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fool¹ [fu:l] samostalnik
norec, bedak, butec, zmedenec; dvorni norec, pavliha
figurativno igračka

All Fools' Day 1. april
April Fool aprilska šala; žrtev aprilske šale
to be no fool biti bister
as the fool thinks so the bell clinks norec veruje v to, kar si želi
everyone has a fool in his sleeve vsakdo se včasih obnaša kakor norec
a fool's bolt is soon shot norec je kmalu pri kraju s svojo pametjo
a fool's errand brezplodno delo
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to be a fool for one's pains zaman si prizadevati
fool's paradise deveta dežela
to play the fool neumno se obnašati
to be but a fool to, to be a fool to ne biti nič v primeri s
mineralogija fool's gold železov kršec
he is a fool to... on nič ne pomeni proti...
there's no fool like an old fool nič ni hujšega kakor ponoreli starec
botanika fool's parsley mala trobelika

for¹ [fɔ:, fə] predlog
za; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede na

for all navzlic, kljub
as for me kar se mene tiče, zastran mene
pogovorno to be in for, to be for it pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)
pogovorno to be out for nameravati
for the better na bolje
but for ko bi ne bilo, brez
for fear iz strahu
for love iz ljubezni
for the present za zdaj
for the first time prvič
not for love or money za nič na svetu
to know for certain (ali sure, a certainty, a fact) z gotovostjo vedeti
now for them! na juriš!
for good za vedno
there's nothing for it nič drugega ne preostaja
to go for a walk iti na sprehod
sleng to go for a soldier postati vojak
to give a Roland for an Oliver poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za drago
I am in for flu gripa se me loteva
he wants for nothing nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovolj
to take for granted smatrati kot dejstvo
it's for you do decide ti se moraš odločiti
it is not nice for him ni lepo od njega
once for all enkrat za vselej
for as much v koliko
for all (ali aught) I know... kolikor je meni znano...
for instance, for example na primer
for the nonce tokrat
I for one jaz na primer
for God's sake za božjo voljo
to look for s.th. iskati kaj
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
for shame! sram te (vas) bodi!
to be out for trouble (ali row) iskati prepir
she could not speak for weeping tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoriti
the train for London vlak proti Londonu
word for word beseda za besedo
Mary for ever! naj živi Marija!
for the time being za zdaj
he's been here for an hour je tukaj že eno uro

forrader [fɔ́:rədə] prislov
pogovorno dalje, naprej

to get no forrader nič ne napredovati

funeral² [fjú:nərəl] samostalnik
pogreb, pokop

that's your own funeral to je tvoja stvar
sleng none of your funeral tebi nič mar

fuss¹ [fʌs] samostalnik
prazen hrup, hrum; prevelika gorečnost

to make a fuss about s.th. preveč se razburjati zaradi česa, za prazen nič se razburiti, sitnariti
to make a fuss of s.o. plesati okrog koga
fuss and feathers mnogo hrupa za prazen nič

get^*1 [get]

1. prehodni glagol
dobiti; pridobiti zaslužiti; vzeti, jemati; preskrbeti, nabaviti, omisliti si, kupiti; spraviti, spravljati (pridelke); doseči; ujeti; razumeti, naučiti se, doumeti; zvedeti; dati si narediti
ameriško, sleng razjeziti, razdražiti

2. neprehodni glagol
postati; priti, dospeti; napotiti se; navaditi se
ameriško, sleng popihati jo

to get acquainted seznaniti se
to get to be postati
to get better okrevati
to get the better of s.o. premagati koga
to get the best of s.th. najbolje opraviti
to get one's back up razjeziti se
to get the bullet (ali boot, sack, mitten) biti odpuščen
to get clear of znebiti, otresti se
sleng get cracking! loti se posla!
to get dressed obleči se
to get done dati si narediti
there's no getting around nič ne pomaga
to get drunk opijaniti se
to get a glimpse of bežno zagledati
to get even with s.o. obračunati s kom
to get one's eye in navaditi se, prilagoditi se
to get on a fair treat zelo dobro napredovati
sleng to get s.o.'s goat razjeziti, razdražiti koga
get you gone! proč od tod, izgini(te)!
to get the goods on s.o. dobiti dokaze proti komu
to get a grip of obvladati, premagati
sleng to get a big hand zelo ugajati, doživeti velik uspeh
to get the hang of s.th. razumeti, doumeti kaj
to have got to (z nedoločnikom) morati, biti prisiljen
to get by heart naučiti se na pamet
ameriško, sleng to get in Dutch with zameriti se komu
to get hold of polastiti se
pogovorno to get the kick out of s.th. uživati nad čim
to get to know spoznati
sleng to get left razočarati se, podleči
to get lost zgubiti se
to get to like vzljubiti
to get it (in the neck) biti grajan, kaznova
to get a move on pohiteti
to get married poročiti se
to get on s.o.'s nerves dražiti koga
to get nowhere nič ne doseči
to get possession of s.th. polastiti se česa
to get a sight of zagledati
to get the sow (ali pig) by the tail (ali ear), to get the wrong sow by the ear zmotiti se
to get over (ali round) s.o. pregovoriti koga
to get s.o. razumeti koga; imeti koga za norca
sleng to get the raspberry biti zasmehovan
sleng to get rattled zmesti se, postati živčen
to get ready pripraviti se
to get rid (ali quit) znebiti se
to get a rise out of s.o. razdražiti koga
to get one's second wind oddahniti si
to get one's shoes soled dati si podplatiti čevlje
to get to sleep zaspati
to get a slip pelin dobiti, biti zavrnjen
to get the start of s.o. prehiteti koga
to get there doseči uspeh
to get well ozdraveti
to get the wind of s.th. zvedeti, zavohati, zaslutiti kaj
figurativno to get the wind up prestrašiti se
to get to work lotiti se dela
to get the worst of the bargain zgubiti, biti premagan
to get s.o. wrong napačno koga razumeti
to get used to doing s.th. navaditi se česa
to get the upper hand of s.o. premagati koga

ghost [goust] samostalnik
duh, prikazen
figurativno senca, sled; pisatelj, ki piše v imenu drugega

not the ghost of a chance prav nič upanja
arhaično to give up (ali yield) the ghost izdihniti, umreti
as white as a ghost bel ko kreda
ghost town izumrlo, zapuščeno mesto
gledališče, sleng the ghost walks izplačujejo plače
to lay a ghost preganjati duha
to raise a ghost klicati duha

gíbati to move; to stir; to agitate

gíbati se to move, to be in motion; to stir, to bestir oneself; (hoditi) to walk, to take exercise
gíbati se med... in... to range from... to...
cene se gibljejo med 40.000 in 50.000 tolarji the prices range between 40,000 and 50,000 tolars
nič se ne gíbati to take no exercise
moral bi se (on) več gíbati na prostem he ought to take more open-air exercise
on se giblje v najboljši družbi he moves in the best society

give^*1 [giv]

1. prehodni glagol
da(ja)ti, darovati; izročiti, poda(ja)ti; dodeliti, podeliti
medicina okužiti, inficirati; plačati, povrniti; proizvajati; povzročiti, povzročati, zbuditi, zbujati; dovoliti, dopustiti; opisati, naslikati; posvetiti, posvečati se; sporočiti, povedati; žrtvovati; odreči se, opustiti; izreči sodbo (against)
donašati
pogovorno izdati

2. neprehodni glagol
dati; popustiti, popuščati, vdati se; (o cesti) peljati, voditi (into, on, on to)
(o oknu) gledati (on, on to, upon na)
biti prožen

to give o.s. airs dajati si videz, šopiriti se
to give it against s.o. odločiti se na škodo drugega
to give attention to paziti na
to give a bird izžvižgati
to give birth to roditi; figurativno povzročiti
to give chase zasledovati, loviti
to give a cry vzklikniti
to give credit zaupati, verjeti
to give into custody izročiti policiji
to give a damn for prav nič ne marati
to give a decision odločiti zadevo
to give s.o. his due dati komu, kar mu gre
to give ear to poslušati, uslišati
to give evidence pričati
to give the gate odpustiti iz službe
to give the go-by ne upoštevati, prezirati
to give a good account of o.s. dobro se izkazati
ameriško to give as good as one gets poplačati enako z enakim
to give ground umakniti se
to give a guess ugibati
to give it to s.o. grajati, dati komu popra
to give judgement (ali sentence) izreči sodbo
to give a jump poskočiti
to give to know sporočiti
to give a laugh zasmejati se
figurativno to give a lift pomagati; ameriško vzeti s seboj (v vozilo)
to give one's love (ali regards) dati koga pozdraviti
to give a look pogledati
it's a matter of give and take roka roko umiva
to give o.s. (ali one's mind) to s.th. posvetiti se čemu
to give notice sporočiti; dati odpoved (iz službe)
to give place umakniti se
to give one's respects to s.o. priporočiti se komu
to give a ring poklicati po telefonu
to give rise to povzročiti; zbuditi željo
to give a Roland for an Oliver vrniti milo za drago
to give the sack to s.o. odpustiti koga
pogovorno to give the show away izdati skrivnost
to give the slip izmuzniti se
to give a start planiti
to give it straight to s.o. naravnost komu povedati
to give thanks zahvaliti se
to give the sack (ali boot, mitten) odpustiti iz službe
to give tit for tat enako z enakim poplačati
to give tongue (ali voice) oglasiti se; zalajati
to give trouble povzročati sitnosti
to give o.s. trouble potruditi se
to give s.o. to understand dati komu razumeti
to give vent dati si duška

go for neprehodni glagol
iti po kaj; pomeniti; skušati doseči; veljati
sleng napasti

go for a drive peljati se na sprehod
go for nothing nič ne veljati
go for a soldier iti k vojakom
go for a walk iti na sprehod

gól² šport goal

čuvar, vratar góla goalkeeper, pogovorno goalie
vratnica góla goalpost
gólova črta goal line
beležiti, zabiti, doseči gól to score (ali to get) a goal
voditi s tremi góli to lead by three goals, to have a three-goal lead
brez góla (zadetka) goalless (ali no-score) draw
igra, v kateri je premaganec brez góla pogovorno whitewash
rezultat je 2 (gola) proti nič the score is 2 nil

go to neprehodni glagol
iti k, kam; pripasti

arhaično go to! beži!, izgini!
go to the country obrniti se na ljudstvo; razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve
go to it tvegati, lotiti se, poskusiti
go to the world poročiti se
go to the dogs propasti, v revščino zabresti
go to expense nakopati si stroške
go to law začeti pravdo
go to a lot of trouble močno si prizadevati
go to war začeti vojno, vojskovati se
go to waste propasti
go to wrack and ruin propasti, konec vzeti, na nič priti
go to stool iti na stran
go to the wall biti ugnan v kozji rog

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

groat [grout] samostalnik
zgodovina novčič (srebrn štiripenijski)

I don't care a groat nič mi ni mar
a cracked (ali slit) groat ničvredna stvar, počen groš

happen [hǽpən] neprehodni glagol
zgoditi se, pripetiti se (to komu, s čim)
pogovorno slučajno priti, vpasti (in, into v)

to happen to slučajno
I happened to meet him slučajno sem ga srečal
to happen across s.o. naleteti na koga
to happen (up)on slučajno na koga ali kaj naleteti
as it happens slučajno, po naključju, v tem slučaju
it happened that slučajno se je pripetilo, da
...and nothing happened in nič se ni zgodilo

harm¹ [ha:m] samostalnik
škoda, poškodba; krivica

pravno bodily harm telesna poškodba
to do harm to s.o. škoditi komu
there is no harm in ne škodi
where is the harm in? v čem je tu kaj slabega?
he meant no harm ni mislil nič slabega
out of harm's way na varnem

hear^* [híə]

1. prehodni glagol
slišati, poslušati
pravno zaslišati, razpravljati, pretresati; uslišati; zvedeti (from od, of o)

2. neprehodni glagol
slišati, dobiti vesti (about o)
slišati (from od)

hear, hear! da slišimo!; ironično glej!, glej!
pravno to hear evidence zaslišati priče
to hear say slišati govoriti
I've heard tell of pripovedovali so mi, povedali so mi
you will hear of it to si boš še zapomnil
he will not hear of it o tem neče nič slišati
let me hear from you piši mi
to make o.s. heard obrniti pozornost nase
so I (have) heard to sem slišal
to hear s.o. out do konca koga poslušati, pustiti koga govoriti do konca

home² [hóum] prislov
doma, domov; na cilj, na cilju; v srce, točno

to bring home the bacon zmagati
to bring a crime home to s.o. dokazati komu zločin
to bring s.th. home to s.o. prepričati koga o čem, predočiti, dokazati komu
figurativno to come home to ganiti, občutiti, priti do srca
curses come home to roost kdor drugemu jemlje čast, jo sam izgubi
till the cows come home celo večnost
to drive a nail home zadeti
to drive s.th. home to s.o. prigovarjati, prepričevati koga
to get home uspeti zmagati
to hit (ali strike) home v živo zadeti, pravo zadeti
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
the thrust went home udarec je zadel v črno
nothing to write home about nič posebnega

hoot¹ [hu:t] samostalnik
skovikanje; zavijanje, tuljenje (sirene); hupanje

not to care a hoot (ali two hoots) ne meniti se za kaj
I don't give a hoot nič mi ni mar, briga me
not worth a hoot niti piškavega oreha vreden

hope¹ [hóup] samostalnik
upanje (of na)
nada, zaupanje

past (ali beyond) all hope brezupen
forlorn hope brezupen poskus
in hopes v pričakovanju
no hopes of success nič ne kaže na uspeh
ameriško, sleng white hope bel boksar, ki ima upanje, da postane svetovni prvak