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able [éibl] pridevnik (ably prislov)
zmožen, sposoben, nadarjen, spreten (to do)
primeren, dober
trgovina solventen

as one is able po svojih močeh
to be able to biti zmožen, moči
able seaman izučeni mornar; krmar

áboten silly, foolish; fatuous, preposterous

bilo bi ábotno it would be preposterous

about¹ [əbáut] prislov
naokoli, naokrog, nekje v bližini; približno

all about povsod
about and about sem ter tja, tu pa tam; ameriško zelo podobno, enako
to be about biti razširjen, prisostvovati; biti v teku; biti pokonci; biti zdrav
to be about to do s.th. pravkar nameravati kaj storiti
to bring about povzročiti, uresničiti, dokazati
to come about pripetiti, zgoditi se
vojska, ameriško about face poln obrat, na desno!
to hang about potepati se v bližini
vojska left about! na levo!
a long way about velik ovinek
much about več ali manj
vojska right about! na desno!
pogovorno about right še kar prav
rumours are about govori se, širijo se govorice
to send to the right about zapoditi, ošteti koga
to set about to do s.th. lotiti se česa, začeti kaj
vojska about turn poln obrat; na levo; ameriško na desno
what are you about? kaj počneš?, kaj nameravaš?
mind what you are about pazi se

about² [əbáut] predlog
okoli, okrog, o, pri

to beat about the bush ne priti z besedo na dan
go about your business! skrbi za svoje stvari!
to go the wrong way about s.th. lotiti se stvari z napačnega konca
she is about the house je nekje v hiši
to have no money about one ne imeti pri sebi denarja
I looked round about me pogledal sem naokrog
I'll see about it poskrbel bom za to
it's about time čas je že
be quick about it! podvizaj se!, pohiti!
what about it? kaj bi bilo s tem?
to have one's wits about one jasno misliti

above¹ [əbʌ́v] predlog
nad, preko; več kakor

above all predvsem
above one hour več kot eno uro
to be above s.o. prekašati koga
to be above o.s. biti domišljav
above comprehension nerazumljiv
to speak above s.o.'s head govoriti preučeno za koga
trgovina above par nad pariteto
he is above suspicion ne moremo ga obdolžiti
he is above doing it preponosen je, da bi to storil, pod častjo mu je
those above me moji predstojniki

abroad [əbrɔ́:d] prislov
daleč, zunaj, v tujini; zmotno; povsod

to be all abroad biti ves iz sebe, osupel, zbegan, zmeden
it is all abroad splošno znano je
to live abroad živeti v tujini
to be noised abroad postati povsod znan
to scatter and spread abroad širiti naokrog
there is a rumour abroad širijo se govorice, govori se
to walk abroad iti na sprehod

absolútno prislov absolutely; positively; strictly; really

absolútno moraš biti tu ob petih you must be here at five o'clock without fail

absúrdnost absurdity; absurdness

to bi bil višek absúrdnosti it would be the height of absurdity

abusive [əbjú:siv] pridevnik (abusively prislov)
zloraben, neprimeren; zmerjalen, zmerljiv, žaljiv, obrekljiv

to be abusive zmerjati
to become abusive začeti zmerjati
abusive language zmerjanje, psovanje, psovke

accommodate [əkɔ́mədeit] prehodni glagol (to)
prilagoditi (with)
oskrbeti pomiriti spraviti; ugoditi; nastaniti, pod streho vzeti

to accommodate o.s. prilagoditi se
to be well accommodated udobno stanovati

accord¹ [əkɔ́:d] samostalnik
soglasje
glasba sozvočje, akord; sporazum; ubranost

to be of accord ujemati se
in accord with v skladu s, v sporazumu s
of one's own accord prostovoljno, sam od sebe
with one accord soglasno

accordance [əkɔ́:dəns] samostalnik
soglasje, skladnost

in accordance with skladno s, ustrezno s
to be in accordance with strinjati se s

accusation [ækjuzéišən] samostalnik
obtožba

to be under an accusation biti obtožen
to bring an accusation against s.o. obtožiti koga

accustomed [əkʌ́stəmd] pridevnik
navajen; navaden; značilen

to get accustomed to navaditi se česa
to be accustomed to do s.th. navadno kaj početi, počenjati kaj

acquaint [əkwéint] prehodni glagol (with s)
seznaniti; sporočiti, obvestiti

to be acquainted with s.o., s.th. poznati koga kaj
to become (ali get) acquainted seznaniti se, navaditi se

acquisition [ækwizíšən] samostalnik
pridobitev, pridobivanje
figurativno obogatitev

to be quite an acquisition to biti pridobitev za

across² [əkrɔ́s] predlog
prek, čez

to come (ali run) across s.th., s.o. naleteti na kaj, slučajno srečati koga
to get across s.o. spreti se s kom
to be across a horse's back jahati konja
it flashed across my mind domislil sem se
across the street from here na nasprotni strani ulice

action¹ [ǽkšən] samostalnik
dejanje, delovanje; učinek; borba, boj
pravno proces, sodni postopek; hoja (npr. konja); mehanizem

to be in action delovati
action of the bowels izpraznitev črevesa
to bring (ali enter, lay) an action against s.o. (ob)tožiti koga
full of action delaven, prizadeven
in full action v polnem obratu
to go into action iti v boj
a man of action mož dejanj
mode (ali line) of action postopek
overt action against odkrit nastop proti
to put out of action izločiti iz borbe
to take prompt action takoj ukrepati
to be killed (ali to fall) in action pasti v boju
actions speak louder than words po delu, ne po besedah cenimo človeka
sphere of action delokrog
radius of action akcijski polmer

activity [æktíviti] samostalnik
delavnost, marljivost, spretnost; učinek
množina delovanje, delokrog

to be in full activity delati z vso paro, na vso moč
sphere of activity delokrog

adamant² [ǽdəmənt] pridevnik (adamantly prislov)
figurativno ko kamen trd
figurativno nepopustijiv

to be adamant (to) ne popustiti