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golden [góuldən] pridevnik
zlatorumen, zlat, bleščeč; dragocen

golden age zlati časi
golden bridge častni umik
golden balls zlate krogle (znak zastavljalnice)
golden calf zlato tele
golden eye zoologija zimska raca
golden fleece zlato runo
golden mean zlata sredina
golden hours zlati časi
golden opportunity sijajna priložnost
golden pheasant zoologija zlati fazan
golden oriole kobilar, vuga
golden wedding zlata poroka

grist¹ [grist] samostalnik
žito, mletev
pogovorno živila, zaloga; slad
figurativno korist

that's grist to his mill to je voda na njegov mlin
to bring grist to the mill biti vir dobička, biti zlata jama
all is grist that comes to his mill vse zna izkoristiti, vse je voda na njegov mlin

happy [hǽpi] pridevnik (happily prislov)
srečen; zadovoljen, vesel (at, about česa)
razveseljiv; ugoden; posrečen (izraz)
pogovorno "v rožicah"
sleng omamljen (od udarcev, bombe)
sleng navdušen, nor na kaj

as happy as the day is long; ali as a king presrečen
a happy idea posrečena misel
the happy dispatch harakiri
sleng happy cabbage za zabavo porabljen denar
the happy medium (ali mean) zlata sredina
sleng happy dust kokain
sleng happy juice alkohol
ski-happy nor na smučanje
trigger-happy kdor rad strelja
many happy returns of the day na mnoga leta!

imitácija imitation; imitating; copying

imitácija nakita imitation (ali artificial, pinchbeck) jewellery
imitácija marmorja imitation marble
imitácija usnja imitation leather
imitácija zlata imitation gold

iskálec searcher; seeker; (teleskopa itd.) finder

iskálec avantur adventure seeker
iskálec zlatá gold miner, prospector, (figurativno) gold digger
iskálci resnice seekers after truth

íz from, out of; of, by, through, for, because of

iz angleščine from (the) English
iz ambicije for (ali because of) ambition
iz dneva v dan from day to day
iz glave (na pamet) by heart, from memory, extempore, off-hand
iz ljubezni for love
iz ljubezni do for love of
iz mode out of fashion
narejen iz made of (ali from)
iz (notranjosti) hiše from within the house
iz leta v leto year by year
iz prepričanja by conviction
iz izkustva from experience
iz radovednosti out of curiosity
iz tega razloga for this reason
iz skoposti through (ali because of) avarice
iz sovraštva through hatred
iz strahu for fear (pred... of...)
iz usmiljenja out of pity
iz vljudnosti through politeness
iz dobrega vira from a good source
biti ves iz sebe od jeze to be beside oneself with anger
je tvoja ura iz zlatá? is yours a gold watch?
ima hčer iz prvega zakona he has a daughter by his first marriage
piti iz kozarca to drink out of a glass
priti iz Zagreba to come from Zagreb
prevesti iz slovenščine v angleščino to translate from Slovene (ZDA Slovenian) into English
razvideti iz to see by
ni si upal iz hiše he did not dare venture out of the house

jáma pit; cave; cavern; grotto; (brlog) den; (gròb) grave

Postojnska jáma the Postojna caves
jáma za smeti, odpadke refuse pit
zlata jáma gold mine, treasure-house
vodna (suha, snežna, ledena, turistična) jáma active (inactive, freezing, ice, commercial ali show) cave
raziskovanje jám cave research, speleology
kdor drugim jámo koplje, sam vanjo pade he who digs a pit for others, often falls in himself; curses like chickens come home to roost
kopati jámo komu to dig a pit for someone
sam sebi jámo kopati (figurativno) to be hoist with one's own petard, to make a rod for one's own back

képa (rough) lump; (zemlje) clod, clump

snežna képa snowball
zlata képa nugget
narediti képo to lump
obmetavati se s snežnimi képami to snowball

kokóš hen, (mlada) pullet

kokóš valilka sitting hen
vodna kokóš water hen
tudi slepa kokóš zrno najde sometimes fortune favours fools
zaklati kokóš, ki leže zlata jajca (figurativno) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

mean³ [mi:n] samostalnik
sredina; povprečje, povprečnost
(množina z glagolom v ednini) sredstvo, način
množina premoženje

a means of communication občilo
a means of transportation prometno sredstvo
means of production proizvodna sredstva
to be a means of bitt česa kriv, biti povod za kaj
by means of s pomočjo
by any means na kakršenkoli način
by all (manner of) means vsekakor, na vsak način, za vsako ceno
by no (manner of) means; ali not by any means nikakor, na noben način
by this means or other tako ali drugače
by fair (foul) means na pošten (nepošten) način
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
a means to an end sredstvo za dosego cilja
the golden (ali happy) mean zlata sredina
to live beyond one's means živeti preko svojih razmer
a man of means premožen človek
ways and means pota in načini
britanska angleščina means test preveritev premoženjskih razmer delavca, ki prejema socialno podporo

medium² [mí:diəm] samostalnik (množina media, mediums)
sredina, srednja pot
biologija, fizika, kemija srednik, medij
medicina gojišče; reklamno sredstvo (radio, TV itd.); sredstvo, pripomoček, posrednik

at a medium povprečno
by (ali through) the medium of s pomočjo, s posredovanjem
the just medium zlata sredina
to hit upon (ali find) the happy medium najti srednjo pot
social medium okolje
ekonomija medium of exchange valuta, denar

mladína youth; young people; young folks pl

ameriška mladína young America
nezrela mladína callow youth
vsa vaška mladína all the youth of the village
zlata mladína gilded youth

mŕzlica medicina fever; shivers pl; ague

rumena mŕzlica yellow ever, yellow jack
menjajoča se mŕzlica intermittent fever
zlata mŕzlica (figurativno) gold fever, gold rush
imeti mŕzlico to be in a fever

obréza (knjige) edges pl

zlata obréza gilt edges pl

odtòk outlet, outflow; sink; (iz jezera, reke) effluent

odtòk zlata (figurativno) outflow of gold

outflow [áutflou] samostalnik
iztok, izliv, odtekanje (tudi medicina)

ekonomija outflow of gold odtok zlata

péna foam; (na pivu) froth; arhaično spume; (umazana, nečista) scum; (konjska) froth

milna péna lather
péna za gašenje ognja fire-extinguishing foam
zlata péna tinsel, gold leaf, gold foil
delati péno, pokriti se s péno to scum
posneti péno to skim

poróka wedding; nuptials pl; marriage

srebrna (zlata, diamantna) poróka silver (golden, diamond) wedding
poróka iz ljubezni, brez denarja love match
goden za poróko marriageable
cerkvena, (civilna) poróka church wedding, civil marriage
razumska, preračunana poróka marriage of convenience
tajna poróka secret marriage

prílika¹ (priložnost) opportunity, occasion; chance

ob tej príliki on this occasion
ob prvi príliki at the first opportunity
ugodna prílika a favourable (ali lucky) chance (ali opportunity)
zlata prílika golden opportunity
ob vsaki príliki at every opportunity, on every occasion
po vsej príliki presumably
ob príliki one day or (the) other
dati komu príliko to give (ali to afford) someone an opportunity
izgubiti, zamuditi príliko to lose, to miss one's opportunity, to let one's chance slip by
izrabiti vsako príliko to take every opportunity
dobiti príliko to get the chance
izkoristiti príliko to avail oneself of the opportunity
ko se ponudi prílika when the opportunity crops up, when opportunity offers
ponudila se je prílika the opportunity happened to occur (ali cropped up)
popasti, zgrabiti príliko to seize (ali to take) the opportunity, figurativno to strike while the iron's hot
prílika naredi tatú temptation makes a thief
prílika zamujena ne vrne se nobena time and tide wait for no man

púta (kokoš) hen

jajce več ve kot púta (figurativno) he's teaching his grandmother to suck eggs
kurnik za púte hen coop, hen house
zaklati púto, ki nese zlata jajca (figurativno) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
pútka pullet