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afraid [əfréid] povedkovnik pridevnik (of)
prestrašen, boječ; zaskrbljen

to be afraid of s.th. bati se česa
to make afraid prestrašiti
pogovorno I am afraid žal, na žalost, oprostite
I am afraid not žal ne

after³ [á:ftə ameriško ǽftə] predlog
po, za

after all končno, navsezadnje, sicer, kljub temu
to be after s.th. nameravati nekaj, hrepeneti po čem, imeti nekaj za bregom
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
after one's own heart pogodu
after hours čas po policijski uri, ko so zaprte trgovine
one after another drug za drugim
to look after čuvati, paziti
after this fashion takole
the girl takes after her mother deklica je podobna materi
to inquire (ali ask) after s.o. spraševati o kom
after you izvolite naprej
what are you after? kaj želiš?

again [əgéin, əgén] prislov
zopet, znova, ponovno, še enkrat, poleg tega, prav tako

again and again ponovno, zopet in zopet, nenehno
to be o.s. again okrevati
as much (ali many) again dvakrat toliko
now and again tu in tam, včasih
as long again and better več ko dvakrat tako dolg
once again še enkrat
time and again večkrat, pogosto
half again his size veliko večji od njega
over again znova, še enkrat

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

agape [əgéip] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
odprtih ust, zevajoč; bolščeče; zijajoč, bolščeč

to stand (ali be) agape zijati, prodajati zijala

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?

age-limit [éidžlimit] samostalnik
starostna meja

to retire under the age-limit predčasno se upokojiti

aggressive [əgrésiv] pridevnik (aggressively prislov)
napadalen, agresiven; prepirljiv, bojevit; vztrajen

aggressive war napadalna vojna
ameriško, pogovorno to assume (ali take) the aggressive postati napadalen

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

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

agog [əgɔ́g] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
željno, poželjivo, nestrpno; ves napet

to be agog with napeto pričakovati
all agog on (ali upon, about, with) ves iz sebe zaradi

a-going [əgóuiŋ] prislov
v teku

to set a-going pognati

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

agony [ǽgəni] samostalnik
hudo trpljenje, muka; agonija, smrtni boj

agony column časopisni stolpec, v katerem iščejo pogrešane, prosijo za pomoč itn.
to pile on (ali up) the agony močno pretiravati; podaljšati trpljenje, trpinčiti
agony of sorrow srčna bol
agony of suspense mučna negotovost

agree [əgrí:]

1. neprehodni glagol (to v)
privoliti (with s)
strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati (on, upon, about o)
dogovoriti, sporazumeti se
slovnica (with) skladati se

2. prehodni glagol (to, with s)
izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladiti

as agreed kot smo se dogovorili
to be agreed sporazumeti se
agreed! velja!
it doesn't agree with me tega ne prenesem
to agree like dog and cat razumeti se kakor pes in mačka
to agree to differ ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor

agreeable [əgríəbl] pridevnik (agreeably prislov) (to)
sprejemljiv; prijeten, ustrezen, primeren, skladen; naklonjen

I am agreeable to it s tem se strinjam
domačno I am agreeable meni je prav

agreement [əgrí:mənt] samostalnik (to, with s)
soglasnost, sloga, skladnost; sporazum; dogovor, pogodba

to be in agreement ujemati, skladati, razumeti se
by agreement po dogovoru
to come to (ali make) an agreement sporazumeti se
by general (mutual) agreement po splošnem (medsebojnem) dogovoru
as per agreement po dogovoru, sporazumno
pooling agreements skupna korist

aground [əgráund] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na dnu, na tleh; na dno, na tla; nasedel
figurativno v stiski, v težavah, v zadregi

to run (ali go, strike) aground nasesti; priti v zadrego

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

aid¹ [eid] prehodni glagol
pomagati, podpirati; pospeševati

pravno to aid and abet pomagati, iti na roko

aid² [eid] samostalnik
pomoč, podpora; pomagalo, pomoček, pomočnik, -nica

by (ali with) the aid of s pomočjo
to come to aid priti na pomoč
aids and appliances pripomočki, materialna sredstva
first aid prva pomoč
hearing aid slušni aparat
to lend (ali give) aid pomagati
ameriško aid man bolničar