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aktíva assets pl, active capital, ZDA resources pl

aktíva in pasiva assets and liabilities pl
presežek pasiv nad aktivi the excess of liabilities over assets

alack [əlǽk] medmet
arhaično ojoj, jojmene

alack the day, alack-a-day, alas and alack zaboga

álfa gramatika alpha

álfa in omega znanosti the alpha and omega of science

align [əláin] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
v vrsto (se) postaviti; uvrstiti (with)
pridružiti (se)

to align the sights (of rifle) and bull's-eye meriti v sredino tarče
to align the track pripraviti pot

alike² [əláik] prislov
enako, prav tako, podobno

for you and me alike, alike for you and me enako zate kakor zame

alive² [əláiv] pridevnik
živ, živahen
elektrika pod napetostjo; veljaven; dovzeten; zavesten; produktiven

are you alive to what is going on? veste, kaj se dogaja?
to be fully alive to s.th. jasno se česa zavedati
to be alive with mrgoleti česa
alive and kicking živahen
man alive! človek božji!
there's no man alive who can... nihče na svetu ne more...
he was alive to the advantage spoznal je korist

all¹ [ɔ:l] pridevnik
cel, ves, celoten

all the country vsa dežela
all very cushy udoben, prijeten
all day long ves dan
at all events v vsakem primeru
on all fours po vseh štirih
to be on all fours with s.o. povsem se s kom strinjati
to all intents and purposes v vsakem pogledu
all my life vse življenje
by all means vsekakor
once for all enkrat za vselej
to sit up till all hours of the night dolgo bedeti
all sorts (ali kinds) of vse mogoče
to turn in all standing leči popolnoma oblečen
not for all the world za nič na svetu

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

alpha [ǽlfə] samostalnik
prva črka grške abecede

alpha and omega začetek in konec
pogovorno alpha plus imeniten

alternatíva alternative

ni nobene alternatíve there is no other alternative
ostal sem v alternatívi I was left with the alternative
pred dvema težavnima alternatívma (žargon) between the devil and the deep blue sea

anon [ənɔ́n] prislov
zastarelo kmalu, takoj; zopet

ever and anon tu in tam, včasih
of this more anon odslej kmalu bolj

another [ənʌ́ðə] zaimek & pridevnik
drug, drugačen; še eden

one after another drug za drugim
another and another vedno več
he's a fool, you're another on je norec in ti tudi
I'll wait another day or two počakal bom še nekaj dni
just such another prav takšen
many another marsikateri drugi
one another drug drugega, vzajemno
that's another pair of shoes, that's another thing altogether (ali entirely) to je nekaj čisto novega (drugega)
will you take another piece izvoli(te) še en košček
another place drugje
one from another, from one another drug od drugega
it's one thing to promise, another to perform lahko je obljubiti, težje izpolniti
to take for one another zamenjati drugega z drugim
another time drugič
wait for another hour počakaj še eno uro
not another word! niti besede več!
one thing with another drugo z drugim
yet another? še eden?

anvil [ǽnvil] samostalnik
nakovalo
anatomija nakovalce

to be on the anvil biti v delu, biti obravnavan
between hammer and anvil med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo

any¹ [éni] pridevnik & zaimek

1.
v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče

2.
v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkoli

have you any money? imaš kaj denarja?
there are not any matches in the box v škatlici ni nobenih vžigalic
is there any hope? je sploh kaj upanja?
no more than one if any ne več kot eden, če sploh kaj
we have little time if any nimamo skoraj nič časa
any and every prav vsak
at any rate, in any case v vsakem primeru

apetít appetite (za for)

velikanski apetít a ravenous appetite
dobiti apetít to get an appetite
narediti, delati apetít to give an appetite
biti brez apetíta to be off one's food
nimam veliko apetíta pogovorno I'm off my feed
dražiti apetít to whet (ali to stimulate) the appetite, to sharpen the appetite, to give an edge to the appetite
izgubiti apetít to lose one's appetite
z apetítom jesti to eat with gusto
pokvariti komu apetít to spoil someone's appetite
apetít pride z jedjo start eating, and you work up an appetite; much must have more; the appetite grows with what it feeds on; appetite comes with eating

army-list [á:milist] samostalnik
vojska seznam po činu

ameriško army-list and directory službeni popis častnikov

art² [a:t] samostalnik
umetnost; veda; veščina, spretnost, znanje; zvijačnost, prebrisanost

applied art uporabna umetnost
Bachelor of Arts diplomiran filozof 1. stopnje
black art magija
pravno to be (ali have) art and part sokriv biti, udeležiti se česa
arts and crafts umetna obrt
faculty of art(s) filozofska fakulteta
the fine arts upodabljajoče umetnosti
art gallery umetniška zbirka
industrial (ali mechanical, useful) arts obrt, rokodelstvo
liberal art svobodna umetnost
manly art boks
art master učitelj risanja
Master of Arts diplomiran filozof 2. stopnje
to practise art uporabiti zvijačo
a work of art umetnina

ash² [æš]
(tudi množina) pepel; posmrtni ostanki; ruševine

to lay in ashes, to reduce to ashes popolnoma požgati, upepeliti
pale as ashes bel ko mrtvaški prt
Ash Wednesday pepelnična sreda
to turn into dust and ashes upepeliti; figurativno izjaloviti se
to repent (ali mourn) in sack-cloth and ashes spokoriti se
šport to bring back the ashes maščevati se za poraz
peace be to his ashes! naj počiva v miru!

assault¹ [əsɔ́:lt] samostalnik (on, upon)
napad, naskok

to carry (ali take) by assault naskočiti
to make an assault upon s.o. napasti koga
pravno assault and battery pretep, huda telesna poškodba
indecent assault poskus posilstva

assets [ǽsets] samostalnik
množina premoženjsko stanje, aktiva; gotovina, čisto premoženje

assets and liabilities aktiva in pasiva