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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