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boss³ [bɔs] prehodni glagol
sleng gospodariti, upravljati, vladati

to boss the show neomejeno vladati

bòt square; even; quits

biti bòt s kom to be quits with someone, to get even with someone
sedaj smo bòt! now we're quits!
smo bòt we're all square
s tem sva bòt that makes us square

botch¹ [bɔč] samostalnik
krpa; krparija, skrpucalo; kvar

to make a botch of a job skaziti delo

botéga shop

zapreti botégo pogovorno to shut up shop; to shut down

bóter godfather; (birmanski, krstni) sponsor

botri (pri krstu) godparents pl
biti bóter to be someone's godfather
biti za bótra to act as sponsor (for), to sponsor (čemu something)

both¹ [bouɵ] pridevnik
oba, oboje, obadva

Jack of both sides kdor igra za obe stranki
to look at it both ways ogledati si stvar z obeh strani
to make both ends meet živeti po svojih razmerah, prebijati se s svojimi sredstvi

bother¹ [bɔ́ðə]

1. prehodni glagol
mučiti, dolgočasiti, nadlegovati, motiti, vznemirjati

2. neprehodni glagol
mučiti se, skrbeti; dolgočasiti se, sitnariti; biti zaskrbljen

to bother one's head about s.th. beliti si glavo zaradi
don't bother bodi brez skrbi, nikar se ne razburjaj

bótra godmother; sponsor; Škotska cummer

biti za bótro komu to be someone's godmother

bottle¹ [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
steklenica; močna pijača

figurativno the bottle popivanje
to crack a bottle popiti steklenico vina
over a bottle medtem ko pijemo
to hit the bottle pijančevati
to bring up on the bottle (otroka) umetno hraniti
bottle green temno zelen
to know s.o. from the bottle poznati koga od rane mladosti
to be fond of the bottle rad ga zvrniti
to take to the bottle zapiti se
ameriško black bottle strup
stone bottle kamnit vrč
hot-water bottle termofor

bottle² [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
otep sena ali slame

to look for a needle in a bottle of hay zaman iskati, zaman si prizadevati

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

bottom² [bɔ́təm] pridevnik
najnižji; zadnji; osnoven

bottom price najnižja cena
ameriško to bet one's bottom dollar glavo staviti
bottom gear prva hitrost (motor)

bought [bɔ:t] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od buy

to be bought, sold and done biti uničen, propasti

bound¹ [baund] samostalnik
meja; omejitev

out of all bounds čez mero
to keep within bounds ohraniti pravo mero; ne pretiravati
to put (ali set) bounds to omejiti kaj
the shop was placed out of bounds trgovina je bila (za dijake) prepovedana
out of bounds zunaj dopustne meje; vstop prepovedan
beyond all bounds pretirano
within the bounds of possibility v mejah možnosti

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bound⁵ [baund] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bind

bound up with s.o. navezan na koga
I'm (ali I will be) bound gotovo bom, jamčim za to
bound to s.o. for s.th. hvaležen komu za kaj

bounden [báundən]

1. arhaično pretekli deležnik od bind

2. pridevnik

to be one's bounden duty biti sveta dolžnost koga

bouquet [búkei] samostalnik
šopek, buket; vonj vina

ameriško, pogovorno to hand s.o. a bouquet, to throw bouquets at s.o. poveličevati koga, hvalo komu peti

bout [baut] samostalnik
doba; trajanje; izmeničnost; napad

it comes to my bout jaz sem na vrsti
to have a bout at s.th. poskusiti kaj
at one bout na mah
this (ali that) bout tokrat
drinking bout popivanje
bout of illness napad bolezni

bóvla (skodela) tureen, bowl; (pijača) spiced wine, iced fruit-cup, claret-cup

napraviti bóvlo to prepare a punch