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bêda misery; poverty; distress; (pomanjkanje) want, need, indigence; penury

huda bêda squalor
bêda, ki se ne da popisati misery that surpasses description
pasti v bêdo to fall into poverty
živeti v bêdi to live in dire want (ali in abject poverty), to suffer want, to be badly off, to be in dire straits (ali in straitened circumstances)

beséda word; (izraz) expression, term; (izrek) saying; (obljuba) promise

z besédami in writing
z drugimi besédami in other words
z eno besédo in a (ali one) word
beséda ob (ne)pravem času a word in (out of) season
in, niti beséde o tem! Pst! and mum's the word!
in konec besédi! and that's that!
na dan z besédo! (govori!) spit it out!, out with it, man!, ZDA pogovorno talk turkey!
prav s temi besédami in so many words
častna beséda word of honour
častna beséd! word of honour!, upon ali on my honour!, honestly!
nobene beséde več! not another word!
beséda za besédo word for word, literally
ostre beséde harsh (ali angry) words
božja beséda gospel
grde beséde foul language
lepe beséde fair words
prazne beséde empty (ali idle) words
sladke beséde flattering words
izvedena beséda derivative
novo skovana beséda newly coined word
zložena beséda compound word
same beséde! mere words!
enozložna beséda monosyllable
težko izgovorljiva beséda tongue twister
strokovna beséda technical term
zelo zastarela beséda obsolete word
zastarela beséda archaic word, archaism
človek redkih besédi a man of few words
spojena beséda portmanteau word (npr. smog = smoke + fog)
izpeljava besed derivation of words; etymology
tvorba besed word-formation
števec besed telefonija word counter
beséda je o... the point is, the point in question is...
ne biti mož beséda not to keep one's word
on je mož beséda he is a man of his word, he is true to his word
vse to so same prazne beséde that's all idle chatter
pametnemu je ena beséda dovolj a word to the wise
beséda je dala besédo one word led to another
dati svojo (častno) besédo to pledge one's word, to give one's word
dati komu besédo to allow someone to speak
biti mož beséda to keep one's word, to be as good as one's word; to be true to one's word
njegova beséda je zakon (figurativno) what he says goes
držati svojo besédo to keep one's word
držal bom svojo besédo I will keep my word
ni držal svoje beséde he went back on his word
imam besédo na jeziku I have the word on the tip of my tongue
ti imaš besédo it is your turn to speak, (na sestanku) you have the floor, you may take the floor
ne dati drugim beséde to monopolize the conversation
imeti zadnjo besédo to have the last word
imeti odločilno (zadnjo) besédo pri to have the final say in
jaz imam zdaj besédo it's my turn now, now I'll have my say
imeti véliko besédo to talk big
on ima glavno besédo he is the spokesman
v tej stvari nimam nobene beséde več I no longer have any say in this matter
od lepih besed še nihče ni bil sit fine words butter no parnips
čim manj je besed, tem bolje je least said soonest mended
izbirati beséde to pick one's words
ni izgubljal, tratil besede o... he wasted no words on...
naglasiti, poudariti besédo to stress (ali to emphasize) a word
zaman izgubljati beséde to waste words
izraziti z besédo to word
niti beséde ni omenil o tem he did not breathe a word of it
odvzeti komu besédo to stop someone from speaking
pasti komu v besédo to interrupt someone, to cut short, pogovorno to chip in
prositi za besédo to beg permission to speak, to ask leave to speak
prosim za besédo! (ZDA) may I have the floor?
oprostite besedi! saving your presence!
prihranite si svoje beséde! save your breath
sploh me ne pusti do beséde he does not let me a word in edgeways
priti do beséde to get a word in edgeways
ne priti z besédo na dan (žargon) to beat about the bush
nisem mogel priti do beséde I couldn't get a word in
prijeti koga za besédo to take someone at his word
ne najdem (ne morem najti) besed I am at a loss for words
tudi beséde resnice ni v tem there is not a word of truth in it
prevračati beséde to quibble over words
lastne beséde človek ne more slišati v tem hrupu in this din you can't hear yourself speak
snesti svojo besédo not to keep one's word, to break one's word
reči dobro besédo za koga to intercede in someone's favour, to say a good word for someone, to plead for someone
premisliti beséde to ponder one's words
skovati besédo to coin a word
ne upati si z besédo na dan žargon to beat about the bush
pretehtati svoje beséde to mind one's p's and q's, to ponder one's words
vzeti komu besédo iz ust to take the words out of someone's mouth
zastaviti svojo besédo arhaično to pledge one's word (ali honour)
zastaviti dobro besédo za koga to put in a word for someone
umakniti svojo besédo to retract one's word, to go back on one's promise
verjeti na besédo to take on trust
ubogati na besédo to obey to the letter
lahko mi verjamete na besédo you may take my word for it; you can believe every word I say
vleči beséde to drawl
tudi beséde ni rekel he never said a word (ali žargon humoristično a dicky bird)
reči besédo o pravem času to drop a timely hint; arhaično to say a word in season
človek se lahkó zanese na njegovo besédo his word is as good as his bond
izvleči se z lepimi besédami to talk one's way out
dobiti besédo to have leave to speak, to be allowed to speak; parlament to catch the Speaker's eye
(takrat) ni znal beséde angleški he could not then speak a word of English
beséde ne ziniti to button up one's mouth
iskal sem to besédo pri več avtorjih I have looked that word up in several authors
beséda ni konj (figurativno) hard words break no bones

bite^*1 [bait]

1. prehodni glagol
gristi, odgristi; pičiti, pikati; jedkati, razjedati
pogovorno oslepariti; okužiti

2. neprehodni glagol
gristi; peči, skeleti
figurativno pustiti se oslepariti; prijeti

the brake will not bite brzda noče prijeti
to bite the dust pasti na tla, valjati se po tleh, umreti
to bite the hand that feeds one pokazati se nehvaležnega
to bite one's lips krotiti, premagovati se

board¹ [bɔ:d] samostalnik
deska, plošča, tablica, tabla; miza; paluba; karton; oskrba; oblast, uprava komisija, ministrstvo
navtika ladijski bok
množina oder

above board odkrito, pošteno
bed of boards pograd
board and lodging hrana in stanovanje
trgovina free on board franko na ladjo
to go on board vkrcati se; ameriško (tudi) vstopiti v vlak
separation from bed and board ločitev od postelje in mize
to go by the board poginiti; biti žrtvovan; izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti
in boards v zaboju
on board na krovu, vkrcan
to be on the board biti v službi
to go on the boards postati poklicni igralec
groaning board miza, ki se šibi; figurativno obilna hrana
to sweep the board odlikovati se, zmagati
navtika to make boards križariti proti vetru
Board of Education ministrstvo za prosveto
Board of Trade ministrstvo za trgovino
Board of Admiralty ministrstvo za mornarico
Road Board ministrstvo za gradnjo in vzdrževanje cest
chess board šahovnica
to put to board dati na hrano
board of examiners izpitna komisija
diving board deska za skok v vodo

bòj fight (tudi figurativno), fighting; (oborožen) combat; (bitka) battle, engagement, action; (bojevanje) struggle (za for, z with); (spopad) encounter, (praska) skirmish; (tekmovanje) contest, match; (spor, figurativno) conflct

hud težak bòj hard, heavy fighting
bòj moža proti možu, bòj od blizu hand-to-hand fighting, dog-fight, close combat
vroč bòj a ding-dong fight
v vročem bòju in the heat of the battle
surov bòj rough-and-tumble fight
neodločen bòj drawn battle
bòj na nož fight to the finish, skin-game
bòj na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle; all-in fighting, a deadly fight
bòj za obstanek struggle for life, struggle for existence
smrtni bòj death agony
poulični bòji street fighting
bòj nazorov conflict of opinions
politični bòji political conflicts
duševni bòj mental strife, mental struggle
volilni bòj election contest, election campaign
pripravljen za bòj ready to fight, (na morju) decks cleared for action
sposoben za bòj able to fight, in fighting trim
nesposoben za bòj disabled, out of action
bíti (bijem) bòj to fight a battle
izločiti iz bòja to put out of action
ne izbirati sredstev za bòj to fight with one's gloves off
izzvati na bòj to challenge; to throw down the gauntlet
pasti v bòju to be killed in action, to fall in action
sprejeti bòj (figurativno) to accept the challenge, to pick up the gauntlet; to accept battle
spustiti se v bòj to join battle

bórba fight; fighting; struggle; strife; contest; (tekmovanje) competition

po ostri bórbi after sharp fighting
bórba moža proti možu hand-to-hand fighting
bórba na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle
bórba na nož skin-game, fight to the finish
bórba za obstanek, za življenje struggle for life (ali for existence)
surova bórba a rough-and-tumble
volilna bórba election campaign
vroča bórba a ding-dong fight
izločiti iz bórbe to put someone out of action; to knock someone out
pasti v bórbi to be killed in action
začeti bórbo to start a fight

buster [bʌ́stə] samostalnik
sleng velika stvar; velika laž; krokanje

to come a buster pasti s konja; doživeti neuspeh

cloud¹ [klaud] samostalnik
oblak, megla, para; temna lisa, madež; motnost
figurativno mrak, tema, senca; množica, roj; nesreča
množina višje sfere, nebo

to drop from the clouds nepričakovano se prikazati, z neba pasti
every cloud has a silver lining vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
under a cloud pod sumom, na slabem glasu; v težavah, brez denarja
to be (ali have one's head) in the clouds živeti v oblakih
a cloud on one's brow mrk, namrgoden
cloud seeding ustvarjanje umetnega dežja

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

cropper [krɔ́pə] samostalnik
žanjec, kosec; obrezovalec; kosilnica, žetnik; padec
zoologija golšasti golob
ameriško, sleng zakupnik zemlje na delež pridelka
figurativno razočaranje

to go (ali come) a cropper pasti, propasti
a good (bad) cropper rastlina, ki dobro (slabo) obrodi

curl² [kə:l]

1. prehodni glagol
kodrati, gubati; šobiti; valoviti; grbančiti

2. neprehodni glagol
gubati, kodrati, grbančiti se; valovati

to make one's hair curl povzročiti, da se človeku lasje ježijo
curl your hair with it! solit se pojdi!
to curl one's lip šobiti se
to curl up skodrati; zviti se; sleng, šport prevrniti se, pasti

disgrace¹ [disgréis] samostalnik
sramota; nemilost

to bring disgrace on (ali upon) s.o. onečastiti, osramotiti koga
in disgrace v nemilosti
to fall into disgrace with s.o. pasti v nemilost koga, zameriti se komu
to be a disgrace to s.o. biti komu v sramoto

ekstáza ecstasy; rapture; medicina ecstasy; trance

pasti v ekstázo to be thrown into a state of ecstasy
biti v ekstázi to be enraptured, to go into raptures (ob, nad over), to be carried away (by), to be in ecstasies (at, over), to be entranced (by)
priti v ekstázo to grow ecstatic
spraviti v ekstázo to enrapture

examination [igzæminéišən] samostalnik
izpit; raziskava, preiskava, pregled; razmišljanje
pravno zasliševanje

even plus examination britanska angleščina sprejemni izpit za srednjo šolo; šolo
board of examination izpitna komisija
customs examination carinski pregled
to go in for (ali sit, undergo) an examination delati izpit
to fail (in) an examination pasti pri izpitu
sleng to plough an examination cepniti pri izpitu
to get through (ali pass) an examination narediti izpit
to make an examination of s.th. ogledati si kaj
post-mortem examination obdukcija
public examination javna preiskava
competitive examination javni razpis
to be under examination biti na pretresu; pravno biti zaslišan

fall² [fɔ:l] samostalnik
padanje, padec, upadanje; padavina; pobočje, strmina, reber; spuščanje; slap; propad; poraz; smrt
glasba kadenca; sečnja

to have a fall pasti
the fall of man izvirni greh
to ride for a fall izpostavljati se nevarnosti, drveti v pogubo
to try a fall with boriti, meriti se s
to sustain a fall pasti, padati

fall to neprehodni glagol
planiti; lotiti se, začeti; spoprijeti se; zapasti (plačilo); pripasti; avtomatsko se zapreti

figurativno fall to the ground izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti

feast² [fi:st] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (on, upon)
gostiti (se), godovati; zabavati (se), uživati, naslanjati se, veseljačiti, praznovati

to feast one's eyes gledati z užitkom, pasti oči
to feast away the night preveseljačiti noč

fizzle¹ [fízl] neprehodni glagol
sikati, prasketati, šumeti, brenčati

to fizzle out slabšati se, upadati; pokvariti se; spodleteti; izjaloviti se; sleng pasti pri izpitu

flat² [flæt] prislov
ravno, plosko; na dolgo in široko; povsem, naravnost; prenizko (peti)

to fall flat pasti kot dolg in širok; figurativno ne se posrečiti, spodleteti
to go flat out na vso moč se truditi

flier [fláiə] samostalnik
letalec; hitro vozilo; dirkalni konj
tehnično zamašnjak

to take a flier hudo pasti