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v bŕk (naravnost) (straight) from the shoulder
v bŕk reči, povedati to tell someone to his (ali her) face, to tell someone openly (ali without reserve)
v bŕk sem mu povedal I told him point-blank
laže mi v bŕk he lies in my face (ali without batting an eyelid)
smejati se komu v bŕk to laugh in someone's face

barbel [bá:bəl] samostalnik
zoologija mrena; ribji brk

beard¹ [biəd] samostalnik
brada; osina, resa; zobec; škrbina (na nožu); škrge (ostrige)

to laugh in one's beard v pest se smejati
to speak in one's beard zase mrmrati
to laugh at s.o.'s beard smejati se komu v brk, skušati koga naplahtati
to pluck (ali take) by the beard odločno napasti

resníca truth; arhaično sooth

v resníci in truth, in fact; in (good) sooth
gola resníca naked truth
čista resníca the very truth
neolepšana resníca unvarnished truth
sveta (božja) resníca gospel truth, God's truth
nepotvorjena resníca unadulterated truth
resníci na ljubo out of regard for the truth
vsa, polna resníca the whole (ali full, plain) truth
povedati vso resníco (figurativno) to spill the beans
grenka, neugodna resníca home truth
dokaz resníce proof of truth
brez trohice resníce without a shred of truth
zaradi resníce for the sake of truth
resníca ni prijetna truth is unpalatable
to je sveta resníc! it's God's truth!
v tem ni niti besedice resníce there is not a word of truth about it
dokazati resníco to prove (ali to establish) the truth
imeti, vzeti kaj za sveto resníco to take something for gospel
ne lepšam resníce I call a spade a spade; I don't mince words, I speak frankly
postati resníca to become reality, to be realised; to come true
izkriviti, popačiti resníco to colour (ali to stretch, to heighten) the truth, to distort (ali to mispresent, to garble) the truth
potlačiti resníco to hush something up; to suppress the truth, to keep things (ali something) dark
povedati čisto resníco to tell the plain, unvarnished truth
povedal sem mu nekaj gorkih resníc I told him some home truths
da povem resníco... to tell the truth, truth to tell...
v obraz sem mu povedal resníco I told him bluntly (ali plainly)
v brk sem mu povedal resníco I told him point-blank
prikrojiti resníco po svoje to strain the truth
zabrusiti komu resníco v obraz to fling the truth in someone's teeth
to je pačenje resníce it is a distortion of the truth
resníca je počasi prišla na dan the truth has leaked out

shoulder¹ [šóuldə] samostalnik
rama, pleče
množina gornji del hrbta, hrbet
figurativno izboklina v obliki rame; bankina
vojska drža (vojaka) s puško na rami

shoulder to shoulder z ramo ob rami, z združenimi močmi
shoulder of mutton koštrunovo pleče
straight from the shoulder figurativno brez ovinkov, brez okolišanja, naravnost, v brk, odkrito; uspešen (udarec)
over the shoulder(s) figurativno čez ramena, posredno, ironično, indirektno
to cry on s.o.'s shoulder figurativno tožiti komu, iskati sočutja pri kom
to give (to turn) s.o. the cold shoulder komu hrbet pokazati, hladno se vesti do koga, ignorirati koga, prezirljivo ravnati s kom
he has broad shoulders figurativno on mnogo prenese (lahko prenaša), nosi velika bremena (odgovornosti)
you can't put old heads upon young shoulders figurativno mladost je norost
to put (to set) one's shoulders zelo si prizadevati, odločno se lotiti
to rub shoulders with s.o. družiti se s kom, priti v stik, biti v prijateljskih stikih s kom
to shrug one's shoulders skomigniti z rameni
you have taken too much on your shoulders preveč si si naložil, naprtil na ramena (tudi figurativno)

smejáti se to laugh

v pest smejáti se to laugh up one's sleeve
od srcá smejáti se to laugh heartily
temu se ni smejáti se it's nothing to laugh at
smejáti se komu v brk to laugh someone in the face, figurativno to dare (ali to defy, to challenge) someone
smejáti se kot nóri to laugh like anything
smejáti se na ves glas to roar with laughter
hrupno smejáti se to laugh like a horse, to guffaw
pridušeno smejáti se to giggle, to snigger
kislo smejáti se to laugh on the other side of one's face
smejal sem se mu I laughed at him
njemu se vsi smejejo he is everybody's laughingstock
zlobno smejáti se to grin balefully, to give a baleful (ali malicious) grin
kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje he laughs best who laughs last
čemu se smeješ? what are you laughing at?
smejáti se komu v obraz to laugh someone in the face
posmehljivo smejáti se to sneer
on se lahko smeje he can afford to laugh

twirl [twə:l]

1. samostalnik
hiter obrat; vrtljaj; vrtenje, rotacija
figurativno zavita črta (pri podpisu)

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
hitro (se) vrteti (obračati, sukati); viti se; žvrkljati

to twirl one's thumbs palce vrteti, figurativno dolgočasiti se, lenariti
he twirled the ends on his moustache vrtel (sukal, zvijal) je konce svojih brk