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ekstrém(nost) extreme; extreme limit

do ekstrém(nost)i ambiciozen, stremuški ambitious in the extreme
gnati, tirati stvari do ekstrém(nost)i to go to extremes, to carry to extremes, to take things too far
iti iz enega ekstrém(nost)a v drugega to go from one extreme to the other
vedno zapada v ekstrém(nost)e he always goes to extremes
nasprotni ekstrém(nost) the opposite extreme
zapasti v drug ekstrém(nost) to turn from one extreme to the other
ekstrém(nost)i se privlačijo extremes meet

elemént element (tudi figurativno); kemija element; (sestavina) constituent, component, element; figurativno element, substance, matter

eleménti pl elements pl, rudiments pl
nov dokazilen elemént a new item of evidence
elemént uspeha a factor of succcess
(ne) biti, (ne) čutiti se v svojem eleméntu to be, to feel in one's element (out of one's element ali like a fish out of water)
ogenj je bil eden od štirih eleméntov fire was one of the four elements
(ne) biti v svojem eleméntu to be (ill) at ease

enák equal, even, (vrednost) equivalent, (isti) same, identical; (podoben) like, alike, similar; (enoličen) uniform; equable

dve enáki števili two equal numbers
enáka razdalja equidistance
enáka temperatura an even temperature
biti enák to equal, to be the equal of, to be equal, to be on a par with
ni mu enákega he has no equal, there is no one to match him, he is without an equal, he is unrivalled
ni ti enák he is not your equal
to ni bil enák boj it was not an equal fight
boj med enakima nasprotnikoma equal fight
boriti se ob enákih pogojih to fight on equal terms
naleteti, najti sebi enákega to meet one's match
imeti enáke deleže to have equal shares
vsi državljani so enáki pred zakonom all citizens are equal before the law
skušati biti enák to emulate, to vie with
sta kar enáka (= imata iste napake) they are tarred with the same brush!
plačati (vrniti) enáko z enákim (figurativno) to give someone tit for tat, to pay someone back in his own coin
enako se z enákim druži birds of a feather flock together

enodúšen unanimous

enodúšno (prislov) unanimously, as one man
glede tega so vsi enodúšno istega mnenja all are of the same mind, all are agreed on this point

etúda glasba étude, study

Chopinova etúda one of Chopin's studies, a Chopin étude, an étude by Chopin

evil¹ [í:vl] pridevnik (evilly prislov)
hudoben, grešen, škodljiv; nesrečen

to fall on evil days obubožati, doživeti hude čase
an evil genius zli duh
the evil one hudobec, vrag
of evil repute na slabem glasu
an evil tongue hudoben jezik

expellō -ere -pulī -pulsum

1. izgnati (izganjati), odgnati (odganjati), pregnati (preganjati), iztiriti, spoditi, prepoditi, izpodriniti: tyrannum Ci., Collatinum innocentem suspicione cognationis expulerunt Ci., Tarquinio expulso Ci., expulsa filia Ci. zavržena, expellere tendunt nunc hi, nunc illi V., nos expulit ille H., expellere aliquem manu O., matrem, uxorem Iust. Od kod? z abl.: regem regno Ci., C., Catilinam urbe Ci., me domo mea per vim expulistis Ci., illum vitā exp. Ci. usmrtiti dati, bonis (iz svoje imovine) expulsi Ci., fortunis omnibus expulsos esse socios Ci., ipsi potestate expulsi N. iz svoje oblasti izpodrinjeni, expellere hostes finibus, Romanos castris, humiliores possessionibus, aliquem tectis, Italiā C., aliquem agris C., S., aliquem domo, regno fortunisque, aliquem Africā S., pecus portā Esquilinā (skozi … vrata) L., stabulis vaccas Tib., monte iuvencos O., aliquem aethere toto O., collegam armis foro Suet.; s praep.: Hannibalem ex Italiā, cives a (ex) patria, aliquem e patrimonio, tribunos plebis e rostris Ci., aliquem de fundo, de praedio, ex oppido, ex silvis C., ex portu insulaque expelli inopiā C., expellere Lacedaemonios ex arce N., praesidium ex arce Eutr.; z adv.: unde pater et avus meus expulere Syphacem S. Kam? (redko): expellere aliquem in provinciam C. (brahilogija =) pregnati in prisiliti, da se umakne v provinco, expellere fucos in opera Plin., pecus ad pastum stabulis Macr.; occ. pregnati: aliquem patriā Ci., finibus patriis V., eum Athenis N., conlegam ex urbe Ci. Od tod subst. pt. pf. expulsī -ōrum, m pregnanci: Ci.

2.
a) kaj pognati (poganjati), pahniti iz česa, izpahniti (izpahovati), izbiti, izriniti (izrivati): sagittam (sc. ex corpore) O., genis oculos O. iz lic iztrgati, se in auras O. riniti na svet = roditi se, (Iuppiter Phaëthontem) pariterque animāque rotisque expulit O. je … pahnil z voza in ubil, segetem ex radicibus expellunt venti V. izrujejo s koreninami; pren.: naturam expellas furcā, tamen usque recurret H., expellere animam O. izdihniti.
b) (iz morja) na suho vreči, metati: navis illa expulsa fluctu Ci., classis in litus expulsa Ci., naufragio expulsus Ci. poet., ruptis undis expelli O., expellere magnas phocas O., corpora, navigia in ripam Cu., margarita, … prout expulsa sint, colligi T.; pren.: socer fluctibus rei publicae expulsus Ci.
c) (ladjo) odriniti (odrivati) od obale (brega, kraja): ab litore naves in altum L., ratem Cu.
č) spustiti (spuščati), (s)prožiti: sagittam arcu O., expulsuri tela nervos retro tendimus Q.

3. pren.
a) kaj pregnati, odpraviti, odstraniti, (od)vzeti, znebiti (otresti) se česa: expellere corde desidiam Pl., dolis me illo expuli periculo Pl. sem se rešil one nevarnosti, expellere omnem dubitationem C., beneficiorum memoriam C. dobrote iz spomina izbrisati, cuncta ex animo dictis Lucr., somnum V., somnos, quietem, spem O., (h)elleboro morbum bilemque H., tussim pectore Cat., curas pectore Lucan., famem T., neque tamen praeceps vitam expulit T. in si ni prenagljeno vzel življenja, tertia (sententia) expulsa (est) Plin. iun. se je zavrglo.
b) spraviti koga ob kaj, v pass. izgubiti kaj: utraque re expelli Auct. b. Afr.

Opomba: Nenavaden inf. pf. act.: expulsisse Dig.

extreme² [ikstrí:m] samostalnik
skrajnost, skrajna meja, najvišja stopnja; pretiravanje; nasprotje

to carry to extreme, to go to extreme tirati do skrajnosti
the extremes meet nasprotja se privlačijo
at the other extreme na nasprotnem koncu
in the extreme, to an extreme čezmerno, pretirano
to go from one extreme to the other preiti z ene skrajnosti v drugo
to run to an extreme preiti v skrajnost

fair¹ [fɛə] pridevnik
lep; nežen; jasen, svetel; čist; svež; ugoden; svetlolas, blond; precejšen; znaten (with do)
pošten, pravičen; spodoben, vljuden; primeren, zadovoljiv; čitljiv

the fair (sex) ženske
a fair amount precejšnja količina, precej denarja
to be a fair game biti po pravici predmet zasmehovanja
to be in a fair way biti na najboljši poti
a fair chance dobra priložnost
a fair copy čistopis
for fair dejansko, zares
to give s.o. a fair warning pravočasno koga posvariti
pogovorno fair to middling še kar dobro
fair play poštena igra, nepristranost
fair and soft goes far in the day s poštenjem in dobroto veliko dosežeš
fair field and no favour ista priložnost za vsakogar
fair and square pošten in odkrit; naravnost
to be in a fair way dobro kazati
what is fair for one is fair for all kar je dobro za enega, je dobro tudi za druge
fair wind ugoden veter
to write a fair hand imeti lepo pisavo
fair view lep razgled; odkrito mnenje
a fair proposal sprejemljiv predlog
to be in a fair way dobro komu kazati

fánt boy, lad, youth; youngster; stripling; young fellow; (ljubček) lover, boy friend, sweetheart; (neporočen) bachelor; (pri kartah) jack, knave

fánt od fare pogovorno brick, great guy, one of the lads (ali boys), the broth of a boy; (izvoljenec, stalen kavalir) steady
komaj 17 let star fánt a lad who's hardly seventeen
to dekle je pravi pravcati fánt that girl is a regular tomboy (ali hoyden)

fetch¹ [feč]

1. prehodni glagol
iti po kaj, poslati koga po kaj; prinesti; puščati (kri); izpeljati (zaključke); dobiti, doseči; veljati (from)
izvleči

2. neprehodni glagol
prinašati (pes ustreljeno divjačino); obračati se; menjati se (veter); dospeti na cilj

to fetch and carry opravljati drobna nepomembna dela; prinašati ustreljeno divjačino
to fetch a blow udariti, prisoliti udarec
to fetch a breath vdihniti
to fetch a scream vzklikniti, krikniti
to fetch one in the face udariti koga po licu
to fetch a compass iti po ovinkih
to fetch a leap skočiti
to fetch port pripluti v pristanišče
to fetch a sigh vzdihniti
to fetch tears spraviti v jok
to fetch a high price doseči visoko ceno

fiddle¹ [fídl] samostalnik
gosli, violina, godalo; nesmisel, norost

as fit as a fiddle zdrav ko riba
to hang up one's fiddle obesiti na klin; opustiti
to play first fiddle nositi zvonec, imeti glavno vlogo
to play second fiddle imeti podrejeno vlogo
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle izkušen človck v mnogem prekaša mladino, stara modrost prekaša norost
a face as long as a fiddle žalosten obraz
to hang up one's fiddle when one comes home biti v družbi zabaven, doma pa dolgočasen

fíga botanika fig; (pričeska) bun; contemptuous gesture made with thumb between index and middle fingers

posušena fíga dried fig
venec fíg a string of figs
konjske fíge horse droppings, horse manure, horse dung, vulgarno horse turds
fíga mož (figurativno) one who reneges, reneger, unreliable fellow; bastard
biti fíga mož to go back on one's word; to break one's promise
fígo držati figurativno to keep one's fingers crossed, to cross fingers (za srečo for luck)
moramo fígo držati! touch wood!
fígo pokazati komu to make a contemptuous gesture at someone, to cock a snook at someone
to mi je fígo mar I don't care a damn about it, I don't give a hang (ali hoot) about it
za vsako fígo jokati to whimper (ali to cry) at the slightest provocation (ali žargon for damn all)
Figo, pa ne njegov obraz! His face my foot!
fígo (= nič) ji bo to koristilo! (ironično) a lot of good that'll do her!
fígo ti je mar! a lot you care!

fine⁴ [fain] pridevnik
droben, tenek, fin; rahel, nežen; lep, sijajen, odličen; eleganten; čist; jasen; oster (nož), nabrušen; dobro razvit; bister; prevzeten

fine arts lepe umetnosti
one fine day lepega dne
one of these fine days prej ali slej
fine middling srednje dober
to call things by fine names imenovati grdo z lepimi besedami
fine gold čisto zlato
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
not to put too fine point upon it povedati naravnost in brez olepšavanja
to say fine things about s.o. hvaliti koga
fine words butter no parsnips od lepih besed se ne da živeti

finger¹ [fíŋgə] samostalnik
prst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)

to burn one's fingers opeči si prste
his fingers are all thumbs zelo je nespreten
by a finger's breadth komaj, za las
to be finger and glove with s.o. biti s kom zelo zaupen
to have a finger in (the pie) imeti svoje prste vmes
to have s.th. at one's finger tips (ali ends) imeti kaj v malem prstu
my fingers itch komaj čakam
to the finger nails popolnoma
one can number them on one's fingers človek bi jih lahko seštel na prstih
to keep one's fingers crossed držati figo
to lift one's little finger preveč piti
to look through one's fingers spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledati
to lay (ali put) a finger on s.th. imeti svoje prste vmes
not to raise (ali lift) a finger on behalf of niti s prstom ne migniti zaradi
to snap one's fingers biti ravnodušen do česa
to twist round one's (little) finger oviti si okoli prsta
one can do with a wet finger to je lahko narediti
within a finger's breadth of one's ruin na robu propada
index (ali first) finger kazalec
middle finger sredinec
ring finger prstanec
little finger mezinec

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

fit¹ [fit] samostalnik
napad, izbruh, krč; kaprica, muhavost
pogovorno razpoloženje

pogovorno, figurativno to give one a fit presenetiti, razdražiti koga
cold fit mrzlica
by fits (and starts) sunkovito, tu in tam
for a fit nekaj časa
to go into fits dobiti napad; omedleti
to give s.o. fit(s) razkačiti koga
to knock (ali bang, beat, lick) into fits popolnoma premagati
to throw a fit pobesneti, razsrditi se
when the fit was on him kadar je bil dobre volje
if the fit takes me če se mi zahoče
drunken fit pijanost
fit of hysterics histerični napad

flesh¹ [fleš] samostalnik
meso; človeštvo; človeška narava; mesnato oplodje sadežev; meseno poželenje, čutnost

flesh and blood telo; človek; človeška narava
in flesh dobro rejen
in the flesh dejanski, živ
to feel one's flesh creep dobi(va)ti kurjo polt
one's own flesh and blood lastna družina
to go the way of all flesh umreti
to loose (put on, make) flesh hujšati (rediti se)
medicina proud flesh divje meso (na rani)
flesh and fell z dušo in telesom
to run to flesh rediti se
to become one flesh postati duša in telo

fling ll [fliŋ] samostalnik
udarec, zamah; met, lučaj; vdajanje; ritanje; pikra pripomba; živahnost; veselje, zabava, razvedrilo
figurativno posmeh; izbruh; vrsta škotskega plesa; ritanje (konja)

in full fling ll v polnem razmahu
at one fling ll mahoma, pri priči
to have a fling ll at zbijati šale na račun
to have one's fling ll zabavati se po mili volji, privoščiti si, iznoreti se

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati