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lease¹ [li:s] samostalnik
najem, zakup, dajanje v zakup (to komu), zakupna doba, zakupna pogodba; rok, trajanje (zakupa)

by (ali on) lease v zakupu, v najemu
to hold by (ali on) lease imeti v najemu
to put out to lease; ali to let out on lease dati v najem
to take on lease; ali to take a lease of vzeti v najem
the lease of (ali on) life življenjska doba
a new lease of (ali on) life novo življenje, nova življenska sila

letter¹ [létə] samostalnik
črka; pismo
množina uradno pismo, listina
množina književnosf, znanost

by letter pismeno
to the letter dobesedno, podrobno
to keep to the letter vzeti dobesedno
the letter of the law črka zakona, strogo po zakonu
capital letter velika črka
small letter mala črka
black letters gotske črke
block letters velike tiskane črke
dead letter že pozabljena navada (ali zakon)
ameriško bread-and-butter letter zahvalno pismo (po obisku)
figurativno red-letter day praznik
in letter and spirit po obliki in vsebini
registered letter priporočeno pismo
prepaid letter frankirano pismo
unpaid letter nefrankirano pismo
returned letter office urad za nedostavljiva pisma
open letter odprto pismo (v časopisu)
letter to be called for poštno ležeče pismo
to get one's letter postati član univerzitetnega moštva
letters of business kraljevo polnomočje skupščini za razpravo o nekem vprašanju
man of letters književnik, znanstvenik
the profession of letters literarni ali znanstveni poklic
commonwealth (ali republic) of letters pisci, literati
ekonomija letter of acceptance prejeta menica, akcept
pravno letter of administration sodni nalog o upravi zapuščine
ekonomija letter of advice spremno pismo, avizo
pravno letter of allotment sodni nalog o dodelitvi
letter of application pismena prošnja
letter of attorney pooblastilo, polnomočje
letter of bottomry hipoteka na ladjo
letter of confirmation pismeno potrdilo
ekonomija letter of conveyance tovorni spremni list
letter of credence pismeno priporočilo, akreditivno pismo
ekonomija letter of credit kreditno pismo
ekonomija letter of grace (ali respite) pismena odobritev za odlog plačila
letter of indemnity garantno pismo
letter of introduction priporočilno pismo
letter of lien zastavno pismo
letter of marque dovoljenje privatniku, da zaseže tujo trgovsko ladjo
letters patent ekonomija patentni list; pravno dekret, pooblastilo
pravno letters testamentary pooblastilo izvrševalcu oporoke

life [laif] samostalnik
življenje; človeško življenje (lives življenja)
figurativno življenjskost, živahnost; življenjepis; živ model
ekonomija trajanje, rok uporabe, življenjska doba (tudi stroja); življenjski zavarovanec

to amend one's life poboljšati se
to be in danger of one's life biti v življenjski nevarnosti
to be the life and soul of a party biti duša družbe
to bring to life spraviti k zavesti
change of life klimakterij
to come to life osvestiti se, roditi se
my early life moja mladost
early in life v mladih letih
to escape with life and limb odnesti celo kožo
expectation of life predvidena življenjska doba
he was given a life dobil je še eno priliko
for the life of me pri svoji najboljši volji
for life dosmrten, za celo življenje
to have the time of one's life odlično se zabavati
high life življenje visoke družbe
in life za časa življenja
as large as life v naravni velikosti; osebno
to lay down one's life žrtvovati življenje
to lead a dog's life pasje živeti
a new lease on life novo življenje, nova življenjska sila
low life življenje nižjih slojev
it was a matter of life and death šlo je za življenje ali smrt
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
not on your life za živ svet ne
nothing in life sploh ne
with all the pleasure in life z največjim veseljem
to risk one's life tvegati življenje
to run for dear (ali for one's) life bežati na žive in mrtve
to see life spoznati (ali uživati) življenje
to sell one's life dear (lifely) drago prodati svoje življenje
to show (signs of) life kazati znake življenja
to take s.o.'s life ubiti koga
to take one's own life življenje si vzeti
to seek s.o.'s life streči komu po življenju
to take one's life in one's hands igrati se z življenjem, postaviti svoje življenje na kocko
to the life zvesto, natančno (upodobiti)
walk of life družben položaj, poklic
umetnost still life tihožitje
upon my life! pri moji duši!
pool-player has three lives igralec biljarda lahko še trikrat poskusi
to stake one's life on s.th. glavo staviti za kaj

lift¹ [lift] samostalnik
dviganje; (ponosna, vzravnana) drža
tehnično višina dviga, dvigalna sila, dvigalo, lift; vzpenjača, smučarska vlečnica, sedežnica
aeronavtika vertikalna sila zračnega pritiska na avion, ki deluje v obratnem sorazmerju s silo teže
figurativno pomoč, povzdiga; dviganje (cen); dodatno usnje v podpetnici
pogovorno kraja

dead lift nepremakljiv, pretežek predmet
heavy lift težek tovor
a lift in life vsestranska pomoč
to give s.o. a lift vzeti koga v avto, figurativno pomagati
the proud lift of her head ponosna drža glave

ljúdje people (s konstr. v sg ali pl); folk(s); (svet) the public, the world, mankind

stari ljúdje old people
(zelo) mnogo ljudi (a great) many people
preprosti ljúdje simple people, ordinary folks
ljúdje z dežele country people, country folk
mali ljúdje (figurativno) people of small means and no standing
prijatelj ljudi philanthropist
izkorišcevalec ljudi slave driver, hard taskmaster
iti med ljudi to mix with society, to go into society
on ne hodi med ljudi he keeps himself to himself, he shuns company, he avoids society, he lives out of the world
on sovraži ljudi he is a misanthrope
oni so pošteni ljúdje they are honest people
Angleži so čudni ljúdje the English are a strange lot
ljúdje govorijo, da... it is rumoured that... there's a story going the rounds that...
vsi ljúdje to vedó it is generally known, all the world knows it
kaj bodo rekli ljúdje? (figurativno) what will Mrs. Grundy say?, what will the world say?
kar ljúdje pomnijo within the memory of men, within living memory
ljudi morate vzeti kakršni (pač) so you must take the world as it is

loan¹ [loun] samostalnik
posojilo, posojanje, sposojanja; sposojenka (beseda)

on loan sposojeno, na posojo
may I have the loan of? si lahko sposodim?
to take up a loan on s.th. vzeti posojilo na kaj
government loan državno posojilo
ekonomija loan on securities lombardno posojilo

lúpa optika magnifying glass, magnifying lens, magnifier; (časovna) slow-motion camera, time-lens

dati, vzeti pod lúpo to examine under a magnifying glass, figurativno to examine closely, to scrutinize

measure¹ [méžə] samostalnik
mera, merilo (tudi figurativno)
stopnja, obseg; del, delež; razmerje, meja
poetično metrum, pesniška mera
glasba takt, ritem
arhaično ples
kemija menzura, stopnja
geologija, množina sloji, ležišča
pravno ukrep

cubic measure prostorninska mera
lineal (ali long) measure dolžinska mera
square (ali superficial) measure ploskovna mera
measure of capacity votla mera
unit of measure merska enota
matematika greatest common measure (G.C.M.) največja skupna mera
beyond (ali out of all) measure prekomeren, čez mero
in a great measure v veliki meri
to have s.o.'s measure oceniti značaj koga
to take s.o.'s measure vzeti komu mero, umeriti; figurativno oceniti značaj koga
to have hard measures biti vtežkih okoliščinah
he is our measure takega človeka potrebujemo
man is the measure of all things človek je merilo za vse
(made) to measure po meri (narejen)
in some (ali in a certain) measure vneki meri
to set measures to omejiti
short (full) measure slaba (dobra) mera
for good measure povrh
to take measures podvzeti korake, ukreniti kaj
without measure neizmeren
the measure of my days trajanje mojega življenja
2 is a measure of 4 2 je deljenec od 4
arhaično to tread a measure plesati

measure² [méžə]

1. prehodni glagol
meriti, izmeriti, odmeriti; umeriti (obleko); oceniti, soditi, presoditi (by po)
primerjati, meriti (with s, z)
prehoditi

2. neprehodni glagol
meriti

it measures 8 inches meri 8 inčev
to measure s.o. for (a suit of clothes) vzeti komu mero (za obleko)
to be (ali get) measured for (a suit) dati si vzeti mero (za obleko)
to measure one's length pasti ko dolg in širok
to measure swords with preizkusiti svojo moč
to measure one's strength with s.o. meriti se s kom
to measure other people's corn by one's own bushel soditi druge po sebi
to measure s.o. with one's eye premeriti koga z očmi
to measure s.o. from top to toe premeriti koga od glave do pete

measurement [méžəmənt] samostalnik
merjenje, mera, velikost
množina dimenzije

to take s.o.'s measurements for a suit vzeti komu mere za obleko
ekonomija measurement goods razsipčno blago

medicine¹ [méd(i)sin] samostalnik
zdravilo; medicina, zdravstvo; čarovnija (pri Indijancih)

forensic medicine sodna medicina
to give s.o. some of his own medicine povrniti milo za drago
to take one's medicine vzeti zdravilo; figurativno sprejeti kazen, požreti hudo pilulo
ameriško, sleng he is bad medicine je nevaren človek

méra measure; (velikost) size; (obsežnost) extent, dimension

normalna méra standard; gauge; (stopnja) degree; (merjenje) measurement; (razmerje) rate, scale, index; (zmernost) moderation, temperance; (verz) metre, measure; glasba bar, time; (ukrep) measure, step
mére in uteži measures and weights pl
dobra (slaba) méra full (short) measure
dolžinska méra linear (ali long) measure
ploščinska méra square (ali superficial) measure
prostorninska méra cubic measure
votla méra measure of capacity
največja skupna méra matematika greatest common measure
obrestna méra rate of interest
zvrhana méra heaped up (ali strike, struck-) measure
do neke mére to a certain degree, in some measure; to a certain extent, to some extent
v obilni méri amply, richly
v veliki méri to a high degree, to a great (ali large) extent; largely, higly
prek mére beyond measure, beyond all bounds
v neki méri in a measure
čez vse mére exceedingly, excessively, immoderately, out of all measure
v isti méri kot... in the same measure as...
v enaki méri alike
napravljen po méri made to measure
obleka po méri bespoke suit, ZDA custom suit
po méri narejena oblačila clothes pl made to measure, ZDA custom clothes pl
enota mére unit of measure
krojač, ki dela po méri bespoke tailor
dati dobro méro to give good measure
držati se mére to be moderate, to observe due moderation
napraviti vse potrebne mére (ukrepe) to take all the necessary steps
podvzeti (lotiti se) primerne mére (ukrepe) to take appropriate action
podvzeti temeljite, dalekosežne mére to take sweeping measures
podvzeti vse potrebne previdnostne mére to take all due precautions
on ne pozna mére he knows no bounds
to presega vse mére that goes beyond all bounds
prekoračiti méro (figurativno) to overstep the mark, to go too far
napraviti méro polno (figurativno) to fill the cup to the brim
do kolikšne mére mu moremo zaupati? how far can he be trusted?
vzeti komu méro za kaj to take someone's measurements for something
vzeli so mi méro za plašč (za obleko) I have been measured for a coat (for a suit)

model³ [mɔdl]

1. prehodni glagol
modelirati, oblikovati
figurativno oblikovati po vzoru na (after, on, upon)

2. neprehodni glagol
napraviti vzorec; biti za model, biti maneken

to model o.s. on (ali upon, after) vzeti si koga za vzor

mortgage¹ [mɔ́:gidž] samostalnik
pravno zastava, poroštvo (v nepremičninah), zastavnica, zastavno pismo; hipoteka, poroštveno pismo

to give in mortgage zastaviti
by mortgage hipotečno
to borrow on mortgage vzeti posojilo na hipoteko
to foreclose a mortgage izjaviti, da je hipoteka zapadla
to lend on mortgage posoditi na hipoteko
to raise a mortgage on vzeti hipotečno posojilo na kaj

mouth¹ [mauɵ] samostalnik
usta; gobec, smrček; žrelo (topa), grlo (steklenice), odprtina (cevi), vhod (v jamo); ustje (reke)
sleng ustenje, gobcanje

pogovorno down in the mouth žalosten, potrt
from s.o.' s mouth komu z jezika (vzeti)
from mouth to mouth od ust do ust
to give mouth lajati (pes)
to give mouth to one's thoughts naglas povedati kar mislimo
to have a big mouth imeti dolg jezik, preveč govoriti
the horse has a good (bad) mouth konja je lahko (težko) voditi
pogovorno to keep one's mouth shut držati jezik za zobmi
to laugh on the wrong (ali other) side of one's mouth kislo se smejati
to look a gift horse in the mouth gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe, zmrdovati se nad darilom
my mouth waters sline se mi cedijo
to make s.o. laugh on the wrong side of his mouth odvaditi koga smeha
to make s.o.'s mouth water delati komu skomine
to make a wry mouth namrdniti se
to open one's mouth too wide preveč zahtevati
to put (ali place) words into s.o.'s mouth položiti komu besede v usta; trditi da je kdo kaj rekel
to shoot off one's mouth izblebetati
to shut (ali stop) s.o.'s mouth zapreti komu usta
straight from the horse's mouth iz zanesljivega vira
to take the bread out of s.o.'s mouth spraviti koga ob zaslužek
to take the words out of s.o.'s mouth vzeti komu besedo iz ust
by word of mouth ustno
useless mouth kdor jé, a ne dela

múha zoologija fly; figurativno (muhavost) caprice, whim, freak, fancy, vagary, crotchet, bee in one's bonnet

cece múha tseste, tsetse fly
domača múha common housefly
konjska múha horsefly
mesarska múha flesh fly, blowfly, bluebottle
španska múha Spanish fly, cantharis, pl cantharides
umetna múha (kot vaba) fly, (za ribolov) dry fly, hackle fly, hackle, grey-drake, ZDA tail fly
múha na strelnem orožju sight, bead
opikan od múh fly-bitten
onesnažen od múh flyblown
biti od múh (biti nič vreden) to be of no use, to be good for nothing, to be a dead loss
na múho vzeti (figurativno) to take aim (kaj at something)
iz múhe slona narediti (figurativno) to make a mountain out of a molehill, to make mountains out of molehills
s kolom múhe pobijati (figurativno) to break a fly on the wheel
čudne múhe mu rojijo po glavi he's got bats in the belfry
lahkó bi bili slišali múho leteti (taka tišina je bila) you could have heard a pin drop
ubiti dve múhi z enim udarcem to kill two birds with one stone
v sili hudič múhe žre (figurativno) beggars can't be choosers, half a loaf is better than no bread

najèm hire; lease; rent; (ladje, letala) charter; (avta) car hire; (konja, kočije) hire; tenancy; letting (out), let

v najèm on lease
dati v najèm to lease; to hire (for rent), to rent, to let (out on lease)
v najèm vzeti to take on lease, to hire, to rent, (ladjo, letalo) to charter
vzeli smo posestvo v najèm we have taken the farm on lease
imeti v najèmu to have on lease, to rent, to hold as tenant

napósodo

napósodo dati to lend
napósodo vzeti to borrow (od from)

obléka clothes pl, clothing; garment, garb; (ženska, otroška) dress; frock; (kostim) costume; attire

(kompletna) moška obléka suit (of clothes)
civilna obléka civilian clothes, mufti
detektiv v civilni obléki plain-clothes detective
delovna obléka overalls pl
duhovniška obléka clerical dress
konfekcijska obléka ready-made suit (oziroma dress), ready-to-wear suit (ali clothing)
obléka po meri suit made to order, bespoke (ali custom-made) suit
kopalna obléka swimming (ali bathing) costume, swimsuit
poletna (zimska) obléka summer (winter) garment
večerna obléka evening clothes (oziroma dress)
svečana obléka Sunday best, (črna) evening dress
promenadna obléka walking dress
ponošena obléka rags pl
rabljena obléka secondhand clothes pl
uradna obléka uniform, livery
obléka iz tiskanine printed frock
potapljaška obléka diving suit
jahalna obléka riding habit (costume)
elegantna, okusna obléka smart dress
oguljena obléka threadbare dress
neokusna, nemarna obléka dowdy dress
staromodna obléka oldfashioned dress
službena obléka (sodnika, odvetnika, učenca) gown
odvržena obléka cast-off clothes pl
omara za obléke wardrobe
obešalnik za obléko coathanger, clothes hanger
obléka in hrana food and clothing
vsakodnena, navadna obléka lounge suit
letalska zaščitna obléka G suit
dal sem si delati obléko I ordered a suit, I had a suit made
ponositi obléko to wear out one's clothes
prerasti obléko to outgrow one's clothes
obleči nedeljsko obléko to put on one's Sunday best
razparati obléko to unstitch a garment
vzeti komu mero za obléko to take someone's measurements, to measure someone for clothes
obléka še ne naredi človeka don't judge a man by his clothes
obléka dela človeka clothes make the man, fine feathers make fine birds, the dress proclaims the man

obtók circulation; currency

krvni obtók circulation of the blood
obtók bankovcev circulation of bank notes
dati v obtók to put into circulation, (bankovce) to issue
biti v obtóku to be in circulation
vzeti iz obtóka to withdraw from circulation