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záse (= za sebe)

to je stvar záse that's a thing apart
nimam (nimamo, nimajo) nikoli prostega trenutka záse I (we, they) never have a moment for myself (for ourselves, for themselves)
ohrani to záse! keep that to yourself!
on (ona) živi čisto záse he lives by himself (she lives by herself)

apart [əpá:t] prislov
posebej, ločeno, narazen, neodvisno, zase

apart from ne glede na
to keep apart ločeno pustiti
jesting (ali joking) apart brez šale
to set apart for ločiti, prihraniti za

individually [indivídjuəli] prislov
posamezno, zase, osebno

singularly [síngjuləli] prislov
posebej, sam, zase; zelo, nenavadno, svojevrstno

engross [ingróus] prehodni glagol
(na)pisati z velikimi črkami, na čisto prepisati
arhaično pokupiti; monopolizirati
figurativno prevzeti; zase zahtevati; polastiti se

to engross the conversation ne pustiti nikogar k besedi
to be engrossed by biti zavzet s čim
to be engrossed in s.th. biti zatopljen v kaj

hibernite [háibə:neit] neprehodni glagol
prezimiti, zimovati, prespati zimo
figurativno brezdelno živeti, sam zase živeti

peculate [pékjuleit]

1. prehodni glagol
poneveriti, pridržati zase

2. neprehodni glagol
zagrešiti poneverbo

respectively [rispéktivli] prislov
oziroma; individualno, poedino, vsak zase

these cars are worth 100 and 150 pounds respectively ta avtomobila sta vredna 100 oziroma 150 funtov

single¹ [siŋgl] pridevnik
posamezen, poedin; enojen; samski, neporočen; sam, osamljen, zase živeč; brez tuje pomoči, sam, nespremljan; samo za enega (postelja); enosmeren (vozovnica); enkraten, edinstven; preprost, enostaven; polten, iskren; dosleden
šport z enim igralcem na vsaki strani, single

of a single beauty enkratne, edinstvene lepote
single bed postelja za eno osebo
single blessedness fantovstvo, blaženi samski stan
single broth sleng pivo
single combat dvoboj
single court teniško igrišče za single igre
single eye figurativno predanost samo enemu cilju, enostranost
single eye-glass monokel, enoočnik
single file kolona po eden
single flower cvet, ki raste sam na steblu, ki ima enojno čašo
single game igra, ki jo igra samo en igralec na vsaki strani, igra posameznikov
single heart prostodušnost
single life samsko življenje (stan); samotarsko življenje
single line enotirna proga
single man samski moški, samec
single parts posamezni deli
single payment ekonomija enkratno plačilo
single room soba z eno posteljo, samska soba
with single purpose vztrajno zasledujoč le en cilj (namen)
single woman samska ženska, samka
book-keeping by single entry enostavno knjigovodstvo
to have a single aim in view imeti en sam cilj v vidu
to have a single eye for imeti smisel le za, misliti le na
I had to fight single moral sem se sam boriti
to live single samsko živeti, v celibatu
single mistake would spoil it all ena sama napaka bi vse pokvarila
to remain single ostati samski(a), ne se poročiti
I speak it with a single heart to govorim z vso iskrenostjo

stand aloof, stand apart neprehodni glagol
stati zadaj, ob strani, stati zase, izključiti se, ne sodelovati
figurativno distancirati se (from od)

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

bráti (čitati) to read

skrbno bráti to peruse; (nabirati ipd.) to collect, to gather (in), to pick; (trgati) to pluck; to cull
bráti grozdje to gather grapes, to vintage
bráti hmelj to pick hops
bráti mašo to say mass
napačno bráti to misread
do konca bráti to read through
bráti zase (skrivaj) to read to oneself
bráti med vrsticami to read between the lines
to sem bral v časopisu I read it in the paper
ne zna ne bráti ne pisati he can neither read nor write
to se bere kot roman it reads like a novel
tvoja knjiga se mnogo bere your book is much read
bráti komu na obrazu to read someone's face
nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu innocence is written all over his face, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
hoteti bráti v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni to read something into a text
vsak večer berem očetu časopis every evening I read the paper to my father
rada ima, da ji kaj berejo she likes being read to

breath [breɵ] samostalnik
dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj
figurativno življenje; odmor
figurativno sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje

above one's breath polglasno, komaj slišno
to catch (ali bate, hold) one's breath zadržati dih
breath analysis alkotest
to gasp for breath sapo loviti
to draw breath dihati, živeti
to draw the first breath roditi se, priti na svet
to draw one's last breath izdihniti, umreti
to knock out s.o.'s breath presenetiti, osupiti koga
with bated breath napeto (poslušati)
out of breath brez sape, zasopel
pogovorno keep your breath to cool your porridge prihrani nasvete zase
that knocks the breath out of me (ali takes my breath away) nad tem mi zastane sapa
to spend one's breath in vain zaman se truditi
below (ali under) one's breath tiho, šepetaje
the breath of one's nostrils najljubši; nujno potreben
in the same breath v isti sapi, hkrati
to save one's breath ne zapravljati energije
shortness of breath težko dihanje, sopihanje

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

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

canoe² [kənú:] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
voziti (se) s kanujem

to paddle one's own canoe sam zase skrbeti, biti samostojen

carry² [kǽri]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati; aportirati, nesti
sleng nadaljevati

to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
to carry the day zmagati
to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
to carry into effect izvršiti
to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto

cheek¹ [či:k] samostalnik
lice, obraz
pogovorno predrznost, nesramnost
množina, tehnično stranski deli raznih strojev

cheek by jowl tesno skupaj, zelo zaupno
none of your cheek! ne bodi tako predrzen!
hollow cheeked upadlih lic
with one's tongue in one's cheek neodkritosrčno; hudomušen
pogovorno to one's own cheek vse samo zase

close¹ [klous] pridevnik (closely prislov)
zaprt, zaklenjen; stisnjen, tesen, gost
figurativno jedrnat; soparen, zadušljiv, zatohel; molčeč, vase zaprt; blizek; pazljiv, natančen; skoraj enak; vztrajen, marljiv; zaupen; skop, varčen; skrit; logičen; neodločen (boj)

close argument nepobiten dokaz
close combat bitka iz bližine, boj moža proti možu
close confinement strogi zapor
in close conversation v živahnem pogovoru
pogovorno close customer molčeč človek
close fight neodločen boj
close friend zaupen prijatelj
close proximity (ali quarters) neposredna bližina
to come to close quarters spoprijeti se
close season (ali time) varstvena doba prepovedi lova
close study temeljit študij
pogovorno close thing pičla zmaga
close weather soparno vreme
it was a close call (ali shave) za las smo ušli
close translation natančen prevod
to keep s.th. close zase kaj obdržati, ne izdati

compartment [kəmpá:tmənt] samostalnik
predelek, oddelek, kupé, kabina

figurativno to live in watertight compartments živeti čisto sam zase
smoking compartment oddelek za kadilce