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abonmá subscription (na časopis to a newspaper); (gledališče, železnica, avtobus) season ticket

letni abonmá annual subscription
odpovedati abonmá to drop (ali to discontinue) one's subscription

about¹ [əbáut] prislov
naokoli, naokrog, nekje v bližini; približno

all about povsod
about and about sem ter tja, tu pa tam; ameriško zelo podobno, enako
to be about biti razširjen, prisostvovati; biti v teku; biti pokonci; biti zdrav
to be about to do s.th. pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to bring about povzročiti, uresničiti, dokazati
to come about pripetiti, zgoditi se
vojska, ameriško about face poln obrat, na desno!
to hang about potepati se v bližini
vojska left about! na levo!
a long way about velik ovinek
much about več ali manj
vojska right about! na desno!
pogovorno about right še kar prav
rumours are about govori se, širijo se govorice
to send to the right about zapoditi, ošteti koga
to set about to do s.th. lotiti se česa, začeti kaj
vojska about turn poln obrat; na levo; ameriško na desno
what are you about? kaj počneš?, kaj nameravaš?
mind what you are about pazi se

abreast [əbrést] prislov
poleg, vštric; na stopnji
navtika navpično na smer plovbe

abreast of (ali with) the times s časom, sodoben
four abreast četverostopen
vojska formed abreast v bojni črti
to keep abreast of (ali with) iti v korak s

absolúten absolute; positive

absolútni ablativ gramatika ablative absolute
absolútni alkohol absolute alcohol
absolúten dokaz absolute proof
absolútna monarhija absolute monarchy
absolútna oblast absolute power
absolútna večina an absolute majority
absolútna višina altitude; height above sea-level
absolútno zaupanje complete (ali perfect ali absolute) confidence
absolútna potreba absolute necessity
absolútni posluh glasba perfect pitch

abstinírati se to abstain (from)

abstinírati se od alkoholnih pijač, od mesa to abstain from alcohol ali strong drink, ZDA liquor; from meat

acclamation [ækləméišən] samostalnik
odobravanje, ploskanje

carried (ali voted) by acclamation soglasno sprejeto
with acclamation z odobravanjem

accomplice [əkʌ́mplis] samostalnik
sokrivec

accomplice in sokrivec česa
accomplice of (ali with) sokrivec koga

account¹ [əkáunt] samostalnik
trgovina račun, konto; poročilo, pripovedovanje; mnenje, sodba; važnost, korist; vzrok; ocena; likvidacijski rok

balance of account saldo
by all accounts povsem
to bring (ali call) to account poklicati na odgovor
to cast accounts delati proračun, kalkulirati
account of charges režijski stroški
account of costs proizvodni stroški
current account tekoči račun
to carry to a new account prenesti na nov račun
drawing account žiro račun
to give an account poročati
to give a good account of o.s. imeti uspeh, dobro se izkazati
the great account sodni dan
ameriško to hand in one's account umreti
to leave out of account ne upoštevati
to make an account ceniti
to make out an account napisati račun
of no account nepomemben
on no account nikakor ne
on my account zaradi mene
on one's own account na lastno odgovornost
on account of zaradi
to overdraw one's account prekoračiti svoj račun
to settle an account poravnati račun
to settle accounts with figurativno obračunati s
of small account nepomemben
to take into account upoštevati
to turn into account izkoristiti, uporabiti
square accounts poravnani računi
on what account? čemu?

accuracy [ǽkjurəsi] samostalnik
natančnost, vestnost (of time)
točnost

accuracy of fire (ali aim) natančnost zadetka

acquaint [əkwéint] prehodni glagol (with s)
seznaniti; sporočiti, obvestiti

to be acquainted with s.o., s.th. poznati koga kaj
to become (ali get) acquainted seznaniti se, navaditi se

acquaintance [əkwéintəns] samostalnik
poznanstvo; znanec, -nka

on closer acquaintance ko se bolje seznanimo
to cultivate the acquaintance of s.o. biti s kom v prijateljskih stikih
to make (ali strike) acquaintance of s.o. seznaniti se s kom
upon what acquaintance? zakaj?
to have acquaintance with s.th. vedeti o čem

across² [əkrɔ́s] predlog
prek, čez

to come (ali run) across s.th., s.o. naleteti na kaj, slučajno srečati koga
to get across s.o. spreti se s kom
to be across a horse's back jahati konja
it flashed across my mind domislil sem se
across the street from here na nasprotni strani ulice

action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

Adam [ǽdəm] samostalnik
Adam, prvi človek

Adam's ale (ali wine) voda
Adam's apple anatomija Adamovo jabolko
not to know s.o. from Adam sploh koga ne poznati

adaptácija adaptation

adaptácija za film film ali screen version; adaptation for the screen

adieu² [ədjú:] samostalnik
slovo

to make (ali take) one's adieu posloviti se
to bid (ali say) adieu to posloviti se od

adíjo good-bye

reči adíjo to say good-bye, to bid good-bye; to say (ali to bid) adieu (komu to someone)

adjustírati to adjust

adjustírati spor to settle a quarrel
adjustírati si kravato to fix ali to adjust one's tie

admiration [ædmiréišən] samostalnik (of, for)
občudovanje; občudovanja vredna stvar; predmet občudovanja

note of admiration klicaj
to be (ali become) the admiration of biti občudovan
to admiration za čudo

ado [ədú:] samostalnik
hrup, trušč; trud; razburjanje

much ado about nothing mnogo krika za prazen nič
he had much ado mnogo truda ga je stalo
without more (ali further) ado brez nadaljnjega obotavljanja