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blow¹ [blou] samostalnik
udarec
figurativno nesreča, napad

at a (ali one, a single) blow z enim zamahom, naenkrat
to come to blows, to exchange blows spopasti, stepsti se
to deal (ali strike) a blow udariti
to strike a blow for pomagati komu, boriti se za koga
to strike a blow against upreti se
without striking a blow brez težav, brez borbe

body¹ [bɔ́di] samostalnik
telo, truplo; trup; karoserija; oseba, človek, nekdo; bistvo, jedro, glavni del
figurativno snov, tekst; steznik, životec; skupina, zbor, društvo, organ, korporacija; telesna straža, spremstvo; celota, večina
astronomija astralno telo; gostota, konsistenca, trdnost; retorta, prekapnica

body corporate korporacija; pravna oseba
in the body of the hall v sredini dvorane
the body of people velika množica
in a body vsi skupaj
to keep body and soul together preživljati se
one body is like another vsi ljudje smo enaki
main body glavnina vojske
diplomatic body diplomatski zbor
a poor body revež
kemija compound body spojina
body politic država
body of a letter tekst, vsebina pisma

bottom¹ [bɔ́təm] samostalnik
dno, tla; vznožje; nižava, dolina; podlaga, osnova
vulgarno zadnjica; sedalo; ladijsko dno, ladja; usedlina, gošča
figurativno vzrok, razlog
pogovorno vztrajnost; enica (prestava v motorju); najoddaljenejši kraj; spodnje čelo mize, oseba, ki tam sedi

at (the) bottom dejansko, pravzaprav, v resnici
to act (ali stand) (up) on one's own bottom delati na svojo roko (odgovornost), biti neodvisen
from top to bottom od glave do pete
to be at the bottom of s.th. biti pravi vzrok česa
the bottom of the business bistvo stvari
to be embarked in the same bottom imeti isto usodo, udeležiti se iste stvari
to go to the bottom potopiti se, utoniti
from the bottom of one's heart z dna srca
to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresnico, ovreči, podminirati
bottom leather podplat
to get down to rock bottom priti stvari do dna
to send to the bottom potopiti
to touch bottom nasesti; figurativno zaiti v hude težave
to venture all in one bottom staviti vse na eno kocko
bottom up! izpij do dna!, eks!
at the bottom of the street na koncu ulice

bout [baut] samostalnik
doba; trajanje; izmeničnost; napad

it comes to my bout jaz sem na vrsti
to have a bout at s.th. poskusiti kaj
at one bout na mah
this (ali that) bout tokrat
drinking bout popivanje
bout of illness napad bolezni

bràt brother

bràt po krvi brother german
(pol)bràt po materi uterine brother
starejši bràt elder brother
najstarejši bràt the eldest brother
rodni bràt full brother
bràt po mleku foster-brother
mlajši bràt younger brother
samostanski bràt (menih) friar
dragi bràtje! religija dearly beloved brethren!
eden naših bràtov religija one of our brethren
bratje po krvi brothers pl, religija brethren pl
bratje v orožju brothers in arms
to je med bràti vredno that's a reasonable price

bread¹ [bred] samostalnik
kruh; hrana; zaslužek

brown bread črni kruh
bread buttered on both sides velika sreča, dobičkonosen opravek
to know on which side one's bread is buttered vedeti, kaj je ugodno
bread and butter kruh z maslom; figurativno hrana, zaslužek
bread and butter letter pismena zahvala za gostoljubnost
to have one's bread buttered for life biti do smrti preskrbljen
to quarrel with one's bread and butter pritoževati se nad delom
to eat the bread of idleness živeti na tuji račun
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth odjesti komu kruh
to break bread with s.o. deliti s kom hrano
to cast one's bread upon the waters biti radodaren
bread and cheese preprosta hrana
bread and scrape tenko namazan kruh
britanska angleščina, sleng bread and cow to cover kruh z maslom
all bread is not baked in one oven ljudje so različni
to eat s.o.'s bread and salt biti pri kom v gosteh
half a loaf is better than no bread v sili hudič muhe žre
to be put on bread and water živeti ob kruhu in vodi

bring in prehodni glagol
donašati; preskrbeti; navesti; predložiti zakonski načrt
pravno izreči sodbo

bring in s.o. guilty obsoditi koga
bring in s.th. against one dokazati komu krivdo ali zmoto

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

but² [bʌt] predlog
razen, mimo, izvzemši

the last but one predzadnji
the last but two predpredzadnji
but for you če bi tebe ne bilo
all but he (ali him) vsi razen njega, samo on ne
but for all that toda kljub vsemu temu
nothing but nič razen

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

cap¹ [kæp] samostalnik
čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
to get one's cap postati član kluba
cap in hand proseče
his cap is on one side slabe volje je
cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
night cap napitek pred spanjem
to pull caps prepirati se
to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
steel cap čelada
cap and gown akademska noša

carry² [kǽri]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati; aportirati, nesti
sleng nadaljevati

to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
to carry the day zmagati
to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
to carry into effect izvršiti
to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto

cél whole; total; entire; all; complete; full; integral; undivided; (nedotaknjen, nepoškodovan) safe, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed

ena cela a whole, one
v celem in the main, on the whole, in full
v céli Evropi in the whole of Europe
célo uro a full hour
céla 2 dneva two whole days, two full days, for two days running
cél svet all the world
po célem svetu all over the world, throughout the world
cél zadnji mesec all last month, the whole of last month
cél junak every inch a man
v célem vzeto taken overall (ali as a whole)
plačati célo vožnjo to pay the full rate
sin je cél oče the son is the very image of his father, the son is the spitting image of his father

chew¹ [čú:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
žvečiti, prežvekovati
figurativno (on, upon, over o) razmišljati, premišljevati, razglabljati

to chew the cud prežvekovati
ameriško, sleng to chew the rag (ali fat) čvekati, gobezdati, česnati
to chew up nahruliti
to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se naloge, ki je ne zmoremo

concilium -iī, n

1. sklic(anje); met. sklican zbor, shod, sestanek: videre ambas si in uno miles concilio volet Pl. obe na enem kraju, in pastorum concilium se recipere Ci., c. advocare Ci., convocare C., vocare ali cogere V., dimittere Ci., C., seclusum a concilio deorum Ci., in illud divinum animorum concilium coetumque proficisci Ci., c. amicorum N., ibi concilium populi habere N., quod earum (Camenarum) ibi concilia cum coniuge sua Egeria essent L., mortalium concilium adire Cu., c. totius Graeciae Cu. srečanje cele Grčije (na istmijskih igrah).

2. occ.
a) zbor, zborovanje, shod v kak poseben namen: nullum futurum fuisse Romae nisi publicum concilium L., tribuni plebi concilium edicunt L. napovedo ljudski zbor (comitia tributa) = c. plebis L.; c. populi L. narodni zbor (comitia centuriata), quominus concilium (sc. populi) advocares legemque ferres Ci.; patres ex concilio submovere ali patrum sanctum c. H. senat. Tudi zbor zunaj Rima, poseb. v provincah zvezni, deželni zbor, svèt, tudi narok, dan: concilium Lutetiam Parisiorum transtulit C. je premestil, in communi Belgarum concilio C., c. Latinorum advocare L., c. Achaicum L. ahajska zveza, concilium dare (praebere) legatis L. narok (dan) razpisati.
b) pesn. vez, zveza, združitev: hoc mihi concilium tecum manebit O. tako hočem s teboj združen ostati, c. rerum Lucr.; poseb. telesna združitev, spolni odnos: concilio genitali arceri Lucr., concilia corporalia Arn.; od tod met. spodbujevalka (kaka rastl.) spolnega nagona, afrodiziak: Plin. (o rastl. [ias(i)ōnē, iasinē] morda družabnica, ker raste v skupinah).

consent² [kənsént] samostalnik (to)
privolitev, dopustitev, odobritev

pravno age of consent polnoletnost
by common consent, with one consent soglasno
mutual consent medsebojen dogovor
silence gives consent kdor molči, se strinja
to carry the consent of biti odobren od
to withhold one's consent ne odobriti
half hearted consent prisilna privolitev

crow² [krou] samostalnik
zoologija vrana; petelinje petje; vrisk(anje)
figurativno zora
tehnično kljukec, odpirač, lomilo

crow's feet gubice ob očeh
as the crow flies, in a crow line v zračni črti
to have a crow to pluck with s.o. imeti s kom račune
one crow will not pick out another crow's sight vrana vrani oči ne izkljuje
ameriško, pogovorno to eat the crow ponižati se, priznati napako
white crow velika redkost
as hoarse as a crow čisto hripav

cry² [krai]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, vzklikniti, jokati, tarnati, razglasiti; izklicevati

2. neprehodni glagol
jokati, kričati, jadikovati, vreščati; lajati; dreti se

to cry for the moon želeti si nemogoče
to cry fie at (ali shame against) s.th. zgražati se nad čim
to cry halves zahtevati svoj delež
to cry shame upon s.o. (o)sramotiti, grajati koga
to cry out one's eyes izjokati si oči
it's no good crying over spilt milk kar je, je
to cry out before one is hurt vnaprej tarnati
to cry wolf povzročiti prazen hrup, izgovarjati se na neresnično bolezen
to cry quits poravnati spor
to cry to s.o. poklicati koga
don't cry stinking fish umazano perilo peri doma
do not cry till you are out of the wood ne hvali dneva pred večerom
to cry craven vdati se, popustiti

čestítati

čestítati komu to congratulate someone (za on, upon); to compliment someone (on); arhaično to felicitate someone (on)
čestitam! congratulations!
čestital sem mu že za zmago I have already complimented him on his victory
čestitam si, da sem to naredil I congratulate myself on having done it
lahko si čestitaš! you may congratulate yourself! ali pogovorno you can give yourself a pat on the back
čestitali so si drug drugemu they congratulated one another
iskreno vam čestitamo k vašemu uspehu we heartily congratulate you on your success

čétnik guerrilla

hist Chetnik, guerrilla fighter in Serbia before World War One; member of Draže Mihajlovič's forces in World War Two