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biljárd billiards pl (s konstr. v sg); (s 15 rdečimi in 6 raznobarvnimi kroglami) VB snooker; (s 15 numeriranimi kroglami) ZDA pool

igrati biljárd to play (at) billiards
igrati partijo biljárda to have a game of billiards

black-face [blǽkfeis] samostalnik
črnoglava ovca ali druga žival
ameriško, pogovorno črnec

to appear in black-face igrati vlogo črnca

buskin [bʌ́skin] samostalnik
visoki čevelj; koturn; drama, žalna igra

to put on the buskins pisati v tragičnem slogu; igrati v tragediji

buzz-saw [bʌ́zsɔ:] samostalnik
cirkularka

to monkey with a buzz-saw igrati se z ognjem

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

cítre glasba zither, cither; cithern, zithern

igrati na cítre to play the zither

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

cricket² [kríkit] samostalnik
šport kriket
ameriško nizek stolček, pručica

to play cricket igrati pošteno
pogovorno not cricket nepošteno, nešportno

dáma² (igra) draughts pl

igrati dámo to play draughts, (enkrat) to have a game of draughts

deep¹ [di:p] pridevnik (deeply prislov)
globok; temeljit; zatopljen
figurativno skrivnosten, skrit; nerazumljiv; temen; nizek (glas); skrajen, velik
sleng zvit

in deep water(s) v neprilikah, v težavah
deep reader navdušen bralec
deep drinker hud pijanec
pogovorno to go off the deep end razburiti se; figurativno zaleteti se
deep in thought zatopljen v misli, zamišljen
deep delight velik užitek
a deep man zviti lisjak
deep kneebend počep
deep disappointment hudo razočaranje
to play deeply igrati za velik denar
to drink deeply pogledati globoko v kozarec; figurativno pridobiti si mnogo izkušenj

deplete [diplí:t] prehodni glagol
izprazniti, izčrpati
medicina puščati kri; izprazniti črevesje

to deplete one's resources porabiti svoja sredstva
to play to depleted houses igrati prad praznim gledališčem

double⁴ [dʌ́bl]

1. prehodni glagol
podvojiti; upogniti, upogibati, zložiti, zgibati; stisniti (pest); obpluti; ponoviti

2. neprehodni glagol
podvojiti, upogniti (se); nazaj se obrniti, nazaj teči; sključiti se

gledališče to double parts igrati dvojno vlogo
to double and twist sukati (nit)

doubly [dʌ́bli] prislov
dvojno; lažno, napačno

to deal doubly igrati na dve strani

draught¹ [dra:ft] samostalnik
poteza, vlečenje, vleka; načrt, koncept, skica; prepih; požirek
množina dama (igra); razburjenje, živčnost; ugrez, ponor; točenje (iz soda)
medicina doza (tekočega zdravila); odmerek; novačenje; četa; ček; menica

beast of draught tovorna živina
black draught odvajalo
beer on draught pivo iz soda
sleng to feel the draught imeti težave, na škodi biti
to play at draughts igrati damo (igro)

drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

drúgi dan v mesecu the second
drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
drúgi najboljši second best
2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
drúgi razred second class
Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
vsak drúgi one in two
vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
drúga dva the other two, the two others
na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
eden in drugi both (of them)
bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
drugi (ostali) the other
kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
eno z drúgim one with the other
nič drúgega nothing else
biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks

dúbel doubles

igrati dúbel (tenis) to play doubles (ali a doubles match)

dvój -a, -e double

na dvój, -a, -ee in two
prerezati kaj na dvój, -a, -ee to cut something in two
ples v dvój, -a, -ee twosome dance
igrati klavir v dvój, -a, -ee to play four-handed
raztrgati na dvój, -a, -ee to tear asunder (ali in two)

dvójen double; twofold

dvójna postelja double bed
dvójni program (v kinu) double bill, double feature
dvójna vsota double the sum
dvójno število double the number
dvójni znesek double the amount
dvójni tir double track
soba z dvójno (zakonsko) posteljo a double-bedded room
dvójno knjigovodstvo double-entry bookkeeping
dvójno delujoč double acting
igrati dvójno igro to play a double game
plačati dvójno ceno za to pay double (the price) for
dvójno videti to see double

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

edged [edžd] pridevnik
oster, nabrušen

to play with edged tools z ognjem se igrati