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kér because

kér (pač) as, since
ni mogel priti, kér je bil bolan he could not come because he was ill
kér je deževalo, nismo šli na pot as it was raining, we did not start
kér se ti ne ljubi iti, lahko ostaneš doma as you don't feel like coming, you can stay at home
kér mi (že, pač) ne verjameš... since you don't believe me...
kér ni nič boljšega for want of something better

kettle [ketl] samostalnik
kotel, kotliček, čajnik
geologija ledeniška vrtača, ledeniško jezerce

a pretty kettle of fish lepa kaša
the pot calling the kettle black sova, ki sinici glavana pravi

kolesárski cycling

kolesárski dres cycling costume
kolesársko društvo cyclist's touring club
kolesárska dirka cycle race
kolesárski izlet, tura a cycling tour
kolesárska steza, pot cycle track
kolesárski šport cycling (sport)
kolesársko dirkališče velodrome; cycle track

komólec elbow

rabiti komólce, suvati s komólci to elbow
dregniti s komólcem koga to nudge someone
sloneti na komólcih to lean on one's elbows
s komólci se je prerinil v sobo he elbowed himself (ali jostled his way) into the room
utirati si pot skozi množico s komólci to elbow one's way through the crowd
dregljaj s komólcem nudge

kŕčiti (gozd ipd.) to clear land for cultivation, to reclaim wooded land; to deforest; to contract, to reduce, to shorten

kŕčiti pot to clear obstacles out of the way
moja zaloga se krči my stock is running short

kreníti to start, to move, to set off, to set out (v for)

kreníti na potovanje to set out (ali off, arhaično forth) on a journey
kreníti proti sovražniku to set out (ali arhaično forth) against the enemy
kreníti po najkrajši poti to take the shortest way
krenite na levo (na desno)! turn to the left (to the right)!
kreníti na pot to set out (ali off) on one's way
nenadoma kreníti vstran to swerve
kreníti naprej to move ahead

krížev

krížev pot Stations pl (ali Way) of the Cross
krížev teden religija Rogation week
opraviti, moliti krížev pot religija to do the (ali one's) stations

kúhinjski (used in the) kitchen

kúhinjski lonec pot
kúhinjski miza kitchen table
kúhinjska kredenca, shramba (kitchen) cupboard, larder
kúhinjsko osebje kitchen staff
kúhinjska posoda kitchen utensils pl, kitchenware
kúhinjska oprema, oprava kitchen fittings pl
kúhinjski odpadki garbage, waste
kúhinjski ščurek cockroach
kúhinjska latinščina dog Latin
kúhinjska sol kitchen salt, common salt

ladder¹ [lǽdə] samostalnik
lestva
britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
the ladder of success pot do uspeha
figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu

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!

lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

leap¹ [li:p] samostalnik
skok (tudi figurativno)
preskok

a great leap forward velik skok naprej
a leap in the dark tvegan poskus, pot v neznano
by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro
with a leap hitro, nenadoma

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

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!

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

likely¹ [láikli] pridevnik
verjeten, možen, mogoč; mnogo obetajoč (tudi likely-looking)

not likely komaj, težko
he is likely to come verjetno bo prišcl
which is his most likely route? katero pot bo najverjetneje ubral?
a likely lad mnogo obetajoč fant
a likely candidate možen kandidat
ironično a likely story! kaj malo verjetno

little¹ [litl] pridevnik
majhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen
ironično reven, beden

little one malček
the little ones otročički, malčki
the little Browns Brownovi otroci
the little majhni, nepomembni ljudje
big (ali great) and little pomembni in nepomembni ljudje
a little man mali mož, figurativno ničé
the little people palčki
the little finger mezinec
a little way kratka pot
a little while kratek čas, trenutek
little hope malo upanja
little minds omejenci, malenkostni ljudje
his little intrigues njegovo bedne spletke
pogovorno little Mary želodec, prebava
the Little Masters skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletju
I know his little ways poznarn njegove zvijače
astronomija Little Bear Mali medved
astronomija Little Dipper Mali voz
politika, zgodovina Little Entente mala antanta
Little Red Ridinghood Rdeča Kapica
Little Russian Malorus, Ukrajinec
little theater mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališče

luck [lʌk] samostalnik
srečno naključje, sreča, usoda

good luck! srečno!
bad (ali ill, hard) luck smola, nesreča
bad luck to him! bes ga plentaj!
to be down on one's luck imeti smolo
to be in luck's way; ali to be in luck imeti srečo
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
for luck za srečo
he has a run of luck sreča mu je naklonjena
in luck srečen, ki ima srečo
just my luck! kakšna smola!
out of luck nesrečen, ki nima sreče
pure luck slepa sreča, golo naključje
luck in sieve kratkotrajna sreča
streak of luck žarek sreče
to take pot luck sprejeti karkoli je pripravljeno za obed
to try one's luck at poskusiti srečo pri
as luck would have it k sreči, po nesreči (po vsebini)
worse luck na žalost, k nesreči
worst luck velika smola

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

measured [méžəd] pridevnik (measuredly prislov)
odmerjen, merjen; pravilen, ritmičen; premišljen, pretehtan, preračunan; metričen

tehnično, aeronavtika measured distance zavorna pot
a measured mile uradno izmerjena milja
measured tread ritmičen korak