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good¹ [gud] (primernik better, presežnik best) pridevnik
dober; ljubezniv; koristen, zadovoljiv, precejšen, znaten, obilen; zdrav, kreposten; zapeljiv; pravi, veljaven; svež, nepokvarjen; cel

all in good time vse o pravem času
as good as skoraj, tako rekoč
pogovorno good and popolnoma
to be as good as one's word biti mož beseda
good at, a good hand at spreten, mojster v čem
good cheer veseljačenje, požreševanje, krokanje, popivanje; pogum
a good deal precej
in good earnest čisto resno
be good enough to... bodi tako dober in...
so far so good doslej je še vse v redu
to feel good biti dobre volje
good for veljaven za
good for nothing zanič, neraben
good for you odlično
good form lepo vedenje
Good Friday veliki petek
from (ali on) good authority iz dobrega vira
with a good grace z dobro voljo
good gracious (ali heavens) za božjo voljo!
to hold good dobro se obnesti, obveljati
good humour dobra volja
his good lady njegova žena
good looks lepa zunanjost
to make good uspešno izvršiti
the good man of the house hišni gospodar
to have a good mind to do it imeti najboljši namen kaj storiti
good people škrati
as good as a play zabaven (prizor)
trgovina your good self vaša cenjena firma (v pismih)
good speed! mnogo sreče!
that's a good'un! ta je dobra!
to throw good money after bad razmetavati denar, zapravljati
to do a good turn izkazati ljubeznivost
good night! lahko noč!
good Lord! zaboga!
good for you! prav imaš
a good turn usluga
pogovorno good and ready popolnoma pripravljen

gotóv (končan) finished (off), done, complete; (pripravljen) ready, prepared, (jed) dressed; (zanesljiv, siguren) certain, sure

gotóva (konfekcijska) obleka ready-made clothes pl, (cenena) slops pl
gotóva (zanesljiva) smrt certain death
za gotóv denar for cash, for ready money
gotóv (prepričan) sem uspeha I feel sure of success
gotóv sem z delom I have done working
si gotóv? have you finished? ZDA are you thru?
nikoli nisi pravočasno gotóv you are never ready in time
zajtrk je gotóv breakfast is ready

happy [hǽpi] pridevnik (happily prislov)
srečen; zadovoljen, vesel (at, about česa)
razveseljiv; ugoden; posrečen (izraz)
pogovorno "v rožicah"
sleng omamljen (od udarcev, bombe)
sleng navdušen, nor na kaj

as happy as the day is long; ali as a king presrečen
a happy idea posrečena misel
the happy dispatch harakiri
sleng happy cabbage za zabavo porabljen denar
the happy medium (ali mean) zlata sredina
sleng happy dust kokain
sleng happy juice alkohol
ski-happy nor na smučanje
trigger-happy kdor rad strelja
many happy returns of the day na mnoga leta!

hole¹ [hóul] samostalnik
luknja, jama; ječa
figurativno bedno stanovanje, luknja; skrivališče; (golf) luknjica, zadetek
sleng zadrega, škripec

full of holes preluknjan, figurativno pomanjkljiv, majav; ekonomija zadolžen, bankrotiran
to be in a (devil of a) hole biti v hudih škripcih
like a rat in a hole brez izhoda
to live in a rotten hole stanovati v bedni luknji
to make a hole in izprazniti žepe, imeti velike stroške
to make a hole in the water skočiti v vodo (samomorilec)
money burns a hole in his pocket denar mu ne vzdrži v žepu, hitro zapravi ves denar
to pick holes in kritizirati
to put s.o. in a hole spraviti koga v škripce
a square peg in a round hole; ali a round peg in a square hole človek, ki ni na pravem mestu

húd bad; evil; (čas, doba) hard; (rana) bad, (občutljiva) sore; (jezen) angry; ZDA sore, mad

húda bolezen serious illness
húda bolečina great pain
húdi časi hard times pl
húd kašelj a bad cough
húd mraz a very severe frost
húd veter sharp wind
húda vročica (mrzlica) a virulent fever
húda vročina intense heat
húda ura thunderstorm
nič húdega sluteč unsuspecting
ta je pa že prehuda! this is outrageous!
delati húdo kri figurativno to create ill-feeling
nič húdega ti ne delam I do you no harm
nič húdega ne mislim (nočem) I don't mean any harm
nič húdega ni v tem there is no harm in it
ne bom ti naredil nič húdega I shall not hurt you
ona ima húd jezik she has a wicked (ali spiteful, malevolent) tongue
nič húdega ne nameravati (misliti) to mean no harm
nič húdega ne vidim v tem I don't see anything bad in it
biti húd na koga to be angry with someone, to be cross with someone, to be furious (ali mad) with someone
húd je name ZDA he is mad with me, VB he is angry with me
v najhujšem primeru at the worst; in the worst case
če pride do najhujšega if the worst comes to the worst
če bi se zgodilo najhujše if it comes to the worst
najhujše še pride the worst is yet to come
húdo (prislov) badly
toliko hujše! all the worse!; so much the worse
vedno hujše worse and worse
bodi pripravljen na najhujše! be prepared for the worst!
húdo se motiš there you are greatly mistaken
húdo mi je, da (ker) ne morem priti I feel sorry that I cannot come
ni tako húdo, kot je videti (figurativno) his bark is worse than his bite
húdo je z njim he is badly off, he is in a bad way, he is unwell
húdo (trda) je za denar money is scarce
saj ni tako húdo! it is not so bad (as you think)
mnogo húdega prestati (figurativno) to go through hell, to have a rough time

igráti to play; gledališče to act, to perform

igráti na glasbilo to play (on) an instrument
igráti za denar to play for money
igráti karte to play cards
igráti (kako) igro to play (at) a game
igráti v loteriji to invest in a lottery, to try one's luck in a raffle
igráti šah to play chess
igráti za zabavo (ne za denar) to play for fun
napačno igráti glasba to play wrong notes
igráti na prvi pogled, brez priprave glasba to play at sight
igráti vlogo to play a part, to take the part of, (o igralcu) to act a part
igráti velikega gospoda to put on airs, to swank
igráti klavir to play the piano
igráti komedijo (figurativno) to feign, to simulate, to pretend
visoko igráti to gamble (for high stakes); to play for high stakes
igráti neodločeno šport, nogomet itd. to draw (a match)
igráti se to play; to toy (z with); to amuse oneself, to sport
igráti se z besedami to play on words, to pun, to indulge in word-play
denar igra važno vlogo money plays an important role

interest¹ [íntrist] samostalnik
interes, zanimanje (in za)
udeležba; važnost, pomen
ekonomija udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in)
ekonomija, (samo ednina) obresti; vpliv (with na)
oblast (with nad)
prid, korist, dobiček
pravno pravica, zahteva (in)

interest account obrestni račun
simple interest navadne obresti
compound interest obrestne obresti
interest charged franko obresti
interest due zamudne obresti
ex interest, free of interest brez obresti
interest from (ali on) capital obresti od kapitala
and (ali plus) interest z obrestmi
to charge interest zaračunati obresti
interest on debit balances debetne obresti
interest rate obrestna mera
interest pro and contra obresti na dolg in imetje
to bear (ali carry, pay, yield) interest obrestovati se
to lend out money at interest posojati denar z obrestmi
figurativno to return s.th. with interest vrniti kaj z obrestmi
controlling interest odločilna udeležba kapitala
the banking interest bančni krogi
the business interests poslovni svet
the landed interest veleposestniki
the shipping interest lastniki ladij
the interests interesenti
to be in (ali to) s.o.'s interest biti komu v korist
to be of interest to biti zanimiv za, mikati koga
of great interest zelo važen
of little interest malopomemben
to look after one's own interests skrbeti za svojo korist
in your interest vam v korist
to study the interest of s.o. imeti korist nekoga pred očmi
a matter of interest važna zadeva
to have an interest in s.th. imeti delež v čem
to take an interest in sth. zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kaj
to make interest with s.o. vplivati na koga
to have interest with s.o. imeti vpliv pri kom
to excite s.o.'s interest zbuditi zanimanje pri kom
to obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. dobiti kaj po zvezah
to use one's interest with one for s.o. zavzeti se za koga pri kom
politika sphere of interest interesna sfera

irredeemable [iridí:məbl] pridevnik (irredeemably prislov)
neizplačljiv, neodkupljiv, neunovčljiv
figurativno nepopravljiv, brezupen

ekonomija irredeemable paper money papirnat denar, ki ne sloni na zlati valuti
irredeemable bond neodpovedljiva zadolžnica

itch² [ič] neprehodni glagol
srbeti
figurativno hlepeti, hrepeneti (for, after)

he was itching to come nad vse rad bi bil prišel
to have itching ears rad poslušati spotakljive zgodbe
to have an itching palm biti pohlepen na denar
my fingers itch (to do it) prsti me srbijo (da bi to storil)
I itch all over vse me srbi

izkorístiti to make good use of, to use to one's advantage (ali profit), to turn to (the best) account, to turn to advantage, to put to profitable use

izkorístiti kaj to take advantage of something
izkorístiti priliko to avail oneself of (ali to profit by ali to take) the opportunity, to improve an occasion (ali an opportunity), to make hay while the sun shines
kar najbolj nekaj izkorístiti to make the best of it
dobro izkorístiti čas pesniško to improve the shining hour
izkoristil je našo neizkušenost he has taken advantage of our inexperience
znal je izkorístiti svoj denar he has been clever enough to make his money make money

izpípati (izvabiti) to elicit (iz from), to draw out; to pump (ali to sound) someone about (ali on)

izpípati denar iz koga to wheedle money out of someone

Jew [džu:] samostalnik
Žid
pogovorno stiskač, oderuh

unbelieving Jew nejeverni Tomaž
the Wandering Jew večni Žid
to go to the Jews sposoditi si denar od oderuhov
tell that to the Jews pripoveduj to komu drugemu
a perfect Jew skopuh
Jew's pitch asfalt
to be worth a Jew's eye biti veliko vreden

jockey² [džɔ́ki]

1. prehodni glagol
poklicno jahati (jockey)
pogovorno oslepariti, prekaniti, prelisičiti

2. neprehodni glagol
slepariti

to jockey s.o. aside speljati koga drugam
to jockey s.o. into s.th. pregovoriti koga k čemu
to jockey s.o. into a position preskrbeti komu položaj s protekcijo
to jockey s.o. out of his money izmamiti denar iz koga
šport to jockey for position poiskati si dobro mesto

kite¹ [káit] samostalnik
papirnat zmaj
zoologija škarjar (vrsta sokola)
figurativno grabežljivec, slepar
množina, navtika najvišja jadra
ekonomija, sleng menica brez kritja
sleng avion

to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng sposoditi si denar na menico brez kritja; figurativno ocenjevati javno mnenje (s širjenjem tendencioznih novic)
sleng go and fly a kite! v uho me piši!

kován forged

kováni denar coin, (kolektivno) coinage, (v nasprotju s papirnatim denarjem) specie, hard cash
kováno železo wrought iron

kováti to forge, to smith; to hammer; to stamp; (denar) to coin, to mint; figurativno (snovati) to devise; to frame; (spletke) to plot, to scheme, to hatch

kováti stihe to versify, to rhyme, ZDA to rime, to write trashy verse (ali doggerel)
kováti denar to coin money, to strike coins
v zvezde kováti to extol to the skies
kuj železo, dokler je vroče make hay while the sun shines, strike while the iron's hot
kováti nove načrte to devise (ali to hatch) new schemes

krásti to steal, to thieve; (manjše stvari) to pilfer, to purloin, to filch; (evfemizem) to abstract; (živino) to rustle; pogovorno to lift, to pinch, to nick

krásti kot sraka to thieve (ali to steal) like a magpie
krásti denar to steal money
ne kradi! religija thou shalt not steal!

lawful [lɔ́:ful] pridevnik (lawfully prislov)
zakonit, zakonski, postaven, veljaven

lawful age polnoletnost
lawful money veljaven denar

love¹ [ləv] samostalnik
ljubezen (of, for, to, towards za)
ljubica, ljubček
pogovorno ljubka stvar
šport brez zadetka, brez gola

to be in love with biti zaljubljen v
to fall in love with zaljubiti se v
for love za šalo, zastonj, iz ljubezni
to play for love igrati samo zaradi igre (ne za dobiček)
for the love of iz ljubezni do
for the love of God za božjo voljo
not for love or money za nič na svetu, za noben denar
to give (ali send) love to poslati prisrčne pozdrave
there's no love lost between them ne moreta se trpeti
to make love to dvoriti, ljubimkati, spolno občevati
all's fair in love and war v ljubezni in vojni je vse dovoljeno
love in a cottage poroka iz ljubezni, poroka brez denarja
cupboard love ljubezen iz koristoljubja
love game igra v kateri ostane premaganec brez zadetka
šport love all brez zadetka
šport the score is 2 love rezultat je 2 proti nič
a love of a tea cup ljubka čajna skodelica

májhen small; little; (po postavi) short, undersized; (neznaten) petty, trifling, insignificant; trivial, inappreciable, scanty, slender, slight

za májhen denar cheaply
májhen kraj a small place
májhna sredstva small means pl
májhen začetek a small beginning
napraviti se májhnega to make oneself small
mnogo májhnega naredi veliko, iz májhnega raste veliko many a little makes a mickle