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bóžič Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas; Feast of the Nativity

o bóžiču at Christmas
vesel bóžič! Merry Christmas!

Boxing-Time [bɔ́ksiŋtaim] samostalnik
božič

Christmas [krísməs] samostalnik
božič

Christmas Day 25. december
Christmas Eve božični večer
Christmas comes but once a year vsak dan ni nedelja
Christmas carol božična pesem

Christmas-tide [krísməstaid] samostalnik
božič

Christmas-time [krísməstaim] samostalnik
božič

Xmas [krísməs] samostalnik pogovorno
(= Christmas) božič

yule [ju:l] samostalnik
božični praznik, božič

Yule Day božič
yule block, yule clog, yule log božični panjač

yuletide [jú:ltaid] samostalnik
božični čas, božični praznik, božič

blížati se to approach; to come up, to come near, to draw near; to near

delo se bliža koncu (zaključku) work is nearing completion
božič se bliža Christmas is approaching, Christmas isn't far off
zima se bliža winter is approaching
bližali smo se mestu z juga we approached the town from the south
predstava se je bližala kraju the performance was drawing to a close

green¹ [gri:n] pridevnik
zelen; svež, mlad, nov; nezrel, neizkušen; bled
figurativno nevoščljiv, ljubosumen

botanika green agaric sivka
green Christmas božič brez snega
green duck okoli 9 tednov stara raca
Green Isle Irska
green hand novinec, zelenec
green light zelena luč; figurativno prosta pot; uradna odobritev
green leather nestrojeno usnje
to live to the green old age doživeti visoko starost ob polnih močeh
to have a green thumb (ali finger) biti spreten vrtnar
green eye zavist, ljubosumnost

merry² [méri] pridevnik (merrily prislov)
vesel, živahen; natrkan; smešen, zabaven
arhaično prijeten

as merry as a cricket (ali lark); ali as merry as the day is long zelo vesel, židane volje
to make merry zabavati se, veseliti se
to make merry over smejati se komu, norčevati se iz koga
a merry Christmas (to you)! vesel božič!
Merry England vesela, stara Anglija (zlasti za časa Elizabete I.)
the Merry Monarch vzdevek Charlesa II.

nativity [nətlviti] samostalnik
rojstvo (tudi figurativno)
astronomija horoskop

the Nativity božič; Kristusovo rojstvo (tudi v slikarstvu); Marijino rojstvo (8. sept.)
to cast s.o.'s nativity postaviti komu horoskop

vesél merry, cheerful, gay; glad; joyful, joyous; pleased

veséla družba cheerful company, happy band
vesél božič! (a) merry Christmas!
zelo vesél (židane volje) as merry as the day is long, as pleased as Punch
vesél smeh merry laugh
vesél sem, da vas spet vidim I am glad to see you again
biti vesél česa to be glad about something
veséla novica je prišla k nam včeraj the glad news reached us yesterday