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clove² [klouv] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od cleave 1

his tongue clove (ali clave) to the roof of his mouth od strahu je onemel

clover [klóuvə] samostalnik
botanika detelja

to live (ali be) in clover imeti prijetno življenje, živeti ko ptička na veji

coal¹ [koul] samostalnik
premog

to blow the coals podpihovati strasti
to carry coals opravljati ponižujoče ali neprijetno delo
to carry coals to Newcastle vlivati vodo v morje
ameriško hard coal antracit
vegetable coal rjavi premog
to haul (ali call, rake, drag) over the coals grajati, psovati
to heap coals of fire over s.o's head poplačati slabo z dobrim, povzročiti komu slabo vest
coal field premogovni revir
live (ali hot, quick) coal(s) žerjavica
to put coal on the fire naložiti premog v peč

coat¹ [kóut] samostalnik
suknja, površnik, plašč, jopič; pokrov; prevleka, obloga, omet, opaž, plast, premaz; koža, dlaka, perje
medicina mrena, opna, kožica

coat of arms grb
to baste s.o.'s coat nabunkati, pretepsti koga
to cut one's coat according to one's cloth ➞ cloth
to dust a coat for s.o. pretepsti koga
it is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman obleka sama še ne naredi človeka
great coat zimski plašč
to wear the King's (ali Queen's) coat služiti vojake
coat of mail železna srajca, oklep
near is my coat but nearer is my skin vsak je sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
to turn one's coat izneveriti se, postati odpadnik, po vetru se obračati
to take off one's coat pripraviti se na boj
to take off one's coat to (the) work zavihati rokave, lotiti se dela

cock¹ [kɔ́k] samostalnik
petelin, (tudi na puški); petelinje petje
figurativno vodja; pipa, vetrnica; poševna lega klobuka na glavi; jeziček (na tehtnici); kazalec (na sončni uri)
navtika medkrov; pilotov sedež; bahač, kolovodja
vulgarno spolni ud

as the old cock crows so does the young learn jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
the red cock crows hiša je v plamenih
dunghill cock domači petelin
every cock crows on his dunghill doma se vsakdo čuti junaka
to be cast at the cocks zgubiti se
that cock won't fight tukaj nekaj ni v redu, to ne bo držalo
to live like a fighting cock živeti ko ptička na veji
the cock of the walk (ali roost) glavna oseba, samozavestnež
to go off at half cock prezgodaj se sprožiti
domačno old cock ljubi moj, človek božji

cockle³ [kɔ́kl] samostalnik
zoologija školjka; volek (polž); plitev čolnič
figurativno orehova lupina

to rejoice (ali delight, warm) the cockles of one's heart razveseliti komu srce

coffin¹ [kɔ́fin] samostalnik
krsta
navtika stara ladja; papirnata vrečka

hudomušno a coffin nail cigareta
to drive (ali put) a nail into s.o.'s coffin pospešiti smrt koga (npr. pijača, kajenje)

coin¹ [kɔin] samostalnik
kovanec
zastarelo ogelni kamen

to pay s.o. in his own coin plačati milo za drago
bad (ali counterfeit, false) coin ponarejen novec
to spin (ali toss up) a coin metati novec, fucati
not to have two coins to rub ne imeti prebite pare

cold¹ [kould] pridevnik (coldly prislov)
hladen, mrzel (to)
ravnodušen, brezčuten, trezen; nezavesten

to be cold zmrzovati
I am cold zebe me
in cold blood hladnokrvno
to blow hot and cold vedno spreminjati svoje prepričanje
cold comfort slaba tolažba
to give (ali show, turn) s.o. the cold shoulder prezirati koga, hladno ga sprejeti
sleng cold feet strah, trema
to make blood run cold prestrašiti
as cold as charity brezsrčen, hladen, neusmiljen
cold pig polivanje spečega z mrzlo vodo; mrzla prha
cold meat narezek
to throw cold water on s.o. vzeti komu pogum
a cold scent slaba sled
ameriško cold snap(s) hladen val
cold war hladna vojna
cold wave hladna ondulacija
pogovorno cold without alkohol z vodo
cold steel hladno orožje

cold² [kould] samostalnik
mraz
medicina prehlad, nahod

to catch (ali get, take) (a) cold prehladiti se
to have a cold imeti nahod
to leave s.o. out in the cold ne posvetiti komu pozornosti, pustiti ga na cedilu
cold in the head nahod
to be in the cold biti osamljen
figurativno out in the cold zapuščen, zanemarjen

collection [kəlékšən] samostalnik
zbiranje, zbirka; kup

to make (ali take up) a collection nabirati miloščino, prostovoljne prispevke
ameriško collection district carinski okraj
(Oxford) collections zaključni izpit
ready for collection pripravljen za odvoz

colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

comb² [koum]

1. prehodni glagol
česati, počesati; mikati (lan); iskati, stikati, preiskati, prečesati; grebenati

2. neprehodni glagol
lomiti se (valovi)

to comb s.o.'s hair for him ošteti koga, brati mu levite
to comb s.o.'s hair the wrong way pripovedovati ali delati komu neprijetnosti

common² [kɔ́mən] samostalnik
občinsko zemljišče, občinski pašnik
pravno dohodek od zemljišča

above (ali beyond, out of) common nenavaden
in common skupen
in common with natanko tako kot
out of the common nenavaden

companion¹ [kəmpǽnjən] samostalnik
družabnik, -nica, tovariš(ica), spremljevalec, -lka, sopotnik, -ica; nasprotek, pendant; pripadnik nižjega viteškega reda
navtika stopnišče s palube h kabinam; vrhnje okno kabine

companion in adversity tovariš(ica) v nesreči
companion in arms sobojevnik
companion of a volume (ali book) drugi del knjige
boon companion vinski bratec

company¹ [kʌ́mpəni] samostalnik
društvo, družba, druženje; spremstvo; tovarištvo
vojska četa, kompanija; ceh
gledališče ansambel; posadka

to bear (ali keep) company with s.o. družiti se s kom
to part company with s.o. ločiti, razstati se s kom
to see no company samotariti
joint-stock company delniška družba
britanska angleščina limited liability company družba z omejeno zavezo
company officer častnik pod činom majorja
present company excepted navzoči so izključeni
a man is known by the company povej mi s kom se družiš, in jaz ti bom rekel, kdo si
company checkers vohuni, ogleduhi, ovaduhi
company spotter ovaduh
to be a good (poor) company biti prijeten (dolgočasen) družabnik
mornarica ship's company moštvo, posadka ladje
I err in a good company tudi boljši od mene so naredili napako, so se zmotili

compare¹ [kəmpɛ́ə]

1. prehodni glagol (with, to)
primerjati
slovnica stopnjevati

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
dati se primerjati; tekmovati

pogovorno to compare notes debatirati
as compared with (ali to) v primeri s
it cannot be compared with (ali to) ne da se primerjati s

compare² [kəmpɛ́ə] samostalnik
poetično primerjava

beyond (ali past, without) compare brez primere

comparison [kəmpǽrisn] samostalnik
primerjava, prispodoba
slovnica stopnjevanje

beyond (ali past, out of) (all) comparison neprimerljiv, brezprimeren
to bear (ali stand) comparison dati se primerjati, prenesti primerjavo
to draw comparisons with primerjati s
in comparison with v primeri s
by comparison, by way of comparison primerjaje, primeroma

compass² [kʌ́mpəs] samostalnik
krog, obseg, obod
figurativno torišče, območje
glasba obseg glasu; ovinek, stranska pot

a pair of compasses šestilo
to be within compass biti v območju
compass card plošča kompasa
to keep within compass krotiti se
to set (ali cast, go, fetch) a compass narediti ovinek
bearing compass azimutni kompas
compass variation odklon magnetne igle