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far² [fa:] prislov
daleč; zelo, znatno; davno

as far as in l8th century že v osemnajstem stoletju
to carry it (ali go) too far iti prek meje, preveč si upati, pretiravati
far from it ravno nasprotno, niti malo ne
far gone v nevarnosti, v visoki stopnji
so far doslej
to go far in life visoko se povzpeti
as far as prav do; v koliko
so far so good doslej je vse v redu
in so far as v koliko
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
far and near povsod
far and wide daleč po svetu
far and away brez dvoma, vsekakor
few and far between redkokdaj
far into the night pozno v noč
far up visoko zgoraj

fillip² [fílip] samostalnik
krc; spodbuda; malenkost

to give s.o. a fillip spodbosti, bodriti koga
not worth a fillip niti piškavega oreha vreden

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

further¹ [fé:ðə] prislov (from)
dalje; nadalje, razen tega

I'll see you further first niti na misel mi ne pride
what further? kaj še (želite)?
to go further and fare worse razočarati se

gleam¹ [gli:m] samostalnik
blesk, lesk, odsev, žarek

not a gleam of hope niti trohica upanja

gléženj ankle

do gléžnjev ankle-deep
do gléžnjev v blatu ankle-deep in the mud
ima lepe gléžnje she has trim (ali pretty) ankles
ne pride mu niti do gléžnjev (figurativno) he can't hold a candle to him
izpahniti si gléženj to sprain one's ankle, to wrench one's ankle
do gléžnjev se ugrezniti v blato to sink ankle deep in mud

glimmer¹ [glímə] samostalnik
svetlikanje
figurativno preblisk; bežen pogled
mineralogija sljuda
množina oči

not a glimmer of an idea niti pojma ne

govoríti to speak (o of, about, z to, with); to tell; (pogovarjati se) to talk (z with, to, o about, of, over); to converse; (kramljati) to chat

glasno govoríti to talk loud, to speak in a loud voice
tiho govoríti to speak softly (ali in a soft voice)
govoríti angleški to speak English
slabo govoríti angleški to speak poor (ali broken) English
slabo govoríti o kom to speak ill of someone
kar naprej govoríti to keep (on) talking
odkrito, brez ovinkov govoríti to speak freely
govoríti o tem in onem, o raznem to talk nineteen to the dozen
uglajeno govoríti to be well-spoken
govoríti stenam (figurativno) to talk (ali to be talking) to a brick wall
govoríti o politiki to talk politics
tekoče govoríti to speak fluently
govoríti o čem drugem to change the subject
govoríti resnico to speak the truth, to tell the truth
govoríti brez priprave to speak extempore
govoríti v veter (figurativno) to waste one's breath
govoríti v imenu koga to be the spokesman of, to be the mouthpiece of
govoríti v korist koga to speak on (ali ZDA in) someone's behalf
govoríti polomljeno angleščino to speak broken English, to murder the English language
govoríti neumnosti to talk nonsense
šepetaje govoríti to speak in an undertone, to speak in a whisper
govoríti skozi nos to speak with a nasal twang
govoríti laži to tell lies (ali untruths)
govoríti sam s seboj to soliloquize
govoríti med štirimi očmi s kom to talk with someone in private
govoríti na pamet to speak from memory, to say something by heart (ali by rote)
obširno govoríti o to speak at length about (ali on), to descant, to expatiate on (ali upon)
otročje govoríti to drivel
govoríti kot papiga to parrot
govoríti preučeno za koga to speak above someone's head
govoríti tja v tri dni pogovorno to waffle, žargon to rabbit on
tu se govori angleški (napis) English spoken here
ko (ker) ravno govorimo o... since we are on the subject, since we happen to be talking about...
da niti ne govorimo o... to say nothing of...
ne govorimo več o tem!, nehajmo govoríti o tem! let us change (ali drop) the subject!
mi ne »govorimo« (smo sprti ipd.) we are not on speaking terms
o tem ni vredno govoríti it isn't worth speaking of
ona ne govorita več med seboj (sta sprta) they are no longer on speaking terms
govori! speak up!, speak out, out with it!
on ne more (ne zna) nehati govoríti he can never stop talking, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
(on) govori, kot da bi ga navil he has the gift of the gab, he talks nineteen to the dozen
on malo govori he is a man of few words, (je boječ) he is tongue-tied
z njim se da govoríti he is someone you can talk to
z njim se ne da govoríti (figurativno) he will not listen to reason
po vsem mestu se govori o njih they are the talk of the town
govorilo se je o njegovi demisiji there have been rumours of his resignation
vse mesto govori o tem it is the talk of the town
govori se, da je zelo bogata she is said to be very rich
o njem se mnogo govori he is much talked about
to dejstvo govori zanj this fact tells in his favour
dejstva govoré sama the facts speak for themselves
to govori za in proti that cuts both ways
dejanja govore glasneje kot besede actions speak louder than words
vse govori za to, da... there is every reason to believe that...
to govori proti that tells against it
ne govorite z nikomer o tem! not a word to anyone about this!, keep this to yourself!
začeti govoríti o nekem predmetu to broach a subject
bi lahko govoril z Vami? could I have a word with you?
bi lahko govoril z g. X? could I see Mr. X
govorimo odkrito! let's speak frankly, let's lay (ali put) our cards on the table
kjer se veliko govori, se malo naredi least said, soonest mended
govoríti je srebro, molčati pa zlato the less said, the better
prav tako bi lahko govoril stenam figurativno I might as well speak to a brick wall
ti to meni govoriš! (= kot da jaz tega ne vem) you're telling me!

hair [hɛə] samostalnik
las, lasje, dlaka

figurativno against the hair ne pogodu, kar ti ne gre v račun
by (ali within) a hair za las
to a hair točno, natančno
to comb s.o.'s hair for him ozmerjati koga
to do one's hair frizirati se
to get s.o. by the short hairs dobiti koga v oblast
to get in s.o.'s hair (raz)dražiti koga, razjeziti
ameriško to have s.o. in one's hair imeti koga na vratu
to keep one's hair on obrzdati se, ostati miren
to let down one's hair olajšati si srce, postati zaupljiv; prirodno se vesti
to lose one's hair izgubiti lase, postati plešast; pogovorno razburiti se
to make s.o.'s hair curl (ali stand on end) prestrašiti koga, da se mu lasje ježijo; prestrašiti koga, da mu gredo lasje pokonci
to put (ali turn) up one's hair po žensko se počesati (dekle, ko odraste)
to split hairs dlako cepiti
to take hair of the dog that bit you klin s klinom izbijati (pijača)
figurativno to tear one's hair lase si puliti
not to touch a hair of s.o.'s head tudi lasu komu ne skriviti
not to turn a hair niti z očesom ne treniti, obvladati se
without turning a hair ne da bi trenil

hand¹ [hænd] samostalnik
roka, prednja noga četveronožca, noga (sokolova), škarnik (rakov); spretnost, ročnost, izurjenost; strokovnjak, izvedenec; vodenje; izvedba, izvajanje; delo; pomoč; človek, sluga, delavec, mornar
množina mornarji, posadka (ladje), tovarniški delavci; postopek, način; moč, premoč, oblast, vpliv; posredovanje, posrednik; vir (podatkov); snubitev; lastnina, lastnik; kartanje, kvartač, karte v roki; urni kazalec; pisava, podpis, znak; dlan (mera, 10,16 cm); šop (banan, tobačnih listov)
gledališče, sleng ploskanje, aplavz; stran, smer

all hands vsa posadka, vsi delavci
on all hands povsod, na vseh straneh
at hand blizu, pri roki
at the hands of s strani nekoga
bloody hands grb grofije Ulster
a bird in the hand nekaj gotovega (imeti v roki)
a bold hand energična pisava
with a bold hand pogumno
by hand ročno, na roko (narejeno)
by the hands of s posredovanjem
hand cash gotovina pri roki
a cool hand hladnokrvnež
figurativno clean hands čiste roke, čista vest
on every hand povsod okoli
even hands izenačeno
for one's own hand sebi v prid
from hand to hand iz rok v roke
from first hand iz prve roke
from second hand iz druge roke; ponošen, rabljen, antikvaričen
from good hand iz dobrega vira
the hand of God božja roka
hand on heart roko na srce
heart and hands iz vsega srca
heavy on hand dolgočasen, mučen
with a heavy hand s trdo roko
with a high hand drzno, predrzno, naduto
his hand is out iz vaje je
hand to hand (struggle) človek proti človeku (borba)
hand over hand (ali fist) preprijemanje (pri plezanju); figurativno na vrat na nos, hitro, igraje
in hand v roki, v delu, na razpolago, pod nadzorstvom, skupaj, vzajemno, roko v roki
a legible hand čitljiva pisava
on the mending hand na poti k okrevanju
near hand leva stran
near at hand pri roki, blizu
a niggling hand nečitljiva pisava, čačka
an old hand strokovnjak, star lisjak
off hand nepripravljen, brez obotavljanja, desna stran
hands off! roke proč!
hands off policy politika nevmešavanja
on hand v roki, na zalogi, v breme, prisoten; ameriško pri roki, pri sebi
on the one (other) hand po eni (drugi) strani
out of hand nepripravljen, takoj, ekstempore, nenadzorovan, divji
hands up! roke kvišku!
a slack hand brezdelje, brezbrižnost
to (one's) hand pri roki, dosegljiv, pripravljen, na razpolago
under the hand pod roko, skrivaj
under the hand of podpisani...
contract under hand preprosta pogodba brez pečata
the upper hand premoč, nadvlada
with one's own hand lastnoročno

Z glagoli:

to ask for a girl's hand prositi dekle za roko, zasnubiti
to be a good (poor) hand at biti spreten (neroden) v čem
to be bound hand and foot imeti vezane roke
to be in good hands biti v dobrih rokah
to be on s.o.'s hands biti komu na vratu, skrbi
to bear a heavy hand zatirati
to bite the hand that feeds one biti zelo nehvaležen
to bring a baby up by hands hraniti dojenčka s stekleničko
to come to hand priti v roke, dospeti
to change hands menjati lastnika, priti v druge roke
to do a hand's turn samo s prstom migniti
not to do a hand's turn; ali not to lift (ali raise) a hand niti s prstom migniti
to fall into s.o.'s hands priti komu v roke
figurativno to feed out of s.o.'s hand komu iz rok jesti
to get a big hand dobiti velik aplavz
to get s.o. in hand dobiti koga v roke
to get one's hands in dela se zares lotiti
to get the upper hand dobiti premoč
to get off one's hands otresti se česa, znebiti se
to get out of hand iz rok se izmuzniti, izgubiti oblast nad
to give one's hand to poročiti se s kom, roko komu dati
to give one's hand on a bargain v roko si seči, skleniti kupčijo, obljubiti
to give s.o. a free hand dati komu proste roke
to give s.o. a hand iti komu na roko, pomagati, ploskati komu
to go hand in hand with figurativno & dobesedno v korak s kom stopati
to have a hand for biti spreten, nadarjen za kaj
to have o.s. well in hand dobro se obvladati
to have a hand in a matter imeti svoje prste vmes
to have (ali keep) one's hand in ostati v vaji
to have one's hands full imeti polne roke dela
to have time on one's hands ne vedeti kam s časom, imeti mnogo prostega časa
to hold hands držati se za roke
to hold one's hand zadržati se
to hold a good hand imeti dobre karte
to join hands združiti se
to keep a tight hand over imeti koga na vajetih
to keep one's hands on imeti čvrsto v rokah
to let one's temper get out of hand ne obvladati se, podivjati
to live from hand to mouth iz rok v usta živeti
to lay hands on vzeti, najti, roko na kaj položiti
to lay hands on o.s. roko nase položiti, napraviti samomor
to lend a hand pomagati
to make a hand napraviti dobiček
many hands make light work v slogi je moč
to pass through many hands iti skozi mnogo rok
to play into the hands of nevede komu delati v prid
to play a good hand dobro igrati karte
to play for one's own hand delati sebi v prid
to put one's hand in one's pocket seči v žep, prispevati v denarju
figurativno to put one's hands on najti, spomniti se
to put (ali set, turn) one's hands to v roke vzeti, poprijeti se
to serve (ali wait on) s.o. hand and foot komu vdano služiti
to shake s.o. by the hand stisniti komu roko
to shake hands with rokovati se s kom
to show one's hand; ali to have a show of hands figurativno odkriti svoje karte, pokazati svoj pravi namen
it shows a master's hand mojstrsko je, kaže na mojstra
to strengthen the hands of podpreti koga
to take s.o. by the hand koga za roko prijeti, figurativno vzeti koga pod svoje okrilje
to take in hand vzeti v roke, lotiti se
to take a hand at a game sodelovati v igri
to take s.th. off one's hands kupiti kaj od koga; pomagati komu, da se česa znebi
to take a hand in a matter vmešati se v kaj
to take one's courage in both hands zbrati ves svoj pogum
time hangs heavy on my hands dolgčas mi je
to try one's hand at poskusiti se v čem
to throw up one's hands obupati nad čim
to vote by show of hands glasovati z dviganjem rok
figurativno to wash one's hands of umiti si roke, odkloniti odgovornost
to win a girl's hand dobiti dekletovo privoljenje za poroko
to win hands down z lahkoto dobiti, igraje zmagati
to witness the hand of overiti podpis
to write a good hand imeti lepo pisavo

hell [hel] samostalnik
pekel; igralnica, beznica
ameriško, sleng krok(anje)

hell! hudiča!
hell's bells! presneto!
a hell of a vražji, hudičev
to be in a hell of a temper biti hudičevo besen
oh hell! prekleto!
hell broken loose peklenski ropot, nered
pogovorno to catch (ali get) hell dobiti po betici
a hell on earth pekel na zemlji
as much chance (ali hope) as a snow-flake in hell niti trohice upanja
a gambling hell igralnica
to give s.o. hell preganjati koga
go to hell! pojdi k vragu!
to go (ride) hell for leather teči (jahati) kakor za stavo
gone to hell uničen, propadel
to hope (ali wish) to hell vroče želeti
like hell vroče, zelo, hudičevo
to move hell truditi se na vso moč
a hell of a noise peklenski trušč
there is hell to pay pa imamo hudiča
to play hell with uničiti
to raise hell (ali hell' delight) napraviti veliko zmešnjavo
what (ali why) the hell kaj za vraga, kako za vraga
ameriško hell on wheels razuzdano pijančevanje

híp moment; instant

v hípu in a moment, in a trice, in no time, in less than no time, in no time, (kot bi trenil) before you could say knife (ali Jack Robinson); in the twinkling of an eye
niti za híp not for a single second
v hípu je bilo vse končano everything was over in a flash
vsak híp at any moment
prav ta híp at this very moment
v hípu bom pripravljen I'll be ready in a minute (ali in a jiffy ali in a trice ali in a twinkling)
imate híp časa zame? can you give me a minute?
počakajte híp! wait a moment!, wait an instant, wait half a minute, hold on a second!

hoot¹ [hu:t] samostalnik
skovikanje; zavijanje, tuljenje (sirene); hupanje

not to care a hoot (ali two hoots) ne meniti se za kaj
I don't give a hoot nič mi ni mar, briga me
not worth a hoot niti piškavega oreha vreden

in¹ [in] predlog

1.
v, na (na vprašanje kje?)

in England v Angliji
in the country na deželi
in here (there) tu (tam) notri
in town v mestu (o katerem govorimo)
in the sky na nebu
in the street na ulici
in the territory na ozemlju

2. figurativno
v, pri, na

in the army v vojski
in the university na univerzi
in Shakespeare pri Shakespearju
blind in one eye na eno oko slep

3.
v (v posameznih primerih namesto into na vprašanje kam?)

put it in your pocket daj to v žep

4.
(stanje, način, okoliščina)

in arms oborožen
a cow in calf breja krava
in any case v vsakem primeru
in cash v gotovini; pri denarju (biti)
in despair obupano, v obupu
in doubt v dvomu
in dozens na ducate
in English v angleščini
in good health pri dobrem zdravju, zelo zdrav
in groups v skupinah
in E major v E duru
in liquor pijan
in this manner na ta način
in ruins v razvalinah
in short na kratko (povedano)
in tears v solzah
in a word z eno besedo
in other words z drugimi besedami
in writing pismeno

5.
v, pri, na (udeležba)

to be in it biti udeležen, udeležiti se
he isn't in it on ne spada zraven
there is nothing in it ničesar (resničnega, dobrega) ni v tem, ne splača se, je čisto enostavno; je še neodločeno (dirka)

6.
(dejavnost, opravilo) pri, v

in an accident pri nesreči, v nesreči
in crossing the river pri prehodu čez reko
in search of pri iskanju česa

7.
(moč, sposobnost)

it is not in her to tega ona ne zmore
he has (not) got it in him to je (ni) pravi mož za to

8.
(časovno)

in the beginning v začetku
in the day, in daytime podnevi
in the evening zvečer
in his flight na begu
in two hours v dveh urah, čez dve uri
in March marca
in one istočasno
in the reign of za vlade, za časa vladanja
in my sleep v spanju, ko sem spal
in time pravočasno, sčasoma, kdaj
in winter pozimi
in (the year) 1940 leta 1940

9.
(namen, smoter)

in answer to kot odgovor na
in my defence v mojo obrambo

10.
(vzrok, nagib)

in contempt s prezirom
in his honour njemu na čast
in sport za šalo
in remembrance v spomin

11.
(razmerje, odnos, zveza)

in as (ali so) far as do take mere
in that ker, kolikor
well in body, but ill in mind telesno zdrav, a duševno bolan
in itself samo po sebi
in number številčno
in size po velikosti
equal in strength enak po moči
the latest thing in s.th. najnovejše na nekem področju
ten feet in width 10 čevljev širok (po širini)

12.
po

in my opinion po mojem mnenju
in all probability po vsej verjetnosti

13.
(sredstvo, material)

in boots v škornjih
a statue in bronze bronast kip
written in pencil napisano s svinčnikom
a picture in oils oljnata slika
dressed in white oblečen v belo

14.
(število, znesek)

seven in all v celem sedem
five in the hundred pet od sto, 5%
one in ten eden od desetih
in twos po dva, paroma
not one in a hundred niti eden od stotih
a place in a million najbolj primeren kraj

inch¹ [inč] samostalnik
palec, cola (2,54 cm); malenkost
množina rast, postava

at an inch zelo natančno
by inches; ali inch by inch ped za pedjo, po malem, polagoma
an inch of cold iron vbod z bodalom
every inch a popoln, od glave do pete
give him an inch and he will take an ell če mu ponudiš prst, zagrabi celo roko
a man of your inches mož tvoje rasti
not to yield an inch ne umakniti se niti za ped
to flog s.o. within an inch of his life prebičati koga skoraj do smrti
within an inch za las, skoraj

inkling [íŋkliŋ] samostalnik
namig, migljaj, namigovanje, šušljanje; slutnja

to get an inkling of s.th. zavohati nekaj, zaslutiti kaj
to have an inkling of s.th. slutiti kaj
not the least inkling niti najmanjšega pojma

innocent¹ [ínəsnt] pridevnik (innocently prislov)
nedolžen, neomadeževan, čist; neškodljiv, preprost, neizumetničen
pravno nedolžen (of)
dopusten, legalen, nesumljiv
pogovorno bedast, naiven

innocent air nedolžen obraz, nedolžen videz
an innocent deception nedolžna prevara
an innocent sport neškodljiv šport
innocent trade legalna trgovina
innocent goods nesumljiva roba, nepretihotapljena roba
pogovorno innocent of brez
innocent of self respect brez samospoštovanja
he is innocent of such things še nikoli ni o teh stvareh slišal
he is innocent of Latin ne zna niti besedice latinščine

iota [aióutə] samostalnik
jota (grška črka)
figurativno drobec, malenkost

not an iota niti malo

ískra spark; figurativno flash; flame

brez ískre flashless
električna ískra electric spark
metati ískre to spark, (o očeh, pogledu itd.) to sparkle, to flash
kresati ískre iz kresilnega kamna to strike sparks out of a flint
še je bila ískrica življenja v njem there was still a spark of life left in him
niti ískrice pameti ni v njem he hasn't a glimmer of common sense in him

izvolíti to elect; (z glasovanjem) to vote; to return

izvolíti z dvigom rok to elect by a show of hands
izvolíti s tajnim glasovanjem to elect by secret ballot
bil je izvoljen z veliko večino he was voted in by a big majority
izvolilo ga je njegovo prejšnje volilno okrožje he was returned by his former constituency
bil je izvoljen za župana he was elected mayor
bil je izvoljen za predsedujočega he was voted into the chair, he was elected to the chair, he was elected chairman
izvolite sesti! sit down, please!
izvolite zapreti okno! be so kind as to shut the window!
niti pogledati ni izvolil! he did not even so much as look at it!
izvolite! (tu imate!, vzemite!) here you are!
izvolite (iti naprej)! after you!