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board¹ [bɔ:d] samostalnik
deska, plošča, tablica, tabla; miza; paluba; karton; oskrba; oblast, uprava komisija, ministrstvo
navtika ladijski bok
množina oder

above board odkrito, pošteno
bed of boards pograd
board and lodging hrana in stanovanje
trgovina free on board franko na ladjo
to go on board vkrcati se; ameriško (tudi) vstopiti v vlak
separation from bed and board ločitev od postelje in mize
to go by the board poginiti; biti žrtvovan; izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti
in boards v zaboju
on board na krovu, vkrcan
to be on the board biti v službi
to go on the boards postati poklicni igralec
groaning board miza, ki se šibi; figurativno obilna hrana
to sweep the board odlikovati se, zmagati
navtika to make boards križariti proti vetru
Board of Education ministrstvo za prosveto
Board of Trade ministrstvo za trgovino
Board of Admiralty ministrstvo za mornarico
Road Board ministrstvo za gradnjo in vzdrževanje cest
chess board šahovnica
to put to board dati na hrano
board of examiners izpitna komisija
diving board deska za skok v vodo

boast¹ [boust] samostalnik
bahanje, ponašanje, ponos

to make a boast of s.th. biti domišljav (ponosen) na kaj
great boast small roast veliko hrupa za prazen nič

bódec bodíca point; prickle; prick; spine; (trn) thorn; (kovinska) spike, barb

biti poln bodic to bristle with prickles

bogát rich (z in, with); wealthy; well off; affluent, opulent; (obilen) abundant, copious

zelo, neizmerno bogát enormously rich; as rich as Croesus
bogáta izbira a wide selection
bogáta pojedina a rich feast
bogáta rima rich rhyme
bogáta zemlja rich (ali fertile) soil
bogáta žetev a rich harvest, heavy crop, bumper crop
z zlatom bogáta ruda an ore rich in gold
bogát z živino rich in cattle
bogáto ilustriran profusely illustrated
biti zelo bogát to be rolling in money, to be made of money
biti bogát z to be rich in
postati bogát to become rich

boil³ [bɔil]

1. prehodni glagol
kuhati v vreli vodi, prevreti, zavreti

2. neprehodni glagol
vreti, kipeti
figurativno vzkipeti, razburiti se; dušiti se; šumeti (morje)

to make one's blood boil spraviti v besnost
pogovorno it boils down to this iz tega sledi
hard boiled v trdo kuhano
soft boiled v mehko kuhano
boiled shirt škrobljena srajca
to feel like a boiled rag biti zbit

bòj fight (tudi figurativno), fighting; (oborožen) combat; (bitka) battle, engagement, action; (bojevanje) struggle (za for, z with); (spopad) encounter, (praska) skirmish; (tekmovanje) contest, match; (spor, figurativno) conflct

hud težak bòj hard, heavy fighting
bòj moža proti možu, bòj od blizu hand-to-hand fighting, dog-fight, close combat
vroč bòj a ding-dong fight
v vročem bòju in the heat of the battle
surov bòj rough-and-tumble fight
neodločen bòj drawn battle
bòj na nož fight to the finish, skin-game
bòj na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle; all-in fighting, a deadly fight
bòj za obstanek struggle for life, struggle for existence
smrtni bòj death agony
poulični bòji street fighting
bòj nazorov conflict of opinions
politični bòji political conflicts
duševni bòj mental strife, mental struggle
volilni bòj election contest, election campaign
pripravljen za bòj ready to fight, (na morju) decks cleared for action
sposoben za bòj able to fight, in fighting trim
nesposoben za bòj disabled, out of action
bíti (bijem) bòj to fight a battle
izločiti iz bòja to put out of action
ne izbirati sredstev za bòj to fight with one's gloves off
izzvati na bòj to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet
pasti v bòju to be killed in action, to fall in action
sprejeti bòj (figurativno) to accept the challenge, to pick up the gauntlet; to accept battle
spustiti se v bòj to join battle

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

boléhen sickly; in poor health; ailing; infirm; poorly; pogovorno peaky

ona je boléhna pogovorno she is on the sickly side
biti boléhen to be in poor health

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

bonnet¹ [bɔ́nit] samostalnik
klobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto)
sleng pomagač, sokrivec

to have a bee in one's bonnet biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejo
to fill s.o.'s bonnet zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovreden
to vail the bonnet spoštljivo se odkriti

book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

booked [bukt] pridevnik
rezerviran, naročen, obljubljen, zaseden

to be booked biti obsojen, smrti zapisan

book up neprehodni glagol
rezervirati, oddati

to be booked up biti oddan, ne biti prost

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

border² [bɔ́:də] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obrobljati; mejiti, dotikati se
figurativno bližati se čemu

to border upon mejiti na kaj, podoben biti čemu
she bordered on tears komaj je zadrževala solze

bórec combatant; fighter; struggler; warrior

Zveza bórcev League of Combatants; (angleška) British Legion
biti prekaljen bórec to be a seasoned campaigner ali battle-scarred hero

bòt square; even; quits

biti bòt s kom to be quits with someone, to get even with someone
sedaj smo bòt! now we're quits!
smo bòt we're all square
s tem sva bòt that makes us square

bóter godfather; (birmanski, krstni) sponsor

botri (pri krstu) godparents pl
biti bóter to be someone's godfather
biti za bótra to act as sponsor (for), to sponsor (čemu something)

bótra godmother; sponsor; Škotska cummer

biti za bótro komu to be someone's godmother

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice