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glimmer² [glímə] neprehodni glagol
migljati, bleščati, lesketati, svetlikati se

to go glimmering propadati, iti po zlu

globína depth; deepness; figurativno profundity, profoundness

iz globíne mojega srca from the bottom of my heart
globína reke, jame the depth of a river, of a cave
globína vode the depth of water
merjenje globíne measuring of depth
prodor v globíno vojska penetration in depth
(iz)meriti globíno to fathom
zaiti v preveliko globíno to go (ali to get) out of one's depth, to go in too deep

glory¹ [glɔ́:ri] samostalnik
sijaj, veličastnost; slava; blaženost; obstret; ponos

vulgarno glory be zaboga!
to be in one's glory biti dobre volje
to send to glory ubiti, umoriti
to go to glory umreti
Old Glory zastava ZDA
botanika morning glory slak

gnézdo nest; (orlovo, roparic) eyrie, aerie, aery; (fazanov) arhaično nide; figurativno (dom) home, roof; figurativno haunt; (leglo) brood, hatch, (za žuželčja jajca) nidus

gnézdo roparjev den of thieves
polno gnézdo nestful
graditi gnézdo to build a nest, arhaično to nidificate, to nidify
krasti jajca iz gnézd to rob birds' nests
položiti v gnézdo to nest
sedeti na gnézdu to sit on the nest (to hatch)
stikati za ptičjimi gnézdi to go bird's-nesting (ali bird-nesting ali nesting)
sedeti v toplem gnézdu (figurativno) to live (ali to be living ali to be) in clover
ustvariti si gnézdo (figurativno) to build one's nest (ali home), (oženiti se) to settle down to married life
ptički brez gnézda (= otroci brez doma) waifs and strays
napraviti si mehko gnézdo to feather one's nest

góba botanika fungus, pl fungi, funguses; (plesen) mould; (za brisanje) sponge

užitna góba mushroom, edible fungus, agaric
kresilna góba dry fungus, tinder, touchwood, spunk, ZDA punk, arhaično amadou
strupena góba poisonous mushroom, toadstool
nabiralec gób gatherer of mushrooms
veda o góbah mycology
nabirati góbe to gather mushrooms, to go mushrooming
rasti kot góbe po dežju to shoot up like mushrooms after the rain

gojíti to cultivate; (cvetlice, zelenjavo, brado itd.) to grow; (živali) to breed; (čustvo, figurativno) to entertain, to nurse, to foster, to cherish, to harbour

gojíti gosi to keep geese
gojíti pse konje to breed dogs, horses
gojíti solato to grow lettuce
gojíti misel to entertain an idea
gojíti zle naklepe to harbour ill designs
gojíti prijateljstvo s kom to cultivate someone's friendship
gojíti upanje to cherish a hope
gojíti željo to foster a desire
ali gojiš kako vrsto športa? do you go in for any kind of sport?

gôl gòla gòlo gl. go

gȍlī -ā -ō
1. goli, nagi, gl. tudi go
2. goli: -a elektroda; -a žica za zavarivanje; goli atom, kalup, reaktor, vodi; goli krš

gone [gɔn]

1. pretekli deležnik od go

2. pridevnik
minul; zgubljen, uničen, mrtev; brezupen

in time gone by v preteklih letih
sleng gone for a Burton mrtev, zgubljen
far gone utrujen
ameriško, sleng gone for six zgubljen (v vojni)
a gone coon uničen, umirajoč, mrtev človek
get you gone! izgini!
gone on ves nor na kaj, blazno zaljubljen v
gone under propadel
gone west mrtev

gôr up; up here; upwards

pridi gôr! come up!
gôr in dol up and down
po stopnicah gôr upstairs
priti gôr to come up, to go up

gôra mountain; (pred lastnim imenom) Mount

gôra Everest Mount Everest
gôra Sinaj Mount Sinai
visok kot gôra as high as mountains, mountainous, colossal
ledena gôra iceberg
gôra papirja, trupel a mountain of paper, of corpses
pridiga na gôri biblija the Sermon on the Mount
napraviti turo v gôre to take a trip to the mountains
prebiti počitnice v gôrah to spend one's holidays in the mountains (ali in a mountain region)
iz krtine gôro narediti (figurativno) to make a mountain out of a molehill
če ne pride gôra k Mohamedu, mora Mohamed h gôri if the mountain won't come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain
tresla se (je) gôra, rodila se (je) miška (figurativno) the mountain has brought forth a mouse

grasp¹ [gra:sp]

1. prehodni glagol (at)
prijeti, pograbiti
figurativno razumeti, doumeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati
figurativno prizadevati si za kaj

to grasp the nettle ugrizniti v kislo jabolko, pogumno se lotiti
to grasp at a straw prijeti se vsake bilke
to grasp the shadow and let go the substance loviti senco in ne videti dejanskega stanja
grasp all, lose all kdor hoče dobiti vse, zgubi vse

grass¹ [gra:s] samostalnik
trava; pašnik, trata; ruša
pogovorno beluš
pogovorno pomlad
sleng policaj, "kifeljc"; ovaduh
sleng marihuana, mamilo

to cut grass under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla
to let the grass grow under one's feet leno in počasi delati
at grass na paši, pogovorno na dopustu
to go to grass iti na pašo, pogovorno na dopust
to put (ali turn out) to grass gnati na pašo
out at grass na paši; figurativno brezposeln, na dopustu
go to grass! solit se pojdi!
figurativno to send to grass podreti na tla
to hear the grass grow slišati travo rasti
as long as grass grows and water runs za večne čase
while the grass grows the steed starves dvakrat da, kdor hitro da

great¹ [greit] pridevnik
velik, precejšen; dolg
figurativno ugleden, pomemben, važen, imeniten, slaven; plemenit; pra-
arhaično noseča (at, in)
spreten, mojstrski, sposoben
domačno sijajen, kolosalen

great age visoka starost
to be great at s.th. odlikovati se v čem
astronomija Great(er) Bear Veliki voz
the great body večina
great chair naslonjač
a great deal mnogo
great dozen 13
arhaično great with child noseča
great go diplomski izpit za B.A.
to go a great way with s.o. imeti velik vpliv na koga
great gun vplivna osebnost, "visoka živina"
great hundred stodvajset
great toe palec na nogi
pogovorno great big strašno velik, neznanski
great Scott! zaboga!
the Great Powers velesile
great dane zoologija doga
great letter velika črka
great many mnogi, številni
no great matter nepomembno, malenkost
great little man majhen, a pomemben človek
pogovorno great on navdušen za
no great shakes ne posebno dober; nič posebnega
the Great War prva svetovna vojna
I have a great mind to prav rad bi
a great while ago že davno
great hall glavna dvorana

greenwood [grí:nwud] samostalnik
zelen gozd

to go to the greenwood biti izobčen, postati razbojnik

gun² [gʌn] neprehodni glagol
streljati s strelnim orožjem, iti na lov; obstreljevati

to gun for zasledovati
to go gunning iti na lov

hájdi

hájdi z menoj! come along!, come on!, let's go!

half¹ [ha:f, haæf] samostalnik (množina halves)
polovica; polletje
šport polčas; izenačenost (golf)
pravno stranka

one's better half boljša polovica, žena
the larger half večja polovica, večji del
too clever by half prepameten
to cry halves zahtevati enak del
to cut into halves razpoloviti
to do s.th. by halves površno, na pol kaj narediti
not good enough by half še zdaleč ne dovolj dobro
to go halves with s.o. razdeliti si s kom na pol
to go halves in razdeliti kaj na dva enaka dela
in half, in halves razpolovljen

half-cock [há:fkɔk] samostalnik
petelin na puški, tako napet, da se ne more sam sprožiti

to go off half-cock prenagliti se

hammer¹ [hǽmə] samostalnik
kladivo, bat; petelin na puški; kladivce v zvonu, kladivce v klavirju
anatomija nakovalce, slušna koščica

to be down s.o. like a hammer biti s kom zelo strog
to come (ali go) under the hammer priti pod stečaj, biti prodan na dražbi
hammer and tongs z vso močjo, silovito
to be (ali go) at it hammer and tongs močno se prepirati, živeti v napetem ozračju
šport throwing the hammer metanje kladiva
knight of the hammer kovač