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févd fee, fief, feudal estate, feud

podelitev févda enfeoffment
podeliti févd to enfeoff

fever¹ [fí:və] samostalnik
vročica, mrzlica
figurativno huda vnema

britanska angleščina Channel fever domotožje
gold (ali yellow) fever rumena mrzlica
intermittent fever menjajoča se mrzlica
to be in fever imeti mrzlico
mike fever strah pred mikrofonom
pogovorno break-bone fever visoka vročina; gripa
fever tree evkalipt
typhoid fever tifus
scarlet fever škrlatinka

fiásko (neuspeh) fiasco; pogovorno flop

to je bil fiásko it was a failure (ali a washout ali a flop)

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

fidelity [fidéliti, faidéliti] samostalnik (to)
zvestoba; natančnost, točnost, vernost; natančna reprodukcija

fidget¹ [fídžit] samostalnik
nemir, nervoza; živčnež, nervoznež, nemirnež

to have the fidgets nemirno sedeti, drencati

field¹ [fi:ld] samostalnik
polje, njiva; igrišče; bojišče; tekmovalci, moštvo; igralec kriketa (ki odbija napad); vojskovanje, bitka; področje, torišče, poprišče, teren

battle field bojišče
coal field sloj premoga
to leave the rival in possession of the field zgubiti bitko
fair field and no favour enaki pogoji tekmovanja
open field system kmetijstvo
to fight a field boriti se
ice field drsališče
field editor dopisnik iz dežele
ameriško field study (ali survey) neposredno dognanje dejanskega stanja
ameriško field strawberry gozdna jagoda
a field day dan važnih dogodkov
to lose the field biti premagan, zgubiti
to lay (ali bet) against the field staviti na konja
to hold the field ne se vdati, vztrajati
to win the field zmagati proti vsem drugim
to play the field imeti široko področje
to take the field začeti bojni pohod
to keep the field ne se vdati, ne popustiti
to be in the field tekmovati
in the field aktiven
field of vision, field of sight vidno polje

fifth² [fifɵ] pridevnik
peti

fifth column peta kolona
fifth columnist petokolonec; ilegalec
fifth wheel peto kolo; rezervno kolo
to smite under the fifth rib ubiti

fifty² [fífti] pridevnik
petdeset

to have fifty things to tell (do) imeti veliko povedati (narediti)

fifty-fifty² [fíftifífti] prislov
na pol

to go fifty-fifty with s.o razdeliti si na pol

fig¹ [fig] samostalnik
smokva
figurativno malenkost

not to care a fig prav nič ne marati; biti mar ko žabi oreha
green figs sveže smokve
pulled figs suhe smokve

fig³ [fig] prehodni glagol

to fig out (ali up) nališpati, okrasiti; grajatu; sleng dati konju mamilo

fíga botanika fig; (pričeska) bun; contemptuous gesture made with thumb between index and middle fingers

posušena fíga dried fig
venec fíg a string of figs
konjske fíge horse droppings, horse manure, horse dung, vulgarno horse turds
fíga mož (figurativno) one who reneges, reneger, unreliable fellow; bastard
biti fíga mož to go back on one's word; to break one's promise
fígo držati figurativno to keep one's fingers crossed, to cross fingers (za srečo for luck)
moramo fígo držati! touch wood!
fígo pokazati komu to make a contemptuous gesture at someone, to cock a snook at someone
to mi je fígo mar I don't care a damn about it, I don't give a hang (ali hoot) about it
za vsako fígo jokati to whimper (ali to cry) at the slightest provocation (ali žargon for damn all)
Figo, pa ne njegov obraz! His face my foot!
fígo (= nič) ji bo to koristilo! (ironično) a lot of good that'll do her!
fígo ti je mar! a lot you care!

fight¹ [fait] samostalnik
boj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitost

pogovorno a dog fight borba v zraku
to give (ali make) a fight boriti se
to put up a good fight hrabro se boriti
running fight borba pred umikom
single fight dvoboj
to show fight pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobe
sham fight manever, navidezna bitka
to make a fight of it pogumno se boriti
a tea fight velika čajanka
hand-to-hand fight pretep, boj na nož
there is no fight left in him je že od boja utrujen
there is fight in him yet še ni premagan
stand-up fight borba po vseh pravilih

fight² [fait] prehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (against, about, for, with, on behalf of)
boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati se

to fight one's battles over again obnavljati spomine na razburljive dogodke v svoji preteklosti
that cock won't fight to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v redu
to fight with one's gloves off ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicami
to fight a lone hand boriti se sam, brez pomoči
to fight for one's own hand boriti se za lastno korist
to fight shy of s.o. izogibati se koga
to fight for dear life boriti se na življenje in smrt
to fight in the last ditch do kraja se boriti
to fight a good fight hrabro se boriti
to fight one's way prebiti se
to fight a question prepirati se za kaj

figúra figure

figúra iz porcelana statuette, figurine
figúra pri šahu piece, chessman
govorna figúra figure of speech, rhetorical figure; metaphor
komična figúra a figure of fun
plesna figúra figure
ples v figúrah figure-dance
figúr poln jezik figurative language
on je samó figúra he is a mere figurehead, he's just a figurehead
igrati žalostno figúro to cut a poor figure

figure¹ [fígə] samostalnik
postava; slika, risba; podoba, lik, kip; videz; vzorec, diagram; številka; znesek, cena; vloga; ugled; simbol; pesniška figura; plesna figura; sijaj; osebnost

to cut (ali make) a figure imeti vlogo, predstavljati, biti videti
figure of fun smešna oseba
double figures dvomestno število
at a low figure poceni
he is a figure above me je veliko boljši od mene
at a high figure drago
to keep one's figure ne se rediti
to cut no figure nič ne veljati
a man of figures, clever at figures dober računar
a poor hand at figures slab računar
what's the figure? koliko stane?, kakšen je račun?
person of figure ugledna oseba
a well developed figure lepa postava

figure² [fígə]

1. prehodni glagol
tvoriti, predstavljati; (na)slikati, oblikovati, (na)risati; ilustrirati; z diagrami pojasniti; izračunati

2. neprehodni glagol
računati; delati se, igrati vlogo, nastopati; delati figure (pri plesu, na ledu); krasiti

to figure o.s. predstavljati si
to figure at (ali in) s.th. udeležiti se česa

fíksen fixed

fíksne cene fixed (ali set) prices
fíksen dohodek fixed (ali steady) income
fíksna ideja fixed idea; obsession; monomania
to je njegova fíksna ideja it's an obsession with him

file¹ [fail] samostalnik
pila
figurativno izgotovitev, dovršitev
sleng navihanec, premetenec

sleng a close file velik skopuh
to gnaw (ali bite) a file zaman si prizadevati
figurativno it needs the file treba ga je še izpiliti
sleng old (ali deep) file navihanec, premetenec; tovariš