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cobbler² [kɔ́blə] samostalnik
krpač, čevljar, ki samo popravlja; šušmar

the cobbler must not go beyond his last, the cobbler must stick to his last le čevlje sodi naj kopitar
cobbler's wax čevljarska smola

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

cock² [kɔk]

1. prehodni glagol (up)
pokonci postaviti; (klobuk) na stran pomakniti; napeti petelina na puški

2. neprehodni glagol
šopiriti se

to cock one's ears z ušesi striči, prisluhniti
to cock one's eye at s.o. namigniti komu
ameriško, pogovorno to go off half cocked prenagliti se
knocked into a cocked hat onemel, osupel; popolnoma premagan
to cock one's nose nos vihati
to cock a snook osle kazati

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!

compass² [kʌ́mpəs] samostalnik
krog, obseg, obod
figurativno torišče, območje
glasba obseg glasu; ovinek, stranska pot

a pair of compasses šestilo
to be within compass biti v območju
compass card plošča kompasa
to keep within compass krotiti se
to set (ali cast, go, fetch) a compass narediti ovinek
bearing compass azimutni kompas
compass variation odklon magnetne igle

concerned [kənsə́:nd] pridevnik (concernedly [kənsé:nidli] prislov) (in za)
ki se zanima, zavzet (about, for)
zaskrbljen, nemiren; prizadet

he is not concerned to go ni mu do tega, da bi šel
to be concerned with ukvarjati se s čim
my honour is concerned gre za mojo čast

confession [kənféšən] samostalnik
priznanje
cerkev spoved; veroizpoved

to go to confession iti k spovedi
to hear confession spovedati
confession of faith veroizpoved

congress [kɔ́ŋgres] samostalnik
zbor, shod, kongres
ameriško parlament, zakonodajna skupščina

congress boot vrsta visokega čevlja
to go into congress zasedati

convent [kɔ́nvent] samostalnik
(ženski) samostan

to go into convent postati nuna

convulsion [kənvʌ́lšən] samostalnik
krč, trzavica; nemir; pretres
množina krčevit smeh, krohot

convulsion of nature potres, erupcija
to go into convulsions dobiti bolezenski napad krča

counter⁵ [káuntə] prislov
nasproti, nasprotno, proti

to run (ali go) counter upirati se; iti v nasprotni smeri, po nasprotni sledi

country¹ [kʌ́ntri] samostalnik
dežela, domovina, pokrajina; podeželje, vas
figurativno področje

parlament, britanska angleščina to appeal to the country razpustiti parlament; razpisati nove volitve; britanska angleščina, parlament raziti se
in this (ali our) country pri nas
cross country čez drn in strn
native country domovina
old country prejšnja domovina
right or wrong my country domovini se ne smemo nikdar izneveriti
in the country na deželi, na vasi
ameriško God's own country ZDA
foreign country tujina
to go up country iti v notranjost dežele
all over the country povsod

crawl² [krɔ:l] samostalnik
lazenje, plazenje; počasna hoja
šport kravl
sleng lazenje od gostilne do gostilne

to go at a crawl komaj se pomikati, lesti kot polž

crazy [kréizi] pridevnik (crazily prislov)
trhel, razmajan; nezdrav; blazen, ponorel, prismojen
pogovorno (about, with) ves nor na kaj

to drive crazy spraviti ob pamet
ameriško crazy bone za udarec občutljivo mesto na komolcu
to go crazy znoreti
crazy quilt prešita odeja iz nepravilnih ostankov blaga
crazy pavement tlak iz raznobarvnih kamnov

cropper [krɔ́pə] samostalnik
žanjec, kosec; obrezovalec; kosilnica, žetnik; padec
zoologija golšasti golob
ameriško, sleng zakupnik zemlje na delež pridelka
figurativno razočaranje

to go (ali come) a cropper pasti, propasti
a good (bad) cropper rastlina, ki dobro (slabo) obrodi

cruise [kru:z]

1. neprehodni glagol
križariti

2. samostalnik
vojska križarjenje; izlet po morju

to go on a cruise peljati se na izlet po morju

cúcek zoologija cur

odplaziti se kot polit cúcek to slink away like a beaten cur, to go away with a flea in one's ear (ali with one's tail between one's legs)

curl¹ [kə:l] samostalnik
koder, kodrček; spirala; obroček; šobljenje, zavijanje

in curl kodrast
to come (ali go) out of curl zgubiti kodre
curl of the lip vihanje ustnic

čéz over; across; past, after; beyond

čéz in čéz all over
čéz dan during the day
čéz noč during the night
čéz teden dni a week today, this day week
čéz 14 dni a fortnight today, this day fortnight
čéz 3 tedne three weeks today
čéz zimo during the winter
star čéz 50 let on the wrong (ali shady) side of fifty
biti čéz 50 let star to be over fifty
čéz 1.000 over (ali above) a thousand, a thousand odd
čéz mero excessively, inordinately
čéz vse mere beyond measure
čéz polovico a good half
čéz vse more than anything
nekaj minut čéz osmo uro a few minutes past eight
čéz hribe in doline through the length and breadth of the country
iti čéz to pass
iti čéz reko to cross the river
nič ni čéz naravo there is nothing like nature
potovati čéz Pariz to go by way of Paris, to go via Paris
prodajati vino čéz cesto to sell wine off licence

čóln boat; canoe; sloop; šport sculler, skiff, (na vesla) wherry

čóln na vesla rowing boat, ZDA rowboat
športni čóln sporting boat
majhen čóln dinghy
motorni čóln motorboat
platnen, zložljiv čóln folding canoe, collapsible boat
plitek, ploščat čóln punt, (za lov na divje race) gunning punt
velik čóln barge
velik in odprt čóln launch
torpedni čóln torpedo boat
reševalni čóln lifeboat
ribiški čóln fishing boat
gumijast čóln rubber dinghy, rubber boat
drog (kavelj) za odrivanje ali privlačenje čólnov boathook
izlet s čólnom boat trip, boating party
vožnja s čólnom boating, arhaično boatage
izposojevalnica čólnov boat hire (business)
voziti se s čólnom to go boating, to boat
prevažati kaj s čólnom to carry (ali convey ali transport) something by boat