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kick² [kik]

1. neprehodni glagol
brcati, ritati
pogovorno braniti se, upirati se (at, against)
godrnjati, ugovarjati, pritoževati se (about)
odskočiti, nazaj udariti (puška); visoko leteti (žoga)
ameriško, sleng umreti

2. prehodni glagol
brcniti; streljati (na gol); nazaj udariti, poriniti; pognati, priganjati

to be kicked out of a job biti vržen iz službe
to kick the beam biti malo pomemben
to make s.o. kick the beam izpodriniti koga
to kick back vrniti milo za drago; ameriško, sleng plačati podkupnino
sleng to kick the bucket umreti
sleng to kick to it umreti
to kick s.o. downstairs koga ven vreči, vreči koga po stopnicah
to kick s.o. upstairs odpustiti koga iz službe in dati v zameno časten naslov
to kick down the ladder pozabiti na ljudi, ki so ti pomagali naprej
to kick up dust dvigniti prah
to kick one's heels nestrpno čakati, zapravljati čas z brezplodnim čakanjem
to kick against the pricks zaman se upirati
to kick riot (ali noise, row) razburkati duhove
to kick over the traces iz ojnic skakati
to kick the wind (ali clouds) biti obešen

kin¹ [kin] pridevnik
soroden (to)
podoben, enak (to)

to be kin biti v sorodu

kind¹ [káind] pridevnik (kindly prislov)
prijazen, ljubezniv, nežen dobrotljiv (to do)
krotek, dober (konj)

to be as kind as to; ali to be kind enough to biti tako prijazen, da
with kind regards s prisrčnimi pozdravi

knack [næk] samostalnik
spretnost, ročnost, veščina; trik; igračka, malenkost; pokanje s prsti

to have the knack for biti vešč česa
to have the knack of it razumeti stvar; vedeti kako se kaj naredi
to get into the knack of pridobiti si spretnost v čem, izpopolniti se
to know the knack of it vedeti, v katerem grmu tiči zajec

knife¹ [náif] samostalnik
nož, bodalo, rezilo

before you can say knife nenadoma, zelo hitro
to get a knife into s.o. napasti brez milosti, ostro kritizirati
a good (poor) knife and fork dober (slab) jedec
to play a good knife and fork z apetitom jesti
war to the knife boj na nož, boj brez milosti
under the knife pod kirurškim nožem
to go under the knife biti operiran

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

lamp¹ [læmp] samostalnik
svetilka, luč
poetično nebesno telo (sonce, zvezda, luna)
množina, ameriško, sleng oči

to smell of the lamp pokazati posledice utrudljivega nočnega dela; biti preučeno pisan (stil)
to pass (ali hand) on the lamp razvijati znanost
kerosene (ali oil) lamp petrolejka
standard (ali Hoor) lamp stoječa svetilka
safety lamp varnostna svetilka
table lamp namizna svetilka

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

lash¹ [læš] samostalnik
jermen, priplet, pokec; udarec z bičem (at po)
šibanje, bičanje (tudi figurativno)
figurativno kar razburka (množico); trepalnica

to be under s.o.'s lash biti pod oblastjo koga
the lash bičanje (kazen); figurativno ostra kritika, posmeh
the lash of the rain šibanje dežja

last⁵ [la:st] neprehodni glagol
trajati, vztrajati, zdržati

to last out zadostovati, zdržati, dlje zdržati
to last well biti zelo trpežen

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

lead³ [li:d] samostalnik
vodenje, vodstvo
šport & figurativno prednost, naskok; začetni udarec (boks); zgled, primer, nasvet, napotek
gledališče glavna vloga, glavni igralec, -lka
karte prednost, prva karta; kratek izvleček iz vsebine članka, uvod k članku
elektrika vod, dovod, prevodnik, prevodna žica; mlinščica, korito za mlin; kanal skozi ledeno polje; pasji konopec; naplavina zlata v rečni strugi

under s.o.'s lead pod vodstvom koga
to be in the lead of biti na čelu, voditi
to take the lead prevzeti vodstvo, prevzeti pobudo, sprožiti kaj
to give a lead iti pred kom, jahati na čelu (lov)
šport to have the lead of voditi pred, imeti prednost (naskok) pred
figurativno to have the lead over imeti naskok pred (konkurenco)
to follow s.o.'s lead ravnati se po nasvetu koga
to give s.o. a lead dati komu dober zgled, svetovati
one minute's lead ena minuta naskoka
karte it is your lead ti začneš, ti si na vrsti (pri kartanju)
karte to return lead vreči karto iste barve

leading-string [li:diŋstriŋ] samostalnik
množina jermen za otroke, ki se učijo hoditi
figurativno povodec

to be in leading-strings biti na povodcu, dati se voditi, biti nesamostojen

leap^*2 [li:p]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti, skakati; poskočiti, poskakovati; odskočiti (from)
preskočiti, preskakovati (over)
izskočiti (out)
vzplamteti (plamen), iti v glavo (kri)

2. prehodni glagol
preskočiti, preskakovati; pognati konja v skok

to leap aside skočiti vstran
look before you leap dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to leap to the eye biti v oči
ready to leap and strike pripravljen na skok
my heart leaps for joy srce mi poskakuje od veselja
to leap into fame postati slaven na en mah
to leap to a conclusion napraviti prenagljen sklep
to leap from one topic to another skakati od ene teme na drugo

leg¹ [leg] samostalnik
noga, bedro, stegno; krača, bočnik; etapa (pri potovanju, letenju); hlačnica, nogavica, golenica (škornja); noga stola, mize
navtika ena smer pri cikcak vožnji; stranica trikotnika, tangenta, krak šestila
šport stran igrišča desno od metalca (kriket)

to be all legs nogat, dolgonog
to be off one's legs biti slab v nogah
to be on one's last legs biti z eno nogo v grobu, biti na koncu svojih moči
the boot is on the other leg resnica je čisto drugačna, razmere so se spremenile
to fall on one's legs postaviti se na noge, končno uspeti, imeti srečo
to feel (ali find) one's legs shoditi (otrok)
to get a leg in pridobiti zaupanje
to get upon one's legs razjeziti se, planiti kvišku
to get on one's hind legs postaviti se po robu, pripraviti se k obrambi
to give s.o. a leg up pomagati komu naprej
not to have a leg to stand on ne imeti se na kaj opreti, ne imeti opravičila
to have a bone in one's leg dati šaljiv odklonilen odgovor
to have the legs of biti hitrejši od koga
to have legs biti zelo hiter (zlasti ladja)
to have good sea legs ne dobiti morske bolezni, biti pravi mornar
to keep one's legs obdržati se na nogah
leg and leg enako stanje v igri, enako število točk
on one's (hind) legs na nogah, pri dobrem zdravju
to pull s.o.'s leg imeti koga za norca, šaliti se s kom
to put one's best leg foremost pohiten
to run s.o. off his legs nalagati komu prevež dela, obremeniti koga z delom
to set s.o. on his legs pomagati komu na noge
arhaično to make a leg prikloniti se
to shake a leg britanska angleščina, pogovorno plesati, ameriško, sleng pohiteti, podvizati se
to shake a loose leg razuzdano živeti
to show a leg vstati
to show a clean pair of legs zbežati
to stand on one's own legs biti samostojen, postaviti se na lastne noge
to stretch one's legs iti na sprehod
to take to one's legs popihati jo
to walk s.o. off his legs utruditi koga s hojo
black-leg slepar, stavkokaz

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

let down

1. prehodni glagol
spustiti dol; pustiti na cedilu razočarati; zmanjšati ugled

2. neprehodni glagol
ameriško spuščati se, pripraviti se za pristanek

to let s.o. down gently biti prizanesljiv s kom
to let down one's hair postati zaupljiv
to let down easy vljudno odkloniti

liable [láiəbl] pridevnik
ekonomija, pravno odgovoren (for za)
ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for)
nagnjen, podvržen (to k)
(z nedoločnikom) predisponiran

to be liable for odgovarjati za, biti porok za
liable for military service ki mora služiti vojsko
liable to prosecution kazniv
liable to taxation ki mora plačati davke
liable to fits of temper ki se hitro razburi
liable to catch cold ki se hitro prehladi
difficulties are liable to occur treba je računati na težave
everybody is liable to make mistakes vsak se lahko zmoti

liberal¹ [líbərəl] pridevnik (liberally prislov)
darežtjiv, velikodušen (of z)
nepristranski, brez predsodkov, svobodomiseln
politika liberalen; obilen (obrok), izdaten, bogat; nebrzdan, prenagljen

liberal arts matematična, naravoslovna, sociološka stroka; zgodovina svobodna umetnost
liberal education (temeljita) vsestranska izobrazba
a liberal gift bogato darilo
liberal profession svoboden poklic
the Liberal Party liberalna stranka
to be of liberal proportions biti precej debel

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