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air¹ [ɛə] samostalnik
zrak, atmosfera; vetrič, prepih; videz, vedenje, obnašanje; arija, napev, melodija

to be in the air biti v nejasnem položaju
to be (ali go) on the air govoriti, oddajati se po radiu
by air po zraku, z letalom
to beat the air zaman si prizadevati, prazno slamo mlatiti
air bed pnevmatična žimnica
castles in the air gradovi v oblakih
air cleaner zračni filter
air express ekspresna avionska pošiljka
Air Force zračno brodovje
to give o.s. airs šopiriti se
ameriško, sleng to give s.o. the air odpustiti koga
to go up in the air razburiti, razjeziti se, pobesneti
in the open air na prostem
to keep s.o. in the air pustiti koga v negotovosti
on the air po radiu
to put on airs šopiriti se
quite in the air čisto negotovo
to take the air iti na sprehod
the matter takes air zadeva prihaja na dan
to vanish (ali melt) into thin air izginiti kot kafra
to walk (ali tread) on air biti ves srečen; zibati se v sreči
air waybill avionski tovorni list

ákcija action; move; act; activity; (delnica) share, ZDA stock, stocks

skupna ákcija joint action
stopiti v ákcijo to go into action
začeti ákcijo to initiate an action, to take an action (v in)
on je vedno v ákciji he is always active (ali busy), he is always on the go

áli or; (= če) whether, if; (toda) but, however

on áli njegov brat he or his brother
bil sem v dvomu, áli naj grem I was in doubt whether to go
povej mi, áli je to res ali ne tell me whether it is true or not
ni vedela, áli naj joče áli se smeje she did not know whether to laugh or cry
vsi ljudje, áli bogati áli revni all men, whether rich or poor
áli... áli either... or
eno áli drugo, ne moreš imeti obojega you can't have it both ways

all³ [ɔ:l] samostalnik
vsi, vse, celota

above all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
after all končno, navsezadnje
all along of zaradi, spričo
at all sploh
before all predvsem, v prvi vrsti
all but skoraj, domala
each and all vsak posamezen
first of all v prvi vrsti, predvsem
all found prosto stanovanje in hrana
all the go trenutno zelo priljubljen, moden
for good and all končnoveljavno, za vselej
for all I know kolikor je meni znano
all in ves izmučen, utrujen
not at all sploh ne; prosim (kot odgovor na "thank you")
it's all my eye to je neumnost
ameriško all of prav do
once for all enkrat za vselej
all one vseeno, enako; isto
all over povsod
all over o.s. domišljav; ves srečen
all over the shop v neredu, razmetano
all the same vseeno
all at sea ves iz sebe
all spruced up zelo eleganten
to be struck (ali knocked) all on a heap biti zelo presenečen, prepaden
all talk and no cider prazne marnje, besedičenje, čenče
she is all there zelo je bistra
all told vse skupaj
all to nothing popolnoma
all's well that ends well konec dober, vse dobro
when all is done končno, na koncu koncev

all-out [ɔ́:láut] pridevnik
pogovorno skrajen, najvišji, odločen, vsestranski, popoln

an all-out attack odločen napad
to go all-out vsestransko se boriti

aloft [əlɔ́ft] prislov
visoko, v višavi
figurativno vzvišeno

to go aloft umreti
to send aloft poslati na oni svet

along¹ [əlɔ́ŋ] prislov
vzdolž, poleg, naprej, dalje; s seboj

all along nenehno, ves čas, vedno; povsod
as we go along spotoma
come along pojdi(te) z menoj
to get along well znajti se; razumeti se
get along with you! izgini(te) odtod!
to go along with s.o. spremljati koga, iti s kom
move along! naprej!
take this along with you! zapomni(te) si!; izgini(te)!
ameriško right along vselej, nenehno
along with skupaj s

alpinístika mountaineering; mountain-climbing

gojiti alpinístiko to go in for climbing, to mountaineer

anchor¹ [ǽŋkə] samostalnik
sidro, maček
tehnično kotva
figurativno pribežališče, rešitev, nada

at anchor usidran
bower anchor sidro na ladijskem kljunu
to back the anchor zapeti sidro
to bring to an anchor zasidrati
buoy anchor polsidro
to cast (ali drop) the anchor zasidrati
to come to anchor usidrati se
to lie (ali ride) at anchor biti zasidran
to let go the anchor spustiti sidro
sea (ali drift) anchor plovno sidro
to weigh the anchor dvigniti sidro

appearance [əpíərəns] samostalnik
videz, zunanjost; pojava; prikazen; izdaja (knjige); (javen) nastop

as far as appearances go, to all appearance po vsem videzu
at first appearance na prvi pogled
to make one's appearance pojaviti se (pred sodiščem)
there's every appearance of vse kaže, da
to put in the appearance of courage delati se pogumnega
the actor made his first appearance igralec je prvič nastopil
appearances are deceptive videz vara, ni vse zlato, kar se sveti
to save (ali keep up) appearances ohraniti videz (npr. blagostanja)
to make a fine appearance biti lepega videza
for appearance's sake, for the sake of appearances (le) na videz

army [á:mi] samostalnik
armada, armija, vojska; krdelo, roj

army agent, (ali broker, contractor) vojni dobavitelj
ameriško army exchange vojaško skladišče
to enter (ali go into, join) the army iti služit vojake
standing army stalna vojska

ashore [əšɔ́:] prislov
na obali, na obalo

to get (ali go, set) ashore izkrcati se
to run (ali to be driven) ashore razbiti se (ladja ob obali)

astray [əstréi] povedkovnik pridevnik & prislov
bloden, blodeč, zmoten; blodno, zmotno, na napačni poti

to go astray zgrešiti pot; figurativno motiti se, oddaljiti se od prvotnega predmeta pogovora
to lead astray speljati koga, zapeljati

asunder [əsʌ́ndə] prislov
narazen

to tear asunder raztrgati
to cut asunder presekati
to go asunder raziti se

ávtobus (zlasti mestni) bus, (knjižno) omnibus; (medmestni, turistični) coach, motor coach; (izletniški) coach, zastarelo, regionalno charabanc; (za dolge proge) long-distance coach, ZDA greyhound

z ávtobusom by bus
enonadstropen (dvonadstropen) single-decker (double-decker)
peljati se z ávtobusom to go by bus, to take the bus, to bus

awry¹ [ərái] prislov
postrani, poševno, narobe

to look awry škiliti; po strani, z nezaupanjem gledati
to go awry zgrešiti pot; figurativno izjaloviti se

back³ [bæk] prislov
nazaj; zadaj; nekoč, prej; spet, znova

to be back vrniti se
back and forth sem in tja
to go back on s.o. pustiti koga na cedilu
back off izza
never to look back imeti v vsem srečo
to pay s.o. back (in his own coin) vrniti komu milo za drago
to keep back utajiti
to go back from (ali upon) one's word besedo snesti, preklicati
to hang back mečkati, omahovati
to hold (ali keep) back zadrževati
to talk (ali answer) back ugovarjati, oporekati

bad¹ [bæd] pridevnik (primernik worse, presežnik worst)
slab, pokvarjen, škodljiv, ponarejen; hud, hudoben, krivičen; bolan

bad to beat težko premagljiv
bad blood sovraštvo, huda kri
to be in s.o.'s bad books biti pri kom slabo zapisan
bad egg (ali hat, lot) človek na slabem glasu
bad fairy zli duh
bad form neprimerno vedenje
from bad to worse vedno slabše
to go bad pokvariti se; propasti, propadati
not half (as) bad čisto čedno
bad language zmerjanje, psovke
bad luck smola
ameriško bad man razbojnik, bandit
in bad odour na slabem glasu
not too bad kar dobro
it is too bad škoda, preneumno
with a bad grace nerad
bad ways razuzdano življenje
bad woman razuzdanka

bad² [bæd] samostalnik
zlo; primanjkljaj, zguba, poguba

to go to the bad propasti, propadati
to take the bad with the good sprijazniti se z neprijetnim
to be to the bad biti na zgubi

bail¹ [beil] samostalnik
poroštvo, zastava, jamščina, kavcija

to go (ali be, become, stand) bail for s.o. jamčiti za koga
to be out on bail biti na svobodi proti kavciji
to take (ali give) leg bail popihati jo
I'll go bail glavo stavim
to surrender (ali save) one's bail javiti se na sodišču v določenem roku
to forfeit one's bail ne se javiti na sodišču (in tako zgubiti kavcijo)
to put in bail položiti kavcijo