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lie low neprehodni glagol
skrivati se, pritajiti se; biti mrtev
figurativno ležati v prahu, biti ponižan

lurk [lə:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
prežati, skrivati se, pritajiti se; biti v podzavesti

2. samostalnik
zaseda, prežanje; skrivališče

on the lurk v zasedi

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

low² [lou] prislov
nizko, globoko, tiho
ekonomija poceni; borno, ubožno, ponižno; prostaško

to bring s.o. low ponižati, oslabiti, potlačiti koga
to burn low dogorevati
to feel low biti potrt
to lay low podreti, ubiti
to lie low biti ponižan, sleng skrivati se, pritajiti se
to live low borno živeti
to play low igrati za malo denarja
to play it low ravnati nizkotno s kom
to run low zmanjkovati
to sell low poceni prodati
figurativno the sands are running low čas je skoraj potekel, konec se bliža