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easy¹ [í:zi] pridevnik (easily prislov)
lahek, lahkoten; zlóžen; udoben; miren, popustljiv, brezskrben, lahkomiseln; gladko tekoč; premožen

easy of access lahko dostopen
easy of belief lahkoveren
easy does it! le počasi, nikamor se ne mudi!
as easy as damm it, ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
in easy circumstances v ugodnih razmerah
sleng on easy street v dobrih razmerah
to make easy pomiriti
an easy market tržišče, na katerem ni povpraševanja
a lady of easy virtue pocestnica, lahkoživka
under easy sail počasen
on easy terms pod ugodnimi plačilnimi pogoji
sleng easy on the eye prijeten, čeden na pogled
an easy man popustljiv, prilagodljiv človek
sleng easy meat ne preveč nevaren nasprotnik; lahek posel

edge¹ [edž] samostalnik
rob, greben; meja; ostrina; osornost, moč, strogost
množina obreza (knjige)
ameriško, pogovorno prednost, privilegij

to be on the very edge pravkar nameravati
to give an edge to, to put on an edge ostriti
to give the edge of one's tongue ostro komu povedati, zabrusiti jih komu
to have an edge biti okajen
to have an edge on s.o. imeti neznatno prednost pred kom
(all) on edge skrajno napet, živčen
not to put a fine edge upon jasno se izražati, odkrito povedati
to set one's teeth on edge skominati
to sit on the thin edge of nothing sedeti na skrajno tesnem prostorčku
to take off the edge otopiti
to take the edge off one's appetite pokvariti komu tek
the thin edge of the wedge skromen začetek
gilt edges zlata obreza knjige

edíni alone; (the) only; the sole; (en sam) single; unique

on edíni more to napraviti he alone can do it
moj edíni cilj my one and only object
edíni dedič the sole heir
edína pot (iz tega) the only way (out of it)
ena edína napaka bi vse pokvarila a single mistake would spoil it all
imeti en edíni (sam) cilj to have a single aim in view
moja edína skrb my one and only care
edíni primerek the only extant specimen

edínstven unique; matchless; peerless

on je edínstven there is no one to match him, there is nobody like him
edínstvene lepote of a unique (ali matchless) beauty

efékt effect

brez efékta effectless
svetlobni efékt light effect
zvočni efékt sound effect
lov za efékti staginess
to ni imelo nobenega efékta nanj it was of no effect (ali it had no effect) on him
vsak efékt ima svoj vzrok every effect has its cause
napraviti (svoj) efékt to take effect

egg² [eg] prehodni glagol (on)
spodbosti, spodbadati, siliti; z rumenjakom namazati; obmetavati z gnilimi jajci; nabirati jajca

to egg and crumb povaljati v jajcu in drobtinah, panirati

either¹ [áiðə ameriško í:ðə] pridevnik
oba, eden in drugi, eden od obeh

on either side na obeh straneh

ekskúrzija excursion; trip; jaunt; (peš) ramble, hike

ekskúrzija na deželo outing; (z nahrbtnikom, taborniška) hike, hiking
iti na ekskúrzijo to make an excursion, to go on an excursion, to go for an outing

eksperimént experiment

eksperiménti o odpornosti materialov test (ali trial) of the resistance of materials
delati eksperiménte to experiment (o on)
poskusiti, narediti eksperimént to conduct an experiment, to test

eksploatírati to exploit; (rudnik itd.) to work, to operate; (kmetijo, zemljo) to cultivate, to farm; figurativno to turn to account, to make capital out of

eksploatírati nevednost koga to trade on (ali upon) someone's ignorance; (izžemati) to extort, to squeeze money out of, to swindle someone out of his money; (delavce) to sweat

elán mettle; spirit; pogovorno dash; élan; impetus, momentum, figurativno impulse; vitality, vim, verve; eagerness, dash, go, pluck; ZDA pep, zip; (zagon, zalet) spring, bound; (navdušenja itd.) transports pl

danes sem poln elána I feel full of vim today
biti v elánu to be on one's mettle
dati nov elán to give a fresh impetus (to)
to mu bo dalo elána that will put him on his mettle

eléktrika electricity; (tok) current, ZDA pogovorno juice

atmosferična (galvanska, indukcijska, magnetna, statična) eléktrika atmospheric (galvanic, induced, magnetic, static) electricity
negativna (pozitivna) eléktrika negativne (positive) electricity
termična eléktrika thermoelectricity ali thermic electricity
torna eléktrika frictional electricity, electricity produced by friction
prosta eléktrika free electricity
z eléktriko nabita žica live wire
prekinitev eléktrike (toka) power breakdown
biti ubit od eléktrike to be electrocuted
ozračje je bilo nabito z eléktriko (figurativno) the atmosphere was electric
varčevati z eléktriko to economize on electricity
žgati eléktriko to burn electricity
oskrba z eléktriko electric supply
merjenje eléktrike electrometry
merilec eléktrike electrometer
števec za eléktriko electric supply meter, electricity meter

embargo¹ [embá:gou] samostalnik
zaplemba ladij; prepoved uvoza

to lay an embargo on s.th. zapleniti kaj
under embargo zaplenjen, konfisciran

embárgo embargo

naložiti, izreči embárgo na, za to lay an embargo on, to embargo

embark [imbá:k]

1. prehodni glagol
vkrcati, natovoriti

2. neprehodni glagol
vkrcati se

figurativno to embark in lotiti se
to embark on začeti; nakladati, (na)tovoriti

embassy [émbəsi] samostalnik
poslaništvo, ambasada; misija, poslanstvo

on an embassy kot odposlanec

emphasis množina emphases [émfəsis, émfəsi:z] samostalnik
poudarek, izrazitost; zanos

to lay (ali place) emphasis on poudarjati kaj
with all the emphasis zlasti, s posebnim poudarkom

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

enájsti eleventh

Ludvik XI Louis XI (beri: Louis the Eleventh)
enájstega v mesecu on the eleventh of the month