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case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

cél whole; total; entire; all; complete; full; integral; undivided; (nedotaknjen, nepoškodovan) safe, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed

ena cela a whole, one
v celem in the main, on the whole, in full
v céli Evropi in the whole of Europe
célo uro a full hour
céla 2 dneva two whole days, two full days, for two days running
cél svet all the world
po célem svetu all over the world, throughout the world
cél zadnji mesec all last month, the whole of last month
cél junak every inch a man
v célem vzeto taken overall (ali as a whole)
plačati célo vožnjo to pay the full rate
sin je cél oče the son is the very image of his father, the son is the spitting image of his father

celóta totality; whole; entirety; integrity

v celóti on the whole, as a whole, in full, entirely, fully
ekonomska celóta economic whole

chalk¹ [čɔ:k] samostalnik
kreda; pastel
pogovorno račun, dolg, kredit
sleng praska

as like as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk from cheese kot noč in dan (različna)
not by a long chalk nikakor ne
by a long chalk the best veliko boljši od vseh
pogovorno to walk a chalk line biti trezen, vesti se skrajno spodobno
chalk talk predavanje ob risbah na tabli
not to know chalk from cheese ne imeti niti pojma, prav nič ne razumeti
sleng to walk (ali stump) one's chalks ucvreti jo

charity [čǽriti] samostalnik
dobrodelnost, dobrotljivost, usmiljenje; miloščina; dobrodelna ustanova

to ask charity prositi miloščine
charity begins at home bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
as cold as charity hladen, brezčuten
for charity, for charity's sake zastonj
sister of charity usmiljena sestra

cheap [či:p] pridevnik (cheaply prislov)
cenen, poceni; slab; jalov, prazen (izgovor)

as cheap as dirt, dirt cheap za smešno ceno
pogovorno to feel cheap ne se dobro počutiti
to get (ali come off) cheap(ly) poceni jo odnesti
to hold cheap podcenjevati, zaničevati
Cheap Jack (ali John) krošnjar
to make o.s. cheap podcenjevati samega sebe
cheap and nasty samo na zunaj lep
cheap trip izlet ob znižanih vozovnicah

chip¹ [čip] samostalnik
drobec, odkrušek, iver, trska; oškrbek; odpadek; igralna znamka; odkrušeno mesto
pogovorno otrok

a chip of the old block čisto tak kakor njegov oče
I don't care a chip for it ni mi do tega
to carry a chip on one's shoulder rad se prepirati
potato chips tenke ocvrte krompirjeve rezine
to buy chips hraniti denar
ameriško, sleng to hand (ali pass in) one's chips umreti
dry as a chip nezanimiv, dolgočasen, suhoparen
such carpenters such chips po delu spoznamo človeka

church¹ [čə:č] samostalnik
cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

to go to church iti k maši
to be at church biti v cerkvi
to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
established church državna cerkev
to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda

ciceróne (vodnik za tujce) cicerone, pl -ni

biti komu za ciceróna to act as cicerone for someone

circumstanced [sə́:kəmstənst] pridevnik
ki je v določenem položaju

circumstanced as I was v mojem položaju
awkwardly circumstanced v nerodnem, neugodnem položaju
well circumstanced v dobrih razmerah

clam¹ [klæm] samostalnik
užitna školjka
ameriško molčeči človek

as happy as a clam (at high tide) ves srečen, blažen, zadovoljen
vulgarno shut your clam! zapri gobec!

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica

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

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

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

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

compensation [kɔmpenséišən] samostalnik
odškodnina, nadomestilo, nadomestek; plača, mezda
ameriško nagrada
tehnično kompenzacija, izravnava

as a (ali by way of, in) compensation za odškodnino
to make compensation for nadomestiti, poplačati kaj

cool¹ [ku:l] pridevnik (coolly prislov)
hladen, svež; miren, hladnokrven; brezbrižen, neprijazen; predrzen, nesramen
pogovorno okrogel (znesek); nejasen (sled divjačine)

as cool as cucumber hladnokrven, zbran, miren
cool chamber hladilnica
to lose a cool hundred zgubiti cel stotak
ameriško cool egg hladnokrvnež
cool cheek predrznost; predrznež, -nica
a cool hand (ali customer, fish) nesramnež, -nica, predrznež, -nica

coot [ku:t] samostalnik
zoologija vodna kokoška; črna liska
pogovorno bedak

as bald as a coot popolnoma plešast