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queer¹ [kwíə] pridevnik (queerly prislov)
čuden, nenavaden, svojevrsten, čudaški, komičen
pogovorno dvomljiv, sumljiv, na slabem glasu (posel)
pogovorno bolehen, slab, omotičen
sleng pijan, homoseksualen
sleng ponarejen
ameriško, sleng ves mrtev na kaj (for, about)

a queer fellow (ali fish) čudak
to feel queer slabo se počutiti
as queer as Dick's hatband slabe volje
to be in Queer Street biti v (denarni) stiski, zadolžen
queer in the head prismójen

queer² [kwíə] samostalnik
sleng homoseksualec
sleng ponarejen denar

queer³ [kwíə] prehodni glagol
sleng pokvariti
sleng napačno prikazati (with komu)

to queer o.s. škodovati si
britanska angleščina to queer the pitch for s.o. prekrižati komu račune

čudáški queer; eccentric; odd, oddish; original; strange; singular

biti čudáški to have a bee in one's bonnet, to be a queer fish, to be a queer bird

čúden queer, uncommon, unusual; eccentric; strange; singular; odd; original; curious; VB žargon rum

kako čúdno! what a curious thing!
čúdna opazka a strange remark
to je čúdno that is strange
on je čúden patron he is a strange fellow
nič čúdnega, če... no wonder if...
na tem ni nič čúdnega there is nothing strange in (ali about) it
čudno (presenetljivo, za čuda) curiously enough, strange to say
čúdno se počutiti to feel strange
čúdno, da tega niste (ne bi bili) slišali strange that you should not have heard it
čúdno se sliši žargon it sounds rum
kakor se utegne zdeti čúdno... strange as it may appear...
zaklel je in nič čúdnega (če je) he swore and no wonder

fantástičen fantastic; fanciful; imaginative; eccentric, wild; incredible; extraordinary; extravagant; (čudaški) queer

fantástično (prislov) fantastically
plačati fantástično ceno za kaj to pay an outrageous price (ali a fancy price) for something
na izletu je bilo fantástično it was a fantastic trip

homoseksuálec; homoseksuálen homosexual; pogovorno gay; slabšalno queer

kómičen (namerno) comic; (nenamerno) comical; funny; pogovorno funny ha-ha; ludicrous; ridiculous; burlesque, laughable; droll; (čuden) queer, odd, pogovorno funny, peculiar

kómična opera comic opera
kómična pesem comic song
kómična stran (plat) zadeve the funny side of the affair

nenaváden uncommon, unusual; (običaj) unwonted, unaccustomed; (izjemen) exceptional, rare, irregular; (čuden) strange, curious, odd, out of the ordinary, out of the way; unfamiliar, queer, quaint, original, singular; (izreden) extraordinary, remarkable

originálen original, novel, first-hand; figurativno odd, peculiar, queer

čudák a queer (ali eccentric) person; an odd fellow (ali character); a queer fish; an original; oddity; fog(e)y; žargon a queer (ali rum) customer

star čudák an old codger
biti čudák to have a bee in one's bonnet, to be a queer fish (ali a queer bird)
ti si čudák! you are a one!

nenavádnež (čudak) a queer (ali eccentric) person; an original (ali odd) fellow

on je nenavádnež he is a queer fish, he is a bit of a card

samosvójec (posebnež) original; queer customer; eccentric; odd man out

bird [bə:d] samostalnik
ptič, ptičica
sleng deklica, dečko, oseba
ameriško, sleng navdušenec; čudak

figurativno old bird lisjak, zvitorepec, tič
to do s.th. like a bird zelo rad, z lahkoto kaj narediti
bird of calm vodomec
the early bird catches the worm rana ura zlata ura
cock bird ptičji samec
birds of a feather flock together ene vrste ptiči skupaj letijo, Šimen Šimnu gode
fine feathers make fine birds obleka dela človeka
to give the bird zavrniti, odkloniti, izžvižgati
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush boljši danes vrabec kakor jutri zajec, bolje drži ga kot lovi ga
hen bird ptičja samica
to hit the bird in the eye v črno zadeti
bird of Jove orel
bird of Juno pav
to kill two birds with one stone dve stvari hkrati opraviti, dve muhi naenkrat ubiti
a little bird told me so nekdo (ne smem ali nočem povedati, kdo) mi je povedal
bird of paradise rajska ptica, rajčica
an old bird is not caught with chaff star lisjak ne gre na limanice
bird of passage ptica selivka
bird of prey ptica roparica
a queer (gay) bird čudak (veseljak)
a wise old bird zvitorepec

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

člôvek man, pl men; human being; fellow, individual, person

člôvek (božji)! (vzklik nestrpnosti) man (alive)!
čuden člôvek a queer (ali an odd) fellow
nepomemben člôvek nonentity
odrasel člôvek grown-up person, adult
noben člôvek nobody, not a soul
navaden, poprečen člôvek the man in the street, the average person
vsak člôvek everybody, everyone
poslovni člôvek man of business
on je prijeten člôvek he is a pleasant fellow
on je najboljši člôvek na svetu he is the best man alive; there is no better man alive (than he)
člôvek za vsak posel, za vse jack-of-all-trades, pl jacks-of-all-trades
člôvek u podoben man-like; anthropoid
kakšen člôvek pa je on? what kind of person is he?, what sort of fellow is he?
on je tudi samó člôvek he is only human
Vi ste člôvek, ki ga hočem, potrebujem you are the man I want
kaj naj si člôvek misli o njem? what should one think of him?
kaj drugega bi člôvek mogel reči v tem primeru? what else could a man say in this case?
člôvek obrača, bog pa obrne man proposes, God disposes
člôvek na slabem glasu a bad egg (ali hat, lot)

fish¹ [fiš] samostalnik
riba; ribe
vulgarno ženski spolni organ

all is fish that comes to our net vse nam lahko koristi
a cool fish hladnokrvnež
to cry stinking fish poniževati se
to drink like a fish piti ko žolna
drunk as a fish pijan ko čep
dull as a fish neumen ko noč
he eats no fish je poštenjak
to feed the fishes imeti morsko bolezen; utoniti
to land the fish doseči svoj cilj
neither fish, flesh or fowl ne tič ne miš
pogovorno to have other fish to fry imeti druge opravke
one must not make fish of the one and flesh of the other ne smemo biti pristranski
a pretty kettle of fish neprijetno presenečenje, zmešnjava, kolobocija
a loose fish razuzdanec
there's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it glavo pokonci, vse se še lahko uredi; za vsakega človeka se lahko najde nadomestilo
a fish story zlagana povest; bahavo pripovedovanje
a strange (ali odd, queer) fish čudak
to feel like a fish out of water počutiti se ko riba na suhem
mute as a fish molčeč ko riba
salt-water fish morska riba

go² [gou] samostalnik
hoja tek; odhod; požirek, grižljaj; vrstni red; moda; dejavnost, energija; napad bolezni
sleng izpit

all the go velika moda
on the go v teku
a capital go prijetna zadeva
at the first go-off v samem začetku
it was a near go malo je manjkalo, za las je šlo
is it a go? smo se sporazumeli?, velja?
Great (Little) go glavni (sprejemni) izpit (na univerzi)
to have a go at s.th. lotiti se česa
it's no go tako ne gre, nima smisla
a pretty go presenetljiva zadeva
quite the go čisto navadno
a rum (ali queer) go čudna zadeva
that's the go je že tako na svetu

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

pitch³ [pič] samostalnik
met (žoge), lučaj (balinske krogle), metanje
navtika zibanje ladje; nagnjenost, strmec, strmina (strehe); višina, stopnja
glasba višina tona, uglašenost (glasbila)
figurativno (najvišja ali najnižja) točka, najvišja stopnja, vrh, vrhunec
britanska angleščina stojnica (uličnega prodajalca)
ekonomija ponudba blaga na tržišču
ameriško, sleng hvalisanje blaga, reklamni oglas
ameriško, sleng čenče, blebetanje
šport igrišče, (kriket) polje med vrati; razmak med luknjicami (na filmu), razmak med žlebiči (na gramofonski plošči)

absolute (perfect) pitch absolutni posluh
pitch of an arch višina oboka
pitch level višina tona, glasu
glasba above (below) pitch previsoko (prenizko)
to sing true to pitch uglašeno peti
to fly a high pitch visoko letati
to the highest pitch do skrajnosti
at the pitch of one's voice na ves glas
to queer s.o.'s pitch prekrižati komu načrte
ameriško, sleng I get the pitch razumem
sleng what's the pitch? kaj se godi?