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are¹ [a:] glagol
si, smo, ste, so

how are you? kako se imaš (imate)?

paralipsis [pærəlípsis] samostalnik (množina paralipses)
jezikoslovje paralipsa, retorična figura, ki povdari prav tisto, kar smo hoteli preiti (npr. da ne govorimo o)

resignee [rizainí:] samostalnik
pravno oseba, v katere korist smo se (čemu) odpovedali

aboníran

aboníran sedež booked seat
biti aboníran to subscribe (na to), to take
abonírani smo na dva časopisa we take two (news)papers
on je aboníran na zobobol (figurativno) he is never without a toothache

act² [ækt]

1. prehodni glagol
igrati, predstavljati; hliniti

2. neprehodni glagol
delovati, služiti, vesti se (on na)
vplivati (upon po)
ravnati se; pretvarjati se

to act out naturalistično zaigrati
to act out of character zmesti se
to act a part imeti vlogo
to act upon s.o.'s advice ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to act up to one's reputation ravnati, kakor smo pričakovali

agree [əgrí:]

1. neprehodni glagol (to v)
privoliti (with s)
strinjati se, skladati se, soglašati (on, upon, about o)
dogovoriti, sporazumeti se
slovnica (with) skladati se

2. prehodni glagol (to, with s)
izravnati, pomiriti, v sklad spraviti, uskladiti

as agreed kot smo se dogovorili
to be agreed sporazumeti se
agreed! velja!
it doesn't agree with me tega ne prenesem
to agree like dog and cat razumeti se kakor pes in mačka
to agree to differ ne se več truditi, da bi prepričal drug drugega, poravnati spor

beyond² [bijɔ́nd] predlog
več kot, razen; na oni strani, nasproti

beyond belief neverjeten
beyond comprehension nerazumljiv
it is beyond my depth tega ne razumem, ne dojamem
beyond dispute nespodbiten
beyond endurance neznosen
beyond one's expectation več kot smo pričakovali
beyond expression neizrekljiv
beyond hope brezupen
beyond all praise odličen
it is beyond me tega ne zmorem
he is beyond the (human) pale njegovo vedenje je neprimerno
beyond measure pretiran(o)
beyond possibility nemogoče
he lives beyond his income živi preko svojih dohodkov
beyond one's means prepotratno
beyond one's time predolgo
beyond recovery neozdravljiv
beyond the tomb v onstranstvu
beyond words nepopisen
to go beyond one's depth zgubiti tla pod nogami

bitter³ [bítə] samostalnik
grenkoba, grenkost
množina grenko zdravilo, grenke opojne pijače; svetlo pivo

ameriško, hudomušno to get one's bitters dobiti, kar smo zaslužili

blížati se to approach; to come up, to come near, to draw near; to near

delo se bliža koncu (zaključku) work is nearing completion
božič se bliža Christmas is approaching, Christmas isn't far off
zima se bliža winter is approaching
bližali smo se mestu z juga we approached the town from the south
predstava se je bližala kraju the performance was drawing to a close

blížnji near; imminent; forthcoming; nearby (hiša house)

smo v blížnjem sorodstvu we are close relatives ali near relations

body¹ [bɔ́di] samostalnik
telo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del
figurativno snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina
astronomija astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnica

body corporate korporacija; pravna oseba
in the body of the hall v sredini dvorane
the body of people velika množica
in a body vsi skupaj
to keep body and soul together preživljati se
one body is like another vsi ljudje smo enaki
main body glavnina vojske
diplomatic body diplomatski zbor
a poor body revež
kemija compound body spojina
body politic država
body of a letter tekst, vsebina pisma

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

bòt square; even; quits

biti bòt s kom to be quits with someone, to get even with someone
sedaj smo bòt! now we're quits!
smo bòt we're all square
s tem sva bòt that makes us square

box² [bɔks] prehodni glagol
zaviti, spraviti; pregraditi; cepiti (drevesa)

to box the compass končati, kjer smo začeli

brêz without

brez- un-, -less; devoid of; destitute of
brêz mene without me
brêz njegove vednosti without his knowing it
brêz odlašanja without delay
brêz škode za without prejudice to
brêz nadaljnjega without hesitation, without more ado
brêz dvoma doubtless, no doubt, without doubt, undoubtedly
brêz dela, brêz zaposlitve out of work, unemployed
brêz doma homeless
brêz prijateljev friendless
brêz denarja, brez pare penniless
brêz upanja hopeless
brêz vrednosti worthless
brêz zdrave pameti devoid of common sense
brêz razumevanja devoid of understanding
brêz sape out of breath, breathless
brêz prestanka ceaseless, unending
brêz otrok childless
brêz šale joking apart
kava brêz sladkorja coffee without sugar
biti brêz česa to be lacking (ali wanting ali deficient) in something
moral bom (biti) brêz tega I shall have to go without it (ali to do without it)
bili smo brêz denarja we were penniless ali pogovorno hard up
brêz njega bi jaz bil izgubljen but for him I should have been lost
ni rože brêz trna there is no rose without a thorn

but³ [bʌt] prislov
samo, le, šele

all but skoraj, domala
I all but fell skoraj bi bil padel
anything but vse prej kot
but yesterday šele včeraj
we bought nothing but that (pogovorno what) is needed kupili smo samo potrebno
but just pravkar

cap¹ [kæp] samostalnik
čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
to get one's cap postati član kluba
cap in hand proseče
his cap is on one side slabe volje je
cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
night cap napitek pred spanjem
to pull caps prepirati se
to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
steel cap čelada
cap and gown akademska noša

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

čŕtati to draw lines; to rule; (brisati, razveljaviti) to cancel, to cross out, to cross off, to cut out; to abolish; to strike out

(pre)čŕtati besedo to cross a word out
čŕtati iz seznama to cross off the list
črtali smo poobedek zaradi varčevanja we have cut out the dessert for the sake of economy

dánes today, this day

do dánes to this day, till today, till this day, to date
od dánes naprej from this day forward (ali forth), from this date
še dánes this very day
za dánes for this day
že dánes this very day
dánes dopoldne this morning, this forenoon
dánes opoldne today at twelve noon ali twelve midday, at twelve noon today
dánes popoldne this afternoon
dánes ponoči tonight, (preteklo noč) last night
dánes leto (dni) a year hence
dánes teden this day week, today week
dánes dva tedna, dánes 14 dni a fortnight today, today fortnight
dánes zjutraj this morning
dánes zvečer this evening, tonight
katerega smo dánes? what's the date to-day?, what date is it today?; what day of the month is it?
dánes meni jutri tebi my turn today, yours tomorrow
dánes, dne 3. maja... (v dokumentih) this third day of May...