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beginning¹ [bigíniŋ] samostalnik
začetek, nastanek, izvor, izhodišče

in (ali at) the beginning spočetka
a good beginning is half the battle dober začetek je že pol zmage
a bad beginning makes a bad ending kakor boš sejal, tako boš žel
from the very beginning od samega začetka
to give a beginning to s.th. povzročiti kaj
the beginning of the end začetek konca

beguile [bigáil] prehodni glagol (of)
(pre)slepiti, (pre)varati (into)
zapeljevati; zabavati, razvedriti; prijetno prebiti (out of)
odvračati

to beguile away the time krajšati si čas, zabavati se

behave [bihéiv] neprehodni glagol & povratni glagol
vesti se, obnašati se; delovati (stroj)

behave yourself! bodi spodoben!
to behave towards s.o. dobro s kom ravnati
to behave well dobro delovati (stroj)
well-behaved lepega vedenja

behind¹ [biháind] prislov
zadaj, nazaj; prepozno, v zamudi, v zaostanku

to be (ali stay) behind in (ali with) biti v zaostanku s, zaostajati pri
to fall behind zaostajati
to leave behind prehiteti; zapustiti (dediščino)

being [bí:iŋ] samostalnik
bitje, eksistenca, bivanje, obstoj

in being živ, dejanski
to call into being, to give being to ustvariti, ustvarjati
to come into being nastati
human being človek
to the very roots of one's being dodobra, skoz in skoz
supreme being najvišje bitje, bog

beketánje bleat, bleating

beketáti to bleat

bél white; (čist) clean; (nezagorel) pale; (nepopisan) blank; (pobeljen) blanched; (bel in siv) hoary

béla garda right-wing political movement in Slovenia before and during World War II, the White Guard
pri bélem dnevu in broad daylight
Bela Hiša the White House
béla knjiga politika white paper, White Book
béla kovina white metal, white alloy
bél kruh white (ali wheaten) bread
bélo krvno telesce white corpuscle
béla (mlečna) kava white coffee
béla lisa (na konjskem čelu) blaze
béli medved polar bear
bélo meso white meat
béla obleka whites, white clothing
béla nedelja Low Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter
béla pločevina tinplate
béli premog (figurativno) "white coal", hydroelectric power
béli teden (prodajni) white sale
bél kot sneg snow-white
trgovina z bélimi dekleti white slave traffic
bélo vino white wine
béla vrana (figurativno) a rare thing, rarity, quite an exceptional person
dati črno na bélem to put down in black and white
imam to črno na bélem I have it in black and white
napraviti bélo to make white
bélo pobarvati to dye white
pokazati kaj črno na bélem to show something in black and white

belaud [bilɔ́:d] prehodni glagol
poveličevati, hvaliti

to belaud to the skies na moč koga hvaliti, kovati koga v zvezde

belch² [belč] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
bruhati, bruhniti, rigati, rigniti; izreči, ziniti

to belch forth (ali out) bruhati (vulkan, dimnik)

belíč farthing

biti brez belíča to be (dead) broke; (knjižno humoristično) to be impecunious
to ni vredno belíča it's not worth a (brass) farthing
plačal vam bom do zadnjega belíča I'll pay you to the last farthing

belief [bilí:f] samostalnik
vera, zaupanje, prepričanje; mnenje, mišljenje

the Belief apostolska vera
to the best of my belief kolikor je meni znano
easy of belief lahkoveren
hard of belief nezaupljiv
light of belief lahkoveren
ready of belief lahkoveren, zaupljiv
past all belief neverjeten
to stagger belief biti komaj verjeten

believe [bilí:v]

1. prehodni glagol
verjeti, zaupati (komu)

2. neprehodni glagol (in v)
verjeti; misliti, domnevati

to make believe hliniti, pretvarjati se, delati se
to believe in smatrati za dobro, koristno
I believe so zdi se, da je tako
I believe not mislim, da ne
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjamete

belják white of an egg; glair

namazati z beljákom to brush with white of egg
z beljákom namazan brushed with white of egg, glazed

bell¹ [bel] samostalnik
zvon, zvonec; udarec na zvon, zvonjenje; potapljaški zvon
botanika popek; zvočni lijak; mehurček

to answer the bell iti odpret vrata
to bear the bell nositi zvonec, voditi
to carry off the bell dobiti prvo nagrado
passing bell navček
all went merrily as a marriage bell vse je šlo kakor po maslu
diving bell potapljaški zvon
to curse by bell, book and candle prekleti do desetega kolena
it is ringing a bell with me to me na nekaj spominja
as sound as a bell zdrav ko riba
with bells on v slovesni obleki; z navdušenjem
to ring the bell pozvoniti; sleng uspešno opraviti
peal (ali chime) of bells zvončkljanje
bell push gumb (zvonca)
to ring one's own bell sam sebe hvaliti
within the sound of Bow bells v Londonu
ring of bells zvonjenje
mornarica one to eight bells štiriurna straža

bell² [bel] prehodni glagol
obesiti zvonec; poganjati popke; mehuriti se

to bell the cat obesiti mački zvonec; kot prvi se česa lotiti; izpostaviti se nevarnosti

bellow¹ [bélou] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
rjoveti, tuliti, mukati, zavijati

to bellow out (ali forth) srdito izjaviti

belly¹ [béli] samostalnik
anatomija trebuh; vamp, želodec, maternica
geologija odebelina žile

a hungry belly has no ears lakote ne utešiš z besedami
pot belly velik trebuh, vamp
to have fire in one's belly biti inspiriran

bellyful [béliful] samostalnik
poln želodec česa
figurativno zadostna količina, obilje

to get a bellyful do sitega se najesti

belong [bilɔ́ŋ] neprehodni glagol (to, in, with, under, among)
pripadati; spadati; tikati se; spodobiti se
ameriško biti rojen

to belong together skladati se, razumeti se

below² [bilóu] predlog
pod

below ground pod zemljo, pokopan
below the mark slabše kvalitete; ne čisto zdrav
below par pod nominalno ceno
to feel below par ne se dobro počutiti
to speak below one's breath šepetati
below the average podpovprečen