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vrág devil; Satan, the Evil One, the Tempter; the Prince of Darkness, the Adversary; arhaično the old gentleman, the archfiend, Old Nick; demon; dickens, deuce

vrág v ženski podobi she-devil
k vrágu! hang it!; what the dickens!
obseden od vrága possessed by the devil
vrág! the deuce!
vrág vzemi to! devil take it
k vrágu delo danes to hell with work today!
vrág ga je obsedel! he has the devil in him
kdo vrága ti je to rekel? who the devil (ali the dickens) (who on earth) told you that?
pojdi k vrágu! go to hell, go to the devil!
iti k vrágu to go to the devil, to go to the dogs, to go to rack and ruin
vse gre k vrágu everything is going to the dogs!
v sili vrág muhe jé (žre) beggars can't be choosers
ne kliči vrága! let sleeping dogs lie!
počenjati vrága in pol to raise the devil, to play hell
slikati, risati vrága na steno to paint the devil blacker than he is
vrág vzemi muhe bother the flies!
vrág te vzemi! (the) devil take you!
naj me vrág vzame, če... I'll eat my hat if..., I'll be (ali I'm) damned if..., I'll be shot (ali hanged) if...
kaj vrága delaš danes tukaj? what the devil (ali what the dickens) are you doing here today?
kar vrág prikveka, nima teka arhaično what is got over the devil's back, goes under the belly
vrág ga vzemi! confound him!
z vrágom ni dobro buče saditi! (figurativno) he that sups with the devil must have a long spoon
»danes bi se šel z vrágom metat« (figurativno) I feel full of vim to-day

demon [dí:mən] samostalnik
(zli) duh, bes, vrag, demon; hudobnež
figurativno vražji dečko; genij

a demon for work neumoren delavec

deuce² [dju:s] samostalnik
olepševalno, pogovorno vrag

deuce ace smola
a deuce of a mess lepa godlja, huda zmeda
deuce a bit niti malo ne
to play the deuce with uničiti, pokvariti
it will be the deuce to pay to bo vrag
the deuce! vraga!
deuce take it naj vrag vzame
where (what) the deuce kje (kaj) za vraga
the deuce of a fellow vražji dečko
go to the deuce solit se pojdi

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

dickens [díkinz] samostalnik
pogovorno vrag

the dickens! presneto!
what the dickens kaj za vraga
why the dickens zakaj za vraga

enemy¹ [énimi] samostalnik
sovražnik, nasprotnik; vrag

pogovorno how goes the enemy? koliko je ura?
the (Old) Enemy satan, vrag
to be one's own enemy sam sebi škodovati
to kill the enemy krajšati si čas
sworn enemy smrtni sovražnik

fiend [fi:nd] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec; okrutnež, zlobnež, bes; navdušenec, obsedenec

sleng dope (ali drug) fiend narkoman(ka)

hell-hound [hélhaund] samostalnik
zli duh
figurativno pesjan, vrag, demon

hellkite [hélkait] samostalnik
vrag, surovež, zverina

Hornie [hɔ́:ni] samostalnik
škotsko vrag

Satan [séitən] samostalnik
satan, vrag, hudič

Scratch [skræč] samostalnik
pogovorno vrag, zlodej, satan

shaitan [šaitá:n] samostalnik
satan, vrag (pri mohamedancih)
figurativno hudobnež, obsedenec

warlock [wɔ́:lɔk] samostalnik
škotsko čarovnik; vedeževalec; demon, vrag; velikan

rat³ [ræt] medmet ➞ drat
vrag vzemi!, k vragu (z)...!

rat the boy! presneti fant!

she-devil [ší:dévl] samostalnik
figurativno hudobna ženska, vrag v ženski podobi

adversary [ǽdvəsəri] samostalnik
nasprotnik, tekmec, sovražnik

The Adversary vrag, hudič, satan

beast [bi:st] samostalnik
žival, govedo, zverina
figurativno surovina, surovež

(wild) beast, beast of prey zver
beast of burden vprežna žival
to make a beast of o.s. nesramno se vesti
the Beast vrag, antikrist

black² [blæk] samostalnik
črna barva, črnota, črnina; črnec; loščilo

old gentleman in black vrag
to have in black and white imeti črno na belem
to wear black v črno se obleči

blame¹ [bleim] prehodni glagol (for)
grajati, oštevati; za odgovornega smatrati

no one can blame you for it nihče vam tega ne more zameriti
who is to blame? čigava krivda je?
pogovorno they blamed it on us smatrali so nas za krive
sleng blame me if naj me vrag vzame, če