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advance¹ [ədvá:ns]

1. prehodni glagol
naprej pomikati, pospešiti; predlagati; dati predujem, posoditi; podražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
naprej se pomikati, napredovati; dvigati se, rasti; izjaviti

to advance a solution for izdati odlok o čem
to advance an opinion povedati mnenje
to advance a claim zahtevati kaj

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?

ambitious [æmbíšəs] pridevnik (ambitiously prislov) (of po)
častihlepen; hrepeneč, stremljiv, željan; prizadeven

I am ambitious to serve you v čast mi je ustreči vam
to be ambitious of hlepeti, hrepeneti po čem
ambitious of power vladohlepen, gospodovalen

apprise [əpráiz] prehodni glagol (of o)
obvestiti, obveščati; naznaniti; (o)ceniti

to be apprised of s.th. vedeti o čem

arm¹ [a:m] samostalnik
zgornja okončina, laket, roka; krak, ročica; rokav; naročje
figurativno oblast; opora; močna veja

to fly into s.o.'s s vreči se komu v naročje
to fold one's arm prekrižati roke
infant in arms dojenček, čisto majhen otrok, otročiček
to keep (ali hold) s.o. at arm's length varovati se koga, ne pustiti ga blizu
to make a long arm seči po čem
secular arm posvetna oblast
arm of the sea morski rokav
within arm's reach dosegljiv
with open arms prisrčno

arrange [əréindž]

1. prehodni glagol
razvrstiti razmestiti; urediti; prilagoditi; predelati; prirediti, poravnati; določiti; pripraviti

2. neprehodni glagol (for za)
pripraviti se, poskrbeti; sporazumeti se, domeniti se

to arrange with s.o. about s.th. dogovoriti se s kom o čem
to arrange a quarrel poravnati spor
I will arrange for it za to bom poskrbel

arrear [əríə] samostalnik
arhaično zadnji del; zaostanek; dolg

to fall into (ali be in) arrears with zaostajati v čem; dolgovati

athirst [əɵə́:st] povedkovnik pridevnik
poetično žejen

figurativno athirst for željan česa, hrepeneč po čem

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

bíti (sem) to be; to exist; to live; to take place

je (= se nahaja) there is
so (= se nahajajo) there are; (bivati) to stay
bíti lačen, žejen to be hungry, thirsty
bíti ves iz sebe to be beside oneself, to be overwrought
3 x 5 = 15 three times five equals fifteen
kaj je, kakó je (kaj) z njim? how is he?, how is he getting on?; how are things with him?
kaj je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
toplo (mraz) mi je I am warm (cold)
ne morem bíti brez (cigaret) I cannot do without (cigarettes)
bíti brez denarja to be short of money
bíti brez premoga to be short of coal
po čem je kruh? how much is (the) bread?
koliko je do postaje? how long does it take to the station?
bodi previden! be careful!
on je iz Londona he is (ali comes) from London
kdo je? who is there?
kdo je tam? (vojak na straži) who goes there?
po meni je, z menoj je konec I am done for, pogovorno I've had it
kaj Vam je? what is the matter with you?
nič mi ni there is nothing the matter with me
slabó mi je I feel sick
jaz sem (to) it is I, pogovorno it's me
če bi jaz bil Vi (bil na Vašem mestu), bi ostal doma if I were you, I would stay at home
če je (to) takó if it is so, if that be so, if that be the case
naj bo takó! arhaično let it be so!
naj bo (to), kot hoče! be that as it may
naj bo tako ali tako in either case
to bo dovolj this will do
kar je bilo, je bilo let bygones be bygones
bíti v napoto to be in the way, to inconvenience, to hinder
ni mi za... I don't care for...
za to mu ni he does not care about it
nič mi ni zanj pogovorno I couldn't care less about him, I don't care a fig for him
ni mi do šal I am in no mood for joking
to ni (nič) zame that is not in my line
nič ni bilo iz tega nothing came of it
ni mi do poezije I have no time for poetry
mnogo mi je do tega, da... I am very anxious to...
vem, pri čem sem I know where I stand
on je proti meni he has set his face against me
hiša je v gradnji the house is being built
bilo mi je, da bi jokal I felt like crying
on bi bil dober učitelj he would make a good teacher
tu gre za bíti ali ne bíti this is a matter of life or death
šlo je za bíti ali ne bíti it was touch and go
pri tem sem ob 50.000 SIT I am fifty thousand tolars out of pocket over it

bum¹ [bʌm] samostalnik
vulgarno zadnjica
ameriško, sleng potepuh, delomrznež, lenuh, klatež

sleng to give s.o. the bum's rush vreči koga ven
pogovorno on the bum potepuški; polomljen
ameriško, pogovorno bum hunch slab pojem o čem
ameriško, sleng bum steer napačna informacija

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

certain [sə́:tn] pridevnik
neki, določen; nedvomen; zanesljiv

to make certain of s.th. prepričati se o čem
to be (ali feel) certain biti prepričan
for certain zanesljivo, gotovo

close⁵ [klouz]

1. prehodni glagol
zapreti; končati, zaključiti, likvidirati; ustaviti se (ob drugi ladji)

2. neprehodni glagol
zapreti se; prenehati (to)
bližati se, zaceliti se

to close one's days umreti
to close one's eyes to s.th. zapirati oči pred čim
to close s.o.'s eye suniti koga v oko
to close the door on s.th. narediti konec razpravljanju o čem
to close with the land približati se kopnemu
to close with an offer sprejeti ponudbo
to close bargain končati pogovor

cognizance [kɔ́gnizəns] samostalnik
spozna(va)nje, doznava; znak; pristojnost, kompetenca

to take special cognizance natančno preiskati
to have cognizance of s.th. vedeti o čem
within one's cognizance v območju koga
to take cognizance of s.th. seznaniti se s čim, vzeti na znanje

cognizant [kɔ́gnizənt] pridevnik
vedoč, zavedajoč se
pravno pristojen

to be cognizant of s.th. zavedati se časa, vedeti o čem
to become cognizant zavedeti se

concern² [kənsə́:n] samostalnik
zadeva, posel (about, for)
skrb (at, over zaradi)
zaskrbljenost; žalost, užaloščenje, bol (in za)
zanimanje; delež
trgovina tvrdka, podjetje, koncern; pomembnost, važnost
pogovorno stavba

it is of no concern of mine to mi ni nič mar
a matter of no concern nepomembna stvar
to take no concern in s.th. ne se zanimati za kaj
to have a concern in imeti delež pri čem; zanimati se za kaj
public concerns javne zadeve
thriving concern uspešen posel
pogovorno to give up the whole concern opustiti zadevo
a paying concern rentabilno podjetje
a going concern aktivno podjetje
of the utmost concern skrajno pomemben
to have no concern with s.th. ne imeti s čim opravka

confide [kənfáid]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
zaupati; zaupno povedati; priznati

2. neprehodni glagol (in na)
zanesti, zanašati se

to confide in s.o. about s.th. zaupno se s kom o čem pogovarjati

cud [kʌd] samostalnik
prežvečena hrana, na pol prebavljena hrana prežvekovalcev

figurativno to chew the cud on (ali upon, over) premišljevati, razglabljati o čem

curtain¹ [kə́:tn] samostalnik
zavesa, zastor, zagrinjalo
figurativno bariera, pregraja; konec (v gledališču)

behind the curtain na skrivnem
to draw a curtain over s.th. potegniti zastor preko česa; figurativno zaključiti pogovor o čem
to draw the curtains skup potegniti zastore
to draw back the curtains narazen potegniti zastore
to take the curtain priti pred zastor (po ploskanju)
to drop (ali ring down) the curtain končati kaj
to raise the curtain otvoriti, začeti, odpreti
iron curtain železna zavesa
to call before the curtain poklicati pred zastor
to take one's last curtain zadnjič nastopiti