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líft (dvigalo) lift, ZDA elevator

peljati se z líftom to take the lift

límanice lime-twig

iti na límanice (figurativno) to fall into a trap, to swallow (ali to take, to jump at, to rise to) the bait
ujeti se na límanice (figurativno) to fall into a snare, to be cheated

lístati (knjigo) to leaf through, to turn over leaves; (površno brati) to skim (ali glance) through a book

lístati se (npr. grafit) to flake, to come off in flakes (ali scales ali laminae)
lístati po (najnovejšem) katalogu to browse through the (latest) catalogue

lízati to lick

lízati si rane to lick one's wounds (tudi figurativno)
lízati pête komu, lizati se komu (figurativno) to lick someone's boots (ali shoes), to fawn on (ali upon) someone
lízati si ustnice to lick one's lips (ali chops)

ljubíti to love; to be fond of; to like, to be attached (to)

če se ti ljubi if you feel like (it), if you've a mind to!
ljubi se mi I feel like..., I have a mind (ali a wish) to
ne ljubi se mi I don't feel like..., I have no wish to...
ne ljubi se mi iti v kino I don't feel like going to the cinema, I have no wish (ali I have no mind, I am not disposed) to go to the cinema
ljubíti se to love each other (one another)
kdor ljubi, ta kaznuje spare the rod and spoil the child

ljubosúmnež jealous (ali envious) person

poročila se je s starim ljubosúmnežem she has married a jealous old man

ločíti to separate; to sever; (razlikovati) to distinguish, to differentiate; (razporočiti) to divorce, to separate by divorce

ločíti se kot prijatelji to part as friends
ločíti se (razporočiti se) to divorce
ločíti se od moža (žene) to divorce one's husband (one's wife)
ločíti se (odcepiti se) to secede (od from)
dati se ločíti od moža to obtain a divorce from one's husband
ločíti se (raziti se) to part company
ločíti se (razlikovati se) to be distinguished by, to differ from, to vary (from)
zakon je bil ločen (razvezan) the marriage has been dissolved
preden se ločimo (razidemo) before parting

lokalizírati to localize

ki se da lokalizírati localizable

lomíti to break; to fracture, (žarke) to refract

lomíti se to break (up)
sila kola lomi necessity knows no law
lomíti ga (šušmariti) to dabble (v politiki in politics)
preveč ga lomíti (figurativno) to go too far
lomíti roké (figurativno) to wring one's hands
lomíti francoščino to speak broken French

lórd lord, peer

povišati (koga) v lórda to raise (someone) to the peerage
vesti se, obnašati se kot lórd, igrati lórda to lord it, to act the lord
živeti kot lórd to live like a lord
lordstvo lordship

loščèc lôščec zoologija (klòp) tick

držati se, prilepiti se kot loščèc, lôščec to stick like a limpet (ali a leech, a burr, a bur)

loteríjski lottery (-)

loteríjski boben lottery drum
loteríjski dobitek lottery prize
loteríjska srečka lottery ticket
loteríjsko žrebanje se vrši štirikrat na leto the draw takes place four times a year
prodajalec loteríjskih srečk lottery office keeper, collector
prodajalna loteríjskih srečk lottery office
uspeh je često loteríjski success is often a lottery

lóv -a hunt, hunting; chase; (s puško) shooting

na lóv, -au za... out hunting for...
divji lóv, -a poaching
lóv, -a na jelenjad deer-stalking
lóv, -a na veliko divjad big-game hunting
lóv, -a na jerebice partridge-shooting
lóv, -a na lisico foxhunting
lóv, -a na merjasca boarhunting, (s kopjem) pigsticking
lóv, -a s sokolom hawking
lóv, -a za efekti (figurativno) staginess
dovolilnica za lóv, -a shooting licence
začetek lóv, -aa the first day of the shooting season
iti na lóv, -a to go out shooting, (na konju) hunting, to hunt, (s psi) to ride to hounds
ste imeli dober lóv, -a? have you had good sport?
lóv, -a se je začel the hunt is up
živel je od lóv, -aa he lived on the game he killed
biti na lóv, -au za avtograme to be hunting for autographs
čas, doba prepovedi lóv, -aa close season

lovíti to hunt; to chase; (zasledovati) to pursue; to race

divje, brez dovoljenja lovíti to poach
lovíti ribe to fish
lovíti miši to catch mice
lovíti postrvi to fish for trout
bolje je drži ga kot lovi ga a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
lovíti se (igra) to play at cat and mouse, to play at catching, to have a game of tag

lúpiti (krompir) to peel, to skin, to pare; (oranže) to peel; (jabolka) to peel, to pare

lúpiti drevesno skorjo to bark, to strip the bark from a tree; (luščiti) to shell, (jajca) to remove the shell
lúpiti se (koža) to peel (off), to skin
ta krompir se dobro lupi these potatoes peel easily

lúščiti to husk, to hull, to shell; to peel

lúščiti grah to shell peas
lúščiti se to flake, to flake off, to peel (off), to come off in scales, to scale off, to shell off

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

mádež stain, spot; soil (tudi figurativno), (moralni) blemish, (majhen) speck; (sramotni) slur; mineralogija macula, macle

mádež od čaja a tea stain
brez mádeža stainless, spotless, taintless
poln tintnih mádežev ink-stained
sramotni mádež stigma, pl -s, -mata; taint
očistiti od mádežev to clean stains
odstraniti mádež to remove a stain
to blago bo v dežju dobilo mádeže that material will spot in rain
belo platno dobi hitro mádeže white linen spots easily
izvlekel se je iz zadeve brez mádeža na svojem ugledu he has come out without a stain on his reputation
vreči mádež na... to cast a slur on...
se ta mádež vidi? does this spot show?

majáti to shake; to sway; (močno) to rock

potres maje tla an earthquake rocks the ground
veter maje drevesa the wind sways the trees
majáti z glavo to shake one's head
majáti se to shake, to sway, to vacillate, to waver, to totter; (zob) to be loose; (v hoji) to stagger, to totter
drevesa se majejo v vetru the trees sway in the wind
hiša se je majala od eskplozij the house was rocked by (ali with) explosions

májhen small; little; (po postavi) short, undersized; (neznaten) petty, trifling, insignificant; trivial, inappreciable, scanty, slender, slight

za májhen denar cheaply
májhen kraj a small place
májhna sredstva small means pl
májhen začetek a small beginning
napraviti se májhnega to make oneself small
mnogo májhnega naredi veliko, iz májhnega raste veliko many a little makes a mickle