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accusation [ækjuzéišən] samostalnik
obtožba

to be under an accusation biti obtožen
to bring an accusation against s.o. obtožiti koga

acquaintance [əkwéintəns] samostalnik
poznanstvo; znanec, -nka

on closer acquaintance ko se bolje seznanimo
to cultivate the acquaintance of s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
to make (ali strike) acquaintance of s.o. seznaniti se s kom
upon what acquaintance? zakaj?
to have acquaintance with s.th. vedeti o čem

acquisition [ækwizíšən] samostalnik
pridobitev, pridobivanje
figurativno obogatitev

to be quite an acquisition to biti pridobitev za

adept² [ǽdept] samostalnik
strokovnjak, poznavalec; alkimist, zlatodej

pogovorno to be an adept at biti strokovnjak za, spoznati se na kaj

admiration [ædmiréišən] samostalnik (of, for)
občudovanje; občudovanja vredna stvar; predmet občudovanja

note of admiration klicaj
to be (ali become) the admiration of biti občudovan
to admiration za čudo

adrift [ədríft] prislov
na slepo srečo gnan

to be all adrift biti zbegan, biti ves iz sebe
navtika to break adrift splavati
to break adrift from the moorings odtrgati se od sidra
to cut o.s. adrift from pretrgati zveze s kom
to run adrift potepati se brez cilja
to set (ali turn) adrift spoditi

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

advokát (s pravico braniti na višjih sodiščih) VB barrister, barrister-at-law, (Škotska) advocate; (brez takšne pravice) VB solicitor; ZDA attorney; lawyer; ZDA trial lawyer; (za obrambo v pravdi, tožbi) counsel; Irska counsellor, ZDA counselor

uradni, po dolžnosti advokát counsel of a person granted legal aid
bil je tožnikov advokát he was counsel for the plaintiff
postati advokát to be called to the bar, to be admitted to the bar (Bar)
biti advokát to be a solicitor, to be a barrister, to practise at the bar

affinity [əfíniti] samostalnik (with, between)
sorodnost, podobnost; privlačnost; razumevanje (to, for)
naklonjenost, simpatija
kemija afiniteta

to have an affinity for biti naklonjen čemu

afford [əfɔ́:d] prehodni glagol
dati, nuditi; premoči, privoščiti si

I cannot afford ne morem si privoščiti, ne premorem
I cannot afford the time ne utegnem
to afford a basis dati osnovo, biti osnova
to afford cover skriti
to afford satisfaction zadovoljiti
to afford a good view nuditi lep razgled

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

age¹ [eidž] samostalnik
starost; vek, era, čas; polnoletnost

sleng to act (ali be) one's age obnašati se svoji starosti primerno
at the age of v starosti
at this age dandanes
to bear one's age well biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici
to come of age postati polnoleten
age of discretion doba duševne zrelosti
down the ages cela stoletja
age of fishes geologija devon
age group starostna skupina
geologija the Ice Age ledena doba
Middle (ali Dark) Ages srednji vek
he is my age je moje starosti
of age polnoleten
old age starost
old age pension starostna pokojnina
over age prestar
tender age nežna starost, zgodnja mladost
under age mladoleten
what age are you? koliko si star?

aghast [əgá:st] pridevnik (at nad)
prestrašen, zastrašen, prepadel, osupel

to stand aghast at biti prepaden nad, biti ves iz sebe zaradi

agoníja agony, death struggle; last throes pl; figurativno agony, mental anguish, extreme suffering

biti v agoníji to be at the point of death, to be at one's last gasp, arhaično to agonize
pasti v agoníjo to begin one's death struggle

ahead [əhéd] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
vnaprej; naprej, dalje; spredaj

to be ahead of s.th., s.o. biti pred čim, kom, prekašati, prehiteti koga
mornarica breakers ahead pazi, nevarnost grozi
trgovina to buy (sell) ahead vnaprej nakupiti (prodati)
to get ahead of prehiteti
a danger is ahead nevarnost grozi
navtika full speed (ali steam) ahead s polno paro naprej
look ahead pazi, misli na prihodnost
straight ahead naravnost naprej
he is ahead of his times prekaša svoje vrstnike

air¹ [ɛə] samostalnik
zrak, atmosfera; vetrič, prepih; videz, vedenje, obnašanje; arija, napev, melodija

to be in the air biti v nejasnem položaju
to be (ali go) on the air govoriti, oddajati se po radiu
by air po zraku, z letalom
to beat the air zaman si prizadevati, prazno slamo mlatiti
air bed pnevmatična žimnica
castles in the air gradovi v oblakih
air cleaner zračni filter
air express ekspresna avionska pošiljka
Air Force zračno brodovje
to give o.s. airs šopiriti se
ameriško, sleng to give s.o. the air odpustiti koga
to go up in the air razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
in the open air na prostem
to keep s.o. in the air pustiti koga v negotovosti
on the air po radiu
to put on airs šopiriti se
quite in the air čisto negotovo
to take the air iti na sprehod
the matter takes air zadeva prihaja na dan
to vanish (ali melt) into thin air izginiti kot kafra
to walk (ali tread) on air biti ves srečen; zibati se v sreči
air waybill avionski tovorni list

aktuálen present, current; topical; up-to-date

biti aktuál to be topical
aktuálna tema topical subject (ali theme)
biti zelo aktuálen pogovorno to be in the news
ne biti več aktuálen to be yesterday's news

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

ambícija ambition

politične ambícije political ambitions
biti poln ambícij to be keen to get on, to be a high-flier
gojiti velike ambícije to foster great ambitions
doseči svoje ambícije to achieve one's ambitions
njegova ambícija je (imeti...) his (great) ambition is (to have...)
imeti velike ambícije to have high aspirations

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo