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chargeable [čá:džəbl] pridevnik (chargeably prislov)
obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovoren

to be chargeable with a fault biti odgovoren za napako
he became chargeable to the parish padel je občini v breme
chargeable to the account na račun
chargeable on s.o. ki ga je treba pripisati komu

charm¹ [ča:m] prehodni glagol (with)
očarati, navdušiti; začarati, uročiti, (pre)mamiti; zvabiti; ukrotiti (gada)

to bear (ali have) a charmed life čudežno premagati težave
pogovorno I shall be charmed zelo me bo veselilo
to charm away čudežno pregnati, zagovoriti (bolezen)

chase¹ [čeis] samostalnik
lov, zasledovanje, preganjanje; lovišče, revir; lovski plen; preganjana ladja

to be (ali have) in chase, to give chase zasledovati koga, gnati se za kom
a wild-goose chase jalovo početje
steeple chase dirka z zaprekami

cheer² [číə] samostalnik
razpoloženje, vedrost, veselost; odobravanje; navijanje (na tekmi); pogostitev, jed

to be of good (bad) cheer biti dobre (slabe) volje
to give s.o. a cheer nazdraviti komu
to make good cheer pirovati, gostiti se
what cheer? kako se imaš?
three cheers for trikrat hura za
to raise a cheer vzklikati

chooser [čú:zə] samostalnik
prebiralec, -lka

beggars can't be choosers reveži ne smejo biti izbirčni, v sili hudič mušice žre

church¹ [čə:č] samostalnik
cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

to go to church iti k maši
to be at church biti v cerkvi
to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
established church državna cerkev
to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda

cipher¹ [sáifə] samostalnik
številka; šifra, tajna pisava; monogram
figurativno ničla

to be a mere cipher, to stand for a cipher biti ničla, nič ne pomeniti
pogovorno what's the cipher? koliko stane?
to learn ciphers učiti se računati

claimant [kléimənt] samostalnik
tožilec, tožnik, terjalec

rightful claimant upravičenec
to be a claimant for s.th. lastiti si pravico do česa

clean² [kli:n] prislov
pogovorno čisto, popolnoma, dodobra

to be clean gone izginiti brez sledu
to leap clean over gladko preskočiti

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica

clear⁴ [kliə] samostalnik
praznina; izpraznitev; jasnina

to be in the clear biti oproščen (krivde)
in clear nešifriran

closet² [klɔ́zit] prehodni glagol
zapreti, spraviti

to be closeted imeti tajen posvet

cloud¹ [klaud] samostalnik
oblak, megla, para; temna lisa, madež; motnost
figurativno mrak, tema, senca; množica, roj; nesreča
množina višje sfere, nebo

to drop from the clouds nepričakovano se prikazati, z neba pasti
every cloud has a silver lining vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
under a cloud pod sumom, na slabem glasu; v težavah, brez denarja
to be (ali have one's head) in the clouds živeti v oblakih
a cloud on one's brow mrk, namrgoden
cloud seeding ustvarjanje umetnega dežja

clover [klóuvə] samostalnik
botanika detelja

to live (ali be) in clover imeti prijetno življenje, živeti ko ptička na veji

cock¹ [kɔ́k] samostalnik
petelin, (tudi na puški); petelinje petje
figurativno vodja; pipa, vetrnica; poševna lega klobuka na glavi; jeziček (na tehtnici); kazalec (na sončni uri)
navtika medkrov; pilotov sedež; bahač, kolovodja
vulgarno spolni ud

as the old cock crows so does the young learn jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
the red cock crows hiša je v plamenih
dunghill cock domači petelin
every cock crows on his dunghill doma se vsakdo čuti junaka
to be cast at the cocks zgubiti se
that cock won't fight tukaj nekaj ni v redu, to ne bo držalo
to live like a fighting cock živeti ko ptička na veji
the cock of the walk (ali roost) glavna oseba, samozavestnež
to go off at half cock prezgodaj se sprožiti
domačno old cock ljubi moj, človek božji

cognizant [kɔ́gnizənt] pridevnik
vedoč, zavedajoč se
pravno pristojen

to be cognizant of s.th. zavedati se časa, vedeti o čem
to become cognizant zavedeti se

cold¹ [kould] pridevnik (coldly prislov)
hladen, mrzel (to)
ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold zmrzovati
I am cold zebe me
in cold blood hladnokrvno
to blow hot and cold vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
cold comfort slaba tolažba
to give (ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti
sleng cold feet strah, trema
to make blood run cold prestrašiti
as cold as charity brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen
cold pig polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha
cold meat narezek
to throw cold water on s.o. vzeti komu pogum
a cold scent slaba sled
ameriško cold snap(s) hladen val
cold war hladna vojna
cold wave hladna ondulacija
pogovorno cold without alkohol z vodo
cold steel hladno orožje

cold² [kould] samostalnik
mraz
medicina prehlad, nahod

to catch (ali get, take) (a) cold prehladiti se
to have a cold imeti nahod
to leave s.o. out in the cold ne posvetiti komu pozornosti, pustiti ga na cedilu
cold in the head nahod
to be in the cold biti osamljen
figurativno out in the cold zapuščen, zanemarjen

colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!