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wintertime poetično wintertide [wíntətaim, -taid] samostalnik
zimski čas, zima

workday [wé:kdei] samostalnik
delovni dan, delavnik; delovni čas (enega dneva)

year [ji: britanska angleščina tudi jə:] samostalnik
leto
množina doba, starost
astronomija perioda, obhodni čas (planeta)

year by year, from year to year od leta do leta, iz leta v leto
year in year out, year after year od leta do leta, leto za letom, skozi vsa leta
years before pred(mnogimi) leti
poetično in years v letih, star
a man in years starček
every other year vsako drugo leto
for years to come za prihodnja leta
for years leta in leta, mnogo let
once a year enkrat na leto
from year's end to year's end od začetka do konca leta
year-long enoleten, leto dni trajajoč
last year lansko leto, lani
next year prihodnje leto
civil (common, legal) year navadno leto
leap-year, bissextile year prestopno leto
church (Christian, ecclesiastical) year cerkveno leto
Great Year, Perfect Year veliko (platonsko) leto (26.000 let)
astronomical, solar year sončno leto
old year staro leto
New year novo leto
a happy New year srečno novo leto
New year's Day novoletni dan, Novo leto (l. jan.)
New year's Eve novoletni večer, silvestrovo
in the year of our Lord, in the year of grace v letu Gospodovem
school year šolsko leto
this year's exhibition letošnja razstava
many years' experience mnogoletno izkustvo
she is clever for her years bistra je za svoja leta
he is well on in years on je že v letih, je že star
she died at eight years old umrla je v starosti 8 let

yore [jɔ:]

1. prislov
zastarelo nekoč, prej, takrat

2. samostalnik
arhaično davni čas(i), davnina

of yore davno, nekdaj, nekoč
in days of yore v starih, davnih časih

yoretime [jɔ́:taim] samostalnik
davni čas(i), davnina

yuletide [jú:ltaid] samostalnik
božični čas, božični praznik, božič

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

advént advent

advéntni čas advent season

aeroplán aircraft (sg in pl); VB aeroplane; ZDA airplane; plane; flying machine

vkrcati se v aeroplán to board an aircraft, ZDA to emplane
aeroplán mora vsak čas priti the plane is due any moment now

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?

all² [ɔ:l] prislov
popolnoma, čisto, docela, povsem

all about povsod naokrog
all abroad daleč razširjen, na široko
all along nenehno, ves čas
all along of zaradi, spričo
all anyhow nemarno, površno
all around z vseh strani
all at once nenadoma, nepričakovano
all the better tem bolje
to be all ears napeto poslušati
all right v redu, dobro, prav, strinjam se
all round vse naokrog; figurativno vse
all the same vseeno
all of a sudden nenadoma, nepričakovano
taking it all round na splošno povedano
he is not quite all there ni čisto pri pravi pameti
it is all up (ali over) with him z njim je konec

along¹ [əlɔ́ŋ] prislov
vzdolž, poleg, naprej, dalje; s seboj

all along nenehno, ves čas, vedno; povsod
as we go along spotoma
come along pojdi(te) z menoj
to get along well znajti se; razumeti se
get along with you! izgini(te) odtod!
to go along with s.o. spremljati koga, iti s kom
move along! naprej!
take this along with you! zapomni(te) si!; izgini(te)!
ameriško right along vselej, nenehno
along with skupaj s

apparent [əpǽrənt] pridevnik (apparently prislov)
navidezen (to)
jasen, viden, očiten; pravi, resničen

to become apparent prikazati se
heir apparent zakoniti naslednik
apparent time pravi čas

beguile [bigáil] prehodni glagol (of)
(pre)slepiti, (pre)varati (into)
zapeljevati; zabavati, razvedriti; prijetno prebiti (out of)
odvračati

to beguile away the time krajšati si čas, zabavati se

bežáti to flee; to run away, to fly; to take to flight, to make one's escape

bežáti pred (izogibati se) to avoid, to shun, (knjižno) to flee from
kako čas beži! how time flies!
bežal je, kar so ga noge nesle he ran as fast as his legs could carry him
sovražnik je bežal v popolnem neredu the enemy was fleeing in a panic
Beži(te) (pojdite no!) be off with you!

božíčen Christmas

božíčni čas Christmas-tide, Christmas season, Yuletide, Yule
božíčni čas nakupovanj Christmas shopping season
božíčne čestitke Christmas greeting(s), greetings (ali compliments) of the season
božíčni dan Christmas Day, Feast of the Nativity
božíčno darilo Christmas present (ZDA gift), (za poštarja, smetarja ipd.) Christmas box
božíčna dopisnica Christmas card
božíčno drevo Christmas tree; tannenbaum; aeronavtika žargon airfield lights pl
božíčna gratifikacija Christmas gratuity
božíčna obdaritev distribution (ali pogovorno handing round) of Christmas presents
božíčna pesem (Christmas) carol
božíčni praznik Christmas Day, Christmas, Christmastide
božíčni sejem Christmas fair
božíčna sveča Christmas candle
božíčni večer Christmas Eve
predbožičen preChristmas

breeze² [bri:z] samostalnik
vetrič
sleng prepir, pričkanje
figurativno novica, glas

to have (ali get) the breeze up razjeziti se; prestrašiti se
ameriško to fan the breeze čas zapravljati
pogovorno it's a breeze to je igrača

brezdélje brezdélica idleness; inactivity; leisure; inaction; spare time

tratiti čas v brezdélju to idle away one's time

burn^*1 [bə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
zažgati, sežgati; pražiti; vžgati, ožigosati; spaliti

2. neprehodni glagol
goreti, smoditi se, žareti, skeleti, peči; plamteti, razplameniti, razvneti se

to burn to ashes upepeliti; v prah zgoreti
to burn the candle at both ends naporno delati, preveč se truditi
to burn daylight zapravljati čas
to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
to burn to the ground do tal pogoreti
to have money to burn imeti preveč denarja
it burned itself into my mind vtisnilo se mi je v spomin
to burn out of house and home pregnati
to burn one's boats onemogočiti si povratek
his money burns a hole in his pocket zapravi ves denar
money to burn več ko dovolj denarja
to burn the midnight oil delati ponoči
ameriško to burn powder zapravljati strelivo
the sun burns away the mist sonce razprši meglo
to burn the water loviti ribe pri svetilkah
to burn the wind (ali earth), ameriško to burn up the road brzeti v največjem diru

céliti céliti se to heal

čas celi vse rane time heals all wounds