavy in (ali on) hand težko vodljiv (konj)
heavy industries težka industrija
heavy losses težke izgube
heavy metal težka kovina, figurativno silen vpliv, močna osebnost
heavy news žalostna novica
heavy road težko prehodna cesta
gledališče heavy scene mračna scena
heavy sea razburkano morje
heavy sky preteče nebo
heavy with sleep omotičen od spanja
ekonomija heavy sale slaba prodaja
heavy taxes visoki davki
to lie heavy on težiti koga
to rule with a heavy hand vladati s trdo roko
time hangs heavy (on my hand) čas se mi vleče

histêričen medicina hysterical, hysteric

histêričen napad attack of hysteria, fit of hysterics
histêričen napad smeha fit of hysterical laughter
hud histêričen izbruh a violent outburst of hysterics
dobiti histêričen napad, postati histêričen to go (off) into hysterics, to have a fit of hysterics