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álga botanika alga, pl algae

morska álga seaweed, (haloga) kelp
užitna álga laver
álge na mlaki scum on a pond

alínea paragraph

začeti nov alínea to begin a new paragraph

alkohól alcohol; liquor

denaturirani alkohól methylated alcohol
absolutni alkohól absolute alcohol
bogat z alkohólom rich in alcohol
suženj alkohóla a slave to drink
tihotapec alkohóla bootlegger
tihotapljenje alkohóla bootlegging
zastrupljanje z alkohólom alcoholic poisoning
vzdržati se alkohóla to abstain from alcohol
ne pijem alkohóla I don't touch alcohol; I don't drink; I'm a teetotaller

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

allot [əlɔ́t] prehodni glagol (to)
razdeliti, odmeriti, parcelirati; nakazati, dodeliti

to allot a task dati nalogo
allotted gardens vrtičkarska kolonija

altogether¹ [ɔ:ltəgéðə] prislov
skupaj, popolnoma, povsem

a different thing altogether nekaj čisto drugega

amandmá amendment

predlagati, predložiti amandmá to propose (ali to move) an amendment (za zakonski osnutek to a bill)
ustavni amandmáji constitutional amendments

amatêr amateur

s slikarstvom se ukvarja kot amatêr he paints as a hobby
amatêrstvo amateurism

amatêrski amateur(-); nonprofessional; slabšalno amateurish

amatêrski fotograf amateur photographer
amatêrsko (površno) se ukvarjam s slikarstvom I dabble a bit in painting
amatêrsko gledališče amateur theatre

amatérstvo hobby; slabšalno amateurism

alpinizem je zanj predvsem amatérstvo for him mountaineering is mainly a hobby

ambasáda embassy

večerja na ambasádi a dinner at the embassy

ambícija ambition

politične ambícije political ambitions
biti poln ambícij to be keen to get on, to be a high-flier
gojiti velike ambícije to foster great ambitions
doseči svoje ambícije to achieve one's ambitions
njegova ambícija je (imeti...) his (great) ambition is (to have...)
imeti velike ambícije to have high aspirations

amiss¹ [əmís] prislov
narobe, napak, slabo

to come amiss biti nezaželen
to do (ali deal) amiss zmotiti se
nothing comes amiss to him vse mu prija
it would not be amiss for you ne bi vam škodovalo
to take amiss zameriti
nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach lačnemu vse diši
there's something amiss with him nekaj z njim ni v redu
it turned out amiss slabo se je končalo

amount¹ [əmáunt] samostalnik
znesek, količina, vrednost; pomen
figurativno posledica

amount of balance saldo
a fair amount precejšen znesek precejšnja količina
any amount of nonsense same neumnosti
to the amount of do zneska
what is the amount of? koliko znaša?
with due amount of care zelo previdno, skrbno

an¹ [æn, ən] ➞ a² (pred samoglasnikom)

an(a)esthesia [æni:sɵí:ziə] samostalnik
omrtvičenje, anestezija, neobčutljivost

to give (ali administer) an(a)esthesia omrtvičiti, narkotizirati

anchor² [ǽŋkə] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zasidrati (se)

to anchor a tent to the ground pritrditi šotor
to anchor one's hope in (ali on) staviti upanje v koga ali kaj

ángel angel; seraph; cherub

dobri (zli) ángel good (bad ali wicked) angel
padli ángel a fallen angel
ángel smrti angel of death
ángel varuh guardian angel

anger¹ [ǽŋgə] samostalnik (at zaradi)
jeza, bes, nevolja

a fit of anger napad besnosti