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ceremónija ceremony; figurativno formality

brez ceremonij without ceremony
kar brez ceremonij! let's drop the formalities!
delati ceremónije (figurativno) to stand on ceremony

char³ [ča:] prehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
čistiti, pospravljati

to go out charring delati kot snažilka

chicken [číkin] samostalnik
pišče, kokoš, kura; kuretina; otročiček
figurativno zelenec; strahopetec

to count one's chickens before they are hatched delati račun brez krčmarja
that's my chicken to je moja stvar
to get it where the chicken got the axe biti strogo grajan
chicken roost kurnik
no chicken ne več rosno mlad
chicken wire žična ograja

comb² [koum]

1. prehodni glagol
česati, počesati; mikati (lan); iskati, stikati, preiskati, prečesati; grebenati

2. neprehodni glagol
lomiti se (valovi)

to comb s.o.'s hair for him ošteti koga, brati mu levite
to comb s.o.'s hair the wrong way pripovedovati ali delati komu neprijetnosti

common¹ [kɔ́mən] pridevnik (commonly prislov)
skupen, javen; navaden, poprečen, obči; prostaški, plebejski, vulgaren

to make common cause with podpirati kaj, delati za isto stvar
sleng common or garden zelo vsakdanji, šablonski
glasba common chord trozvok
slovnica common gender dvojni spol
by common consent soglasno
the common herd plebejci
common noun občno ime
Court of common Pleas civilnopravno sodišče
common rights človeške pravice
common salt kuhinjska sol
common weal splošna blaginja
common woman pocestnica

compliment¹ [kɔ́mplimənt] samostalnik
poklon, laskanje (on za)
pohvala
množina pozdravi
zastarelo darilo

in compliment to na čast koga
to pay (ali make) compliments delati poklone, laskati
with the author's compliment poklon od pisca
to fish for compliments pričakovati poklone
Bristol compliment danajsko darilo
compliments of the season božične čestitke
to send compliments poslati pozdrave
left-handed compliment ironično, sumljivo, neodkrito laskanje
give her my compliments pozdravi jo od mene

count³ [kaunt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
šteti, računati, ceniti; upoštevati, smatrati; veljati

to count one's chickens before they are hatched, to count without one's host delati račun brez krčmarja
that does not count to ni pomembno, to ne velja
škotsko to count kin biti v očitnem sorodstvu
pogovorno to count noses, to count the house ugotoviti število prisotnih

cross-purpose [krɔ́spə:pəs] samostalnik
nesporazum

to be (ali play) at cross-purposes ne se razumeti, zaradi nesporazuma delati nezavestno nasprotno

čezmérno beyond measure; immoderately; exceedingly

čezmérno delati to overwork

čŕn black

čŕno na belem (= pismeno) dati, napisati to put in writing
čŕn kot smola as black as soot (ali as ink)
čŕno na belem in black and white
to imam čŕno na belem I have it in writing
čŕna barva black (colour ali dye ali paint)
čŕna borza black market
čŕn kruh brown bread
čŕna kroglica (pri volitvah) blackball
čŕna lista (seznam), knjiga black list, black book
čŕna magija the black art
čŕna metalurgija iron metallurgy
čŕna nehvaležnost black ingratitude
čŕna (garjava) ovca black sheep
čŕna (žalna) obleka mourning, (widow's) weeds pl
črn, nesrečen dan unlucky day, black day
čŕno oblečen black-clad
čŕn kot vran as black as ebony
čŕno vino red wine
čŕno nebo a black sky
čŕno obrobljen black-edged
čŕno obrobljen pisemski papir black-bordered notepaper
delo na čŕno žargon scab work
delati kot čŕna živina to work like a nigger
čŕno se mi dela pred očmi my head begins to swim
dati, vnesti v čŕn seznam to blacklist
v čŕno (žalno) se obleči to wear (ali arhaično to don) mourning
udarec je zadel v čŕno the thrust went home
prisegati, da je čŕno belo to swear that black is white
vrag ni tako čŕn, kot ga slikajo the devil is not so black as he is painted
zadeti v čŕno to hit the mark

čúdež miracle, wonder; prodigy

gospodarski čúdež economic miracle
delati čúdeže to work wonders (ali miracles); figurativno to produce rabbits out of a hat, to move mountains
razen če se zgodi čúdež, bi se zdaj zdelo, da se ne da nič napraviti barring a miracle it would now seem as if nothing can be done
čúdeži se utegnejo zgoditi (dogajati) (figurativno) pigs pl might fly

čúdo wonder; miracle; marvel; portent, prodigy

za čúda for a wonder
kratkotrajno čúdo nine days' wonder
ni čúda, da... no wonder that...
on je čúdo spretnosti he is a paragon of efficiency
za čúda, držal je svojo besedo he kept his word, for a wonder
delati čúda to work (ali to perform) miracles, to work wonders, figurativno to move mountains
glej čúd! lo and behold!

dán day; (dnevna svetloba, luč) daylight, daytime; (svetloba) light

dober dán! (zjutraj) good morning!, (popoldne) good afternoon!, (splošno) how do you do!, pogovorno hallo!, hullo!, ZDA hello, (pri poslovitvi) good day!, pogovorno see you!, be seeing you!; see you later!
deloven dán working day, weekday
črn dán figurativno a black day, a dark day, an unfortunate day
materinski dán Mother's Day
novoletni dán New Year's Day
beli dán broad daylight
plačilni dán payday
postni dán fast day
prazničen dán holiday
pasji dnevi dog days pl
prosti dán day off, (brez pouka) day off school
rojstni dán birthday
srečen dán a red-letter day
sodni dán the Last Day, Judgment Day, Day of Judgment, Doomsday
davni dnevi bygone days, arhaično day of yore
spominski dán Remembrance Day (11. november)
z dne 3. maja dated May 3rd
čez dán (podnevi) in the daytime; during the day, by daylight, by day
dán za dnem day by day
drugi (naslednji) dán next day, the day after
do današnjega dne to the preent day
od dneva do dneva from day to day
čez nekaj dni in a day or two
enega teh dni, te dni enkrat one of these days
dvakrat na dán twice a day
pri belem dnevu in broad daylight
lepega dne one fine day
oni dán (zadnjič) the other day
še oni dán only the other day
še isti dán that very day
od tega dne dalje from this day forth
par dni a couple of days
ta ali oni dán one day or another
svoj živi dán in all my born days, in my lifetime
nekega dne one day, (za prihodnost) some day
pred tremi dnevi three days ago
dán poprej the day before, the day beforehand
teden dni (7 dni) a week
danes teden dni this day week, (pred tednom dni) a week ago
14 dni (2 tedna) a fortnight, two weeks
čez 14 dni in a fortnight
vsak dán every day, daily
vsak drugi dán every other (ali second) day
vsakih pet dni every five days
ves dán all day long, for the whole of the day
ves ljubi božji dán the livelong day
za nekaj dni for a few days
prejšnji dán the previous (ali preceding) day
ki traja ves dán daylong
na dán z besedo! speak out!, out with it!
to je jasno kot beli dán it's as clear as daylight, it's as plain as a pikestaff
biti različen kot noč in dán to be as different as chalk and cheese
béli dán je it is broad daylight
dobiti prost dán to be allowed a day off
ni še vseh dni konec we have not seen the last of it yet
prinesti, spraviti na dán to bring to light
prinesti stvar na dán to broach a matter
sedaj prihaja na dán it now transpires
priti na dán to come to light, to transpire, to leak out, to become known, ZDA to develop
prinesti na dán svoje težave to air one's troubles
ko napoči dán at daybreak, at dawn
za vsakega pride njegov dán every dog has his day
sanja se ti pri belem dnevu you're day-dreaming
svoj živi dán nisem videl... I have never seen in all my born days (ali in my lifetime)...
dnevi so mu šteti his days are numbered
zagledati dán (luč sveta) to be born, to come to light, to come out
določiti dán to fix a day
voščiti dober dán to bid someone good day, zastarelo to give someone the time of day
bil je 2 dni prepozen he was two days late
delati noč in dán to work day and night
ne hvali dneva pred nočjo do not praise the day before it is over; laugh before breakfast and you'll cry before supper

dance² [da:ns ameriško dæns] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
plesati, skakljati, pozibavati (se)

to dance attendance on (ali upon) s.o. biti vsiljiv, klečeplaziti pred kom
to dance to another's piping (ali tune, whistle) delati, kakor drugi želijo, plesati, kakor drugi godejo
to dance to another (ali different) tune nenadoma spremeniti svoje vedenje
sleng to dance on nothing bingljati na vislicah
to dance o.s. into favour pridobiti naklonjenost
to dance one's chance away zamuditi priliko
to dance one's head off glavo zgubiti

deaf [def] pridevnik (deafly prislov)
gluh, naglušen (with)
omamljen

deaf of (ali in) one ear na eno uho gluh
deaf as a post (ali door-nail, stone, beetle, an adder) popolnoma gluh, gluh ko zemlja
none so deaf as those who won't hear najbolj gluhi so tisti, ki nočejo slišati
deaf nut prazen oreh
to fall on deaf ears ne biti uslišan
to turn a deaf ear delati se gluhega, ne uslišati

difficulty [dífikəlti] samostalnik
težava, težavnost; zadrega
ameriško, množina nesoglasje

to make (ali raise) difficulties povzročati težave, ugovarjati
with difficulty težko, komaj
to be in difficulties for money biti v denarni stiski
to throw difficulties in s.o.'s way delati komu težave
to come up (ali experience) a difficulty naleteti na težavo

diktát dictation; (ukaz) dictate

pisati po diktátu to write from (ali at) dictation
pisati, delati po diktátu koga to write, to act at someone's dictation

dodge² [dɔ́dž] samostalnik
odskok, izogibanje
pogovorno zvijača, spretnost
pogovorno domiselna naprava

capital dodge veliko veselje
to come the religious dodge over hliniti pobožnost
to put on the dummy dodge delati se gluhega in slepega

dólg debt; sum due; (zadolženost) indebtedness; (obveze) liabilities pl

brez dólga debtless, free from debt, (posestvo) unencumbered
časten dólg debt of honour
hipotekarni dólg mortgage
neizterljiv dólg, dólg, katerega plačilo je malo verjetno (žargon) bad debt
izterljiv dólg recoverable debt
viseč dólg floating debt
državni, narodni dólg national debt
biti brez dólgov, ne imeti dólgov to be out of debt
biti, izvleči se iz dólgov (figurativno) to be out of the red
delati dólgove to contract (ali to incur) debts; to get into debt
čez glavo, do vratu tičati v dólgovih to be up to one's ears (ali eyes, neck) in debt
dobiti dólg povrnjen to recover a debt
plačati dólg to honour a debt, to discharge a debt
poravnati svoje dólgove to settle one's debts
odplačati dólg to pay off a debt, to sink a debt
do zadnje pare plačati svoj dólg to pay one's debt to the last farthing
tičati (globoko) v dólgovih to be (deep) in debt
vpisati komu v dólg trgovina to debit someone, to enter a sum on the debit side
zabresti, zaiti v dólgove to run into debt, to fall into debt
kup dólgov a mountain of debts
rešiti se enega dólga, a pri tem napraviti drugega (figurativno) to rob Peter to pay Paul

drum¹ [drʌm] samostalnik
boben
anatomija bobnič; bobnanje; bobnar; valj; del stebra
zastarelo popoldanska ali večerna družba

to beat a big drum delati bučno reklamo, obesiti na véliki zvon
beat of drum bobnanje
roll of drums glasno bobnanje
drum major glavni polkovni bobnar
drums and fifes vojaška godba