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brezžíčen wireless

brezžíčni brzojav wireless telegraphy, wireless
brezžíčni telegram radiogram; wireless
z brezžíčno telegrafijo by wireless

brick¹ [brik] samostalnik
opeka, zidak; kos (npr. mila), kocka
sleng fant od fare; domino

like a cat on hot bricks kakor na žerjavici
to come (ali be) down like a thousand bricks hudo ošteti
to drop a brick narediti nerodnost
to have a brick in one's head biti v rožicah, pijan
pogovorno like a hundred (ali thousand) of bricks na vso moč
like a ton of bricks z velikim treskom
to swim like a brick plavati kot kamen
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj iz nič, lotiti se jalovega posla

brick² [brik] pridevnik
opéčen, opečnat

wooden brick lesena kocka
to run one's head against a brick wall iti z glavo skozi zid

brink [briŋk] samostalnik
rob, breg

on the brink of death (ali grave) z eno nogo v grobu
to stand shivering in the brink biti v zadregi, neodločen
on the brink of ruin na robu propada
to be on the brink of doing pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to hover on the brink biti neodločen, mečkati; obotavljati se

brísati to wipe; to clean (by rubbing)

brísati z gobo to sponge
brísati prah to dust; (sušiti) to dry; (pòd s krpo) to mop
brísati dolgove to cancel someone's debts, pogovorno to wipe the slate clean

bród (kraj) ford; (prevozno sredstvo) ferry; (trajekt) ferryboat, ferry steamer, (za vlak) train ferry, ferry bridge

kabel bróda ferry cable
prepeljati (se) z bródom to ferry; (to travel by ferry, to cross by ferry)

bršlján botanika ivy

obraščen z bršljánom ivy-clad

brutálen brutal; brute

z brutálno silo by brute force

brzína speed; rapidity; quickness; swiftness

s polno brzíno at full speed
z vso brzíno at top speed, with all speed
največja dovoljena brzína speed limit
prekoračiti dovoljeno brzíno to exceed the speed limit
povečati brzíno to increase speed, to accelerate
zmanjšati brzíno to reduce speed

brzovlák fast train; express (train); (ZDA tudi) flyer

peljati se z brzovlákom to take a fast train

búcika pin

pripeti z búciko to pin (na to, on)

bucket¹ [bʌ́kit] samostalnik
vedro, čeber; črpalni bat, črpalnik; žlebič na mlinskem kolesu

to give the bucket odsloviti, odkloniti
sleng to kick the bucket umreti
ameriško bucket shop trgovina in špekulacija z delnicami
a mere drop in the bucket kapljica v morju

buckle² [bʌ́kl]

1. prehodni glagol
zapeti, speti, pripeti (on)
opasati si

2. neprehodni glagol
upogniti se (on)
lotiti se

to buckle down to z vnemo se lotiti

búden awake; waking, roused; sleepless

čisto búden wide awake; figurativno watchful, vigilant, (on the) alert
biti, ostati dolgo búden to sit up late, to keep late hours
spremljati z búdnim očesom to keep a vigilant eye (on)
biti búden (figurativno) to be on the alert, to be on the lookout

bullion [búljən] samostalnik
surovo zlato ali srebro; zlato ali srebro v palicah; rese ali čipke iz zlatih ali srebrnih niti

bullion trade trgovina z denarjem po vrednosti kovine

burn² [bə:n] samostalnik
opeklina; vžgano znamenje; požiganje; žig

to give s.o. a burn ošiniti koga z uničujočim pogledom

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

butter¹ [bʌ́tə] samostalnik
maslo
figurativno dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje

he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to quarrel with one's bread and butter godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovati
melted butter topljeno maslo
rank butter žarko, pokvarjeno maslo
bread and butter kruh z maslom

buzz-saw [bʌ́zsɔ:] samostalnik
cirkularka

to monkey with a buzz-saw igrati se z ognjem

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