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theatricality [ɵiətrikǽliti] samostalnik
teatraličriost; prazen pomp

vacuity [vækjú:iti] samostalnik
praznost, praznina, praznota; vrzel, pomanjkljivost
figurativno duševna praznota, brezizraznost; (redko) prazen prostor, vakuum
množina, figurativno praznost, brezpomembnost, puhlost, neumnost

he filled up his speech with vacuities v njegovem govoru je bilo polno brezpomembnosti (bedastoč)

void² [vɔ́id] samostalnik
praznina, prazen prostor; vrzel
figurativno občutek praznine, zapuščenosti

to fill a void napolniti praznino
his death has left a void njegova smrt je zapustila veliko praznino
the bird vanished into the void ptič se je izgubil iz vida

wastage [wéistidž] samostalnik
tratenje, trošenje, razsipavanje, zapravljanje; izguba; obraba; odpad
figurativno prazen tek

wastage of energy trošenje, potrata energije

white² [wáit] samostalnik
belina, bela barva, belilo; bel predmet; belokožnost; belec, človek bele rase; beljak; belo vino
zastarelo srebro, srebrnik; (šah) bela figura; beli krog pri tarči
politika beli, reakcionar, rojalist
figurativno čistost, nedolžnost
tisk vrzel, prazen prostor

in the white tehnično surov, nepleskan (les, kovina itd.)
dressed in white belo oblečen

ado [ədú:] samostalnik
hrup, trušč; trud; razburjanje

much ado about nothing mnogo krika za prazen nič
he had much ado mnogo truda ga je stalo
without more (ali further) ado brez nadaljnjega obotavljanja

alarmírati to alarm; to alert; to frighten; to give the alarm

alarmírati za prazen nič to cry wolf

boast¹ [boust] samostalnik
bahanje, ponašanje, ponos

to make a boast of s.th. biti domišljav (ponosen) na kaj
great boast small roast veliko hrupa za prazen nič

cry¹ [krai] samostalnik
krik, vreščanje, vpitje, klicanje; jok; lajež; tolpa psov; geslo; rotitev

to follow in the cry pridružiti se
in full cry v največjem razmahu
much cry and little wool mnogo krika za prazen nič, veliko truda in malo uspeha
a far cry velika razdalja, velika razlika
figurativno hue and cry krik in vik; tiralica
to have a good cry izjokati se
within cry v slišaju

cry² [krai]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, vzklikniti, jokati, tarnati, razglasiti; izklicevati

2. neprehodni glagol
jokati, kričati, jadikovati, vreščati; lajati; dreti se

to cry for the moon želeti si nemogoče
to cry fie at (ali shame against) s.th. zgražati se nad čim
to cry halves zahtevati svoj delež
to cry shame upon s.o. (o)sramotiti, grajati koga
to cry out one's eyes izjokati si oči
it's no good crying over spilt milk kar je, je
to cry out before one is hurt vnaprej tarnati
to cry wolf povzročiti prazen hrup, izgovarjati se na neresnično bolezen
to cry quits poravnati spor
to cry to s.o. poklicati koga
don't cry stinking fish umazano perilo peri doma
do not cry till you are out of the wood ne hvali dneva pred večerom
to cry craven vdati se, popustiti

deaf [def] pridevnik (deafly prislov)
gluh, naglušen (with)
omamljen

deaf of (ali in) one ear na eno uho gluh
deaf as a post (ali door-nail, stone, beetle, an adder) popolnoma gluh, gluh ko zemlja
none so deaf as those who won't hear najbolj gluhi so tisti, ki nočejo slišati
deaf nut prazen oreh
to fall on deaf ears ne biti uslišan
to turn a deaf ear delati se gluhega, ne uslišati

false¹ [fɔ:ls] pridevnik (falsely prislov)
nepravi, napačen; lažniv, varljiv, potuhnjen; nezvest, izdajalski; zmoten; neosnovan, netočen; nezakonit; umeten, ponarejen

false keel zunanji gredelj
false key kljukec, odpirač
false pretences lažne obliube
to sail under false colours pluti pod lažno zastavo; figurativno šopiriti se s pavjim perjem
to take a false step spotakniti se
false alarm prazen preplah
to be false to one's promise ne izpolniti obljube
false bottom dvojno dno

gut¹ [gʌt] samostalnik
anatomija črevo
množina drobovje
množina trebuh; ožina; zavoj reke na veslaški progi (Oxford, Cambridge); struna; svilena struna
sleng, množina vztrajnost; odločnost; hrabrost, predrznost; učinkovitost; bistvo, vsebina

large gut debelo črevo
little (ali small) gut tenko črevo
fat guts debeluh, trebušnež
more guts than brain več sreče kot pameti
to have no guts biti prazen, brez vsebine, brez vrednosti

hrúp noise; (bučen) uproar; (oglušajoč) din; tumult; row; bustle; hubbub; commotion; žargon shindy

dvigniti strašanski hrúp to kick up a tremendous row
delati hrúp to make a noise, to make a din, to kick up a shindy
mnogo hrúpa za nič much ado about nothing; a great fuss about nothing; a storm in a teacup
prazen hrúp fuss
hrúp na ulici bustle in the street
peklenski hrúp pandemonium, unholy racket, pogovorno a heck of a row
velik hrúp uganjati, delati (razgrajati) to bawl, to make a loud noise, to raise a storm, to clamour, arhaično to vociferate
vse je to bilo opravljeno brez hrúpa that was all done on the quiet
mnogo hrúpa dvigniti (pogovorno) to make a great to-do about something

izgôvor pronunciation, articulation, accent; (opravičilo) excuse, (pretveza) pretext, plea, pogovorno get-out, let-out

kot izgôvor (za, da...) on (ali under) the pretext (of, that...)
slab izgôvor a poor excuse
prazen (puhel) izgôvor a shallow argument, a lame excuse
imeti tuj izgôvor (izgovarjavo) to have a foreign accent
za to ni nobenega izgôvora it admits of no excuse

jókati to cry, to weep, to shed tears

jókati za kom to weep (ali to mourn) for someone, to bewail the loss of someone
grenko jókati to weep bitterly
jókati od jeze to weep with (ali for) anger
jókati od bolečine to weep with pain
jokala je vso noč she was crying (ali weeping) all night long
hkrati smejoč se in jokajoč (se) laughing and crying at the same time
jókati nad svojo žalostno usodo to weep over one's misfortunes (ali over one's sad lot)
dolgo jókati to cry one's eyes (ali one's heart) out
kar naprej jókati to go on crying (ali weeping)
jókati za prazen nič to cry for nothing
jókati od veselja to cry with joy
krčevito jókati to sob one's heart out; to shed hot tears

krík cry, shout; scream, shriek, outcry

bojni krík war cry
krík in krik hue and cry; commotion; outcry; roar
dvigniti krík in krik to set up a roar
nastal je krík in vik an outcry arose
zagnati huronski krík (figurativno) to raise the roof
zagnati krík in vik zaradi česa to make (ali pogovorno to kick up) a great commotion about something
zagnati krík in vik proti komu to rise a hue and cry against someone
mnogo krík za prazen nič much ado about nothing; a storm in a teacup

merit¹ [mérit] samostalnik
zasluga, vrednost, odlika, prednost, dobra stran

pravno the merits bistvo, glavne točke (zadeve)
pravno to decide a case on its merits upoštevati vse argumente za in proti
the merits and demerits of a case dobre in slabe stvari zadeve
pravno to inquire into the merits of a case temeljito zadevo preučiti, iti stvari do dna
on its own merits samo na sebi, v bistvu
without merit brez vrednosti, prazen, brez vsebine, neveljaven
to make a merit of šteti si v zaslugo
a man of merit zaslužen človek
to reward s.o. according to his merits nagraditi koga po njegovih zaslugah, dati komu kar mu gre
ekonomija merit pay plačilo po učinku
ekonomija, politika merit system sistem nastavitve in napredovanja na temelju sposobnosti

mountain [máuntin] samostalnik
gora (tudi figurativno)

a mountain is raised off my spirits kamen se mi je odvalil od srca
to climb mountains iti v hribe
mountains high izredno visok
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
the mountain on labo(u)r veliko hrupa za prazen nič
zgodovina the Mountain jakobinska stranka v francoski revoluciji
Mountain State vzdevek za Montano in Zahodno Virginijo (ZDA)

much¹ [məč] pridevnik
mnogo

much money mnogo denarja
so much water toliko vode, sama voda
pogovorno he is too much for me nisem mu dorastel, ne pridem mu do kraja
much cry and little wool mnogo hrupa za prazen nič