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unwelcome [ʌnwélkəm] pridevnik
nedobrodošel, slabo sprejet; (stvari) neprijeten, neugoden

unwell [ʌnwél] pridevnik
nezdrav, bolan, bolehav; ki se slabo počuti; ki ima menstruacijo

I am unwell ni mi dobro

warp² [wɔ:p]

1. prehodni glagol
zviti, izkriviti (les itd.); namočiti z muljem, pognojiti (zemljo); spodrezati, pristriči nit, prejo (za tkanje), snovati, razporediti niti (preje) vzporedno; moralno pokvariti, popačiti, skaziti, imeti slab vpliv na, slabo delovati; odvrniti, zapeljati; sprevračati (dejstva), pačiti
navtika vleči z vrvmi ladjo vzdolž obale ali menjati sidrišče s pomočjo sidra

enthusiasm warped his judg(e)ment navdušenje je izkrivilo njegovo razsodnost
the heat has warped the cover of the book vročina je skrivila platnico knjige
his misfortunes warped his mind nesreča ga je naredila čudaškega

2. neprehodni glagol
zviti se, skriviti se; viti se; majati se, omahovati; vzeti napačno smer, skreniti
poetično oveneti; zgrbančiti se

the wood has warped in drying pri sušenju se je les zvil

waster [wéistə] samostalnik
zapravljivec, razsipnik, potratnež
pogovorno pridanič, fičfirič, ničvrednež, malopridnež; uničevalec, opustoševalec; tisto, kar povzroča izgubo
ekonomija slab primerek, slabo blago (roba); izvržek; odpadek; slab, neuspel uliv; odrezek, odpadek pločevine

all-overish [ɔ:lóuvəriš] pridevnik pogovorno

to feel (ali be) all-overish slabo se počutiti

bad¹ [bæd] pridevnik (primernik worse, presežnik worst)
slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolan

bad to beat težko premagljiv
bad blood sovraštvo, huda kri
to be in s.o.'s bad books biti pri kom slabo zapisan
bad egg (ali hat, lot) človek na slabem glasu
bad fairy zli duh
bad form neprimerno vedenje
from bad to worse vedno slabše
to go bad pokvariti se; propasti, propadati
not half (as) bad čisto čedno
bad language zmerjanje, psovke
bad luck smola
ameriško bad man razbojnik, bandit
in bad odour na slabem glasu
not too bad kar dobro
it is too bad škoda, preneumno
with a bad grace nerad
bad ways razuzdano življenje
bad woman razuzdanka

bargain² [bá:gin] samostalnik
(dobra) kupčija, ugodna priložnost; pogodba; razprodaja

a bad bargain nesreča, huda zadeva
by bargain po dogovoru
a chance bargain priložnostni nakup
bargain counter oddelek z blagom po znižani ceni
I got it a dead bargain skoraj zastonj sem dobil
to drive a hard bargain mnogo zahtevati
it's a bargain! velja!
Dutch bargain kupčija ali ugovor v enostransko korist
to make the best of a bad bargain ne obupavati
a good bargain is a pickpocket poceni blago je slabo
a bargain is a bargain kar je, je
into the bargain povrhu
bargain hunter tisti, ki išče dobro kupčijo
a losing (ali hard, bad) bargain slaba kupčija
to strike (ali make, close) a bargain napraviti kupčijo, pogoditi se, dogovoriti se
to be off one's bargain rešiti se obveznosti
switch bargain ovinkarska kupčija
wet bargain kupčija, ki se konča s popivanjem

bearer [bɛ́ərə] samostalnik
nosač, nosilec; prinašalec, prinesnik; lastnik čeka ali menice; hindustanski sluga

this tree is a good (poor) bearer to drevo dobro (slabo) obrodi
bearer cheque ček na ime prinašalca

beastly¹ [bí:stli] pridevnik
živalski, surov, gnusen, grd; presnet; nizkoten, podel

sleng beastly shame nesramnost
beastly weather slabo vreme

beer [biə] samostalnik
pivo; rob osnove pri tkanju

to think no small beer of o.s. visoko ceniti samega sebe, biti domišljav
beer and skittles višek užitka; igrača (lahko delo)
small beer slabo pivo; figurativno malenkost

begging¹ [bégiŋ] samostalnik
beračenje, moledovanje

to go (a-)begging iti beračit
this situation is going (a-)begging za to službo se nihče ne javi
these goods go (a-)begging to blago se slabo prodaja

be in neprehodni glagol
biti znotraj, biti doma; biti v ječi; ujeti se v zanko; biti oblečen v kaj; priti pravočasno; dospeti (pošta)

be in for pričakovati, nadejati se; vedeti; lotiti se česa; slabo naleteti
be in love biti zaljubljen

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

black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blagó (roba) goods pl, merchandise; ZDA wares pl; commodity, commodities pl; article; (tekstil) material, textile, cloth, stuff

blagó v carinskem skladišču bonded goods
blagó za damsko obleko dress material
luksuzno blagó luxury goods
lončarsko blagó hollow ware
kolonijalno blagó groceries
mešano blagó assorted goods
najboljše blagó prime goods
neprodajno blagó a drug on the market
prvovrstno (drugovrstno) blagó firsts (seconds) pl
slabo blagó inferior goods
subvencionírano blagó subsidized goods
tekstilno blagó textiles pl
tkano blagó fabric, tissue
volneno blagó woollen goods
vozno blagó freight
blagó na poti goods in transit
dobava blaga supply, purveyance
dostava, izročitev blaga delivery
pošiljka blaga (z vlakom) consignment, (z ladjo) shipment
skladišče blaga warehouse
zaloga blaga stock
dobro blagó se samo hvali good wine needs no bush

blind¹ [blaind] pridevnik (blindly prislov) (to za)
slep, zaslepljen; neviden, neopazen; skrit, tajen; jalov; nepremišljen, prenagljen; topoglav, nepoučen
sleng pijan
botanika brez cveta

blind alley slepa ulica; figurativno zagata; mrtvi tir
blind-alley occupation poklic, ki nima bodočnosti
blind coal antracit
anatomija blind gut slepič
blind (drunk), blind to the world pijan ko žolna
figurativno to have (ali apply) the blind eye zatisniti oko
to go at s.th. blind na slepo srečo se česa lotiti
blind leaders of the blind tisti, ki dajejo nasvet v stvareh, ki jih sami ne razumejo
blind letter pismo brez naslova
a blind man may perchance hit the mark slepa kura zrno najde
blind man's holiday somrak
as blind as a mole (ali a beetle, an owl) čisto slep
to get on s.o.'s blind side izrabiti slabo stran koga
blind pig, blind tiger nedovoljena točilnica
blind shell slepi naboj
blind spot mrtva točka
to strike blind oslepiti
to turn a blind eye to s.th. delati se slepega za kaj
there's none so blind ne da si dopovedati
it will happen when the devil is blind to se ne bo nikdar zgodilo
blind window (door) zazidano okno (zazidana vrata)
blind side nezavarovana, slaba stran
blind corner nepregleden ulični vogal
blind in an eye na eno oko slep
blind to one's defects zaslepljen

bode¹ [boud] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
napovedati; obetati, dati slutiti

this bodes no good nič dobro ne kaže
to bode ill slabo kazati

boiler [bɔ́ilə] samostalnik
kotel; grelec za vodo; zelenjava, ki se hitro skuha
ameriško, sleng lokomotiva

boiler feeder kurjač
boiler house, boiler room kotlovnica
ameriško to burst one's boiler slabo končati, obubožati
to burst s.o.'s boiler spraviti koga na beraško palico

book¹ [buk] samostalnik
knjiga, zvezek, libreto; 6 osnovnih vzetkov pri whistu; blok vstopnic, znamk; čekovna knjižica

the Book Sveto pismo
to be at one's books študirati
to be in s.o.'s good (bad, black) books biti pri kom dobro (slabo) zapisan
to bring to book zasluženo kaznovati
to be deep in s.o.'s books biti komu veliko dolžan
by (the) book točno, natanko
it doesn't suit my book to mi hodi narobe
to get into s.o.'s books zadolžiti se pri kom
to keep books knjižiti
to kiss the Book poljubiti Sveto pismo pri prisegi
to know off book znati na pamet
to know s.th. like a book dobro kaj poznati
to take a leaf out of another's book slediti zgledu drugega, oponašati ga
to take one's name off the books izstopiti iz članstva
a man of the book učenjak
to read s.o. like a book dobro koga razumeti, dodobra ga poznati
to swear on the Book prisegati na Sveto pismo
to speak by the book govoriti na osnovi natančnih obvestil
to speak without the book govoriti na pamet
sleng to throw the book at strogo koga kaznovati

bránje reading; lecture; (obiranje, trganje) gathering

bránje grozdja vintage
povečevalno steklo za bránje magnifying glass
vnet za bránje fond of reading
vreden bránja worth reading, readable
ta knjiga je slabo (revno) bránje this book is poor reading
oslepel boš od bránja you will read yourself blind
zaspal je pri bránju he read himself to sleep