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begin^* [bigín]

1. prehodni glagol
začeti, pričeti, lotiti se

2. neprehodni glagol
začeti, začenjati se, nastati

to begin with predvsem
to begin the world lotiti se česa, začeti trgovino, biti na začetku svoje kariere
pogovorno begin to niti malo ne

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

best¹ [best] pridevnik
najboljši; najprimernejši; najodličnejši

to be best at odlikovati se v čem
he was on his best behaviour zelo je pazil na svoje vedenje
at the best hand iz prve roke; poceni
to put one's best foot (ali leg) foremost (ali forward) pohiteti; na moč si prizadevati
best maid družica
sleng one's best girl ljubica
best man drug (pri poroki)
best part večji del
to get best thrashing biti hudo tepen
best seller zelo uspešna knjiga
to send one's best regards poslati pozdrav

bit¹ [bit] samostalnik
košček, grižljaj; brada ključa; stružilo, rezilo; žvale; novčič, malenkost; konjsko zobovje; nadzorstvo, kontrola

by bits, bit by bit polagoma, malo po malem
to bite on the bit siromašno živeti
the biter bit osleparjeni slepar; kdor drugemu jamo koplje
not to care a bit niti malo ne biti mar
centre bit sredilnik (sveder)
dainty bit poslastica
to do one's bit opravljati svojo dolžnost
to draw bit (konja) zadržati, zmanjšati hitrost
every bit polagoma; docela
to give s.o. a bit of one's mind povedati komu svoje mnenje
not a bit niti malo ne, sploh ne
a bit on okajen, v rožicah
bits and pieces drobnarije, drobni ostanki
a short (long) bit kovanec deset (petnajst) centov
to take the bit between one's teeth upreti se
a tiny (ali little) bit čisto malo
wait a bit čakaj malo

blow^*5 [blou]

1. prehodni glagol
pihati, razpihavati; razstreliti, razstreljevati
sleng oslepariti
ameriško, sleng zapravljati; razmetavati
sleng izdati
pogovorno poveličevati

2. neprehodni glagol
pihati; doneti; piskati; puhati, sopsti; razpočiti se, eksplodirati; hvaliti se

sleng I'm blowed! ali je mogoče!, za nič na svetu!
to blow great guns močno pihati
to blow air into z zrakom napihniti
to blow a cloud kaditi pipo
to blow hot and cotd kolebati, nenehno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
it is blowing veter piha
blow it! presneto, vraga
to blow a kiss poslati poljubček
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to blow the bellows gnati mehove
it's an ill wind that blows nobody good vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
he knows which way the wind blows ve, kam pes taco moli
to puff and blow sopsti, puhati, sopihati
to blow one's trumpet (ali horn) hvaliti se
navtika, sleng to blow the gaff zatožiti, izdati koga
to blow the expense pogostiti koga, plačati račun
to blow a whistle zapiskati na piščalko

bojeváti se to fight, to struggle (z with, proti against); to combat, to battle; to contest; to contend (z with)

bojeváti se za koga to fight for someone
bojeváti se za kak ideal to fight for an ideal
bojeváti se za svoje življenje to fight for one's life
bojeváti se do konca, do odločitve to fight to a finish, to fight it out
bojeváti se do kraja to fight to the bitter end
bojeváti se na življenje in smrt to fight for dear life
bojeváti se za vsako ped zemlje to contest every inch of ground
bojeváti se na strani koga to fight on the side of someone

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati

brígati to concern; to regard

kaj me to briga? what is that to me?
to te nič ne briga! it is none of your business!
to Vas nič ne briga! that is not your concern!
on me nič ne briga he is no concern of mine
stvar nikogar ne briga the matter is no one's business
to me nič ne briga that is no business of mine, that doesn't concern me
brígati se to care (za for, about); to concern oneself (with, about); to bother about; (skrbeti za) to attend to, to see to
brigaj se za svoje zadeve (stvari)! mind your own business!, go about your business!
ne briga se za politiko he doesn't concern himself with politics
ne brigajte se za govorice ljudi! don't trouble about what people say

bŕzdati to bridle; to put a bridle on; to rein; to curb

bŕzdati svoj jezik to bridle one's tongue
bŕzdati koga to keep a tight rein on someone
bŕzdati svojo radovednost to curb one's curiosity
bŕzdati svoje strasti to bridle one's passions
ne bŕzdati svojega veselja to let one's joy be unconfined

bury [béri] prehodni glagol
zakopati, pokopati; skriti
figurativno zatopiti se, pozabiti

to bury the hatchet skleniti mir, spraviti se
buried in thought zamišljen
to bury alive zasuti (koga)
to bury o.s. in one's work zakopati se v svoje delo

butter¹ [bʌ́tə] samostalnik
maslo
figurativno dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje

he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to quarrel with one's bread and butter godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovati
melted butter topljeno maslo
rank butter žarko, pokvarjeno maslo
bread and butter kruh z maslom

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

carve [ka:v]

1. prehodni glagol
rezljati, klesati, rezbariti, izklesati; rezati, sekati
figurativno ustvariti, ukrojiti, izdelati

2. neprehodni glagol
rezbariti, klesati, rezati

everyone must carve (out) his own fortune vsak je svoje sreče kovač

carver [ká:və] samostalnik
rezbar, kipar, tisti, ki reže pri mizi meso; razrezalnik, velik nož

to be one's own carver biti svoje sreče kovač
a pair of carvers velik nož in vilice

change² [čeindž]

1. prehodni glagol (from iz, into v)
spremeniti, prenarediti; preurediti; zamenjati
železnica prestopiti; oddojiti, odstaviti (dojenčka)

2. neprehodni glagol
spremeniti se; preobleči se; skisati se

to change for the better (worse) poboljšati (poslabšati) (se)
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to change one's condition poročiti se
to change one's name omožiti se
avtomobilizem to change gears menjati prestavo
to change hands spremeniti gospodarje
to change horses in midstream spremeniti načrt sredi dela
to change into preobleči se v
to change one's lodging (ali address) preseliti se
to change one's mind premisliti se
to change out of recognition tako se spremeniti, da ga ni moči spoznati
to change one's tune spremeniti svoje vedenje
all change! vsi potniki prestopite!
pogovorno to change one's feet preobuti se
to change one's clothes preobleči se

cold¹ [kould] pridevnik (coldly prislov)
hladen, mrzel (to)
ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold zmrzovati
I am cold zebe me
in cold blood hladnokrvno
to blow hot and cold vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
cold comfort slaba tolažba
to give (ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti
sleng cold feet strah, trema
to make blood run cold prestrašiti
as cold as charity brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen
cold pig polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha
cold meat narezek
to throw cold water on s.o. vzeti komu pogum
a cold scent slaba sled
ameriško cold snap(s) hladen val
cold war hladna vojna
cold wave hladna ondulacija
pogovorno cold without alkohol z vodo
cold steel hladno orožje

command¹ [kəmá:nd]

1. prehodni glagol
ukazovati, zapovedovati; poveljevati, odrediti, odrejati; zahtevati, naročiti; izsiljevati; obvladati, znati (of)
razpolagati, na voljo imeti; donašati, nuditi, dajati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti poveljnik, ukazovati, vladati

to command o.s. obvladati se
to command in chief biti glavni poveljnik
to command love zbujati ljubezen
to command a ready sale dobro se prodajati
to command one's passions obvladati svoje strasti
to command a fine view nuditi lep razgled

counsel² [káunsəl] samostalnik
posvetovanje; svet, nasvet; namera, načrt; odvetnik; svetovalec

counsel is never out of date za dober nasvet ni nikoli prepozno
counsel of perfection nasvet, ki se po njem ni mogoče ravnati
to take counsel with s.o. posvetovati se s kom
to take counsel with one's pillow dobro si stvar premisliti, prespati jo
counsel for the defence obtoženčev zagovornik
counsel for the prosecution tožiteljev zagovornik
to keep one's own counsel prikrivati svoje namene, obdržati stvar zase, tajiti

cross¹ [krɔs] samostalnik
križ, križec; križanje; krščanstvo
biologija križanec
figurativno trpljenje, težava, nesreča
sleng prevara
sleng (between) kompromis

each must bear one's own cross vsakdo ima svoje težave
on the cross prečno, počez; figurativno nepošteno
to make the sign of the cross prekrižati se
to make one's cross narediti križ (namesto podpisa)
no cross no crown brez dela ni jela
Red Cross Rdeči križ