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blížati se to approach; to come up, to come near, to draw near; to near

delo se bliža koncu (zaključku) work is nearing completion
božič se bliža Christmas is approaching, Christmas isn't far off
zima se bliža winter is approaching
bližali smo se mestu z juga we approached the town from the south
predstava se je bližala kraju the performance was drawing to a close

blokírati to blockade, to block (up, off), vojska to blockade; (denar) to freeze; tiskarstvo to turn letters; radio to jam

blokirana lastnina frozen assets
ves moj denar je blokiran all my money is tied up

blood¹ [blʌd] samostalnik
kri
figurativno prelivanje krvi, pokol, umor; sorodstvo, rasa, rod; izvor; pogum, strast; rastlinski sok; gizdalin

blood bank krvna banka
blood donor krvodajalec, -lka
blood bespotted okrvavljen, krvav
blood bath prelivanje krvi
cold blood hladnokrvnost; premišljenost
in cold blood hladnokrvno
bad (ali ill) blood sovraštvo, prepir
blood count krvna slika
full blood čistokrven
hot blood vročekrvnost
to make one's blood boil razjeziti koga
to make one's blood creep grozo v kom zbuditi
to dip one's hands in blood oskruniti si roke s krvjo
one's own flesh and blood člani iste družine
you cannot make blood out of a stone kjer nič ni, še vojska ne vzame
blood and thunder literature zanikrna literatura
it runs in the blood to je v družini
to have s.o.'s blood on one's head imeti koga na vesti
blood group krvna skupina
half blood po poli (brat)
blood shed prelivanje krvi, pokol
blood transfusion transfuzija krvi
fresh blood novi člani
base blood nezakonsko rojstvo
a man of blood surovež
blood is thicker than water kri ni voda
to have (ali get) one's blood up razhuditi se
to draw blood raniti
his blood is up besen je
navtika, sleng Nelson's blood rum
blood test krvna analiza
blood royal kraljevska kri
to breed ill blood delati razprtije
to spill (ali shed) blood prelivati kri
pogovorno young blood vročekrvnež
to let blood kri puščati

blow^*5 [blou]

1. prehodni glagol
pihati, razpihavati; razstreliti, razstreljevati
sleng oslepariti
ameriško, sleng zapravljati; razmetavati
sleng izdati
pogovorno poveličevati

2. neprehodni glagol
pihati; doneti; piskati; puhati, sopsti; razpočiti se, eksplodirati; hvaliti se

sleng I'm blowed! ali je mogoče!, za nič na svetu!
to blow great guns močno pihati
to blow air into z zrakom napihniti
to blow a cloud kaditi pipo
to blow hot and cotd kolebati, nenehno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
it is blowing veter piha
blow it! presneto, vraga
to blow a kiss poslati poljubček
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to blow the bellows gnati mehove
it's an ill wind that blows nobody good vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
he knows which way the wind blows ve, kam pes taco moli
to puff and blow sopsti, puhati, sopihati
to blow one's trumpet (ali horn) hvaliti se
navtika, sleng to blow the gaff zatožiti, izdati koga
to blow the expense pogostiti koga, plačati račun
to blow a whistle zapiskati na piščalko

blue¹ [blu:] pridevnik
moder, sinji; plemiški (kri); žalosten, potrt, otožen; zvest, stanoviten; mrtvaško bled; učen (ženska)
pogovorno nespodoben; konservativen, torijevski

blue blood plemenitaški rod
blue coat vojak, mornar
blue disease modrikavost kože, cianoza
blue devils potrtost; delirium tremens
in a blue funk živčen, prestrašen
to see through blue glasses črno gledati
blue gum vrsta evkaliptusa
blue joke nespodoben dovtip
blue jeans modre delovne hlače
to look (ali feel) blue zbegan, potrt biti
ameriško blue laws pretirano strogi, puritanski zakoni
Blue Monday zaspani ponedeljek
once in a blue moon redkokdaj
to cry blue murder zagnati krik in vik
blue pencil cenzorjev svinčnik
Blue Peter modra zastava (znak za odhod ladje)
till all is blue neskončno dolgo; do nezavesti (se napiti)
a blue note napačen zvok
blue ribbon visoko odlikovanje; red podveze; znak vzdržnosti
blue rock vrsta goloba
sleng blue ruin slaba vrsta brinjevca
true blue zvest
to turn (ali make) the air blue kvantati, zmerjati
blue water odprto morje

bob¹ botanika broad bean, horsebean

to je bob ob steno figurativno that is a waste of time
kot da bi bob ob steno metal you might as well talk to the cat
vse je bob ob steno pri njem it's a waste of breath talking to him
moje besede so bob ob steno my words are like water on a duck's back
reči bobu bob to call a spade a spade

body¹ [bɔ́di] samostalnik
telo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del
figurativno snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina
astronomija astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnica

body corporate korporacija; pravna oseba
in the body of the hall v sredini dvorane
the body of people velika množica
in a body vsi skupaj
to keep body and soul together preživljati se
one body is like another vsi ljudje smo enaki
main body glavnina vojske
diplomatic body diplomatski zbor
a poor body revež
kemija compound body spojina
body politic država
body of a letter tekst, vsebina pisma

bógve God knows; goodness knows; arhaično God wot

bógve kdaj bo prišel God knows when he will come
bógve kdo je to rekel I wonder who said it
Je to res? - Bogve. Is that true? - I wonder.
ne bógve kako dobra kakovost second-rate quality
bógve zakaj goodness (ali God) knows why
do bógve kdaj (figurativno) till the cows come home

bók flank; side; (kolk) hip; zastarelo huckle; (pri živalih) haunch

levi (desni) bók ladje port (starboard)
bók ob bóku side by side
z rokami v bókih akimbo
napad z bóka a flank attack
kritje z bóka vojska flank guard
izpostaviti, odkriti bók vojska to expose the flank
napasti z bóka sovražnika to attack the enemy flank, to attack the flank of the enemy
obiti bók to turn the enemy flank
imeti bolečine v bóku to have a pain in one's side
ladja je zelo nagnjena na bók the ship is listing
leži na bóku the ship is over on her side

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

boléhen sickly; in poor health; ailing; infirm; poorly; pogovorno peaky

ona je boléhna pogovorno she is on the sickly side
biti boléhen to be in poor health

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

bóljšati boljšati se to improve, to ameliorate; to mend

bóljšati, boljšati se se (poklicno) to better oneself
njegovo zdravje se boljša he is on the mend

bóljši better; superior

daleč bóljši better by far
njegova bóljša polovica polovica (= žena) humoristično his better half
sprememba na bóljše a change for the better
on je na bóljšem he is better off
on je videl bóljše dneve (figurativno) he has seen better days, ZDA pogovorno he is a has-been
bóljšega ni mogel storiti kot... he could not do better than...
ima se za nekaj bóljšega he thinks himself superior
ker ni nič bóljšega for want of something better
zdravje je bóljše kot bogastvo health is better than wealth

bolník patient; sick person

bolníki pl the sick, the ill
bolník na okrevanju convalescent
obisk pri bolníku visit to a patient
pregled bolníkov doctor's round(s)
bolník gre h koncu the patient is sinking
bolníku se stanje boljša the patient is on the mend (ali is mending, improving, getting better)

bond¹ [bɔnd] samostalnik
vez; okovi; dolžnost, obveznost; zadolžnica; zastavnica; prvovrsten pisemski papir; državno varstvo nad še neocarinjenim blagom

out of bond ocarinjen
in bond še neocarinjen
his word is as good as his bond mož beseda je

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

bound⁶ [baund] pridevnik
pripravljen na odhod (for)
namenjen kam

the ship is bound for London ladja potuje v London, njen cilj je London
where are you bound for? kam greš (greste)?
homeward bound ki se vrača domov
outward bound ki potuje iz matične luke

brain¹ [brein] samostalnik
možgani
figurativno pamet, razum, glava

to beat (ali cudgel, busy, puzzle, rack) one's brains beliti si glavo
to blow out s.o.'s brains ustreliti koga v glavo
to crack one's brains zgubiti glavo, ponoreti
brain drain beg možganov
to dash s.o.'s brain out razbiti komu lobanjo
to have s.th. on the brain pretirano se zanimati za kaj, noreti za čim
to pick (ali suck) s.o.'s brains izvabiti podatke od koga
his brain is a bit touched ni čisto pri pameti, je nekoliko prismuknjen
to turn s.o.'s brains zbegati koga
brain trust skupina strokovnjakov s skupno nalogo; skupina strokovnjakov, ki odgovarja prek radia