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kúra¹ zoologija hen

vodna kúra water hen, moorhen
iti s kúrami spat pogovorno to turn in early
tudi slepa kúra zrno najde (figurativno) even an unskilled (ali stupid) person is sometimes favoured by luck, pogovorno mugs for luck ➞ kokoš

kúra² medicina cure; course of treatment

to je temeljita kúra it is a safe (ali sure) treatment
napraviti grozdno kúro to take a grape-cure

kurjáva kúrjenje heating; pogovorno heat

centralna kurjáva, kúrjenje central heating (system); warming
vključiti kurjáva, kúrjenje to turn on the radiator (ali heat)
izkljčiti kurjáva, kúrjenje to turn off the heat
kurjáva, kúrjenje s premogom coal firing
kurjáva, kúrjenje s tekočim kurivom oil firing

kúrji

kúrja juha chicken broth, chicken soup
kúrje oko medicina corn(s pl) (on feet)
kúrja polt gooseflesh, goose pimples
stopiti komu na kúrje oko to tread on someone's corns
operater za kúrja očesa chiropodist
kúrja polt me oblije I feel my flesh creep
kúrjo polt dobivam it makes my flesh creep (ali crawl)

kúrz (potek, tek) course

menjalni kúrz denarja exchange rate, rate of exchange
kupiti po dnevnem kúrzu to buy at the price of the day; (učni tečaj) course of instruction; course of lectures
nadaljevalni kúrz (za odrasle) extension course
risarski kúrz course in drawing (ali draughtsmanship)
udeležujem se kúrza I am taking a course

kúžen infectious; pestilential; contagious, catching; miasmal, miasmatic; epidemic, epidemical; (okužen) tainted

kúžna bolezen a contagious disease
kúžen zrak infected (ali poisoned, miasmal) air
kúžno znamenje arhaično plague spot (skin blemish as sign of infection)

kvadráten square; quadratic

kvadrátna enačba quadratic equation
nauk o kvadrátnih enačbah quadratics pl
kvadrátni koren matematika square root
izvleči kvadrátni koren to extract a (ali the) square root
kvadrátni meter square metre
kvadrátno število square number
kvadrátni okvir square frame.

kvár damage; harm; disadvantage; detriment; prejudice

v kvár mu je it is to his disadvantage (ali prejudice)
v kvár iti to be spoilt, to suffer damage, to get damaged

kváriti to spoil; to damage, to ruin; to mar; (moralno) to deprave, to pervert, to corrupt, to taint, to vitiate

kváriti se to be spoilt(marred), (živež) to perish, to rot, to taint, to deteriorate, to decay
vročina kvari ribe the fish goes off in the heat, the heat taints the fish
to sadje se kvari this fruit is perishable (ali does not keep)
kváriti komu tek to spoil someone's appetite
kváriti zrak to pollute the air
kváriti si oči z branjem pri sveči to spoil one's eyes reading by candlelight
ta film kvari okus občinstva that film corrupts public taste

kvórum quorum

imeti kvórum (biti sklepčen) to be (ali to constitute) a quorum

laboratory [ləbɔ́rətri, lǽbrətri] samostalnik
laboratorij, kabinet, delavnica

laboratory assistant laborant(ka)
figurativno laboratory of the mind (ali ideas) kritična misel, možgani

labo(u)r² [léibə]

1. neprehodni glagol
(težko) delati (at pri, za)
truditi se, mučiti se, boriti se (for za)
prebijati se, z muko napredovati (along)
težko se prebijati (through skozi)
močno se zibati (ladja)
medicina imeti porodne popadke
arhaično & poetično obdelovati (zemljo)

2. prehodni glagol
podrobno obdelati, dolgovezno razgljabljati

labo(u)ring man delavec
to labo(u)r a point dolgovezno razpredati
to labo(u)r under a delusion napačno domnevati
to labo(u)r under difficulties boriti se s težavami
to pull (ali ply, tug) the labo(u)ring oar opravljati glavno delo

lachrymal [lǽkriməl]

1. pridevnik
solzen

2. samostalnik
množina, anatomija solznice
zgodovina steklenička za zbiranje solz (v poganskih grobovih)

lachrymal duct (ali canal) solzovod
lachrymal gland solznica (žleza)
lachrymal sac solznik, solzna vrečica

láčen hungry; (pohlepen) greedy, covetous; (česa of, for, something)

láčen sem kot volk I am as hungry as a wolf; (gladujoč) famished, starving; (izstradan) starved
láčnemu vse diši (gre vse v tek) nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach
biti silno láčen to be starving, to be ravenously hungry, to have a wolf in one's stomach, to have a raging (ali ravenous) appetite

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

ládja ship; (velika) vessel; (splošno, kolektivno) craft; (majhna) boat; pesniško argosy

cerkvena ládja nave
na ládji on board, on shipboard
sprednji (zadnji) del ládje bow (stern)
(žepna) bojna ládja (pocket) battleship
vojna ládja warsip, naval unit, man-of-war
bolniška ládja hospital ship
linijska ládja liner
potniška ládja passenger ship, passenger steamer
oskrbovalna ládja supply ship
ládja neredne plovbe za tovor tramp, (za premog) collier
prevozna ládja transport ship
šolska ládja training ship
trgovska ládja merchant ship, merchantman, pl merchantmen
petrolejska ládja (tanker) oil tanker
ládja na paro steamboat, steamer, steamship
ládja na lopate paddle steamer
ládj topničarka gunboat
zračna ládja airship, air liner
pomožna ládja auxiliary ship
roparska ládja pirate ship
poštna ládja mail boat
ribiška ládja fishing boat, trawler
gradnja ladij shipbuilding
graditelj ladij shipwright, shipbuilder
potovanje z ládjo, na ládji voyage
razbita, brodolomska ládja wreck
splovitev (krst) ládje launching (naming) of a ship
ládja na nafto oil-burner
ládja dolge plovbe ocean-going vessel
ládja je na poti (plove, je namenjena) v... the ship is bound for...
ládja je doživela brodolom, se je razbila the ship has been wrecked
dati ládjo v dok to dock a vessel
najeti ládjo to charter a ship
ládja je dobila luknjo the ship has sprung a leak
sploviti ládjo to launch a ship (ali a vessel)
privezati ládjo (z vrvmi) to moor a ship
ládja je v stiski the ship is in distress
ládja se je potopila the ship has sunk, the ship has gone down (ali to the bottom)
ládja se je prevrnila the ship has capsized
razstaviti, demontirati ládjo to break up a ship
vkrcati se na ládjo to board, to go aboard, to embark, arhaično to take ship (za for)
biti na ládji to be on board (ali on board ship, on shipboard)
zapustiti ládjo to abandon ship
zapeljati ládjo na sipino to run a ship aground

lady¹ [léidi] samostalnik
gospa, dama; plemkinja; naslov za žene angl. plemičev (nižjih od vojvod) in hčerke vojvod, markizov in grofov; gospodarica
poetično ženska
vulgarno & arhaično žena, soproga, zaročenka, draga, ljubljenka; za označevanje poklicev ženskega spola (lady-doctor zdravnica, lady-president predsednica)

pogovorno his young lady njegovo dekle
lady of the house hišna gospodarica
lady of the manor graščakinja
our sovereign lady naša kraljica
your good lady tvoja žena
šaljivo the old lady moja "stara"
Our Lady Naša Gospa, mati božja
lady of bedchamber dvorna dama
Lady Mayoress gospa županja
lady of easy virtue (ali of pleasure) vlačuga
my dear (ali good) lady draga gospa
a lady's (ali ladies') man ljubljenec žensk
ameriško ladies' room javno stranišče za ženske
the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street angleška narodna banka
Lady Bountiful dobra vila

lagáti to lie (komu to someone); to tell lies; to belie; to speak untruths; pogovorno to tell fibs, to fib; evfemizem to be economical with the truth; (pretiravati) to talk tall, to exaggerate, to stretch (ali to colour) the truth, to draw the long bow

lagal sem mu I lied to him
debelo to lie in (ali through) one's back teeth
on mi laže v obraz he lies to my face
laže tako, da sam sebi verjame he lies like a book
laže, kot pes teče she's a bare-faced liar, he lies like a gas-meter, arhaično he can spin a twister

láhek (po teži) light, weightless; lightweight; (netežaven) easy, not difficult

láhka atletika (light) athletics pl, games pl, track and field sports
láhki atlet athlete
láhko breme light burden
láhka hrana light food
láhek korak light tread, soft steps pl
láhka cigara (tobak) mild cigar (tobacco)
láhka konjenica light cavalry
láhka poškodba, rana light (ali flesh) wound
láhka roka light hand
láhka križarka light cruiser
láhko spanje light sleep
láhko noč! good night!
láhek slog easy (ali fluent) style
láhka teža (pri boksu) lightweight
láhka zmaga (figurativno) walkover
láhko vino light wine
bodi mu láhka zemlja! may the earth rest light on him!, may he rest in peace!
to je otročje láhko it is as easy as pie
načrt je otročje láhak the plan is foolproof
sedaj láhkó greš! you may go now!
láhka ženska (figurativno) fickle woman
z láhkim srcem with a light heart

lake² [léik] samostalnik
jezero

the Great Lake Atlantik
the Great Lakes velika jezera med Kanado in ZDA
the Lakes; ali Lake District slikovit planinski okraj z mnogimi jezeri v severozapadni Angliji
lake poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey (pesniki, ki so živeli v tem okraju)