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call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

call² [kɔl] samostalnik
klic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place)
prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic
trgovina opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)

at call pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedaleč
call to arms (ali the colours) vpoklic
to have no call to do s.th. ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storiti
to have no call on s.o.'s time ne imeti pravice koga zadrževati
to pay (ali make) a call (on) obiskati, oglasiti se
to have a close call za las uiti
to obey the call of nature iti na stran
roll call klicanje imen prisotnih
to give a call poklicati po telefonu
for the call of na razpolago (koga)
to take a call stopiti pred zastor (igralec po ploskanju)
within call dosegljiv
house of call zatočišče; borza dela
place of call trgovska hiša
no call to blush ni se ti treba sramovati

can^*1 [kæn, kən] pomanjkljiv, pomožni

I can morem, znam
I can't, cannot [kænt, ka:nt] ne morem, ne znam
you can go lahko greš
I can see (hear) you vidim (slišim) te
can you translate it? znaš to prevesti?
I cannot but wish ne morem si kaj, da si ne bi želel, želim si le

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

cannot [kǽnɔt] ➞ can't

I cannot ne morem, ne znam
I cannot but moram, drugo mi ne preostaja
I cannot away with this tega ne zmorem

canteen [kæntí:n] samostalnik
krčma, kantina, menza; čutara; porcija (posoda)

dry canteen vojaška kantina, v kateri ne prodajajo pijače
wet canteen vojaška kantina, v kateri prodajajo pijače
industrial canteen tovarniška menza

care² [kɛə] neprehodni glagol (for, of, about)
skrbeti, negovati; marati
ameriško zmoči, uspešno urediti

to care for rad imeti, zanimati se
much do I care for mar mi je, še na misel mi ne pride
I don't care ne ljubi se mi, ni mi mar
for aught (ali ought) I care zaradi mene, meni nič mar
I don't care if I do nimam nič proti
I don't care a pin (ali rap, damn, straw, cent, brass farthing, fig, feather, whoop) nič mi ni mar, vseeno mi je
what do I care? kaj mi mar?

carry away prehodni glagol
odnesti, odpeljati; zapelj(ev)ati, očarati, navdušiti

to be carried away with s.th. navduševati se nad čim, ne se obvladati

case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

catch^*1 [kæč]

1. prehodni glagol
ujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati (at, in pri)
presenetiti; zamrzniti

2. neprehodni glagol
prijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)

to catch s.o. bending zasačiti koga
to catch s.o. a blow udariti koga
to catch one's breath zadrževati dih
to catch one's foot spotakniti se
to catch (a) cold prehladiti se
to catch a crab pregloboko z vesli udariti
to catch fire vžgati se
to catch a glimpse of s.o. bežno koga zagledati
to catch the idea (ali point) razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti misel
to catch hold of s.th. polastiti se česa, prijeti kaj
to catch it biti kaznovan
catch me! nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne pride
to catch s.o. napping zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega dela
to catch the Speaker's eye dobiti besedo (v parlamentu)
to catch a Tartar izkupiti jo
sleng you will catch it! ti bom že pokazal!

caviar(e) [kǽvia:] samostalnik
kaviar

it's caviar(e) to the general tega preprosti ljudje ne razumejo, to je samo za izbrance, to metanje biserov svinjam

chaff¹ [ča:f] samostalnik
pleva, rezanica
figurativno malenkost, ničvredna stvar; draženje, nagajanje

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff kapljica v morju
I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff nisem tako neumen, ne grem na limanice
to sort the wheat from the chaff ločiti zrnje od plev

chalk¹ [čɔ:k] samostalnik
kreda; pastel
pogovorno račun, dolg, kredit
sleng praska

as like as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk from cheese kot noč in dan (različna)
not by a long chalk nikakor ne
by a long chalk the best veliko boljši od vseh
pogovorno to walk a chalk line biti trezen, vesti se skrajno spodobno
chalk talk predavanje ob risbah na tabli
not to know chalk from cheese ne imeti niti pojma, prav nič ne razumeti
sleng to walk (ali stump) one's chalks ucvreti jo

character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

chase² [čeis] prehodni glagol
loviti, zasledovati, preganjati, gnati se za kom (from)
izgnati
pogovorno poplakniti

ameriško, sleng to chase o.s. oditi
to chase all fear pregnati ves strah, ne se več bati
ameriško go chase yourself! poberi se!

cheap [či:p] pridevnik (cheaply prislov)
cenen, poceni; slab; jalov, prazen (izgovor)

as cheap as dirt, dirt cheap za smešno ceno
pogovorno to feel cheap ne se dobro počutiti
to get (ali come off) cheap(ly) poceni jo odnesti
to hold cheap podcenjevati, zaničevati
Cheap Jack (ali John) krošnjar
to make o.s. cheap podcenjevati samega sebe
cheap and nasty samo na zunaj lep
cheap trip izlet ob znižanih vozovnicah

cheek¹ [či:k] samostalnik
lice, obraz
pogovorno predrznost, nesramnost
množina, tehnično stranski deli raznih strojev

cheek by jowl tesno skupaj, zelo zaupno
none of your cheek! ne bodi tako predrzen!
hollow cheeked upadlih lic
with one's tongue in one's cheek neodkritosrčno; hudomušen
pogovorno to one's own cheek vse samo zase

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

chew¹ [čú:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
žvečiti, prežvekovati
figurativno (on, upon, over o) razmišljati, premišljevati, razglabljati

to chew the cud prežvekovati
ameriško, sleng to chew the rag (ali fat) čvekati, gobezdati, česnati
to chew up nahruliti
to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se naloge, ki je ne zmoremo