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  • big1 [big] pridevnik
    velik; važen; odrasel; plemenit; bahav; poln; noseča
    ameriško izvrsten, odličen; glasen, domišljav

    Big Ben veliki zvon na parlamentu v Londonu
    a big bug (ali pot, gun, noise, wig, shot) visoka "živina"
    the big drink (ali pond) velika luža (tj. Atlantski ocean)
    big gate dvoriščna, vhodna vrata
    to get (ali grow) too big for one's shoes (ali boots) postati domišljav
    ameriško, sleng big house ječa, kaznilnica
    the big idea namera, nakana
    big top cirkuška kupola, cirkus
    big look samozavestnost
    ameriško, botanika big tree sekvoja
    big with child noseča
    the big toe palec na nogi
    big words bahave besede
    ameriško, sleng big wheel domišljavec; visoka "živina"
  • board1 [bɔ:d] samostalnik
    deska, plošča, tablica, tabla; miza; paluba; karton; oskrba; oblast, uprava komisija, ministrstvo
    navtika ladijski bok
    množina oder

    above board odkrito, pošteno
    bed of boards pograd
    board and lodging hrana in stanovanje
    trgovina free on board franko na ladjo
    to go on board vkrcati se; ameriško (tudi) vstopiti v vlak
    separation from bed and board ločitev od postelje in mize
    to go by the board poginiti; biti žrtvovan; izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti
    in boards v zaboju
    on board na krovu, vkrcan
    to be on the board biti v službi
    to go on the boards postati poklicni igralec
    groaning board miza, ki se šibi; figurativno obilna hrana
    to sweep the board odlikovati se, zmagati
    navtika to make boards križariti proti vetru
    Board of Education ministrstvo za prosveto
    Board of Trade ministrstvo za trgovino
    Board of Admiralty ministrstvo za mornarico
    Road Board ministrstvo za gradnjo in vzdrževanje cest
    chess board šahovnica
    to put to board dati na hrano
    board of examiners izpitna komisija
    diving board deska za skok v vodo
  • bogát rich (z in, with); wealthy; well off; affluent, opulent; (obilen) abundant, copious

    zelo, neizmerno bogát enormously rich; as rich as Croesus
    bogáta izbira a wide selection
    bogáta pojedina a rich feast
    bogáta rima rich rhyme
    bogáta zemlja rich (ali fertile) soil
    bogáta žetev a rich harvest, heavy crop, bumper crop
    z zlatom bogáta ruda an ore rich in gold
    bogát z živino rich in cattle
    bogáto ilustriran profusely illustrated
    biti zelo bogát to be rolling in money, to be made of money
    biti bogát z to be rich in
    postati bogát to become rich
  • brezpôseln unemployed; workless, out of work, out of employment; ZDA jobless

    brezpôselni pl the unemployed, the out-of-works
    podpora za brezpôselne dole; unemployment benefit
    postati brezpôseln to be thrown out of work
    dobivati podporo za brezpôselne VB to be on the dole, to draw the dole; to draw unemployment benefit (ali unemployment compensation)
  • bush1 [buš] samostalnik
    grm, grmovje, goščava, divja pustinja; lisičji rep; gosti lasje; šop (las)

    to beat about the bush hoditi kakor mačka okoli vrele kaše
    good wine needs no bush dobro blago se samo hvali
    to take to the bush začeti se klatiti, postati razbojnik
  • business1 [biznis] samostalnik
    posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
    arhaično zaposlenost
    gledališče igra, pantomima

    to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
    to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
    the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
    to go to business iti na delo, v službo
    everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
    to mean business resno misliti
    man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
    one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
    to go into business postati trgovec
    mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
    that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
    a roaring business sijajna kupčija
    to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
    to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
    I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
    to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
    a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
    to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
    to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
    to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
    to retire from business opustiti posel
  • byword [báiwə:d] samostalnik
    pregovor; svarilen primer; tarča posmeha

    to become a byword postati splošno znan (v slabem pomenu)
  • call1 [kɔ:l]

    1. prehodni glagol
    klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
    ameriško telefonirati
    trgovina terjati
    ameriško, domačno grajati
    Biblija zadeti, doleteti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
    obiskati, priti
    mornarica (at) pristati (at)
    oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

    to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
    to call to account poklicati na odgovor
    what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
    ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
    to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
    to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
    to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
    to call in question (po)dvomiti
    to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
    to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
    to call into being ustvariti
    to call a halt ustaviti se
    to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
    not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
    to call to order posvariti, opomniti
    to call the banns oklicati
    to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
    to call into play spraviti v tek
    to call to witness poklicati za pričo
    to be called imenovati se
    to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
    to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih
  • 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
  • cat1 [kæt] samostalnik
    mačka, maček; bič, korobač
    pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

    when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
    to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
    ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
    to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
    to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
    before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
    when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
    he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
    to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
    to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
    to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
    like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
    a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
    enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
    it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
    to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
    as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
    not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
    tom-cat maček
    to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
    sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
    sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
    a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda
  • church1 [čə:č] samostalnik
    cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

    to go to church iti k maši
    to be at church biti v cerkvi
    to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
    the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
    to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
    established church državna cerkev
    to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
    as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
    church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda
  • coat1 [kóut] samostalnik
    suknja, površnik, plašč, jopič; pokrov; prevleka, obloga, omet, opaž, plast, premaz; koža, dlaka, perje
    medicina mrena, opna, kožica

    coat of arms grb
    to baste s.o.'s coat nabunkati, pretepsti koga
    to cut one's coat according to one's cloth ➞ cloth
    to dust a coat for s.o. pretepsti koga
    it is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman obleka sama še ne naredi človeka
    great coat zimski plašč
    to wear the King's (ali Queen's) coat služiti vojake
    coat of mail železna srajca, oklep
    near is my coat but nearer is my skin vsak je sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
    to turn one's coat izneveriti se, postati odpadnik, po vetru se obračati
    to take off one's coat pripraviti se na boj
    to take off one's coat to (the) work zavihati rokave, lotiti se dela
  • commission1 [kəmíšən] samostalnik
    komisija, nalog, določba, naloga; pooblastilo; častniški čin; provizija; zagrešitev

    in commission pooblaščen; uporaben; za službo (plovbo) sposoben
    out of commission neraben, za službo nesposoben
    to sell on commission prodajati v komisiji
    to get a commission postati častnik
    vojska to resign one's commission podati ostavko
    to put in commission dati (ladjo) v promet
    to put out of commission vzeti (ladjo) iz prometa
    to discharge a commission izvršiti nalog
    to give a commission for s.th. naročiti kaj
  • convent [kɔ́nvent] samostalnik
    (ženski) samostan

    to go into convent postati nuna
  • člán member

    častni člán honorary member
    izključeni člán expellee
    izredni člán associate
    člán parlamenta Member of Parliament (krajšava: M.P.)
    člán komisije member of a commission; (akademije, znanstvene ustanove) member, redni član ordinary member, dopisni član corresponding member)
    skupščina vseh článov meeting of all members
    seznam článov list of members
    postati član kakega kluba to become a member of a club, to join a club
    sprejeti za člána to admit (to)
  • draw in prehodni glagol
    krajšati se (dan); omejiti se; izplačati menico

    draw in one's horns postati ponižen, krotiti, premagovati se
  • drink2 [driŋk] samostalnik
    pijača, popitek, požirek; opojna pijača; pijančevanje
    sleng morje

    in drink, the worse for (ali in) drink pijan, vinjen
    to be meat and drinkable drink to s.o. biti komu nujno potreben
    hard drink opojna pijača
    soft drink brezalkoholna pijača
    small drink pivo
    to be on the drink popivati, pijančevati
    to have (ali take) a drink napiti se, pogasiti žejo
    to take to drink začeti piti, postati pijanec
    ameriško, hudomušno the big drink Atlantski ocean; reka Mississippi
    long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
    ameriško, pogovorno long drink of water nenavadno velik človek, dolgin
  • drugáčen other, another, different (od from); unlike, other than; dissimilar, diverse, disparate

    čisto drugáčen od (tvojega) quite different from (yours)
    postati drugáčnega vedenja to change (ali to alter) one's conduct
    stvar je čisto drugáčna (figurativno) the boot is on the other foot
  • drúg(i) -a, -o second; other, another

    drúgi dan v mesecu the second
    drúgi (naslednji) dan next day
    drúgi najboljši second best
    2. november 2nd November (beri: the second of November), November 2nd (beri: November the second)
    drúgi razred second class
    Karl II Charles II (beri: Charles the Second)
    nihče drúg (kot on) nobody else (but he, pogovorno him)
    vsak drúgi one in two
    vsak drúgi dan every second (ali other) day
    eden za drúgim one by one, one after the other, one after another
    drúga dva the other two, the two others
    na drúgi strani (figurativno) on the other hand
    drúgi pot (drugič enkrat) some other time
    drúgi po velikosti second biggest, second largest
    eden drúgega one another, each other, mutually
    eden in drugi both (of them)
    bratranec (sestrična) v 2. kolenu second cousin
    drugi (ostali) the other
    kabina 2. razreda second-class cabin
    nihče drúg kot no (ali none) other than, nobody else but
    eno z drúgim one with the other
    nič drúgega nothing else
    biti drúgi, zavzeti drúgo mesto to take second place
    to je nekaj čisto drúgega that is an entirely different matter, it makes all the difference, žargon that's another kettle of fish; this is quite another thing
    imeti informacije iz drúge (posredne) roke to have second-hand information
    za sedaj se ne da napraviti nič drúgega for the present nothing else can be done
    biti drúgega mnenja to differ in opinion, to dissent
    to pero je slabo, vzemi drúgo! this is a poor pen, take another!
    vzeto eno z drúgim (= poprek) taken both together
    napila sta si eden drúgemu they drank each other's health
    pomagala sta si eden drúgemu they helped each other
    igrati drúgo violino to play second fiddle
    on je drúgi Cezar he is another (ali a second) Caesar
    eden ali drúgi od nas bo to gotovo naredil one or other of us is sure to do it
    postati drúgega mnenja to change one's mind
    potovati v 2. razredu to travel second-class
    stanovati v 2. nadstropju to live on the second floor (ZDA third floor)
    med drúgim (= zlasti pa), ne moreš mu zaupati for one thing, he is not to be trusted
    nad vsem drúgim želim... above all else (ali pogovorno more than anything else) I want...
    ne delaj drúgim tega, česar ne maraš, da bi to oni delali tebi never do to others what you would not have them do to you
    spoznal sem, da niso nič drúgega kot tatovi I realised they were nothing but a bunch of crooks
  • eat* [i:t]

    1. prehodni glagol
    jesti, pojesti, žreti, glodati; trošiti
    kemija razjedati, uničiti
    ameriško hraniti
    figurativno mučiti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    jesti, hraniti se
    pogovorno imeti dober okus

    to eat dirt biti javno osramočen
    I'll eat my head glavo stavim
    to eat one's head off pojesti več, kakor je vredno njegovo delo, ne se izplačati
    one cannot eat one's cake and have it človek ne more imeti eno in drugo
    to eat humble pie opravičiti se, postati ponižen
    to eat s.o.'s salt živeti na tuj račun
    to eat one's terms (ali dinners) , to eat for the bar učiti se za odvetnika
    to eat s.o. out of house and home spraviti koga na beraško palico
    to eat one's word besedo snesti