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lees [li:z] samostalnik
množina usedlina, usedek
figurativno dno

to drink (ali drain) a cup to the lees izpiti do dna, figurativno izpiti kupo do dna

leg¹ [leg] samostalnik
noga, bedro, stegno; krača, bočnik; etapa (pri potovanju, letenju); hlačnica, nogavica, golenica (škornja); noga stola, mize
navtika ena smer pri cikcak vožnji; stranica trikotnika, tangenta, krak šestila
šport stran igrišča desno od metalca (kriket)

to be all legs nogat, dolgonog
to be off one's legs biti slab v nogah
to be on one's last legs biti z eno nogo v grobu, biti na koncu svojih moči
the boot is on the other leg resnica je čisto drugačna, razmere so se spremenile
to fall on one's legs postaviti se na noge, končno uspeti, imeti srečo
to feel (ali find) one's legs shoditi (otrok)
to get a leg in pridobiti zaupanje
to get upon one's legs razjeziti se, planiti kvišku
to get on one's hind legs postaviti se po robu, pripraviti se k obrambi
to give s.o. a leg up pomagati komu naprej
not to have a leg to stand on ne imeti se na kaj opreti, ne imeti opravičila
to have a bone in one's leg dati šaljiv odklonilen odgovor
to have the legs of biti hitrejši od koga
to have legs biti zelo hiter (zlasti ladja)
to have good sea legs ne dobiti morske bolezni, biti pravi mornar
to keep one's legs obdržati se na nogah
leg and leg enako stanje v igri, enako število točk
on one's (hind) legs na nogah, pri dobrem zdravju
to pull s.o.'s leg imeti koga za norca, šaliti se s kom
to put one's best leg foremost pohiten
to run s.o. off his legs nalagati komu prevež dela, obremeniti koga z delom
to set s.o. on his legs pomagati komu na noge
arhaično to make a leg prikloniti se
to shake a leg britanska angleščina, pogovorno plesati, ameriško, sleng pohiteti, podvizati se
to shake a loose leg razuzdano živeti
to show a leg vstati
to show a clean pair of legs zbežati
to stand on one's own legs biti samostojen, postaviti se na lastne noge
to stretch one's legs iti na sprehod
to take to one's legs popihati jo
to walk s.o. off his legs utruditi koga s hojo
black-leg slepar, stavkokaz

lêglo litter; brood; breed; (zla) hotbed, breedingplace, nest; figurativno haunt

lêglo kač brood of snakes
lêglo zločina a hotbed of crime
lêglo bolezni the main or primary site (ali nidus) of a disease

lékcija lesson

dajati (jemati) učne lékcije to give (to take) lessons
jemati francoske lékcije pri X-u to take lessons in French from X
dati komu lékcijo (figurativno) to teach someone a lesson
začeti z lékcijami to start lessons
dobil sem svojo lékcijo (figurativno) I've learnt (ali had) my lesson
to je bila dobra lékcija zame this was a good lesson for me
dobil je lékcijo, ki jo bo dobro pomnil he's had a lesson he won't forget in a hurry

léksikon lexicon; glossary

geografski léksikon gazetteer
on je živ léksikon (figurativno) he is a mine of information, he's a walking dictionary (ali encyclopedia)

lend^* [lend] prehodni glagol
posoditi (to komu)
dati (npr. poudarek čemu); prispevati

to lend one's aid to s.th. nuditi čemu podporo, podpreti kaj
to lend a blow udariti
to lend s.o. a box on the ear prisoliti komu zaučnico
to lend (an) ear; ali one's ears poslušati
to lend s.o. a (helping) hand (with) pomagati komu (pri)
to lend o.s. to s.th. spustiti se v kaj, odobravati, pristati na kaj
it lends itself to to je primerno za

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?

Lent² [lent] samostalnik
post (čas)
množina spomladansko veslaško prvenstvo Cambridga

Lent lily (ali rose) narcisa
Lent term trimester med Novim letom in Veliko nočjo

leopard [lépəd] samostalnik
zoologija leopard

American leopard jaguar
hunting leopard gepard
black leopard črni panter
snow leopard tibetanski ali sibirski snežni panter
leopard cat bengalska mačka
figurativno can the leopard change his spots? značaj se ne spreminja, iz svoje kože ne moreš

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!

lepák bill, poster; placard

reklamni lepák (advertising) poster
volilni lepák election poster
papir za lepáke poster paper
lepilec lepákov billposter, billsticker
nalepiti lepák to post a bill (ali a placard), to placard, (brez dovoljenja) to flypost
objaviti na lepáku to placard
deska za lepáke billboard, hoarding

lepotíčiti to embellish; to attire; to adorn; to trim; (obraz) to paint, to make up

lepotíčiti se (obraz) to paint, to make up, to use make-up (ali cosmetics)

lés wood

stavbni, tesarski lés timber
gradbeni lés (building) timber, ZDA lumber
gnil lés rotten wood
suh lés seasoned timber
rezani lés sawn timber
vezan lés plywood
mehek lés softwood
trd lés hardwood
jamski lés pitwood, pitprop
beli lés white wood
obdelava lésa wood working
obdelovalec lésa woodworker, wood carver
sečnja lésa wood felling
impregnacija lésa wood impregnation
vrste lésa species pl of wood
lésu podoben ligniform, ligneous, woody, woodlike
sladki lés botanika liquorice
žagan lés sawn wood
mlad, nov lés green wood
umeten lés artificial wood
sečni lés mature wood
hrastov lés oak, oak wood, oak timber
trgovati z lésom to deal in wood, to trade as a timber merchant
on je malo čez lés (figurativno, žargon) he is up the pole (ali round the bend)

lesén² wood, wooden, made of wood; figurativno stiff, clumsy, awkward

leséna koča, koliba wooden hut
lesén čevelj wooden shoe, (cokla) sabot, clog
leséna lopa wooden shed
leséna hiša wooden (ali timber) house; ZDA frame house
lesén gradbeni oder wooden (building workers') scaffold
leséno kladivo mallet
lesén moznik, klin wooden plug; dowel
leséna obloga wooden lining (ali facing, revetment)
leséna prevleka wooden covering
lesén pòd wooden floor
lesén opaž wainscot(t)ing
leséno pihalno glasbilo woodwind instrument
leséno ohišje (radijskega aparata) wood cabinet
leséna rešetka, mreža wooden lattice
lesén stol wooden stool, (nizek) ZDA cricket
lesén stolp wooden tower
lesén strop panel(l)ed wood ceiling
lesén (cestni) tlak woodenpavement
lesén tram, leséno bruno timber (ali wooden) beam

lésk lustre; brilliance, -cy; gloss

brez léska lustreless
da(ja)ti čemu léska to throw (ali to shed) lustre on something, to lustre something

less² [les] prislov (primernik od little)
manj, manj pomembno

a less known author manj znan avtor
less and less vse manj
still (ali much) less še mnogo manj, kaj šele
the less so as tem manj ker
none the less kljub temu, vseeno
no less (than) nič manj, nihče manj (od)
not the less nič manj
more or less več ali manj

lesson¹ [lesn] samostalnik
lekcija, naloga; učna ura, pouk (tudi figurativno)
figurativno lekcija, graja
cerkev nauk
množina učenje, študij

to give (take) lessons dajati (jemati) učne ure
this was a lesson to me to me je izučilo
let this be a lesson to you naj ti bo to v pouk
to teach (ali read) s.o. a lesson učiti koga kozjih molitvic
cerkev first lesson (brani) odlomek iz stare zaveze
cerkev second lesson (brani) odlomek iz nove zaveze
cerkev proper lesson dnevu primeren odlomek iz sv. pisma

léstva ladder

léstva iz vrvi rope ladder, Jacob's ladder
raztezna léstva extending (ali extension) ladder
kljukasta požarna léstva pompier ladder, fireman's ladder
požarna vrtljiva léstva turntable ladder (used in firefighting)
telovadna léstva wall ladder
napadalna léstva zgodovina scaling-ladder
léstva na vozu rack
klin, prečka léstve rung (of a ladder)
léstva k uspehu ladder to success
iti, lesti po léstvi to climb a ladder

let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

letálo aeroplane, plane, ZDA airplane; aircraft; flying machine; (veliko tudi) ship

letálo taksi taxiplane
enomotorno, večmotorno letálo one-engined, multiengined airplane
borbeno, bojno letálo fighter plane, fighter, strike aircraft
bombno letálo, bombnik bomber plane, bomber
enosedežno letálo single seater
izvidno letálo scout
lovsko letálo, lovec fighter, interceptor
potniško letálo passenger plane, airliner
hitro potniško letálo high speed passenger airplane
jadralno letálo glider, sailplane
raketno nadzvočno letálo supersonic rocket-powered airplane
vodno letálo seaplane, hydroplane
lahko letálo light aircraft, ZDA vojska žargon grasshopper
veliko, linijsko letálo airliner
letálo na dolge proge long-range plane
gigantsko letálo giant airplane
poštno letálo mail plane
reaktivno letálo jet plane, jet
tovorno letálo air-freighter, freight plane
sanitetno letálo ambulance plane
serijsko letálo production plane
brezrepno letálo tailless airplane
poskusno letálo test plane
letalonosilsko letálo carrier-borne aircraft
transportno letálo transport plane, ZDA sky truck
matično letálo supply plane
v letálu, na letálu aboard
raketno letálo rocket plane, jetrocket plane, rocket-propelled airplane
oborožitev letála armament of an aircraft
posadka letála flight crew, aircrew
tovarna letal aircraft factory, aircraft plant
trup letála fuselage, body, frame
razbitine letála aircraft wreckage
padec, zrušitev letála (brez mrtvih ali težko poškodovanih) crack-up, (z mrtvimi) (plane) crash
sestreliti letálo to bring down an aircraft
ugrabitelj letála hijacker (of an airliner)
ugrabiti letálo to hijack an airliner
ugrabitev letála hijacking
letálo za polete v veliki višini stratocruiser