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Adam [ǽdəm] samostalnik
Adam, prvi človek

Adam's ale (ali wine) voda
Adam's apple anatomija Adamovo jabolko
not to know s.o. from Adam sploh koga ne poznati

Adam Adam

Adamovo jabolko anatomija Adam's apple
v Adamovi obleki in the altogether; humoristično in one's birthday suit

downward(s) [dáunwəd(z)] prislov
navzdol

downward(s) from Adam, from Adam downward(s) od Adama, že od nekdaj

jájce egg; anatomija testicle

mehko kuhano jájce sofboiled (ali gently boiled) egg
trdo kuhano jájce hard-boiled egg
gnilo jájce rotten (ali addled) egg
ocvrto jájce fried egg
sveže jájce fresh egg, newlaid egg
surovo jájce raw egg
skrknjeno jájce poached egg
staro jájce stale egg
umešana jájca scrambled eggs
nadevano jájce stuffed boiled egg
jájci na toastu žargon Adam and Eve on a raft
jájce v prahu powdered egg
iskati dlako v jájcu (figurativno) to split hairs
hoditi kot po jájcih (zelo oprezno) to tread warily
leči jájca to lay eggs
slična sta si kot jájce jájcu they are as like as two peas
podoben ti je kot jájce jájcu he is the dead spit and image or you
izleči se iz jájca to be hatched; to hatch
obmetavati koga z gnilimi jájci to throw rotten eggs at someone, to pelt someone with rotten eggs

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

old¹ [óuld] pridevnik
star, postaran, starikav; zastarel, oguljen, ponošen; izkušen
sleng sijajen, odličen; obledel (barva), moten (barva)

the old stari ljudje
young aud old staro in mlado, vsi
as old as Adam (ali the hills) prastar
old bachelor zakrknjen samec
old boy stari prijatelj (zlasti v velelniku)
britanska angleščina, sleng old bean (ali egg, fellow, fruit, thing, top) "stari"
old bird star lisjak, premetenec
old man "stari" (mož, oče, predstojnik, kapitan ladje itd.)
old man of the sea vsiljivec, podrepnež
pogovorno my old man moj stari, moj mož
to put off the old man spremeniti način življenja
old woman "stara" (žena, mati, predstojnica itd.), bojazljivec, nergač
old hand (ali stager) izkušen človek ali delavec
to be an old hand at biti izkušen v čem
old hat zastarel
to grow old starati se
the same old excuse ista stara pesem
to have a good (ali fine, high) old time odlično se zabavati
an old head on young shoulders zrela pamet pri mladem človeku
the old country (ali home) stara domovina
old salt, old whale star, izkušen mornar
of old standing že dolgo v navadi, že zdavnaj uveden
sleng any old thing karkoli
britanska angleščina Old Lady of Threadneedle Street angleška narodna banka
ameriško Old Glory ameriška zastava
ameriško Old Man River vzdevek za reko Mississippi
old moon pojemajoč mesec