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  • butter1 [bʌ́tə] samostalnik
    maslo
    figurativno dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje

    he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
    to quarrel with one's bread and butter godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovati
    melted butter topljeno maslo
    rank butter žarko, pokvarjeno maslo
    bread and butter kruh z maslom
  • buy*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
    kupiti; podkupiti
    figurativno drago plačati

    to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
    to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
    pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
    I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
    to buy and sell trgovati
  • by1 [bai] predlog
    blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

    by the advice of po nasvetu koga
    by all means vsekakor
    by air z letalom
    by appearance po videzu
    by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
    by birth po rodu
    by blood po izvoru, po rodu
    by boat z ladjo
    by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
    by chance po naključju, slučajno
    by day podnevi
    by the day na dan (natanko)
    day by day dan za dnevom
    by degrees postopoma
    by my desire po moji želji
    by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
    by the dozen na ducate
    by experience po izkušnji
    by far veliko bolj
    by force nasilno
    by George! pri moji veri!
    by heart na pamet
    by the hour na uro
    by hundreds na stotine
    by itself samo zase
    by Jove! pri moji veri!
    by law po zakonu
    by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
    by letter pismeno, s pismom
    ameriško by mail po pošti
    I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
    by no means nikakor ne
    by means of s pomočjo, s
    by mistake pomotoma
    by name po imenu
    by nature po naravi
    by next month do prihodnjega meseca
    by now sedaj, že, medtem
    one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
    by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
    by order po naročilu
    by post po pošti
    by profession po poklicu
    by rail z železnico
    by reason of zaradi
    by right po pravici
    by sea po morju, z ladjo
    side by side drug poleg drugega
    by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
    by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
    by trade po poklicu
    to travel by London potovati prek Londona
    by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
    two by two, by twos po dva
    by my watch po moji uri
    by the way mimogrede, približno
    by word of mouth ustno
    by way of trial za poskus
    by a year younger leto mlajši
    two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine
  • by2 [bai] prislov
    blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

    by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
    close by čisto zraven
    to go by iti mimo
    hard by čisto poleg
    by and large nasploh
    to lay by prihraniti
    to pass by mimo iti
    figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
    to put by prihraniti
    to stand by nič ne delati
    to set by prihraniti
  • cake1 [keik] samostalnik
    pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

    my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
    cake and ale veselje, zabava
    to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
    you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
    I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
    it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
    domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
    that takes the cake to presega vse
  • camp1 [kæmp] samostalnik
    tabor, taborišče, šotorišče, začasno bivališče; šotorjenje
    figurativno vojaško življenje

    to break up (ali strike) a camp zapustiti, pospraviti taborišče
    concentration camp koncentracijsko taborišče
    camp follower marketandar(ica); vojaška prostitutka
    to pitch a camp utaboriti se
    in the same camp enakih misli
    courts and camps dvorsko in vojaško življenje
  • can2 [kæn] samostalnik
    kovinska posoda, lonec, čutara, ročka, vedro
    ameriško pločevinasta konserva
    ameriško straniščna školjka
    sleng ječa
    sleng, množina slušalke

    to be cup and can biti velika prijatelja
    you'll carry the can za to boš še plačal
  • candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
    sveča; svetloba sveče

    to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
    not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
    the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
    to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
    with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
    not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
    to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi
  • cap1 [kæp] samostalnik
    čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

    cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
    to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
    a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
    the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
    to get one's cap postati član kluba
    cap in hand proseče
    his cap is on one side slabe volje je
    cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
    night cap napitek pred spanjem
    to pull caps prepirati se
    to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
    to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
    she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
    cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
    fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
    steel cap čelada
    cap and gown akademska noša
  • cápa rag; tatter; shred

    cápe pl old clothes, rags and tatters pl
    v cápah torn to shreds, in tatters
  • capital1 [kǽpitl] pridevnik (capitally prislov)
    glaven; smrten (kazen); odličen, velik, izvrsten, nenavaden; osnoven; tehten

    capital city glavno mesto
    capital fellow fant od fare
    capital goods proizvodna sredstva
    capital offence (ali crime) hudodelstvo
    capital letter velika črka, velika začetnica
    capital punishment smrtna kazen
    capital ship bojna ladja, križarka
    capital levy davek iz imovine
    capital and labour delodajalci in delojemalci
  • carriage [kɛ́əridž] samostalnik
    nošenje, prenos; dovoz; voznina; voz, kočija, vagon; lafeta; šasija; vedenje, drža; izvršitev, izpolnitev

    bill of carriage tovorni list
    carriage and pair dvovprežna kočija
    carriage and four četverovprežna kočija
    to change carriages presesti
    carriage paid (ali free) franko
  • carry2 [kǽri]

    1. prehodni glagol
    nositi, nesti; s seboj vzeti, peljati, prevažati; donašati, obroditi; doseči; podpirati, pospeševati; zmagati; zaslediti; izglasovati, sprejeti

    2. neprehodni glagol
    segati; aportirati, nesti
    sleng nadaljevati

    to carry all before one imeti velik uspeh, biti zelo priljubljen, premagati vse zapreke
    to carry coals to Newcastle zaman se truditi, vodo v morje nositi
    to carry the day zmagati
    to carry the House navdušiti, zase pridobiti parlament
    to carry into effect izvršiti
    to carry o.s. vesti, obnašati se
    to carry one's point uveljaviti svoj nazor
    to carry a thing too far iti predaleč, pretiravati
    to carry things (off) with a high hand domišljavo se vesti
    to carry too many guns biti premočen nasprotnik
    to carry weight biti vpliven, narediti vtis
    to carry in stock imeti na zalogi
    to carry a town z naskokom zavzeti mesto
    to fetch and carry prinesti, aportirati; biti pokoren, vršiti podrejeno službo
    to carry hearers (ali audience) with one navdušiti poslušalce
    carried unanimously soglasno sprejeto
  • 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
  • cavalier1 [kævəlíə] samostalnik
    jezdec, vitez
    zgodovina rojalist; ljubimec, kavalir

    Cavaliers and Roundheads rojalisti in puritanci
  • 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
  • chapter1 [čǽptə] samostalnik
    poglavje; izglasovani zakon; kapitelj, zbor kanonikov

    a chapter of accidents ena nesreča za drugo
    to the end of the chapter do samega konca
    to give chapter and verse natanko citirati, dokazati resničnost poročila
    enough on that chapter! pustimo to!
  • chattel [čǽtl] samostalnik
    premičnina
    arhaično suženj

    goods and chattels vse premoženje, vsa ropotija
  • 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
  • chequered [čékəd] pridevnik
    kockast, karirast; pester, pisan; spremenljiv

    chequered fortune sreča opoteča
    chequered light and shade polsenca