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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

bógve God knows; goodness knows; arhaično God wot

bógve kdaj bo prišel God knows when he will come
bógve kdo je to rekel I wonder who said it
Je to res? - Bogve. Is that true? - I wonder.
ne bógve kako dobra kakovost second-rate quality
bógve zakaj goodness (ali God) knows why
do bógve kdaj (figurativno) till the cows come home

boil² [bɔil] samostalnik
vrelišče; vrenje, kipenje, kuhanje

to give s.th. a boil up pogreti, prevreti kaj
to bring to the boil zavreti
to keep on (ali at) the boil pustiti vreti

bôjen fighting; of combat, combat

bôjni duh fighting spirit
bôjna črta firing line, front line
bôjne čete fighting forces
bôjni cilj objective
bôjna enota combat (ali fighting) unit, tactical unit
bôjno izkustvo combat experience
bôjni konj war-horse; steed
bôjni krik battle-cry, war-cry, ZDA (Indijancev) whoop
bôjna cona combat (ali battle) zone
bôjno letalo bomber (aircraft)
bôjna moč fighting power, fighting strength
bôjna oprema soldier's battle (ali combat) gear
bôjna pesem war-song
bôjni ples war-dance
bôjni pohod (vdor) invasion, descent, raid
bôjno polje battlefield
bôjno področje fighting zone, combat theatre, battlefield, forward area
bôjna postojanka fortified position, stronghold
bôjni sektor combat sector
bôjni red order of battle, battle array
bôjna sekira battle-axe
bôjni spopad action, engagement
bôjna sreča fortunes of war
bôjna sredstva means pl of waging war
bôjno stanje state of war, war footing
bôjni voz, bôjno vozilo tank; combat vehicle
bôjni vrvež (gneča) thick of the fray, din of battle, turmoil of battle
bôjna zvijača stratagem
bôjna glava (rakete, torpeda itd.) warhead

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

bold [bould] pridevnik (boldly prislov)
smel, drzen, srčen, neustrašen; podjeten; jasen, izrazit; strm

to make bold drzniti si
as bold as brass predrzen
bold face masten tisk
to put a bold face on s.th. ne se za kaj zmeniti
I beg (ali make) bold to say upam si trditi, prepričan sem

boléč painful; smarting; sore

boléče mesto, boléča točka one's sore point
boléč udarec sharp ali painful blow, pogovorno clout
dotakniti se pri kom boléčega mesta to touch someone on a sore spot

bolézen illness, sickness; ill-health; (določena) disease; (organska) malady; (bolečine) ailment; (obolenje) affection; indisposition; (kronična) infirmity

zaradi bolézni owing to illness
angleška bolézen rachitis, rickets pl
epidemična bolézen epidemic
dolga bolézen prolonged (ali lingering) illness
bolézen na jetrih liver complaint
morska bolézen sea-sickness
nalezljiva bolézen infectious ali catching ali (pri dotiku) contagious disease
neznatna bolézen complaint, indisposition, trouble, disorder, distemper
otroške bolézni (figurativno) teething troubles
otroška bolézen disease of children
poklicna bolézen occupational (industrial, trade) disease
težka (lahka) bolézen a severe (a light) illness
zahrbtna, nevarna bolézen malignant disease
spalna bolézen sleeping sickness
spolna bolézen venereal (disease) (krajšava: VD)
zračna bolézen airsickness
dopust zaradi bolézni sick leave
izbruh (pojav, prenos, potek, žarišče) bolézni outbreak (manifestation, transmission, course, seat) of disease
kal bolézni (disease) germ
napad bolézni attack (ali bout) of illness
nosilec bolézni carrier
poročilo o bolézni bulletin, doctor's report
preprečevanje bolézni prophylaxis, preventive health care
simuliranje bolézni malingering
znak, simptom bolézni sign, symptom
bolézen gre na bolje (slabše) the illness has taken a turn for the better (worse)
nakopati si bolézen to catch a disease, to contract a disease; to fall ill, to be taken ill
ta bolézen ga je pobrala he was carried off by this illness
preboleti (svojo) bolézen to get over one's illness
prestati bolézen to go through an illness
hliniti, simulirati bolézen to malinger, to pretend to be ill, zastarelo to affect an illness
umreti za boléznijo to die of an illness

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

bolník patient; sick person

bolníki pl the sick, the ill
bolník na okrevanju convalescent
obisk pri bolníku visit to a patient
pregled bolníkov doctor's round(s)
bolník gre h koncu the patient is sinking
bolníku se stanje boljša the patient is on the mend (ali is mending, improving, getting better)

bómba bomb; žargon egg; figurativno bombshell

atomska bómba atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb
ročna bómba hand grenade
leteča bómba flying bomb, pogovorno doodlebug
eksplozivna (raketna, vžigalna) bómba (high-) explosive (rocket, incendiary) bomb
vodikova bómba H-bomb, hydrogen bomb
globinska bómba depth charge, (žargon) ash can
smrdljiva bómba stink bomb
tempirana bómba time bomb, delayed-action bomb
zračna bómba aerial bomb
poškodovan od bómb bomb damaged, blitzed
razdejan od bómb bomb-battered
od bómb razrušeno mesto bombwrecked town
varen pred bómbami bomb-proof
metalec bómb bomb-thrower
odmet bómb bomb dropping, bomb release, bombing
novica je učinkovala kot bómba the news was like a bombshell
bómba je počila the bomb (figurativno bombshell) burst (ali exploded)
odvrečI bómbe to release bombs, to drop bombs (na cilj on a target)
obsuti z bómbami mesto to bomb a town
odvreči bómbe (v prisilnem odmetu) to jettison bombs
položiti preprogo bómb vojska to saturate
težka letalska bómba vojska žargon tallboy
zažigalna bómba incendiary bomb

bone¹ [boun] samostalnik
kost, srt, koščica
množina okostje
pogovorno, množina kocke, kockanje; kastanjete
sleng študent, ki počasi študira
ameriško, sleng dolar

a bag of bones kost in koža, suh ko trlica
bred in the bone prirojen, v krvi
to cast (in) a bone between povzročati nesoglasje, ščuvati
chilled to the bone popolnoma premražen
bone of contention kamen spotike
to cut to the bone do skrajnosti omejiti
devil's bones kocke
to feel in one's bones slutiti, biti prepričan
funny (ali crazy) bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go down on one's bones na kolenih prositi za odpuščanje
to make no bones about (ali of) ne delati težav zaradi, odkrito priznati
to make old bones doseči visoko starost
to have a bone to pick with s.o. imeti s kom račune; ošteti koga
to have no bones about ne se pomišljati
hard words break no bones strogost ne škoduje, beseda ni konj
to have a bone in one's arm (ali leg) biti na smrt utrujen
to have a bone in one's throat ne moči spregovoriti
to keep the bones green biti dobrega zdravja
the nearer the bone the sweeter the flesh (ali meat) na koncu je jed najslajša
to the bone maksimalno (zreducirati)

boot² [bu:t] samostalnik
škorenj, čevelj; prtljažnik; zaščitno usnje za konjsko nogo
šport dober udarec (pri nogometu); španski škorenj (mučilno orodje)

l'll bet my boots glavo stavim
to give a good boot močno brcniti
sleng to give the boot odpustiti
sleng to get the boot zgubiti službo, biti odpuščen
in boots (v škornje) obut
Puss in boots obuti maček
to die in one's boots, to die with one's boots on umreti nasilne smrti
to have one's heart in one's boots biti v velikem strahu
lazy boots lenuh
sleng like old boots energično, prizadevno
the boot is on the other leg razmere so se spremenile
to lick the boots prilizovati se
to move (ali start) one's boots odpraviti se
over shoes over boots na vrat na nos, kdor reče A, naj reče tudi B
the order of the boots odpust
vojska boot and saddle! zajahajte konje!, na konje!
top boots zavihani škornji, vihale

boot³ [bu:t] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obuti (se); brcniti; odpustiti iz službe

to boot out (ali round) spoditi, izgnati

bórba fight; fighting; struggle; strife; contest; (tekmovanje) competition

po ostri bórbi after sharp fighting
bórba moža proti možu hand-to-hand fighting
bórba na življenje in smrt life-and-death struggle
bórba na nož skin-game, fight to the finish
bórba za obstanek, za življenje struggle for life (ali for existence)
surova bórba a rough-and-tumble
volilna bórba election campaign
vroča bórba a ding-dong fight
izločiti iz bórbe to put someone out of action; to knock someone out
pasti v bórbi to be killed in action
začeti bórbo to start a fight

bórec combatant; fighter; struggler; warrior

Zveza bórcev League of Combatants; (angleška) British Legion
biti prekaljen bórec to be a seasoned campaigner ali battle-scarred hero

bórzen (of) exchange

bórzna cena exchange price, market price
bórzni časopis commercial (ali financial) newspaper, money-market report
bórzni zaključek final hours pl of trading; trading unit; full lot
bórzno kotiranje quotation
bórzno poročilo stock list, official quotations pl, financial news, market report
bórzni pravilnik stock-exchange regulations pl
bórzni senzal stockbroker
bórzna špekulacija stockjobbing
bórzni špekulant stockjobber

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

bound¹ [baund] samostalnik
meja; omejitev

out of all bounds čez mero
to keep within bounds ohraniti pravo mero; ne pretiravati
to put (ali set) bounds to omejiti kaj
the shop was placed out of bounds trgovina je bila (za dijake) prepovedana
out of bounds zunaj dopustne meje; vstop prepovedan
beyond all bounds pretirano
within the bounds of possibility v mejah možnosti

bound⁵ [baund] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bind

bound up with s.o. navezan na koga
I'm (ali I will be) bound gotovo bom, jamčim za to
bound to s.o. for s.th. hvaležen komu za kaj