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closet² [klɔ́zit] prehodni glagol
zapreti, spraviti

to be closeted imeti tajen posvet

clover [klóuvə] samostalnik
botanika detelja

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

cobweb [kɔ́bweb] samostalnik
pajčevina; tanka nit ali tkanina

to blow away the cobwebs from one's brain iti na svež zrak, razkaditi si glavo
cobweb morning megleno jutro
to have a cobweb in one's throat imeti suho grlo

coin¹ [kɔin] samostalnik
kovanec
zastarelo ogelni kamen

to pay s.o. in his own coin plačati milo za drago
bad (ali counterfeit, false) coin ponarejen novec
to spin (ali toss up) a coin metati novec, fucati
not to have two coins to rub ne imeti prebite pare

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!

compassion [kəmpǽšən] samostalnik (for, with)
usmiljenje, sočutje

to have (ali take) compassion on s.o. imeti s kom usmiljenje
in compassion to iz usmiljenja do

compeer [kɔmpíə] samostalnik
oseba istega položaja; tovariš(ica)

to have no compeer ne imeti sebi enakega

concern² [kənsə́:n] samostalnik
zadeva, posel (about, for)
skrb (at, over zaradi)
zaskrbljenost; žalost, užaloščenje, bol (in za)
zanimanje; delež
trgovina tvrdka, podjetje, koncern; pomembnost, važnost
pogovorno stavba

it is of no concern of mine to mi ni nič mar
a matter of no concern nepomembna stvar
to take no concern in s.th. ne se zanimati za kaj
to have a concern in imeti delež pri čem; zanimati se za kaj
public concerns javne zadeve
thriving concern uspešen posel
pogovorno to give up the whole concern opustiti zadevo
a paying concern rentabilno podjetje
a going concern aktivno podjetje
of the utmost concern skrajno pomemben
to have no concern with s.th. ne imeti s čim opravka

conclave [kɔ́nkleiv] samostalnik
cerkev konklave; tajen sestanek; zaklenjena tajna soba

to sit in conclave imeti tajen sestanek

conducive [kəndjú:siv] pridevnik (conducively prislov) (to, towards)
ki ima za posledico, posledičen; pospeševalen; koristen, ugoden

to be conducive to imeti za posledico, pripeljati do česa; prispevati k čemu

conference [kɔ́nfərəns] samostalnik
posvetovanje, konferenca, pretres; podelitev

to sit in conference zasedati
to hold a conference imeti sejo

connect [kənékt]

1. prehodni glagol (with, to)
zvezati, združiti, povezati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti v zvezi, povezovati se

to be connected with imeti zvezo s; biti zapleten v
to be connected by marriage biti v svaštvu
to think connectedly logično misliti
distantly connected v daljnem sorodstvu
connected to earth uzemljen
well connected iz dobre družine

connection [kənékšən] samostalnik (with)
zveza, stik, priključek; sorodstvo, poznanstvo; spolni stik
pravno izvenzakonska zveza; povezovanje, spojitev; odjemalci
množina (dobre) zveze

to enter into connection navezati stik
to cut the connection pretrgati stike
criminal connection izvenzakonski stik
hot water connections napeljava tople vode
in this connection v tej zvezi, glede na to
to establish a connection navezati stik
železnica to run in connection with imeti zvezo s

contact¹ [kɔ́ntækt] samostalnik
dotik, stik, zveza
tehnično stikalo
ameriško, množina znanci, združenje; kurir
geometrija dotikališče

contact man človek, ki sprejema stranke, veza
contact lens kontaktna leča
to be in contact with imeti stike s
to come into contact priti v stik, seznaniti se
to make contact navezati stike
to break contact pretrgati stik
contact print kopija (foto)

control¹ [kəntróul] samostalnik (of over)
nadzorstvo, pregled, kontrola; vodstvo, oblast; zadržanost, umirjenost, vzdržnost; ureditev; cesta, na kateri je omejena hitrost; kontrolna žival ali oseba (pri poskusih)
množina kontrolni aparati; krmarjenje; regulator

to be in control of imeti nadzorstvo, oblast nad
to grow beyond control zrasti preko glave, biti neukročen
to keep under control brzdati, krotiti
to lose control over zgubiti oblast nad čim
to get s.th. under control obvladati kaj
out of control prost, neoviran
remote control krmarjenje na daljavo
volume control regulator jakosti zvoka (radio)
to bring under control obvladati

cook¹ [kuk]

1. neprehodni glagol
kuhati, pripravljati jedila, peči, cvreti, pražiti
figurativno (po)pačiti, ponarediti; izumiti, izmisliti, skuhati

2. neprehodni glagol
kuhati, peči, cvreti se

to cook s.o.'s goose uničiti koga; pokvariti komu načrte, obračunati s kom
to cook up pogreti; figurativno izmisliti si; sleng ponarediti
to cook with gas (ali electricity, radar) imeti uspeh
pogovorno to cook accounts ponarediti obračun
to cook one's own cook uničiti samega sebe

copperplate [kɔ́pəpleit] samostalnik
bakrena plošča; bakrorez

to write like copperplate imeti lepo pisavo

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