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zabéliti to lard, to butter; to put dripping (ali lard) into

ne zabeljen ne soljen without fat or salt, (figurativno, plehek) flat, tasteless
njegov govor je bil zabeljen z dovtipi his speech was peppered with witticisms

lard [la:d]

1. samostalnik
svinjska mast

2. prehodni glagol
naperiti (s slanino), zamastiti
figurativno zabeliti (govor with s, z)

pepper² [pépə] prehodni glagol
poprati, popoprati; zasuti z vprašanji, udarci itd.; pretepsti; zabeliti (govor)

season² [si:zn]

1. prehodni glagol
začiniti, zabeliti, napraviti okusno, prijetno; dozoriti (plodove, vino); osušiti (les); aklimatizirati, privaditi, priučiti (to s.th. na kaj)
arhaično ublažiti, omiliti

seasoned soldiers fronte navajeni vojaki
seasoned wine dozorelo vino
seasoned wood suh les
highly seasoned dish močnó začinjena jed
to be seasoned to climate biti navajen na klimo
to season a cask namočiti sod
my pipe is not yet seasoned moja pipa še ni ukajena
to season one's remarks with jokes zabeliti svoje opazke s šalami, z dovtipi
to season sailors privaditi mornarje na morje
let mercy season justice! naj usmiljenje omili (ublaži) pravičnost!

2. neprehodni glagol
dozore(va)ti; (p)osušiti se; privaditi se, aklimatizirati se, navaditi se (to na)

timber seasons well in the open air les se dobro osuši na prostem

spice [spáis]

1. samostalnik
dišava, začimba; vonj po začimbi
figurativno priokus; trohica, ščepec, nadih, majhna doza

a dealer in spice trgovec z začimbami, dišavami
to have a spice of imeti okus po
there is a spice of malice in him v njem je nekaj zlobnega

2. prehodni glagol
začiniti (z dišavami)
figurativno zabeliti, začiniti z duhovitostjo itd.

to spice with wit zabeliti (pogovor) z duhovitimi opazkami

butter² [bʌ́tə] prehodni glagol
namazati, zabeliti z maslom
figurativno dobrikati, prilizovati se, laskati

fair (ali fine, kind) words butter no parsnips z lepimi besedami se ne da popraviti, od lepih besed se ne da živeti
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj človeku koristi
pogovorno to butter up laskati, dobrikati se

interlard [intəlá:d] prehodni glagol
zabeliti govor (with)
vmešati tujke v govor (into)
pretakniti (meso) s slanino

needle² [ni:dl]

1. prehodni glagol
šivati; prebadati, prebosti
medicina punktirati
figurativno zbadati, dražiti
pogovorno dodati pijači alkohol; zabeliti govor (with s, z)
tehnično podpreti s prečnim tramom

2. prehodni glagol
preriti se (through)
kristalizirati se v obliki iglic

inject [indžékt] prehodni glagol
medicina vbrizgniti, injicirati (into v)
figurativno vcepiti komu kaj (into)
vriniti v kaj

to inject humour into a speech zabeliti govor s humorjem

máslo (surovo) butter

sveže, presno máslo fresh butter, ZDA sweet butter
slano máslo salted butter
máslo za kuho cooking butter
stopljeno máslo melted butter
umetno máslo margarine, arhaično butterine
žaltavo, žarko máslo rancid butter
kalup za máslo butter-print
kepica, reženjček másla pat of butter
kruh z máslom bread and butter
delati máslo to churn butter
zabeliti z máslom to butter, to flavour with butter, to add butter
namazati z máslom to spread butter on
to je njegovo máslo (figurativno) he has a finger in the pie, he as a hand in it
iti kot po máslu (figurativno) to run smoothly, to go swimmingly, to go like clockwork
stvari gredo kot po máslu things are going swimmingly (ali like clockwork)
to nam gre kot po máslu (figurativno) pogovorno we're getting on like a house on fire
gre kot po máslu! it's going on swimmingly (ali like a house on fire)
vse je šlo kot po máslu (figurativno) it was all plain sailing, it was a piece of cake (ali pogovorno a pushover, žargon a doddle)