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čéšnjev cherry

čéšnjev les cherry wood
čéšnjev liker cherry brandy
čéšnjeva koščica cherry stone
čéšnjev sok cherry juice
čéšnjeva voda kirsch
čéšnjev vrt cherry garden
čéšnjev zavitek cherry pie

dead¹ [ded] pridevnik
mrtev, brez življenja, crknjen; nedostavljiv (pošiljka); popoln; izumrl, neveljaven; otopel, otrpel; zamolkel, moten; slep (okno); jalov (sloj); temen (noč); ugašajoč; globok (spanje); ovenel; neraben, slab, izločen; neodločen (tekma)

ameriško, pogovorno dead above the ears neumen, topoglav
dead end slepa ulica; figurativno zagata
dead and gone že davno mrtev
dead colour osnovna barva
dead failure popoln polom
dead forms same formalnosti
to flog a dead horse zaman si prizadevati
ameriško dead freight nepokvarljiv tovor
ameriško, sleng dead from the neck up trapast, butast
a dead frost popoln polom
vojska dead ground ozemlje, ki je zunaj streljaja
a dead halt nenadna ustavitev
dead heat tekma brez zmagovalca
dead hand neprodajen
dead letter nedostavljivo pismo; izumrl običaj; zakon, ki ga ne spoštujejo
dead level figurativno enoličnost, neučinkovitost
to make a dead set on napasti z vso odločnostjo; truditi se, da se komu približamo
dead march žalna koračnica
pogovorno dead men (ali marines) izpite, prazne steklenice
as dead as a doornail (ali mutton, nit) mrtev ko hlod
dead nuts on popolnoma zaverovan, navdušen za kaj
dead office pogrebni obredi, zadušnica
perfectly dead neznosen
dead reckoning mornarica približna ocena (dolžine poti)
dead secret največja skrivnost
dead stock mrtvi kapital; neprodajno blago
dead set oster napad
waiting for dead man's shoes čakanje na dediščino
dead wall stena brez vrat in oken
dead weight lastna teža; figurativno huda ovira napredka
dead wind nasprotni veter
dead wood posušen les; izvržek, izbirek
dead silence popolna, mrtva tišina

drevó tree

mlado drevó sapling
božíčno drevó Christmas tree
sadno drevó fruit tree
drevó spoznanja biblija tree of knowledge of good and evil
(že) rodovitno drevó a (mature) fruit-bearing tree
cepiti drevó to graft a tree
podreti, posekati drevó to fell (ali to chop down) a tree
splezati na drevó to climb a tree
tresti drevó to shake a tree
skupina dreves a clump of trees
pognati, spoditi na drevó to tree
pes je prepodil veverico na drevó the dog treed the squirrel
zaradi dreves ne vidi gozda (figurativno) he cannot see the wood for the trees
jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa (figurativno) as the tree is, so is the fruit; like father, like son

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!

furníren of veneer

furnírni les veneer (wood), plywood sheet
furnírna plošča sheet of veneer

golób pigeon; dove

golób samec cock pigeon
golób grivar ringdove
golób duplar stock dove
golób pismonoša carrier pigeon, homing pigeon
golób selec passenger pigeon
glinasti golób (tarča) clay pigeon
skalni golób wood pigeon
rejec golóbov pigeon fancier, pigeon breeder
reja golóbov pigeon breeding
jata golóbov flock of pigeons
golóbu podoben dove-like
golób gruli the pigeon coos
boljši je vrabec v roki kot golób na strehi one today is worth two tomorrows; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

gŕčav ➞ grčast

gŕčav les knotty wood

grmáda pile; stake, pyre; figurativno (velika količina) large mass, a great quantity, bulk, lump

grmáda lesa a pile of wood
grmáda za sežig mrličev funeral pile, (funeral) pyre
smrt na grmádi the stake
grmáda za sežig čarovnic zgodovina the stake
obsoditi na smrt na grmádi to condemn to the stake
biti obsojen na grmádo to be sent to the stake
sežgati na grmádi to burn at the stake
biti sežgan, zgoreti na grmádi to be burnt at the stake
umreti na grmádi to die (ali to perish) at the stake

grouse¹ [graus] samostalnik
zoologija divja kura

wood grouse, great grouse divji petelin
hazel grouse leščarka
white grouse snežni jereb

hewer [hjú:ə] samostalnik
drvar, tesar; kopač (v rudniku)

hewers of wood and drawers of water garači

hójev

hójev gozd botanika fir wood, pine forest
hójeva deska deal board
hójev les fir (wood), pine (wood), deal
hójeve iglice pine needles pl
hójev storž pine cone, fir cone

hrástov made of oak (ali oak wood); oak, oaken

hrástov les oak, oak wood
hrástov list oak leaf
hrástova šiška oak gall, oak apple, gall
hrástovo lubje oak bark
hrástov pedic zoologija oak beauty
hrástova deska oak plank
hrástov žir oak mast

izjédati geologija to erode; to corrode

črvi izjedajo les the wood (ali timber) is (being) attacked by woodworm

jágoda berry

črna jágoda (borovnica) bilberry, whortleberry, ZDA huckleberry
rdeča jágoda strawberry (gozdna) wood strawberry
vinska jágoda grape
volčja jágoda belladonna, deadly nightshade, arhaično dwale
rdeče jágode s stepeno smetano strawberries with whipped cream
jágode nabirati to go (black)berrying
rdeče jágode nabirati to gather strawberries

Jánko John, Johnny

Jánko in Metka Babes in the Wood

kostánjev chestnut; (barva) chestnut(-coloured); (svetlo) auburn

kostánjev les chestnut (wood)
kostánjev gozdiček chestnut grove

léskov grm hazel bush

léskov, grm les hazel, hazel wood
léskov, grma mačica botanika hazel catkin

log¹ [lɔg] samostalnik
hlod, klada, (posekano) deblo, dolgi les
navtika brzinomer na ladji, ladijski dnevnik
avstralsko, sleng, množina zapor

in the log neobtesan (deblo)
like a log kot klada
to fall like a log pasti kot klada
to sleep like a log spati kot polh
King Log nesposoben človek na visokem položaju
politika roll my log and I'll roll yours roka roko umiva
ameriško to roll a log for s.o. napraviti komu uslugo
ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
log of wood seženjsko poleno
navtika to heave (ali throw) the log meriti brzino ladje

made [méid]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od to make 2

2. pridevnik
(umetno) narejen; izmišljen; gotov, ki je uspel; izučen (vojak); (dobro) grajen (človek)
pogovorno določen, mišljen

made dish iz več pridatkov narejena jed
made gravy umetno narejena mesna omaka
made road utrjena cesta
English-made narejeno v Angliji
made of wood lesen
made from narejen iz česa
a made story izmišljena zgodba
a made man človek, ki je uspel
a well-made man dobro grajen človek
it is made for this purpose mišljeno je za ta namen

nesréča misfortune, bad luck, ill-fortune; calamity, adversity, reverse; (nezgoda) accident, disaster, misadventure, mischief

na nesréčo, k nesréči unfortunately, unluckily, by an unhappy accident
po nesréči by accident, accidentally
smrt po nesréči death by misadventure
smrtna nesréča accidental death, fatal accident
na mojo nesréčo unfortunately for me
prometna nesréča traffic accident
v sreči ali v nesréči in weal and woe
on je prava nesréča za svojo družino he is the bane of his family's life
nesréča je hotela, da je izgubil stavo as ill luck would have it, he lost his bet
pripetila se mu je nesréča he has had a misfortune
da bi bila nesréča še večja... to make matters worse..., to cap it all...
to ti bo prineslo nesréčo that will bring you bad luck
pripetila se nam je prometna nesréča we (have) met with an accident
sam riniti v nesréčo to make a rod for one's own back
nesréča me povsod zasleduje I'm always dogged by ill luck
nesréča redko sama pride misfortunes rarely come singly
nesréča nikoli sama ne pride misfortunes never come singly, troubles never come singly, it never rains but it pours
vsaka nesréča je za koga sreča it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
nobena nesréča ne traja večno every cloud has a silver lining
ne kličimo nesréče! (figurativno) touch wood!