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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

chat² [čæt] samostalnik
kramljanje, klepet, pomenek, pogovor

to have a chat pokramljati

check³ [ček] samostalnik
ustavitev, ovira, prekinitev
ameriško ček; račun; vstopnica; nalepni listek, etiketa; kupon; žeton; kontrola
množina kockasto blago; špranja

ameriško certified check od banke overjen ček
check please! plačati, prosim
to hand (ali pass) in one's checks umreti
to have a check upon s.o. krotiti koga
to hold (ali keep) in check zadrževati koga
to keep a check on s.th. imeti kaj pod kontrolo

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

cheese¹ [čí:z] samostalnik
sir
sleng prava reč
ameriško, sleng butec

ameriško, sleng big cheese važna oseba
green cheese mlad, nezrel sir
that's another cheese to je nekaj drugega
to believe the moon is made of cheese biti lahkoveren
domačno it's the cheese to je najboljše, to je pravo
an old rat won't eat cheese izkušen človek ne zaupa prilizovalcu, ne gre na limanice
sleng he is quite a cheese! ta je pravi!
hard cheese! kakšne nevšečnosti!

cheque¹ [ček] samostalnik
trgovina ček, denarna nakaznica (on za)

blank cheque bianko ček
figurativno to give a blank cheque to s.o. pustiti koga, da dela, kar hoče, ne ovirati ga
to cash a cheque vnovčiti ček
to draw a cheque napisati ček

cherish [čériš] prehodni glagol
varovati, negovati; skrbeti, gojiti; ceniti; ljubkovati

to cherish a hope upati, nadejati se

cherry¹ [čéri] samostalnik
češnja (plod)

to take (ali make) two bites at a cherry obirati se, mečkati

chest¹ [čest] samostalnik
skrinja, omara, zaboj; blagajna
anatomija prsi, prsni koš

chest of drawers predalnik
to get off one's chest povedati, napresti jih komu, izkašljati se
military chest vojaška blagajna
(a) cold on the chest kašelj
to have a weak chest sapo loviti

child [čaild] samostalnik
otrok, dete; potomec; privrženec
figurativno plod

from a child od otroških let
with child noseča
to get with child zanositi
the burnt child dreads the flre kdor se enkrat opeče, je drugič previden
figurativno child's play igrača
child murder detomor
sleng this child jaz, mene

chill¹ [čil] samostalnik
mraz, hlad, ohladitev
tehnično kaljenje
tehnično kalup za kovinske odlitke
medicina mrzlica, prehlad
figurativno hladnost, neprijaznost; potrtost

to take the chill off s.th. pogreti kaj
to catch a chill prehladiti se
to cast a chill over (ali on) one's humour spraviti koga v slabo voljo, potreti ga
it gives me a chill zona me spreletava
chills and fever malarija
water with the chill off mlačna voda

chin¹ [čin] samostalnik
brada, obradek

to thrust the chin into the neck bahati, postavljati se
up to the chin do ušes
a chin wag prijateljski pomenek
keep your chin up! glavo pokonci

chip¹ [čip] samostalnik
drobec, odkrušek, iver, trska; oškrbek; odpadek; igralna znamka; odkrušeno mesto
pogovorno otrok

a chip of the old block čisto tak kakor njegov oče
I don't care a chip for it ni mi do tega
to carry a chip on one's shoulder rad se prepirati
potato chips tenke ocvrte krompirjeve rezine
to buy chips hraniti denar
ameriško, sleng to hand (ali pass in) one's chips umreti
dry as a chip nezanimiv, dolgočasen, suhoparen
such carpenters such chips po delu spoznamo človeka

chocolate¹ [čɔ́kəlit] samostalnik
čokolada
množina praliné, čokoladni bonboni; temno rjava barva

a bar (ali cake, tablet) of chocolate tablica čokolade

choice¹ [čɔis] samostalnik
izbira, izbor; alternativa (of)
najboljše, cvet, elita

Hobson's choice, choice of evils nobena izbira
choice of everything najboljše, kar se dobi
ameriško, sleng I am choice of it mnogo mi je do tega
for choice, by choice prvenstveno, najraje
a wide (poor) choice velika (majhna) izbira
to take (ali make) one's choice izb(i)rati si
I have no choice but to moram, prisiljen sem
at your choice kakor želite
the choice is (ali lies) with you ti se moraš odločiti
a good choice bogata izbira

choke up prehodni glagol
zatlačiti, zamašiti, prenapolniti

choke up a fire pogasiti ogenj

chord [kɔ:d] samostalnik
struna
glasba akord, sozvočje; tetiva

anatomija vocal chord glasilka
spinal chord hrbtni mozeg
to touch the right chord zadeti pravo struno
to strike up a familiar chord obujati spomine
common chord trozvok
minor chord molov akord

Christmas [krísməs] samostalnik
božič

Christmas Day 25. december
Christmas Eve božični večer
Christmas comes but once a year vsak dan ni nedelja
Christmas carol božična pesem

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

churning [čə́:niŋ] samostalnik
pinjenje

a churning količina masla, pridobljena z enim pinjenjem