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bíster (prozoren) lucid, limpid, transparent; (čist) clear, pure, untroubled; (pameten) clever, bright, shrewd, sharp, žargon brainy

bístra glava (figurativno) a clever fellow
on je bístra glava he is a bright (ali intelligent) fellow

bistrênje clarification; clearing up; figurativno solution

bístrica (voda) clear mountain brook

bistrína clearness; figurativno sagacity

bistroglàv clear-headed; clever; intelligent

bistroôk eagle-eyed; keen-eyed; sharp-sighted

bístrost clearness; figurativno sagacity, cleverness; intelligence

bistroúmen clever; shrewd; quick; sharp; acute; sagacious

bistroúmnost cleverness; perspicacity; sagacity; shrewdness; wittiness; penetration

bistrovíden clear-sighted; perspicacious

bistrovídnost clear-sightedness, perspicacity

bistúrij medicina bistoury

bístven essential; fundamental; main, principal; (važen) material, prime, weighty, substantial, vital; bistveno (prislov) essentially, in the main

bístvo essence; chief ali main ali essential element; (jedro, srž) nucleus, pith, marrow, heart; žargon nittygritty

prodreti v bístvo problema (stvari) to get to the heart of the problem (matter)

bisulfát kemija bisulphate

bisulfít kemija bisulphite

bít existence; entity; essence

bíti (bijem) to beat; to strike; (močno) to whack; (srce) to pulsate, to beat, (močno) to throb, to palpitate, to flutter

ura bije sedem the clock is striking seven
bíti žogo to play football
resnica o tem nam bije v obraz the truth of it stares us in the face
bíti se (boriti se) to fight, to struggle, to combat, to battle with

bíti (sem) to be; to exist; to live; to take place

je (= se nahaja) there is
so (= se nahajajo) there are; (bivati) to stay
bíti lačen, žejen to be hungry, thirsty
bíti ves iz sebe to be beside oneself, to be overwrought
3 x 5 = 15 three times five equals fifteen
kaj je, kakó je (kaj) z njim? how is he?, how is he getting on?; how are things with him?
kaj je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
toplo (mraz) mi je I am warm (cold)
ne morem bíti brez (cigaret) I cannot do without (cigarettes)
bíti brez denarja to be short of money
bíti brez premoga to be short of coal
po čem je kruh? how much is (the) bread?
koliko je do postaje? how long does it take to the station?
bodi previden! be careful!
on je iz Londona he is (ali comes) from London
kdo je? who is there?
kdo je tam? (vojak na straži) who goes there?
po meni je, z menoj je konec I am done for, pogovorno I've had it
kaj Vam je? what is the matter with you?
nič mi ni there is nothing the matter with me
slabó mi je I feel sick
jaz sem (to) it is I, pogovorno it's me
če bi jaz bil Vi (bil na Vašem mestu), bi ostal doma if I were you, I would stay at home
če je (to) takó if it is so, if that be so, if that be the case
naj bo takó! arhaično let it be so!
naj bo (to), kot hoče! be that as it may
naj bo tako ali tako in either case
to bo dovolj this will do
kar je bilo, je bilo let bygones be bygones
bíti v napoto to be in the way, to inconvenience, to hinder
ni mi za... I don't care for...
za to mu ni he does not care about it
nič mi ni zanj pogovorno I couldn't care less about him, I don't care a fig for him
ni mi do šal I am in no mood for joking
to ni (nič) zame that is not in my line
nič ni bilo iz tega nothing came of it
ni mi do poezije I have no time for poetry
mnogo mi je do tega, da... I am very anxious to...
vem, pri čem sem I know where I stand
on je proti meni he has set his face against me
hiša je v gradnji the house is being built
bilo mi je, da bi jokal I felt like crying
on bi bil dober učitelj he would make a good teacher
tu gre za bíti ali ne bíti this is a matter of life or death
šlo je za bíti ali ne bíti it was touch and go
pri tem sem ob 50.000 SIT I am fifty thousand tolars out of pocket over it

bítje¹ being; creature