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zgradarína house tax

župníšče parson's house; rectory; vicarage; priest's house; (katoliško) presbytery

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

aplávz applause; clapping; round(s) of applause; (tudi figurativno) plaudits

aplávz brez konca in kraja round after round of applause
igralec je dobil velik aplávz the actor was loudly applauded
dobiti glasen in splošen aplávz pogovorno to bring the house down
požeti, dobiti aplávz to win applause

aspect [ǽspekt] samostalnik
pogled, videz, pojava, podoba; lega; vidik, gledišče

in its true aspect v pravi luči
economic aspects gospodarske perspektive
the house has a northern aspect hiša je obrnjena proti severu
in all its aspects v vsakem pogledu, z vseh gledišč

attend [əténd]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
paziti; postreči, skrbeti; spremljati; zdraviti; obiskovati; odgovoriti (na pismo); izvršiti (naročilo)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prisoten, udeležiti se; redno zahajati; paziti; zasledovati; spremljati; uslišati

to attend to the door (ali bell) iti odpret vrata
it is attended by danger je nevarno
to attend to one's duties vršiti svojo dolžnost
the house was poorly attended gledališče je bilo na pol prazno
to attend school hoditi v šolo
to attend upon s.o. dvoriti komu, spremljati koga, skrbeti za koga
to attend to s.o. paziti na koga

barrel¹ [bǽrəl] samostalnik
sod; puškina cev; valj; trebuh (npr. konja); prostorninska mera (pribl. 147 l)
ameriško denar za politično kampanjo

pogovorno not enough barrel šibkega telesa
to have s.o. over a barrel spraviti koga v škripce
barrel house, barrel shop krčma
barrel pump ročna črpalka
to holler down a rain barrel gobezdati

bél white; (čist) clean; (nezagorel) pale; (nepopisan) blank; (pobeljen) blanched; (bel in siv) hoary

béla garda right-wing political movement in Slovenia before and during World War II, the White Guard
pri bélem dnevu in broad daylight
Bela Hiša the White House
béla knjiga politika white paper, White Book
béla kovina white metal, white alloy
bél kruh white (ali wheaten) bread
bélo krvno telesce white corpuscle
béla (mlečna) kava white coffee
béla lisa (na konjskem čelu) blaze
béli medved polar bear
bélo meso white meat
béla obleka whites, white clothing
béla nedelja Low Sunday, the first Sunday after Easter
béla pločevina tinplate
béli premog (figurativno) "white coal", hydroelectric power
béli teden (prodajni) white sale
bél kot sneg snow-white
trgovina z bélimi dekleti white slave traffic
bélo vino white wine
béla vrana (figurativno) a rare thing, rarity, quite an exceptional person
dati črno na bélem to put down in black and white
imam to črno na bélem I have it in black and white
napraviti bélo to make white
bélo pobarvati to dye white
pokazati kaj črno na bélem to show something in black and white

big¹ [big] pridevnik
velik; važen; odrasel; plemenit; bahav; poln; noseča
ameriško izvrsten, odličen; glasen, domišljav

Big Ben veliki zvon na parlamentu v Londonu
a big bug (ali pot, gun, noise, wig, shot) visoka "živina"
the big drink (ali pond) velika luža (tj. Atlantski ocean)
big gate dvoriščna, vhodna vrata
to get (ali grow) too big for one's shoes (ali boots) postati domišljav
ameriško, sleng big house ječa, kaznilnica
the big idea namera, nakana
big top cirkuška kupola, cirkus
big look samozavestnost
ameriško, botanika big tree sekvoja
big with child noseča
the big toe palec na nogi
big words bahave besede
ameriško, sleng big wheel domišljavec; visoka "živina"

bíti (sem) to be; to exist; to live; to take place

je (= se nahaja) there is
so (= se nahajajo) there are; (bivati) to stay
bíti lačen, žejen to be hungry, thirsty
bíti ves iz sebe to be beside oneself, to be overwrought
3 x 5 = 15 three times five equals fifteen
kaj je, kakó je (kaj) z njim? how is he?, how is he getting on?; how are things with him?
kaj je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
toplo (mraz) mi je I am warm (cold)
ne morem bíti brez (cigaret) I cannot do without (cigarettes)
bíti brez denarja to be short of money
bíti brez premoga to be short of coal
po čem je kruh? how much is (the) bread?
koliko je do postaje? how long does it take to the station?
bodi previden! be careful!
on je iz Londona he is (ali comes) from London
kdo je? who is there?
kdo je tam? (vojak na straži) who goes there?
po meni je, z menoj je konec I am done for, pogovorno I've had it
kaj Vam je? what is the matter with you?
nič mi ni there is nothing the matter with me
slabó mi je I feel sick
jaz sem (to) it is I, pogovorno it's me
če bi jaz bil Vi (bil na Vašem mestu), bi ostal doma if I were you, I would stay at home
če je (to) takó if it is so, if that be so, if that be the case
naj bo takó! arhaično let it be so!
naj bo (to), kot hoče! be that as it may
naj bo tako ali tako in either case
to bo dovolj this will do
kar je bilo, je bilo let bygones be bygones
bíti v napoto to be in the way, to inconvenience, to hinder
ni mi za... I don't care for...
za to mu ni he does not care about it
nič mi ni zanj pogovorno I couldn't care less about him, I don't care a fig for him
ni mi do šal I am in no mood for joking
to ni (nič) zame that is not in my line
nič ni bilo iz tega nothing came of it
ni mi do poezije I have no time for poetry
mnogo mi je do tega, da... I am very anxious to...
vem, pri čem sem I know where I stand
on je proti meni he has set his face against me
hiša je v gradnji the house is being built
bilo mi je, da bi jokal I felt like crying
on bi bil dober učitelj he would make a good teacher
tu gre za bíti ali ne bíti this is a matter of life or death
šlo je za bíti ali ne bíti it was touch and go
pri tem sem ob 50.000 SIT I am fifty thousand tolars out of pocket over it

blízu near; nearly; near (ali close) at hand; close to; (približno) about, approximately, close upon

blízu hiše near the house
čisto blízu close by
blízu in daleč far and near
ni ga blízu (figurativno) he holds (ali keeps) aloof
ne iti blízu to stand off, to keep one's distance
priti blízu to come (ali to draw) near, to approach

boiler [bɔ́ilə] samostalnik
kotel; grelec za vodo; zelenjava, ki se hitro skuha
ameriško, sleng lokomotiva

boiler feeder kurjač
boiler house, boiler room kotlovnica
ameriško to burst one's boiler slabo končati, obubožati
to burst s.o.'s boiler spraviti koga na beraško palico

bosom² [búzəm] prehodni glagol
varovati, čuvati; objeti

poetično a house bosomed in trees hiša, obdana z drevesi

bring down prehodni glagol
znižati, ponižati; oslabiti; zmanjšati; zrušiti; ukrotiti; (divjad) ustreliti; napisati

bring down upon s.o. oškodovati koga, prizadeti ga
bring down the house doživeti velik uspeh
bring down prices znižati cene
bring down fire začeti streljati
to bring down upon s.o. prizadeti koga
bring down upon o.s. nakopati si

bŕskati to ransack; to rummage

bŕskati po to rummage among
bŕskati po hiši to ransack a house
bŕskati po knjigi to rummage through the pages of a book
bŕskati po žepih to fish through one's pockets

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

call² [kɔl] samostalnik
klic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place)
prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic
trgovina opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)

at call pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedaleč
call to arms (ali the colours) vpoklic
to have no call to do s.th. ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storiti
to have no call on s.o.'s time ne imeti pravice koga zadrževati
to pay (ali make) a call (on) obiskati, oglasiti se
to have a close call za las uiti
to obey the call of nature iti na stran
roll call klicanje imen prisotnih
to give a call poklicati po telefonu
for the call of na razpolago (koga)
to take a call stopiti pred zastor (igralec po ploskanju)
within call dosegljiv
house of call zatočišče; borza dela
place of call trgovska hiša
no call to blush ni se ti treba sramovati

capacity [kəpǽsiti] samostalnik
telesnina, kubatura, prostornost; zmožnost, sposobnost; poklic, služba, položaj; značaj; storilnost; pristojnost

measure of capacity votla mera
full (ali filled) to capacity do zadnjega kotička natrpan
seating capacity število sedežev
capacity audience (ali house) ameriško, gledališče polna hiša
to work to capacity s polno paro delati

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

carínski customs

carínski agent customs agent
carínska meja customs frontier
carínsko področje customs territory
carínsko potrdilo customs warrant
carínska pregraja cus toms barrier
carínski predpisi customs regulations pl
carínska odprava customs clearance
carínski pregled customs examination
carínska prijava, deklaracija customs declaration
carínske pristojbine customs dues, customs duties
carínsko skladišče customs warehouse
carínska tarifa customs tariff
carínska unija customs union
carínski urad customs house, ZDA customhouse
carínski sistem customs system
carínski uradnik customs officer (ali official)
brez carínska cona duty-free zone
opraviti carínske formalnosti to effect customs clearance