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ljúb dear; (v pridigah) dearly beloved

zaradi ljúbega miru for peace and quiet, for a quiet life
karkoli ti je ljúbo anything you like (ali please)
stori to meni na ljúbo do if for my sake, do it to please me
napravi, kar ti je ljúbo! do as you like
tebi na ljúbo bom to naredil I shall do it to please you
ljúbo bi mi bilo, če... I should like (ali appreciate) it if...
kava mi je ljubša kot čaj I prefer coffee to tea
ta roman je moja najljubša knjiga this novel is my favourite book
najljubše opravilo (»konjiček«) hobby

ljubíti to love; to be fond of; to like, to be attached (to)

če se ti ljubi if you feel like (it), if you've a mind to!
ljubi se mi I feel like..., I have a mind (ali a wish) to
ne ljubi se mi I don't feel like..., I have no wish to...
ne ljubi se mi iti v kino I don't feel like going to the cinema, I have no wish (ali I have no mind, I am not disposed) to go to the cinema
ljubíti se to love each other (one another)
kdor ljubi, ta kaznuje spare the rod and spoil the child

ljubosúmen jealous (na of); envious (of)

ljubosúmen soprog a jealous husband
ljubosúmen na bratovo slavo jealous (ali envious) of his brother's renown (ali celebrity)
ljubosúmen je na njen uspeh he is jealous of her success

ljúdski people's, popular; folk(-); national

ljúdska demokracija people's democracy
ljúdska država people's state, republic
ljúdski blagor public welfare
ljúdska fronta zgodovina popular Front
ljúdska glasba folk music
ljúdski govornik popular speaker
ljúdski glas voice of the people
ljúdsko glasovanje plebiscite, referendum
ljúdska izdaja (knjige) popular edition
ljúdska kuhinja soup-kitchen
ljúdska noša national costume
ljúdska pesem folk song
ljúdski pesnik popular poet, national poet
ljúdska pripovedka folk tale
ljúdski ples folk dance
krajevni ljúdski odbor local people's committee
ljúdski izraz popular expression
ljúdska stranka people's party
ljúdsko štetje census
izvesti ljúdsko štetje to hold a census
ljúdski tožilec public prosecutor
ljúdska šola primary school, zgodovina elementary school, ZDA grade school
ljúdska knjižnica public library, free library
ljúdski upor revolution, rising
ljúdska univerza institute for adult education (ali extra-mural studies)
ljúdska veselica public merrymaking
ljúdski zastopnik, predstavnik representative of the people, deputy
ljúdsko zborovanje public meeting
ljúdska oblast, vlada people's government, government by the people

loaded [lóudid] pridevnik
natovorjen, naložen, natlačen, obremenjen; nabit (puška)
ameriško, sleng pijan

loaded cane (ali stick) s težko kovino napolnjena palica (orožje)
loaded dice obtežene igralne kocke (zaradi goljufije pri igri)
figurativno the dice are loaded against him slabo mu kaže, nič dobrega se mu ne obeta
loaded wine ponarejeno vino; z omamilom pomešano vino

loaf¹ [louf] samostalnik
hlebec, štruca; čok sladkorja
britanska angleščina glava (zeljnata, salate)
sleng buča (glava)

half a loaf is better than no bread bolje malo ko nič
figurativno loaves and fishes osebni dobiček, korist (kot razlog za opravljanje javne službe ali izpoved vere)

loaf⁴ [louf]

1. neprehodni glagol
pohajkovati, postopati, lenariti

2. prehodni glagol (away)
zapravljati čas

pogovorno to loaf on s.as. zapravljati čas na račun ali stroške drugega

loblolly [lɔ́blɔli] samostalnik
botanika južnoameriški bor; gosta ovsena kaša

navtika loblolly boy (ali man) pomočnik ladijskega zdravnika

ločítev separation, disjunction; severance; (slovo) leaving, parting; (zakona) divorce

ločítev od postelje in mize separation from bed and board
tožba za ločítev zakona suit for divorce, divorce suit
sodna ločítev (zakona) judicial separation
doseči ločítev to obtain a separation order
ura ločítve hour of parting (ali leave-taking), time to part
verska ločítev (razkol) schism
ločítev od separation from, severance from

log¹ [lɔg] samostalnik
hlod, klada, (posekano) deblo, dolgi les
navtika brzinomer na ladji, ladijski dnevnik
avstralsko, sleng, množina zapor

in the log neobtesan (deblo)
like a log kot klada
to fall like a log pasti kot klada
to sleep like a log spati kot polh
King Log nesposoben človek na visokem položaju
politika roll my log and I'll roll yours roka roko umiva
ameriško to roll a log for s.o. napraviti komu uslugo
ameriško as easy as falling off a log otročje lahko
log of wood seženjsko poleno
navtika to heave (ali throw) the log meriti brzino ladje

loggerhead [lɔ́gəhed] samostalnik
butec; priprava za topljenje smole
zoologija vrsta grlice

at loggerheads with v prepiru s kom
to fall (ali get, go) to loggerheads spreti se, stepsti se
loggerhead turtle vrsta karete (želva); primitivna potapljaška priprava

lógíka logic

ženska lógíka (figurativno) female logic (ali feminine intuition)

lók geometrija arc; (obok) arch; (zavoj) curve, bend, turn; (orožje, violinski) bow

napeti lók to bend (ali to draw) the bow
(pre)napenjati lók (figurativno) to push things to extremes
strelec z lókom archer, bowman, pl -men
streljanje z lókom archery
sprožiti lók to discharge a bow, to shoot an arrow
brenkati z lókom to twang
doba uporabe lóka in puščice (strelice) age of the bow and arrow
on preveč napenja lók (figurativno) he claims too much, he aims too high, he has ideas over his station

lóm break, breakage, breaking; (kosti) fracture; rupture

lóm v litini cast-metal scrap
lóm svetlobe (žarkov) refraction (ali diffraction) of light (of rays)

long¹ [lɔŋ] pridevnik
dolg; dolgotrajen, dolgovezen
pravno časovno odmaknjen
(tudi ekonomija) dolgoročen
ekonomija čakajoč na zvišanje cen

long arm dolga roka, oblast
to make a long arm iztegniti roko po čem
at long bowls borba na daljavo
ameriško long bit kovanec za 15 centov
as broad as it is long vseeno
a long chair ležalnik
by a long chalk in že kako
not by a long chalk kje neki
long clay dolga pipa
ekonomija a long date dolg rok
long dozen 13 kosov
a long drink pijača iz visokega kozarca
long ears neumnost
little pitchers have long ears otroci vse slišijo
a long family mnogoštevilna družina
the long finger sredinec
long in the finger tatinski, dolgoprst
a long face kisel, žalosten obraz
a long figure (ali price) visoka cena
a long guess negotova domneva
long hundred 120 kosov
long hundredweight angleški cent (50,8 kg)
to have a long head biti preudaren, bister, daljnoviden
long home grob
long haul prevoz ali promet na veliko daljavo
šport long jump skok v daljino
it is a long lane that has no turning nobena stvar ne traja večno, vsaki nesreči je enkrat kraj
long measure dolžinska mera
two long miles dve dobri milji
ekonomija to be on the long side of the market; ali to be long of the market špekulirati na višje cene
to make a long nose pokazati osle
long odds neenaka stava
long in oil bogat z oljem, z mnogo olja
it is long odds that stavim l proti 100
a long purse globok žep, mnogo denarja
navtika, sleng longpig človeško meso (hrana ljudožrcev)
gentlemen of the long robe pravniki, odvetniki
in the long run končno, konec koncev
long sight daljnovidnost (tudi figurativno)
of long standing dolgoleten, star
to be (ali take) a long time in dolgo potrebovati za
Long Tom daljnosežen top
to have a long tongue imeti dolg jezik
long in the tooth starejša, kakor hoče priznati
long vacation letni oddih, poletne počitnice
to have a long wind imeti dobra pljuča, dobro teči, figurativno dolgovezno govoriti
to take long views misliti na posledice
a long way round velik ovinek

long² [lɔŋ] prislov
dolgo

as (ali so) long as dokler, samo če
long after dolgo potem
long ago zdavnaj
not long ago pred kratkim
as long ago as 1900 že l. 1900.
long before že zdavnaj prej
long since že davno
all day long ves dan
so long! na svidenje!
don't be long ne pomudi se
to be long in doing s.th. potrebovati mnogo časa za kaj napraviti
I won't be long ne bom dolgo odsoten
he won't be long for this world ne bo več dolgo živel
no (ali not any) longer nič več, ne delj
to hold out longer dlje zdržati

look¹ [luk] samostalnik
pogled (at)
(ednina ali množina) izraz (obraza), videz, podoba

good looks lepota
to have (ali take) a look at s.th. pogledati kaj
to cast (ali throw) a look at s.o. ošiniti koga s pogledom
to give s.th. a second look še enkrat ali natančneje kaj pogledati
let's have a look round razglejmo se
to take on a severe look strogo pogledati
there was an ugly look on his face preteče je gledal
I do not like the look of it zadeva se mi ne dopade
to wear the look of izgledati kot

look² [luk]

1. neprehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, motriti, ogledovati (at)
pogovorno strmeti, čuditi se; biti videti, zdeti se; kazati (to, towards na kaj)
figurativno obrniti, nameriti, usmeriti (pogled, pozornost; at)
paziti (to na)
skrbeti (that da)
gledati (that da how kako)
upati, pričakovati; gledati na, biti obrnjen proti (to, towards)

2. prehodni glagol
gledati, pogledati, (s pogledom) izraziti

look here! poglej, poslušaj!
don't look like that ne glej tako, ne delaj takega obraza
look before you glej pred sebe
look and see sam poglej, sam se prepričaj
look you! pomisli!, pazi!, glej!
it looks promising videti je obetajoče
things look bad for him slabo mu kaže
he looks it videti je tak
it looks as if (ali as though) videti je, ko da bi
to look alive podvizati se
to look askance po strani gledati
to look o.s. again popraviti se (po bolezni itd.)
she does not look her age ne kaže svojih let
to look one's best pokazati se v najboljši luči
to look black (at s.o.) biti videti jezen (mrko koga gledati)
to look blue biti videti otožen, nesrečen
to look back nazaj pogledati, pomisliti na
he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth videti je, ko da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to look compassion at s.o. sočutno koga gledati
a cat may look at a king še mačka lahko pogleda kralja
to look daggers at s.o. z očmi koga prebadati
to look s.o. in the eyes gledati komu v oči
to look in the face pogledati čemu v obraz, videti kaj v pravi luči
to look death in the face gledati smrti v oči
to look a gift horse in the mouth; ali to look a horse trade in the tushes gledati podarjenemu konju na zobe
let him look at home naj pometa pred svojim pragom
to look like biti videti kot, biti podoben
he looks like my brother podoben je mojemu bratu
it looks like snow kaže na sneg
he looks like winning kaže, da bo zmagal
I look to live many years here pričakujem, da bom dolgo živel tukaj
to look one's last at s.o. zadnjič koga pogledati
look before you leap ne prenagli se, dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to look round ogledati si
to look on the dark side of things biti črnogled
to look on the sunny side of things biti optimističen
to look sharp (with) pohiteti, podvizati se (s čim)
to look small pokazati se v slabi luči, napraviti slab vtis
to stop to look at a fence obotavljati se (kadar te čaka kaj neprijetnega)
to look one's thanks zahvaljevati se z očmi

look down neprehodni glagol
gledati dol

to look down on; ali to look down one's nose at zviška koga gledati, zaničevati
to look down one's nose gledati s prikrito jezo

look for neprehodni glagol
iskati, pričakovati, upati na kaj

to look for a needle in a haystack (ali in a bundle of hay) zaman iskati
not looked-for nepričakovano
to look high and low for vse preiskati, vse pretakniti