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instep [ínstep] samostalnik
anatomija nart

to be (ali go) high in the instep biti ošaben, ošabno se nositi

intend [inténd] prehodni glagol
nameravati, kaniti, meriti na kaj; nameniti (for za)
meniti, misliti; hoteti

was this intended? je bilo to namerno?
what is it intended for? čemu naj to služi?
he is intended for the navy predviden je za mornarico
what do you intend by this? kaj misliš s tem?
it was intended for a compliment bilo je mišljeno kot poklon
we intend him to go želimo, da gre

it¹ [it]

1. osebni zaimek
ono, to (v slovenščini se navadno ne prevaja)

it writes well (svinčnik itd.) dobro piše
it is John John je
it is soldiers (to) so vojaki
Oh, it was you ah, ti si bil

2.
subjekt brezosebnih glagolov in konstrukcij

it rains dežuje
it is cold mrzlo je
it seems videti je
it says in the letter v pismu piše
what time is it? koliko je ura?
how is it with your promise? kako pa kaj s tvojo obljubo?
it is 6 miles to je šest milj do

3.
poudarjena oblika

it is to him that you should turn nanj bi se moral obrniti

4.
za predlogi

at it pri tem
by it s tem
for it za to
in it v tem
of it od tega, iz tega
to it k temu, na tem

5.
nedoločni objekt

confound it! da bi ga vrag pocitral
to fight it boriti se
to go it spustiti se v kaj, lotiti se česa
to foot it iti peš, plesati
to cab it peljati se s taksijem
to lord it igrati gospoda
to run for it teči po kaj, teči na varno, teči na vlak itd.
to keep at it naprej kaj delati
we have had a fine time of it odlično smo se zabavali
I take it that domnevam, da
there is nothing for it but to obey moramo pač ubogati
little was left of it od tega je malo ostalo

6. povratni
sebe, se, sebi, si, s seboj (za predlogi)

the war brought with it vojna je prinesla s seboj

Jericho [džérikou] samostalnik
Jeriho
domačno zapor; oddaljen, zapuščen kraj

go to Jericho! pojdi k vragu!, poberi se!
to wish s.o. to Jericho želeti, da bi bil kdo čim dlje od tebe

Jew [džu:] samostalnik
Žid
pogovorno stiskač, oderuh

unbelieving Jew nejeverni Tomaž
the Wandering Jew večni Žid
to go to the Jews sposoditi si denar od oderuhov
tell that to the Jews pripoveduj to komu drugemu
a perfect Jew skopuh
Jew's pitch asfalt
to be worth a Jew's eye biti veliko vreden

kingdom-come [kíŋdəmkʌm] samostalnik
nebesa, drugi svet

sleng to go to kingdom-come umreti
sleng to send s.o. to kingdom-come pomagati komu na drugi svet

kite¹ [káit] samostalnik
papirnat zmaj
zoologija škarjar (vrsta sokola)
figurativno grabežljivec, slepar
množina, navtika najvišja jadra
ekonomija, sleng menica brez kritja
sleng avion

to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng sposoditi si denar na menico brez kritja; figurativno ocenjevati javno mnenje (s širjenjem tendencioznih novic)
sleng go and fly a kite! v uho me piši!

knee¹ [ni:] samostalnik
koleno
botanika kolence, grča
tehnično lesen ali železen del kolenaste oblike, kolenast okov

on one's (bended) knees kleče
on the knees of the gods negotovo, v božjih rokah
to bend (ali bow) the knees to poklekniti pred kom
to bring s.o. to his knees spraviti koga na kolena
to give a knee to s.o. podpreti koga
to go on one's knees to na kolena pasti pred kom, na kolenih koga prositi

knife¹ [náif] samostalnik
nož, bodalo, rezilo

before you can say knife nenadoma, zelo hitro
to get a knife into s.o. napasti brez milosti, ostro kritizirati
a good (poor) knife and fork dober (slab) jedec
to play a good knife and fork z apetitom jesti
war to the knife boj na nož, boj brez milosti
under the knife pod kirurškim nožem
to go under the knife biti operiran

land¹ [lænd] samostalnik
kopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo
figurativno področje
množina nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)

by land po kopnem
by land and sea po kopnem in po morju
the land of dreams kraljestvo sanj
the land of the living tostranstvo, ta svet
the fat of the land obilje
the land of the leal raj
the lay of the land topografska lega
native land domovina
land of Nod spanec
the Holy Land sveta dežela
the Promised Land obljubljena dežela
land of cakes; ali land of the thistle Škotska
back to the land nazaj na dežslo
to go on the land oditi v vas, postati kmetovalec
navtika to make the land zagledati kopno, pristati
to come to land dospeti v pristanišče
navtika land ho! kopno na vidiku!
to lay (ali shut in) the land zgubiti kopno z vidika
to see how the land lies videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanje

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

leave¹ [li:v] samostalnik
dovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovo

leave of absence dopust
to ask s.o. for leave; ali to ask leave of s.o. prositi koga za dovoljenje
by your leave z vašim dovoljenjem
leave off dovoljenje za odsotnost
to get leave off dobiti dovoljenje za odsotnost
on leave na dopustu
to go on leave iti na dopust
leave on pay plačan dopust
to take leave to say dovoliti si reči
to take leave of posloviti se od
to take one's leave oditi
to take French leave oditi brez pozdrava
to take leave of one's senses priti ob pamet
ticket of leave pogojni dopust (kaznjenca)

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

liberty [líbəti] samostalnik
svoboda, prostost, neodvisnost, samostojnost, svobodna izbira
navtika dovoljenje za odhod na kopno
množina posebne pravice, svoboščine, privilegiji

civil liberty državljanska svoboda
religious liberty verska svoboda
liberty of the press svoboda tiska
at liberty svoboden, prost, nezaposlen
to be at liberty to do s.th. smeti kaj narediti
you are at liberty to go smete oditi
to set at liberty osvoboditi, pustiti na svobodo
to take the liberty of doing (ali to do) s.th. dovoliti si kaj narediti
to take liberties with dovoliti si, predrzniti si
to take liberties with s.o.'s property pregrešiti se zoper tujo imovino
to grant liberties podeliti posebne pravice

lief [li:f] prislov
rad, z veseljem

I had (ali would) as lief go there as anywhere else prav tako rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam
I would (ali had) a lief die as betray him rajši bi umrl kot da bi ga izdal
I'd liefer (than ) rajši (kot)

light² [lait] prislov
nalahko, rahlo, lahko

light come, light go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to get off light srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovan
to travel light potovati z malo prtljage

lightly [láitli] prislov
nalahko, lahko, brez truda; malo, mirno, potrpežljivo; lahkoživo; podcenjujoče

lightly come, lightly go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to bear s.th. lightly mirno kaj prenašati

limb¹ [lim] samostalnik
ud; glavna drevesna veja; krak križa; obronek hriba
astronomija rob planeta
botanika rob cvetne čaše, rob mahovja
matematika kotomer
pogovorno neugnanec, navihanec

limb of the devil (ali Satan) vražič, porednež
to escape with life and limb odnesti celo kožo
pogovorno on a limb v nevarnem položaju
ameriško, pogovorno to go out on a limb izpostaviti se za koga
limb of the law roka pravice, oko postave, policist, orožnik
limb of the sea morski rokav