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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

colt¹ [koult] samostalnik
žrebe
figurativno divjak, razposajenec; začetnik, novinec, zelenec
mornarica kos vrvi

colt's tooth mlečni zob
to cast one's colt's teeth zresniti, spametovati se

comb¹ [koum] samostalnik
glavnik; greben; satovje
tehnično brdo, gradaše

to cut s.o.'s comb pristriči komu peruti
to set up one's comb napihovati, šopiriti se, domišljati si

come home neprehodni glagol
priti domov

it came home to me at last končno se mi je posvetilo

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

comfort² [kʌ́mfət] samostalnik
udobnost; tolažba; okrepilo, poživilo; oddih; lagodnost

cold comfort slaba tolažba
pogovorno comfort room, public comfort, ameriško comfort station javno stranišče
to take comfort potolažiti se
creature comfort(s) razkošje, naslada
to derive comfort from tolažiti se s čim

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

communion [kəmjú:njən] samostalnik
stik; skupnost; promet, zveza
cerkev obhajilo

to hold communion with s.o. družiti se s kom

company¹ [kʌ́mpəni] samostalnik
društvo, družba, druženje; spremstvo; tovarištvo
vojska četa, kompanija; ceh
gledališče ansambel; posadka

to bear (ali keep) company with s.o. družiti se s kom
to part company with s.o. ločiti, razstati se s kom
to see no company samotariti
joint-stock company delniška družba
britanska angleščina limited liability company družba z omejeno zavezo
company officer častnik pod činom majorja
present company excepted navzoči so izključeni
a man is known by the company povej mi s kom se družiš, in jaz ti bom rekel, kdo si
company checkers vohuni, ogleduhi, ovaduhi
company spotter ovaduh
to be a good (poor) company biti prijeten (dolgočasen) družabnik
mornarica ship's company moštvo, posadka ladje
I err in a good company tudi boljši od mene so naredili napako, so se zmotili

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

complementary [kɔmpliméntəri] pridevnik
dopolnilen, komplementaren

complementary angle komplementarni kot
complementary colours komplementarne barve
to be complementary to dopolnjevati se s

comport [kəmpɔ́:t] neprehodni glagol

to comport o.s. vesti, obnašati se; (with) strinjati, skladati, prilegati se

conceal [kənsí:l] prehodni glagol (from pred)
skri(va)ti, (za)tajiti, zamolčati, prikrivati

to conceal o.s. skriti se

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

conclude [kənklú:d]

1. prehodni glagol (from iz; that da)
sklepati, skleniti; zaključiti

2. neprehodni glagol
končati, prenehati; sklepati

to conclude torej, potemtakem
to be concluded končati se
to conclude with končno še

conclusion [kənklú:žən] samostalnik
sklep, sklenitev, odločitev; izid, konec, zaključek

foregone conclusion vnaprej narejen sklep
in conclusion končno
to arrive at a conclusion skleniti
to bring to a conclusion dokončati, zaključiti
to try conclusions with meriti se s kom
to draw the conclusion skleniti
to jump at (ali to) conclusions prenagliti se
conclusion of peace sklenitev miru

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

conduct¹ [kəndʌ́kt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
voditi, upravljati
glasba dirigirati; spremljati, peljati
elektrika prevajati (tok)

to conduct an investigation preiskovati
to conduct o.s. vesti, obnašati se
conducted tour skupinsko potovanje z vodnikom