Darja Hoenigman Mostovi XXXVII, št. i, 2003, 44-61
Darja Hoenigman
Glosar besed in besednih zvez,
povezanih z osebnimi imeni:
Angleško-slovenski1
A Glossary of Words and Phrases Associated with
First Names: English-Slovene
Slovarska redakcija: Mojca M. Hočevar
Predgovor
Veliki angleško-slovenski slovar, Slovensko-angleški slovar in širše dostopni enojezični slovarji
vsebujejo le malo besed in besednih zvez, ki so povezane z osebnimi imeni, zato se lahko pri
prevajanju teh besed kaj hitro znajdemo v težavah. Nekatere takšne besedne zveze najdemo v
slovarju Tite Oxford English Dictionary, nekatere v Slovarju slovenskega knjižnega jezika, pogosto
pa se zgodi, da moramo njihov pomen iskati prav po detektivsko. Zato sem skušala najti čim
več takšnih besednih zvez in jih prevesti v slovenščino. Tudi v dobi elektronskih slovarjev in
interneta se lahko Glosar besed in besednih zvez, povezanih z osebnimi imeni izkaže za zelo koristen
pripomoček. V tej številki Mostov je predstavljen angleško-slovenski del glosarja.
Preface
VVhenever you read or translate an English or Slovene text and come across a phrase that
includes a first name used in a generic sense, or one derived from it, you are very likely to face
a problem. A very limited number of these phrases are included in English-Slovene or Slovene-
English dictionaries, or any of the monolingual dictionaries. Many can be found in The Oxford
English Dictionary, but if you are not lucky you have to be realy smart to dig out their meaning-
That is why I have tried to compile as many phrases associated with first names as possible, and
to translate them into Slovene and English respectively.
This is therefore a glossary of the language units that include or are derived from first names.
It should help a translator find the meaning and a suitable translation for such phrases. The
glossary had been compiled before electronic dictionaries and the internet became widely
accessible, and yet I believe it may stili prove to be useful. This issue of Mostovi presents the
English-Slovene Part
1 Glosar je predstavitev dela diplomske naloge, ki sem jo izdelala pod mentorstvom doc. dr. Stanka Klinar¬
ja. Na tem mestu se mu še enkrat najtopleje zahvaljujem za strokovno pomoč in spodbudo. Obenem se zah¬
valjujem tudi slavistoma Petru Svetini in Jožefu Skazi; Davidu Boultingu, magistru iz ameriške književnosti.
Robertu Gartnerju, inženirju elektrotehnike, biologinji Kseniji Mežnarič in drugim. Vsem lepa hvala.
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Krajšave in znamenja / Abbreviations and Signs
Abbreviations/Kraj šave
AE American English ameriško
□ introducing Slovene uvaja slovenske
translations or prevode in razlage
esplanations
<1 introducing related uvaja besedne
phrases and derivatives zveze in izpeljanke
A
Abraham ['eibra.haem, -ham] Abraham-man,
Abram-man Abraham berač; tisti, ki se dela
norega morda aluzija na svetopisemsko priliko o bera¬
ču Lazarju (Lk 16) < to sham Abraham v rabi med
mornarji hliniti bolezen
Achilles [ak'lli:z] Ahil sin Peleja in Tetide, osrednji ju-
nak v Iliadi; da bi ga naredila neranljivega, ga je mati
kot otroka potopila v reko Stiks; ker ga je pri tem držala
za peto, je bila ta poslej edini ranljivi del njegovega tele¬
sa < AchillesO heel A/ahilova peta He was ven/
brave, butfear ofspiders was his Achilles' heel. <1 Ac¬
hilles tendon A/ahilova kita
Vdam /'aedam/Adam ime prvega človeka □Adam;
človek, moški < Adam's ale / Adam's wine
hum. voda We'll drink Adam'sale, and weget it pool
measure. <3 Adam's Apple aluzija na svetopisemsko
zgodbo o izvirnem grehu A/adam0V0 jabolko be¬
sedna zveza izhaja iz verovanja, da se je košček prepove¬
danega sadeža zataknil v Adamovem grlu in povzročil to
izboklino < (as) old as Adam star ko zemlja; že
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od pamtiveka Though old as Adam, love is stili the
theme that interests ali hearts in ali countries. <1 notto
krtova s. o. from Adam koga sploh ne poznati Some
man stopped me. I do not know him from Adam. <1 old
Adam staro, pokvarjeno jedro ... an impatience
to shake offthe old social and political Adam ...<! since
Adam was a boy že od nekdaj You hunt up that
pen you've had since Adam was a boy. <\ to Adam-
and-Eve rhyming slangfor believe verjeti Could
you Adam-and-Eve it?
Aladdin /a'lčedin/ Aladin ime junaka iz Čarobne sve¬
tilke, zgodbe iz Tisoč in ene noči <1 Aladdin's cave
zakladnica; prostor, na katerem je zbrane¬
ga ogromno bogastva; Krezova palača That
rough little room was an Aladdin's cave! Glass cas-
es lined the walls, in which glittered great nuggets of
gold and shimmering silver. <1 Aladdin’s lamp fig.
nekaj, kar ti lahko uresniči vse želje; zlata ri¬
bica Good will is almost as expeditious and effectual as
Aladdin's lamp. O to Aladdinize začarati; spre¬
meniti kot s čarovnijo The whole house may be
Aladdinized into one room.
Albert /'aelbst/ Albert □ format pisarniškega
papirja (4"x6"), ki približno ustreza našemu
A5 < Albert (chain) vrsta urine verižice ime¬
novana po princu Albertu, možu kraljice Viktorije He
stole a silver watch and Albert chain. <1 Albert Med-
al medalja, ki jo od leta 1866 podelijo tistemu,
ki komu reši življenje The Queen has conferred the
decoration ofthe Albert Medal on Samuel Popplestone.
Alexander /selig'za:nda/ Aleksander □ vrsta
koktajla; mešana opojna pijača
Alexandra /aslig'za:ndra/ Aleksandra < Ale-
xandra (fly) vaba, ki jo uporabljajo pri muhar¬
jenju, umetna muha I have an Alexandra, a con-
fection of peacock feather and tinsel. <1 Alexandrian
step način hoje, moderen v času kralja Ed¬
varda, s katerim so posnemali šepanje prin¬
cese Aleksandre, ki je imela težave s kole¬
nom He's going to make use ofthe »Alexandrian step«
when he can walk, that is the step that suddenly became
the thing at court when the Princess ofWales got lame
with a sore knee.
Ali Baba /'seli 'ba:ba/ Ali Baba ime glavne osebe v
zgodbi Ali Baba in štirideset razbojnikov iz Tisoč in ene noči
< Ali Baba basket koš za umazano perilo He
took offhis shirt and put it in the Ali Baba basket.
Aliče /'aelis/ Aliča < Aliče band obroč za lase Prin¬
cess Anne, was rvearing a dress offloivered silk and an Al¬
iče band over herfair hair. <1 Aliče blue AE svetlo
zelenkasto modra An Aliče blue dress ... < Ali-
ce-in-Wonderland attrib. čudežen, pravljičen
England is the most fantastic Alice-in-Wanderland
country.; An Alice-in-Wonderland situation
Allen /'aebn/ Alen < Allen key, Allen screvv ime
za orodje, ki ga proizvaja the Allen Manufac-
turing Co.
Ally Sloper /'seli slaup(r)/ ime junaka iz stripov z
velikim nosom in s poševnim čelom, ki se ukvarja z
nečistimi posli, vendar zaradi nerodnosti in neznanja
vedno vse pokvari □ Prognathic with receding fon-
head and Ally Sloper noše... <1 Ally Sloper's Cavalry
šaljivo ime za britansko vojsko izhaja iz kratice
ASC the Army Service Corps)
Alnaschar /aeln'aej3(r)/ ime berača iz Tisoč in ene noS,
ki zaradi želje po bogastvu uniči svoja sredstva za preživet¬
je □ tisti, ki vse zavrže zaradi želje po boga¬
stvu What an Alnaschar I am because I have madefine
pounds by my poems.
Andrew /'aendru:/ Andrej < Andrevv (Miller)
ime za britansko kraljevo mornarico Terms ...
heard every day in »Andreiv«, as the bluejacket calls the
Navy. < merry-Andrew pavliha, šaljivec Listen
to the jokes of the merry-Andrew. <1 St. Andrevv s
cross Andrejev križ križ v obliki črke x <1 St. An-
drew's Day / St. Andrew's mass andrejevo (30.
november) praznuje se predvsem na Škotskem, ker je
sv. Andrej zavetnik Škotske
Anne /aen/ Ana <1 Queen Anne's dead! To je že
stara stvar!
Anthony /aentani/ Anton □ najmanjši prašiček
v leglu ker je sv. Anton je zavetnik svinjskih pastir¬
jev, so se ponavadi zaobljubili, da bo eden od prašič¬
kov v leglu »njegov« < (Anthony) Eden črn klo¬
buk, kakršnega je nosil sir Anthony Eden
Argus /'a:gas/ Argos mitološka oseba, ki naj bi imela
sto oči □ tisti, ki vse vidi; čuvaj; stražar; vsevid
stooki čuvaj v grški mitologiji
B
Babbit /'baebit/ ime junaka iz istoimenskega romana
Sinclairja Lewisa iz 1. 1922 □ materialističen, sa¬
movšečen poslovnež, ki dosledno upošteva
pravila le iz svojih krogov; japi At ali times the
vast majority ofhuman beings has consisted ofBabbits
and peasants.
Bartholomevv /ba:'eDl3,mju:/ Bartolomej, Jernej
<] Bartholomevv Fair Jernejev sejem (24. avgu¬
sta) <1 Bartholomew(-)beef / (-)pig / (-)puppet
stvari, ki jih prodajajo na tem sejmu govedina
/prašič/lutka ... For the very calling it a Bartholometo
pig, and to eat it so, is a špice ofidolatry.
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Benjamin /'bend33min/ Benjamin (Bibl.) patriarch
Jacob's youngest son □ najmlajši sin v družini,
ljubljenček; benjamin(ček) Kit mas his Benjamin
ofpupils.A Benjamini portion zelo majhen de¬
lež nasprotno od »levji delež« Our share mas ten live
pigs, a truly Benjamin's portion.
Bertha /'b3:03/ Berta <1 Big Bertha debela ber-
ta top
Betty /'beti/ Beti, Betka, (< Elizabeth Elizabeta)
<1 Betty-ass oslica (cf. Jenny-ass) <1 cousin Bet-
ty slaboumna oseba; pepček
Bevin /'bevin/ po Ernestu Bevinu (1881-1951), britan¬
skem ministru za delo 1940-45 <1 Bevin boy fant, ki
bi moral v vojsko, pa je bil izbran za delo v
rudniku The Bevin boys mere conscripted to go domn
the mineš.
Bill /'bil/ policija; policist Bill, the police ... <3 Old
Bill človek, ki je podoben liku iz stripov; go¬
drnjavemu staremu vojaku z mogočnimi
brki Here comes Old Bill himself.
Billy/Billie, billy/billie /'bili/ fant; prijatelj; to¬
variš Billy, a comrade, familiar acquaintance. brat;
Austral. & NZ kotel, lonec za kuhanje čaja
The billy is boiled and the tea made.; tech. debelo-
prednica <1 billy (club) AE policijska gumijev¬
ka He thought it neccessary, this pig, to take his billy
club out and crush her skull. < Billy Bunter debe-
luscek, bajsi Thefall moon stared domn mith a Billy
Bunter’s curious face. <1 billy-goat kozel <1 biily-
hood bratstvo, bratovščina That’s a stretch ofbil-
lyhood that I mas never up to before.
Bob /bDb/ Bob (< Robert) <1 Bob's your uncle
vse je/bo v redu, nič več ni treba storiti
Bobby (< Robert) /'bobi/ vzdevek za angle¬
škega stražnika; bobi
Bosvvell /'bDzvvel/ kdor koga spremlja kot sen¬
ca; senca A. CONAN DOYLE, Adv. of Sherlock Holmes
(1892) 6 »- 1 think that I had better go, Holmes. - Not a
bit, Doctor. Stay mhere you are. I am lost mithout my
Bosmell.«
C
Caesar /'si:za(r)/ Cezar □ med. sl. (< Caesarian
section) carski rez »I had to do a Caesar«, ans-
mered Dr. Clapton. < Caesar baby otrok, rojen s
carskim rezom »Lovely little baby«, said the nurse.
*Of course, Caesar babies usually are. They don't get
so spuashed.« <1 to appeal (un)to Caesar prito-
ziti se najvišjim oblastem In a formal reference
to the Prince Regent the indignant soldier appealed to
Caesar.
Cain /kem/ Kajn < to raise Cain dvigniti stra¬
šanski hrup, trušč; zagnati kraval; koga os¬
tro ošteti l'm a man that has lived rough and ITI raise
Cain. Father mili raise Cain ifyou are late.
Cassandra /ka'saendr3/ Kasandra hči Priama in He-
kabe; Apolon, ki ji je dvoril, ji je dal sposobnost preroko¬
vanja, ker pa se mu kljub temu ni vdala, je določil, naj
nihče več ne verjame njenim prerokbam, čeprav so bile
resnične; prekletstvo se je izpolnilo pri trojanskem konju
□ jasnoviden čovek včasih takšen, ki mu nihče ne
verjame; »šlogarica«; ciganka Far be from me the
Cassandra task of attempting to presuade my country-
men that an army ofany given size is a necessityfor the
republic. A Cassandra of the gypsy crem told me that I
loved a pretty girl in the corner.
Catherine /'kaeOrin/ Katarina < catherine vrsta
kočije Miss Baillie to the reviem of her catherine ...
< Catherine vvheel ognjeno kolo pri ognjeme¬
tu; Archit. okroglo okno s križnimi špicami
The figure of a mheel mith spikes projecting from its
circumference (in reference to the legend of St. Cathe-
rine's martyrdom).
Charley/Charlie /'tjaili/ Karel, Drago □ lisjak;
nočni čuvaj morda zato, ker je Karel I. leta 1640 razširil
in izboljšal nočno varovanje v Londonu; brada trikot¬
ne oblike začne se pod spodnjo ustnico, konča pa s ko¬
nico malo pod brado, kakršno je nosil Karel I. in jo vidimo
na vseh njegovih portretih; muha He more a Charley
on his under lip.; AE, Services' slang ameriški vo¬
jak v Severnem Vietnamu Friendly forces have
made contact mith Charlie and a fire fight follomed.;
prestrašen; strahopeten; bojazljiv; plašen I
mas dead charlie and little fairies mere having a right
game in my guts. 'd to turn Charlie/Charley zba-
ti se; stisniti rep med noge < Charleys sl. žen¬
ske prsi Foxes are knomn as Charleys and so in some
circles are moman's breasts. <1 a proper/right Char¬
lie poldrugi Martin; bedak; naivnež; norec; bu¬
dalo; tepec The plebeian engineer mas a proper Charlie
to let himselfbe roped infor it. <3 Mr. Charlie AE, Ne-
gro slang belec Stokely Chronicle mas promising Mr.
Charlie's doomsday.
Charon /'kesran/ Haron brodnik, ki je sence umrlih
prevažal prek reke Stiks D hutn. brodnik He had act-
ed as Charon ofthe Dee at Banchory.
Cinderella /,sind3'r£l3/ Pepelka □ pepelka;
snažilka, ribarica; zapostavljen član druži¬
ne; ženska, ki jo partner zanemarja, prezira
THACKERAY, Fraser's Mag.: 1 shall make one more tnal
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... upon the third daughter, afamily Cinderella. <3 Cin-
derella dance ples, ki se konča opolnoči
Corydon /'kDrictan, -dDn/ ime, s katerim sta Teo-
krit in Vergil poimenovala pastirja □ poet. podeže¬
lan; preprost človek; pastir THACKERAY, Vani-
ty Fair II. XII. 191: »God, what a debauched Corydon!«
said my lord.
Cuffee/Cuffy /'kAfi/ črnec; zamorec v preteklo¬
sti je bilo to ime pogosto med ameriškimi črnci Črni
medved
D
Danaid /da^neild/ Danaide hčere Danaja, kralja Ar-
gosa, ki so bile v podzemlju obsojene na nalivanje vode v
sode brez dna, ker so med poročno nočjo na prigovarja¬
nje strica Ajgipta umorile svoje može (vse razen najmlaj¬
še Hipermestre, ki je iz ljubezni obvarovala svojega Lin-
keja) < Danaidean task neizvedljiva naloga kot
npr. polniti sode brez dna The crezv are ivorn out ivith
their Danaidean task.
Darby /'daibi/ <1 Darby and Joan star zakonski
par, ki že dolgo srečno živi skupaj po tako ime¬
novanem paru, ki je nastopal v nekaterih baladah iz
18. stol. Her parents are divorced, but her grandparents
are like Darby and Joan.
Davy/davy /'deivi/prisega <1 to take one's davy
priseči; zakleti se <1 on my davy častna bese¬
da < Davy (Jones) nautičal slang mornarski hu¬
dič DIBDIN, poor Jack: And if to old Davy I should
go, friend Poli, Why you will ne'er hear of me no more.
The same Davy Jones, according to the mythology ofsail-
ors, is thefiend that presides over ali the evil spirits ofthe
deep. < Davy's locker / Davy Jones' locker mor¬
sko dno <3 to go to Davy Jones' locker utoni¬
ti v morju I thought you had gone to Davy’$ locker.
<1 Davy-lamp rudarska varnostna svetilka
Dick /'dik/ fant, moški usnjen predpasnik, ki so
ga nosili revni otroci na severu Dick, a leather
apron and bib, worn by poor children in the North; AE
stražar, vohun; vulg. penis; osel (c/ Dick(e)y,
Dick-ass, Jack-ass); sl. jahačev bič; slang skraj¬
šano ime za slovar <1 clever(-)D/dick usu. iron.
vseved, vseznalec There's bound to be some clever-
dick who has hidden in a coal-hole and refuses to show
himself. < Dick-ass osel <\ Dick-a-Tuesday duh;
škrat; blodeča lučka nad močvirjem < dick-
head vulg. glavica penisa; sl. cepec, osel But
I lost that job, it was alright, I deserved to lose it, I
was a dick-head. <1 Tom, Dick and Harry vsak;
vsakdo; kdorkoli; katerekoli osebe; povpre¬
čni, navadni ljudje, npr. Janez, Jože ... <3 to
swallow the dick, to talk dick brez premisle¬
ka uporabljati sofisticirane izraze, leporečiti;
»rožice saditi«; flancati »Ah, nou> you are talking
dick,«exclaimed Peabody, »and I can'tfollow you.«; sl.
detektiv, policist Ifyou wanna be a private Dick this
is a chance ofa lifetime.
Dick(e)y /'diki/ naut. ladijski častnik, naprsnik/
ovratnik na srajci Ifnot a shirt collar, at least afalse
collar, or by possibility a dicky.; sedež za služabni¬
ka zadaj na kočiji Vde carried our courier behind us
in the dickey with Anne.; zložljiv sedež v avtu On
most two-seaters a light, detachable, rear single, or dick-
ey seat can be arranged for ifspecially desired.; sl. osel
<1 Dick(e)y(-bird) ptiček, tiček; sl. uš There ums
dickie's cage on its old nail. <1 Dicky Sam prebiva¬
lec Liverpoola The natives ofLiverpool call themselves
or are called by others, Dicky Sams. < it's ali Dick(e)y
with him z njim je konec At one time he thought it
voas ali dicky with Sir Francis.
Dogberry /'dDg,beri, -ari, -bri/ ime nespametnega
stražnika v Shakespearovem Mnogo hrupa za nič <1 Do-
gberryneumenbahav policijski uradnik/policaj
The Dogberries ofDoncaster... were on the urrong scent.
Dora /'doira/ Dora šaljiva personifikacija kratice
D.O.R.A. (Defence of the Realm Act) G. B. SHAW,
London Mus.: The sixpence that went as tax to the gov-
ernment, ivhich might have stopped the performance by
virtue ofDora, and didn't.
Dorothy /'dnraGi/ Doroteja <1 Dorothy bag žen¬
ska torbica z ročajem, ki jo obesimo na ramo
Douglas /'dAglas/ (rabljeno brez člena) Austral.
slang sekira < to svving Douglas vihteti se¬
kiro
Dracula /'draekjula/ Drakula ime kralja vampirjev iz
istoimenskega romana Brama Stokerja (1897) D grote¬
sken ali grozljiv človek; krvoses; vrag If he's
Dracula himself we'll get him and hang him.
Dulcinea /,dAlsi'nia/ Dulsineja ime iz Cervanteso¬
vega romana Don Kihot - Don Kihotova ljubica <1 D/d lil"
cinea ljubica; dekle/ženska njegovega srca
His dulcinea persuaded him ...
E
Eve /i:v/ Eva ime prve ženske □ Eva, ženska < Eve-
ish radoveden 1 saw it was a long letter. I felt very
Eveish, my dear. <\ to Adam-and-Eve glej Adam
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F
Fagin /'feigm/ ime osebe iz Dickensovega romana Oli¬
ver Turist □ nepridiprav, ki sili otroke, da zanj
kradejo; tat The two Fagins who conducted it ivere
... both Italians.
G
Garibaldi /gaeri'bD:ldi, -'beeldi/ ime italijanske¬
ga generala (1807-82) □ ženska bluza, ponava¬
di živordeča podobna takim, kot so jih nosili Ga¬
ribaldi in njegovi privrženci Mrs. Felton ivas coming
out arrayed in a black skirt and a white garibaldi.; klo¬
buk podoben takim, kot so jih nosili Garibaldi in nje¬
govi privrženci <1 Garibaldi biscuit dvojni pi¬
škot z ribezovo marmelado Instead of offering
me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me ... to »have some
scjuashedflies«.
George /d^o:d^/ Jurij, Jure □ Hej, ti! tako pokli¬
čemo neznanca; tistega, ki mu ne vemo imena Servi¬
ces slang (vojaški) pilot; avtomatski pilot Even if
powered Controls do ali the physical ivork, ifGeorge does
ali the steering,... the test pilot is the man who bears ali
the responsibility, and is stili irreplacable.; kovanec s
podobo sv. Jurija (pol krone) <1 (yellow) ~ gvine-
ja Let's give'em a George. <\ (by) George! presneto
<1 George Medal/Cross civilna nagrada za po¬
gum podeljevati jo je začel kralj Jurij VI. <1 brown
George velik kamnit vrč štruca črnega kru¬
ha LD. JEFFREY, Cockburn Life (1852) II. 3 (Let. from Que-
en's College, Oxford):Most ofus choose to walk till nine
o'clock, at zvhich hour a George ... is served up, with
a bit ofbutter ... into each of our chambers. < Saint
George! / Ann and George! vzklik angleških
vojakov < St. George's colours/ensign/flag
/jack zastava sv. Jurija <1 St. George's cross
kriz SV. Jurija rdeč pokončen križ na angleški zasta¬
vi <d St. George's Day / Georgemas jurjevo (23.
aprila) < St. George's guard ščit pri sablji ali
širokem meču < let George do it naj to stori
kdo drug He was not familiar with the fine old slo¬
gan Let George Do It.
Gregory /'gregari/ Gregor □ rabelj, krvnik Gre-
gory Brandon, znan londonski rabelj iz časa vladavi¬
ne Jakoba I; njegov sin Richard, ki ga je nasledil, je do¬
bil vzdevek "Young Gregory". This mighty gentleman's
stolen Vension will not be szveet when Gregory shall
demand his fees. <i St. Gregory's Day gregorje-
VO (12. marec)
H
Harry /'haeri/ podeželan; mlad Anglež nižjega
stanu < Harrys / King Harrys drugorazredne
igralne karte The best cards are called Moguls, the
others Harrys and Highlanders. <\ Harry Dench-
man / Harry Dutchman krajevno siva vrana
<3 Harry Flakers Naut. slang izčrpan 'Harry
Flakers’ to mean worn out after a party or heavy work.
<\ Harry Flatters Naut. slangmimo morje; bona-
ca Fortunately, the sea has dropped and it is Harry Flat¬
ters. < Harry Freeman's/Frees Naut. slang za¬
stonj; gratis I don’t expect to supply cigarettes Harry
Freemans. < Harry groat novčič, ki ga je dal
skovati Henrik VIII. <1 old Harry groat novčič
Henrika VIII., na katerem je kralj upodobljen
z dolgim obrazom in dolgimi lasmi A piece of
antiquity, sir, 'tis English coin; and ifyou mili needs
know, 'tis an old Harry groat. <1 Harry James slang
nos Plenty ofdustfloating about in the air, ivhich gets
... up your Harry James. < harry-net drobno ple¬
tena ribiška mreža, s katero lovijo tudi mlade
in majhne ribe He does not know ivhat a harry-net
is. <1 Harry noble zlatnik Henrika VI. <1 Har-
ry racket slepe miši (c/. blindHarry, Blind Tom);
skrivalnice Harrie racket, or, areyou ali hid. < Har-
ry sovereign angleški zlatnik Henrika VII. ali
VIII. za en funt She hath old Harry sovereigns ... to
give away on her death bed. <1 blind Harry slepe
miši (c/ Harry racket, Blind Tom) < flash Harry
razkošno oblečen, navadno neotesan moški
Her flash-Harry boy-friend ... <1 Harry-long-legs
košeninar; zeljni komar večja, komarju podo¬
bna žuželka z zelo dolgimi nogami, ki ne pika (Tipu-
la olevacea) <3 to play old Harry with s.o. zago¬
sti jo komu <1 Tom, Dick and Harry (glej Dick)
< by the Lord Harry vrsta kletvice; presneto
By the Lord Harry, he teliš the truth.
Hector /'hekta/ Hektor aluzija na trojanskega junaka,
opevanega v IliadiO krepak, pogumen, drzen, ju¬
naški bojevnik Every nation has their Hectors.; ba¬
hač; nasilnež; tiran Surely this blustering Hector is
not one of the Sons of Adam. <J to hector tiranizi¬
rati, ustrahovati I was hectored and lectured in my
oum green room. <1 to play the hector (bully) / to
hector it bahati, širokoustiti se, oblastno se
vesti She does now and then play the hector a little.
Hercules /'h3:kjuli:s/ Herkul, Herkules ime slavne¬
ga junaka, sina Zevsa in Alkmene, ki je imel izjemno moč
□ velik, močan moški, silak, Herkul The tea-
kettle was brought in by a black Hercules.; stroj za
čiščenje ulic This new Hercules can scrape thorough-
ly clean, in sixty minutes, halfa mile in length by near-
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ly thirtyfeet in ividth ofthe dirtiest Street space in Lon¬
don. < Hercules knot težko razvozljiv vozel
< Hercules povvder dinamit The principal explo-
sives used in mining are ... rend-rock, Hercules ... and
other poivders. < Pillars of Hercules / Hercules'
Pillars skale na vsaki strani Gibraltarja tja naj
bi jih bil postavil Herkul; Herkulovi stebri
Homer /'hauma(r)/ Homer največji grški pesnik (8.
stol. pr. n. št., avtor Iliade in Odiseje) <3 Even Homer
sometimes nods pregovor vsi smo zmotljivi;
celo najboljši med nami delajo napake; ni¬
hče ni popoln
Hyde /'haid/ime hudobne osebnosti, ki jo je prevzel Dr.
Jekyll v zgodbi R. L. Stevensona The Strange Čase ofDr. ]e-
kyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) □ hudobna stran človeko¬
vega značaja (c/. Jekyll) Normally we let Hyde loose
only ivhenfor some reason he is socially acceptable.
I
Icarus /'ikaras/ Ikar, Ikarus (Gr. myth.) ime Dedalo-
vega sina, ki je s pomočjo umetnih, z voskom pritrjenih
kril, skušal leteti
Isabella /jzahda/ Izabela □ sivkasto rumena,
svetlo rjavo rumena The desert lark is ofa light Is¬
abella colour above and white below.
Ishmael /'ijmeial/ aluzija na sina Abrahama in dekle
Hagare (1 Mz 16); prednik Izmaelcev, skupnosti dva¬
najstih nomadskih narodov, prebivajočih v arabski pu¬
ščavi (1 Mz 25); v Koranu je označen za božjega poslan¬
ca in preroka □ izobčenec; posameznik v boju
z družbo Men zvho were the very Ishmaels of the la-
bour loorld...
J
Jack /djaek/ nekdo; kdorkoli; katerikoli človek
Jack would be a gentleman ifhe could speak French.;
moški, fant; neotesanec SHAKESPEARE, Tam.
Shr. II. i. 290: A mad-cap ruffian and a swearing lacke.;
fant pri kartah He turns up a Card ivhich is Trump:
if Jack, it is one to the dealer.; AE ime, s katerim
pokličemo/označimo neznanca; Ej, ti/vi/go¬
spod! Jack is stili veryfrequent among the common peo-
ple when, in addressing a stranger, one ivishes to avoid
the abruptness caused by omitting the unknoivn name.;
preprostež, povprečnež; collocj. skrajšano iz lum-
berjack drvar, gozdni delavec I had to fire thirty
jacks last fall.; policist; detektiv; vojaški policaj
You're not going to believe it. I haven't told ali to the
jacks, naturally.; el. razdelilec; vtikač; škripec Iron
Jacks, sometimes used instead ofthe table-u>heel or back-
frame ivheel, differ from the latter by having an iron
ivheel with cogs, ivhich ivork in the ivhirls.; naut. za¬
stavica na krmi <1 jack-staff naut. drog za za¬
stavo na ladijskem kljunu; priprava za obra¬
čanje ražnja; koza za žaganje Jack is used alsofor
a horse or ivoodenframe to saw timber upon .; naprava
za sezuvanje škornjev So foot-boys, who had fre-
quently the common name jack given them, zoere kept to
turn the spit, or to puli offtheir master's boots; but ivhen
instruments were inventedfor both these Services, they
were both called jacks.; AE osel, še posebno samec za
parjenje I have two or three young Jacks ... and severni
she asses, that I voould dispose of; samec nekaterih
živali; mlada ščuka; sl. or coli. poštna kočija We
travelled upon jacks, which is the pleasantest conveyan<x
in the world both for its sociability and the little fatigue
which attends it.; usnjena čutarica; AE ponev s
smolo za nočni lov in ribolov Standing with my
eyes beloiv the level of the flaming jack.; posodica,
model, ki so ga uporabljali pri izdelovanju
mila They are poured offinto vessels called 'jacks'.; Vi
pt = pribl.1,5 dl To a pound ofsugar put a jack ofwa-
ter.; sl. denar; bankovec za pet funtov {glej tudi
Jack's alive) This way every bastardly tourist ivith a lit¬
tle jack thinks he can hire you.; sl. tableta heroina;
zastava <] (California(n)) jack igra s kartami For
two hours they sat and played California Jack in plain
sight of the Street.; skrajšano iz Jack of the clock /
Jackaclock lutka fanta v uri, ki udarja na zvo¬
nove This is the night, nine the hour, and the jack that
gives ivarning. < St. George's Jack (glej George)
<1 pilot's Jack naut. pilotska zastavica <1 Union
Jack britanska zastava <1 (car/iifting) jack /
jack screvv dvigalo za avtomobile The machine
may be applied as a jack to raise great iveights a little
way from the ground. < Jackanapes predrznez;
nagajivec; domišljavec; fičfirič (cf. Jane-of-
apes) < Jack Addams norec Jack Addams, a stub-
born fool. <3 jack-a-dandy gizdalin, fičfirič l'd
sooner by half bend my back double ivith hard ivork
Ihan be jack-a-dandy. < Jack-a-Lent arch. lutka
človeka, ki so jo postavili v postnem času in
vanjo metali kamne, različne predmete, tudi
kovance; ime te igre; tarča, v katero vsak lah¬
ko kaj vrže Set up a Jack-a-Lent and throiv at it.:
arch. nepomemben, neznaten človek; lutka
What encouragement have I given you, Jack-a-Lent, to
attack me ivith your tenders?; post The Aurora Borea-
lis is frequent in Northern countries once Jack-a-Lent is
here.; človek, ki se posti v postnem času; po¬
stna jed A Jack-a-Lent, made of a red Herring and a
Leek. <1 Jack among the maids ljubezniv mo¬
ški, ki ugaja ženskam; kavalir; osvajalec The
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Mayor ... was a pleasant man and Jack among the
maids. < Jack and Jill/Gill fant in dekle If Gill
was a shreio, it ivas because Jack did not, as in duty
bound, stop her mouth ivith a kiss. <1 as good Jack
makes a good Jill kakršen mož, takšna žena <3
Every Jack must have his Jill pregovor navse¬
zadnje se za vsakega fanta najde dekle in na¬
sprotno < jack-arch obok, katerega debelina
ne presega širine ene opeke <1 Jackaroo Au-
stral. coli. (blending of Jack + kangaroo) neizkušen
mlad naseljenec; nekdo, ki je pravkar prišel iz
Anglije, da bi si nabral izkušenj v avstralski
divjini The young Jackaroo woke early next morning.;
Austral. coli. novinec na ovčji ali živinski farmi
In the bachelors' quarters there will probably live one or
two jackaroos - young Australians or sometimes young
Englishmen, learning the work ofa sheep run by taking
an ordinarypart in it. <1 Jack-ass osel (c/ Dick-ass,
Jenrty-ass) < Jack Blunt neotesanec <1 jack
(boat) dvojamborno plovilo novofundland-
skih ribičev H. HORWOOD, Newfoundland XX. 157:
The sons ofmen ivho had built ivindjammers were con-
fined to building trap skiffs and jack boats. < jac-
k(-)boot visok, močan, do kolena segajoč ško¬
renj, kakršne so nosili konjeniki v 17. in 18.
stol, kasneje pa nemški nacisti; ribiški škorenj
segajoč čez koleno There ivere jackboots to be seen, iron
crosses were pinned to the pockets ofafeiv green shirts.;
vojaško zatiranje, groba ustrahovalna taktika
He also objected strongly to what he called yourjack-boot
methods when you intervierved Mrs. Hurd. <1 jack-
boy hlevski hlapec, konjušnik; poštni kočijaž
She ... uttered coarse and shameful words, such as the
most shameless groom or jack-boy would scarce pro-
nounce. <3 Jack Frost zima <1 jack-hammer
pnevmatsko kladivo <1 jack-in-a-bottle po obli¬
ki njenega gnezda dolgorepa sinica < Jack-in-of-
fice siten uradnik, domišljav birokrat The
clerks ... gave this young officer ... as much trouble as
Jacks-in-office possibly can. < Jack in the basket
vrsta svetilnika; znamenja, ki opozarja na
peščeno plitvino, čer ali drugo nevarnost
pod vodno gladino Jack in the basket, a sort of
viooden cap or basket on the top of a pole, to mark a
sand-bank or hidden danger. <3 jack-in-the-box fi¬
gura na vzmet ki odskoči, ko se škatla odpre
<1 Jack-in-the-green fant, okrašen z majskim
Zelenjem podoben našemu zelenemu Juriju, (cf.
slov. zeleni Jurij) The editor sau> a Jack-in-the-green
with men dressed as milkmaids dancing round it on
May V ofthe present year. <3 Jack in the low cellar
(< Dutch Hans-en-kelderr) nerojen otrok When
his companions drank to Hans en kelderr or Jack in the
low cellar, he could not help displaying an extraordi-
nary complacence ofcountenance. <1 Jack's alive vr¬
sta igre rhyming slangfor five pet Jack’s alive, the
number 5, especially at house.; bankovec za pet
funtov (glej tudi jack) <3 Jack is as good as his
master delavec velja prav toliko kot gospo¬
dar; če je gospodar dober, je tudi delavec
<1 Jack Johnson Mil. sl. nemška granata
<3 Jack Ketch BE rabelj Ifthey seize the vessel, it is
a piracy - a criminal act which ends with Jack Ketch.
< jack-knife zaskočni nož, sklepač < jack-leg
nekompetenten, neizkušen, brezobziren, ne¬
pošten človek These men were jack-leg carpenters.
<3 jack-light luč za nočni lov/ribolov < a jack-
light hunt nočni lov Once after that in a jack-light
hunt. <1 jack line tanka vrv ki jo lahko uporablja¬
mo v različne namene Jack-line is made of bar hemp,
and has threads, 3 in a stand. < Jack Mormon AE
nemormonski prijatelj mormonov; mormon¬
ski odpadnik The number ofback-sliding jack-Mor-
mons is increasing. <1 Jack Nasty podel strahope¬
tec; umazanec; prihuljenec; hinavec < Jack
northvvester severozahodnik veter < Jack-of-
all-trades vseznal; deklica za vse Being a com-
plete jack-of-all-trades, from the carpenter to the shep-
herd, nothing comes strange to him. <1 a
Jack-of-all-trades is master of none pregovor
kdor počne veliko stvari, ni v nobeni zares
dober <1 Jack of/on/o' both sides oportunist;
nestanovitnež »Are you ready, gentlemen?« said
this Jack-o'-both sides. < Jack-o'-lantern / Jack-a-
lantern AE svetilka iz buče (cf. Peggy-with-lan-
tern ) As soon as it is dark on Hallowe'en, they take the
lighted ]ack-o’-Lanterns and put them on their gate-
posts.; nočni čuvaj; Elijev ogenj; fosforescen-
čen pojav nad močvirjem ponoči < jack-pud-
ding pavliha <1 Jack Russell majhen terier
imenovan po Johnu Russllu <3 Jack sprat zelo maj¬
hen fant, moški; pritlikavec Jack Sprat ivould eat
thefat, his ivife ivould eat no lean. <3 Jack-sticker vsi¬
ljiv, nadležen človek, ki se vtakne v vsako
stvar <1 jack(-stone) BE balinček; balinanje
<3 jack-stravv slamnati mož, strašilo; nepo¬
memben človek < jack(-tar) coli. mornar; po¬
morščak, star morski volk We drank tea ... on
board ... Some of their Jacks played very well upon the
violin. <3 Jack the Painter vrsta trpkega zelenega
čaja, ki so ga pili v avstralski divjini Jack the Paint¬
er ...from the stain left round the drinker’s mouth or in the
billy. <3 Jack the Ripper Jack Razparač; krut mo¬
rilec to ime so nadeli nikoli razkrinkanemu morilcu, ki je
leta 1888 v Londonu, pozneje pa tudi drugod moril ženske
in iznakazil trupla svojih žrtev I expected to see a bashi-ba-
zook or a revolutionary Jack the Ripper, but he was nei-
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ther. < Jack, Tom and Harry (Tom, Dick andHar-
ry, glej Dick) <ljack-towel brisača na valju
< before one could say Jack Robinson takoj,
kot bi trenil And before you could say Jack Robinson
the birdflew away. < builder's jack /window jack
zidarski oder / oder za pomivanje oken na vi¬
sokih stavbah <1 cheap Jack kramar < (cheap/
steeple) Jack priložnostni delavec, dninar;
sluga, hlapec His ansuter is that a jack (unless al-
ready trained) begins his career by labouring. < Cou-
sin Jack ime za prebivalca Cornvvalla A short
man, whose blue-black curly hair and deep-set eyes be-
trayed the Cousin Jack. < every man Jack vsak
posamič, vsakdo, vsi Every man-jack in the plače
gave his vote to the liege lord. < l'm ali right, Jack.
fraza, ki označuje govorčevo samozadovoljnost glavno
da je meni dobro; He adopted an Tm ali right, Jack'
attitude in leaving his convoy. < lance Jack deset¬
nik, korporal <1 on one's Jack (Jones) slang
sam You're off on your jack then? < poor/dry/
dried Jack posušen oslič (cf. poor John) Some-
times poor jack and onions are his dish. < roasting
jack raženj < yellow Jack rumena mrzlica
< to jack up one's job dvigniti roke od dela;
opustiti delo <1 to jack up s.o.'s morale dvigni¬
ti komu moralo < to hit the jack-pot imeti ne¬
verjetno srečo < to play the jack prevarati
koga, nesramno se poigrati s kom pepys, Diary
23 Feb.: Sir R. Brookes overtook us coming to tou>n; who
played the jacke with us ali, and is a fellovo that I must
trust no more. < Ali work and no plays makes
Jack a dull boy. pregovor Človek, ki samo dela
in ne najde časa za sprostitev in zabavo, po¬
stane puščoba. Stop reading that book and go out to
play. You know - ali work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy.
Jacky/Jackey /'d3*ki/ Austral. slang ime, s ka¬
terim so belci poimenovali avstralskega do¬
morodca Jackey is dead. There is a new and groiving
špirit in the Aboriginal community.; gin Sometimes
she would pawn her smock, to geta drop ofJacky.
Jacob /'d3eikob/ Jakob < Jacob('s) ladder (nave¬
zujoč se na Gen. XXVIII.12.) vrvna lestev; visoko in
strmo stopnišče The feature of the island (St. Hele¬
na) is »Jacob's ladder«, a zvooden staircase of699 steps,
with an average slope of39 degrees to the vertical.; dvi¬
galo V rudniku iz posod, oblikovanih kot vedro;
skip It is squeezed four times before it leaves the rolls
andfalls upon the Jacob's ladder. <1 Jacob's staffme¬
rilna palica
James /d501 ITIz/ Jakob ime dveh Kristusovih apo¬
stolov; Jakoba starejšega in Jakoba mlajšega □ vladar,
monarh; (tudi Jemmy) kratka železna pali¬
ca; vlomilsko orodje, pajsar; svinjska taca He
ivondered what had become of the James and the gim-
lets.; pečena koštrunova glava Club your pence,
and you may attain to the glories of Osmazome and
James - that is, ofbaked sheep's head. < James (Roy-
al) škotski srebrnik p. H. EMERSON, Signor Lippo
XXI: He gave him the half-James, and told him never to
botherhim no more. <1 St. James's Day, St. James's
tide, dial. James-mass jakobovo (25. julija) The
Fairs held at the city of Bristol at St. James-Tide will
not begin before 25"’ July. <1 VVhoever eats oysters
on St. Jame's Day will never want money. ljud¬
ski pregovor Kdor na jakobovo školjke je, ni¬
koli denarja ne bo hotel, nikoli ne bo hlepel po
materialnih dobrinah - nanašajoč na nejasno pove¬
zavo tega svetnika s školjkami pokrovačami <1 Ja-
mes Bond ime junaka romanov britanskega pisatelja
lana Fleminga pustolovski, pameten, iznajdljiv,
spreten moški; James Bond G. lyall, Blame the
Dead VII. 47; People who ... go running around France
playing James Bond with unlicensed Walthers.; situa¬
cija, podobna tistim iz filmov/romanov o Ja¬
mesu Bondu
Jane /d3ein/ Jana < J/jane AE slang ženska, de¬
kle, punca I met a bunch ofjanes down at Bar Har-
bour. < Jane-of-apes predrznica, nagajivka (cf.
Jackanapes)
Jeky!l /'djjcksl, -il/ ime junaka iz zgodbe R. L. Steven-
sona The Strange Čase of Dr. ]ekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), ki
se kot dobrohoten in pošten človek pojavlja pod imenom
Jekyll, in kot njegovo zlobno nasprotje pod imenom Hyde
□ človek ali stvar z dvojnim značajem; raz¬
cepljena osebnost (cf. Hyde) We are ali a mixture
ofgood and evil, ]ekyll and Hyde, ifyou like.
Jennie/Jenny /'djeni/ <1 Jennie Green tip jadra
(cf. Jimmie Green) <i Jenny-ass oslica (cf. Jack-
ass, Dick-ass)
Jeremiah /d3eri'maia/ Jeremija □ človek, ki se
ves čas pritožuje, godrnja (cf. Slov. Jeremijo)
There are always Jeremiahs who go about saying that tre
have never had such bad times.
Jerry /'d3eri/ BE slang nemški vojak; Nemec,
Nemci < jerry BE slang nočna posoda; kab¬
la <1 jerry-builder BE coli. nesoliden gradi¬
telj < jerry-built nesolidno grajen <1 j errV'
shop BE pivnica; beznica < Tom and Jerry
(glej Tom)
Jessie, Jessy /'d3esi/ □ mehkužen, bojazljiv
moški, homoseksualec Don't listen to those timid
old Jessies at Southampton.
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Jimmy /'d3imi/ < Jimmy Ducks naut. sl. mor¬
nar, ki je moral skrbeti za živino, ki so jo na
dolgih potovanjih na trgovskih ladjah ime¬
li za hrano One ofour men had deserted an Orient
Liner in Sydney, and had been a ]immy Ducks on that
vessel. < Jimmy (G/grant) rhyming slangfor im-
migrant or emigrantAustral., NZ & South Afr.
imigrant, priseljenec With his wife and child
he had just come over as a Jimmie-grant. < Jimmy
Green naut. jadro pod podaljškom poševni-
ka <1 Jimmy o'Goblin kovanec za dvajset šilin¬
gov < Jimmy the One naut. sl. prvi poročnik
< Jimmy Riddle rhyming slang for piddle lu-
lati I must do a ]immy Riddle before I go. <1 Jimmy
Wood(ser) Austral. & NZ sl. osamljeni pivec;
pijača, ki jo kdo pije sam; piti sam The old Jim-
my Woodser comes into the bar.
Jo /'djau/ Scot. ljubica, ljubček, srček; arch. zaba¬
va, veselje
Job /'d3Db/ Job ime osrednjega lika v priliki iz Stare za¬
veze o pravičnem trpinu < Job's COmforter slab to-
lažnik <1 Job's news žalostna novica <1 Job's
post glasnik nesreče < patience of Job velika
potrpežljivost <1 that would try the patience
of Job to bi spravilo v obup vsakega
Joan /'d33un/ Johana □ kmetica, podeželanka
You're such a dowdy, such a country Joan, no one will
look upon you.; tesno prilegajoča se kapa, kakrš¬
ne so nosile ženske v drugi polovici 18. sto-
letja A grocer's wife attracted our eyes by a new-fash-
ioned cap, called a joan.
J°e /'d3au/ <1 joe AE collog. kava Can we get two
cups ofjoe? <3 Joe Blake Austral. rhyming slang
for srtake kača Tl bet you what you like, there are
Joe Blakes in this camp. <1 Joe (Bloggs/Do(a)kes)
AE collocj. fant, moški Joe Bloggs, the honest ga-
fge mechanic... <3 Joe Blow AE vojak, fant, mo¬
ški < Joe College AE neresen študent < Joe
Miller obrabljena šala, vic z brado <1 Joe Soap
BF malo neumen, omejen človek; pepe; naiv¬
než; tepec What do you thinklam, moosh? Joe Soap?
<1 Joey kovanec za tri penije G. ORWELL, Keep
Aspidistra Flying I. 7: 71 Joey. He took out the misera-
ble little threepenny bit.; (native Austral. joe) mlad
kenguru; mladič; otrok < not for Joe nikakor,
za nič na svetu (c/ Joseph) Not ifhe knew, notfor
Joe! <1 wood-and-water joey postopač, tisti, ki
opravlja priložnostna dela
John /'d3Dn/ Janez, Ivan □ policist; detektiv;
s priimkom kot desnim prilastkom, npr. John Dunn
(Austral.), John Hop (Austral. & NZ), John
Law (AE) Never mind about that, said John, and
dumped him in the celi.; sl. moški, ki ga vzdržu¬
je prostitutka; zvodnik; stranka, ki obiskuje
prostitutke <1 john AE stranišče; WC < John-
a-dreams sanjač (c/. Johnny-head-in-air) Sha¬
kespeare, Hamlet II. II. 594: I, a dull and muddy-melt-
ed rascal, peake like lohn a-dreames. <! John-a-nods
kdor kinka in ni čisto buden <1 John Barley-
corn viski < john boat AE majhen čoln z
ravnim dnom za vožnjo po reki < John Buli
ironičen naziv za angleškega buržuja, za an¬
gleški narod nasploh; tipičenAnglež John Buli
was nozv an Imperialist, and divelt very much abroad.
DICKENS: Barn. Rudge XLVII: By some he was called ...
'a thorough-bred Englishman', bysome 'agenuine John
Buli'. <1 John Chinaman tipičen Kitajec; Kitaj¬
ci Old John Chinaman, patient, hardivorking, scrupu-
lously honest. < John Citizen navaden državljan
When ali is quiet John Citizen says what a great human-
itarian he is. <3 John Collins (glej Tom - Tom Col¬
lins) < John Company BE hist. Vzhodnoindij-
ska družba John Company will some dayfind out the
truth. <1 John Doe neznan človek moški; perso¬
nifikacija pravosodja (c/. Richard Roe) <3 John
Hancock/Henry AE coli. podpis Put your John
Henry on that. <3 John Innes vrsta komposta pri¬
pravljenega po formuli, ki so jo razvili na vrtnarskem
inštitutu Johna Innesa ob koncu 30. let A great many
enpuiries about the John Innes composts have been re-
ceived. <3 John-o-Groat's skrajni sever Škotske
< from John-o-Groat's to Land's End prek An¬
glije in Škotske < John Public dnevni tisk
< John Roscoe AE sl. puška The USA ..., tvhere
everyone can carry a gun, or, to be topical, should I say
a John Roscoe? < John Scott (= Jock Scott) umet¬
na muha za lov na postrvi in losose John Scott
... is a very tasty-lookingfly. <1 JohnThomas sl. pe¬
nis; livriran sluga <1 poor John posušen oslič
(cf. poorJack) < Sir John duhovnik < St. John's
disease/evil epilepsija
John(n)y, john(n)y /'d3Dm/ BE coli. gizdalin;
fičfirič; promenadni lev < vojak v indijski
vojski; Arabec; prodajalec čebule iz Bretanje
It could be a tradesman... or Onion Johnny, or a tramp.
< johnny-cakeAE koruzna pogača Massachus-
sets johnny-cakes usually have wheat flour and corn
meal in them. <3 Johnny-come-latelyAE coli. pri¬
šlek; novinec; zamudnik Here man himself is a
Johnny-come-lalely. <1 Johnny Crapeau/Crapoud
Francoz; francoski Kanadčan Poor Johnny Cra-
peau has been the favorite mark of every shafi or rid-
icule. < Johnny (Darby/Hopp) sl. policist Con-
stables used to be known as ']ohny Darbies', said to
be a corruption of the French gendarmes ... <3 John-
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ny Head-in(-the)-air sanjač (c/ John-a-dreams)
Yet he mas not a ]ohnny Head-in-the-air; he had a
shremd grasp of the contemporary scene. <3 Johnny
Newcome/Raw novinec; neizkušen mladenič;
rekrut The Johnny Newcomes had to fight their way
back to the bar, and deposit seventy-five cents for the
bit ofblue paste-board. There were some ]ohnny Raws
on board. < Johnny Reb upornik, zavezniški vo¬
jak v ameriški državljanski vojni They said he was
a ]ohnny Reb. <3 Johnny-on-the-spot AE coli. re¬
šitelj v sili Suddenly they needed afat boyfor a com-
edy secjuence. He was ]ohnny-on-the-spot and he was
hired at $ 5 a day. < Johnny (Turk) Turek, tur¬
ški vojak »Johnny Turk is a gentleman,« he used to
say. Now it is the turn of]ohnny Turk, who has had his
knock on the Suez Canal. <1 Johnny VVoodser (glej
Jimmy VVoodser)
Jonathan /'djDnsBan/ Jonatan □ pripomo¬
ček za prižiganje pipe; trska, trstenka, treska
< Brother Jonathan Američan zlasti prebivalec
Nove Anglije, ker je bilo v tej puritanski državi ime
Jonatan zelo pogosto
Joseph /'d33uzif/ Jožef □ nedolžen, čist moški
<1 not for Joseph nikakor; za nobeno ceno; za
nič na svetu (c/. Joe)
Judas /'djmdos/ Juda ime apostola, ki je izdal Kri¬
stusa □ izdajalec najhujše vrste; tisti, ki izda
prijatelja; Judež; kukalnik v vratih The guard
... peeped through the Judas and discovered what the
prisoner was doing. < Judas-coloured rdečelas
< Judas goat žival ali človek, ki vodi druge
v pogubo < Judas kiss Judežev poljub; izda¬
jalski poljub
Judy /'d3u:di/ Judita □ ženski lik v lutkovnem
gledališču; Kolumbina; colloq. ženska, dekle po¬
gosto taka, ki je grotesknega videza; pokveka; spaček
Doesn 't she look a Judy?
judy interj. AE aero slang opažen, v redu <3 Judy-
cow pikapolonica < Punch-and-Judy show
lutkovno gledališče
K
King Kong /'kirj ,korj/ King Kong ime orjaške opi¬
ce iz filma King Kong 1933 <3 King Kong velikan,
izredno močan človek 1974 Guardian 23 Aug. 8/
4: Finn MacCool was a legendary Irish giant, a King
Kong with a generous heart.; poceni alkoholna pi¬
jača
L
Laurence/Lavvrence /Tmans/ Lovrenc □ po¬
osebljena brezbrižnost, nemarnost, lenoba
<1 Lavvrence bids wages pregovor lenoba je pri¬
vlačna kot skušnjava; biti len (dan sv. Lovrenca
je 10. avgusta, to je v »pasjih dneh«, ko je zelo vroče in
je človek nehote bolj lenoben) <1 Lazy Lavvrence le¬
nuh < as lazy as Lavvrence len kot fuks He's as
lazy as Lawrence.
Lazar, Lazarus /'laeza, 'laezaras/ Lazar siromak v
Jezusovi priliki o bogatašu in revežu (Lk 16) <3 Laza-
r(us) gobavec, berač, siromak The poor hun-
gry-eyed Lazaruses - half-starved slaves ... satfamish-
ing and unrelieved. < Lazar(us)-house bolnišnica
za gobavce, ubožne ljudi, lazaret Their house
would be a lazar-house, they would be condemned to
seclusion. <3 Lazarus and Dives siromaki in bo¬
gataši
Lizzie /'liži/ Liza <3 lizzie poceni lizbonsko črno
vino A glass of cheap Lisbon red ivine, lizzie they
called it.; velika puška; lezbijka You'd never have
thought I was a lizzie, mould you? <1 lizzie boy ho¬
moseksualec; topli bratec; pedi < (tin) Lizzie
avto; predvsem eden prvih Fordovih mode¬
lov; pločevinasta lizy The pace they drove their old
tin lizzies...
Louis /Tu:i/ Ludvik <1 Louis (heel) vrsta sred¬
nje visoke pete, ki je spodaj široka, v sredi¬
ni ožja, proti čevlju pa se spet razširi; danes
predvsem na ženskih čevljih ime je dobila po
Ludviku XV., francoskem kralju (1715-74), za časa ka¬
terega je postala moderna »Louis« is generally applied
to a high heel with curved waist, flared at the base.
Lucian /'lu:/(i)an/ Lucijan ime znamenitega avtorja Gr¬
ških dialogov (okrog leta 160 n. št.) □ duhovit, domi¬
seln posmehljivec, porogljivec Ridiculed by men
oflight heads and bad hearts, the Lucians andfacetious
drolls of their respective ages ...
Lucifer /'luisifa/ Lucifer □ Lucifer; hudič; Astr
& poet. zvezda Danica; Venera Noiv on the
mountains of Ida mas rising Lucifer bright. <1 as
proud as Lucifer zelo ošaben < lucifer match
vžigalica
M
Mag /maeg/ (< Magdalene Magdalena) <3 Ma-
g(‘s) tales oreh. neumnost, nepomembna
stvar
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Magdalen/Magdalene /'mEegda.liin, .maegda
'liini/ Magdalena Marija Magdalena, spokorjena
grešnica, ki ji je Kristus odpustil (cf. Lk 7) □ Spokor-
nica ... though there may be Magdalenes they are not
often found.; dom, zavetišče za spreobrnje¬
ne pocestnice, prostitutke The numerous tem-
ples, hospitals ... and magdalens which then covered
our land...
Mahomet /nahranit/ Mohamed ime največjega
muslimanskega preroka <1 If the mountain Will not
come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the
mountain pregovor Če gora ne pride k Moha¬
medu, mora Mohamed h gori če ni mogoče, da
bi stvari potekale po naših načrtih, se moramo uklo¬
niti neizogibnemu I know I refused to do it, but some-
body's got to, so ifno one else will take it on, I suppose
1 shall have to do it myself. It’s the old, old story ofMa¬
homet and the mountain.
Maria /ma'rai3/ Marija <3 Black Maria policijsko
intervencijsko vozilo; marica
Martha /hna:0a/ Marta aluzija na svetopisemsko
zgodbo Obisk pri Marti in Mariji (Lk 10) za domačnost
in družino skrbeča žena (c/ Mary) You are of
the tribe ofMarthas, Jen, and you certainly work hard
enoughfor everybody.
Martin /'maitin/ Martin <1 martin(-ape/-mon-
key) vrsta opice <1 Martin chain nepristna,
pozlačena verižica <1 martin-drunk (ape-
drunk; lion-drunk) pijan ko krava/žolna < St.
Martin's Day / Martinmass martinovo (11. no¬
vember) <1 St. Martin's eve predvečer martino-
vega (10. november) <1 (St.) Martin's evil pijanost
<1 (St.) Martin's Lent martinov post v preteklo¬
sti je bilo martinovo nekakšen jesenski pust, saj se je
takoj nato začel štiridesetdnevni post pred božičem
<1 (St.) Martin's/Martinmass summer obdobje
lepega, zelo toplega vremena okrog marti-
novega; fig. pozna ljubezen; »cvetje v jeseni«
Then ensued a Martin's summer ofhisfaded love.
Mary /'msori/ Marija OAustral. slang domo¬
rodka aluzija na svetopisemsko zgodbo Obisk pri Mar-
ti in Mariji (Lk 10); preudarna, globokomiselna,
razumska ženska; intelektualka (cf. Martha)
She was the Mary of the household, sitting back and
entertaining the guest with tales of a cosmopolitan
Ufe. <1 Mary-ale zabava, veseljačenje na veli¬
ki Šmaren praznik Marijinega vnebovzetja (15. av¬
gust) <| Mary Ann taxi-drivers' slang taksime¬
ter <) Mary Ann / Mary J(ane) / maryjane /
Mary VVarner slang substitutes for marihuana
marihuana He returned with the news that the back
yard was ali overgrown with a harvest ofMary Jane.
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<3 Mary Jane dekliški čevelj z nizko peto in
paščkom okrog gležnja ali čez nart She had on
ivhite stockings and black patent Mary Janes. <3 vvhite
Mary Pidgin belka; pripadnica bele rase
Michael /'maikal/ Mihael <3 Michaelmas miha-
elovo (29. september) J. AUSTEN, Pride and Prejudice I.
2.1; ... he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he
is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some ofhis
servants are to be in the house by the end ofnext week.
Midas /'maidas/ Midas ime legendarnega kralja Fri-
gije, ki mu je Bakh omogočil, da se je vse, česar se je do¬
taknil, spremenilo v zlato □ človek, ki s svojimi
dejanji ali značajem spominja na frizijske-
ga kralja Midasa We are looked upon as men made
of money - as so many Midases, making gold ivith a
touch. <3 have the Midas touch biti uspešen;
znati z lahkoto pridobivati denar Bob is a mer-
chant banker and really has the Midas touch.
Moses /'mauziz/ Mojzes hebrejski patriarh, posred¬
nik med bogom Jahvejem in Izraelom, ki je Izraelce od¬
peljal iz Egipta; kot postavodajalec in sodnik je postal
vodja izraelskega ljudstva □ človek, ki je po zna¬
čaju podoben preroku Mojzesu iz stare zave¬
ze, posebno kar zadeva njegove sposobnosti
vodje in zakonodajalca < Moses (boat) vrsta
čolna v Zahodni Indiji otočje v Srednji Ameriki
<1 Moses basket košara za prenašanje dojen¬
čkov < Moses' law gusarski izraz, ki pomeni
kazen, pri kateri se kaznovanemu naloži 39
udarcev s šibo po golem hrbtu <3 Moses' rod
votla palica, ki jo lahko uporabimo za diha¬
nje, kadar se potopimo pod vodo <3 Moses'
tables aluzija na Eksodus (2 Mz 20) zapovedi; za¬
koni <3 to stand Moses biti oče tujemu ne¬
zakonskemu otroku, skrbeti zanj <1 what-
the-Moses kaj, za božjo voljo; kaj, za vraga
What-the-Moses was coming next?
N
Nancy /'naensi/ <3 nancy(-boy) pomehkužen
moški/fant, homoseksualec, gej He's an open
nancy-boy.
Ned Kelly /'ned 'kell/ ime najbolj znanega avstralske¬
ga rangeija (1857-1880) □ Austral. drzno pogumen
človek Infact, to pay him his due compliment, he was as
game as Ned Kelly.
Nelly /'neli/ Neli < Not on your Nelly! slang ni¬
kakor; za nobeno ceno (c/ Joseph not for Jo¬
seph) Can you borrow my car? Not on your Nelly!
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Nestor /'nesto:/ Nestor oseba iz grške mitologije; kralj
Pilosa, stari, modri svetovalec Grkov v trojanski vojni
□ izkušen, moder starec This Nestor ofart is not
forgotten by his old associates.
Nicholas /'nikabs/ Nikolaj <1 St. Nicholas'(s)
derks arch. gozdni/cestni razbojniki SCOTT,
Ivanhoe XII: That I might at least see any ofSt. Nicholas's
clerks before they spring on my shoulders.
Nick /nik/ Niko (< Nicholas Nikolaj) <1 Old Nick
hudič Old Nick himself was never painted half so
u8ly-
O
Oliver /bliva/ Oliver <1 (to give) a Roland for
an Oliver vrniti milo za drago; zavrniti koga
Comforted by the thought that he had given Mrs. Carr
a Roland for her Oliver...
Oscar /bska/ Oskar □ Austral. & NZ denar; go¬
tovina; Oskar filmska nagrada Newsweek 31 Oct. 60/
2: He would have been glad to buy me a pail of seeds if
he'd had any Oscar.
P
Pandora /paen'dD:ra/ Pandora (Gr. myth.) prva
ženska, ki so jo bogovi naredili iz zemlje, da bi se člove¬
ku maščevali, ker je od Prometeja dobil ogenj; Jupiter ji je
dal skrinjo, ki je ne bi smela odpreti, vendar jo je premaga¬
la radovednost; vse nesreče so se razširile po svetu, v skri¬
nji je ostalo le upanje, ki je bilo čisto na dnu < Pandorah
box Pandorina puščica/skrinjica Pandora’s box
was opened for him and ali the pains and griefs his im-
agination had everfigured were abroad. <\ open Pan¬
dorah box odkriti kup neslutenih težav When
1 asked Jane about her problems, 1 didn't know I had
opened Pandora's box.
Patrick /'paetrik/ Patrik < patrick irski kovanec
za pol penija ki je bil v obtoku v 17. stol. 1673-74 Cal.
St. Papers Dom. 160: The priest says Mass, for which he
demands four patricks.
Paul /po:l/ Pavel <1 St. Paul's tide čas okrog praz¬
nika spreobrnjenja sv. Pavla (25. januar) <\ Pa-
ul's walk cerkvena ladja v katedrali sv. Pavla
v Londonu < Paul Jones vrsta plesa, pri ka¬
terem se plesalci držijo s partnerji pod roko
in z njimi plešejo v krogih, potem pa jih za¬
menjajo, tako da pod drugo roko prime¬
jo drugega partnerja; Paul Jones (podrobnejši
opis plesa glej v: Meta Zagorc, Party plesi, Ljub¬
ljana 1996) But now the band had begun to play Paul
Jones. <1 Paul Pry radovednež (iz ameriške pesmi
iz 1820) The magistrate ought to be a perfect jack-of-all-
trades... a Paul Pry in every house, spying, eaves-drop-
ping, relieving, admonishing ...<1 to rob Peter to
pay Paul {glej Peter)
Pecksniff /'psksnif/ ime lika iz Dickensovega romana
Martin Chuzzleivit (1844), prikazanega kot sluzastega hi¬
navca, ki besediči o dobroti □ hinavec; tisti, ki hlini
prijaznost, prisrčnost < Pecksniffery hlinjena
prijaznost Edioard Garnett poured scorn on the Peck-
sniffery ofthese British officials.
Peggy /'pegi/ poženščen moški, mehkužnež,
slabič, naivnež, bedak< peggy bag stil žen¬
skih torbic z dvema ročkama in zunanjimi
Žepi 1974 Trajford Catal. Spring-Summer 182/2: Classic
‘peggy’ bag with twin easy-to-get-at compartments and
twin handle length straps ... <1 Peggy-with(-her)-
lantern ime za lučko V buči ponavadi se delajo ko¬
nec oktobra (c/. Jack-a-lantern) Occasionally in the
plashy meadows 'Jack or Peggy-with-lantern’ was vis-
ible after dark.
Peter /'pi:ta/ Peter <1 (St.) Peter vzklik, ki izraža
presenečenje (O) Marija (sveta)! <1 P/peter taxi
drivers' slang potovalni kovček {glej tudi pe-
terman) The driver calls each package a ‘Peter’.; cn-
minals’ slang sef; ročna blagajna {glej tudi pe-
teman) In order to 'ready' these places, they watch
the shops at closing time, to learn if the sivag is placed
in the 'Peter' or safe.; celica v ječi; policijska po¬
staja; sodišče He snapped up any likely bloke just as
soon as he had come out of the peter.; AE slang ma¬
milo Among the addicts dope in general is knoion as
gote, junk or peter.; slang penis The proper name Pe¬
ter is so universally used by children and facetious
adults as a name for the penis that it never quite los-
es this significance. Very few natives of the Ozarks
urili consider naming a boy Peter. <1 (St.) Peter s
barge, bark/boat/ship allus. Katoliška cerkev
< P/peter boat prevozni, ribiški čoln They are
called Peter boats. < (St.) Peter's fish ime različ¬
nih vrst rib, ki imajo znamenje ob prsnih pla-
vutih po legendi naj bi ta znamenja s palcem in ka¬
zalcem naredil sv. Peter, ko je lovil ribe, da bi lahko
plačal davek < Petermas praznik sv. Petra (1-
avgust) < Peter Pan /'pi:ta pen/ ime otroškega ju¬
naka iz igre J. M. Barrie Peter Pan (1904), fanta, ki noče
odrasti nezrel odrasel moški; redkeje tisti, ki je
duševno zaostal G.B.SHAVV: What I really mote abo¬
ut War (1930): It isfrightful to think ofthe powers ivhich
Europe... left in the hands of this Peter Pan. <1 Peter-
Pannery nezrelost; otročje obnašanje <1 Peter
Pan collar bel ali pisan ovratnik podoben tiste¬
mu, ki ga je imel Peter Pan She was rvearing a white
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Peter Pan collar over a little blue cape. < Peter-see-
'me/Peter-sa-meene vrsta španskega vina po¬
pačenka imena Pedro Ximenes, ki označuje vrsto
grozdja < Petertide praznik sv. Petra v Angli¬
kanski in sv. Petra in Pavla v Katoliški cerkvi
(29. junij) This accountsfor the large number ofordina-
tion candidates over Petertide. < Peter-penny, Pe¬
terk penny prostovoljni darovi Sv. sedežu;
Petrov novčič; letni davek papeževi blagajni
Every one who shall have thirty pence ofcurrent mon-
ey in his house of his own property, shall pay a Peter
penny. <3 Blue Peter modra zastavica, ki jo lad¬
ja obesi pred izplutjem; signal za odhod lad¬
je She has had Blue Peter's flag flying at thefore, as a
signal ...far sailing. <\ Peter Grievous/Grievance
(tudi z malimi začetnicami) tečen, jokav, cmerav
otrok What a peter-grievous child you are! Whatev-
er is the matter? <3 Peter Gunner / peter-gunner
amaterska puška I smeli powder, this peter-gun¬
ner should have given fire. <3 peterman ribič; vr¬
sta piva To give him a glass of peterman.; thieves'
cant tisti, ki krade kovčke iz avtomobilov
Sometimes he'd turn peterman, and he had been gener-
ally lucky at it.; slang vlomilec v sefe, ki uporab¬
lja razstrelivo <1 P/peter net (tudi kot ena bese¬
da) vrsta ribiške mreže Peternets havefloats along
the upper rope and iveights along thefoot-line, one end
is attached on shore and the other anchored out at sea
on a right line with the coast. < to rob Peter to pay
Paul vzeti enemu, da bi dali drugemu ker sv.
Peter in Pavel godujeta na isti dan, so morali pone¬
kod vzeti posebno okrasje z enega oltarja, da bi okra¬
sili še drugega
Philip /‘filip/ Filip <3 Philip and Cheyney / Philip,
Hob and Cheyney dva ali več naključno iz¬
branih moških npr. Janez in Polde; kdorkoli (cf.
Tom, Dick and Harry)
Portia /'poiaja/ Porcija ime bogate dedinje iz Shake¬
spearovega Beneškega trgovca □ advokatinja; odvet¬
nica; zagovornica 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Jan 12/2: The
Pariš Porta's first success ... Mile Chauvan, the young
lady barrister made herfirst appearance yesterday in the
Pariš courts.
Procrustes /preu'krAsti:z/ Prokrust (Gr. myth.) ime
krutega Pozejdonovega sina, ki je pri Elevzini ubil vsakega
popotnika, ko se je ustavil pri njem, in sicer tako, da jih je
»prilagodil« velikosti postelje: majhne ljudi je raztegnil, vi¬
sokim pa je odsekal, kar je gledalo prek roba □ nasilnež,
tisti, ki hoče vse prilagoditi svojim merilom,
Prokrust We may rejoice that the tyranny of the spirit-
ual Procrustes is so far annihilated.
Prometheus /prau'mi:eiu:s/ Prometej (Gr. myth.)
ime polboga (sin Titana Japeta), ki se je bojeval proti Zev¬
su in mu z Olimpa ukradel ogenj; ljudi je naučil njegove
uporabe in mnogih drugih veščin; Zevs ga je dal za ka¬
zen prikleniti na skalo, kjer mu je orel vsak dan kljuval
jetra, vsako noč pa so se mu spet obnovila; naposled ga
je rešil Heraklej □ Prometej Like Prometheus' life-in-
fusingfire.
Proteus /'prautims/ Proteus, Protej (Gr. & Rom.
myth.) bog morja, ki naj bi imel sposobnost spreminjati
svojo obliko □Myth. Protej; spremenljiv človek
Punch /'pAntf/ groteskna grbasta lutka; moški
lik v lutkovnem gledališču; Pavliha; majhen,
čokat človek; nekdo, ki je podoben tej lutki
<1 Punch-and-Judy show (glej Judy) <1 pleased
as Punch zelo zadovoljen O proud as Punch
zelo ponosen
R
Rambo /'rsmbau/ ime junaka iz romana Davida Mor-
rella First Blood (1972), ki je zaslovel v filmih First Blood
(1982) inRambo: First Blood Part II (1985), mačističnega, sa¬
mozadostnega vietnamskega veterana, nagnjenega h kru¬
temu maščevanju □ mišičast, močan, mačoiden
moški; Rambo 1985, Washington Post, 6 July A 19:
Given the bomb-'em-kill-'em suggestions pulsingfrom
the type voriters oflOO literate Rambos, a boycott of the
airport was the most reasonable act suggested.
Reuben /'rurban/ Ruben DAE& Canad. collocj.
kmet, podeželan, kmečki nerodnež, teleban
Tve a couple ofnew card tricks... that will leave the Re-
ubens gasping far air. <1 Reuben sandvvich velik
topel sendvič, ponavadi iz rženega kruha, s
sirom, mesom in kislim zeljem 1967 N. Y. Times
10,h Oct. 50: The Reuben sandwich... has become widely
popular in most areas in the United States.
Richard /'rit/ad/ Rihard < richard detektiv for-
malnejša različica izraza Dick (cf. Dick) A surprising-
ly high proportion ofwell-to-do murderers hire private
richards to divelve into the demise ofthe vidim. <3 Ric¬
hard Roe AE neznani obtoženec v kriminal¬
nem postopku (cf. John Doe) O John Doe and
Richard Roe jur. namišljene stranke <3 Ric¬
hardi himself again pa je spet tisti/a stari/a
... uporabljeno za koga, ki je okreval po bolezni, ki si
je opomogel od kakega pretresa ... <3 poor Richard
vzdevek za Benjamina Franklina, uporabljen
v seriji almanahov They contained maxims and
percepts on temperance, economy, cleanliness, chastity
and other virtues; and several ended with the tvords »as
poor Richard Says.«
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Robert /'robat/ Robert □ policist (c/ Bobby) Be-
lieve it or not, PCs are stili occasionally ivished 'Good
morning, Robert'.; natakar po natakarju s tem ime¬
nom, ki je napisal serijo člankov o natakarstvu;
Naut. slang čas, ko si prost službe; počitek;
dremež; spanec
Robin Hood /'robin 'hud/ angleški legendarni ju¬
nak, plemeniti ropar, opevan v baladah od 14. stol. na¬
prej; poosebljal angleški odpor proti Normanom □ Ro¬
bin Hood tisti, ki dela v nasproju z zakonom, da bi
pomagal revežem 1 stili have a little bit of the Robin
Hood in me.
Robinson (Crusoe) /'robinsau ('kruisau)/ ime ju¬
naka iz istoimenskega romana Daniela Defoeja (1719), ki
preživi brodolom in se reši na samoten otok □ Robin¬
zon The last surviving Robinson ...
Roger /'rodja/ < (Sir) Roger’s blast E. Anglia ne¬
naden sunek vetra, ki vrtinči prah kot vod¬
ni tornado, znak za bližajočo se nevihto These
heavy gusts of wind were called (Sir) Roger's blasts.
O the Jolly Roger piratska zastava There was a
]olly Rogerflying on her peak.
Roland /'rauand/ < (to give) a Roland for an
Oliver (glej Oliver)
Romeo /'raumiau/ ime junaka Shakespearove trage¬
dije Romeo in ]ulija □ Romeo, ljubimec; osvajalec;
izvoljenec; ljubček; strastni zaljubljenec Hen-
ry locked up the mansion to keep out any prospective
Romeos who mightfana/ a visit to the women students'
rooms. <1 Romeo and Juliet strastna zaljubljen¬
ca; Romeo in Julija; »havanka« anglicizem za to
cigaro The host had his mouth full of Romeo and Juli¬
et. < romeo slipper visoka, predvsem moška
copata iz klobučevine in z elastičnimi všitki
Romeos are becoming more and more popular.
Rosie/Rosy /'rauzi/ <1 Rosie/Rosy (Lee) (rhy-
ming slang for tea) čaj We were having a cup of
Rosie Lee.
S
Sam /saem/ Samo < Sam Browne (belt) Mil. pas
ZOprtnikom imenovan po siru Samuelu Jamesu Brovv-
nu (1824-1901), britanskem generalu, ki ga je prvi naredil
He wore the khaki shorts and bush jacket, and the Sam
Broivne belt, ofa police officer. <\ Sam Hill uporabljeno
namesto hell pekel <1 what the Sam Hill kaj, za
vraga He probably never could havefigured what the
Sam Hill ivas going on. <1 SamSIickžlE iznajdljiv,
sladkobeseden slepar, goljuf; človek sumlji¬
vega poklica B.A.BOTKIN, Treas. Amer. Folklore III.
358: Tor Yankee trickiness or slickness the name Sam
Slick has become proverbial. < to stand Sam pla¬
čati zapitek ceho; gostiti s pijačo < Uncle Sam
striček Sam(uel); tipični Američan; ZDA; vla¬
da ZDA (O U. S. Am = United States of America)
<1 upon my Sam! hum. Pri moji veri! <1 Sammy
AE ameriški vojak; BE sl. bedak, tepec
Samson /'sasmsan/ Samson ime hebrejskega juna-
ka, ki se je odlikoval po junaških dejanjih zoper Filistejce
(,Sodniki 13-16) □ Samson; hrust; silak; kot med¬
ved močan človek < Samsoness strašansko
močna ženska < Samson's post verjetno aluzija
na Sodniki 16; Naut. nakladalni steber kol, drog;
tech. vrtalni oder ogredje
Sandy /'saendi/ Scot. Škot; sl. »rumenolasec« A
party ofloivland Sandies ivho filled the other seats.
Sarah /'seara/ Sara □ prenosna radijska posta¬
ja, ki jo uporabljajo piloti, da ob nesreči javi¬
jo Svoj položaj (< search and rescue and homing) A
vorecked airman can start »Sarah« ivorking quite easily
and can speak on it to those who are searchingfor him.
Shylock /'Jailok/ ime bogatega Žida, ki je v Shakespe¬
arovem Beneškem trgovcu posojal denar □ grabežljiv
oderuh; neusmiljen upnik The peasantry must be
deliveredfrom thraldom to village Shylocks.
Simon /'saiman/ Simon <1 Simon Pure pošte¬
njak; fant od fare from Simon Pure, a character in
an early 18,h century play Perhaps in a society that needs
to cling to some remnants offaith the preachers dwin-
dling and political leaders in goal, the union man must
be Simon Pure.
Sisyphus /'sisifas/ Sizif (Gr. Myth.) sin korintskega
kralja Eola, pozneje sam kralj mesta, ki je zaradi svojih
zvijač in prekanjenosti v odnosu do bogov trpel v Hadu;
na hrib je moral valiti skalo, ki se mu je v zadnjem hipa
vedno znova skotalila navzdol < labour of SisyphUS
/ Sisyphean task Sizifovo delo brezuspešno, ne¬
uresničljivo delo
Solomon /'sDlaman/ Salomon izraelski kralj (oko¬
li 965-926 pr. n. št.) □ (tudi Salomon; starejša angleška
raba) Salomon; zelo moder, pravičen človek
The old Swiss is a Solomon compared with him. <1 he
is no Solomon/ig. on že ni iznašel smodnika;
ni ravno bister
Steila /'stela/ Stela, Zvezda < Stella Maris mor¬
ska zvezda, svetla zvezda vodnica; devica
Marija kot zaščitnica, vodnica; Marija Vodni¬
ca O. VVILDE Let. 31. May (1962) 583: Evenfor the sheep
who has no shepherd is a Stella Maris to guide it home.
Suzie /'su:zi/ Suzi < Suzie Wong sl. ženska,
predvsem prostitutka iz Hongkonga, ki se
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druži z britanskimi vojaki; skupinsko ime za
prostitutke po romanu R.L.Masona, The World of
Suzie Wong (1957) 1965 Guardian 24 July 8/5: A teen-
age English blonde zvould be safer in the Suzie Wong
quarter ofHongkong than in a side Street in Soho.; 1971,
Nat. GeographicOct. 547/2: Sailors come to šport with Su¬
zie Wong.
T
Tarzan /'tazsn/ glavni junak pustolovskih romanov Ed¬
garja Ricea Burroughsa (1875-1950), postavni belec, ki
živi z živalmi v afriški džungli, potem ko je kot dojenček
tam izgubil starše in ga je vzgojila opica □ Tarzan; fi¬
zično izredno močan, spreten, gibčen moški
Teddy /'tedi/ Tedi < teddy žensko spodnje pe¬
rilo, pri katerem so majica in hlačke v enem kosu;
»body« The silver satin teddy zve picture is one ofthis
Christmas bestsellers. <1 teddy(-bear) medvedek,
Otroška igrača imenovana po Theodorju Rooseveltu,
26. predsedniku ZDA, ki so ga klicali Teddy; anekdota
govori o tem, kako je nekoč na lovu rešil medvedjega mla¬
diča Ifound an old brozvn teddy-bear stuffed zvith cot-
ton <1 Teddy boy fant iz sedemdesetih let, ki je nosil
cevaste kavbojke in zalizce nediscipliniran, divja¬
ški, surov mladoletnik; huligan <1 Teddy girl
We should not consider them as Teddy boys or Teddy
girls, but as potential customers.
Thomas /'tDmss/ Tomaž □ kdorkoli; kateri¬
koli moški, npr. Janez; sluga, lakaj; natakar
< Thomas /Tommy (Atkins) navaden vojak v
britanski vojski, torni ime so uporabljali kot pri¬
mer na raznih obrazcih, kot npr. Janez Novak, izmiš¬
ljeno ime, ki se ne nanaša na konkretno osebo »You
take my advice, Bill«, remarked one Thomas to another.
<\ (doubting) Thomas (aluzija na Janez, xx. 25) ne¬
jeverni Tomaž Doubting Thomases, zvho zvili only
believe zvhat they see, must zvait azvhile.
Tib, Tibby /'tib, 'tibi/ □ dekle; punca; ljubica;
mlada, prostaška ženska; pocestnica, vlaču¬
ga <1 Tib andTom dekle in fant (cf. JackandJill)
<1 Tib(by) cat mucka, mačka (c/. Tom-cat) <3 on
Tib's Eve nikoli; ob svetem Nikoli; na Senko-
li popoldan Yes, it ill be on Tib's Eve, neither before
nor after Christmas.
Titan /'taiton/ Titan ime Kronosovega starejšega bra¬
ta in prednika Titanov, bog sonca - Helij □ Titan; ve-
likan, gigant; pripadnik velikanov in ne bo¬
gov; poet. sonce; Helios The ranks ofgreat men are
properly divisible, not into thinkers and zvorkers, but
tnto Titans and Olympians.
Tobias/Toby /ta'baios, 'taubi/ <3 Tobias/Toby
night prve noči po poroki, ki naj bi jih mla¬
doporočenca (po Tobijevem) prečula v molitvi
po starem nemškem običaju je prve tri noči po poro¬
ki med zakoncema ležal bližnji sorodnik, da bi ju va¬
roval v času, ko je bila njuna odpornost proti zlu naj¬
manjša
Tom /‘tDm/ kdorkoli; katerikoli moški, npr.
Janez (cf. Thomas); veliki zvon ali top <1 Big
Tom veliki zvon v kapeli Christ Collegea v
Oxfordu <1 Tom of Exeter; Tom of Lincoln ...
slang prostitutka; češplja; VVe knozv these toms,
sir. <1 to tom (it around) slang kurbati se What
zvas she doitzg? Tomming, to put it bluntly. She was
having it off zvith a bloke.; Austral. sl. dekle, žen¬
ska < Tom-tart Sydney dekle, ljubica < Tom
and Jerry maček in mišek, junaka iz risank
in stripov, vroč, močan jajčni grog O Tom and
Tib (glej Tib and Tom) <3 Tom(-cat) muc, maček
- samec (cf. Tib-cat) <1 Tom Collins AE z le¬
dom ohlajena oslajena pijača iz gina, citro¬
ne in sodavice (tudi John Collins / brandy Col¬
lins / rum Collins) <1 Tom-come-tickle-me stara
igra s kartami < Tom Cony/Towly budalo; te¬
pec; naivnež < Tom, Dick and Harry (glej Dick)
<i Tom Double slepar; prebrisanec; tisti, ki ne
pride z resnico na dan <1 Tom Farthing norec;
bebec; budalo <3 Tom(-Fool) norec; pooseblje¬
na neumnost <1 tom foolery neumno obnaša¬
nje; zbijanje šal; neumnost Don't make a tom
foolery ofit.; rhyming slangforjewellerynakit He
zvili have contacts in tom foolery or jezvellery outlets.
< Tom Long počasne; dolgoveznež <1 Tom-
noddy (glej Tommy noddy) <3 Tom o' Bedlam
norec; duševno moten človek, ki so ga izpu¬
stili iz norišnice in ima dovoljenje za berače¬
nje Wandering beggars and half-zvitted people called
Tom o' Bedlams zvho zvere a recognised order ofmendi-
cants. <\ Tom of ali trades (glej Jack of ali trades)
<] Tom Pat slang duhovnik; pridigar; čevelj
Tom Pat, a parson. <3 Tom Pepper naut. lažni¬
vec <3 tom-pin velika zaponka <3 tom-plough,
(tom-)tommy East Anglia plug z dvema pluž-
nikoma <1 Tom Poker East Anglian bavbav
Tom Poker, the great bugbear and lerror of naughty
children, zvho inhabits dark closets ... <3 Tom Tailor
krojač ‘VVe rend our hearts, and not our garments'...
‘The better for yourselves, and the zvorse for Tom Tai¬
lor', said the baron. <3 Tom Tiddler's ground ime
otroške igre, ki je malo podobna naši »zem¬
ljo krast« Eden od igralcev je Tom. Drugi tečejo
čez njegovo, s črto zaznamovano ozemlje, in vpije¬
jo »We're on Tom Tiddler’s ground, picking up gold
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and silver«. Prvi/zadnji, ki ga Tom ulovi, postane Tom
Tiddler.; transf. nevtralno ozemlje med dvema
državama; ozemlje, okrog katerega je veliko
prerekanja kot npr. Z breg Jordana, pri nas pa Pi¬
ranski zaliv, Trdinov vrh <1 Tom Tiler/Tyler kate¬
rikoli navaden moški; mož - copata <1 Tom
Tram šaljivec; burkež < tom-trot/d doma
narejena smetanova karamela < Tom-turkey
puran - samec <1 Tom VValker AE dial. hudič
They always ivould have their way in spite of every
body and Tom Walker besides. < Blind Tom slepe
miši (cf. Harry racket, blind Harry) He never could
understand this system ofplaying Blind Tom with the
house ofcommons. <1 (Long) Tom dolgo korito, ki
so ga uporabljali za spiranje zlata; gugalnik;
zibka <3 Long Tom dolga puška, posebno vo¬
jaška The ship was armed with four carronades on
each side, and a long Tom ... in the bows. < Old Tom
močan gin Old Tom is better than gold. < (Uncle)
Tom črnec, ki je v odnosu do belcev uslužen,
vljuden, celo hlapčevski < more know Tom
Fool than Tom Fool knovvs več ljudi nas po¬
zna, kot si mislimo
Tommy /'torni/ Tomi □ ključ za odvijanje vija¬
kov; francoz; najmanjša gazela zahodne Af¬
rike < tommy naut. sl. kruh, hlebec < soft
T/tommy svež, mehak kruh O whiteT/tommy
beli kruh Soft Tommy or white Tommy bread is so
called bysailors, to distinguish itfrom biscuit. <1 tom-
my-bag krušnjak;jed; Mil. sl. hrana; živila na¬
mesto plače v denarju, naturalije The navy knows
that he is a helpless being ifhe cannot get his tommy,
and this word signifies beef bacon, cheese, coffee, bread,
butter and tobacco. <1 tommy-book knjiga, v ka¬
teri vodijo podatke o plačevanju v naturalijah
<1 tommy-day dan, ko se odpre prodajalna, v
kateri delavec dobiva blago namesto denar¬
ja; kantina za nakup živil <\ tommy (shop/store)
prodajalna, v kateri delavec dobiva blago na¬
mesto denarja; kantina za nakup živil Tommy is
only open once a week. <3 tommy system hist. pla¬
čevanje v naturalijah <3 Tommy Atkins (glej
Thomas Atkins) <1 tommy (-axe) Austral. &
NZ collocj. sekira; tomahavk (skrajšano iz tom-
ahavvk) < tommy bar imbus ključ <3 Tommy's
cooker Mil. slang majhen prenosen špirit-
ni gorilnik <1 T/tommy gun avtomatska pi¬
štola; brzostrelka The nigger shot him in the belly
ivith the Tommy gun. < tommy-long-legs/daddy-
long-legs matija; suha južina <i tommy(-nod-
dy) budalo; tepec; naivnež < Tom(my)-noddy
/ -norrie njorka; morski papagaj; Fratercula arc-
tica Puffins, called here Tom noddies ... < tommy rot
sl. nesmisel, neumnost, prazne marnje
u
Ulysses /ju:'lisi:z , 'ju:lisi:z/ Ulikses tip popotnika
in avanturista; prekanjen slepar
V
Valentine /Vaelan.tain/ Valentin □ ljubljena
oseba ponavadi nasprotnega spola ali poseben
prijatelj, ki se ga spomnimo na dan zaljub¬
ljencev Ali good attend my Valentine.; vizitka, ki
jo za Valentinovo naredimo in pošljemo iz¬
brani osebi običaj je najbolj razširjen v ZDA in An¬
gliji, zadnja leta pa se, večinoma v zelo skomerciali-
zirani obliki, pojavlja tudi pri nas The Christmas čari
has apparently killed the Valentine.; darilce, ki ga
na Valentinovo podarimo ljubljeni ali izbrani
osebi <1 St. Valentine's Day Valentinovo (14. fe¬
bruar); dan zaljubljencev SHAKESPEARE, Midsum-
mer Night IV i. 144: Saint Valentine is past, Begin these wood
birts but to couple now? <1 St. Valentine's Eve pred¬
večer Valentinovega
Valentino /jVaebnTimau/ ime Rudolpha Valentina
(Rodolfo Guglielmi di Valentina, 1895-1926), ameriške¬
ga filmskega igralca italijanskega rodu, ljubljenca žen¬
skih src □ moški, ki ga ženske obožujejo No one
could call you a Valentino.
Victoria /viktoiria/ Viktorija, Zmaga □ Viktorija
nizka, lahka kočija za dve osebi
w
VValter /'vvoilta/ Valter <3 VValter Mitty tip sa¬
njača, ki si navadno predstavlja, da je junak
v nevarnih, pomembnih ali romantičnih si¬
tuacijah (aluzija na The Secret Life of VValter Mitty J-
Thurberja)
Walther /Volita/ Valter□ pištola; puška po nem¬
škem proizvajalcu z istim imenom glej npr. JameS
Bond
Wendy /'vvendi/ < Wendy(-)housemajhna hiši¬
ca, v kateri se otroci igrajo imenovana po podo¬
bni hišici iz Petra Pana There is a Wendy-house in the
corner of the classroom.
William /Viljam/ Viljem □ zlatnik za 10 guld¬
nov, ki so ga uporabljali na Nizozemskem;
slang with a pun on Bill račun; AE dolarski
bankovec He lost his five dollar VVilliam.
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Willy /'wili/ Vili <1 W/willy otroški izraz za penis;
lulček We used to hold each other's zoillies - zve didn't
know about sex then.
X
Xant(h)ippe /zaen'tipi:/ Ksantipa Sokratova žena,
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zlovoljna ženska ali žena; hudobna, prepir¬
ljiva, zadirčna ženska SHAKESPEARE, The Taming ofa
Shrew I. H. 71: Tis crust and shrow'd As Socrates Zentippe (mod.
edd. Xanthippe)
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