Telo = The Body

1. ELEMENTARY LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– an arm = roka
– a shoulder = rama
– a hand = roka oziroma del roke pod zapestjem
– a finger = prst na roki
– a nail = noht
– a leg = noga
– a foot = stopalo
– feet = stopala
– a toe = prst na nogi
– a chest = prsni koš
– a back = hrbet
– a bottom = zadnjica
– a stomach = trebuh, želodec
– blood = kri
– a skin = koža
– a heart = srce
– a brain = možgani*

* Pozor: Množinski samostalnik “možgani” je v angleščini števen, zato je pravilna raba edninske oblike, kadar govorimo o enih možganih: “I have a brain” in ne “I have brains”.

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– He touched my arm with his fingers.* = S prsti se je dotaknil moje roke.

* Deli telesa se običajno vežejo z osebnimi zaimki (my arm, his fingers, …) in ne z določnimi ali nedoločnimi členi (an arm, the fingers, …).

2. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– an armpit = pazduha
– an elbow = komolec
– a wrist = zapestje
– a palm = dlan
– a fist = pest
– a thumb = palec na roki
– a big toe = palec na nogi
– a thigh = stegno
– a calf = meče
– calves = meča
– a knee = koleno
– an ankle = gleženj
– a heel = peta
– a hip = bok
– a waist = pas
– an (internal) organ = (notranji) organ
– a bone = kost
– a muscle = mišica
– a vein = žila
– a nerve = živec
– lungs = pljuča

2.2. Phrases = Fraze

– He had her in the palm of his hand. = Imel jo je v pesti/oblasti.
– She hit him with the palm of her hand. = She hit him with her hand. = Udarila ga je z roko.
– Don’t move a muscle. = Niti z očesom ne treni!
– You have some nerve! = Si pa drzneš! (pogovorno)
– If only I had the nerve to do it. = Ko bi si vsaj upal to storiti! (pogovorno)

3. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

3.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a joint = sklep
– a womb = maternica
– a pelvis = medenica
– a skeleton = okostje
– a skull = lobanja
– a bladder = mehur
– urine = urin
– bowels = črevesje
– a rib = rebro
– a liver = jetra
– a kidney = ledvica
– an artery = arterija
– a spine = hrbtenica
– a nervous system = živčevje
– a spinal cord = hrbtenjača
– bone marrow = kostni mozeg

3.2. Phrases = Fraze

– I believe she’s got a lot of skeletons in her cupboard. = Zdi se mi, da ima veliko neprijetnih skrivnosti.
– He moved his bowels. = He opened his bowels. = He emptied his bowels. = Iztrebljal se je.*

* Vljudna, formalna fraza za opravljanje velike potrebe.