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bought [bɔ:t] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od buy

to be bought, sold and done biti uničen, propasti

bounden [báundən]

1. arhaično pretekli deležnik od bind

2. pridevnik

to be one's bounden duty biti sveta dolžnost koga

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati

bowel [báuəl] samostalnik
anatomija črevo
množina črevesje
figurativno prebava
figurativno čustvo, strasti, usmiljenje

to have the bowels open iztrebljati se
to have no bowels biti neusmiljen
to get one's bowels in an uproar razjeziti se

box¹ [bɔks] samostalnik
škatla, zaboj; skrinja; okrov; posoda, predal; kozel na kočiji; loža, predel; staja; garažni oddelek za avto, boks; uta, hišica, soba; klop; oblikovalni okvir; darilo
ameriško votlina v deblu

Christmas box božično darilo
jury box porotniška klop
ballot box volilna žara
box of bricks škatla s kockami
elektrika junction box odcepna pušica
money box hranilnik
sentry box stražnica
shooting box lovska koča
strong box kaseta, železna blagajna
to be in the same box deliti isto usodo
to be in the wrong box motiti se
prisoner's box zatožna klop
witness box prostor za priče na sodišču
sleng box of dominoes klavir
ameriško, sleng eternity box grob
to he in a (tight) box biti v zagati
to be in one's thinking box resno premišljevati
the whole box of tricks vse skupaj

bóžji God's; of (from, like, belonging to) God; divine; godly; godlike

bóžji blagoslov God's blessing
bóžji dar God's gift, gift of God
bóžja hiša church, chapel
bóžje češčenje worship of God
bóžji grob the Holy Sepulchre, (po cerkvah) Holy Week commemorative altar
bóžja pot pilgrimage
bóžja sodba zgodovina ordeal
bóžja milost divine grace
po milosti bóžji by the grace of God
človek bóžji! man alive!
mati bóžja religija Mother of God, Blessed Virgin
služba bóžja divine service (ali worship); public worship, devotion
strah bóžji fear of God
šiba bóžja (figurativno, Atila) Attila, the Scourge of God
biti pri službi bóžji to attend divine service

brace² [breis] prehodni glagol
zvezati, speti
figurativno ojačiti, okrepiti; napeti

to be braced biti srečen, dobre volje
to brace o.s. for zbrati moči za
to brace o.s. up to opomoči se

bránik bulwark; bastion; figurativno stronghold; (nasip) rampart, breastwork; barricade

biti na brániku, stati na brániku to man the defences, to stand firm

bŕca kick

bŕca v rit (vulgarno) a kick up the arse
dobiti bŕco v zadnjico to get a kick in the pants, (biti odpuščen) to get the sack

breach¹ [bri:č] samostalnik
zlom, prelom; odprtina, luknja, razpoka, vrzel
figurativno prekinitev, presledek; razdor, nesloga; prestopek, kršitev, prekršek
vojska prodor; skok kita iz vode
navtika valovi ob ladji

to heal the breach poravnati spor
a custom more honoured in the breach than in the observance navada, ki jo je bolje opustiti
breach of faith izdajstvo
breach of the peace nemir, upor
to stand in the breach pretrpeti prvi sunek napada, figurativno biti na braniku
breach of trust zloraba zaupanja
without breach of continuity nenehno, nepretrgano
to step into the breach priskočiti na pomoč
pravno breach of promise neizpolnjena obljuba zakona
breach of a covenant kršitev dogovora

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

breathed [breɵt, bri:d] pridevnik
fonetika brezzvočen, nezveneč, pridihnjen, aspiriran

to be breathed biti brez sape, zasopel

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

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

bride¹ [braid] samostalnik
nevesta

to give the bride away biti nevestin starešina

bright¹ [brait] pridevnik (brightly prislov)
jasen, svetel; lesketajoč se, žareč; bister, pameten, duhovit; živ (barva); vesel, živahen; slaven

to look on the bright side of things biti optimist
bright eyes žareče oči
bright prospect ki dobro kaže