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frith² [friɵ] samostalnik
zastarelo gozdnata pokrajina; goščava; dračje; živa meja

haw¹ [hɔ:] samostalnik
botanika gloginja, jagoda gloga
zgodovina živa meja

hedge² [hedž] samostalnik
živa meja, živica, seč
figurativno zapreka, pregraja
ekonomija zavarovanje proti izgubi (z drugim kritjem)

dead hedge kamnita ograja
quickset hedge živa meja (iz dreves, grmovja)
figurativno stone hedge zid, pregraja
a hedge of police policijski kordon
over hedge and ditch čez drn in strn
it doesn't grow on every hedge ne raste na vsakem grmu, se redko najde
to be on the wrong side of the hedge motiti se
to sit on the hedge ne izreči se, biti pol ptič pol miš

hedgerow [hedžrou] samostalnik
živa meja, živica, seč

quick³ [kwik] samostalnik
živo meso
britanska angleščina živa meja
figurativno življenje
ameriško živo srebro

the quick and the dead živi in mrtvi
to cut (ali sting, touch) s.o. to the quick zadeti koga v živo
to the quick popoln
he is a Tory to the quick je skozi in skozi torijevec

quickset [kwíkset]

1. pridevnik
živ (rastlina), glogov

2. samostalnik
živa meja (zlasti glogova); sadika, presajenka

bullfinch [búlfinč] samostalnik
zoologija kalin; gosta živa meja z jarkom

thick-set [ɵíksct]

1. pridevnik
nagosto posajen; obilen; tršat, čokat, robustcn

thick-set with jewels bogato obložen z dragulji
a thick-set hedge gosta živa meja

2. samostalnik
gosta živa meja; goščava

mêja (državna, deželna) frontier, border; (ločnica) boundary (-line); (mejno področje) borders pl, confines pl; figurativno limit, (skrajni konec) extreme point; (rob) edge, verge, skirt

na mêji on the frontier
onkraj mêje beyond the frontier, (v tujini) abroad
v mêjah (česa) within the borders (ali limits) (of something)
do (neke) gotove mêje to a certain extent, to some extent, up to a point
mestne mêje city boundaries pl
starostna mêja age limit
živa mêja hedge, hedgerow, quickset hedge
določitev mêje demarcation; delimitation
kršitev mêje violation of the frontier
prestopitev mêje frontier-crossing
mêja, ki se ne sme prestopiti figurativno pogovorno deadline
prekoračiti, prestopiti mêjo to cross the frontier, (figurativno) to exceed the limit (ali permission)
postaviti mêjo, mêje to put (ali to set) bounds to, to limit
začrtati mêjo to draw a boundary
določiti mêjo to determine (ali to set, to fix) a boundary
vse ima svoje mêje there is a limit to everything, we must draw the line somewhere
ne poznati mêje (figurativno) to know no bounds
njegova hvaležnost (njegovo začudenje) ni poznala mêjá his gratitude (his surprise) knew no bounds
to presega vse mêje that passes all bounds
moje potrpljenje je skoraj doseglo svojo mêjo I have almost reached the limit of my patience
držati v mêjah to keep within bounds, to check, to restrain
tvoriti mêjo čemu to form the boundary of something

quick¹ [kwik] pridevnik (quickly prislov)
hiter, uren, nagel; bister, okreten, znajdljiv, odrezav, živahen; nagle jeze, vzkipljiv; fin, oster (vid, sluh); živ (pesek itd.)
arhaično živ, živeč
ekonomija živahen, likviden, tekoč
mineralogija rudnat

be quick about it! podvizaj se s tem!
to be quick by s.o. zanositi s kom
quick with child noseča (v drugi polovici nosečnosti)
quick on the draw ki hitro reagira, odrezav
quick ear oster sluh
quick at hearing ki dobro sliši
quick in (at) working sums ki hitro računa
a quick one "kozarček" (na hitro)
quick hedge (ali fence) živa meja
quick of parts (ali understanding) bistroumen, ki hitro razume
quick sight oster vid
quick temper razdražijiva čud, vzkipljivost
quick in the uptake ki hitro razume, dojame
quick wit odrezavost
to have quick wits biti odrezav
ekonomija quick returns hiter donos, dobiček

žív alive, living; live; (živahen) lively, vivacious, vivid, animated

žív in zdrav hale and hearty
žíve barve bright (ali gay, vivid, glaring) colours pl
žíva domišljija vivid imagination
žíva duša ne not a living soul (ali creature)
žívi jeziki living languages pl
žívo apno quicklime, unslaked lime
žíva meja hedge
žívo meso tender flesh, quick
žív opis vivid description
žív spomin vivid recollection
žíva teža live weight
žíva vera fervent belief (ali faith), living faith
žívo zanimanje vivid interest
žíva žerjavica live coals pl
živi (ljudje) pl the living
na žíve in mrtve in (real) earnest
vse svoje žíve dni all my (your itd.) life
žívo srebro quicksilver, mercury
žíva skala living rock, bedrock
žíva oddaja live broadcast
dokler bom žív as long as I live
je tvoj brat še žív? is your brother still alive?
on je žíva (verna) slika svojega očeta he is the living image of his father
kar sem žív all my life, in all my born days
biti med žívimi (figurativno) to be in the land of the living
sem bolj mrtev kot žív I am more dead than alive, I am half-dead
žívo se spominjati to have a vivid recollection (of)
ne morem ga žívega videti (figurativno) I can't bear (ali stand, endure) the sight of him
starost ji ne more do žívega (ji nič ne more) (pesniško) age cannot wither her
žív krst (žíva duša) tega ne ve not a living soul knows it
zadeti v žívo to cut (ali to sting, to touch) to the quick
zadet v žívo cut to the quick
žívi in mrtvi the living (ali arhaično the quick) and the dead