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burrow² [bʌ́rou] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
zakopati se v zemljo; živeti v brlogu; izkopati, podkopati

to burrow into s.th. poglobiti se v kaj

burst^*1 [bə:st]

1. neprehodni glagol (with zaradi)
počiti, razpočiti se (with s)
biti prenapolnjen (into v)
vlomiti, vlamljati; izbruhniti; nenadoma se prikazati
sleng bankrotirati, propasti

2. prehodni glagol
nasilno odpreti; (z)lomiti, zadreti, predreti; prenapolniti; uničiti
sleng denar zapravljati

to burst into blossom razcvesti se
to burst into flame vzplamteti
to burst into laughter zakrohotati se
to burst into tears razjokati se
to burst into view prikazati se
to burst into the room planiti v sobo
to burst one's way through the crowd preriniti se skozi gnečo
to burst open razpočiti se, naglo se odpreti
to burst one's sides with laughter počiti od smeha
to be bursting komaj čakati
to burst upon s.th. naleteti na kaj
it burst upon my ear nenadoma sem zaslišal
it burst upon my eye nenadoma sem zagledal
ready to burst skrajno razburjen
to burst with s.th. razpočiti se od česa
to burst one's buttons with food preobjesti se
the river burst its banks voda je stopila čez bregove

burst² [bə:st] samostalnik
razpoka; (raz)pok, izbruh, eksplozija
figurativno prodor; popivanje, veseljačenje

sleng to make a burst odvaditi se
to be on the burst popivati, veseljačiti, krokati
burst of applause viharno pritrjevanje

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

bus¹, 'bus [bʌs] samostalnik
avtobus
pogovorno avtomobil; letalo

bus boy pikolo
bus girl pomožna natakarica
sleng to miss the bus zapraviti dobro priložnost

bush¹ [buš] samostalnik
grm, grmovje, goščava, divja pustinja; lisičji rep; gosti lasje; šop (las)

to beat about the bush hoditi kakor mačka okoli vrele kaše
good wine needs no bush dobro blago se samo hvali
to take to the bush začeti se klatiti, postati razbojnik

bushel [búšl] samostalnik
mernik, korec (britanska angleščina 36,3 l, ameriško 35,3 l)

to hide one's light under a bushel biti preskromen, postavljati svojo luč pod mernik
don't measure other people's corn by your own bushel ne sodi drugih po sebi

business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

buskin [bʌ́skin] samostalnik
visoki čevelj; koturn; drama, žalna igra

to put on the buskins pisati v tragičnem slogu; igrati v tragediji

bust³ [bʌst] samostalnik

ameriško, sleng to go on the bust pijančevati, krokati

buster [bʌ́stə] samostalnik
sleng velika stvar; velika laž; krokanje

to come a buster pasti s konja; doživeti neuspeh

bustle¹ [bʌ́sl]

1. neprehodni glagol
sukati se, poditi se, hiteti (about)
sem ter tja tekati

2. prehodni glagol
spodbosti, gnati, poditi

to bustle through a crowd prerivati se

busy¹ [bízi] prehodni glagol (with, at, about, in)
zaposliti (se), ukvarjati se

to busy one's brains beliti si glavo

busy² [bízi] pridevnik (busily prislov)
delaven, marljiv, priden; zaposlen; vihrav, nemiren, živahen; aktiven; vsiljiv, radoveden

to get busy lotiti se dela
to be busy in (ali at, with) ukvarjati se s čim

búšiti

v smeh to burst out laughing

butéljka bottle

butéljka vina a bottle of wine
odpreti in izpiti butéljko vina to crack (ali to open) a bottle

bútniti

bútniti ob kaj to bang (ali strike) against something

butt² [bʌt] samostalnik
debeli konec orodja, puškino kopito; spodnji del debla
pogovorno ostanek, čik
zoologija ime raznih bokoplavutaric
figurativno tarča; cilj
figurativno namen, predmet česa
množina strelišče

to be the butt of the company biti vsem v posmeh

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

butter² [bʌ́tə] prehodni glagol
namazati, zabeliti z maslom
figurativno dobrikati, prilizovati se, laskati

fair (ali fine, kind) words butter no parsnips z lepimi besedami se ne da popraviti, od lepih besed se ne da živeti
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj človeku koristi
pogovorno to butter up laskati, dobrikati se