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boiling¹ [bɔ́iliŋ] pridevnik
vrel, kipeč, zelo vroč

to keep the pot boiling preživljati se
boiling hot vrel, zelo vroč
boiling point vrelišče

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

coal¹ [koul] samostalnik
premog

to blow the coals podpihovati strasti
to carry coals opravljati ponižujoče ali neprijetno delo
to carry coals to Newcastle vlivati vodo v morje
ameriško hard coal antracit
vegetable coal rjavi premog
to haul (ali call, rake, drag) over the coals grajati, psovati
to heap coals of fire over s.o's head poplačati slabo z dobrim, povzročiti komu slabo vest
coal field premogovni revir
live (ali hot, quick) coal(s) žerjavica
to put coal on the fire naložiti premog v peč

cold¹ [kould] pridevnik (coldly prislov)
hladen, mrzel (to)
ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold zmrzovati
I am cold zebe me
in cold blood hladnokrvno
to blow hot and cold vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
cold comfort slaba tolažba
to give (ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti
sleng cold feet strah, trema
to make blood run cold prestrašiti
as cold as charity brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen
cold pig polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha
cold meat narezek
to throw cold water on s.o. vzeti komu pogum
a cold scent slaba sled
ameriško cold snap(s) hladen val
cold war hladna vojna
cold wave hladna ondulacija
pogovorno cold without alkohol z vodo
cold steel hladno orožje

collar¹ [kɔ́lə] samostalnik
ovratnik; komat; ogrlica; (pasji) navratnik
tehnično čep, mašilnik, obroč(ek), kolut, prirobnica; ustje rova; pena (na pivu)

against the collar težaven (opravek)
collar work težko delo
out of a collar brezposeln
in collar zaposlen
to slip the collar izmuzniti se, uiti
up to the collar do vratu, do grla
to get hot under the collar razsrditi se, pobesneti

connection [kənékšən] samostalnik (with)
zveza, stik, priključek; sorodstvo, poznanstvo; spolni stik
pravno izvenzakonska zveza; povezovanje, spojitev; odjemalci
množina (dobre) zveze

to enter into connection navezati stik
to cut the connection pretrgati stike
criminal connection izvenzakonski stik
hot water connections napeljava tople vode
in this connection v tej zvezi, glede na to
to establish a connection navezati stik
železnica to run in connection with imeti zvezo s

copper¹ [kɔ́pə] samostalnik
kemija baker; bakrena posoda, kotel; bakreni denar, drobiž; spajalec
množina drobiž (iz bakra)

hot coppers po pijančevanju izsušeno grlo, maček
to cool the hot coppers s pijačo mačka preganjati
copper in pigs surov baker
yellow copper med(enina)

dog¹ [dɔg] samostalnik
zoologija pes, volk, lisjak
množina kovinski podstavek za polena v kaminu
domačno ničvrednež
sleng zagovednež, cepec, tepec
množina, sleng noge; rudniški voziček

dog's age cela večnost
dirty dog nravno slab človek
every dog has its day vsakomur je kdaj sreča naklonjena
to give a dog a bad (ali an ill) name and hang him zvaliti vso krivdo na človeka na slabem glasu
barking dogs never bite pes, ki laja, ne grize
to have a dog in one's belly biti čemeren
between dog and wolf v mraku
dog in a blanket vrsta sadnega kolača
to blush like a dog ne poznati sramu
a dog's chance nobeno upanje
a dead dog neuporaben človek ali reč
to die a dog's death, to die like a dog bedno poginiti
dog eat dog brezobzirno tekmovanje
like a dog's dinner po zadnji modi (oblečen)
dogs don't eat dogs vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, vojska, sleng dog's face navadni vojak, infanterist
a gay (ali jolly) dog veseljak
to go to the dogs propasti, priti na psa, obubožati, priti k nič
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v stiski
ameriško, sleng hot dog vroča hrenovka v žemlji
to lead a cat and dog life vedno se prepirati, živeti ko pes in mačka
a dog in the manger nevoščljivec
need to see a dog potreba po izpraznitvi črevesa
dog on it! prekleto!
sleng to put on dog šopiriti se
it rains cats and dogs lije ko iz škafa
to send s.th. to the dogs potratiti, zapraviti, pognati
let sleeping dogs lie kar je bilo, naj bo pozabljeno
dog tag pasja znamka
to take a hair of the dog that bit one "mačka" z vinom preganjati
to throw to the dogs zavreči, na klin obesiti; figurativno žrtvovati
top dog najvišja oseba, visoka živina
under dog podrejeni
whose dog is dead? kaj se dogaja?, kdo je umrl?

dókler as long as

dókler ne until, till
to mi bo v spominu, dokler bom živel I shall remember it as long as I live
nisem šel, dókler ni (on) prišel I did not go until he came
kuj železo, dókler je vroče! strike while the iron's hot; make hay while the sun shines

dušljív suffocating; stifling; choking

dušljív zrak stifling air
dušljívo vroč stifling hot

fráza phrase; idiom; idiomatic expression

obrabljena fráza hackneyed (ali commonplace ali trite) phrase, cliché, truism
lepa fráza a well-turned phrase
posrečena fráza felicitous expression
prazna fráza fine-sounding (ali empty) talk, mere words pl
vse to so prazne fráze it is all hot air, pogovorno waffle
uporabljati visoko doneče fráze to use fine-sounding phrases, to be a phrasemaker (ali phrasemonger, pogovorno waffler), humoristično to favour a sesquipedalian (ali Johnsonian) style, pogovorno to talk as if one has swallowed a dictionary

ginger¹ [džíndžə]

1. samostalnik
ingver
pogovorno, sleng energija, vnema; pogum
sleng rdečeglavec

to put some ginger in z vnemo se lotiti
ginger cordial (ali brandy) ingverjev liker
ginger group posebno aktivna skupina (v parlamentu)
ameriško ginger pop z ingverjem začinjena peneča se pijača
ginger shall be hot in the mouth hrepenenje po užitku je večno

2. pridevnik
rdečkast (lasje)

goréti to burn; to blaze; to be on fire, to be consumed by fire

gorí! fire!
kje gorí? where is the fire?
to ne gorí that does not burn
vžigalica ne gorí the match does not strike
goréti od radovednosti to be consumed by curiosity
goréti od želje to burn with desire, to be eager (ali fervent ali zealous ali keen on)
hiša gorí the house is on fire
v mestu gorí there is a fire in town
začeti goréti to catch fire
tu mi gorí pod nogami (figurativno) this place is too hot for me
gorelo mu je pod nogami (figurativno) he wanted to be off

gospeller [gɔ́spələ] samostalnik
evangelist; potujoči pridigar

figurativno hot gospeller navdušen zagovornik

grélec heater; warmer

grélec za noge foot-warmer
grélec za stekleničke (baby's) bottle warmer
električni grélec za vodo immersion heater
namizni grélec hot plate

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

hrénovka frankfurter, Frankfurt sausage, ZDA pogovorno frank

vroča hrénovka v žemlji ZDA hot dog

iron² [áiən] samostalnik
železo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna
množina okovi
poetično meč, orožje
množina, medicina železna opora za nogo

cast iron lito železo
pig iron surovo železo
sheet iron pločevina
scrap iron staro železo
wrought iron kovno železo
sleng shooting iron revolver
navtika in(to) irons v vetru, ki se ne da obrniti
a will of iron železna volja
a man of iron človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človek
a heart of iron trdo srce
the iron entered into his soul strlo ga je (bolečina)
to put in irons vkovati v železje
to have too many irons in the fire imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkrati
he is made of iron je trdnega zdravja
to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand) vladati z železno roko
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo dokler je vroče