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heap¹ [hi:p] samostalnik
kup, gomila
pogovorno množica, kup
ameriško, sleng stara krača (avto)

heap of charcoals oglenica, kopa
in heaps na kupe
that's heaps to je več ko dovolj
he is heaps better neprimerno boljše se počuti
heaps of times neštetokrat
to be struck (ali knocked) all of a heap biti zbegan, ostati brez besed

hindsight [háindsait] samostalnik
šaljivo prepozen spregled, prepozno spoznanje

hindsight is easier than foresight lahko je biti pameten, ko je že narejeno

holiday² [hɔ́lədi, -lidei] samostalnik
praznik, dan počitka
množina dopust, počitnice

bank holiday dan, ko so zaprte vse banke (praznik)
a busman's holiday dopust, na katerem opravljamo običajno delo
to have a holiday imeti prost dan, imeti počitnice
to have a holiday from s.th. oddahniti se od česa
to make (ali take) a holiday praznovati, vzeti si prost dan
on (a) holiday na dopustu
to go on holiday iti na dopust, počitnice
holiday with pay plačan dopust

hungry [hʌ́ŋgri] pridevnik (hungrily prislov)
lačen; ki povzroča lakoto; nerodoviten (zemlja)
figurativno željen, hrepeneč po (for)

as hungry as a hunter (ali bear) lačen ko volk
to go hungry stradati
the hungry forties lakota od 1840.-1846.

in¹ [in] predlog

1.
v, na (na vprašanje kje?)

in England v Angliji
in the country na deželi
in here (there) tu (tam) notri
in town v mestu (o katerem govorimo)
in the sky na nebu
in the street na ulici
in the territory na ozemlju

2. figurativno
v, pri, na

in the army v vojski
in the university na univerzi
in Shakespeare pri Shakespearju
blind in one eye na eno oko slep

3.
v (v posameznih primerih namesto into na vprašanje kam?)

put it in your pocket daj to v žep

4.
(stanje, način, okoliščina)

in arms oborožen
a cow in calf breja krava
in any case v vsakem primeru
in cash v gotovini; pri denarju (biti)
in despair obupano, v obupu
in doubt v dvomu
in dozens na ducate
in English v angleščini
in good health pri dobrem zdravju, zelo zdrav
in groups v skupinah
in E major v E duru
in liquor pijan
in this manner na ta način
in ruins v razvalinah
in short na kratko (povedano)
in tears v solzah
in a word z eno besedo
in other words z drugimi besedami
in writing pismeno

5.
v, pri, na (udeležba)

to be in it biti udeležen, udeležiti se
he isn't in it on ne spada zraven
there is nothing in it ničesar (resničnega, dobrega) ni v tem, ne splača se, je čisto enostavno; je še neodločeno (dirka)

6.
(dejavnost, opravilo) pri, v

in an accident pri nesreči, v nesreči
in crossing the river pri prehodu čez reko
in search of pri iskanju česa

7.
(moč, sposobnost)

it is not in her to tega ona ne zmore
he has (not) got it in him to je (ni) pravi mož za to

8.
(časovno)

in the beginning v začetku
in the day, in daytime podnevi
in the evening zvečer
in his flight na begu
in two hours v dveh urah, čez dve uri
in March marca
in one istočasno
in the reign of za vlade, za časa vladanja
in my sleep v spanju, ko sem spal
in time pravočasno, sčasoma, kdaj
in winter pozimi
in (the year) 1940 leta 1940

9.
(namen, smoter)

in answer to kot odgovor na
in my defence v mojo obrambo

10.
(vzrok, nagib)

in contempt s prezirom
in his honour njemu na čast
in sport za šalo
in remembrance v spomin

11.
(razmerje, odnos, zveza)

in as (ali so) far as do take mere
in that ker, kolikor
well in body, but ill in mind telesno zdrav, a duševno bolan
in itself samo po sebi
in number številčno
in size po velikosti
equal in strength enak po moči
the latest thing in s.th. najnovejše na nekem področju
ten feet in width 10 čevljev širok (po širini)

12.
po

in my opinion po mojem mnenju
in all probability po vsej verjetnosti

13.
(sredstvo, material)

in boots v škornjih
a statue in bronze bronast kip
written in pencil napisano s svinčnikom
a picture in oils oljnata slika
dressed in white oblečen v belo

14.
(število, znesek)

seven in all v celem sedem
five in the hundred pet od sto, 5%
one in ten eden od desetih
in twos po dva, paroma
not one in a hundred niti eden od stotih
a place in a million najbolj primeren kraj

indigníran indignant

indignírano prislov indignantly
bili smo indignírani, ko smo videli, kako ravnajo z njimi we were indignant at the way they were treated

instant² [ínstənt] samostalnik
trenutek

on the instant takoj
the instant I saw her takoj, ko sem jo videl
in an instant v trenutku, kot bi mignil

izdáti (koga) to betray, žargon to sell someone, to split on someone; (sokrivce) žargon to shop, to grass on; (pustiti na cedilu) to leave in the lurch, to desert, to forsake; (denar) to spend, to expend, to disburse, to defray; (knjigo itd.) to edit, to publish, to issue, to bring out; (delnice, bankovce) to issue; (proglas) to promulgate, to issue (a proclamation ali manifesto); (nalog) to decree, to ordain, to give orders; (zakon) to enact, to decree; (skrivnost) to let out, to disclose, to divulge, to reveal

izdáti diplomo to grant (ali to award) a diploma
izdáti proglas to issue a proclamation
izdáti ukaz to give an order
izdáti predpise to enact rules, to pass regulations
izdáti priporočila to issue recommendations
izdáti zakon to pass a law
zopet izdáti knjigo to republish (ali to reprint) a book
izdáti se to betray oneself, to give oneself away, to let the cat out of the bag
izdal se je, ko mi je rekel nekaj, česar ni hotel reči he gave himself away by blurting out something he had not intended to tell me
izdáti se za to pretend (ali to claim) to be, to pose as, to pass oneself off as (zdravnika a doctor)

just² [džʌst] prislov
pravkar, ravno, prav; komaj, toliko da; samo, zgolj
pogovorno resnično, res; pravzaprav

just now pravkar, v tem trenutku; pred kakšnim trenutkom
just then prav tedaj
just as prav tako kot, ravno ko
just as well prav tako
just so točno, pravilno
that is just it prav to je ono
that is just like you to je čisto tebi podobno
we just managed komaj smo uspeli
the bullet just missed him toliko, da ga je strel zgrešil
just possible vendar mogoče
just for the fun of it samo za šalo
just a moment, please! samo trenutek, prosim!
just an ordinary man zgolj navaden možakar
just tell me samo povej mi
he was just too late for the train vlak mu je pred nosom ušel
just wonderful res čudovito
just how many are there? koliko jih pa pravzaprav je?

káj what

káj še? what else?
káj zdaj? what now?, how now?, well?
káj ti je? káj je s teboj? what's the matter with you?
káj mi mar! what do I care!
káj šele let alone
ah, káj! go on!, stuff and nonsense!
káj ne poveš! you don't say!
ne, káj takega! well, I never!
torej káj? so what?
je káj upanja? is there any hope?
káj še, on (pa) že ne! not he!
káj storiti? what can we do?, what's to be done?
káj pomaga, káj koristi jokati? what is the use of crying?, it is no use crying
káj se je tedaj, potem zgodilo? what happened then?
imate káj novic? have you any news?
na káj misliš? what are you thinking about, what's on your mind?
povej mi, káj si slišal! tell me what you heard!
káj ko bi tudi ti prišel? what if you came too?
meso, kruh, vino in ne vem káj še vse meat, bread, wine, and what not
ne morem si káj, da se ne bi smejal I can't help laughing

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

lamb¹ [læm] samostalnik
jagnje; jagnjetina; ovčica (član verske skupnosti)

you may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb če že grešiš, pojdi do konca (kazen ne bo nič manjša)
wolf (ali fox) in lamb's skin volk v ovčji koži, hinavec
like a lamb ko jagnje, pohleven, krotek
in (ali with) lamb breja (ovca)
the Lamb (of God) božje jagnje, Kristus

lighting [láitiŋ] samostalnik
razsvetlitev, razsvetljava, osvetlitev

lighting-up time čas, ko se prižge ulična razsvetljava.

lightning [láitniŋ] samostalnik
blisk, strela

like lightning; ali with lightning speed hitro ko blisk
lightning struck a house strela je udarila v neko hišo
figurativno like (greased) lightning kot blisk

-like⁸ [laik] pripona
kakor, sličen (npr. boylike ko deček, fantovski)

limpet [límpit] samostalnik
zoologija prilepek (morski polž)
figurativno klop (člrvek)

to cling (ali stick) like a limpet držati se ko klop
navtika limpet mine mina, pritrjena na dno ladje

loaf¹ [louf] samostalnik
hlebec, štruca; čok sladkorja
britanska angleščina glava (zeljnata, salate)
sleng buča (glava)

half a loaf is better than no bread bolje malo ko nič
figurativno loaves and fishes osebni dobiček, korist (kot razlog za opravljanje javne službe ali izpoved vere)

lobster [lɔ́bstə] samostalnik
zoologija jastog
arhaično, sleng angleški vojak (v rdeči uniformi)

lobster-pot priprava za lov na jastoge
red as a lobster rdeč ko kuhan rak
lobster thermidor jastogova jed z gobami in smetanovo omako

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi