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bŕke bŕki VB moustache, ZDA mustache; mustachio; (mačke, kune) whiskers pl; (ribe) barb, beard

vihati si bŕke, bŕki to twirl one's moustache

brljáv

biti brljáv to be dim-sighted (ali weak-sighted)

brlóg den; hole; figurativno kennel; (divje živali) lair; (vidrin) holt; (jazbečji, lisičji) earth; (razbojniški itp) den, haunt

pregnati iz brlóga to unearth

broach² [brouč] prehodni glagol
na čep dati
figurativno načeti (pogovor); vrtati

to broach a question sprožiti vprašanje, omeniti kaj
navtika to broach a ship obrniti ladijski bok proti vetru

broadside² [brɔ́:dsaid] prislov
navtika (on, to) bočno

bród (kraj) ford; (prevozno sredstvo) ferry; (trajekt) ferryboat, ferry steamer, (za vlak) train ferry, ferry bridge

kabel bróda ferry cable
prepeljati (se) z bródom to ferry; (to travel by ferry, to cross by ferry)

broderíja embroidery

brodírati to embroider

brodolòm shipwreck; wreckage (tudi figurativno)

doživeti brodolòm to be shipwrecked, to suffer shipwreck, to be wrecked

broil³ [brɔil] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
na rešetki (žaru) se peči, pražiti

figurativno to broil with impatience biti skrajno nestrpen, sedeti ko na šivankah

broom² [bru:m] samostalnik
metla

to hang out the broom biti vdovec ob živi ženi
new brooms sweep clean nova metla dobro pometa

broomstick [brú:mstik] samostalnik
metlišče

to be married over the broomstick živeti v divjem zakonu

brouillard¹ [brujar] masculin megla

mince couche féminin de brouillard tanka plast megle (nad zemljo)
papier masculin pivnik
pris dans le brouillard zavit v meglo
brouillard artificiel, épais, humide (ali: pluvieux), sec, ténu umetna, gosta, vlažna, suha, redka megla
le brouillard s'élève, se dissipe megla se dvigne, se razkadi
être dans le(s) brouillard(s) ne vedeti jasno, za kaj gre; biti malo vinjen
il fait du brouillard megleno (vreme) je
je n'y vois que du brouillard to mi je nejasno, tega ne razumem

brow¹ [brau] samostalnik
obrv, čelo; izraz obraza; skalni rob, strmina

to clear up one's brow razveseliti se
to knit (ali bend, wrinkle, contract) one's brow gubati čelo
by the sweat of one's brow v potu svojega obraza

brown¹ [braun] pridevnik
rjav, zagorel, temen, mračen

brown bread črn kruh
brown cloth surovo, nebeljeno platno
brown coal lignit
sleng to do brown slepariti, ugnati
brown George lončena posoda
in a brown study zamaknjen, zamišljen
brown shirt nacist
brown sugar nerafiniran sladkor
brown ware kamenina

brúhniti ➞ bruhati

brúhniti v jok to burst into tears
brúhniti v smeh to burst out laughing

brunt [brʌnt] samostalnik
glavni sunek; najtežji del; kriza

at a brunt v prvem sunku
to bear the brunt prenesti glavni sunek

brush¹ [brʌš] samostalnik
krtača, ščetka, čopič, metlica; lisičji rep; grmičje, goščava, dračje; oplaz, pretep, praska, spopad
figurativno slikar, slikarstvo

at a brush, at the first brush v prvem zamahu
to give s.o. a brush grdo s kom ravnati, tepsti ga
tarred with the same brush enak, prav tak
to give it another brush še enkrat obdelati, izdelati
to give s.o. a brush-down okrtačiti koga

brush-off [brʌ́šɔ́:f] samostalnik
sleng odpust

to give s.o. the brush-off spoditi koga

bŕzda bridle; figurativno (vajet) rein; curb

popustiti konju bŕzdo to give the horse the bridle, to lay bridle on his neck

brzíca rapid, (večinoma pl) rapids; chute; shoot; strong current

prevoziti brzíce to run the rapids