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blast¹ [bla:st] samostalnik
sunek vetra, piš; pok, detonacija; trobljenje; količina razstreliva; razstrelitev
botanika rastlinska rja, snet
figurativno poguba

at (ali in) a full blast s polno paro
to be out of blast stati, ne delati (plavž)
sleng to take a blast kaditi pipo

blaze¹ [bleiz] samostalnik
plamen, požar; sij, svit, blišč, blesk; izbruh, vzbuh
množina pekel

in a blaze v plamenu, goreč
to blow to blazes zdrobiti v prah
in the blazes of the day pri belem dnevu
go to blazes! pojdi k vragu!
like blazes kar se da, silovito, na vso moč
what the blazes kaj za vraga

blaze⁴ [bleiz] prehodni glagol
zarezati drevesno skorjo; označiti pot, markirati

to blaze a path (ali trail) zarisati, utreti pot; opravljati pionirsko delo

bléd pale; medicina pallid; wan; sallow(-faced); (barva) light, pale

bléd kot zid, ko smrt as white as a sheet, as pale as death, a pale as a ghost; (luna) pale, wan
ob blédi svetlobi zvezd in the pale (ali faint) light of the stars
bléda barva watery colour
bléda lica pale (ali wan) cheeks
bléde ustnice bloodless (ali colourless) lips
bléd nasmešek a wan smile, the ghost of a smile
bléd od strahu pale with fright
blédo moder pale (ali light) blue
blédo rdeč pink
blédo zelen pale ali light green

bless [bles] prehodni glagol
blagosloviti; častiti, za blaženega proglasiti; osrečiti; hvaliti, poveličevati
olepševalno kleti, preklinjati
ironično pogubiti

bless me, bless my soul, bless my (ali your) heart glej glej!, ali je mogoče!, kdo bi si mislil!
not to have a penny to bless o.s. with ne imeti prebite pare
to bless o.s. srečnega se počutiti
to bless one's stars biti hvaležen svoji srečni zvezdi

blessing [blésiŋ] samostalnik
blagoslov; molitev pred jedjo; milost; srečno naključje; kletvica, psovka

a blessing in disguise sreča v nesreči
hudomušno unappropriated blessing neporočena ženska, stara devica
that is a blessing to je sreča
to ask a blessing moliti pred jedjo

Blighty [bláiti] samostalnik
britanska angleščina, vojska, sleng dom, domovina, Anglija

a Blighty one rana, zaradi katere pošljejo ranjenca domov

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

blink² [bliŋk] samostalnik
blesk, lesketanje; migljanje; trenutek

in a blink ko bi mignil, v trenutku
ameriško, sleng on the blink v slabem stanju; v zadnjih izdihljajih

blískati se to flash, to lighten

bliska se the lightning flashes, there is a flash of lightning, it is lightening, it lightens

bliskovít lightning-like; swift (ali quick) as lightning; quick as thought

z bliskovíto hitrostjo iti to go with lightning speed, figurativno like lightning
bliskovíta vojna lightning war, blitz(krieg)
bliskovíto prislov like a streak of lightning

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

blížnjica short cut; ZDA cut-off

iti po blížnjici to take a short cut

blížnji(k) fellow-man, pl fellow-men; fellow-creature, neighbour

tvoj blížnji(k) biblija thy neighbour
ljubiti svojega blížnji(k)a to love one's neighbour

block¹ [blɔk] samostalnik
klada, tnalo; kocka za tlakovanje; blokiranje; kliše; škripec; blok, skupina hiš; kepa; kalup za klobuke; beležnica; zastoj (v prometu), ovira; obstrukcija; tepec, topoglavec; taborišče

block bill tesača
a chip of the old block kakor njegov oče
block calendar listni koledar
to cut a block with a razor uporabljati prefina sredstva
stumbling block kamen spotike
block of flats stanovanjski blok
block grant enkratna dotacija
block letters tiskane velike črke
block station čuvajnica
to be sent (ali go) to the block iti na morišče
the block obglavljenje
pulley block, block and tackle škripčevje
road block zapora ceste

blokáda blockade

ekonomska blokáda economic blockade
začeti (opustiti, prebiti) blokádo to impose (to raise, to run) a blockade

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

bloody¹ [blʌ́di] pridevnik (bloodily prislov)
krvav; krvoločen, krut, morilski
vulgarno preklet, vražji, hudičev

bloody flux krvava griža
not a bloody thing prav nič
bloody Mary cocktail iz vodke in paradižnikovega soka
to wave the bloody shirt obujati žalostne spomine
bloody hand grbovni znak Ulstra; grbovni znak baroneta

blossom² [blɔ́səm] neprehodni glagol
cvesti (o sadnem drevju)

šaljivo to blossom into a good statesman razvijati se v dobrega državnika
to blossom out into razviti se v

blot¹ [blɔt] samostalnik
madež, packa
figurativno sramota, moralni madež; šibka točka

to cast a blot upon s.o.'s character obrekovati, očrniti koga
a blot upon s.o.'s scutcheon sramota
a blot on the landscape iznakaženost pokrajine