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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

catch^*1 [kæč]

1. prehodni glagol
ujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati (at, in pri)
presenetiti; zamrzniti

2. neprehodni glagol
prijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)

to catch s.o. bending zasačiti koga
to catch s.o. a blow udariti koga
to catch one's breath zadrževati dih
to catch one's foot spotakniti se
to catch (a) cold prehladiti se
to catch a crab pregloboko z vesli udariti
to catch fire vžgati se
to catch a glimpse of s.o. bežno koga zagledati
to catch the idea (ali point) razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti misel
to catch hold of s.th. polastiti se česa, prijeti kaj
to catch it biti kaznovan
catch me! nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne pride
to catch s.o. napping zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega dela
to catch the Speaker's eye dobiti besedo (v parlamentu)
to catch a Tartar izkupiti jo
sleng you will catch it! ti bom že pokazal!

catenarian [kætinɛ́əriən] pridevnik
verižen

catenarian bridge most na verigah

cedílo colander; strainer; percolator; filter

na cedílu ostati (figurativno) to get left in the lurch
pustiti koga na cedílu to let someone down, to desert someone, to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to fail someone, to leave someone in a jam ali in a mess; to abandon someone, ZDA to go back on someone, (razočarati) to disappoint someone
ne pusti me na cedílu v sili! don't fail me now I need you!
pustiti dekle na cedílu to leave a girl in the lurch

cell [sel] samostalnik
(samostanska) celica, sobica; ječa samica
poetično grob
biologija celica
elektrika galvanski element

condemned cell samica za obsojenega na smrt

cenén cheap; low-priced; inexpensive; reasonable

na cenén (lahek) način on the cheap

cénjen (stvari) appreciated; (osebe) esteemed, respected, dear

cénjni bralec dear reader
cénjni gostje dear guests
zelo cénjen highly thought-of
cénjni gospod! (nadpis v pismu) Dear Sir, (naslov na pismu)
cénjen g. Henry Brown Mr. Henry Brown ali Henry Brown Esq.
vaše cénjno pismo your kind letter, trgovina zastarelo your favour, your esteemed letter

césta (public) road, (v mestu, vasi) street; way; ZDA (široka v velemestu) avenue

deželna césta highway, main road, VB highroad, trunk road, arterial road
glavna césta highway, highroad (between towns); high street, ZDA main street
državna césta, avtomobilska cést motorway, ZDA expressway, superhighway; (široka prehodna) thoroughfare, ZDA artery
césta v Oxford the Oxford road, the road to Oxford
stranska césta side road, (v mestu) side street
makadamizírana césta macadamized road
prometna, živahna césta busy (ali crowded) street
javna césta public road
asfaltirana césta asphalted road
z gramozom nasuta césta metalled road
tlakovana césta paved road
vijugasta césta winding road
hitra césta ZDA speedway
dobra (slaba) césta road in good (bad) repair
césta s prepovedjo parkiranja no-parking street, street closed to parking
rimska, mlečna césta astronomija galaxy, Milky Way
na césti in the street, on the street
delo na césti roadworks
gostilna ob césti roadside inn, VB žargon roadside caff
uporabnik céste road user
za promet zaprta césta! road closed to traffic!
ta césta je zaprta za promet z vozili this road is closed to vehicular traffic
césta je zagačena the road is jammed
iti po césti to go by the road
ta cesta gre (pelje, vodi) iz Londona v Southampton this road goes from London to Southampton
stanujem čez césto I live just across the street
vreči koga na césto to turn someone out, to put someone out (in the street); to send someone packing

chaff¹ [ča:f] samostalnik
pleva, rezanica
figurativno malenkost, ničvredna stvar; draženje, nagajanje

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff kapljica v morju
I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff nisem tako neumen, ne grem na limanice
to sort the wheat from the chaff ločiti zrnje od plev

chair¹ [čɛə] samostalnik
stol, sedež
ameriško električni stol; stolica, katedra; profesura; predsedstvo
ameriško predsednik

bath chair invalidski voziček
to be (ali sit) in the chair predsedovati
to address the chair obrniti se na predsedstvo (zborovanja)
to take a chair sesti
to take the chair prevzeti predsedstvo
ameriško chair car najboljši razred na železnicah
easy chair naslonjač
chair days starost
ameriško to go to the chair biti kaznovan s smrtjo na električnem stolu
ameriško chair warmer lenuh
deck chair ležalnik
to leave the chair zaključiti sejo
chair! chair! mir!
folding chair sklopni stol
to hold the chair for English biti profesor za angleščino (na univerzi)

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

chance¹ [ča:ns] samostalnik
prilika; usoda, sreča; slučaj, naključje; priložnost, možnost, verjetnost; tveganje, upanje

by chance slučajno, po naključju
on the chance that v primeru, da
on the chance of v upanju česa
to take one's chance tvegati
pogovorno to have the eye (ali to look) to the main chance biti koristoljuben
to stand a chance imeti upanje
pogovorno not a dog's (ali an earthly) chance, not a ghost of a chance niti trohica upanja
on the chance of na slepo srečo
a mere chance golo naključje
chance of arms bojna sreča
the chances are that vse kaže, da

chance² [ča:ns]

1. prehodni glagol
pogovorno tvegati, upati si, predrzniti si

2. neprehodni glagol
zgoditi se, pripetiti se, primeriti se

to chance upon s.o. naleteti na koga
he chanced to be at home slučajno je bil doma
if my letter should chance to get lost če bi se moje pismo zgubilo

chancery [čá:nsəri] samostalnik
britanska angleščina vrhovno sodišče; javni arhiv

in chancery v škripcih
bill in chancery tožba na vrhovnem sodišču
a ward in chancery mladoletnik v skrbstvu sodišča

character¹ [kǽriktə] samostalnik
znak, pisava, črka, številka; dostojatnstvo, stan, položaj; značaj; oseba, igralec, -lka; dober glas; čudak; spričevalo; opis; kakovost, lastnost

to act out of character zmesti se
to have the character for bravery (honesty) biti na glasu kot junak (poštenjak)
to be out of character ne ustrezati
to be quite a character biti nekoliko prenapet
a public character javni delavec
to see s.th. in its true character videti kaj v pravi luči
figurativno to set the character of s.th. vtisniti čemu pečat
to give s.o. a good character dati komu dobro spričevalo
out of all character popolnoma neprimeren
a strange character čudak

charge¹ [ča:dž] samostalnik
naboj; breme, obremenitev, obtežitev, tovor; naročilo, naloga, ukaz; varovanec, -nka (against)
tožba
množina stroški; taksa (of nad)
nadzorstvo, skrb (of do)
dolžnost (of za)
odgovornost; napad, naskok; znak za naskok; opomin

charge account mesečni kredit
to bear charges nositi stroške
I am at the charge of it to gre na moje stroške
to be in charge of voditi, upravljati, skrbeti za kaj
free of charge, no charge zastonj
to give in charge dati zapreti (koga)
to lay to s.o.'s charge pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti koga česa
to make a charge for s.th. zaračunati kaj
petty charges drobni stroški
to prefer a charge vložiti tožbo
to return the charge odgovoriti na napad
to take charge of s.th. zavzeti se za kaj, vzeti v varstvo
to the charge of s.o. v breme koga
heavy charges veliki stroški
charges forward po povzetju
to sound the charge dati znak za napad

chargeable [čá:džəbl] pridevnik (chargeably prislov)
obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovoren

to be chargeable with a fault biti odgovoren za napako
he became chargeable to the parish padel je občini v breme
chargeable to the account na račun
chargeable on s.o. ki ga je treba pripisati komu

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

cheese¹ [čí:z] samostalnik
sir
sleng prava reč
ameriško, sleng butec

ameriško, sleng big cheese važna oseba
green cheese mlad, nezrel sir
that's another cheese to je nekaj drugega
to believe the moon is made of cheese biti lahkoveren
domačno it's the cheese to je najboljše, to je pravo
an old rat won't eat cheese izkušen človek ne zaupa prilizovalcu, ne gre na limanice
sleng he is quite a cheese! ta je pravi!
hard cheese! kakšne nevšečnosti!

chunk² [čʌŋk] neprehodni glagol
ropotati, brneti, bobneti
ameriško, pogovorno vreči, metati; oditi, izstopiti

to chunk up naložiti (kurivo na ogenj)