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book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

bórba fight; fighting; struggle; strife; contest; (tekmovanje) competition

po ostri bórbi after sharp fighting
bórba moža proti možu hand-to-hand fighting
bórba na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle
bórba na nož skin-game, fight to the finish
bórba za obstanek, za življenje struggle for life (ali for existence)
surova bórba a rough-and-tumble
volilna bórba election campaign
vroča bórba a ding-dong fight
izločiti iz bórbe to put someone out of action; to knock someone out
pasti v bórbi to be killed in action
začeti bórbo to start a fight

bordúra border; edge

bordúra preproge the binding of a carpet

bórec combatant; fighter; struggler; warrior

Zveza bórcev League of Combatants; (angleška) British Legion
biti prekaljen bórec to be a seasoned campaigner ali battle-scarred hero

boríti se (telesno) to fight; šport to fence; figurativno to conflict, to battle, to war; (meriti se) to contend, to cope (z with); to contest; (upirati se) to resist, to combat, to withstand; (konkurirati) to compete (z with), to vie (with someone for something), to rival (in something); (stremeti za) to strive for

boríti se za to struggle for
boríti se za koga (figurativno zastarelo) to break a lance for someone
boríti se za golo življenje (figurativno) to live from hand to mouth, to struggle to make ends meet, to struggle to survive
boríti se proti močnejšemu to fight against the odds
boríti se s seboj to be undecided
boríti se s smrtjo to struggle with death, to suffer one's last agony, to suffer the pangs of death
boríti se na vse kriplje, z vsemi sredstvi to fight tooth and nail
boríti se s težavami to contend with difficulties
boríti se z velikimi težavami to labour under great difficulties
boríti se z valovi to battle against the waves
boríti se z vetrom to battle against the wind
do zadnjega (diha) boríti se to fight till the last gasp

born² [bɔ:n] pridevnik
rojen; po rodu

in all my born days odkar sem na svetu, svoj živi dan
born in the purple kraljevskega rodu
born with a silver (wooden) spoon in one's mouth rojen pod srečno (nesrečno) zvezdo
I wasn't born yesterday nisem tako naiven
born to a large fortune bogat dedič
born of po rodu iz
born again prerojen
born fool popolnoma neumen, nor
born under lucky star pod srečno zvezdo rojen

borníran narrow-minded

borníran duh a narrow mind

bós barefoot, barefoot(ed)

ta je bósa! (figurativno) that's a tall story!; come off it!

bosom² [búzəm] prehodni glagol
varovati, čuvati; objeti

poetično a house bosomed in trees hiša, obdana z drevesi

botch¹ [bɔč] samostalnik
krpa; krparija, skrpucalo; kvar

to make a botch of a job skaziti delo

bottle¹ [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
steklenica; močna pijača

figurativno the bottle popivanje
to crack a bottle popiti steklenico vina
over a bottle medtem ko pijemo
to hit the bottle pijančevati
to bring up on the bottle (otroka) umetno hraniti
bottle green temno zelen
to know s.o. from the bottle poznati koga od rane mladosti
to be fond of the bottle rad ga zvrniti
to take to the bottle zapiti se
ameriško black bottle strup
stone bottle kamnit vrč
hot-water bottle termofor

bottle² [bɔ́tl] samostalnik
otep sena ali slame

to look for a needle in a bottle of hay zaman iskati, zaman si prizadevati

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

bouquet [búkei] samostalnik
šopek, buket; vonj vina

ameriško, pogovorno to hand s.o. a bouquet, to throw bouquets at s.o. poveličevati koga, hvalo komu peti

bout [baut] samostalnik
doba; trajanje; izmeničnost; napad

it comes to my bout jaz sem na vrsti
to have a bout at s.th. poskusiti kaj
at one bout na mah
this (ali that) bout tokrat
drinking bout popivanje
bout of illness napad bolezni

bóvla (skodela) tureen, bowl; (pijača) spiced wine, iced fruit-cup, claret-cup

napraviti bóvlo to prepare a punch

bow¹ [bou] samostalnik
lok
glasba godalni lok, godalo; mavrica; pentlja, obroček; roč, držaj
množina okvir za naočnike
vulgarno trebuh, vamp

bow and arrow period obdobje uporabe loka in puščice
to draw (ali pull, shoot with) the long bow pretiravati, širokoustiti se
to draw a bow at a venture streljati ali kaj reči na slepo srečo, tja v tri dni
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dve železi v ognju
wide on the bow hand daleč od cilja
bow instrument godalo
bows on z glavo naprej
bows under premagan, ki težko napreduje
sleng bow window velik trebuh, vamp
to tie a bow zavezati pentljo

bow³ [bau] samostalnik
poklon, klanjanje; spoštovanje

to make one's bow umakniti se, oditi, posloviti se
to take a bow priklanjati se (pred zastorom)
to make one's first bow prvič nastopiti

bow⁴ [bau] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
pripogniti, pripogibati se (to, before)
pokloniti, klanjati se, spokoriti, ukloniti se; v sobo (ali iz sobe) koga peljati, vljudno odsloviti

a bowing acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to bow and scrape ponižati se, biti pretirano vljuden
to bow one's assent s priklonom izraziti svoje dovoljenje
to bow one's thanks s priklonom se zahvaliti
to be on bowing terms le površno poznati