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time-honoured [táimɔnɔd] pridevnik
častitljiv, časti vreden (zaradi svoje starosti), star

twice-told [twáistould] pridevnik
dvakrat, ponovno povedan (rečén); omlačen, obrabljen, star

večérnica astronomija evening star, Hesperus

vedéta (izvidnica, vojska) vedette; (ladjica) vedette, harbour launch, (policijska) police launch; figurativno (zvezdnik, -ica) star; lead

venerable [vénərəbl] pridevnik (-bly prislov)
velespoštovan, častitiljiv, častivreden; star, vreden spoštovanja
cerkev častiti, prečastiti, velečastiti; venerábel

a venerable old man častitljiv starec

vintage [víntidž]

1. samostalnik
vinska trgatev; letni pridelek vina
figurativno letnik vina
poetično dobra kapljica
pogovorno produkcija, letnik

a drama of prewar vintage predvojna drama
a hat of last year's vintage lani izdelan klobuk
a vintage year leto s pridelkom dobrega vina
vintage wines žlahtna vina
vintage champagne pristni francoski sekt

2. pridevnik
izbran, izvrsten; star

vintage motor-cars avtomobili prvih tipov, "veterani"
a vintage conversationalist izvrsten sobesednik

3. prehodni glagol
dobiti (kakovostno) vino iz; predelati v vino; trgati (grozdje)

vodílo guidance; figurativno lodestar, loadstar, guiding star, pole star

vam v vodílo for your guidance

water-dog [wɔ́:tədɔg] samostalnik
pes, ki ima rad vodo
ameriško, pogovorno star morski volk (mornar); dober plavač

wheeze [wi:z]

1. samostalnik
sopenje, sopihanje, sopihajoče dihanje (pri astmi itd.)
gledališče, sleng improvizirana šala, domislek
pogovorno star dovtip; trik

2. neprehodni glagol
sopsti, sopihati, težko dihati
prehodni glagol
(= wheeze out) izgovoriti, izustiti s sopihajočim glasom

wintry [wíntri] pridevnik (-trily prislov)
zimski; mrzel, hladen; vetroven, viharen
figurativno neprijazen, mračen, turoben; postaran, sivolas, star

a wintry sun zimsko sonce
a wintry smile hladen nasmeh

world-old [wə́:ldóuld] pridevnik
star kot zemlja, prastar, zelo star

yearling [jí:liŋ]

1. pridevnik
leto dni star, enoleten

2. pridevnik
enoletna žival (rastlina, otrok)
ameriško, vojska gojenec 2. razreda kadetnice

zvézda star

brez zvézd starless
zvézda stalnica fixed star
zvézda vodnica guiding star, lodestar
zvézda repatica comet
dvojna zvézda double (ali binary) star
jutranja zvézda morning star
večerna zvézda evening star, Venus, Hesperus, Vesper
filmska zvézda film star, star actress
peterokraka zvézda five-pointed star
morska zvézda starfish
severna zvézda Pole Star, Polaris, North Star
srečna (nesrečna) zvézda lucky ali propitious (unlucky) star
posejan z zvézdami starred, studded with stars, glittering with stars, star-spangled, starry
rojen pod srečno zvézdo (figurativno) born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star
rojen pod nesrečno zvézdo born under an unlucky star, ill-starred
častilec zvézd star-worshipper
okrašen z zlatimi zvézdami adorned (ali decorated) with golden stars
kovati v zvézde to praise (ali to laud) to the skies, to extol to the stars
okrasiti, posuti z zvézdami to adorn (ali to sprinkle, to decorate) with stars, (redko) to star (kaj something)
vse zvézde videti (figurativno od udarca itd.) to see stars
njegova zvézda vzhaja (figurativno) his star is in the ascendant
njegova zvézda zahaja (je zašla) (figurativno) his star is on the wane (his star has set)
zaupati svoji zvézdi (figurativno) to follow one's star
zahvaliti se svoji srečni zvézdi (figurativno) to thank one's lucky stars

zvézdica small star, (filmska) starlet; (figurativno, znak v knjigi) asterisk

age¹ [eidž] samostalnik
starost; vek, era, čas; polnoletnost

sleng to act (ali be) one's age obnašati se svoji starosti primerno
at the age of v starosti
at this age dandanes
to bear one's age well biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici
to come of age postati polnoleten
age of discretion doba duševne zrelosti
down the ages cela stoletja
age of fishes geologija devon
age group starostna skupina
geologija the Ice Age ledena doba
Middle (ali Dark) Ages srednji vek
he is my age je moje starosti
of age polnoleten
old age starost
old age pension starostna pokojnina
over age prestar
tender age nežna starost, zgodnja mladost
under age mladoleten
what age are you? koliko si star?

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

avspícije auspices pl; patronage

rojen pod srečnimi avspícijami born under a lucky star

ávto VB car, motor car; ZDA automobile, auto

vlečni ávto breakdown lorry
dvosedežni ávto two-seater
športni dvosedežni ávto sports car, ZDA tudi sport car, zastarelo roadster
star ávto pogovorno VB banger, ZDA jalopy
reševalni ávto ambulance
tovorni ávto lorry, ZDA truck, (zaprt, zlasti spediterski) van
zaprt ávto limousine, sedan, coupé
izlet z ávtom car trip, drive
voziti ávto to drive (a car), to motor, ZDA tudi to auto
ávto je odpovedal, je imel defekt the car broke down
nabaviti si že rabljen ávto to purchase a car (an automobile) secondhand, to buy a secondhand car
peljati se z ávtom to motor
peljal sem se z ávtom na Reko I motored down to Rijeka
vožnja v ávtou je prijetna v lepem vremenu motoring is pleasant in fine weather
vzeti koga v (na) ávto to give someone a lift in one's car

bachelor [bǽčlə] samostalnik
neporočen moški, samec; bakalar

old bachelor star samec
bachelor girl neporočeno samostojno dekle
Bachelor of Arts (Science) diplomiran filozof (naravoslovec)
bachelor's buttons gumbi, ki jih pritrdimo brez šivanja; botanika, domačno ripeča zlatica
knight bachelor vitez najnižje stopnje

bird [bə:d] samostalnik
ptič, ptičica
sleng deklica, dečko, oseba
ameriško, sleng navdušenec; čudak

figurativno old bird lisjak, zvitorepec, tič
to do s.th. like a bird zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj narediti
bird of calm vodomec
the early bird catches the worm rana ura zlata ura
cock bird ptičji samec
birds of a feather flock together ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu gode
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
to give the bird zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgati
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi ga
hen bird ptičja samica
to hit the bird in the eye v črno zadeti
bird of Jove orel
bird of Juno pav
to kill two birds with one stone dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubiti
a little bird told me so nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedal
bird of paradise rajska ptica, rajčica
an old bird is not caught with chaff star lisjak ne gre na limanice
bird of passage ptica selivka
bird of prey ptica roparica
a queer (gay) bird čudak (veseljak)
a wise old bird zvitorepec