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ado [ədú:] samostalnik
hrup, trušč; trud; razburjanje

much ado about nothing mnogo krika za prazen nič
he had much ado mnogo truda ga je stalo
without more (ali further) ado brez nadaljnjega obotavljanja

dear² [diə] prislov
drago; zelo

figurativno to pay dear for drago plačati
it cost him dear veliko ga je stalo

drág dear; (necenén) expensive; dear; costly

drág kamen a precious stone
drága večerja an expensive dinner
dráge volje willingly, readily; with a good grace
knjiga je drága the book is expensive (ali dear)
moj drági! my dear!
drági moj prijatelj! my dear friend!
vino je tu zelo drágo wine is very dear here
drágo mi je I am glad (ali pleased)
napravite, kot Vam je drágo do as you like, do just as you please
če ti je življenje drágo if you value your life
karkoli ti je drágo anything you like
to mi je predrago this is too expensive for me
to je eden najdražjih hotelov v Parizu it is one of the most expensive hotels in paris
vrnil sem mu milo za drágo I paid him in his own coin, I gave him tit for tat; I got even with him
to je tisto, kar mi je najdražje na svetu that is what I hold dearest on earth
drágó prodajati to sell dear
to te bo drágó stalo it will cost you dear
drágó je to plačal he paid dear for it
to mi bo drágo plačal I'll take it out of him, I'll make him pay dearly (ali dear) for it

dva dve two

po dva, po dve in pairs, by twos
stran dve page two
dve in pet je sedem two and five make (ali are) seven
tako gotovo, kot je dve in dve štiri as sure as eggs is eggs
to me je stalo dva funta in dva penija this cost me two pound, twopence
ura je ravnokar odbila dve the clock has just struck two
pred dvema dnevoma two days ago
ne najdeš dveh takih, kot je on! you won't find anybody to match him!
otrok še ni dve leti star the child is not two yet
iti po dva in dva (v parih) to go in pairs (ali two by two)
hoditi v gručah po dva in tri to walk in twos and threes
za prepir sta potrebna dva it takes two to make a quarrel

kvéčjemu at (the) most; at the utmost

to bo stalo kvéčjemu 10 funtov that will come to 10 pounds at the outside

lose^* [lu:z]

1. prehodni glagol
izgubiti, založiti (kam), zapraviti (čas), zatratiti; rešiti se česa; zgrešiti, izgubiti spred oči; zamuditi (vlak, priliko); zaostajati (ura); izgube stati

2. neprehodni glagol
imeti izgubo (by s, on pri)
izgubiti (in; npr. in weight shujšati)
izgubiti, biti premagan, podleči (to; npr. to another team)

to lose one's balance izgubiti ravnotežje
to lose caste izgubiti družabni položaj
to lose face izgubiti ugled
to lose ground umikati se, nazadovati, propadati
figurativno to lose one's head izgubiti glavo
to lose heart izgubiti pogum
to lose one's heart to zaljubiti se
to lose o.s.; ali to lose one's way zaiti, izgubiti se
to lose o.s. in zatopiti se v kaj, izgubiti se v čem
ameriško lose out to izgubiti v korist drugega
to lose one's reason (ali mind) znoreti, pobesneti
ameriško to lose one's shirt vse izgubiti
to lose sight of izgubiti spred oči, pozabiti
to lose patience (ali one's temper) izgubiti živce, razjeziti se
to lose the thread izgubiti nit (predavanja itd.)
to lose track of izgubiti sled za kom ali čim
this will lose you your position to te bo stalo položaja, zaradi tega boš izgubil svoj položaj

mása mass; (kup) heap, pile; figurativno a great deal, pile, lots pl (of); (množica) crowd, multitude; pogovorno loads, bags

konkurzna, zapuščinska mása estate
uradni, sodni upravitelj konkurzne máse official receiver
široke máse (množice) broad masses pl
to ga je stalo máso denarja it has cost him a good deal of money
papirna mása pulp
v velikih másah in large numbers, in droves
psihologija más mass psychology
brezpravne máse voiceless millions pl

odd¹ [ɔd] pridevnik (oddly prislov)
odvečen; lih, neparen, presežen, brez para, nadštevilen; priložnosten, prigoden; čuden, nenavaden, čudaški

an odd fish (ali fellow, stick) čudak
odd jobs priložnostni opravki, drobna dela
odd man priložnostni delavec
the odd man človek z odločilnim glasom (pri enakem številu glasov)
odd man out človek, ki je ostal brez para
odd and even igra na par in nepar
at odd moments (ali times) priložnostno, tu in tam
odd number liho število
odd months meseci, ki imajo 31 dni
odd years leta z lihim številom dni
twenty odd years nekaj čez dvajset let
it cost 5 pounds odd stalo je nekaj nad 5 funtov
ekonomija odd lot slab borzni zaključek; ameriško malenkostna množina

oséba person; personage; figure; subject, individual; personality; pravo person, being, body

fizična oséba natural person
javna oséba an official
(ne)zaželena oséba persona (non) grata
glavna oséba v družbi (pogovorno) kingpin
dramske osébe (= zasedba vlog) gledališče dramatis personae pl, cast list
pravna oséba legal person, corporate body, body corporate, corporation
jaz za svojo osébo I for my part, I myself, as far as I am concerned
po posredovanju neke tretje osébe through a third person (ali party)
govoriti v 3. osébi (npr. služabnik z gospodarjem) to address in the third person
več oséb mi je reklo... several people (have) told me...
to zavisi od osébe that depends on who it is
to bo stalo pet funtov na osébo, po osébi that will cost five pounds a head
družbeno pravna oséba social legal entity
civilno pravna oséba civil legal entity

pay for prehodni glagol
plačati, nagraditi; odškodovati
figurativno plačati za kaj, pokoriti se

figurativno he had to pay dearly for it to ga je drago stalo

six [siks]

1. pridevnik
šest
(= six years) šest let (starosti)
(= six o'clock) šesta ura
(= six pence) šest penijev

he is not six yet ni še šest let star
it is six (o'clock) šest je ura
this cost two and six (2/6) to je stalo dva šilinga in šest penijev
six and eight (pence) (nekoč običajni odvetnikov honorar), figurativno honorar, pristojbina
six to one 6 proti 1, stoodstotno zanesljivo (gotovo)
six feet of earth figurativno grob
it is six of one and half the dozen of the other to je eno in isto, to je popolnoma isto

2. samostalnik
šestica, številka 6; šestorica, šestero, šest kosov, pol ducata

coach and six šesterovprežna kočija
double sixes dvojna šestica (pri metu v kockanju)
to be at sixes and sevens figurativno biti v popolnem neredu (zmedi, zmešnjavi)
he turned up the six of spades (kartanje) potegnil je pikovo šestico

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)

státi¹ (stanem) to cost

dragó státi to cost dear
to te bo drago stalo! that will cost you dear!
koliko stane to? how much does it cost?, what's the price?, how much is it?, what do you charge for it?, (pogovorno) what's the damage?
to me je stalo X SIT I paid X tolars for it
knjiga me je stala X SIT the book cost me X tolars
popravila so nas stala X SIT the repairs cost us X tolars
to bo stalo mnogo časa in truda this work will take much time and trouble
naj stane, kar hoče! cost what it may, at any cost, at any price
ni važno, koliko to stane it does not matter what it will cost, expense is no object
to precéj stane it comes expensive, it is dear
to ga je stalo življenje it cost him his life
dobre besede nič ne stanejo kind words cost nothing

though, tho' [ðou]

1. veznik
čeprav, četudi, dasi

as though kakor (kot) če
even though tudi če, pa čeprav
what though nič za to če, kaj za to, če; (pa) četudi
what though the way is long? kaj za to, če je pot dolga?
he was running as though the devil was after him tekel je, kot da bi mu bil vrag za petami
I shall buy it, even though it should cost a hundred pounds kupil bom to, pa čeprav bi stalo 100 funtov

2. prislov
pogovorno (na koncu stavka) seveda, resda, zares; vendar(le), vsekakor

I wish he were here, though rad bi, da bi on bil tu, seveda
you knew it, though? ti si to, seveda, vedel'?

two [tu:]

1. pridevnik
dva, dve; oba, obe

one or two books ena ali dve knjigi, nekaj knjig
in a day or two v nekaj dneh
he is not two yet on še ni dve leti star

2. samostalnik
dvojka (številka 2); dvojica, dvoje, par

the two oba(dva); obe(dve); oboje
the two of us midva (oba)
by twos, in twos (po) dva in dva, v parih
two and two po dva, v parih
in twos and threes po dva in tri
in two na dvoje, na pol
in twos v zelo kratkem času, v hipu
two of a trade dva konkurenta
the two of spades pikova dvojka
to cut s.th. in two prerezati kaj na dvoje
this cost me two and two to me je stalo dva šilinga in dva penija
to go two and two iti po dva in dva, v parih
to walk by twos and threes hoditi v gručah po dva in tri
to put two and two together zbližati dejstva in potegniti zaključek, zaključiti; napraviti pravi, logični zaključek po presoji dejstev
two can play at that game figurativno to znam tudi jaz ali kdo drug; bomo videli, kdo bo potegnil boljši konec (kraj); palica ima dva kraja