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blízu near; nearly; near (ali close) at hand; close to; (približno) about, approximately, close upon

blízu hiše near the house
čisto blízu close by
blízu in daleč far and near
ni ga blízu (figurativno) he holds (ali keeps) aloof
ne iti blízu to stand off, to keep one's distance
priti blízu to come (ali to draw) near, to approach

adjacently [ədžéisəntli] prislov (to)
blizu, tik, poleg

anear [əníə] predlog & prislov
blizu

anigh [ənái] prislov
blizu

beside [bisáid] predlog
razen, poleg, blizu, ob strani
v primeri s

to be beside o.s. biti ves iz sebe
to be beside the mark motiti se
this is beside the question (ali purpose) to nima smisla
this is beside the point to ne spada sem

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

by² [bai] prislov
blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
close by čisto zraven
to go by iti mimo
hard by čisto poleg
by and large nasploh
to lay by prihraniti
to pass by mimo iti
figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
to put by prihraniti
to stand by nič ne delati
to set by prihraniti

close² [klous] prislov
blizu, pičlo

close at hand, close by čisto blizu
close on skoraj, domala; kmalu nato
he ran me very close kmalu bi me bil dohitel
to follow close upon s.o. biti komu za petami
to live close varčno živeti
to sail close to the wind jadrati tesno ob vetru; figurativno biti komaj še v mejah zakona
I felt close to tears na jok mi je šlo

closely [klóusli] prislov
skrbno, varčno; zgoščeno; blizu; strogo; domala, skoraj

forby(e) [fɔ:bái] škotsko, arhaično

1. predlog
blizu, poleg; razen

2. prislov
poleg tega; da ne omenim

hereabout(s) [híərəbaut(s)] prislov
tu nekje, blizu

juxta- [džʌ́kstə] predpona
blizu, poleg

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

near¹ [níə] prislov
blizu, v bližini, bližje
pogovorno skoraj, málodane
figurativno varčno; (z negacijo) niti približno

near by blizu
to draw near približevati se
far and near od blizu in daleč, povsod
to go (ali come) near to doing s.th. skoraj kaj narediti
near at hand pri roki, blizu
not near so bad še zdaleč ne tako slabo
it is nowhere near enough še zdaleč ni dovolj
near upon kmalu nato
to live near varčno ali borno živeti
near to blizu (do česa)

nearly [níəli] prislov
skoraj, blizu; podrobno, pazljivo

not nearly še zdaleč ne
the matter concerns me nearly ta stvar mi je blizu, se me zelo tiče

nigh² [nái] prislov
arhaično, narečno (časovno in krajevno) blizu (to)

nigh to (ali unto) death na pragu smrti
nigh but; ali well nigh skoraj
to draw nigh to bližati se

thereby [ðɛ́əbái] prislov
s tem, na ta način; pri tem; iz tega; zaradi tega; blizu; približno; v tej zvezi, o tem

thereby hangs the story o tem je zgodba...

close-up [klóusʌp] samostalnik
filmski posnetek iz bližine; pogled od blizu

ewest [jú:ist] prislov
tik, prav blizu česa

graveward [gréivwəd]

1. prislov
blizu smrti

2. pridevnik
blizek smrti