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fly¹ [flai] samostalnik
zoologija muha; dvokrilec; umetna muha; rastlinska bolezen, povzročena od drobnih žuželk

fly agaric, fly anamita botanika mušnica
to break (ali crush) a fly on the wheel uporabiti premočna sredstva; preveč si prizadevati
to catch flies prodajati zijala
to be the fly on the wheel precenjevati samega sebe
a fly in amber redka stvar, zanimiv ostanek
a fly in the ointment senčna stran, neprijetna zadeva
sleng there are (ali he has) no flies on him zelo je spreten, nanj se lahko zanesete
more flies are taken with honey than with gall s prijaznostjo največ dosežemo
sleng to rise to the fly pustiti si natvesti

free¹ [fri:] pridevnik (freely prislov) (from, of)
prost; svoboden brezplačen; prostovoljen; neomejen, neodvisen; nezaposlen, brezdelen; nezaseden, prazen; neprisiljen, neoviran; radodaren; ljubek; surov, neprijazen
kemija nevezan

to be free to... smeti
free booze pijača zastonj
I am free to confess rad priznavam
free and easy neformalen, nekonvencionalen, naraven
Free Church cerkev, ki je ločena od države; britanska angleščina neanglikanska cerkev
to make free of the city podeliti častno meščanstvo
free delivered dostava zastonj
free of duty prost carine
free fight pretep, ravs in kavs
free from (ali of) brez, prost česa; izven, zunaj
free hand proste roke, posebna svoboda dejanja
free living uživanje
free and unencumbered brez hipoteke
to make s.o. free of one's house dati komu na razpolago svojo hišo, povabiti koga za poljubno dobo
to make free with preveč si dovoliti
free pass brezplačna vstopnica
free in one's speech nepreviden v govoru
free wind ugoden veter
to set (ali make) free osvoboditi
free labour delavstvo, ki ni včlanjeno v sindikatih
free thought svobodomiselnost
free trade prosta trgovina; tihotapstvo
free on board franko ladja
free on rail franko vagon
free alongside ship trgovina prost prevoz do ladje
to make free use of brez oklevanja uporabljati
post free poštnina plačana vnaprej
free station franko postaja

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

generalizírati to generalize

generalizírati se to become general; to spread
preveč generalizírati to speak too sweepingly; to overgeneralize

glut² [glʌt] samostalnik
prevelika množina, preobilje; prenasičenost

a glut in the market preveč založen trg

great² [greit] samostalnik
celota; pomembnost, vzvišenost, veličastnost
množina končni izpit za B.A. v Oxfordu

the great velika gospoda, imenitniki
ameriško no great ne preveč
great and small veliki in majhni, bogataši in siromaki

high¹ [hái] pridevnik
visok, dvignjen; velik, važen; močan, silen; plemenit, odličen, imeniten; obilen (hrana); začinjen, pikanten (meso, divjačina); daljen, star (čas); visok, prediren, rezek (glas); velike vrednosti, visoke cene, drag; skrajen, goreč, vnet (a high Tory)
napet, razburljiv (doživljaj); veder, jasen, vesel (razpoloženje)
pogovorno natrkan
sleng omamljen (od mamila)

ameriško, sleng high on nor na kaj
of high birth plemenitega rodu, visokega rodu
high complexion zardel obraz
britanska angleščina higher school certificate abiturientsko spričevalo
high day beli dan, prazničen dan
high and dry figurativno osamljen, zapuščen; navtika nasedel, na suhem
to leave s.o. high and dry pustiti koga na cedilu
in high feather dobre volje, opit
to fly a high game visoko letati
in high health pri odličnem zdravju
with a high hand samovoljno, ošabno
to carry things off with a high hand samovoljno, predrzno ravnati
a high kicker lahkoživka
high latitudes pokrajine blizu zemeljskih tečajev
high and low gospoda in raja
land is high zemlja je draga
pogovorno to mount (ali ride) the high horse biti ponosen, biti domišljav
high merit velika zasluga
high and mighty nadut, ošaben
high noon točno opoldne
high praise velika hvala
high politics visoka politika
high period obdobje največje slave (umetnika itd.)
on the high ropes ohol, poln prezira; besen
high speed največja hitrost
high society visoka družba
of high standing visokega stanu, ugleden
high summer visoko poletje
high spirit razigranost, vedrost
in high spirits razigran, pogovorno natrkan, "v rožicah"
high seas razburkano morje
the high seas odprto morje
high time skrajni čas
high wind močan veter
high words ostre besede, prepir
a high old time; ali high jinks imenitna zabava
the Most High bog
sleng how is that for high? to je pa že malo preveč

hraníti to nourish; to feed; to supply with food; (imeti na hrani, dajati hrano) to board, to keep; (vzdrževati) to support, to sustain, to maintain; (varčevati) to save, to spare, to economize on, to lay aside

preveč, predobro hraníti to overfeed
premalo, preslabo hraníti to underfeed
hraníti se to feed (z on), to eat, to live on, to partake of; (skupaj jesti) to mess (together)
kje se hranite? where do you take your meals?, where do you board?
hraníti se z delom svojih rok to have to work for his living
hraníti se s kruhom in vodo to feed on bread and water

intímen intimate; inward; internal; close; near

intímen prijatelj an intimate (ali a close) friend, a bosom friend; intimate
najbolj intímni kotički duše the inmost recesses of the soul
to so preveč intímne stvari, da bi o njih govorili those things are too near one's heart to be spoken of
biti intímen s kom to be familiar (ali intimate) with someone
to so preintimne zadeve, da bi o njih tu razpravljali these are matters too intimate to be discussed here
moj (najbolj) intímni prijatelj my second self

iron² [áiən] samostalnik
železo; železen predmet (npr. vžigalo znamenja v kožo), likalnik, rezilo orodja, harpuna
množina okovi
poetično meč, orožje
množina, medicina železna opora za nogo

cast iron lito železo
pig iron surovo železo
sheet iron pločevina
scrap iron staro železo
wrought iron kovno železo
sleng shooting iron revolver
navtika in(to) irons v vetru, ki se ne da obrniti
a will of iron železna volja
a man of iron človek železne volje; trd, nepopustljiv človek
a heart of iron trdo srce
the iron entered into his soul strlo ga je (bolečina)
to put in irons vkovati v železje
to have too many irons in the fire imeti preveč železa v ognju, delati preveč stvari hkrati
he is made of iron je trdnega zdravja
to rule with a rod of iron (ali with an iron hand) vladati z železno roko
to strike while the iron is hot kovati železo dokler je vroče

jáz I; (rabljen kot samostalnik) ego, self

jáz na primer... I for one
jáz sam myself
to sem jáz it is I, pogovorno it's me
on in jáz sva velika prijatelja he and I are close friends
ti to veš tako dobro kot jáz you know this as well as I do
on tega ne verjame in jáz tudi ne he does not believe it and neither do I (ali nor do I)
jáz, ki sem to videl... as one who saw it, I...
kult jáza egoism
drugi jáz second self
preveč misli na svoj jáz he thinks too much of self
on je moj drugi jáz he is my other self

jésti to eat; to take food; to take one's meal(s); to have one's dinner (oziroma lunch oziroma supper oziroma breakfast); (hraniti se) to feed

dietično jésti to keep to a diet
dobro jésti (gostiti se) to enjoy sumptuous fare, to be regaled
glasno jésti to munch
jésti pri kom (biti na hrani) to board with someone
jésti s krožnika to eat from a plate
pohlepno, požrešno jésti to eat greedily, to eat like a wolf, to wolf one's food, to be a gourmandizer
naglo jésti to bolt down, to devour, to gulp down
rad jésti (svinino) to be partial to (pork)
rad jém sladice I have a sweet tooth, I like sweets
jésti na tuj račun to sponge, to be a sponger
jésti skupaj z (npr. v menzi) to mess with
jésti s tekom to relish one's food
jésti brez teka to eat without appetite
dati komu kaj jésti to give someone something to eat, to feed someone, (živalim) to feed (animals)
on ima komaj kaj jésti he lives from hand to mouth
ona malo (veliko) jé she is a poor (a hearty ali a great) eater
on obilno jé he is a great trencherman, he plies a good knife and fork
preveč jém I overeat
on jé samo ribe he eats nothing but fish
pri njih se dobro jé they keep a good table
jaz vse jém I eat anything
rajši jém teletino I prefer veal
mi jémo v restavraciji we take our meals in a restaurant
ves dan nisem ne jedel ne pil I've had nothing to eat or drink all day long
on mi jé iz roke (figurativno) he eats out of my hand, I've got him eating out of my hand
jedel sem do sitega I have eaten (ali I have had) my fill, pogovorno I'm full up
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé no work, no food
jésti kolikor kdo zmore to eat as much as one can

jezikáti to have a long (ali malicious, slandering, gossipy) tongue; to be loquacious (ali talkative); to babble; to chatter

ona preveč jezika (govori) she lets her tongue run away with her
jeziká (govoriči) se people are talking; (nazaj odgovarjati) to talk back, to answer back

jezikàv talkative, loquacious, tattling; pert

ona je preveč jezikàva she's an inveterate windbag (ali gasbag); (zlobno) she has a long (malicious, slandering, gossipy, spiteful) tongue

káplja a drop; bead; (goste tekočine) blob

káplja črnila (packa) a blob of ink
po kápljah by drops, drop by drop
nekaj deževnih kapelj a few drops of rain, a few raindrops
káplje rose dewdrops pl
znojne káplje beads pl of perspiration (ali of sweat)
to je káplja v morju (figurativno) it is a drop in the bucket (ali in the ocean)
rad imam kápljo konjaka v kavi I like just a dash of brandy in my coffee
do zadnje káplje krvi to the last drop of blood
izpiti do zadnje káplje to drink off at a draught, to drain to the dregs, to leave no heeltaps
izpil (popil) ga je kápljo preveč (figurativno) he has had a drop too much, pogovorno he's had one over the eight

keep from

1. prehodni glagol
zadržati, odvračati, ovirati, preprečiti, obvarovati pred; zamolčati, prikrivati

2. neprehodni glagol
izogniti se česa

he keeps me from work odvrača me od dela
I kept him from knowing too much poskrbel sem, da ni zvedel preveč
he kept me from danger obvaroval me je pred nevarnostjo
you are keeping s.th. from me nekaj mi prikrivaš
he could not keep from laughing ni se mogel izogniti smehu

koléšček ➞ kolesce

ima en koléšček preveč v glavi (figurativno) he's got bats in the belfry

komplicíran complicated

komplicíran zlom medicina compound fracture
komplicíran postopek, komplicírano ravnanje (figurativno) wheels within wheels
to je preveč komplicírano it's too much trouble

kúhar; kúharica (male) cook; (female) cook

glavni kúhar; -ica head cook, chef
preveč kuharjev pripali juho too many cooks spoil the broth
odlična kúhar; -icaica first-rate cook

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?