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Abraham Abraham

oditi k Abrahamu (umreti) to die, (evfemizem) to depart this life, to pass away, to go the way of all flesh, to go to one's long rest, to go to a better world
srečati se z Abrahamom (doživeti 50 let) to reach the age of fifty

action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

afield [əfí:ld] prislov
na polju, na polje; na bojišču; proč

far afield daleč stran
to go further afield napotiti se dalje

aground [əgráund] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
na dnu, na tleh; na dno, na tla; nasedel
figurativno v stiski, v težavah, v zadregi

to run (ali go, strike) aground nasesti; priti v zadrego

ah! ah!

ah! kaj! (obžalovanje, neveličanost) ah!; (občudovanje, zadovoljnost) oh!
ah, kako je lep! oh, how nice!
ah! kaj! oh, go on!

air¹ [ɛə] samostalnik
zrak, atmosfera; vetrič, prepih; videz, vedenje, obnašanje; arija, napev, melodija

to be in the air biti v nejasnem položaju
to be (ali go) on the air govoriti, oddajati se po radiu
by air po zraku, z letalom
to beat the air zaman si prizadevati, prazno slamo mlatiti
air bed pnevmatična žimnica
castles in the air gradovi v oblakih
air cleaner zračni filter
air express ekspresna avionska pošiljka
Air Force zračno brodovje
to give o.s. airs šopiriti se
ameriško, sleng to give s.o. the air odpustiti koga
to go up in the air razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
in the open air na prostem
to keep s.o. in the air pustiti koga v negotovosti
on the air po radiu
to put on airs šopiriti se
quite in the air čisto negotovo
to take the air iti na sprehod
the matter takes air zadeva prihaja na dan
to vanish (ali melt) into thin air izginiti kot kafra
to walk (ali tread) on air biti ves srečen; zibati se v sreči
air waybill avionski tovorni list

ákcija action; move; act; activity; (delnica) share, ZDA stock, stocks

skupna ákcija joint action
stopiti v ákcijo to go into action
začeti ákcijo to initiate an action, to take an action (v in)
on je vedno v ákciji he is always active (ali busy), he is always on the go

áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

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

all-out [ɔ́:láut] pridevnik
pogovorno skrajen, najvišji, odločen, vsestranski, popoln

an all-out attack odločen napad
to go all-out vsestransko se boriti

aloft [əlɔ́ft] prislov
visoko, v višavi
figurativno vzvišeno

to go aloft umreti
to send aloft poslati na oni svet

along¹ [əlɔ́ŋ] prislov
vzdolž, poleg, naprej, dalje; s seboj

all along nenehno, ves čas, vedno; povsod
as we go along spotoma
come along pojdi(te) z menoj
to get along well znajti se; razumeti se
get along with you! izgini(te) odtod!
to go along with s.o. spremljati koga, iti s kom
move along! naprej!
take this along with you! zapomni(te) si!; izgini(te)!
ameriško right along vselej, nenehno
along with skupaj s

alpinístika mountaineering; mountain-climbing

gojiti alpinístiko to go in for climbing, to mountaineer

anchor¹ [ǽŋkə] samostalnik
sidro, maček
tehnično kotva
figurativno pribežališče, rešitev, nada

at anchor usidran
bower anchor sidro na ladijskem kljunu
to back the anchor zapeti sidro
to bring to an anchor zasidrati
buoy anchor polsidro
to cast (ali drop) the anchor zasidrati
to come to anchor usidrati se
to lie (ali ride) at anchor biti zasidran
to let go the anchor spustiti sidro
sea (ali drift) anchor plovno sidro
to weigh the anchor dvigniti sidro

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

army [á:mi] samostalnik
armada, armija, vojska; krdelo, roj

army agent, (ali broker, contractor) vojni dobavitelj
ameriško army exchange vojaško skladišče
to enter (ali go into, join) the army iti služit vojake
standing army stalna vojska

ashore [əšɔ́:] prislov
na obali, na obalo

to get (ali go, set) ashore izkrcati se
to run (ali to be driven) ashore razbiti se (ladja ob obali)

astray [əstréi] povedkovnik pridevnik & prislov
bloden, blodeč, zmoten; blodno, zmotno, na napačni poti

to go astray zgrešiti pot; figurativno motiti se, oddaljiti se od prvotnega predmeta pogovora
to lead astray speljati koga, zapeljati

asunder [əsʌ́ndə] prislov
narazen

to tear asunder raztrgati
to cut asunder presekati
to go asunder raziti se

ávtobus (zlasti mestni) bus, (knjižno) omnibus; (medmestni, turistični) coach, motor coach; (izletniški) coach, zastarelo, regionalno charabanc; (za dolge proge) long-distance coach, ZDA greyhound

z ávtobusom by bus
enonadstropen (dvonadstropen) single-decker (double-decker)
peljati se z ávtobusom to go by bus, to take the bus, to bus