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chargeable [čá:džəbl] pridevnik (chargeably prislov)
obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovoren

to be chargeable with a fault biti odgovoren za napako
he became chargeable to the parish padel je občini v breme
chargeable to the account na račun
chargeable on s.o. ki ga je treba pripisati komu

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!

chestnut¹ [čésnʌt] samostalnik
botanika kostanj; rjavec; star dovtip

horse chestnut divji kostanj
sweet (ali Spanish) chestnut užitni kostanj
to pull s.o.'s chestnuts out of the fire biti orodje drugega
to put the chestnuts in the fire nakopati si lepo reč

chicken [číkin] samostalnik
pišče, kokoš, kura; kuretina; otročiček
figurativno zelenec; strahopetec

to count one's chickens before they are hatched delati račun brez krčmarja
that's my chicken to je moja stvar
to get it where the chicken got the axe biti strogo grajan
chicken roost kurnik
no chicken ne več rosno mlad
chicken wire žična ograja

chooser [čú:zə] samostalnik
prebiralec, -lka

beggars can't be choosers reveži ne smejo biti izbirčni, v sili hudič mušice žre

chum² [čʌm] neprehodni glagol
pogovorno (with) stanovati v isti sobi

to chum up with (ali together) sprijateljiti se, biti s kom zelo zaupen

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

cipher¹ [sáifə] samostalnik
številka; šifra, tajna pisava; monogram
figurativno ničla

to be a mere cipher, to stand for a cipher biti ničla, nič ne pomeniti
pogovorno what's the cipher? koliko stane?
to learn ciphers učiti se računati

citation [saitéišən] samostalnik
navajanje, navedek; uradna pohvala; poziv (na sodišče)
ameriško, vojska omenjanje v povelju

to get a citation biti pohvalno omenjen v povelju

civil [sívl] pridevnik (civilly prislov)
meščanski, državljanski; civilen; vljuden

civil death odvzem državljanskih pravic
civil engineer gradbeni inženir (za mostove, ceste)
civil engineering stavbarstvo
to keep a civil tongue in one's head biti vljuden
civil law rimsko pravo
civil list apanaža, vzdrževalnina vladarske hiše
civil rights državljanske pravice
civil servant državni uradnik (z izjemo vojaških in sodnijskih)
civil war državljanska vojna
civil year koledarsko leto

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica

clear⁴ [kliə] samostalnik
praznina; izpraznitev; jasnina

to be in the clear biti oproščen (krivde)
in clear nešifriran

click¹ [klik] prehodni glagol
cmokniti, tleskniti; počiti

to click the door zaloputniti vrata
to click the tongue mlaskniti z jezikom
pogovorno to click for biti določen, primeren za kaj
to click one's heels udariti s petami (v pozdrav)

close² [klous] prislov
blizu, pičlo

close at hand, close by čisto blizu
close on skoraj, domala; kmalu nato
he ran me very close kmalu bi me bil dohitel
to follow close upon s.o. biti komu za petami
to live close varčno živeti
to sail close to the wind jadrati tesno ob vetru; figurativno biti komaj še v mejah zakona
I felt close to tears na jok mi je šlo

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

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

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 out neprehodni glagol
ven priti, pokazati se; prvič nastopiti; izpadati (lasje); izginiti (madež); odlikovati se

come out in spots dobiti madeže
come out on strike začeti stavkati
come out at the examination odlično opraviti izpit
come out strong odločno zastopati (stališče)
sleng come out of that! pusti to! ne govori več o tem!
come out top biti najboljši