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adrésa address; direction; superscription

pomanjkljiva adrésa insufficient address
napisati adréso na pismo to address (ali to direct ali to superscribe) a letter, (na kovček ipd.) to label
zmotil si se v adrési (figurativno, nisi prišel na pravi naslov) pogovorno you've come to the wrong shop

adresár directory

gospodarski adresár trade (ali commercial) directory; (telefonski) VB Yellow Pages

adrift [ədríft] prislov
na slepo srečo gnan

to be all adrift biti zbegan, biti ves iz sebe
navtika to break adrift splavati
to break adrift from the moorings odtrgati se od sidra
to cut o.s. adrift from pretrgati zveze s kom
to run adrift potepati se brez cilja
to set (ali turn) adrift spoditi

adút trump, trump card

brez adúta no trumps
adút v rezervi (figurativno) an ace up one's sleeve
kaj je adút? what are trumps?
srce je adút hearts are trumps
izigrati adúta to lead trumps ali a trump
igrati adút (tudi figurativno) to play a trump card, to trump
imeti vse adúte v rokah to hold all the trumps (ali all the winning cards)
vzeti z adútom to trump, to take with a trump
(pre)vzeti vzetek z adútom to take a trick with a trump
to je eden naših najboljših adútov (figurativno) it is one of our best assets
uporabiti svoj zadnji adút to play one's last card

adutíranje ruff

dvojno adutíranje cross (ali double) ruff

advantage¹ [ədvá:ntidž] samostalnik (of, over)
prednost, ugodnost; korist

to gain an advantage over, to have the advantage of s.o. imeti prednost pred kom, biti močnejši od koga
you have the advantage of me žal vas ne poznam
to take advantage of s.th. izkoristiti kaj
to advantage ugoden; ugodno, koristno
to the best advantage kar se da ugodno
to take (ali make) s.o. at advantage izrabiti svojo premoč v škodo drugega
to turn to advantage izplačati se; izkoristiti

adverse [ǽdvə:s] pridevnik (adversely prislov) (to čemu)
nasproten, sovražen; priskuten; škodljiv, neugoden

(trgovina) adverse balance pasivna bilanca
adverse fate (ali fortune) nezgoda, smola
adverse party nasprotnik
adverse majority večina proti
to be adverse to s.th. nasprotovati čemu

advertisement [ədvə́:tizmənt ameriško ədvətáizmənt] samostalnik
naznanilo, opozorilo, oglašanje, oglas, reklama

advertisement column oglasni del v časopisu
to put (ali insert) an advertisement in a paper dati oglas v časopis

advice [ədváis] samostalnik
nasvet, svet; predlog; obvestilo, novica
množina trgovinska poročila, avizo

as per advice of po sporočilu, navodilu
advice boat izvidniški čoln
to follow an advice ravnati se po nasvetu
(trgovina) letter (ali note) of advice avizo, naznanilo
to take advice with s.o., to take s.o.'s advice posvetovati se s kom, ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to take legal advice posvetovati se z odvetnikom
to take medical advice posvetovati se z zdravnikom

advise [ədváiz] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (with)
posvetovati se, svetovati; sporočiti, obvestiti

to advise against (ali to the contrary) odsvetovati

aerial¹ [ɛ́əriəl] pridevnik
zračen, eteričen
figurativno namišljen

aerial ambulance sanitetno letalo
aerial gun protiletalski top
aerial locomotion letalski transport
aerial railway (ali ropeway, cableway) žičnica
aerial sickness zračna bolezen
aerial system radijska mreža

affidavit [əfidéivit] samostalnik
pravno pisna izjava pod prisego

to make (ali take, swear) an affidavit izjaviti pod prisego

afloat [əflóut] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
plavajoč, poplavljen; vkrcan; nezadolžen

to bring (ali set) afloat sprožiti, uvesti
to keep afloat ne se potopiti; ne lesti v dolgove
there's a rumour afloat širijo se govorice

afoot [əfút] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na nogah, peš
v teku

a plot (ali mischief) is afoot nekaj se pripravlja

after³ [á:ftə ameriško ǽftə] predlog
po, za

after all končno, navsezadnje, sicer, kljub temu
to be after s.th. nameravati nekaj, hrepeneti po čem, imeti nekaj za bregom
the day after tomorrow pojutrišnjem
after one's own heart pogodu
after hours čas po policijski uri, ko so zaprte trgovine
one after another drug za drugim
to look after čuvati, paziti
after this fashion takole
the girl takes after her mother deklica je podobna materi
to inquire (ali ask) after s.o. spraševati o kom
after you izvolite naprej
what are you after? kaj želiš?

again [əgéin, əgén] prislov
zopet, znova, ponovno, še enkrat, poleg tega, prav tako

again and again ponovno, zopet in zopet, nenehno
to be o.s. again okrevati
as much (ali many) again dvakrat toliko
now and again tu in tam, včasih
as long again and better več ko dvakrat tako dolg
once again še enkrat
time and again večkrat, pogosto
half again his size veliko večji od njega
over again znova, še enkrat

against¹ [əgéinst] predlog
proti, zoper; ob; za

against a rainy day, against a day of want za hude čase
domačno to be up against it biti v stiski
it goes against the grain (ali collar) ni pogodu
against payment proti plačilu
against his return dokler se ne vrne
to run against naleteti na koga ali kaj
against time s polno paro
to stumble (ali knock) against a stone spotakniti se ob kamen
to struggle against boriti se proti

agape [əgéip] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
odprtih ust, zevajoč; bolščeče; zijajoč, bolščeč

to stand (ali be) agape zijati, prodajati zijala

age¹ [eidž] samostalnik
starost; vek, era, čas; polnoletnost

sleng to act (ali be) one's age obnašati se svoji starosti primerno
at the age of v starosti
at this age dandanes
to bear one's age well biti videti mlajši kot je v resnici
to come of age postati polnoleten
age of discretion doba duševne zrelosti
down the ages cela stoletja
age of fishes geologija devon
age group starostna skupina
geologija the Ice Age ledena doba
Middle (ali Dark) Ages srednji vek
he is my age je moje starosti
of age polnoleten
old age starost
old age pension starostna pokojnina
over age prestar
tender age nežna starost, zgodnja mladost
under age mladoleten
what age are you? koliko si star?

agency [éidžənsi] samostalnik
delovanje, napor; moč, učinek; posredovanje, zastopstvo; agentura, pisarna, agencija

by (ali through) the agency of s pomočjo, po
agency business komisijska trgovina