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ample [ǽmpl] pridevnik (amply prislov)
obilen, velik prostoren, razsežen; zadosten

ample stock velika zaloga
ample means zadostna sredstva
it is ample popolnoma zadostuje

ash² [æš]
(tudi množina) pepel; posmrtni ostanki; ruševine

to lay in ashes, to reduce to ashes popolnoma požgati, upepeliti
pale as ashes bel ko mrtvaški prt
Ash Wednesday pepelnična sreda
to turn into dust and ashes upepeliti; figurativno izjaloviti se
to repent (ali mourn) in sack-cloth and ashes spokoriti se
šport to bring back the ashes maščevati se za poraz
peace be to his ashes! naj počiva v miru!

awake² [əwéik] povedkovnik pridevnik
zbujen, buden, čuječ (to)
zavedajoč se (česa); prekanjen

wide awake popolnoma buden
to be awake to s.th. spoznati kaj, zavedati se česa

back¹ [bæk] samostalnik
hrbet, hrbtišče; zadnja, spodnja stran; naslonilo, hrbtnik; velik čeber, sod
šport branilec, zaščitnik

at the back za
behind the back of s.o. figurativno za hrbtom komu
the back of beyond zelo daleč od tod
to break the back of s.th. opraviti glavni del naloge
to be cast on one's back doživeti poraz
back and belly obleka in hrana
the Backs parki za študentskimi domovi v Cambridgeu
to get to the back izslediti vzroke
to have s.o. on one's back imeti koga na vratu
to give (ali make) a back pripogniti se
I can make neither back nor edge of him ne spoznam se v njem
at the back of one's mind podzavestno
to be on one's back ležati bolan
to be thoroughly on one's back biti popolnoma na koncu
to put one's back into z vso vnemo se lotiti
to put up one's back razhuditi se
to see the back of s.o. znebiti se koga
to bave a strong back veliko prenesti
to turn one's back upon s.o. obračati hrbet komu, zapustiti koga
to get one's back up trdovratno se upirati
with one's back to the wall v hudi stiski

bald [bɔ:ld] pridevnik (baldly prislov)
plešast, gol
figurativno boren, reven; suhoparen; belolisast (konj); očiten, otipljiv

bald as a coot (ali billiard ball, an egg) popolnoma plešast

bankrupt¹ [bǽŋkrʌpt]

1. samostalnik
bankrotnik

2. pridevnik
nezmožen plačila, zbankrotiran; obubožan

to go bankrupt priti pod stečaj, popolnoma obubožati
to declare bankrupt razglasiti stečaj
bankrupt's estate stečajna masa
bankrupt in health hudo bolan

beat into prehodni glagol
vbiti, vbijati

beat into s.o.'s head vbijati komu v glavo
beat into a cocked hat popolnoma uničiti, premagati

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

branch¹ [bra:nč ameriško brænč] samostalnik
veja; odrastek; podružnica; odcep, priključek; stroka, panoga; rečni rokav; krak; vzporedna proga
arhitektura lok, obok, rebro oboka

branch box odcepna puščica
to reform root and branch popolnoma preosnovati

character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

chaw² [čɔ:] prehodni glagol
vulgarno hrustati, žvečiti, cmokati

to chaw up ameriško popolnoma razbiti; hudo poškodovati; primerno zavrniti

cinder¹ [síndə] samostalnik
žlindra
množina pepel, ugaski

live cinder žerjavica
to burn to a cinder popolnoma zažgati (jed)

cock² [kɔk]

1. prehodni glagol (up)
pokonci postaviti; (klobuk) na stran pomakniti; napeti petelina na puški

2. neprehodni glagol
šopiriti se

to cock one's ears z ušesi striči, prisluhniti
to cock one's eye at s.o. namigniti komu
ameriško, pogovorno to go off half cocked prenagliti se
knocked into a cocked hat onemel, osupel; popolnoma premagan
to cock one's nose nos vihati
to cock a snook osle kazati

confidence [kɔ́nfidəns] samostalnik (in)
zaupanje; zaupno sporočilo; samozavest, drznost, nesramnost

to be in s.o.'s confidence biti zaupnik koga
to have every confidence popolnoma zaupati
in confidence zaupno
in strict confidence strogo zaupno
confidence man, confidence trickster slepar
o place (ali repose) confidence in s.o. dobiti zaupanje do koga
to take s.o. into one's confidence zaupati se komu, zaupno komu povedati
ameriško confidence game, britanska angleščina confidence trick prevara (zaupljive osebe)

coot [ku:t] samostalnik
zoologija vodna kokoška; črna liska
pogovorno bedak

as bald as a coot popolnoma plešast

crop¹ [krɔp] samostalnik
ptičja golša; bičevnik; na kratko ostriženi lasje; žetev, pridelek, spravljanje pridelkov; strojena koža v celoti; kup

under crop posejan, obdelan
out of crop neobdelan
in crop ki ga obdelujejo
neck and crop docela, popolnoma

cucumber [kjú:kʌmbə] samostalnik
botanika kumara

as cool as a cucumber popolnoma miren, hladen
ameriško cucumber tree vrsta magnolije

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

deaf [def] pridevnik (deafly prislov)
gluh, naglušen (with)
omamljen

deaf of (ali in) one ear na eno uho gluh
deaf as a post (ali door-nail, stone, beetle, an adder) popolnoma gluh, gluh ko zemlja
none so deaf as those who won't hear najbolj gluhi so tisti, ki nočejo slišati
deaf nut prazen oreh
to fall on deaf ears ne biti uslišan
to turn a deaf ear delati se gluhega, ne uslišati