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keen² [ki:n] pridevnik (keenly prislov)
oster (rob, veter, vid, bolečina); piker, rezek, jedek, prediren (pogled); globok, močno občuten; slepeč (svetloba), močen, oster (konkurenca); prefinjen, izostren; bister, ostroumen
pogovorno (on) goreč, vnet, željan česa, pohlepen po čem, poln zanimanja za, navdušen za
ameriško, pogovorno prima, brezhiben

to have a keen mind biti bistroumen
as keen as mustard zelo navdušen, vnet
I am not keen on it ni mi za to, ne da se mi tega
trgovina keen prices konkurenčne cene

keepsake [kí:pseik] samostalnik
spomin (darilo)

as a keepsake; ali by way of keepsake za spomin

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

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?

lamb¹ [læm] samostalnik
jagnje; jagnjetina; ovčica (član verske skupnosti)

you may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb če že grešiš, pojdi do konca (kazen ne bo nič manjša)
wolf (ali fox) in lamb's skin volk v ovčji koži, hinavec
like a lamb ko jagnje, pohleven, krotek
in (ali with) lamb breja (ovca)
the Lamb (of God) božje jagnje, Kristus

large¹ [la:dž] pridevnik (largely prislov)
velik; prostoren, obširen, razsežen, velik (posel, družina, dohodek, vsota itd.)
arhaično velikodušen, velikopotezen; svoboden (umetnost)

by and large na splošno
as large as life v naravni velikosti
larger than life nadnaravno velik
large discretion velika obzirnost
large order težka naloga
on a large scale na veliko, velikopotezno
on the large side nekoliko prevelik ali preobširen
large of limb velik, velikih udov

late² [léit] prislov
kasno, pozno; prej
poetično nedavno

as late as vse do
as late as last year šele (ali še) lansko leto
better late than never boljše kasno, kakor nikoli
pogovorno late in the day zelo pozno, prekasno
to sit up late ostati dolgo pokonci, bedeti
early or late; ali sooner or later prej ali slej
late of prej stanujoč v, prej zaposlen pri
later on potem, kasneje

lath¹ [la:ɵ] samostalnik
letva

lath and plaster predalčje (na hiši)
as thin as lath sama kost in koža

lead¹ [led] samostalnik
kemija svinec
mornarica grezilo, svinčnica
množina svinčene krovne ploščice, svinčena streha, svinčen okenski okvir
kemija grafit, mina (za svinčnik)
tisk medvrstnik

to cast (ali heave) the lead meriti globino s svinčnico
britanska angleščina, vojska, navtika, sleng to swing the lead hliniti bolezen, simulirati
ounce of lead krogla (iz pulke)
as dull as lead zabit, neumen

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

less² [les] prislov (primernik od little)
manj, manj pomembno

a less known author manj znan avtor
less and less vse manj
still (ali much) less še mnogo manj, kaj šele
the less so as tem manj ker
none the less kljub temu, vseeno
no less (than) nič manj, nihče manj (od)
not the less nič manj
more or less več ali manj

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

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

lief [li:f] prislov
rad, z veseljem

I had (ali would) as lief go there as anywhere else prav tako rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam
I would (ali had) a lief die as betray him rajši bi umrl kot da bi ga izdal
I'd liefer (than ) rajši (kot)

life [laif] samostalnik
življenje; človeško življenje (lives življenja)
figurativno življenjskost, živahnost; življenjepis; živ model
ekonomija trajanje, rok uporabe, življenjska doba (tudi stroja); življenjski zavarovanec

to amend one's life poboljšati se
to be in danger of one's life biti v življenjski nevarnosti
to be the life and soul of a party biti duša družbe
to bring to life spraviti k zavesti
change of life klimakterij
to come to life osvestiti se, roditi se
my early life moja mladost
early in life v mladih letih
to escape with life and limb odnesti celo kožo
expectation of life predvidena življenjska doba
he was given a life dobil je še eno priliko
for the life of me pri svoji najboljši volji
for life dosmrten, za celo življenje
to have the time of one's life odlično se zabavati
high life življenje visoke družbe
in life za časa življenja
as large as life v naravni velikosti; osebno
to lay down one's life žrtvovati življenje
to lead a dog's life pasje živeti
a new lease on life novo življenje, nova življenjska sila
low life življenje nižjih slojev
it was a matter of life and death šlo je za življenje ali smrt
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
not on your life za živ svet ne
nothing in life sploh ne
with all the pleasure in life z največjim veseljem
to risk one's life tvegati življenje
to run for dear (ali for one's) life bežati na žive in mrtve
to see life spoznati (ali uživati) življenje
to sell one's life dear (lifely) drago prodati svoje življenje
to show (signs of) life kazati znake življenja
to take s.o.'s life ubiti koga
to take one's own life življenje si vzeti
to seek s.o.'s life streči komu po življenju
to take one's life in one's hands igrati se z življenjem, postaviti svoje življenje na kocko
to the life zvesto, natančno (upodobiti)
walk of life družben položaj, poklic
umetnost still life tihožitje
upon my life! pri moji duši!
pool-player has three lives igralec biljarda lahko še trikrat poskusi
to stake one's life on s.th. glavo staviti za kaj

like¹ [laik] pridevnik
enak, podoben, sličen (komu, čemu)
arhaično verjetno (we are like to have war)

vulgarno as like as not zelo verjetno
on this and the like problems o tem in o sličnih problemih
and (ali or) the like in tako dalje, in temu slično
as like as two peas podobna kot jajce jajcu
what is he like? kakšen je?
a like amount enaka vsota
liker to God than man bolj podoben bogu kakor človeku
in like wise (ali manner) na enak način

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

like⁶ [laik]

1. prehodni glagol
rad imeti, marati, ugajati, všeč biti; rad (jesti, piti itd.)
pogovorno prijati, dobro deti

2. neprehodni glagol
hoteti, želeti

how do you like it? kako ti to ugaja, kako se to zdi?
I'd like to rad bi
as you like it kakor želiš
I like that! kaj takega!
what do you like better? kaj imaš rajši?
I like coffee, but it does not like me rad imam kavo, a ne dene mi dobro
much liked zelo priljubljen
(just)as you like (čisto) po želji
do as you like delaj, kar hočeš
if you like če hočeš, če želiš
I am stupid if you like but mogoče sem neumen, vendar

likely² [láikli] prislov
verjetno

most (ali very) likely zelo verjetno
as likely as not skoraj gotovo, zelo verjetno

lily [líli]

1. samostalnik
botanika lilija

2. pridevnik
bel ko lilija, neomadeževan, čist

lily of the valley šmarnica
fair as a lily lepa ko lilija
figurativno lilies and roses lep ten
the lilies francoske lilije (Bourbonci)