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bonfire [bɔ́nfaiə] samostalnik
kres

to make a bonfire of s.th. uničiti kaj

bonnet¹ [bɔ́nit] samostalnik
klobuk, čepica, pokrivalo; pokrov (avto)
sleng pomagač, sokrivec

to have a bee in one's bonnet biti nekoliko čudaški, imeti fiksno idejo
to fill s.o.'s bonnet zavzemati mesto drugega, biti mu enakovreden
to vail the bonnet spoštljivo se odkriti

bontón (good) fashion

spadati k bontónu to be the fashion
bontón pri mizi table manners pl

book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

booked [bukt] pridevnik
rezerviran, naročen, obljubljen, zaseden

to be booked biti obsojen, smrti zapisan

book up neprehodni glagol
rezervirati, oddati

to be booked up biti oddan, ne biti prost

boot¹ [bu:t]

1. samostalnik
arhaično korist, prednost

to boot povrh za nameček, zraven
to no boot zaman

2. prehodni glagol
arhaično koristiti

it little boots od tega je malo koristi

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

boot³ [bu:t] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obuti (se); brcniti; odpustiti iz službe

to boot out (ali round) spoditi, izgnati

booty [bú:ti] samostalnik
plen

to play booty namerno zgubljati

booze [bu:z] vulgarno

1. samostalnik
pijača, pijančevanje

2. neprehodni glagol
pijančevati, zvrniti ga

to be on the booze pijančevati

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

border² [bɔ́:də] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obrobljati; mejiti, dotikati se
figurativno bližati se čemu

to border upon mejiti na kaj, podoben biti čemu
she bordered on tears komaj je zadrževala solze

bórec combatant; fighter; struggler; warrior

Zveza bórcev League of Combatants; (angleška) British Legion
biti prekaljen bórec to be a seasoned campaigner ali battle-scarred hero

boríšče arena; scene of contest; (boks) (boxing-) ring; (turnirsko) lists pl, tilting ground; (rokoborba) ring

prihajati na boríšče zgodovina to enter the lists

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

borrow [bɔ́rou] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (of, from)
izposoditi, izposojati si; prisvojiti, prisvajati si
figurativno prevzeti od koga, posnemati ga

to borrow trouble po nepotrebnem skrbeti
borrowed plumes figurativno tuje perjc
borrowed light indirektna svetloba

bórza trgovina Exchange, exchange

londonska bórza Royal Exchange; (pogovorno zastarelo) 'Change
bórza dela Labour Exchange
bórza vrednostnih papirjev stock exchange
črna bórza black market
neuradna bórza kerb market, outside market
na bórzi on the exchange, (pogovorno zastarelo) on'Change
kotirati na bórzi to be quoted (ZDA listed) on the stock exchange

bosom¹ [búzəm] samostalnik
prsi, nedra; naročje
ameriško naprsnik
figurativno srce, duša, notranjost; varstvo; čustvo, ljubezen, misli

bosom friend najljubši prijatelj
in the bosom of one's family v družinskem krogu
the bosom of the sea morska globina
to take s.o. to one's bosom zbližati se, poročiti se s kom