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kàr najhitreje as soon as possible
kàr vprašaj ga! just ask him!
kàr smej se (naprej)! laugh away
kàr išči! search away!
kàr najemite nosača! just engage a porter!
kàr pridi! come without ceremony!
on še kàr dobro dela he works tolerably well

kdó who; anybody, anyone

kdó drugi? who else?
kdó še? who else?
je kdó v hiši? is there anyone (ali anybody) in the house?
ne vem več, kdó vse je bil tam I don't remember everybody who was there
kdó bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
malokdó hardly anyone, very few
vedeti, kdó je kdó to know who's who

kjé where; in what place; on which side

kjé drugje somewhere else, elsewhere
kjé si dobil te informacije? where did you get the information?
ne vem kjé (= kjerkoli) somewhere or other
kjé pa!; kjé neki! (kaj še, ni govora o tem!) no such thing!

kléšče tongs pl, a pair of tongs, (manjše) pincers pl; pliers pl; medicina forceps (s konstr. v sg ali pl); (za orehe) nutcracker (večinoma pl) nutcrackers; (mučilno orodje) barnacle; zoologija, pri rakih claws pl, pincers pl

še s kléščami se ne bi tega dotaknil I would not touch it with a pair of tongs (oziroma with a bargepole)
dobiti koga v kléšče (figurativno) to get someone in one's grip
mučiti, ščipati s kléščami to pincer

klíma climate

nisem še vajen te klíme I am not yet used to this climate
navaditi na klímo to acclimatize, ZDA to acclimate

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

kônec end; finish; termination; completion, conclusion, close; (iztek) expiration; (prenehanje) cessation; (razpust) break-up; (posledica) issue, result

brez kônca endless
na kôncu finally, in the end, at the end
do kônca to the end, to the last
do kônca 19. stol. up to the end of the 19th century
proti kôncu towards the end
do samega kônca (= do smrti) up to the bitter end, to the very end
konec koncev finally, at long last, in the long run
kônec tega meseca at the end of the present month
kônec svetá the end of the world
na drugem kônu at the far end
biti pri, na kônu to be at an end
z njim je kônec (izgubljen je) he is done for, it is all over (ali up) with him, arhaično he is undone
imeti slab kônec to come to a bad end
vsega je enkrat kônec there is an end to every thing
njegovi nevednosti ni kônca there is no end to his ignorance
bližati se kôncu to draw to an end (ali to a close)
poslušaj me do kônca! hear me out!
priti do kônca to come to an end
privesti do kônca to bring to an end
napraviti kônec s kom (pokončati ga) to make an end of someone
imeti na kôncu jezika (figurativno) to have (something) on the tip of one's tongue
temu boš moral napraviti kônec (pogovorno) you will have to put your foot down on that
napraviti čemu kônec to put an end to something
to pride konec koncev na isto it comes to the same thing in the end
ni še videti kônca the end is not yet in sight
začeti na napačnem kôncu pogovorno to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
kônec dober, vse dobro all's well that ends well

korístiti to be useful (ali of use, of service); to serve; to be profitable (ali advantageous), to prove efficient (ali effective); to be good (for); arhaično to avail

ne korístiti to be useless, to be of no use, to be of no good, (biti zaman) to be of little avail, to be in vain, to be fruitless (ali futile, to no purpose)
to mi nič ne koristi arhaično it avails me nothing
to lahko še kaj koristi it may still be of some use (ali of some service, serviceable)
kaj koristi (pomaga), da (če)... what use is it (ali arhaično what avails it) that (if)...
nič ne koristi it is of no use, pogovorno it's no use, arhaično it is of no avail
nikomur (to) ni koristilo nobody was any the better for it
vsa ta reč ti ne bo nič koristila all that stuff won't do you any good

kríž cross; (razpelo) crucifix; (pri kartah) club (s pl); anatomija loins pl, the small of the back; (živalski) croup; (konjski) crupper; (goveji) rump; figurativno affliction, grief, sorrow, tribulation

Rdeči kríž Red Cross
kljukasti kríž swastika, hooked cross
grški (latinski, Andrejev) kríž Greek (Latin, St. Andrew's) cross
malteški kríž Maltese cross
Južni kríž astronomija the Southern Cross
vrtljiv kríž (pri vhodu itd.) turnstile
trganje, bolečine v krížu medicina lumbago
snemanje s kríža religija descent from the cross, deposition
kríž me boli my back aches
imeti že štiri kríže (= 40 let) za seboj to be on the wrong side of forty
še ne imeti štirih krížev za seboj to be on the right side of forty
kríž napraviti (pokrižati se) to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross
vsak mora nositi svoj kríž (figurativno) everyone must bear his own cross
napraviti kríž čez kaj (figurativno) to give something up as lost
prebresti vse kríže in težave to come through all the troubles and tribulations
hrabro prenašati svoje kríže to bear one's tribulations bravely
pribiti na kríž to nail to the cross
umreti na krížu to die on the cross

lép -a, -o beautiful, fine; pretty, nice, handsome; sweet; (obraz) good-looking; pesniško beauteous; (vreme) fair, fine, favourable; (rast, stas) wellmade, well-proportioned, well-formed, wellshaped, shapely; (ljubek) lovely, graceful, charming

lép, -a, -o kot slika as pretty as a picture
lép, -a, -oo darilo (premoženje, kompliment) a handsome present (fortune, compliment)
lép, -a, -oa godlja, zmeda a nice mess
lép, -a, -oa pot good road
lép, -a, -oi spol the fair sex
lép, -a, -oa priložnost (znesek) a fair chance (amount)
lép, -a, -oa vsota a round (ali respectable) sum
lép, -a, -oe goré beautiful mountains pl
lép, -a, -oo vreme fine weather
lép, -a, -oe umetnosti fine (ali liberal) arts pl
lép, -a, -o začetek a nice beginning
lép, -a, -oe pozdrave tvoji sestri! best regards to your sister!
lép, -a, -oega dne one fine day
lép, -a, -oa pisava a fair hand
imeti lép, -a, -oo pisavo to write a fair hand
od lép, -a, -oih besed se ne da živeti fine words butter no parsnips
lép, -a, -oo mnenje boste imeli o meni you will have a fine opinion of me, what are you going to think of me?
barometer kaže "lepo" the barometer stands at fair
to ni lepó od tebe that's not nice of you
ta je pa lép, -a, -oa! a fine (ali story), this is!
to je vse lép, -a, -oo, toda... that's all very well (ali fine), but...
kar praviš, je vse prav lép, -a, -oo, toda... what you say is all very fine, but...
to bi bilo še lepše! that would beat everything!, that would cap it all!

léto year; arhaično, pesniško twelvemonth

koledarsko léto calendar (ali civil) year
šolsko léto school year
akademsko léto academic year
navadno léto common (365-day) year
prestopno léto leap year, bissextile year
tekoče léto the current year
cerkveno léto church year
preteklo léto last year
prihodnje léto next year
sončno léto solar (ali astronomical) year
staro léto old year
Novo léto New Year, New Year's Day
srečno novo léto! Happy New Year!
nora, nerodna léta (figurativno) years pl of indiscretion, the awkward age
v létu Gospodovem religija in the year of Our Lord (A.D.), in the year of grace
enkrat na léto once a year
v létu 1950 in nineteen (hundred and) fifty
na starega léta dan on New Year's Eve
v cvetju (svojih) lét in the prime of life
skozi vse léto odprto open all the year round
v poznejših létih in after years
v 70ih létih in the '70s
v teku léta in the course of the year
vsako léto every year
iz léta v léto, léto za létom year by year, year after year, year in year out, from year's end to year's end
pol léta six months
tri četrtine léta nine months
četrt léta three months
ob létu within a year
(skozi) vse léto all the year round, from one year's end to another
v létu 1910 in (the year) 1910
v enem létu in a year's time, arhaično this day twelvemonth
v zadnjih létih of late (ali recent) years
léto dni trajajoč year-long
pred mnogimi léti many years ago (ali since, back)
že mnogo, precéj lét for many years past
z léti with the years
v starosti 50 lét at the age of fifty
po mnogih létih after many years
že nekaj lét (sém) for some years past
pred létom dni a year ago
30 funtov na léto 30 pounds a year (ali per annum)
za prihodnja léta for years to come
danes léto (dni) (bodočnost) twelve months from now, twelve months today, a year hence, (za preteklost) a year ago (ali since, back)
konec léta year-end, close of the year
biti že v létih to be advanced in years, to be well on in years
biti iz svojih najboljših lét to be past one's best
on je že čez 50 (let star) he is on the wrong (ali humoristično shady) side of 50
on še ni 50 (let star) he is on the right (ali sunny) side of 50
10 lét star deček a ten-year-old boy
mlad za svoja léta young for his years
v najlepših létih in the prime of life
ona ne kaže svojih lét she does not look her age
iti v léta to be getting on in years
priti v léta to come to a good age, to get old, to begin to grow old
ona je mojih lét she is my age
priti iz norih lét to sow one's wild oats
dobro nositi svoja léta to bear one's age well
stopiti v novo léto to usher in the New Year
léta bežijo the years race by
umrla je v starosti 20 lét she died at the age of twenty
bistra je za svoja léta she is clever for her age
ta revija izhaja dvakrat na léto this magazine comes out twice a year, this magazine is a biannual (ali semiannual)
čez 7 lét vse prav pride every little helps

lóvski hunting; hunter's

lóvski bičevnik, bič hunting crop (ali whip)
lóvsko dovoljenje, dovolilnica gamelicence, shooting-licence, gun-licence
lóvska družba a hunting party
lóvski čuvaj gamekeeper
lóvski enosedežnik (letalo) single-seater fighter
lóvski konj hunter
lóvski izlet hunting trip
lóvski naboj sporting (ali shotgun) cartridge
lóvski nož hunting knife, hanger
lóvska obleka hunting suit
lóvska oprema hunting outfit
lóvski pes hound; sporting dog
lóvski plen booty; bag; (še ne ulovljen) quarry
lóvska puška sporting gun (ali rifle), shotgun, (za ptice) fowling piece
lóvski ples hunt ball
lóvski gradič, lóvska koča hunting lodge
lóvska sezona shooting season
lóvski rog hunting horn, bugle
lóvski stolček shooting stick
lóvska suknja, suknjič shooting coat, sports jacket, shooting jacket
lóvska torba gamebag, hunting bag
lóvski zakon pravo game law
lóvski zakupnik game-tenant
lóvska zgodba hunting story
lóvska latinščina fisherman's tale
lóvski krst blooding
imeti lóvsko srečo to make a good bag

máčka zoologija (female) cat, she-cat

divja máčka wild cat
máčka je trdoživa a cat has nine lives
máčka prede the cat purrs
razumeti se kot pes in máčka to get on (together) like cat and dog
živeti kot pes in máčka to live a cat-and-dog life
hoditi kot máčka okoli vrele kaše to beat about the bush
kadar máčkae ni doma, miši plešejo when the cat is away, the mice do play
poparjena máčka se še mrzle vode boji once bitten, twice shy
máčka pade vedno na noge a cat always lands on its feet

málo little; a little; few (pl)

po malem gradually; little by little
čisto málo a tiny bit
prav tako málo kot... no more than...
v málo dneh in a few days
počakaj málo! wait a moment!
jaz málo spim I don't sleep (ali I'm not sleeping) very much, I sleep little
še málo ne not a bit
on je málo znan he is little known
še málo ne slutiš, kaj te čaka you've no idea (ali arhaično you little dream) what is in store for you
málo vas je there aren't many of you, there are (only) a few of you, you are few
málo bolje mi je I am a little (a triffle) better
imam le málo prijateljev I've only a few friends, I have but few friends
málo je takih kot on there aren't many like him, there are few like him
málo ljudi misli tako few people think so
tistih málo ljudi, ki so bili navzoči the few people who were present
niti málo nisem zadovoljen I am far from being satisfied
málo, da tega nisem pozabil I had almost forgotten it
málo, da ni umrl he was likely to die
zelo málo next to nothing
málo za tem soon (ali shortly) after
málo prej a few moments ago, a short while ago; shortly before
za málo se mi zdi prositi za uslugo I scorn to ask a favour
málo (za las) je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was a near miss
málo je manjkalo, pa bi ga povozilo he was within an ace of being run over
málo je manjkalo, da se ni ubil he had a narrow escape (ali a close shave), he was within an ace of getting killed
bolje málo kot nič half a loaf is better than no bread

mánj less

vse mánj, vedno mánj less and less
več ali mánj more or less
mánj kot less than
še mnogo mánj still (ali much) less
še mánj still less, much less
nič mánj kot no less than, as much as, as many as
tem mánj, ker... all the less so since...
nič mánj (= vseeno, kljub temu) nevertheless, none the less
mánj znan avtor a less known author
tri dni mánj kot en mesec three days short of a month
mánj govoriti in več delati to speak less and to do more
moral bi piti mánj vina he should drink less wine
15 - 7 = 8 fifteen minus seven equals eight

mánjkati to lack, to be lacking, to be wanting (in); to want; to fail; to be missing

manjka nam 5 knjig we have 5 books missing, we are missing 5 books, we are 5 books short
nekaj manjka something is missing (ali wanting)
dosti mi manjka do cilja I am far from the mark
mánjkati v šoli (zaradi bolezni) to stay away from school (ali off school)
on je manjkal he was absent, he was not present
manjka samo še 5 minut do 10ih it's still five to ten, it won't be ten o'clock for five minutes
nihče ne manjka nobody is missing
manjka mi denarja I am short of money
manjka ti zaupanja váse you are wanting in self-confidence
nič ne manjka tu there's nothing missing here
en list manjka v knjigi there's a leaf missing in that book
nič mi ne manjka I want for nothing
manjka ji eno leto do polnoletnosti she is one year short of her majority
manjka nam delovne sile we are short of staff, we are undermanned, we are shorthanded
manjka mu prave vneme he is wanting in zeal
vode vam tu ne bo nikoli manjkalo water will never fail you here, you will never lack water (ali be short of water) here
naročil ne manjka there is no lack of orders
podrobnosti še manjkajo details are lacking
prav to nam je še manjkalo! that's all we needed!, that beats everything!
malo je manjkalo, pa bi bil počil od smeha pogovorno I laughed fit to burst

miníti (poteči) to be over, to run out; to expire, to elapse, to lapse; (leta) roll by, to roll on; (iti mimo) to pass by, to go by

učna ura je minila the lesson is over
rok je minil the deadline has passed
skoraj ne mine teden, da ne bi deževalo hardly a week goes by without it raining
kako hitro mine čas! how (quickly) time flies (ali slips by)!
minilo me je to (= naveličal sem se tega) I got tired of it
ni ga še minila njegova norost he hasn't got over his folly yet

mísel thought; idea

v míslih in mind, in one's thoughts
bogat z míslimi rich (ali fertile) in ideas
istih mísli like-minded, of the same mind
zatopljen v mísli engrossed (ali sunk, lost in thought)
vodilna mísel chief (ali principal) idea
že sama mísel na to the mere thought of it, merely thinking of it
prenos mísli thought-transference
branje mísli thoughtreading
svoboda mísli freedom of thought, free thought
črne mísli mi rojé po glavi I am in the doldrums
njegovo ime mi ne pride na mísel his name has slipped my memory
često vas imam v míslih you are often in my thoughts
kako si prišel na to mísel? what put such an idea into your head?
njegova edina mísel je, kako priti do denarja his sole thought is to make money
priti komu na mísel to be remembered by someone, to come (back) to mind, to be in someone's thoughts
nikoli mi ni to prišlo na mísel it never entered my head (ali my mind)
na mísel mi pride it occurs to me, it comes into (ali it crosses) my mind, I discover (da... that)
imeti samó eno mísel to have but one thing in mind (ali one thought)
tolar bi dal, da bi (zdajle) vedel za tvoje mísli! (figurativno)a penny for your thoughts!, a penny for them!
v glavo mi je šinila mísel, da... it suddenly occurred to me, the thought struck me that...
ne morem slediti tvoji mísli I don't follow you, I don't get your drift, I don't see what you're driving at
v míslih te vidim I can see you in my mind (ali in my mind's eye)
ni mu prišlo na mísel, da bi plačal svoj dolg he had no thought of paying his debt
brati, uganiti mísli koga to read someone's thoughts
želja je rodila mísel the wish is father to the thought
zaupati komu svoje mísli to open one's mind to someone
ne morem se znebiti, (otresti) te mísli I cannot banish (dismiss) this thought from my mind, I cannot get rid of this idea
kolikor glav, toliko mísli many men, many minds
še na mísel mi ne pride, da bi to storil I would not dream of doing it

mísliti to think (na of, o about); to believe; (premišljevati) to cogitate (o upon) to reflect (o upon), to meditate

logično mísliti to reason (o about, on); (natančno, skrbno pretehtati) to deliberate; (meniti, domnevati) to mean, to suppose; ZDA to guess, to reckon; (biti mnenja) to be of the opinion; (predstavljati si) to imagine, to fancy, to conceive, to envisage, to realize; (upoštevati) to consider, to contemplate; (nameravati) to intend, ZDA to figure
mislim da I think so, I suppose so, I should think so
mislim da ne I don't think so
mislim, da imate prav I dare say you are right
ne morem si mísliti, da... I cannot imagine that...
na to ni mísliti it's not to be thought of; that is out of the question
to mi da mísliti this sets me thinking, this gives me food for thought, this makes me ponder
kaj misliš o tem? what is your opinion about it?, what's your idea?
povem, kar mislim I speak my mind
mislim si svoje I have my own idea (ali ideas)
mislili bomo na to we shall think of it, we shall not forget it
na kaj (na koga) misliš? what (whom) are you thinking of?
ni mísliti, da... it is not to be supposed that...
ona dobro misli (hoče, namerava) she means well, her intentions are good
ne misli več na to! don't give it another thought!, forget about it!
oni dobro mislijo o tebi they think well of you, they have a good opinion of you
nemogoče si je mísliti, da... it is unthinkable that...
kaj misliš storiti? what do you intend to do?
kaj pa misliš! what are you thinking of?
misli name! remember me!
to sem si mislil I thought so, I thought as much
tega si ne bi mislil od tebe I wouldn't have expected that from you, I am surprised at you
mísliti pri sebi to think to oneself
to si lahko mislim I can well imagine (that)
on misli le nase he only thinks of himself (ali pogovorno number one)
človek bi mislil, da... anyone (ali one) would think that...
mislim, da ne bo prišel I do not think he will come
jaz mislim drugače I don't agree, I beg to differ
kdo pa mislite, da sem jaz? who (ali arhaično whom) do you take me for?
mislite si, kar hočete! you may think what you like!
kdo bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
o njem mislijo, da je bogat he is thought (ali supposed) to be rich
takó se splošno misli that is the current opinion
mislim, da je stara 30 let I imagine (ali I guess) she is (ali must be) thirty
mísliti s svojo glavo to do some indepenedent thinking
še v sanjah ne mislim nothing is further from my mind
javnost misli the public feeling is...
ne mislim nič hudega I mean no harm
menda ne misliš, da... you don't suppose that...?
ne bi si bil mislil, da so tako pošteni I would not have credited them with so much honesty
tega ne misliš zares (resno)? you don't mean it?, surely you can't be serious?
mislimo vse najbolje o tvojem prijatelju we hold your friend in the highest esteem
ona misli le na svojo zabavo she thinks of nothing but her own pleasure
takó jaz ne mislim that's not my way of thinking
glasno mísliti to think aloud, to think out loud

mlád young; youthful; adolescent, juvenile

od mládega, od mládih nog since one was a child, from childhood
v mojih mládih letih in my early years, in my youth
še mlád youngish
mládi in stari young and old
mláda kri youthful blood
mláda luna new moon
mlád krompir new potatoes pl
mládo vino new wine
Mladi Turki, mladoturki the young Turks
moj mlajši brat my younger brother
Grad mlajši Grad Junior (krajšava: Jr.)
ona ni več tako mláda she is no chicken
samó enkrat si mlád! you're only young once!
postati zopet mlád to grow young again
ko sem bil mlád in my early life, in my youth
mláda ljubezen young love, first love, early loveaffair
ona je bila njegova mláda ljubezen she was his old sweetheart
ostal je mlád od zadnjega he retained the spirit of youth to the last
videti je mlajša, kot je v resnici she does not look her age
tri leta je mlajši kot jaz he is three years younger than I, (ali pogovorno than me), he is my junior by three years
povreči, imeti, dobiti mláde (o živalih) to bring forth young, to litter, (o psici) to have pups, to whelp, (o medvedki) to cub