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dye² [dai]

1. prehodni glagol
barvati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati se barvati

to dye in grain (ali wool) barvati v surovem stanju

džem jam

namazati kruh z maslom in džemom to spread butter and jam on bread, to make a jam sandwich (pogovorno, narečno jam butty)
lonček za džem jampot

eager [í:gə] pridevnik (eagerly prislov)
željan, poželjiv; oster; vnet, hlepeč, lakomen, pohlepen (to)
nestrpen

an eager beaver stremuh
eager for (ali after) fame slavohlepen
arhaično eager air hladen zrak
trgovina eager buying živahen promet
eager about (ali in) prizadeven, marljiv
eager after (ali for) pohlepen, željan, vnet

ear⁴ [iə] samostalnik
uho; posluh; ušesce, luknjica
figurativno pozornost

to be all ears napeto poslušati
to be by the ears skočiti si v lase
to bring the house (ali hornet's nest) about one's ears razdražiti množico proti sebi
my ears are burning v ušesih mi zveni
to fall (ali go) together by the ears skočiti si v lase
with a flea in the ears strogo grajo
to give ear pazljivo poslušati
to have (ali earn, win) the ear of s.o. biti od koga uslišan
to have itching ears rad opravljati
to have long ears biti radoveden
to have no ears ne imeti posluha
in at one ear and out at the other skozi eno uho noter in skozi drugo ven
to lend (ali turn) a deaf ear ne poslušati
little pitchers have long ears stene imajo ušesa
to play by ear igrati po posluhu
to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear iz slabe snovi narediti dobro stvar
an ear for music dober posluh za glasbo
over (head and) ears preko ušes
to prick up one's ears napenjati ušesa
quick ear dober sluh
to reach the ear of s.o. priti komu na uho
to set by the ears povzročiti prepir, nahujskati, spreti
to stop one's ears zamašiti si ušesa
up to the ears preko ušes
to tickle the ears laskati
walls have ears stene imajo ušesa
to win s.o.'s ear biti od koga uslišan
a word in your ears strogo zaupno, med nama povedano
I would give my ears glavo stavim

early¹ [ə́:li] pridevnik
zgodnji; prezgodnji; prvi, prvoten, začeten

the early bird catches (ali gets) the worm rana ura zlata ura
one's early days zgodnja mladost
to keep early hours zgodaj leči in zgodaj vstati
at your earliest convenience čimprej
at an early date kmalu, v bližnji bodočnosti
it is early days yet je še prezgodaj, še ni čas
an early riser zgodnji vstajalec, -lka

early² [ə́:li] prislov
zgodaj, rano; davno

as early as in June že junija
early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise rana ura zlata ura
early in life v rani mladosti
to get up early zgodaj vstati; biti zvit
early in the year v začetku leta

earn [ə:n] prehodni glagol
pridobiti, zaslužiti

to earn one's daily bread (ali living, livelihood) preživljati se, kruh si služiti
to earn fame zasloveti

earnest¹ [ə́:nist] pridevnik (earnestly prislov)
resen, tehten; prepričan, iskren

to be earnest with s.o. goreče koga prositi

earnest² [ə́:nist] samostalnik
resnost

to be in earnest resno misliti, ne se šaliti
in good (ali full, sober, real, sad) earnest popolnoma resno, brez šale

earnest³ [ə́:nist] samostalnik
ara, nadav; slutnja

to give (ali make) earnest zaarati

earth¹ [ə:ɵ] samostalnik
zemlja; zemljišče; tla; prst, glina, ilovica; kopno; lisičina; ozemljitev

to come back to earth opustiti sanjarjenje; začeti resno misliti
to move heaven and earth prizadevati si na vse pretege
to take earth, to run (ali go) to earth skriti se v lisičino
to run s.o. to earth ugnati koga v kozji rog; zasledovati do dna
why on earth? zakaj zaboga?
down to earth trezno misleč
to sink into the earth v tla se pogrezniti (od sramu)
in the face of the earth na zemeljski površini
no use on earth popolnoma neuporaben, zanič
while he was on earth za njegovega življenja

earth² [ə:ɵ]

1. prehodni glagol
zakopati; pokopati, z zemljo pokriti; ozemljiti; v lisičino zapoditi

2. neprehodni glagol
v lisičino se skriti; zakopati se

to earth up okopa(va)ti (krompir)

ease¹ [i:z] samostalnik
mir, počitek; udobnost; lagodnost, zadovoljstvo; neprisiljenost, lahkota, olajšanje

at one's ease udobno, mirno, brez zadrege
ill at ease slabega počutja
to set at ease pomiriti
at heart's ease po mili volji
vojska at ease! voljno!
to set (ali put) at ease hrabriti; zadovoljiti
to take one's ease udobno si urediti
with ease lahko, brez težav

ease² [í:z]

1. prehodni glagol
lajšati, miriti, blažiti; rahljati

2. neprehodni glagol
popustiti

to ease one's mind pomiriti se, dušo si olajšati
navtika ease her! počasneje!
to ease s.o. of his purse oskubsti koga
to ease o.s. opraviti telesno potrebo
to ease s.o. of s.th. ukrasti komu kaj

east¹ [i:st] samostalnik
vzhod, Jutrovo

Far East Daljni vzhod
Middle East Srednji vzhod
Near East Bližnji vzhod
ameriško, sleng about east vrlo, precej
in the east na vzhodu
(to the) east of vzhodno od
East or West home is best doma je najlepše

east³ [i:st]
adv (of)
vzhodno; proti vzhodu

to look east biti obrnjen proti vzhodu

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

easy² [í:zi] prislov
lahko, z lahkoto; udobno

to go (ali take) things easy ne si preveč prizadevati, ne se preveč gnati
mornarica easy! počasi!
easy all! nehajte veslati; voljno!

eat^* [i:t]

1. prehodni glagol
jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
kemija razjedati, uničiti
ameriško hraniti
figurativno mučiti

2. neprehodni glagol
jesti, hraniti se
pogovorno imeti dober okus

to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
I'll eat my head glavo stavim
to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
to eat one's word besedo snesti

eaten [í:tn] pretekli deležnik od eat

to be eaten up with koprneti; biti prevzet