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conversant [kənvə́:sənt] pridevnik (conversantly prislov) (with)
vešč, izveden, izkušen, seznanjen, podkovan v čem

to be conversant in a subject znati kaj

convict² [kənvíkt] prehodni glagol (of)
krivdo komu dokazati, obsoditi; prepričati, pregovoriti

to convict s.o. of an error dokazati komu, da se moti
to be convicted of murder dokazati komu, da je morilec

convincing [kənvínsiŋ] pridevnik (convincingly prislov)
prepričevalen

to be convincing prepričati

convulse [kənvʌ́ls] prehodni glagol
krčevito stisniti, krčiti; pretresti, omajati

to be convulsed with laughter krčevito se smejati
to be convulsed with pain zvijati se v bolečinah

correct¹ [kərékt] pridevnik (correctly prislov)
pravi, pravšen, pravilen; natančen; spodoben, vljuden

to be correct prav imeti
to be correct in saying pravilno povedati
the correct card program športnih dogodkov
it is the correct thing tako je prav

correspondence [kɔrispɔ́ndəns] samostalnik (with, between)
dopisovanje, pisma, korespondenca; ustreznost skladnost; stik

to hold (ali carry on, keep up) a correspondence with s.o., to be in correspondence with s.o. dopisovati si s kom
correspondence school dopisna šola
correspondence column pisma bralcev

correspondent [kɔrispɔ́ndənt]

1. samostalnik
dopisnik, dopisovalec

to be a bad correspondent ne odgovarjati na pisma

2. pridevnik (correspondently prislov) (to)
ustrezen

cover¹ [kʌ́və] prehodni glagol (with)
pokri(va)ti, zavarovati; obseči, obsegati; razprostreti, razprostirati (se)
figurativno mrgoleti; skriti, skrivati
figurativno tajiti (from)
braniti, (za)ščititi; izplačati, kriti stroške; obdelati; prepotovati, prehoditi; premagati; zadostovati; (z orožjem) meriti; oploditi (žrebec)
ameriško, pogovorno poročati za tisk; predvidevati; valiti

to be covered with biti poln česa
under covered friendship s hlinjeno prijaznostjo
pray be covered pustite, prosim, klobuk na glavi
to cover (up) one's tracks zabrisati sledove
your letter covers po vašem pismu sodim, da
to cover with a rifle nameriti strelno orožje

crack up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
skrhati se; ostareti; hvaliti; strmoglaviti; sestreliti letalo

crack up to the nines čez mero hvaliti
pogovorno he cracked up to be baje je bil

cramp¹ [kræmp] samostalnik
medicina krč

to be taken with a cramp dobiti krč

craze¹ [kreiz] samostalnik
norost; manija, prismojenost (for)
pretirano navdušenje; konjiček; velika moda
zastarelo razpoka

the latest craze zadnja modna norost
to be all the craze biti največja moda

credible [krédibl] pridevnik (credibly prislov)
verodostojen, verjeten

to be credibly informed imeti obvestila iz zanesljivega vira

cross² [krɔs] pridevnik
počezen, prečen; nasproten (veter); neugoden
pogovorno siten, čemeren, slabe volje (with na)
jezen, hud
sleng nepošten; nepošteno pridobljen

as cross as two sticks (ali a bear, a Devil) skrajno slabe volje
to be (ali play) at cross purposes napak razumeti
cross questions and crooked answers namenoma nejasni odgovori
cross reference sklicevanje na drugo mesto v isti knjigi

cross⁴ [krɔs]

1. prehodni glagol
križati; prekrižati, narediti znak križa; prečrtati
figurativno preprečiti; onemogočiti, pokvariti komu račune; prečkati; prepeljati; zajahati (konja)

2. neprehodni glagol
poprek ležati; križati se; preiti; prepeljati se; srečati se

to be crossed in love biti nesrečno zaljubljen
to cross the cudgels vdati se
it crossed my mind domislil sem se
to cross the palm podkupiti, dati napitnino
figurativno to dot the i's and cross the t's jasno se izražati; nadrobnosti navesti; loviti pičice na i
to cross s.o.'s hand with a piece of money stisniti komu denar v roko
to cross the Styx umreti
to cross the floor prestopiti k drugi stranki
to cross the path of s.o. srečati koga; figurativno zastaviti komu pot

cross-purpose [krɔ́spə:pəs] samostalnik
nesporazum

to be (ali play) at cross-purposes ne se razumeti, zaradi nesporazuma delati nezavestno nasprotno

crowded [kráudid] pridevnik (for, of, with)
nabito poln, natlačen; prenatrpan

to be crowded for time komaj utegniti
to be crowded with mrgoleti česa

cup¹ [kʌp] samostalnik
skodelica, čaša, kupa, pokal
množina popivanje

to be a cup too low prenesti malo pijače; biti potrt
in one's cups vinjen
to be too fond of the cup pijančevati
to join cups trčiti (na zdravje)
there's many a slip between (the) cup and (the) lip ne hvali dneva pred večerom
this isn't my cup of tea to ni po mojem okusu

cure¹ [kjuə] samostalnik
zdravljenje (for)
zdravilo; prekajevanje, sušenje
tehnično vulkanizacija

prevention is better than cure bolje preprečiti kot zdraviti
past (all) cure neozdravljiv
to be under cure zdraviti se
cure for every sore zdravilo za vse bolezni
without a cure neozdravljiv, v obupnem stanju

cure² [kjuə]

1. prehodni glagol (of)
zdraviti, lečiti; prekajevati sušiti, nasoliti; vulkanizirati

2. neprehodni glagol
ozdraveti, izlečiti se

what can't be cured must be endured če ni zdravila, je treba potrpeti

cut^*2 [kʌt]

1. prehodni glagol
(od)rezati, (od)sekati, (pri)striči, rezbariti, (po)kositi, (po)žeti; (na)brusiti; gravirati, vrezovati; (pri)krojiti; skopiti, kastrirati; zbosti, zbadati; prizadeti; tepsti, bičati
figurativno izogniti, izogibati se, ne pozdraviti; zmanjšati, znižati; odložiti; izpustiti, opustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
rezati, sekati; zbadati; žeti, kositi
sleng zbežati, ucvreti, pobrisati jo; privzdigniti (karte)

to cut after s.o. letati za kom
to cut at s.o. udariti koga (z mečem); figurativno prizadeti koga
that cuts both ways to govori za in proti
figurativno to cut one's cable umreti
to cut capers (ali didoes) prevračati kozolce; smešne uganjati, norce briti
to cut cards privzdigniti karte
to cut s.o.'s claws pristriči komu kremplje
to cut and come again dvakrat si odrezati
to cut and contrive varčno gospodariti
to cut (dead) ne pozdraviti, ignorirati
to cut dirt, to cut it, to cut one's lucky (ali stick, sticks) popihati jo
to cut a dash zbujati pozornost
to cut a figure (ali splash, show, flash) imeti vlogo, postavljati se na vidno mesto
to cut it fine premalo časa si vzeti; natanko preračunati
figurativno to cut one's fingers opeči se
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet pokvariti komu načrte
to cut free osvoboditi
to cut to the heart globoko prizadeti
sleng to cut no ice ne imeti vpliva
to cut it (ali the matter) short na kratko, skratka
cut it! molči(te)!
figurativno to cut the knot odločno rešiti vprašanje
to cut a loss odreči se, sprijazniti se z izgubo
to cut one's profits žrtvovati svoj dobiček
to cut the painter pretrgati stike
to cut the record potolči rekord
to be cutting one's teeth dobivati zobe
to cut one's own throat samemu sebi škodovati
to cut to usmeriti kam
to cut one's wisdom teeth (ali eyeteeth) spametovati, izučiti se
to cut the price znižati ceno