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junior² [džú:njə] samostalnik
mlajši (od dveh), junior; študent tretjega letnika; mlajši uslužbenec, podrejeni

he is my junior by 2 years; ali he is 2 years my junior je dve leti mlajši od mene
my juniors ljudje, mlajši od mene
ekonomija junior bondholder novi lastnik zadolžnic

just² [džʌst] prislov
pravkar, ravno, prav; komaj, toliko da; samo, zgolj
pogovorno resnično, res; pravzaprav

just now pravkar, v tem trenutku; pred kakšnim trenutkom
just then prav tedaj
just as prav tako kot, ravno ko
just as well prav tako
just so točno, pravilno
that is just it prav to je ono
that is just like you to je čisto tebi podobno
we just managed komaj smo uspeli
the bullet just missed him toliko, da ga je strel zgrešil
just possible vendar mogoče
just for the fun of it samo za šalo
just a moment, please! samo trenutek, prosim!
just an ordinary man zgolj navaden možakar
just tell me samo povej mi
he was just too late for the train vlak mu je pred nosom ušel
just wonderful res čudovito
just how many are there? koliko jih pa pravzaprav je?

keep^*2 [ki:p]

1. prehodni glagol
držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep body and soul together životariti
trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
to keep cool ostati miren
to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
to keep in countenance bodriti koga
to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
to keep guard stražiti
to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
God keep you! bog te varuj!
to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
to keep the law držati se zakona
to keep in mind zapomniti si
to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
to keep peace between obdržati mir med
to keep the peace držati se reda
ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
to keep time držati se takta
to keep good time biti točen (ura)
to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
to keep one's word držati besedo
to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati

keep from

1. prehodni glagol
zadržati, odvračati, ovirati, preprečiti, obvarovati pred; zamolčati, prikrivati

2. neprehodni glagol
izogniti se česa

he keeps me from work odvrača me od dela
I kept him from knowing too much poskrbel sem, da ni zvedel preveč
he kept me from danger obvaroval me je pred nevarnostjo
you are keeping s.th. from me nekaj mi prikrivaš
he could not keep from laughing ni se mogel izogniti smehu

keep on

1. prehodni glagol
obdržati na sebi (plašč, klobuk), obdržati v službi; nadaljevati

2. neprehodni glagol
nadaljevati se; preživljati ali hraniti se s čim

keep on doing it! delaj to naprej!
he keep ons keep on at her kar naprej se znaša nad njo
sleng keep you hair (ali shirt) on! pomiri se!, ne razburjaj se!

kernel [kə́:nəl]
jedro, seme, zrno, koščica, pečka
figurativno jedro, bistvo

he who will eat the kernel, must crack the nut brez dela ni jela

kidney [kídni] samostalnik
anatomija ledvica, obist
figurativno vrsta, sorta, kov

a man of that kidney mož tega kova
he is of the right kidney je pravega kova

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

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?

lack² [læk]

1. prehodni glagol
trpeti pomanjkanje česa; ne imeti česa

2. neprehodni glagol
primanjkovati, manjkati

money is lacking primanjkuje denarja
he is lacking in courage nima dovolj poguma
I lack nothing ničesar mi ne manjka, imam vsega dovoij
I was lacking bil sem odsoten, manjkal sem

lad [læd] samostalnik
fant, mladenič
škotsko dvorilec, dragi
pogovorno odločnež

he is a bit of a lad je malo vetrnjaški

ladder¹ [lǽdə] samostalnik
lestva
britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
the ladder of success pot do uspeha
figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu

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

lantern [lǽntən] samostalnik
svetilka; vrh svetilnika
arhitektura kupolast nastavek na strehi
figurativno luč

Chinese lantern lampijon
dark lantern slepica (svetilka)
magic lantern laterna magika
parish lantern mesec
he was a lantern of science bil je odličen znanstvenik

laugh¹ [la:f ameriško læf] samostalnik
smeh

horse-laugh porogljiv krohot
for laughs (samo) za šalo
to break into a laugh prasniti v smeh
to have (ali get) the laugh of nekomu se kot zadnji smejati, triumfirati nad kom
to have the laugh on s.o rogati se komu
to have a good laugh at s.th. prisrčno se čemu smejati
to have the laugh on one's side skupno se komu smejati
the laugh is against him smejejo se mu
to raise a laugh v smeh spraviti, povzročiti splošno veselost
to join in the laugh pridružiti se splošnemu smehu, razumeti šalo
ameriško he is a laugh smešen je

laugh² [la:f]

1. neprehodni glagol
smejati se

2. prehodni glagol
s smehom povedati

to laugh one's head off umirati od smeha, zvijati se od smeha
to make s.o. laugh spraviti koga v smeh
he laughs best who laughs last kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje
to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth (ali face) kislo se smejati
to laugh in one's sleeve v pest se smejati
he laughed his thanks s smehom se je zahvaljeval
to laugh a bittter laugh grenko se smejati
to laugh in s.o.'s face smejati se komu v obraz
to laugh to scorn rogati se

lavish¹ [lǽviš] pridevnik (lavishly prislov)
radodaren; zapravljiv, potraten, razsipen (of z in v)
preteran, ekstravaganten, obilen, bogat

he is lavish of money razsipa z denarjem
he is lavish in his expenditure potraten je, mnogo troši
lavishly illustrated bogato ilustriran

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

lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

least² [li:st] prislov (presežnik od little)
najmanj

least of all najmanj
he worked least on je najmanj delal
last not least končno, vendar ne manj važno
this fact is not the least important to dejstvo je precej važno
this fact is not in the least important to dejstvo sploh ni važno