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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!

bíti (sem) to be; to exist; to live; to take place

je (= se nahaja) there is
so (= se nahajajo) there are; (bivati) to stay
bíti lačen, žejen to be hungry, thirsty
bíti ves iz sebe to be beside oneself, to be overwrought
3 x 5 = 15 three times five equals fifteen
kaj je, kakó je (kaj) z njim? how is he?, how is he getting on?; how are things with him?
kaj je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
toplo (mraz) mi je I am warm (cold)
ne morem bíti brez (cigaret) I cannot do without (cigarettes)
bíti brez denarja to be short of money
bíti brez premoga to be short of coal
po čem je kruh? how much is (the) bread?
koliko je do postaje? how long does it take to the station?
bodi previden! be careful!
on je iz Londona he is (ali comes) from London
kdo je? who is there?
kdo je tam? (vojak na straži) who goes there?
po meni je, z menoj je konec I am done for, pogovorno I've had it
kaj Vam je? what is the matter with you?
nič mi ni there is nothing the matter with me
slabó mi je I feel sick
jaz sem (to) it is I, pogovorno it's me
če bi jaz bil Vi (bil na Vašem mestu), bi ostal doma if I were you, I would stay at home
če je (to) takó if it is so, if that be so, if that be the case
naj bo takó! arhaično let it be so!
naj bo (to), kot hoče! be that as it may
naj bo tako ali tako in either case
to bo dovolj this will do
kar je bilo, je bilo let bygones be bygones
bíti v napoto to be in the way, to inconvenience, to hinder
ni mi za... I don't care for...
za to mu ni he does not care about it
nič mi ni zanj pogovorno I couldn't care less about him, I don't care a fig for him
ni mi do šal I am in no mood for joking
to ni (nič) zame that is not in my line
nič ni bilo iz tega nothing came of it
ni mi do poezije I have no time for poetry
mnogo mi je do tega, da... I am very anxious to...
vem, pri čem sem I know where I stand
on je proti meni he has set his face against me
hiša je v gradnji the house is being built
bilo mi je, da bi jokal I felt like crying
on bi bil dober učitelj he would make a good teacher
tu gre za bíti ali ne bíti this is a matter of life or death
šlo je za bíti ali ne bíti it was touch and go
pri tem sem ob 50.000 SIT I am fifty thousand tolars out of pocket over it

bitter³ [bítə] samostalnik
grenkoba, grenkost
množina grenko zdravilo, grenke opojne pijače; svetlo pivo

ameriško, hudomušno to get one's bitters dobiti, kar smo zaslužili

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

bolt¹ [boult] samostalnik
zapah; sornik; puščica, strela; beg; snop, sveženj; bala tkanine (30 yardov); vijak z matico

behind bolt and bar za zapahi, v ječi
a bolt from the blue strela z jasnega
to do a bolt zbežati, popihati jo
to make a bolt for planiti kam
to shoot one's bolt potruditi se kar se da

brass¹ [bra:s] samostalnik
medenina, med, bron
pogovorno denar
glasba trobila
množina medeninasta posoda; nagrobna plošča, spominska plošča
ameriško, sleng častniki
figurativno nesramnost, predrznost

as bold as brass kar se da nesramen

break^*1 [breik]

1. prehodni glagol
lomiti, prelomiti, zlomiti, odlomiti; skrhati; raztrgati, pretrgati, odtrgati; poškodovati, (po)kvariti; odpreti, odpečatiti; prestreči, prekiniti; odvaditi; (pre)kršiti; oslabiti, ublažiti; (iz)uriti (konja v ježi); uničiti; obzirno sporočiti; izčrpati; orati, kopati; (iz službe) odpustiti, degradirati

2. neprehodni glagol
zlomiti, skrhati, razbiti, raztrgati se; razpasti, razpadati; počiti, razpočiti se; poslabšati se (vreme); svitati; ločiti se, spremeniti smer; propasti, zbankrotirati; vlomiti

to break asunder pretrgati, prelomiti
to break an army razpustiti vojsko
to break s.o.'s back zlomiti komu vrat, uničiti ga
pogovorno to break the back of s.th. opraviti najtežji del česa
to break the bank izčrpati banko
to break the blow prestreči udarec
to break the bounds prekoračiti mejo
to break bread jesti
navtika to break bulk začeti raztovarjati
to break a butterfly on the wheel zapravljati svojo moč, uporabiti drastična sredstva
to break cover zapustiti skrivališče, izkobacati se
to break a custom odvaditi se
the day is breaking svita se, dani se
to break a drunkard of drinking odvaditi pijanca piti
to break the engagement razdreti zaroko
to break even pokriti stroške, poravnati se
to break faith prelomiti prisego, izneveriti se
to break a fall zadržati padec
to break one's fast nekaj pojesti
to break the flax treti lan
to break (new) ground ledino orati, začeti nov obrat
to break hold iztrgati se
to break the ice prebiti led
to break lance with začeti s kom pismeno diskusijo
to break the law kršiti zakon
to break loose odtrgati se, zbežati; prekršiti
to break a match razdreti zaroko
to break the neck of s.th. izvržiti najtežji del naloge, končati kaj
to break o.s. of a habit odvaditi se česa
to break the news povedati novico
to break open nasilno odpreti
to break a promise ne izpolniti obljube
to break s.o.'s pride ponižati koga
to break to pieces zdrobiti (se); razpasti
to break small zdrobiti
to break the thread prekiniti, pretrgati
to break water priti na površino
who breaks pays sam pojej, kar si si skuhal
to break wind prdniti
to break short dokončati
break your neck! veliko sreče!

bygone² [báigɔn] samostalnik
preteklost

let bygones be bygones pozabimo, kar je bilo, odpustimo

cap¹ [kæp] samostalnik
čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
to get one's cap postati član kluba
cap in hand proseče
his cap is on one side slabe volje je
cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
night cap napitek pred spanjem
to pull caps prepirati se
to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
steel cap čelada
cap and gown akademska noša

case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

ceremónija ceremony; figurativno formality

brez ceremonij without ceremony
kar brez ceremonij! let's drop the formalities!
delati ceremónije (figurativno) to stand on ceremony

césar emperor

volitev césarja election of an emperor
dati césarju, kar je cesarjevo to render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's

cheque¹ [ček] samostalnik
trgovina ček, denarna nakaznica (on za)

blank cheque bianko ček
figurativno to give a blank cheque to s.o. pustiti koga, da dela, kar hoče, ne ovirati ga
to cash a cheque vnovčiti ček
to draw a cheque napisati ček

choice¹ [čɔis] samostalnik
izbira, izbor; alternativa (of)
najboljše, cvet, elita

Hobson's choice, choice of evils nobena izbira
choice of everything najboljše, kar se dobi
ameriško, sleng I am choice of it mnogo mi je do tega
for choice, by choice prvenstveno, najraje
a wide (poor) choice velika (majhna) izbira
to take (ali make) one's choice izb(i)rati si
I have no choice but to moram, prisiljen sem
at your choice kakor želite
the choice is (ali lies) with you ti se moraš odločiti
a good choice bogata izbira

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

come into neprehodni glagol
vstopiti; podedovati, dobiti

come into being nastati
come into one's own dobiti, kar nam gre
come into force začeti veljati, obveljati
come into notice zbuditi pozornost
come into play priti v veljavo, obveljati
come into sight prikazati se
come into a fortune podedovati imetje

cry² [krai]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, vzklikniti, jokati, tarnati, razglasiti; izklicevati

2. neprehodni glagol
jokati, kričati, jadikovati, vreščati; lajati; dreti se

to cry for the moon želeti si nemogoče
to cry fie at (ali shame against) s.th. zgražati se nad čim
to cry halves zahtevati svoj delež
to cry shame upon s.o. (o)sramotiti, grajati koga
to cry out one's eyes izjokati si oči
it's no good crying over spilt milk kar je, je
to cry out before one is hurt vnaprej tarnati
to cry wolf povzročiti prazen hrup, izgovarjati se na neresnično bolezen
to cry quits poravnati spor
to cry to s.o. poklicati koga
don't cry stinking fish umazano perilo peri doma
do not cry till you are out of the wood ne hvali dneva pred večerom
to cry craven vdati se, popustiti

dajáti to give; (sadove) to yield, to produce, to bear; (doprinesti) to contribute

kaj se daje v gledališču? what is on (at the theatre)?
dajáti duška svoji jezi to give vent to one's anger
dajáti račun o to render account of, to answer for
dajáti takt to beat time
dajáti vsakemu, kar mu gre to give everybody his due
dajáti si truda to take pains
dajáti se (prepirati se) to quarrel, to dispute, (biti se) to fight

dáti dajáti to give; (podariti) to present with, to give away; (podati) to hand on, to present, to turn over; (dodeliti) to allot, to assign, to apportion; (vročiti) to hand (over), to deliver; (karte) to deal

dáti, dajáti nazaj to give back, to restore; (podeliti) to grant, to accord, to award, ZDA to donate (to); gledališče to stage, to perform; (ponuditi) to offer; (dobaviti) to deliver, to furnish, to supply; (donašati) to yield, (sadove) to bear, to produce; (naslov) to bestow on, to confer something upon someone
dáti, dajáti naprej to pass on
ne (hoteti) dáti, dajáti to refuse, to withhold
dana veličina a given magnitude
če sta A in B dana, sledi, daje C... given A and B, C follows...
v danem primeru (če je tako) in that case; should the need arise; if need be; if so
dáti, dajáti duška (svoji jezi) to give vent (to one's anger)
dáti, dajáti prav komu to agree with someone, to concede the point
dáti, dajáti vsakemu svoje to give everyone his due
daj mu, kar je njegovega! give him his due!
ti bom že dal! I'll give it you!
daj to na mizo! put it on the table!
daj bog! God grant!
ne daj bog! God forbid!
kaj dajejo nocoj v gledališču? what's on at the theatre this evening?
to (gledališko) igro so dajali tri mesece the play ran for three months
dal sem mu roko I shook hands with him
moram da(ja)ti dober zgled I must set a good example
po čem dajete (koliko stane)...? what is your price for, what do you charge for...?
nič se ne da napraviti there is nothing to be done
dáti, dajáti na znanje komu to let someone know
dáti, dajáti na svetlo to publish, to edit
dáti, dajáti mnogo na to make much of, to think the world of
mnogo da na svojo zunanjost he pays great attention to his personal appearance
malo, nič ne dáti, dajáti na kaj to regard as worthless, not to give a brass farthing for
on ne da nič na moj nasvet he sets no value upon my advice
dal se je oslepariti, ogoljufati he let (ali allowed ali suffered) himself to be cheated
dam si striči lase I have (ali I get) my hair cut
kje si dajete delat obleke? where do you have your clothes made?
dáti, dajáti svojo besedo to pledge one's word
to mi daje misliti! that makes me wonder!
na to ne dam pečenega groša (nič) I don't give a hoot about that
dal sem si mnogo truda I took great pains
dáti, dajáti od sebe (ton) to utter
ne da se mi... I don't feel like, I am unwilling (ali loath ali disinclined) to...
ne da se mi brati I don't feel like reading, I am loath (ali unwilling) to read
(to) se ne da zanikati there's no denying (it)
dáti, dajáti se spoznati, prepoznati to make oneself known
dajati je lepše kot jemati it is better to give than to receive
dáti, dajáti življenje za to sacrifice one's life for
dvakrat da, kdor hitro da he gives twice who gives in a trice; arhaično while the grass grows the steed starves

dávno long ago, a long time ago, ages ago

dávno je že, kar sem odšel od doma it's a long time since I left home
to vem že dávno I've known that for ages
dávno minuli časi times long past