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either² [áiðə ameriško í:ðə] prislov, veznik
kakorkoli; niti

not either tudi ne
either ... or bodisi ... ali
either way tako ali tako

ekonomizírati to economize; to save; to be sparing of; to use with economy

ekonomizírati (varčevati) denar to save money, to put money by, to cut down expenses, to be thrifty
ekonomizírati s časom in delovno silo to save time and labour
ne ekonomizírati not to spare

eksistírati to exist; to be

ki ne eksistira nonexistent
nekaj izvodov še eksistira there are still a few copies extant

elastic¹ [ilǽstik] pridevnik (elastically prislov)
prožen, gibek, raztegljiv
figurativno prilagodljiv

elastic principles prilagodljiva načela
elastic band elastika
elastic conscience ne pretanka vest
elastic-sided boots visoki čevlji z elastičnim všitkom

elemént element (tudi figurativno); kemija element; (sestavina) constituent, component, element; figurativno element, substance, matter

eleménti pl elements pl, rudiments pl
nov dokazilen elemént a new item of evidence
elemént uspeha a factor of succcess
(ne) biti, (ne) čutiti se v svojem eleméntu to be, to feel in one's element (out of one's element ali like a fish out of water)
ogenj je bil eden od štirih eleméntov fire was one of the four elements
(ne) biti v svojem eleméntu to be (ill) at ease

embaláža packaging; wrapping; packing; package; packing material; wrappage

embaláža se ne sprejema nazaj empties not taken back; (zaboji) boxing
blago za embalážo packed goods pl

empty¹ [ém(p)ti] pridevnik (emptily prislov)
prazen; nezaseden; brezvsebinski, puhel
pogovorno lačen, trezen

to feel empty biti lačen
to be empty of s.th. ne imeti česa
empty weight lastna teža
on an empty stomach na prazen želodec, tešč

en ena, eno one; (neki -a -o) a, a certain, some

ene škarje a pair or scissors
ob eni(h) at one o'clock
vlak ob enih the one o'clock train
eno leto stara žival yearling
soba z eno posteljo a single room
vsi do enega one and all, (složno) unanimously, as (ali like) one man
en kos za drugim (trganje) (by) piecemeal
to je eno in isto it amounts to the same thing
eni pravijo... some say...
z eno besedo in a (ali one) word, briefly, to sum up
on je z eno nogo že v grobu he has one foot in the grave, he is near death
vstali so kot en mož they rose as (ali like) one man
eno leto ali dve one or two years
stran ena page one, first page
številka ena number one
Tisoč in ena noč the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, pogovorno the Arabian Nights, the Thousand and One Nights
eni ga imajo radi, drugi ga sovražijo some like him, others hate him
to moramo napraviti, eni ali drugi some of us have got to do it
to mi je vseeno it is all the same to me, it makes no difference, I don't care, I don't mind
vsi so bili enega (= istega) mnenja all were of one mind
en (sam) človek tega ne bi zmogel no one man could do it

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

endure [indjúə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vztrajati; prenesti, pretrpeti; vzdržati, potrpeti; sprijazniti se s čim

I cannot endure ne prenesem, upira, gnusi se mi
what cannot be cured must be endured potrpljenje božja mast
not to be endured neznosen

engross [ingróus] prehodni glagol
(na)pisati z velikimi črkami, na čisto prepisati
arhaično pokupiti; monopolizirati
figurativno prevzeti; zase zahtevati; polastiti se

to engross the conversation ne pustiti nikogar k besedi
to be engrossed by biti zavzet s čim
to be engrossed in s.th. biti zatopljen v kaj

enmity [énmiti] samostalnik
sovraštvo, sovražnost

at (ali in) enmity with s.o. nasproten komu
to bear no enmity ne zameriti

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

enough³ [inʌ́f] samostalnik
zadostnost, zadovoljivost

enough is as good as a feast če imaš dovolj, ne potrebuješ več
enough and to spare več ko dovolj
cry "enough"! priznaj poraz!

equal² [í:kwəl] samostalnik
vrstnik, -nica, bližnjik

to have no equal, to be without equals ne imeti tekmeca
my equals in age moji vrstniki

error [érə] samostalnik
zmota, pomota; zabloda, greh; odklon

trgovina errors excepted za napake ne odgovarjamo
clerical error napaka v pisanju
printer's error tiskovna pomota
to be in error motiti se
error of judgement prevara, slepilo, zmotni nazori
writ of error nalog za revizijo procesa

escape² [iskéip]

1. neprehodni glagol
zbežati, izpuhtevati, izhlapevati, izginiti; rešiti se; podivjati (rastlina)

2. prehodni glagol
izogibati se komu, uiti

your point escapes me kaj ste hoteli reči?, ne razumem vas
to make one's escape zbežati
it escapes notice nihče ni opazil
it escapes me (ali my memory) ne morem se spomniti
the name escaped me ime sem pozabil

esteem² [istí:m] samostalnik
arhaično sodba (for)
spoštovanje čislanje; ugled; cenitev

to hold in high esteem visoko ceniti
to enjoy no great esteem ne biti preveč v časteh
to be in great esteem with s.o. imeti pri kom velik ugled

etikéta (za pakete, prtljago itd.) label; tag; (za označbo cene) ticket; tally; (ceremonial) etiquette; ceremony; ceremonial; convention

jahati na etikéti (figurativno) to be very formal, to be a stickler for etiquette
ne gledamo na etikéto ni, nam do etikéte (figurativno) we don't stand on ceremony
steklenica ima etikéto »strup« the bottle is labelled »poison«
pogrešiti se, napraviti prestopek proti etikéti to commit a solecism (ali a breach of etiquette)