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coco(a)nut [kóukənʌt] samostalnik
kokosov oreh
vulgarno buča, butica

to have no milk in the coco(a)nut biti prismojen
hudomušno that accounts for the milk in the coco(a)nut sedaj mi je vse jasno

coffin¹ [kɔ́fin] samostalnik
krsta
navtika stara ladja; papirnata vrečka

hudomušno a coffin nail cigareta
to drive (ali put) a nail into s.o.'s coffin pospešiti smrt koga (npr. pijača, kajenje)

cog¹ [kɔg] samostalnik
tehnično zobec; vrsta ribiške ladje; sleparstvo

to slip a cog narediti napako

coil³ [kɔil] samostalnik
arhaično, poetično razgrajanje, hrup

to keep a coil razgrajati
this mortal coil to bridko življenje, solzna dolina

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

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

collar¹ [kɔ́lə] samostalnik
ovratnik; komat; ogrlica; (pasji) navratnik
tehnično čep, mašilnik, obroč(ek), kolut, prirobnica; ustje rova; pena (na pivu)

against the collar težaven (opravek)
collar work težko delo
out of a collar brezposeln
in collar zaposlen
to slip the collar izmuzniti se, uiti
up to the collar do vratu, do grla
to get hot under the collar razsrditi se, pobesneti

collection [kəlékšən] samostalnik
zbiranje, zbirka; kup

to make (ali take up) a collection nabirati miloščino, prostovoljne prispevke
ameriško collection district carinski okraj
(Oxford) collections zaključni izpit
ready for collection pripravljen za odvoz

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 down neprehodni glagol
spustiti se, dol priti; biti podedovan; plačati; zboleti

navtika come down before the wind po vetru pluti
come down handsomely velikodušno prispevati
come down a peg biti ponižan
come down upon s.o. očitati komu kaj
ameriško, pogovorno come down with zboleti zaradi; izplačati
come down in the world biti ponižan, zaničevan

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

come off neprehodni glagol
vršiti se; oditi; rešiti se; izpopolniti se; biti odstranjen
ameriško prenehati

come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
come off duty zapustiti službo
come off a loser zgubiti, biti na škodi
sleng come off it! nehaj s tem!, dovolj je že!

command¹ [kəmá:nd]

1. prehodni glagol
ukazovati, zapovedovati; poveljevati, odrediti, odrejati; zahtevati, naročiti; izsiljevati; obvladati, znati (of)
razpolagati, na voljo imeti; donašati, nuditi, dajati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti poveljnik, ukazovati, vladati

to command o.s. obvladati se
to command in chief biti glavni poveljnik
to command love zbujati ljubezen
to command a ready sale dobro se prodajati
to command one's passions obvladati svoje strasti
to command a fine view nuditi lep razgled

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

commit [kəmít] prehodni glagol (to)
zaupati; poveriti, izročiti; zapreti v preiskovalni zapor; učiti se na pamet; naložiti dolžnost; zagrešiti, zakriviti; storiti; kompromitirati

to commit to grave pokopati
to commit to flames v ogenj vreči
to commit to memory vtisniti si v spomin, zapomniti si
to commit to o.s. obvezati se; kompromitirati se
to commit to paper zapisati
to commit suicide narediti samomor
to commit a crime zagrešiti zločin
to stand committed biti zadolžen
commit no nuisance! onesnaženje (tega prostora) je strogo prepovedano!

commitment [kəmítmənt] samostalnik
obveza (to)
izročitev; aretacija; izvršitev, uresničenje

to undertake a commitment prevzeti obveznost

committee [kəmíti] samostalnik
odbor, komité, komisija; predsedništvo
varuh(inja), skrbnik, -nica [kəmití]

standing committee stalni odbor
select committee posebni odbor
to sit on a committee biti član(ica) odbora
committee English uradna angleščina
to be on the committee biti član komisije
to refer to a committee izročiti odboru, komisiji

commotion [kəmóušən] samostalnik
razburjenost, pretres, zmeda, nemir, direndaj; upor, vstaja; valovanje

to make a commotion zbuditi pozornost