Franja

lasúlja wig; zgodovina peruke, periwig

ki nosi lasúljo wigged
pokriti z lasúljo to periwig
lasúljar wig maker

láta lath; batten; (majhna) slat

obiti z láto to lath
sestavljen iz lát lathen, made of laths

latinízem Latinism

latinizírati to Latinize

láž lie; untruth, falsehood; (manjša) fib

debela láž a big lie, a gross untruth, a whacking lie, pogovorno a thumper, a tough one, ZDA pogovorno a whopper, a thumping lie, an outrageous lie
grda láž a foul lie
nedolžna láž a white lie
kosmata láž blatant lie
dokazana láž a lie unmasked (ali laid bare, exposed, arhaično nailed to the counter); (izmišljotina) pogovorno flam
pogostna láž widespread lie
same láži! a pack of lies!
to je debela láž this is a gross untruth
to je čista, gola láž this is a downright lie
izmisliti si láž to invent (ali to forge) a lie
z lážmi se izvleči iz... to lie oneself out of...
povedati láž to tell a lie
na láž postaviti koga to refute (ali to rebut, to belie) someone
bil je postavljen na láž he has been refuted (ali proved a liar); he has been flatly contradicted
ujeti koga na láži to catch someone out in a lie
láž ima kratke noge lies are short-lived (ali have short wings), a liar is soon exposed
aparat za odkrivanje láži lie detector
on ne okleva pred lážjo he does not scruple to lie

lè (samó) only; (edino) merely, solely

lè on only he, nobody but he
lè da... only that...
lè tega ne! anything but this!
lè tokrat, to pot (for) this once
lè nekaj minut just a few minutes
lè zaradi solely because of
lè malo only a little, not much
lè počasi, dečki! easy, lads (ali boys)!
vse, lè denarja ne everything except (ali but) money
ne lè..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
ne lè on, tudi ti not only he, but you also
pa je lè res! it is true all the same!
kdo (kje) lè...? who (where) on earth...?
če lè provided (that)..., only if...
lè kdo je to naredil? whoever could have done it?
prišel sem ti lè povedat, da... I have come solely to tell you that...
kolikor lè moremo just as much as we can
prosim te lè, da mi obljubiš... I merely ask you to promise me...
če lè ne bi toliko govorila! if only she did not talk so much!

léča

1. optika lens

2. botanika lentil; (jed) lentils pl dish of lentils

prodati za skledo léče (figurativno) to sell for a mess of pottage

léd ice

umeten léd artificial ice
plavajoči léd floating (ali drift, loose) ice
topeči se léd melting ice
hokej na lédu ice hockey
drobilec lédú ice-crusher
jadranje na lédu ice-yachting, ice-boating
jadrnica na lédu iceboat, ice yacht
plast lédú na ribniku a sheet of ice on the pond
mrzel kot léd ice-cold, frigid
v léd ujeta ladja icebound ship
dati na léd, pokriti z lédom to ice
iti komu na léd to allow oneself to be taken in
ne moreš me speljati na léd you can't take me in
léd prebiti to break the ice
léd se udre the ice gives way
sekati stopinje v léd to cut steps in the ice
spremeniti se v léd (o vodi) to turn into ice
léd se lomi, poka the ice breaks, cracks (ali is breaking, cracking)
léd se topi the ice melts (ali is melting)
léd ne drži the ice won't hold you, the ice is giving way
upati si na tanek léd (figurativno) to skate on thin ice

ledína fallow

orati ledíno to break new (ali fresh) ground

legitímen legitimate

proglasiti za legitímno to legitimate, to legitimize

legitimírati

legitimírati koga to make someone show his identity documents, to check someone's identity
legitimírati se to prove one's identity, to show one's identity documents

lékcija lesson

dajati (jemati) učne lékcije to give (to take) lessons
jemati francoske lékcije pri X-u to take lessons in French from X
dati komu lékcijo (figurativno) to teach someone a lesson
začeti z lékcijami to start lessons
dobil sem svojo lékcijo (figurativno) I've learnt (ali had) my lesson
to je bila dobra lékcija zame this was a good lesson for me
dobil je lékcijo, ki jo bo dobro pomnil he's had a lesson he won't forget in a hurry

lenôba lénost idleness; laziness; lounging; sluggishness; sloth, slothfulness; (oseba) lazybones

lenôbo pasti to lead an idle life, to give oneself up to idleness, to be lazy, to loll, to drone

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!

lepák bill, poster; placard

reklamni lepák (advertising) poster
volilni lepák election poster
papir za lepáke poster paper
lepilec lepákov billposter, billsticker
nalepiti lepák to post a bill (ali a placard), to placard, (brez dovoljenja) to flypost
objaviti na lepáku to placard
deska za lepáke billboard, hoarding

lepljívost stickiness, glutinosity, adhesive power; adhesiveness; viscosity

povzročiti lepljívost to glutinize

lés wood

stavbni, tesarski lés timber
gradbeni lés (building) timber, ZDA lumber
gnil lés rotten wood
suh lés seasoned timber
rezani lés sawn timber
vezan lés plywood
mehek lés softwood
trd lés hardwood
jamski lés pitwood, pitprop
beli lés white wood
obdelava lésa wood working
obdelovalec lésa woodworker, wood carver
sečnja lésa wood felling
impregnacija lésa wood impregnation
vrste lésa species pl of wood
lésu podoben ligniform, ligneous, woody, woodlike
sladki lés botanika liquorice
žagan lés sawn wood
mlad, nov lés green wood
umeten lés artificial wood
sečni lés mature wood
hrastov lés oak, oak wood, oak timber
trgovati z lésom to deal in wood, to trade as a timber merchant
on je malo čez lés (figurativno, žargon) he is up the pole (ali round the bend)

lésk lustre; brilliance, -cy; gloss

brez léska lustreless
da(ja)ti čemu léska to throw (ali to shed) lustre on something, to lustre something

léstva ladder

léstva iz vrvi rope ladder, Jacob's ladder
raztezna léstva extending (ali extension) ladder
kljukasta požarna léstva pompier ladder, fireman's ladder
požarna vrtljiva léstva turntable ladder (used in firefighting)
telovadna léstva wall ladder
napadalna léstva zgodovina scaling-ladder
léstva na vozu rack
klin, prečka léstve rung (of a ladder)
léstva k uspehu ladder to success
iti, lesti po léstvi to climb a ladder

léstvica scale; glasba scale

davčna léstvica tax scale
mezdna léstvica wage scale
plačilna léstvica pay scale
odčitanje léstvice scale reading
zdrsniti po léstvici navzdol to sink down the scale
celotonska (diatonična, durova, molova, kromatična) léstvica whole-tone (diatonic, major, minor, chromatic) scale

leták leaflet, pamphlet; handbill; handout; broadsheet; printed sheet of paper for circulation

volilni leták election pamphlet
raztrositi letáke to scatter leaflets
spustiti letáke nad Ljubljano to shower leaflets over Ljubljana