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black¹ [blæk] pridevnik
črn; temen, mračen; jezen, srdit; obupan, žalosten

black art magija
black ball črna kroglica (volitve)
to beat black and blue pošteno naklestiti
to be in s.o.'s black books biti pri kom slabo zapisan, v nemilosti
black death kuga
the devil is not so black as he is painted stvar ni tako huda, kakor je videti
to have a black dog on one's head biti zelo potrt
black drops opijeve kapljice
to get off with a black eye poceni jo odnesti
to be black in the face biti besen
as black as ink (ali soot, your hat) črn ko smola
black friar dominikanec
black frost suh mraz
black heart hudobno srce
the kettle calls the saucepan black sova sinici glavana pravi
a black letter day nesrečni dan; delavnik
black look čemeren, preteči pogled
to get a black mark priti na slab glas
Black Mary (ali Maria) zeleni Henrik
Black Monday nesrečen, kritični dan; prvi dan pouka v šoli
the black ox has trodden on his foot potrt, zaskrbljen je
black peper poper
the pot calls the kettle black sova sinici glavana pravi
black pudding krvavica
Black Rod najvišji uradnik Gornjega doma
black rust botanika pšenična snet
a black sheep in the family črna ovca v družini
Black & Tans vzdevek britanskih čet na Irskem
to swear the black is white prisegati, da je črno belo
as black as thunder skrajno razdražen, besen
Black Watch 42. škotski polk

blestéti blesketáti se to glitter, to glimmer, to glare, to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to blaze

ni blestel v družbi he did not shine in society

blêsti to be delirious; to rave

blede se mu he is delirious, his mind is wandering

blízu near; nearly; near (ali close) at hand; close to; (približno) about, approximately, close upon

blízu hiše near the house
čisto blízu close by
blízu in daleč far and near
ni ga blízu (figurativno) he holds (ali keeps) aloof
ne iti blízu to stand off, to keep one's distance
priti blízu to come (ali to draw) near, to approach

blíže nearer; closer

čim blíže as near as possible
sedel je najbliže vrat he sat nearest the door

blow^*5 [blou]

1. prehodni glagol
pihati, razpihavati; razstreliti, razstreljevati
sleng oslepariti
ameriško, sleng zapravljati; razmetavati
sleng izdati
pogovorno poveličevati

2. neprehodni glagol
pihati; doneti; piskati; puhati, sopsti; razpočiti se, eksplodirati; hvaliti se

sleng I'm blowed! ali je mogoče!, za nič na svetu!
to blow great guns močno pihati
to blow air into z zrakom napihniti
to blow a cloud kaditi pipo
to blow hot and cotd kolebati, nenehno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
it is blowing veter piha
blow it! presneto, vraga
to blow a kiss poslati poljubček
to blow one's nose usekniti se
to blow the bellows gnati mehove
it's an ill wind that blows nobody good vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
he knows which way the wind blows ve, kam pes taco moli
to puff and blow sopsti, puhati, sopihati
to blow one's trumpet (ali horn) hvaliti se
navtika, sleng to blow the gaff zatožiti, izdati koga
to blow the expense pogostiti koga, plačati račun
to blow a whistle zapiskati na piščalko

bóben drum

priti na bóben (figurativno) (pod stečaj) to crash, to go bankrupt, to bust, to go bust; to tail; to come under the (auctioneer's) hammer
toliko se razume na to kot zajec na bóben he hasn't the faintest idea (ali the faintest); he hasn't got a clue

bógve God knows; goodness knows; arhaično God wot

bógve kdaj bo prišel God knows when he will come
bógve kdo je to rekel I wonder who said it
Je to res? - Bogve. Is that true? - I wonder.
ne bógve kako dobra kakovost second-rate quality
bógve zakaj goodness (ali God) knows why
do bógve kdaj (figurativno) till the cows come home

bo(h) [bou] medmet
bav!; kš kš!

he can't say bo(h) to a goose ne zna niti do pet šteti, zelo je plašen

bolán sick; diseased; ill (navadno predikativno); (slaboten) weak, (boleč) ailing, (trpeč) suffering (from)

bolán od ljubezni love-sick
bolán otrok a sick child
bolán na srcu suffering from (ali with) heart trouble, figurativno heart-sick
biti bolán na srcu to be suffering from heart trouble, to have a heart complaint, žargon to have a dicky heart
biti bolán za pljučnico to have pneumonia, to be suffering from pneumonia
moje bolne oči my sore eyes
on je bolán he is ill, sick, unwell
čisto bolán je zaradi tega (figurativno) he is quite upset about it
biti bolán to be ill (ali ailing ali afflicted) (od with)
biti na smrt bolán to be fatally ali terminally ill, to be at death's door
ležati bolán to be laid up (in bed), to be bedridden, to be confined to bed
javiti se bolnega to go (ali to report) sick

bolézen illness, sickness; ill-health; (določena) disease; (organska) malady; (bolečine) ailment; (obolenje) affection; indisposition; (kronična) infirmity

zaradi bolézni owing to illness
angleška bolézen rachitis, rickets pl
epidemična bolézen epidemic
dolga bolézen prolonged (ali lingering) illness
bolézen na jetrih liver complaint
morska bolézen sea-sickness
nalezljiva bolézen infectious ali catching ali (pri dotiku) contagious disease
neznatna bolézen complaint, indisposition, trouble, disorder, distemper
otroške bolézni (figurativno) teething troubles
otroška bolézen disease of children
poklicna bolézen occupational (industrial, trade) disease
težka (lahka) bolézen a severe (a light) illness
zahrbtna, nevarna bolézen malignant disease
spalna bolézen sleeping sickness
spolna bolézen venereal (disease) (krajšava: VD)
zračna bolézen airsickness
dopust zaradi bolézni sick leave
izbruh (pojav, prenos, potek, žarišče) bolézni outbreak (manifestation, transmission, course, seat) of disease
kal bolézni (disease) germ
napad bolézni attack (ali bout) of illness
nosilec bolézni carrier
poročilo o bolézni bulletin, doctor's report
preprečevanje bolézni prophylaxis, preventive health care
simuliranje bolézni malingering
znak, simptom bolézni sign, symptom
bolézen gre na bolje (slabše) the illness has taken a turn for the better (worse)
nakopati si bolézen to catch a disease, to contract a disease; to fall ill, to be taken ill
ta bolézen ga je pobrala he was carried off by this illness
preboleti (svojo) bolézen to get over one's illness
prestati bolézen to go through an illness
hliniti, simulirati bolézen to malinger, to pretend to be ill, zastarelo to affect an illness
umreti za boléznijo to die of an illness

bólje better

bólje in bólje, vedno bólje better and better
čim prej tem bólje the sooner the better
toliko bólje so much the better
tem bólje all the better
oziroma bólje (rečeno) or rather
bólje je (vzeti...) it is preferable (to take...)
zaradi tega mi ni prav nič bólje I am no whit the better for it
gre mu (ekonomsko) bólje he is better off
sedaj mi gre (zdravstveno) bólje I am getting better now
bólje bi storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better stay at home, pogovorno you better stay at home
bólje ne! (= tega Vam ne svetujem) you had better not!
sinoči, oziroma bólje rečeno, davi smo imeli vihar last night, or rather, this morning there was a storm
ni mogel napraviti bólje kot... he could not have done better than...
bólje se počutiti to feel (ali to be) better
posli gredo bólje business is improving
obrniti se, spremeniti se na bólje to change for the better
bólje drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in hand is worth two in the bush

bóljšati boljšati se to improve, to ameliorate; to mend

bóljšati, boljšati se se (poklicno) to better oneself
njegovo zdravje se boljša he is on the mend

bóljši better; superior

daleč bóljši better by far
njegova bóljša polovica polovica (= žena) humoristično his better half
sprememba na bóljše a change for the better
on je na bóljšem he is better off
on je videl bóljše dneve (figurativno) he has seen better days, ZDA pogovorno he is a has-been
bóljšega ni mogel storiti kot... he could not do better than...
ima se za nekaj bóljšega he thinks himself superior
ker ni nič bóljšega for want of something better
zdravje je bóljše kot bogastvo health is better than wealth

book² [buk] prehodni glagol
v knjigo vpisati, vknjižiti, registrirati; kupiti vozovnico ali vstopnico; rezervirati (sobo, vozovnico, vstopnico); angažirati; povabiti

I'll book you for Saturday pričakujem vas v soboto
he is booked for a sad end namenjena mu je žalostna usoda
pogovorno to be booked to do s.th. morati kaj narediti
all seats are booked vsi sedeži so razprodani
I am booked to see him on Tuesday zmenil sem se z njim za torek

Bostra -ae, f (ἡ Βόστρα) Bostra, po Trajanu glav. mesto rim. pokrajine Arabije: Amm. — Soobl. Bosra (Bozra) Bosra, Bozra: Vulg. ō— Od tod adj. Bostrēnus 3 (Βοστρηνός) bostrski, iz Bostre, kot subst. masc. Bostran: Ci. ep.

box¹ [bɔks] samostalnik
škatla, zaboj; skrinja; okrov; posoda, predal; kozel na kočiji; loža, predel; staja; garažni oddelek za avto, boks; uta, hišica, soba; klop; oblikovalni okvir; darilo
ameriško votlina v deblu

Christmas box božično darilo
jury box porotniška klop
ballot box volilna žara
box of bricks škatla s kockami
elektrika junction box odcepna pušica
money box hranilnik
sentry box stražnica
shooting box lovska koča
strong box kaseta, železna blagajna
to be in the same box deliti isto usodo
to be in the wrong box motiti se
prisoner's box zatožna klop
witness box prostor za priče na sodišču
sleng box of dominoes klavir
ameriško, sleng eternity box grob
to he in a (tight) box biti v zagati
to be in one's thinking box resno premišljevati
the whole box of tricks vse skupaj

bránje reading; lecture; (obiranje, trganje) gathering

bránje grozdja vintage
povečevalno steklo za bránje magnifying glass
vnet za bránje fond of reading
vreden bránja worth reading, readable
ta knjiga je slabo (revno) bránje this book is poor reading
oslepel boš od bránja you will read yourself blind
zaspal je pri bránju he read himself to sleep

bráti (čitati) to read

skrbno bráti to peruse; (nabirati ipd.) to collect, to gather (in), to pick; (trgati) to pluck; to cull
bráti grozdje to gather grapes, to vintage
bráti hmelj to pick hops
bráti mašo to say mass
napačno bráti to misread
do konca bráti to read through
bráti zase (skrivaj) to read to oneself
bráti med vrsticami to read between the lines
to sem bral v časopisu I read it in the paper
ne zna ne bráti ne pisati he can neither read nor write
to se bere kot roman it reads like a novel
tvoja knjiga se mnogo bere your book is much read
bráti komu na obrazu to read someone's face
nedolžnost se mu bere na obrazu innocence is written all over his face, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
hoteti bráti v besedilu nekaj, česar v njem ni to read something into a text
vsak večer berem očetu časopis every evening I read the paper to my father
rada ima, da ji kaj berejo she likes being read to

brég (rečni) bank, (morski) shore, (morski, peščeni) strand, beach; (strmina) slope, hill; (nagib) incline

na breg, na bregu ashore
reka je prestopila brégove the river has overflowed ali has burst its banks
imeti nekaj za brégom (figurativno) to have an ulterior motive; to have something at the back of one's mind; to have some design, to harbour a design
ne vem, kaj imaš za brégom I don't know what you're after ali what you're driving at
kaj ima (on) za brégom? what is he up to?