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capitulate [kəpítjuleit] neprehodni glagol (to)
vdati se, kapitulirati

capitulation [kəpitjuléišən] samostalnik (to)
vdaja, kapitulacija

captive¹ [kǽptiv] pridevnik
ujet; prevzet, očaran

captive audience ljudje, ki so prisiljem poslušati npr. radio
captive balloon privezani balon
to lead captive (od)peljati v ujetništvo
to take captive ujeti

capture² [kǽpčə] prehodni glagol
ujeti, uloviti; aretirati; zavzeti, zapleniti

to capture attention zbuditi pozornost, privlačiti

carcass, carcase [ká:kəs] samostalnik
okostje; mrlič, truplo, mrhovina; ogrodje; razvaline
vojska zažigalna granata

to save one's carcass rešiti se, odnesti celo kožo

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

care¹ [kɛə] samostalnik
skrb, nega; zaskrbljenost, previdnost, pazljivost; marljivost, prizadevnost

to take (ali have) care (of) biti previden
to take (ali have) the care of poskrbeti za koga ali kaj
care of (kratica c/o) pri (v naslovih)
Care Sunday peta postna nedelja
that shall be my care za to bom že jaz poskrbel
care killed (ali will kill) the cat pretirana skrb škoduje
with care! pazi! previdno!

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?

career¹ [kəríə] samostalnik
tek, let; potek življenja; življenje; uspeh, razvoj

chequered career burna preteklost
in full career v največjem diru
ameriško career man poklicni diplomat
to enter upon a career začeti svojo življenjsko pot

cargo [ká:gou] samostalnik
ladijski tovor

cargo boat, cargo ship tovorna ladja
cargo tank tanker
to take in (ali load) a cargo naložiti tovor
to discharge (ali unload) a cargo razkladati tovor

carnal [ká:nl] pridevnik (carnally prislov)
polten, telesen, mesen, pohoten; spolen

to have carnal intercourse with s.o. imeti spolne odnose s kom
carnal knowledge of spolno občevanje s

carpet¹ [ká:pit] samostalnik
preproga

on the carpet na dnevnem redu
to do a carpet odsedeti kazen
to call on the carpet grajati
the question is on the carpet zadevo pretresajo
to walk the carpet dobi(va)ti ukor
bedside carpet predposteljnik

carriage [kɛ́əridž] samostalnik
nošenje, prenos; dovoz; voznina; voz, kočija, vagon; lafeta; šasija; vedenje, drža; izvršitev, izpolnitev

bill of carriage tovorni list
carriage and pair dvovprežna kočija
carriage and four četverovprežna kočija
to change carriages presesti
carriage paid (ali free) franko

carrier [kɛ́əriə] samostalnik
nosilec, nosač, špediter, sel
ameriško pismonoša; letalonosilka; prtljažnik
medicina bacilonosec

common carrier javno prevozno sredstvo
carrier pigeon poštni golob
to send by Tom Long the carrier poslati po polžji pošti
air-craft carrier letalonosilka

carry² [kǽri]

1. prehodni glagol
nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

2. neprehodni glagol
segati; aportirati, nesti
sleng nadaljevati

to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
to carry the day zmagati
to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
to carry into effect izvršiti
to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto

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

carry off prehodni glagol
dobiti (nagrado); odnesti; izpeljati

to carry it off well dobro kaj izpeljati

cart¹ [ka:t] samostalnik
ciza, dvokolnica, voz

to put (ali set) the cart before the horse delati v nasprotnem vrstnem redu
to be (put) in the cart biti v neprilikah, težavah

cart-load [ká:tloud] ➞ cartful
pogovorno velika množina; morje česa

to come down on s.o. like a cart-load of bricks nahruliti koga

cartwheel [ká:t(h)wi:l] samostalnik
vozno kolo
sleng velik novec
množina (bočni) kozolci

to turn (ali throw) cartwheels prevračati kozolce (bočno)