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gôvor speech; (javen) address; (slovesen) oration; (jezik) language, idiom, tongue; (napitnica, zdravica) toast

gôvor brez priprave extemporaneous speech, spech delivered extempore (ali ad lib)
nagrobni gôvor funeral oration, graveside eulogy
dar gôvora gift of speech
prvi gôvor (poslanca v parlamentu) maiden speech
obrambni gôvor pravo speech for the defence
poslovilni gôvor valedictory (speech)
prestolni gôvor speech from the throne
premi gôvor gramatika direct speech
zavisni gôvor gramatika indirect speech
vezani gôvor metrical language (of poetry, verse)
nevezani gôvor nonmetrical language (prose)
imeti dolgovezen gôvor to make a longwinded speech
izguba gôvora loss of speech
gôvor je o... the subject under discussion (ali in question) is...
o tem ni gôvora, ne more biti gôvora that is out of the question
imeti gôvor to make (ali to deliver) a speech (o on)
o čem je gôvor? what are you talking about?; what's it all about?
ni gôvora vredno it is not worth mentioning
svoboda gôvora freedom of speech
oseba, ki piše gôvore za druge ghost writer, speech writer

grace¹ [greis] samostalnik
milina, dražest, privlačnost, ljubkost; okras; milost, naklonjenost, usluga; usmiljenje; molitev pred jedjo in po njej
britanska angleščina dovoljenje, odločba; vljudnost; igra z obročem; naslov vojvode ali nadškofa (Your, His Grace)

act of grace zakon o amnestiji
airs and graces šopirjenje
with a bad grace nevljudno, neprijazno
to be in s.o.'s grace biti v milosti pri kom
grace to boot! bog se nas usmili!
with a good grace v milosti pri kom
in s.o.'s good graces v milosti pri kom
to say grace moliti pred jedjo ali po njej
days of grace dnevi odloga plačila
the Three Graces tri gracije
to fall from grace grešiti
time of grace doba prepovedi lova
in the year of grace v letu gospodovem

gradnja building; construction; erection; making

v gradnji under construction
hiša v gradnji house in course of construction
ministrstvo za javne gradnje VB Ministry of public Buildings and Works
gradnja železnice the building of a railway
biti v gradnji to be under construction

grant² [gra:nt] prehodni glagol
dopustiti, dopuščati, dovoliti; zagotoviti, priznati; podeliti, odobriti, uslišati

grant it to be true recimo, da je tako
to take for granted imeti za dognano, biti prepričan
to grant a request uslišati prošnjo
to grant an advance odobriti predujem
granted that recimo, vzemimo, da

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

greenwood [grí:nwud] samostalnik
zelen gozd

to go to the greenwood biti izobčen, postati razbojnik

grist¹ [grist] samostalnik
žito, mletev
pogovorno živila, zaloga; slad
figurativno korist

that's grist to his mill to je voda na njegov mlin
to bring grist to the mill biti vir dobička, biti zlata jama
all is grist that comes to his mill vse zna izkoristiti, vse je voda na njegov mlin

grižljáj mouthful, bit, morsel; snack

biti pravi »grižljáj« za koga to be meat and drink to someone
očitajo mi vsak grižljáj they grudge me every bite I eat

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

groan¹ [groun] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (under zaradi)
stokati, ječati, vzdihovati; rukati (jelen)
figurativno (for za) močno hrepeneti, koprneti; sikati, mrmrati

to groan down prisiliti k molku
to groan under (ali with) šibiti se pod
to groan inwardly biti nesrečen
groaning board miza, ki se šibi od jedi

gròb grave; tomb; burial place; (zidan) sepulchre; figurativno death, destruction

gròb neznanega junaka grave of the Unknown Soldier
masovni, množični gròb mass grave
sveti gròb religija the Holy Sepulchre
do gròba (figurativno) till death
onstran gròba beyond the grave
skupni gròb a pauper's grave
z eno nogo v gròbu (figurativno) at death's door, with one foot in the grave
od zibelke do gròba from the cradle to the grave
zanemarjen, negovan gròb neglected (ali unkept) grave
položitev v gròb burial, interment; (redko) inhumation, sepulture
biti v gròbu to be dead
biti z eno nogo v gròbu to have one foot in the grave
kopati gròb to dig a grave
odkopati, vzeti iz gròba to exhume
molčati kot gròb to be silent (ali secret) as the grave
on bi se obrnil v gròbu... he would turn in his grave
dovolj hudó, da bi se človek še v gròbu obrnil enough to make someone turn in his grave
položiti v gròb to bury, to inter, (redko) to inhume
spraviti koga v gròb to cause someone's death
v gròb me boš spravil! (figurativno) you will be the death of me!
spremiti do gròba to attend someone's funeral
govor na, ob gròbu funeral oration

grúda clod (of earth); lump; soil; pesniško glebe

rodna grúda native soil
biti navezan na svojo rodno grúdo to be deeply attached (ali devoted) to one's native soil

gruel¹ [grúəl] samostalnik
ovsena ali druga kaša

sleng to give s.o. his gruel kaznovati, umoriti koga
to have (ali take, get) one's gruel biti strogo kaznovan, biti ubit, premagan, poražen, tepen

guard¹ [ga:d] samostalnik
straža; pažnja, preža; zaščita; varovalna, zaščitna naprava; odbijanje udarca
britanska angleščina sprevodnik (na vlaku); zavirač
množina garda; budnost; skrbništvo, varstvo

advance(d) guard prednja straža
guard of honour častna straža
to keep guard čuvati, biti na straži
on one's guard oprezen, pazljiv, buden
to mount guard prevzeti stražo
off one's guard nepazljiv, nepreviden
to relieve guard izmenjati stražo
to stand guard over s.th. biti na straži, čuvati kaj
to put s.o. on his guard opozoriti koga na nevarnost
Life Guards telesna straža
to throw s.o. off his guard presenetiti, zalotiti koga
to mount guard stražiti

guinea-pig [gínipig] samostalnik
zoologija morski prašiček, budra
figurativno poskusna žival

guinea-pig (director) direktor, ki kot član upravnega sveta dobiva visok honorar zato, ker sme biti na seznamu direktorjev

gunner [gʌ́nə] samostalnik
topničar; puškar
navtika podčastnik, ki skrbi za topove in strelivo

arhaično gunner's daughter top, na katerega so vezali mornarje zaradi bičanja
arhaično, sleng to kiss (ali marry) the gunner's daughter biti kaznovan z bičanjem

gurmán gourmet, epicure

biti gurmán to indulge one's love of good things, to treat oneself to something good

gut¹ [gʌt] samostalnik
anatomija črevo
množina drobovje
množina trebuh; ožina; zavoj reke na veslaški progi (Oxford, Cambridge); struna; svilena struna
sleng, množina vztrajnost; odločnost; hrabrost, predrznost; učinkovitost; bistvo, vsebina

large gut debelo črevo
little (ali small) gut tenko črevo
fat guts debeluh, trebušnež
more guts than brain več sreče kot pameti
to have no guts biti prazen, brez vsebine, brez vrednosti

guy² [gai] samostalnik
groteskna lutka iz cunj (ki jo nosijo 5. novembra in sežgejo v spomin na ponesrečeno zaroto Guy Fawkesa, ko je hotel pognati v zrak angleški parlament); strašilo
ameriško, pogovorno človek, fant, tovariš, dečko

to look a regular guy biti kot strašilo

hammer¹ [hǽmə] samostalnik
kladivo, bat; petelin na puški; kladivce v zvonu, kladivce v klavirju
anatomija nakovalce, slušna koščica

to be down s.o. like a hammer biti s kom zelo strog
to come (ali go) under the hammer priti pod stečaj, biti prodan na dražbi
hammer and tongs z vso močjo, silovito
to be (ali go) at it hammer and tongs močno se prepirati, živeti v napetem ozračju
šport throwing the hammer metanje kladiva
knight of the hammer kovač