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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!

come into neprehodni glagol
vstopiti; podedovati, dobiti

come into being nastati
come into one's own dobiti, kar nam gre
come into force začeti veljati, obveljati
come into notice zbuditi pozornost
come into play priti v veljavo, obveljati
come into sight prikazati se
come into a fortune podedovati imetje

commemoration [kəmeməréišən] samostalnik
spominska žalna slovesnost

in commemoration of s.o. v počastitev spomina na koga, v spomin na koga

commission¹ [kəmíšən] samostalnik
komisija, nalog, določba, naloga; pooblastilo; častniški čin; provizija; zagrešitev

in commission pooblaščen; uporaben; za službo (plovbo) sposoben
out of commission neraben, za službo nesposoben
to sell on commission prodajati v komisiji
to get a commission postati častnik
vojska to resign one's commission podati ostavko
to put in commission dati (ladjo) v promet
to put out of commission vzeti (ladjo) iz prometa
to discharge a commission izvršiti nalog
to give a commission for s.th. naročiti kaj

commoner [kɔ́mənə] samostalnik
navaden človek, občan, meščan
zastarelo član spodnjega doma; študent brez štipendije

First Commoner predsednik spodnjega doma v parlamentu

companion¹ [kəmpǽnjən] samostalnik
družabnik, -nica, tovariš(ica), spremljevalec, -lka, sopotnik, -ica; nasprotek, pendant; pripadnik nižjega viteškega reda
navtika stopnišče s palube h kabinam; vrhnje okno kabine

companion in adversity tovariš(ica) v nesreči
companion in arms sobojevnik
companion of a volume (ali book) drugi del knjige
boon companion vinski bratec

compare¹ [kəmpɛ́ə]

1. prehodni glagol (with, to)
primerjati
slovnica stopnjevati

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
dati se primerjati; tekmovati

pogovorno to compare notes debatirati
as compared with (ali to) v primeri s
it cannot be compared with (ali to) ne da se primerjati s

comparison [kəmpǽrisn] samostalnik
primerjava, prispodoba
slovnica stopnjevanje

beyond (ali past, out of) (all) comparison neprimerljiv, brezprimeren
to bear (ali stand) comparison dati se primerjati, prenesti primerjavo
to draw comparisons with primerjati s
in comparison with v primeri s
by comparison, by way of comparison primerjaje, primeroma

compass² [kʌ́mpəs] samostalnik
krog, obseg, obod
figurativno torišče, območje
glasba obseg glasu; ovinek, stranska pot

a pair of compasses šestilo
to be within compass biti v območju
compass card plošča kompasa
to keep within compass krotiti se
to set (ali cast, go, fetch) a compass narediti ovinek
bearing compass azimutni kompas
compass variation odklon magnetne igle

competition [kɔmpitíšən] samostalnik (for; with)
tekmovanje, tekma; konkurenca; natečaj

to enter a competition udeležiti se tekmovanja
cut-throat competition surova, huda tekma, tekma na življenje in smrt
to be in competition with s.o. tekmovati s kom
unfair competition nelojalna, nepoštena tekma, konkurenca
to put up for competition razpisati natečaj
competition in armaments tekma v oboroževanju

compliance [kəmpláiəns] samostalnik
privolitev, sporazum; voljnost; uslužnost, popustljivost

in compliance with po predpisih; glede na; v skladu s

condition¹ [kəndíšən] samostalnik
pogoj; okoliščina; položaj, stanje, stan
ameriško popravni izpit

to change one's condition poročiti se
of humble condition nizkega rodu
in prime condition v odličnem stanju
to be in condition moči, biti zmožen
on condition that s pogojem, da
out of condition v slabem stanju
under condition s pogojem
under present conditions glede na današnje prilike
to be in an interesting condition biti v drugem stanu
all sorts and conditions of men vsakovrstni ljudje
working conditions delovni pogoji

confectioner [kənfékšnə] samostalnik
slaščičar

confectioner's sugar sladkor v prahu
confectioner's shop slaščičarna

confederacy [kənfédərəsi] samostalnik
zveza, liga, konfederacija
pravno zarotniki; zarota

ameriško the Confederacy južne države ZDA v ameriški državljanski vojni (1860-1865)

confine² [kənfáin]

1. prehodni glagol (to na)
omejiti; zapreti, konfinirati
arhaično mejiti na kaj

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
biti na meji

to confine o.s. to omejiti se na kaj, držati se česa
to be confined (of a child) roditi
he was confined to his bed moral je ostati v postelji

confinement [kənfáinmənt] samostalnik
omejitev; zapor, konfinacija; porod, otročja postelja

solitary confinement samica (zapor)
to place under confinement zapreti v ječo
vojska confinement to quarters hišni zapor

confirmation [kɔnfə:méišən] samostalnik
okrepitev, ojačitev; potrdilo; dokaz
cerkev birma

in confirmation of v dokaz kot potrdilo česa

conformance [kənfɔ́:məns] samostalnik
prilagajanje; soglasje

in conformance to glede na, skladno s
in conformance with v soglasju s

conformity [kənfɔ́:miti] samostalnik (to)
podobnost; primernost, ustreznost; podrejenost (with)
soglasnost; pravovernost (glede na anglikansko cerkev)

in conformity with glede na, v soglasju s