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mrávlja zoologija ant

bela mrávlja (termit) white ant, termite
krilata mrávlja winged ant
biti priden, marljiv kot mrávlja to be as busy as a bee, to work like a beaver

ant [ænt] samostalnik
zoologija mravlja

white ant termit

emmet [émit] samostalnik
zoologija mravlja

pismire [písmaiə] samostalnik
zoologija mravlja

carpenter-aunt [ká:pintəra:nt] samostalnik
zoologija črna lesna mravlja

termite [tə́:mait] samostalnik
zoologija termit, bela mravlja

termite hill termitsko mravljišče

beaver¹ [bí:və] samostalnik
zoologija bober; bobrovo krzno; vrsta blaga; vrsta rokavice

eager beaver stremuh
to work like a beaver biti priden kot mravlja

bee [bi:] samostalnik
zoologija čebela
ameriško delovni krožek

bumble bee čmrlj
as busy as a bee priden ko mravlja
bee accommodation panj
to swarm like bees rojiti kot čebele
to have bees in one's bonnet imeti čudne domisleke, biti ves nor na kaj
spelling bee krožek tekmovalcev v pravopisu
queen bee čebelja matica

délati to work, to be at work; to do; to make; to manufacture; (biti zaposlen) to be employed (funkcionirati) to function

težko délati to toil, to labour
délati za koga to work for someone
kaj delaš (sedajle)? what are you doing (now)?
délati v akordu to be a pieceworker, to do piecework
nimam kaj délati I have no work to do
délati kot črna živina to work like a nigger (ali like a slave)
delati na čem to work on something, to be busy with something, to be engaged on something
délati po navodilih to act (ali to proceed) according to instructions (ali as instructed), to follow the instructions
on dela le za svojo korist he looks only after his own interests
prekomerno délati to overwork someone
délati napake to make mistakes
délati krivico komu to do wrong to someone
délati za vsakdanji kruh to work for one's daily bread
on dela na svojo roko figurativno he is not authorized to act; pogovorno he's acting off his own bat
dela po svoji mili volji he has his own way, he pleases himself
površno délati to botch, to bungle
délati kot mravlja a to be busy as a bee
délati sitnosti to cause trouble
délati težave to make difficulties
stroj dela the machine is working (ali running)
stroj ne dela (je brez dela) the machine is idle, (je pokvarjen) the machine is out of order
trdo délati to work hard, to labour, to toil, to drudge
pri kom si dajete délati obleke? who is your tailor?
dan se dela it is dawn, it is daybreak, day is dawning
délati se (pretvarjati se) to pretend, to make pretence, to feign
dela se bolnega he pretends to be ill
dela se neumnega he plays the fool
dela se gluhega he pretends he is deaf
délati se norca iz koga to make fun of someone, to make a fool of someone
dela se bogatega he pretends to be rich, he makes believe he is rich
delal sem se jeznega I pretended to be angry
delal se je, kot da ničesar ne vidi he pretended to see nothing
kdor ne dela, naj ne jé arhaično no mill, no meal

slave [sléiv]

1. samostalnik
suženj, sužnja (tudi figurativno)
hlapec
zastarelo malopridnež, lopov

a slave to drink suženj alkohola
to make a slave of s.o. zasužnjiti koga
to work like a slave delati, garati kot suženj (kot črna živina)

2. neprehodni glagol
delati kot črna živina, garati, ubijati se z delom, biti za sužnja
prehodni glagol
(redko) zasužnjiti

to slave one's guts out sleng garati kot suženj (črna živina), pretegniti se pri delu
to slave o.s. to death ubijati se z delom

3. pridevnik
suženjski

slave ant suženjska mravlja
slave bangle suženjski obroček (okrasek)

súženjski slavish; slave(-); like a slave; figurativno servile

súženjska podložnost slavish submission
súženjsko izpolnjevanje slavish execution
súženjsko posnemanje slavish imitation
súženjska mravlja slave ant
súženjski obroček slave's bangle
súženjsko življenje the life of a slave
biti súženjski komu to be subservient to someone
živeti súženjsko življenje to live the life of a slave

white¹ [wáit] pridevnik
bel; belopolt; belokožen; bled; svetel; bel ali siv (lasje)
poetično blond, plav; brezbarven, prozoren
figurativno čist, nedolžen, neomadeževan, preprost
politika bel, rojalističen, reakcionaren
tehnično pocinan; srebrn, beložareč, razbeljen
ekonomija dovoljen, dopuščen; (redko) srečen
tisk prazen, nepotiskan
pogovorno poštèn

as white as a sheet bled kot zid (stena, smrt)
white with fear bled od strahu
white ant bela mravlja, termit
white book politika bela knjiga
white brass tehnično bela med, novo srebro
white bear beli, polarni medved
white coal tehnično beli premog, vodna moč
white coffee bela, mlečna kava
white damp jamski plin
white father ameriško beli oče (indijanski vzdevek za predsednika ZDA)
white feather belo pero (znak strahopetnosti), figurativno strahopetec
white metal bela kovina
white night noč brez spanja
white sale ekonomija razprodaja platnenega blaga, beli teden
white paper politika bela knjiga (poročilo angleške vlade)
white supremacy prevlada, nadvlada belcev
to bleed white pustiti (tele) izkrvaveti; figurativno izsesati, kri puščati (komu)