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bréja pregnant; with young; (krava) with calf; (kobila) with foal; (psica) in pup; (ovca) with lamb; (mačka) with kittens

biti bréja to be with young

brême load; burden; (tovor) cargo, freight; charge; (teža) weight, charge; (trud) trouble; figurativno encumbrance

davčna brêmena taxespl
javna brêmena public charges
v brême (koga, komu) against someone's account, to someone's debit
natovorjen, obložen z brêmenom saddled with a burden
olajšati brême to ease the burden
biti komu v brême to be a burden to someone, to be a drag on someone
stroški gredo v moje brême the expenses are to be charged to my account
padel je občini v brême he became a charge on the parish
zapisati znesek komu v brême to debit someone's account (with)

brêz without

brez- un-, -less; devoid of; destitute of
brêz mene without me
brêz njegove vednosti without his knowing it
brêz odlašanja without delay
brêz škode za without prejudice to
brêz nadaljnjega without hesitation, without more ado
brêz dvoma doubtless, no doubt, without doubt, undoubtedly
brêz dela, brêz zaposlitve out of work, unemployed
brêz doma homeless
brêz prijateljev friendless
brêz denarja, brez pare penniless
brêz upanja hopeless
brêz vrednosti worthless
brêz zdrave pameti devoid of common sense
brêz razumevanja devoid of understanding
brêz sape out of breath, breathless
brêz prestanka ceaseless, unending
brêz otrok childless
brêz šale joking apart
kava brêz sladkorja coffee without sugar
biti brêz česa to be lacking (ali wanting ali deficient) in something
moral bom (biti) brêz tega I shall have to go without it (ali to do without it)
bili smo brêz denarja we were penniless ali pogovorno hard up
brêz njega bi jaz bil izgubljen but for him I should have been lost
ni rože brêz trna there is no rose without a thorn

brezizhóden without resource, without prospects

biti v brezizhódnem položaju to be in a cleft stick

brezpôseln unemployed; workless, out of work, out of employment; ZDA jobless

brezpôselni pl the unemployed, the out-of-works
podpora za brezpôselne dole; unemployment benefit
postati brezpôseln to be thrown out of work
dobivati podporo za brezpôselne VB to be on the dole, to draw the dole; to draw unemployment benefit (ali unemployment compensation)

brezpriméren unexampled; without parallel; matchless; exceptional; uncommon; unparalleled; peerless; unprecedented; (nezaslišan) unheard-of

biti brezpriméren to be without parallel

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

bríga care; trouble; worries pl; (zaskrbljenost) concern, anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness, apprehension

bríga za (kaj) care for (something)
moreča bríga zastarelo carking care
to je moja bríga I shall see to it
to ni moja bríga this is no business of mine, this is no concern of mine
to mi je deveta bríga I don't care about it at all
bodi brez bríge! don't worry; never you fear; be easy on that score
dajati, povzročati bríge to cause anxiety (ali uneasiness)
imeti na brígi to take care of, to attend (ali to see) to

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se

briskírati

briskírati koga to treat someone roughly (ali uncivilly), to be sharp (ali blunt) with someone; ZDA to jump on someone

brljáv

biti brljáv to be dim-sighted (ali weak-sighted)

brodolòm shipwreck; wreckage (tudi figurativno)

doživeti brodolòm to be shipwrecked, to suffer shipwreck, to be wrecked

broomstick [brú:mstik] samostalnik
metlišče

to be married over the broomstick živeti v divjem zakonu

bŕzdati to bridle; to put a bridle on; to rein; to curb

bŕzdati svoj jezik to bridle one's tongue
bŕzdati koga to keep a tight rein on someone
bŕzdati svojo radovednost to curb one's curiosity
bŕzdati svoje strasti to bridle one's passions
ne bŕzdati svojega veselja to let one's joy be unconfined

bŕzo prislov fast, swiftly, quickly, speedily, rapidly; hastily; apace

bŕzo! be quick!, look sharp!, make haste!, (zgani se!) bestir yourself!

búden awake; waking, roused; sleepless

čisto búden wide awake; figurativno watchful, vigilant, (on the) alert
biti, ostati dolgo búden to sit up late, to keep late hours
spremljati z búdnim očesom to keep a vigilant eye (on)
biti búden (figurativno) to be on the alert, to be on the lookout

bug¹ [bʌg] samostalnik
zoologija stenica
ameriško hrošč, žuželka
sleng norec
pogovorno, množina bakterije
ameriško, sleng, tehnično defekt, okvara
sleng nespametna misel, norost
arhaično strašilo

big bug visoka "živina"
to go bugs znoreti
ameriško, sleng to be bugs on s.th. biti ves nor na kaj

bullish [búliš] pridevnik
volovski
figurativno neumen

to be bullish špekulirati na porast cen
bullish tendency tendenca dviganja cen

bundle¹ [bʌ́ndl] samostalnik
sveženj, cula, butara; zavitek, omot
ameriško dva risa papirja (1000 pol)

to be a bundle of nerves biti skrajno nemiren, živčen, občutljiv

burden¹ [bə́:dn] samostalnik
breme, tovor; tonaža
figurativno gorje, tegoba; režijski stroški
geologija jalova plast
glasba refren, pripev, spremljava
figurativno osnovna misel, glavni motiv; jedro, bit

to bear the burden peti refren ali spremljati
beast of burden vprežna žival
to be a burden to s.o. biti komu v breme
pravno burden of proof obveznost, da se dokaže neutemeljenost nasprotne trditve