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dúša soul; (duh) spirit; ghost; figurativno mind

600 dúš (prebivalcev) 600 souls
dobra dúša a good soul, a good fellow
pokojna dúša departed soul
sorodna dúša congenial soul, kindred spirit
neumrljivost dúše religija immortality of the soul
rešitev dúše religija salvation of the soul
preseljevanje dúš transmigration of souls, metempsychosis
z dúšo in telesom with all one's heart and soul, wholeheartedly
iz vse dúše, z vso dúšo with all one's heart
(vseh) vernih dúš dan religija All Souls' Day
iz globine moje dúše from the depths of my soul
pri moji dúši! (up)on my soul!, by my soul
iz (do) dna svoje dúše from (to) the bottom of one's heart
v globini moje dúše in my heart of hearts
dúša in srcé česa the life and soul of something
v dnu svoje dúše in one's innermost soul
biti eno srce in ena dúša to be of one heart and mind
on je plemenita dúša he is a generous soul, he is a noble-minded person
biti komu vdan z dúšo in telesom to be devoted body and soul to someone
on je prava dúša podjetja he is the very soul of the enterprise
žive dúše ni bilo tam not a living soul was there
žive dúše ni na ulici there is not a soul in the street
on je dobra dúša he is a good old soul
dúša me boli it grieves me to the very heart
nekaj imam, nekaj mi leži na dúši something preys upon my mind
izdihniti dúšo to give up, to yield up the ghost, to draw one's last breath
sramovati se v dno svoje dúše to be deeply ashamed (of)
to mi teži dúšo that weighs heavily upon me
vso svojo dúšo vložiti v delo to put one's whole heart into one's work
žive dúše ne vidim I do not see a single soul
žive dúše ni bilo videti there wasn't a soul to be seen
povedati, kar nam leži na dúši pogovorno to say one's piece

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

egál (enako, vseeno)

to mi je egál I don't care; I don't mind

elude [ilú:d] prehodni glagol
izogniti se, uiti, izmakniti se
pravno obiti (zakon); ne priti na misel; ne zadovoljiti

to elude observation ne biti opazen
it eludes me ni mi jasno

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

end¹ [end] samostalnik
konec, kraj, zaključek; meja; propad, smrt; namen, cilj; izid, uspeh, posledica, korist

East End vzhodni del Londona
at the far end na drugem koncu
to be at one's wits' end ne vedeti, kako in kam
up to the bitter end, to the end of the chapter do samega konca, do smrti
to come to an end končati se
to come to the end of one's tether doseči skrajno mejo, biti na koncu
no end of a fellow sijajen dečko
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
my hair stood on end lasje so mi stali pokonci
to have s.th. at one's fingers' end dobro vedeti ali znati
to get hold of the wrong end of the stick začeti na napačnem koncu
in the end na koncu, končno
geometrija the end of the line krajišče
no end of neskončno, neizmerno
the end justifies the means namen posvečuje sredstva
to keep one's end up pretolči, prebi(ja)ti se
the latter end starost, smrt
at a loose end brez posebnega opravila
to make both ends meet prebi(ja)ti se z denarjem
to no end zaman
shoemaker's end dreta
to the end that zato, da bi
to what end? čemu?
West End zahodni del Londona
end to end po dolžini, drug za drugim
at your end pri vas, v vašem kraju
to have at one's tongue's end imeti na koncu jezika

endure [indjúə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vztrajati; prenesti, pretrpeti; vzdržati, potrpeti; sprijazniti se s čim

I cannot endure ne prenesem, upira, gnusi se mi
what cannot be cured must be endured potrpljenje božja mast
not to be endured neznosen

enough¹ [inʌ́f] pridevnik
zadosten

I have had enough of it sit sem tega
we have time enough (ali enough time) dovolj časa imamo, ne mudi se nam
that is enough for me to mi zadostuje

far² [fa:] prislov
daleč; zelo, znatno; davno

as far as in l8th century že v osemnajstem stoletju
to carry it (ali go) too far iti prek meje, preveč si upati, pretiravati
far from it ravno nasprotno, niti malo ne
far gone v nevarnosti, v visoki stopnji
so far doslej
to go far in life visoko se povzpeti
as far as prav do; v koliko
so far so good doslej je vse v redu
in so far as v koliko
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
far and near povsod
far and wide daleč po svetu
far and away brez dvoma, vsekakor
few and far between redkokdaj
far into the night pozno v noč
far up visoko zgoraj

fare¹ [fɛə] neprehodni glagol
uspevati; hraniti se, jesti in piti; počutiti se
arhaično potovati, peljati se, iti

to go farther and fare worse priti z dežja pod kap
pogovorno how fares it? kako ti (vam) gre?
poetično fare thee well mnogo uspeha
poetično to fare forth kreniti na pot
I fare ill (well) slabo (dobro) se mi godi

farther² [fá:ðə] prislov
dalje; razen tega, še

I'll see you farther first še na misel mi ne pride

favour² ameriško favor [féivə] prehodni glagol (with)
podpreti, podpirati, pomagati; počastiti, biti naklonjen; da(ja)ti prednost, protežirati; bodriti
pogovorno biti podoben; olajšati komu kaj

the wind favours the vessel veter je ugoden
the boy favours his father deček je podoben očetu
favour me with an answer odgovorite mi, prosim

feel^*1 [fi:l]

1. prehodni glagol
občutiti; potipati, dotikati se; zaznati, opaziti; zaslutiti; smatrati, misliti

2. neprehodni glagol
tipati; počutiti se; zavedati se; imeti občutje, k srcu si gnati

to feel about s tipanjem iskati
to feel certain (ali sure) biti prepričan
I feel it in my bones trdno sem prepričan
to feel bitter biti grenkega okusa
to feel cheap slabo se počutiti
I feel cold (warm) zebe me (toplo mi je)
to feel doubts dvomiti
to feel one's feet dobiti zaupanje vase
to feel like nothing on the earth, to feel poorly (ali rotten, faint) zelo slabo se počutiti
to feel hurt biti užaljen
to feel small sramovati se
to feel sorry obžalovati
to feel the pulse meriti utrip
to feel like želeti si
I don't feel like ne ljubi se mi
it feels like rain na dež kaže
to feel quite o.s. again opomoči si
to feel up to moči
to feel one's way previdno spraševati, sondirati
I do not feel up to work ne ljubi se mi delati

fellow¹ [félou] samostalnik
družabnik, tovariš; član; deček, fant, človek; štipendist; sodelavec, sošolec, sotrpin; par; član znanstvenega društva; visokošolski profesor
arhaično surovež

jolly good fellow veseljak
a hail fellow well met dober prijatelj
poor fellow revež
to play the good fellow razkošno živeti
stone dead hath no fellow mrtvi molčijo
the fellow of a glove (shoe) druga rokavica (drugi čevelj) iz para
he has not his fellows nima sebi enakega
pogovorno let alone a fellow! daj mi mir!

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!

find¹ [faind]

1. prehodni glagol
najti, nahajati, odkriti, odkrivati; spoznati, opaziti; ugotoviti, izvedeti; misliti, soditi; odločiti; nabaviti, oskrbeti, opremiti; izreči, izraziti; iti po kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
zaslediti divjačino
pravno odločiti, razsoditi; zdeti se

to find amiss grajati
to find expression izraziti se
to find fault with grajati koga ali kaj
to find favour imeti podporo, zaščito
pravno to find s.o. guilty spoznati, da je kdo kriv
pogovorno to find one's feet pridobiti zaupanje v samega sebe, uveljaviti se
pravno to find a true bill izjaviti, da je vzrok tožbe utemeljen
to find s.o. in s.th. oskrbeti koga s čim
I cannot find it in my heart srce mi ne da
I could find it in my heart rad bi
how do you find yourself? kako se imaš?
to find one's match najti pravega moža ali enakovrednega nasprotnika
the jury found for the culprit porota je osvobodila obtoženca
I trust this finds you well upam, da boste dobrega zdravja, ko boste dobili to pismo
to find o.s. sam se oskrbeti; znajti se
to find pleasure in s.th. imeti s čim veselje

fine⁵ [fain] prislov
lepo; rahlo, nežno itn.

to run (ali cut) it (rather) fine na kratko odpraviti
that will suit me fine to mi je zelo prav

fit¹ [fit] samostalnik
napad, izbruh, krč; kaprica, muhavost
pogovorno razpoloženje

pogovorno, figurativno to give one a fit presenetiti, razdražiti koga
cold fit mrzlica
by fits (and starts) sunkovito, tu in tam
for a fit nekaj časa
to go into fits dobiti napad; omedleti
to give s.o. fit(s) razkačiti koga
to knock (ali bang, beat, lick) into fits popolnoma premagati
to throw a fit pobesneti, razsrditi se
when the fit was on him kadar je bil dobre volje
if the fit takes me če se mi zahoče
drunken fit pijanost
fit of hysterics histerični napad

fore¹ [fɔ:] predlog
arhaično pred

fore God bog mi je priča

from [frɔm, frəm] predlog
od, iz, z, zaradi, po

apart from neglede na
from the beginning od začetka
from a child od otroških let
different from različen od
from day to day z dneva v dan
to defend from braniti pred
to descend from biti po izvoru, izvirati iz
to draw from nature risati po naravi
to die from umreti zaradi
from my own experience iz lastne izkušnje
far be it from me še na misel mi ne pride
from first to last od začetka do konca, od A do Z
to hide s.th. from s.o. skrivati kaj pred kom
to judge from soditi po
to keep s.o. from doing s.th. braniti komu, da česa ne stori
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
to suffer from trpeti zaradi
from time to time tu pa tam
where are you from? od kod si (ste)?
to tell from razlikovati od
from of old zdavnaj, davno
from on high od zgoraj
from memory na pamet
from post to pillar od Poncija do Pilata
six from nine leavas three devet manj šest je tri
trgovina from date od danes
from title to colophone od prve do zadnje strani
from above od zgoraj
from affar od daleč
from amidst iz sredine
from among izmed
from before od prej
from behind od zadaj, izza
from below (ali beneath) od spodaj
from between izmed (dveh)
from beyond z one strani
from out ven iz
from under izpod
from without od zunaj
from within od znotraj