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cloud¹ [klaud] samostalnik
oblak, megla, para; temna lisa, madež; motnost
figurativno mrak, tema, senca; množica, roj; nesreča
množina višje sfere, nebo

to drop from the clouds nepričakovano se prikazati, z neba pasti
every cloud has a silver lining vsaka nesreča h kaki sreči
under a cloud pod sumom, na slabem glasu; v težavah, brez denarja
to be (ali have one's head) in the clouds živeti v oblakih
a cloud on one's brow mrk, namrgoden
cloud seeding ustvarjanje umetnega dežja

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!

cropper [krɔ́pə] samostalnik
žanjec, kosec; obrezovalec; kosilnica, žetnik; padec
zoologija golšasti golob
ameriško, sleng zakupnik zemlje na delež pridelka
figurativno razočaranje

to go (ali come) a cropper pasti, propasti
a good (bad) cropper rastlina, ki dobro (slabo) obrodi

curl² [kə:l]

1. prehodni glagol
kodrati, gubati; šobiti; valoviti; grbančiti

2. neprehodni glagol
gubati, kodrati, grbančiti se; valovati

to make one's hair curl povzročiti, da se človeku lasje ježijo
curl your hair with it! solit se pojdi!
to curl one's lip šobiti se
to curl up skodrati; zviti se; sleng, šport prevrniti se, pasti

disgrace¹ [disgréis] samostalnik
sramota; nemilost

to bring disgrace on (ali upon) s.o. onečastiti, osramotiti koga
in disgrace v nemilosti
to fall into disgrace with s.o. pasti v nemilost koga, zameriti se komu
to be a disgrace to s.o. biti komu v sramoto

examination [igzæminéišən] samostalnik
izpit; raziskava, preiskava, pregled; razmišljanje
pravno zasliševanje

even plus examination britanska angleščina sprejemni izpit za srednjo šolo; šolo
board of examination izpitna komisija
customs examination carinski pregled
to go in for (ali sit, undergo) an examination delati izpit
to fail (in) an examination pasti pri izpitu
sleng to plough an examination cepniti pri izpitu
to get through (ali pass) an examination narediti izpit
to make an examination of s.th. ogledati si kaj
post-mortem examination obdukcija
public examination javna preiskava
competitive examination javni razpis
to be under examination biti na pretresu; pravno biti zaslišan

fall² [fɔ:l] samostalnik
padanje, padec, upadanje; padavina; pobočje, strmina, reber; spuščanje; slap; propad; poraz; smrt
glasba kadenca; sečnja

to have a fall pasti
the fall of man izvirni greh
to ride for a fall izpostavljati se nevarnosti, drveti v pogubo
to try a fall with boriti, meriti se s
to sustain a fall pasti, padati

fall to neprehodni glagol
planiti; lotiti se, začeti; spoprijeti se; zapasti (plačilo); pripasti; avtomatsko se zapreti

figurativno fall to the ground izjaloviti se, v vodo pasti

feast² [fi:st] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol (on, upon)
gostiti (se), godovati; zabavati (se), uživati, naslanjati se, veseljačiti, praznovati

to feast one's eyes gledati z užitkom, pasti oči
to feast away the night preveseljačiti noč

fizzle¹ [fízl] neprehodni glagol
sikati, prasketati, šumeti, brenčati

to fizzle out slabšati se, upadati; pokvariti se; spodleteti; izjaloviti se; sleng pasti pri izpitu

flat² [flæt] prislov
ravno, plosko; na dolgo in široko; povsem, naravnost; prenizko (peti)

to fall flat pasti kot dolg in širok; figurativno ne se posrečiti, spodleteti
to go flat out na vso moč se truditi

flier [fláiə] samostalnik
letalec; hitro vozilo; dirkalni konj
tehnično zamašnjak

to take a flier hudo pasti

floor² [flɔ:] prehodni glagol
deske položiti
pogovorno premagati, vreči, ugnati; zbegati

to floor the examiner odgovoriti na vsa izpitna vprašanja
to be floored pasti pri izpitu; biti presenečen
sleng to floor the paper odlično narediti pismeni izpit
to floor a question zadovoljivo odgovoriti na vprašanje

foot¹ [fut] množina feet samostalnik
noga, stopalo, čevelj (mera); stopica
pogovorno pehota (množina foots)
gošča, usedlina; spodnja obrobnica jadra; podstavek

at foot na dnu
by (ali on) foot peš
to carry s.o. off his feet spodnesti koga; navdušiti koga
figurativno to find one's feet izkazati se
from head to foot od nog do glave
ameriško, sleng to get cold feet prestrašiti se
to fall on one's feet imeti srečo
to keep one's feet ne zdrsniti, ne pasti
to have one's feet in the grave biti z eno nogo v grobu
my foot! nesmisel!
to put one's foot down odločno se lotiti; ugovarjati
to put one's foot in a thing popolnoma kaj pokvariti, polomiti ga
to set (ali put) one's best foot forward (ali foremost) pohiteti, kar se da; čim bolj se potruditi
to set on foot ustanoviti
to trample under foot pohoditi, zatreti
sleng to take the length of s.o.'s foot spoznati slabosti koga, spregledati ga
to measure another's foot by one's own last sam po sebi soditi
something is on foot nekaj se pripravlja
to show the cloven foot odkriti slabe namene
under foot na zemlji
to tread from one foot to the other prestopati se z noge na nogo
to run s.o. off his feet utruditi koga s hojo
to get on (ali to) one's feet dvigniti se, vstati

full-length [fúlléngɵ] pridevnik
naravne velikosti

to fall full-length pasti kakor dolg in širok

go on neprehodni glagol
nadaljevati, trajati (at)
planiti, navaliti; vesti se
domačno pripovedovati
gledališče nastopiti, igrati

to be going on bližati se
go on the dole dobivati podporo brezposelnih
go on horseback jahati
go on one's way iti svojo pot
go on the parish pasti občini v breme
go on foot iti peš
go on for bližati se
go on one's knees poklekniti, na kolena pasti
go on the stage postati igralec

knee¹ [ni:] samostalnik
koleno
botanika kolence, grča
tehnično lesen ali železen del kolenaste oblike, kolenast okov

on one's (bended) knees kleče
on the knees of the gods negotovo, v božjih rokah
to bend (ali bow) the knees to poklekniti pred kom
to bring s.o. to his knees spraviti koga na kolena
to give a knee to s.o. podpreti koga
to go on one's knees to na kolena pasti pred kom, na kolenih koga prositi

land² [lænd]

1. prehodni glagol
(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v)
izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave)
pogovorno udariti, usekati koga
pogovorno ujeti, dobiti
šport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol

2. neprehodni glagol
pristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku)
šport, pogovorno priti v cilj

the cab landed him at the station taksi ga je pripeljal do postaje
he was landed in the mud pristal je v blatu
to land s.o. in difficulties spraviti koga v težave
to land s.o. with s.th. obesiti komu kaj na vrat
to land o.s. in; ali to be landed in zabresti v kaj
to land a husband ujeti, dobiti moža
to land a prize dobiti nagrado
to land in prison dospeti v ječo
he landed him one usekal ga je
to land on s.o. navaliti na koga
to land a blow udariti
to land on one's head pasti na glavo
to land on one's feet doskočiti na noge
to be nicely landed biti v dobrem položaju
to land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit spraviti koga v zadrego
to land second biti drugi v cilju

level² [levl] samostalnik
tehnično libela, vodna tehtnica; nivelacijski instrument; ravnina, gladina; nivo, raven, stopnja; višina (vode, glasu)
mineralogija (raven) rov

see level morska gladina
level of sound glasovna višina
ameriško, pogovorno on the level pošten(o), odkrit(o)
on a level with na isti višini s, z
low production level nizka stopnja produkcije
to put o.s. on the level of others izenačiti se z drugimi
to sink to the level of pasti na raven koga
to find one's level najti svoje pravo mesto
on the same level na isti ravni
politika a conference on the highest level konferenca na najvišji ravni
to rise to higher levels napredovati

lick² [lik]

1. prehodni glagol
lizati, polizati, oblizati
figurativno lizati kaj (plamen)
pogovorno pretepsti, tepsti, premagati, obvladati (problem), presegati, prekašati

2. neprehodni glagol
božati, lizati (valovi)
sleng hiteti, drveti

to lick s.o.'s boots (ali shoes) plaziti se pred kom
to lick into shape urediti, spraviti v red, dati čemu pravo obliko
figurativno to lick one's wounds lizati si rane, oddahniti se
figurativno to lick the dust biti poražen, pasti v borbi
sleng that licks creation (ali everything) to presega vse meje
this licks me temu nisem dorastel, tega ne morem razumeti
figurativno to lick one's lips (ali chops) oblizovati se
sleng as hard as he could lick kakor hitro je lahko tekel
to lick up (ali off) polizati