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bég² flight; escape; run; getaway; (poražene vojske) rout; (z ljubimcem) elopement; (iz ječe) breakout

divji, brezglav bég stampede
bég kapitala flight of capital
bég možganov (figurativno) brain drain
bég z dežele (v mesto) drift from the land
pognati, zapoditi v bég to put to flight, vojska to put to rout
pognati se v bég to take (to) flight, to flee
spustiti se v bég to take to one's heels
naš napad je pognal sovražnika v bég our attack put the enemy to flight

bítka battle; fight; (spopad, praska) skirmish, action, brush, engagement, encounter, combat

bítka do uničenja fight to a finish (ali to the bitter end, to the last man)
obkoljevalna bítka battle of encirclement
prava pravcata bítka a pitched battle
dobiti bítko to win a battle
bítka je na višku the battle is at its height
pripravljati se za bítko to prepare for battle
spustiti se v bítko to give battle, to join battle, to wage a battle, to fight a battle
prišlo je do bítke it came to a fight; a battle was fought
sprejeti bítko to accept battle
neodločena bítka indecisive battle

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

debáta debate; discussion

odgoditi debáto (do) to adjourn a debate (till)
spustiti se v debáto to enter into (ali upon) a discussion
udeležiti se debáte to take part in a discussion
zavlačevati debáto to protract a debate, (v parlamentu) to filibuster
to vprašanje je še v debáti this question is under discussion
zakonski osnutek bo prišel v debáto jutri the bill will come up (ali will be debated ali will be taken up) tomorrow

dír gallop

v díru at a gallop
v polnem díru at full gallop
jahati v díru to gallop; to ride at full speed
spustiti se v dír to gallop away, to break into a gallop

discussion [diskʌ́šən] samostalnik
razprava, pretresanje, diskusija
hudomušno naslajanje, užitek

to enter into (ali upon) discussion spustiti se v pogovor

down³ [daun] prislov & predlog
dol, doli; spodaj, navzdol; na tleh; na tla; v postelji; do kraja; tik do

to be down oslabeti
to bear down pluti v zavetje
to burn down pogoreti
to die down poleči se
to climb (ali come) down spuščati se
to drop down on s.o. strogo koga grajati
to get down spustiti se; pogoltniti
to get down the bedrock priti stvari do dna
down to the ground popolnoma, temeljito
all down history skozi vso zgodovino
down at heels (and out at elbows) zanemarjene zunanjosti
from king down to cobbler od najvišjega do najnižjega
to let go down the wind opustiti
to look down upon s.o. zaničevati, omalovaževati koga
money (ali pay) down takojšnje plačilo
down on the nail takoj
down in the mouth potrt
down and out popolnoma brez sredstev, gladujoč, sestradan; uničen; za borbo nesposoben
one down the other drug za drugim
to put down zapisati
to run s.o. down slabo o kom govoriti
run down od dela izčrpan
to take s.o. down the peg ponižati koga
to talk down to s.o. razumljivo komu govoriti
down town v mesto, v središče mesta
down under pri antipodih, v Avstraliji
to write down zapisati
worn down ponošen
down the wind z vetrom
down on one's luck potrt

ensign [énsain] samostalnik
znak; zastava; zastavnik, častnik najnižje stopnje, praporščak

to dip one's ensign to spustiti zastavo pred
red ensign zastava angleške trgovske mornarice
white ensign zastava angleške vojne mornarice

enter into neprehodni glagol
prodreti; sodelovati; lotiti se

I enter into your feelings razumem vas, sočustvujem z vami
enter into an arrangement sporazumeti se
enter into a contract skleniti pogodbo
enter into business relations navezati poslovne stike
enter into details spustiti se v podrobnosti
enter into a treaty skleniti pogodbo
enter into one's mind na misel priti
enter into correspondence with s.o. začeti si s kom dopisovati
enter into obligations prevzeti obveznost

flag³ [flæg] samostalnik
zastava; košat pasji rep

black flag piratsko znamenje; piratstvo
flag of distress srajca, ki visi skozi raztrgano obleko; figurativno slab znak
to get one's flag postati admiral
to hang out the white flag vdati se
to hang out the red flag pozvati na boj
to hoist the flag izobesiti zastavo; prevzeti poveljništvo
house flag zastava ladijske družbe
merchant flag zastava trgovske mornarice
to strike (ali lower) the flag spustiti zastavo, priznati poraz
flag station postajališče (samo na znamenje)
yellow flag znamenje, da je na ladji kužna bolezen; karantena
to dip the flag pozdravljati s spuščanjem in dviganjem zastave

galòp gallop

poln, veliki galòp full gallop
mali galòp canter, hand gallop
pognati konja v galòp to gallop a horse
spustiti se v galòp to break into a gallop, to gallop away

harry [hǽri] prehodni glagol
pleniti, ropati, pustošiti, vznemirjati, vpadati

to harry hell spustiti se v pekel (Kristus)

have^*2 [hæv] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
imeti; vsebovati, imeti v sebi; imeti mlade, otroka (to have a baby)
imeti, preživljati (to have a fine time dobro se imeti)
obdržati, imeti (may I have it?)
gojiti čustva, imeti (misli itd.); dobiti (I've had no news)
zvedeti od, slišati od (I have it from my friend)
znati, razumeti (she has no German)
jesti, piti, kaditi (I had a sandwich, some coffee, a cigarette)
trditi (as Plato has it)
sleng potegniti, prevarati koga
z nedoločnikom: morati (I have to do it)
z objektom in preteklim deležnikom: dati si kaj narediti (I had a suit made)
z nedoločnikom brez "to": dovoliti, trpeti (I won't have it, I won't have you say it)

Z nedoločnikom brez "to":

I had as good; ali as well prav tako bi lahko
I had as lief; ali as soon prav tako bi rad
I had better; ali best bolje bi storil, če, bilo bi pametno, če
I had sooner; ali rather raje bi
I had soonest; ali liefest najraje bi

Druge fraze in rabe:

sleng you have been had prevarali so te
parlament the Ayes have it večina je za
figurativno he had me in the argument potolkel me je
have them come here poskrbi, da pridejo
(not) to be had se (ne) dobi
you have it coming dobiš, kar zaslužiš
what would you have me do? kaj naj po tvojem storim?
I won't have you do it ne dovolim, da bi to naredil
have done! nehaj!
I have done with it s tem sem opravil
I have your idea sedaj te razumem
he had a leg broken zlomil si je nogo
he had a son born to him rodil se mu je sin
I won't have it tega ne trpim, ne dovolim
you have me, have you not? ti me razumeš, kajne?
rumour has it govorica gre
he will have it that on trdi, da
have it your own way naj bo po tvojem
I have it že imam, spomnil sem se
I would have you know rad bi, da zveš
I had him there na tem sem ga ujel, premagal sem ga, bil sem močnejši od njega
you have it right prav imaš, uganil si
to have breakfast, lunch, dinner (supper) zajtrkovati, kositi, večerjati
to have an affair imeti ljubezensko razmerje
to have the best of zmagati
to have s.th. by heart znati kaj na pamet
to have a chat pokramljati
to have a cold biti prehlajen
to have the cheek to predrzniti se
to have a day off imeti prost dan
to have to do with imeti kaj opraviti z
to have an edge on imeti majhno prednost, biti malo opit
to have one's fill of imeti dovolj česa
to have one's fling izdivjati se
ameriško, pravno to have and to hold imeti v posesti, ne spustiti iz rok
to have it in for s.o. zameriti komu, komu kaj slabega želeti
to have it in one to imeti dovolj poguma za
to have a heart biti usmiljen, imeti srce
to have kittens biti razburjen
to have the laugh on zadnji se smejati
to have a look at pogledati
to have a mind to kaj nameravati
to have s.th. in mind imeti kaj v mislih
to have it (all) over s.o. biti na boljšem od koga
to have it out with s.o. razčistiti stvar s kom
to let s.o. have it kaznovati koga, odkrito komu povedati, kar mu gre
to have ready pripraviti
to have a short (long) run obdržati se malo (dolgo) časa
to have the run of imeti pravico uporabljati
to have a say in imeti pravico kaj reči k
to have a good time dobro se imeti
to have a way with znati s kom ali čim ravnati
to have a shot at poskusiti kaj narediti
to have s.th. on s.o. imeti koga v šahu
to have s.o. on toast imeti koga v rokah, prekaniti koga
to have a try poskusiti

involve [invɔ́lv] prehodni glagol
zaplesti, zamotati, zaviti, oviti (in v)
vplesti (in v)
spraviti v težave; obsegati, vsebovati; imeti za posledico; zahtevati, potrebovati, tikati se koga (česa)
matematika potencirati

it involves hard work za to je potrebno trdo delo
it involves all employees tiče se vseh zaposlenih
involved in a lawsuit vpleten v pravdo
to involve o.s. with s.o. in s.th. spustiti se s kom v kaj

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

jádro sail

s polnimi jádri in full sail
glavno jádro mainsail, main course
sprednje jádro foresail
z razpetimi jádri all sails set
pluti z razpetimi jádri to sail under canvas
razpeti jádro to set (ali to make) sail
razpeti vsa jádra to spread all canvas, to crowd sail
naravnati jádra po vetru to trim one's sails to the winds
treba je obračati jádra po vetru one must trim one's sails according to the wind
ladja ima razpeta jádra the ship is under canvas
razviti jádro to unfurl sail
spustiti jádro to lower (ali to strike) sail
zmanjšati jádro to shorten sail, to reef sail
zviti jádro to furl (ali to take in) sail
hitro razpeti jádro to clap on sail

jók crying; weep, weeping; wailing; shedding of tears

pol v jóku, pol v smehu half crying, half laughing
na jók mi gre I feel like crying (ali weeping), I feel I could cry (ali weep)
planiti, spustiti se v jók to burst into tears, pogovorno to turn on the waterworks
bruhniti v jók to burst into tears
spraviti koga v jók to reduce someone to tears, to make someone cry
na jók ji je šlo she felt close to tears

kávcija trgovina security; caution money; deposit; pledge; (na sodišču) bail

deponiran kot kávcija deposited as a pledge
zmožen kávcije able to afford security
dati kávcijo to give security, to give bail
biti na svobodi proti kávciji to be out on bail
položiti kávcijo to put in bail
spustiti na svobodo proti kávciji to release on bail

koléno anatomija knee; (reke, ceste, poti) bend; tehnika angle; vojska salient; (rod, poreklo) descent, origin, generation, stock, lineage, family, race, birth, house

do kolen knee-deep, knee-high
do kolen globoko v knee-deep in
klečé na kolénih on bended knees
bratranec v prvem (drugem) kolénu cousin once (twice) removed
hlače do kolén kneebreeches pl
nogavice do kolén knee-length stockings pl
pregibanje koléna genuflection
vnetje koléna gonitis
zaščitni ovoj za koléno kneecap, kneepad, knee-guard
šibak v kolénih weak-kneed
biti na kolénih to be on one's knees
odrgniti si koléna to graze (ali to skin) one's knees
na kolénih prositi za kaj to beg for something on one's bended knees
prositi koga na kolénih to implore (ali to supplicate) someone on bended knee
iti, spustiti se, pasti na koléna to go down (ali to fall) on one's knees (pred kom before someone)
ne pride mu niti do kolén (figurativno) he can't hold a candle to him, pogovorno he's not a patch on him
spraviti koga na koléna to force someone to his knees; to bring someone (down) to his knees
po kolénih se udariti to slap one's knees
upogniti koléno to bend the knee
koléna se mu tresejo (figurativno) he shakes in his shoes
zlomiti kaj na (svojih) kolénih to break something on one's knees
suniti s kolénom to knee

large² [la:dž] samostalnik
svoboda

at large na svobodi; nadrobno, obširno; na splošno; na slepo; v celoti, ves
to set at large spustiti na svobodo
to discuss s.th. at large nadrobno kaj pretresti
the nation at large ves narod
the world at large ves svet, vsi ljudje
to talk at large govoriti tja v tri dni
gentleman at large dvorjan brez posebnih dolžnosti; svoj gospodar, človek brez poklica
in (the) large na veliko, v celoti