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whirl² [wə:l]

1. prehodni glagol
vrteti, obračati; vrteti v krogu; nositi, odnesti v vrtincu
zastarelo zagnati

to whirl up dust dvigniti prah

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se (v krogu), hitro se obračati; drveti, hiteti, hitro se premikati, divjati, vrteti se v plesu; imeti vrtoglavico; vrtinčiti se (misli)

my head whirls vrti se mi v glavi
to whirl away odhiteti, odbrzeti

whisk² [wisk] prehodni glagol
pomesti, obrisati; mahati z, hitro premikati
kulinarika stepati (jajce); hitro odnesti
neprehodni glagol
naglo, hitro se premikati, gibati; drveti, leteti, smukniti, švigniti, šiniti

whisk off prehodni glagol
odtrgati, iztrgati; hitro odvesti, odpeljati

wink² [wiŋk] prehodni glagol
izraziti (privolitev) s pomežikanjem; hitro zapreti in odpreti (oči); zadrževati
neprehodni glagol
treniti z očmi, (za)mežikati, zamižati, zatisniti oči, eno oko (at ob)
ne hoteti videti, namenoma biti slep, ignorirati; migljati, migotati

to wink at s.o. pomežikniti komu
to wink at an insult ignorirati (preiti) žalitev
to wink away one's tears zadrževati solze

wrinkly [ríŋkli] pridevnik
naguban (obraz), poln gub, ki se hitro zmečka (obleka) kodrast, nakodran

write off prehodni glagol
hitro (na)pisati, sestaviti in odposlati (a letter pismo)
odpisati (a debt dolg)

to write o.s. off sleng, aeronavtika (smrtno) se zrušiti
written off figurativno mrtev (oseba), zrušen (letalo)

yank¹ [jæŋk] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno nagel, močan poteg, trzaj
škotsko nenaden močan udarec ali sunek
prehodni glagol
hitro ali sunkovito potegniti, iztrgati

the car will yank you home in a jiffy avto vas bo v hipu potegnil domov
he yanked out his knife naglo je izvlekel, potegnil svoj nož
to yank up kvišku potegniti
neprehodni glagol
pogovorno urno se premikati, skakati sem in tja

zoom [zu:m]

1. samostalnik
glasno brnenje
aeronavtika strm vzlet (dvig)

2. neprehodni glagol
glasno brneti
aeronavtika naglo in strmo se dvigniti
prehodni glagol
pustiti glasno brneti
aeronavtika hitro in strmo dvigniti (letalo)

answer² [á:nsə ameriško ǽnsə]

1. prehodni glagol (to)
odgovoriti, odgovarjati; ustrezati, uslišati, izpolniti (prošnjo); rešiti (vprašanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
odgovoriti; posrečiti se; jamčiti, biti odgovoren; biti pokoren

to answer the bell (ali door, door bell) iti odpret vrata
to answer a bill of exchange izplačati menico
to answer a call odgovoriti po telefonu, odzvati se klicu
to answer a debt poravnati dolg
it doesn't answer ni vredno
to answer s.o.'s expectations izpolniti pričakovanja koga
to answer in law odzvati se vabilu sodišča
money answers all things denar vse zmore
to answer to the name slišati na ime
to answer a prayer uslišati molitev
to answer the purpose ustrezati namenu
to answer a question odgovoriti na vprašanje
to answer a riddle rešiti uganko
to answer a summons odzvati se vabilu
to answer back ostro zavrniti
to answer up hitro odgovoriti

apt [æpt] pridevnik (aptly prislov) (for)
zmožen, sposoben; primeren, prikladen (at)
vešč, spreten

I am apt to forget verjetno bom pozabil
he is very apt to learn hitro se uči
we are all apt to make mistakes vsakdo se lahko zmoti
apt to take fire vnetljiv
he is apt to succeed verjetno bo doživel uspeh
apt to quarrel prepirijiv
apt to get angry jeznorit

bat² [bæt] samostalnik
palica za kriket, baseball ipd., lopar; gorjača, krepelce; igrač, odbijalec (kriketa)

off one's own bat samostojen; na lastno odgovornost; brez tuje pomoči
at a rare (ali good) bat zelo urno, hitro
right off the bat nemudoma, takoj
ameriško to come to bat spoprijeti se s težko nalogo, lotiti se hudega problema
a good bat dober igralec kriketa
to be on the bat biti na vrsti za udarec
to be at bat figurativno biti pri krmilu, imeti oblast

bean¹ [bi:n] samostalnik
botanika fižol; bob
sleng glava, buča
sleng denar; (kavino) zrno

every bean has its black vsak ima napake, nihče ni brez napak
broad bean bob
full of beans dobre volje, bujen; energičen
sleng to give s.o. beans dati komu popra
to know how many beans make five biti zelo bister, znajti se
sleng old bean moj dragi
not worth a bean niti počenega groša vreden
French (ali string) beans stročji fižol
like beans kar se da hitro, v največjem diru
pogovorno to get beans biti pretepen, izkupiti jo
ameriško a hill of beans malenkost
to spill the beans izdati skrivnost, izblebetati
he found the bean in the cake posrečilo se mu je

blísk lightning; ash; (strele) flash (of lightning)

cikcakast blísk forked lightning
kot blísk hitro like lightning, with lightning speed
kot blísk like (greased) lightning
kot blísk se razširiti to spread like wildfire
iti kot blísk to go like lightning
novica se je razširila v taborišču kot blísk the news ran through the camp like wildfire

bound⁴ [baund] samostalnik
poskakovanje, skok
poetično močan srčni utrip

by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro, naglo
to take s.th. at the bound izrabiti ugodno priložnost
at a bound na mah

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

conceit¹ [kənsí:t] samostalnik
misel, domislek, pojem; mnenje; domišljija; domišljavost, samoljubje; izumetničeno izražanje

to be quick of conceit hitro doumeti
out of conceit with s.th. nezadovoljen s čim, naveličan česa
to put (ali bring) s.o. out of conceit with s.th. vzeti komu veselje do česa
in my own conceit po mojem mnenju
idle conceits bedasti domisleki

čás time; (doba) epoch; tide, (razdobje) period; space of time; (letni čas) season; (ura) hour; gramatika tense; (vmesni) interval, interim, meantime

božični čás Christmastime, Christmastide, arhaično yuletide
poletni (delovni) čás daylight saving time
konični čás (ure) rush hour, peak hours pl
prometno šibki čás offpeak (ali slack) hours pl
slabi, težki čási hard times pl
skrajni čás! high time!
prosti čás leisure; spare time
ves moj čás the whole of my time
s časom in the course of time, gradually
o pravem čásu in time; in the nick of time; in due course of time, ZDA on time
od čása do čása every now and then, from time to time, now and then, now and again, once in a while
čez nekaj čása some time afterwards
od tega čása since that time
v kratkem čásu in a short time
za kratek čás for a short time
pred čásom, predčasno prematurely
pred nekaj čása some time ago
že nekaj čása prej for some time past
že dolgo čása for a long time
že pred dolgo čása long ago, a long time ago; ZDA pogovorno way back
med tem čásom in the meantime, (in the) meanwhile
od tega čása naprej from this time onward, henceforth
od tistega čása dalje from that time forward
v istem čásu at the same time
nekaj čása (prislov) awhile, (samostalnik) a while
ob nepravem čásu at the wrong time, out of season
ob kateremkoli čásu, ob vsakem čásu at any time
ves čás all along, all the time
pred davnim čásom long ago
v teku čása in the course of time
vsak čás zdaj any time now
v starih čásih in olden times
v dobrih starih čásih in the good old days
v tistem čásu at that time
ob katerem čásu? at what time?
v sedanjem čásu at present, now
v določenem čásu within a fixed period, in due course
zadnje čáse lately
za vse čáse for all time
prav v zadnjem čásu quite recently
od davnih čásov from time immemorial, from time out of mind
ob določenem čásu at the appointed time
v prostem čásu at one's leisure
šala o nepravem čásu ill-timed jest
škoda čása za to it's a mere waste of time
vsaka stvar ob svojem čásu everything in its season
vse ob svojem čásu there is a time for everything, all in good time
v čásu, v čásih poplav in times of flood
čás beži time flies
skrajni čás je it is high time
to je samo vprašanje čása it's only a question of time
je že tudi čás! (it's) about time, too!
to je samo izguba čása it's a sheer waste of time
za to je še čás there is plenty of time for that
za to je še do jutri čás it can wait till tomorrow
bil je čás, ko... time was when...
za to je treba čása this takes time
določiti čás to fix a date
dati komu čás to give someone time
imate malo čása zame? can you spare me a moment?
čás se mu vleče time hangs heavy on his hands
ne imeti čása za... to have no time for
krajšati si čás to while away the time
izkoristiti čás to take time by the forelock
imam nekaj prostega čása I have some time to spare
iti (vštric) s čásom to be abreast of the times
nimam dosti čása, ne smem izgubljati čása I have no time to spare
kje so lepi stari čási? pesniško where are the snows of yester year?
kako dolgo čása ga ni! what a long time he has been gone!
korakati s čásom to move with the times
čási so minuli, ko... time was, when...
čás je potekel time is up
preganjati čás (figurativno) to while away the time
prihraniti čás to save time
prebiti svoj čás to pass one's time
njegov čás je prišel his hour has struck
čakati svoj čás to bide one's time
držati korak s čásom to keep pace with the times
priti ravno o pravem čásu to come in the nick of time
čás bo pokazal time will show, time will tell
čás presti (figurativno) to twiddle one's thumbs
je škoda čása (ne izplača se) it is not worth while
ob nepriličnem čásu priti h komu to intrude upon someone's time
štopati čás to time with a stopwatch
on je videl boljše čáse he had known better times
vzeti mnogo čása to take long
precéj čása mi bo vzelo, da... it will take me ages to...
to mi vzame skoraj ves moj čás it takes up nearly all my time
vzemite si čás! take your time!
ubi(ja)ti čás to kill time
ves čás sem to vedel I have known it all the time (ali all along)
precéj čása te že nisem videl I haven't seen you for ages
precéj čása bo trajalo, da... it will take some time to...
zapravljati tratiti (svoj) čás to waste one's time, to fritter away one's time, ZDA žargon to boondoggle
med tem čásom se je marsikaj zgodilo many things have happened in between
čás je denar time is money
preživljati težke čáse to have a hard time
čás hitro teče time passes quickly (ali races by, flies)

dash² [dæš] samostalnik
sunek, udarec; trčenje, tresk; tek na kratke proge; zanos, naval, napad, zagon; kanec, trohica; primes
domačno sijaj, odličnost; pomišljaj

to cut (ali make) a fine dash zbujati pozornost
to make a dash for (ali at) planiti kam; gnati se za čim; hitro se lotiti
at one dash na mah
dash-and-dot line pikčasta in črtkasta črta (-.-.-.-)
a dash of rain naliv, ploha

dáti dajáti to give; (podariti) to present with, to give away; (podati) to hand on, to present, to turn over; (dodeliti) to allot, to assign, to apportion; (vročiti) to hand (over), to deliver; (karte) to deal

dáti, dajáti nazaj to give back, to restore; (podeliti) to grant, to accord, to award, ZDA to donate (to); gledališče to stage, to perform; (ponuditi) to offer; (dobaviti) to deliver, to furnish, to supply; (donašati) to yield, (sadove) to bear, to produce; (naslov) to bestow on, to confer something upon someone
dáti, dajáti naprej to pass on
ne (hoteti) dáti, dajáti to refuse, to withhold
dana veličina a given magnitude
če sta A in B dana, sledi, daje C... given A and B, C follows...
v danem primeru (če je tako) in that case; should the need arise; if need be; if so
dáti, dajáti duška (svoji jezi) to give vent (to one's anger)
dáti, dajáti prav komu to agree with someone, to concede the point
dáti, dajáti vsakemu svoje to give everyone his due
daj mu, kar je njegovega! give him his due!
ti bom že dal! I'll give it you!
daj to na mizo! put it on the table!
daj bog! God grant!
ne daj bog! God forbid!
kaj dajejo nocoj v gledališču? what's on at the theatre this evening?
to (gledališko) igro so dajali tri mesece the play ran for three months
dal sem mu roko I shook hands with him
moram da(ja)ti dober zgled I must set a good example
po čem dajete (koliko stane)...? what is your price for, what do you charge for...?
nič se ne da napraviti there is nothing to be done
dáti, dajáti na znanje komu to let someone know
dáti, dajáti na svetlo to publish, to edit
dáti, dajáti mnogo na to make much of, to think the world of
mnogo da na svojo zunanjost he pays great attention to his personal appearance
malo, nič ne dáti, dajáti na kaj to regard as worthless, not to give a brass farthing for
on ne da nič na moj nasvet he sets no value upon my advice
dal se je oslepariti, ogoljufati he let (ali allowed ali suffered) himself to be cheated
dam si striči lase I have (ali I get) my hair cut
kje si dajete delat obleke? where do you have your clothes made?
dáti, dajáti svojo besedo to pledge one's word
to mi daje misliti! that makes me wonder!
na to ne dam pečenega groša (nič) I don't give a hoot about that
dal sem si mnogo truda I took great pains
dáti, dajáti od sebe (ton) to utter
ne da se mi... I don't feel like, I am unwilling (ali loath ali disinclined) to...
ne da se mi brati I don't feel like reading, I am loath (ali unwilling) to read
(to) se ne da zanikati there's no denying (it)
dáti, dajáti se spoznati, prepoznati to make oneself known
dajati je lepše kot jemati it is better to give than to receive
dáti, dajáti življenje za to sacrifice one's life for
dvakrat da, kdor hitro da he gives twice who gives in a trice; arhaično while the grass grows the steed starves