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deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

differ [dífə] prehodni glagol (from)
razlikovati se; pričkati prepirati se, ne se strinjati, ne privoliti

tastes differ okusi so različni
I beg to differ oprostite, ne strinjam se
let's agree to differ naj ostane vsak pri svojem mnenju

dôbro¹ welfare, benefit, good

storil sem to za Vaše dôbro I did it for your good
vračati dôbro za slabo (za zlo) to return good for evil
doživljati dôbro in slabo to take the rough with the smooth
naj pride dôbro ali slabo arhaično come weal or woe
v moje dôbro to my credit

dobróta kindness; goodness; benevolence; (blagost) mildness, leniency, gentleness, good nature; (usluga) favour

sama dobróta ga je he is kindness itself
na mizi je mnogo dobrót on the table there are many good things
iz dobróte out of kindness
izkazati dobróto komu to do someone a kindness
izrabljati dobróto kake osebe to encroach upon someone's kindness
kako naj se zahvalim za Vaše mnoge dobróte? how can I thank you for your many kindnesses?

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?

Dutchman [dʌ́čmən] samostalnik
Holandec, Nizozemec

Flying Dutchman leteči Holandec
I'm a Dutchman if... naj me vrag vzame, če...

eksêmpel (zgled) example

njegova smrt naj bo svarilen eksêmpel vsem pijancem let his death be a warning to all drunkards

every [évri] pridevnik
vsak

each and every prav vsak, brez izjeme
all and every vsi po vrsti
every bit, every whit popolnoma, do skrajnosti
every here and there tu in tam
every so often včasih
on every side na vseh straneh
every man for himself! naj se reši, kdor se more!
every other day vsak drugi dan
every now and again tu pa tam
every once in a while tu in tam, včasih, redkokdaj
every right polna, vsa pravica

example¹ [igzá:mpl] samostalnik
vzorec, primer, zgled; svarilo, opomin

to make an example of drugim v zgled kaznovati
as an example, by way of example, for example na primer
to set (ali give) an example dajati zgled
to take example by s.o. posnemati koga
without example nezaslišan, izreden
to hold up as an example to s.o. dajati komu za zgled
let this be an example to you naj vam (ti) bo v svarilo

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

hang^*2 [hæŋ]

1. prehodni glagol
obesiti, obešati; pobesiti, pobešati (glavo); obesiti (sliko), nalepiti (tapete)

2. neprehodni glagol
viseti, biti obešen, obesiti se; nagniti se, lebdeti; obotavljati se (tudi žoga pri športu)
ameriško, pravno ovirati porotnike pri odločitvi

hang it (all)! naj gre k vragu!
hang you! da bi te vrag pocitral!
I'll be hanged first! prej se dam obesiti!
I'll be hanged if vrag naj me vzame, če
well, I'm hanged! kaj takega!, vrag naj me pocitra!
ameriško it was a hung jury porotniki se niso mogli zediniti o krivdi
to hang between life and death viseti med življenjem in smrtjo
to hang by a hair (ali rope, single thread) figurativno viseti na nitki
to hang in the balance biti dvomljivo
to hang in doubt biti negotov, kolebati
to hang fire prepozno (se) sprožiti (puška); figurativno biti počasen, neodločen, omahovati, obotavljati se
to hang one's head pobesiti glavo
to hang o.s. obesiti se
to hang a leg vleči nogo
to let things go hang pustiti, da gre vse k vragu; pustiti stvari pri miru
to hang a room with paper nalepiti v sobi tapete
sleep hangs on my eyelids veke so mi težke, oči mi lezejo skupaj
time hangs heavy on my hands ne vem, kaj naj počnem s časom, predolgo mi traja, vleče se

hat¹ [hæt] samostalnik
klobuk; kardinalski klobuk
figurativno kardinalstvo

sleng my hat! za vraga!
top hat cilinder
britanska angleščina, sleng a bad hat pokvarjenec
as black as my hat čisto črn
figurativno red hat kardinalstvo
hat in hand hlapčevsko, servilno
high hat domišljav
hats off to him! klobuk dol pred njim!
under one's hat v tajnosti, skrivoma
ameriško at the drop of a hat takoj, zaradi najmanjšega povoda
I'll eat my hat if naj me vrag vzame, če
his hat covers his family čisto sam je, nikogar nima
to hang up one's hat in s.o.'s house obnašati se v tuji hiši po domače, ugnezditi se pri kom
to keep it under one's hat obdržati kaj zase
to pass (ali send) round the hat for pobirati denarne prispevke za
to raise one's hat odkriti se v pozdrav
to receive the hat postati kardinal
to take one's hat off to s.o. klobuk pred kom sneti
to throw one's hat in the ring izzvati koga na boj
to talk through one's hat širokoustiti se, pretiravati
to touch one's hat dotakniti se klobuka v pozdrav

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

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

helve¹ [helv] samostalnik
ročaj, držaj (sekire, bodala)

to throw the helve after the hatchet če je šlo vse, naj gre še to

hotéti to be willing; to want; (marati) to like; (želeti) to wish, to want, to desire; (nameravati) to intend, to purpose, to mean, to have in view

rajši hotéti to prefer
ne hotéti to be unwilling
hočeš cigareto? will you have a cigarette?
kaj hočete? what do you want?
kaj hočeš od mene? what do you want of me?
on ve, kaj hoče he knows what he wants, he knows his mind
kakor hočete as you like, as you please, as you wish, suit yourself
naj to hoče ali ne whether he likes it or not
hočeš-nočeš whether you like it or not, willy-nilly, willing or unwilling
noče sprejeti denarja he won't accept the money
naj stane, kar hoče whatever the cost, whatever it may cost
kaj hočete reči s tem? what do you mean by it?
ona dela, kar hoče she has her own way
sam ne ve, kaj hoče he does not know his own mind
hočem, da greš domov I want you to go home
s silo hoče, da grem domov he insists on my going home, he insists I go home
imamo vse, kar hočemo we have all we want, we want for nothing
hočemo mu dobro we wish him well
kaj mi hoče (čemu mi bo) ta knjiga? I have no use for this book
hoče mi se (piti) I feel like a drink, I feel thirsty, I'd like a drink
dobro vem, kaj on hoče I fully appreciate (ali I realise full well) what he has in mind
kakorkoli hočete as you like (ali choose ali please), at your discretion
hoče biti (dela se, da je) znanstvenik he pretends to be a scientist
hočeš, da te peljem z avtom (na postajo)? would you like me to drive you (to the station)?, shall I drive you (to the station)?
hočete še malo mesa? will you have (ali take) a little more meat?
kaj sem hotel reči? what was I going to say
hotel sem samo reči, da... I only meant to say that...
hotel je telelefonirati, pa je pozabil he meant to call, but he forgot
(sam) si to hotel you asked for it (yourself)
hotela me je udariti she felt like hitting me
usoda je hotela, da... it was fated that...
srce mi je hotelo počiti my heart was ready to burst (ali to break)
on je tako hotel he wanted it that way
hotel se je poročiti he wanted to get married, he was about to be married
nesreča je hotela (as) ill luck (ali misfortune) would have it
na vsak način je hotel imeti nov avto he insisted on having a new car
jaz bi hotel (iti) I should like (I'd like) to (go)
kaj bi hoteli še več? what more could you wish for?
hotéti in želeti je dvoje willing and wishing are not the same

how¹ [háu] prislov
kako (vprašanje in vzklik)

how about...? kako pa kaj...?
how are you? kako se počutiš?
how do you do dober dan (pozdrav)
how much?, how many? koliko?
how many times? kolikokrat?
how ever do you do it? kako le to narediš?
how so?; ali how come? kako?, kako to misliš?
how the deuce (ali devil, dickens) ? kako za vraga?
how goes it? kako kaj gre?
how in the world? kako vendar?
how is that? odloči se že (pri kriketu); kako pa to?
how now? kako to?, kaj naj to pomeni?
and how! in še kako!
here's how! pogovorno na zdravje (pri pitju)
that's how tako, na tak način
pogovorno a nice how-do-you-do (ali how-do-'ye-do, how-d'ye-do) no, lepa reč!, kakšna godlja!

idea [aidíə] samostalnik
ideja, misel, duševna predstava, pojem; zamisel, zasnova, načrt; smoter, namen; mnenje
glasba tema
filozofija prapodoba

the Idea absolutna ideja, absolutnost
in idea v duhu, v mislih
the idea of such a thing!; ali the (very) idea!; ali what an idea! pomisli, kaj takega!, kakšna neumnost!
what's the (big) idea? kaj naj to pomeni?, kakšna neumnost je spet to?
it is my idea that moje mnenje je, da
the idea is namen stvari je
that's the idea! tako je!, za to gre!
the young idea otroška pamet
the idea entered my mind prišlo mi je na misel
to form an idea of ustvariti si mnenje o, predstavljati si kaj
to get ideas into one's head vtepsti si kaj v glavo
to get the idea of razumeti kaj
to have no idea of ne imeti pojma o čem
to strike a new idea skreniti na drugo pot

if¹ [if] veznik
ako, če; čeprav, dasi, četudi; če, ali (v odvisnem vprašanju); v vzklikih:

if that is not a shame! če to ni sramota!
as if kakor da
even if čeravno, čeprav
if any če sploh kateri
if so če je tako, v tem primeru
if not drugače, v nasprotnem primeru
he is 50 if he is a day (ali an hour) star je najmanj 50 let
it is interesting, if a little long je zanimivo, čeprav malo dolgo
if he be ever so rich naj bo še tako bogat

intend [inténd] prehodni glagol
nameravati, kaniti, meriti na kaj; nameniti (for za)
meniti, misliti; hoteti

was this intended? je bilo to namerno?
what is it intended for? čemu naj to služi?
he is intended for the navy predviden je za mornarico
what do you intend by this? kaj misliš s tem?
it was intended for a compliment bilo je mišljeno kot poklon
we intend him to go želimo, da gre