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belfry [bélfri] samostalnik
zvonik

he's got bats in the belfry čudne muhe mu rojijo po glavi

Bélgija geografija Belgium

bélgijski Belgian

Bélgijec -jka Belgian, Belgian woman, pl -men

Belgium [béldžəm] samostalnik
Belgija

belíca (morska riba) whiting, whitebait; (sladkovodna) bleak

belíč farthing

biti brez belíča to be (dead) broke; (knjižno humoristično) to be impecunious
to ni vredno belíča it's not worth a (brass) farthing
plačal vam bom do zadnjega belíča I'll pay you to the last farthing

belíčnik albino, pl -nos, -noes

belíčnost albinism

belie [bilái] prehodni glagol
nalagáti; razočarati, ne uresničili; lažnost dokazati; na laži ujeti; opravljati

belief [bilí:f] samostalnik
vera, zaupanje, prepričanje; mnenje, mišljenje

the Belief apostolska vera
to the best of my belief kolikor je meni znano
easy of belief lahkoveren
hard of belief nezaupljiv
light of belief lahkoveren
ready of belief lahkoveren, zaupljiv
past all belief neverjeten
to stagger belief biti komaj verjeten

believable [bilí:vəbl] pridevnik (believably prislov)
verjeten, možen

believe [bilí:v]

1. prehodni glagol
verjeti, zaupati (komu)

2. neprehodni glagol (in v)
verjeti; misliti, domnevati

to make believe hliniti, pretvarjati se, delati se
to believe in smatrati za dobro, koristno
I believe so zdi se, da je tako
I believe not mislim, da ne
ameriško, pogovorno you'd better believe it lahko mi verjamete

believer [bilí:və] samostalnik
vernik (in v)
tisti, ki veruje

he's a great believer in mnogo mu je do
a true believer pravovernik, -ica

believing [bilí:viŋ]

1. pridevnik (believingly prislov)
veren

2. samostalnik
verovanje

seeing is believing verjamemo samo, če se lahko na lastne oči prepričamo

belike [biláik] prislov
arhaično verjetno, nemara

belílec whitewasher; bleacher; whitener

belílo white, whitewash; white colouring matter; (za perilo) bleaching powder

svinčevo belílo white lead

belín (metulj) cabbage butterfly; cabbage white

belína white, whiteness; (praznine) blank

svinčena belína white lead

béliti to whiten; to make white; (platno) to blanch

béliti volno to bleach wool; (jedi) to flavour a dish with butter, pork crackling, etc.
béliti si glavo (figurativno) to rack (ali to worry ali to beat ali to puzzle ali to cudgel ali to busy) one's brains
béliti si glavo s čim to put one's mind to something
béliti si glavo zaradi česa to trouble one's head about something

belittle [bilítl] prehodni glagol
podcenjevati, omalovaževati; zmanjšati