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beside [bisáid] predlog
razen, poleg, blizu, ob strani
v primeri s

to be beside o.s. biti ves iz sebe
to be beside the mark motiti se
this is beside the question (ali purpose) to nima smisla
this is beside the point to ne spada sem

besiege [bisí:dž] prehodni glagol
oblegati, naskakovati, pritiskati

to besiege with requests nadlegovati s prošnjami, z zahtevami

bés(nost) fury; furiousness; rage; madness (zaradi, nad at)

pihati od bés(nost)i to be boiling with rage
peniti se od bés(nost)i to foam with rage
spraviti koga v bés(nost) to incense, to infuriate someone
stresel je svoj bes name he vented his rage on me
razdražiti do bés(nost)i koga to drive someone into a fury, to infuriate

besom [bí:zəm]

1. samostalnik
metla
arhaično, pogovorno ženščina

2. prehodni glagol
pometati

to jump the besom živeti v divjem zakonu

bespeak^* [bispí:k] prehodni glagol
naročiti, zagotoviti si; dogovoriti se; rezervirati; ogovoriti; razodeti, pokazati

to bespeak s.o.'s attention zbuditi pozornost koga
to bespeak s.o.'s favour skušati koga pridobiti

best¹ [best] pridevnik
najboljši; najprimernejši; najodličnejši

to be best at odlikovati se v čem
he was on his best behaviour zelo je pazil na svoje vedenje
at the best hand iz prve roke; poceni
to put one's best foot (ali leg) foremost (ali forward) pohiteti; na moč si prizadevati
best maid družica
sleng one's best girl ljubica
best man drug (pri poroki)
best part večji del
to get best thrashing biti hudo tepen
best seller zelo uspešna knjiga
to send one's best regards poslati pozdrav

best² [best] samostalnik
najboljše, najprimernejše

the best najodličnejši, najboljši ljudje
at the best v najboljšem primeru
the very best najboljše od vsega
to be at one's best biti na višku
bad is the best nič dobrega ne moremo pričakovati
to do one's best do skrajnosti se potruditi
to get (ali have) the best of the bargain napraviti dobro kupčijo
make the best of your way home glej, da boš čimprej doma
to make the best of a bad bargain (ali job, business, of it) pogumno prenašati udarce usode, ne biti malodušen, ne obupati, ne zgubiti glave
to try one's best na vso moč se truditi
to the best of my power kolikor zmorem
the best is the enemy of good prevelike zahteve ovirajo napredek
with the best med najboljšimi
to have the best of both worlds izkoristiti obe možnosti
my best, my Sunday best moja najboljša, praznična obleka

best³ [best] prislov
najbolje, najugodneje

to give it best odreči se
you had best najbolje bi bilo, če bi
as best one could na vso moč

bestow [bistóu] prehodni glagol (on, upon komu)
podariti, podeliti, dati; nastati, spraviti, položiti

to bestow in marriage dati za ženo

bet¹ [bet] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (on, against)
staviti
ameriško misliti

sleng you bet! to se razume!
to bet away stavo zgubiti
to bet one's shirt vse tvegati
I bet you! seveda!; bodite prepričan(i)
I'll bet my life (a cookie, my boots, my hat, my bottom dollar) glavo stavim

bet² [bet] samostalnik
stava

to make (ali lay) a bet staviti
to take a bet stavo sprejeti
heavy bet visoka stava

betake^* [bitéik] povratni glagol
zateči, zatekati se; oditi
zastarelo zgrabiti

to betake o.s. to the heels zbežati, popihati jo

betoníranje concreting

betonírati to concrete

better³ [bétə] prislov
bolje, primerneje

to be better bolje se počutiti
to be better off biti v boljšem položaju, biti premožnejši
I had better start bolje bi bilo, če bi že začel
you had better not bolje ne!, tega vam ne svetujem
I know better ne boste me ukanili, ne dam se potegniti za nos
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjameš
so much the better, all the better tem bolje
to get better okrevati
I like it none the better for it zato mi ni nič ljubši
he always knows better nič si ne da dopovedati
I thought better of it bolje sem si premislil

better⁴ [bétə] samostalnik

my betters moji predstojniki
for better for worse v vsakem primeru
to change for the better poboljšati se
to get the better of premagati, prekositi

better⁵ [bétə]

1. prehodni glagol
popraviti, izboljšati, izpopolniti, preseči

2. neprehodni glagol
popraviti, spopolniti, poboljšati se, napredovati

to better up oplemenititi

between¹ [bitwí:n] prislov

betwixt and between niti eno niti drugo
in between sredi, v sredini
few and far between na redko, v velikih razdaljah
the space between vmesni prostor
betwixt and between na pol
to stand between posredovati
far between zelo redek
between servant pomožni služabnik

between² [bitwí:n] predlog
med

between the devil and the deep sea, between two fires med Scilo in Karibdo, med dvema ognjema
between you and me and the bed (ali gate) post strogo zaupno
between you and me (pogovorno I), between ourselves med nama povedano
between two stools med dvema stoloma
there's many a slip between the cup and the lip, between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
hit between wind and water zadet na občutljivem mestu
between whiles (ali times) tu pa tam
between hay and grass ne tič ne miš, niti eno niti drugo
they had no penny between (the two of) them niti eden niti drugi nista imela prebite pare
between stations na odprti progi
we have bought it between us kupila sva to skupaj

be up neprehodni glagol
biti pokonci, vsta(ja)ti; jeziti se

be up against nameravati
be up and down biti bolehen
be up to biti enak, primeren; nameravati; ukvarjati se s čim

bèv

ne reči ne bèv ne mev to keep silence; not to utter a word