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kráva cow

kráva mlekarica milk cow, dairy cow
molzna kráva milch cow (tudi figurativno), milker
breja kráva a cow with (ali in) calf
ponoči je vsaka kráva črna all cats are grey in the dark
nikoli nisva skupaj kráv pasla (figurativno) he's no partner of mine
to ti pristoji kot krávi sedlo (figurativno) it fits you like a top hat on a telegraph pole, it does not suit you at all

kríplje

na vse kríplje with all one's might, to the utmost of one's power
na vse kríplje sem se trudil I left no stone unturned, I took all pains imaginable, I tried my utmost, I did everything possible
prizadevajoč si na vse kríplje going all out (ali flat out)

krívda guilt; fault

priznanje krívde plea of guilty
ni moja krívda it is not my fault, it's no fault of mine
čigava krívda je? whose fault is it?
dokazati komu krívdo to convict someone
vzeti krívdo nase to bear the blame
obtoženec je trdovratno zanikal krívdo the accused persisted in denying his guilt
zvaliti krívdo na koga to put te guilt on someone, žargon to let someone take the rap

kúpen buying

kúpna cena purchase price (ali money)
kúpna moč buying power, purchasing power
kúpni pogoji conditions pl of purchase
kúpna pogodba contract of sale, sales contract
kúpna obveznost obligation to buy
brez kúpne obveznosti (obveznosti nakupa)! free inspection invited!; no obligation to buy!

lack¹ [læk] samostalnik
pomanjkanje, stiska, potreba

for lack of zaradi pomanjkanja česa
no lack of dovolj česa, obilje česa

lájati to bark (na at), (bevskati) to yelp; to bay

on bolj laja kot grize his bark is worse than his bite
pes, ki laja, ne grize great barkers are no biters

lane [léin] samostalnik
podeželska cesta, kolovoz, ozka ulica; špalir; redna pomorska (zračna) linija
šport proga za tek

it is a long lane that has no turning nobena nesreča ne traja večno, enkrat se vse obrne
to make (ali form) a lane napraviti špalir
sleng red lane grlo
Drury Lane; ali the Lane znano gledališče v Londonu

laughing [lá:fiŋ]

1. pridevnik (laughingly prislov)
smejoč, nasmejan, smešen

2. samostalnik
smeh

it is no laughing matter to ni za smeh

law¹ [lɔ:] samostalnik
zakon, postava; pravo, pravoznanstvo (the)
pravniki, pravniški poklic
ameriško, sleng policija; sodni postopek, sodišče; načelo, pravilo; zakonitost
šport prednost (dana slabšemu tekmecu)
figurativno milostni rok, odlog

canon law kanonsko pravo
civil law civilno pravo
criminal (penal) law kazensko pravo
international law; ali law of nations mednarodno pravo
martial law vojno pravo
naval law pomorsko pravo
commercial law trgovinsko pravo
the law of Moses Mojzesova postava
the law of the Medes and Persians nepreklicen zakon, stara navada
according to law; ali by law, in law, under the law po zakonu
at law sodnijsko
to be at law pravdati se
to be a law unto o.s. biti sam sebi zakon, ravnati po lastni volji
to break the law prekršiti zakon
to enact a law uzakoniti
to follow (ali go in for) the law biti pravnik, študirati pravo
to give the law to vsiliti svojo voljo
to go to law with s.o.; ali to have the law of s.o.; ali to take the law on s.o. tožiti koga
to lay down the law odločati, imeti glavno besedo, samovoljno ravnati, vsiliti svojo vouo
letter of the law dosledno, dobesedno
to pass a law izglasovati zakon
to pass into law postati zakon
to study (ali read) law študirati pravo
to take the law in one's own hands vzeti pravico v svoje roke
necessity knows no law sila kola lomi
law and order mir in red, spoštovanje zakonov
Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) doktor prava
he has but little law ne ve mnogo o pravu
ameriško to call in the law poklicati policijo
the laws of the game pravila igre

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

lêj! look!; lo

lêj! si no! (glej no!) well, well, well!

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!

less¹ [les] pridevnik (primernik od little)
manjši, manj važen, manj pomemben

in a less degree v manjši meri
of less value manjše vrednosti
in less time v krajšem času
no less a man than (the senator) najmanj, vsaj, sam (senator)
may your shadow never be less da bi ti nikdar česa ne zmanjkalo, vse najboljše!
your shadow hasn't grown any less nisi shujšal

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

less³ [les] samostalnik
kar je manjše, manj pomembno; manjši del (število, količina itd.)

in less than no time takoj, v trenutku
to do with less shajati z manj (denarja itd.)
for less ceneje
little less than robbery že skoraj rop
nothing less than najmanj, vsaj

light¹ [lait] pridevnik (lightly prislov)
lahek; majhne specifične teže, pod predpisano težo; nepomemben, neznaten, lahek (bolezen, kazen, napaka, delo itd.); zabaven, lahek (glasba, knjiga); prhek, rahel (zemlja, sneg, kruh); vitek, nežen, graciozen, okreten, uren; brezskrben, veder (srce); lahkomišljen, lahkoživ, frfrast (ženska); malo otovorjen, neotovorjen; nenaglašen (zlog)

light of belief lahkoveren
light coin kovanec z nezadostno količino žlahtne kovine
elektrika light current šibki tok
light of foot (ali heel) lahkonog
light fingers dolgoprst (tat)
held in light esteem malo spoštovan
to hold s.th. light; ali to make light of s.th.; ali to set lightstore by nalahko kaj jemati
with a light heart z lahkim srcem
figurativno a light hand obzirnost, takt
light in hand poslušen (konj), lahko vodljiv
no light matter to pa ni malenkost
light metals lahke kovine
light opera lahka ali komična opera
light traffic majhen promet
light woman lahka ženska
light weights prelahke uteži
the ship returned light ladja se je vrnila brez tovora
vojska in light marching order na pohodu z malo tovora

likelihood [láiklihud] samostalnik
verjetnost, videz

in all likelihood zelo verjetno
of no likelihood malo verjetno
there is a likelihood of his succeeding verjetno bo uspel

likvíden (denar, dolg) liquid

nimam likvídnega denarja I have no ready money

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

ljúdje people (s konstr. v sg ali pl); folk(s); (svet) the public, the world, mankind

stari ljúdje old people
(zelo) mnogo ljudi (a great) many people
preprosti ljúdje simple people, ordinary folks
ljúdje z dežele country people, country folk
mali ljúdje (figurativno) people of small means and no standing
prijatelj ljudi philanthropist
izkorišcevalec ljudi slave driver, hard taskmaster
iti med ljudi to mix with society, to go into society
on ne hodi med ljudi he keeps himself to himself, he shuns company, he avoids society, he lives out of the world
on sovraži ljudi he is a misanthrope
oni so pošteni ljúdje they are honest people
Angleži so čudni ljúdje the English are a strange lot
ljúdje govorijo, da... it is rumoured that... there's a story going the rounds that...
vsi ljúdje to vedó it is generally known, all the world knows it
kaj bodo rekli ljúdje? (figurativno) what will Mrs. Grundy say?, what will the world say?
kar ljúdje pomnijo within the memory of men, within living memory
ljudi morate vzeti kakršni (pač) so you must take the world as it is