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little¹ [litl] pridevnik
majhen, neznaten; kratek; malo; slaboten (glas); malenkosten, nepomemben; omejen
ironično reven, beden

little one malček
the little ones otročički, malčki
the little Browns Brownovi otroci
the little majhni, nepomembni ljudje
big (ali great) and little pomembni in nepomembni ljudje
a little man mali mož, figurativno ničé
the little people palčki
the little finger mezinec
a little way kratka pot
a little while kratek čas, trenutek
little hope malo upanja
little minds omejenci, malenkostni ljudje
his little intrigues njegovo bedne spletke
pogovorno little Mary želodec, prebava
the Little Masters skupina nemških risarjev in bakrorezcev v 16. in 17. stoletju
I know his little ways poznarn njegove zvijače
astronomija Little Bear Mali medved
astronomija Little Dipper Mali voz
politika, zgodovina Little Entente mala antanta
Little Red Ridinghood Rdeča Kapica
Little Russian Malorus, Ukrajinec
little theater mali oder, eksperimentalno gledališče

little³ [litl] samostalnik
malenkost

a little malo, nekaj
little or nothing skoraj nič
not a little precej
for a little za kratek čas
little by little; ali by little and little po malem, počasi
by littles v majhnih količinah, po malem
in little po malem
to make little of podcenjevati
after a little čez kakšen trenutek

live² [liv]

1. neprehodni glagol
živeti, trajati, zdržati; preživeti; stanovati, živeti

2. prehodni glagol
preživljati

to live to be old; ali to live to a great age dočakati visoko starost, dolgo živeti
to live close živeti pretirano skromno
to live in a small way skromno živeti
to live in clover živeti v obilju, živeti brezskrbno
to live fast razuzdano živeti
to live a lie živeti čez svoje razmere
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
live and learn! učiš se vse življenje
to live by painting živeti od slikanja
to live to o.s. sam zase živeti
to live within o.s. povleči se vase, živeti po svoje
live and let live daj še drugim živeti, živi in pusti še druge živeti
to live a double life živeti dvojno življenje
the dead live on in our hearts mrtvi živijo dalje v naših srcih
to live to see doživeti
to live off one's capital živeti od svojega kapitala
to live by one's wits znajti se v življenju, živeti od sleparstva
live wage mezda, ki komaj zaleže za življenje

livelihood [láivlihud] samostalnik
preživljanje, prehranitev, vsakdanji kruh

to make (ali earn, gain) a (ali one's) livelihood zaslužiti za vsakdanji kruh
to pick up a scanty livelihood životariti

liveliness [láivlinis] samostalnik
živahnost

vojska, sleng a certain liveliness močno obstreljevanje

liver¹ [lívə] samostalnik
človek, stanovalec

a clean liver kreposten človek
a good liver sladokusec
a fast (ali loose) liver lahkoživec, razuzdanec
town liver meščan

living² [liviŋ] samostalnik
življenje, preživljanje, vsakdanji kruh
cerkev dohodek, nadarbina

to make (ali earn) one's living preživljati se
to make a living out of preživljati se s čim, živeti od česa

livréja livery

služabnik v livréji servant in livery, a liveried servant
šofer v livréji liveried chauffeur; flunkey, ZDA flunky
ljudje, osebe v livréji the uniformed staff, the servants in livery, zastarelo the livery

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

ljúbek lovely, pretty; sweet; charming, graceful

ljúbka čajna skodelica a dear little teacup

ljubézen love (do koga of, for someone); affection; passion; fondness; liking; fancy; amour, love affair

ljubézen do bližnjega love of one's neighbour, charity, Christian love
materinska ljubézen mother's love, maternal love
platonična ljubézen platonic love
stara ljubézen old flame
bratovska ljubézen brotherly love
nenaravna ljubézen unnatural love
prva, mlada, petošolska ljubézen first love, calf love, puppy love
nesrečna ljubézen disappointment in love
svobodna ljubézen promiscuity
ljubézen do domovine the love of one's country, patriotism
ljubézen iz koristoljubja cupboard love
(ne)vračana ljubézen (un)requited love
boginja ljubézni goddess of love
otrok ljubézni love child, natural child, illegitimate child
gineč od ljubézni lovesick
zakon, poroka iz ljubézni love match, arhaično love in a cottage
razkritje ljubézni declaration of love
ljubézen je slepa love is blind
zanj je to bila ljubézen na prvi pogled with him it was a case of love at first sight
v ljubézni in vojni je vse dovoljeno all's fair in love and war
gojiti ljubézen do to have warm feelings for
napraviti kaj iz ljubézni to do something for love
umirati od (same) ljubézni to be dying all for love
vračati ljubézen za ljubézen to return someone's affection
stara ljubézen ne zarjavi old love never fades

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

ljubó ➞ ljub

komu na ljubó for someone's sake, to please someone
meni na ljubó for my sake
vam na ljubó hočem... to please you I will...
tebi na ljubó? for the likes of you?
meni na ljubó počakaj vendar tu! to please me, do wait here!
resnici na ljubó to be quite honest, as a matter of fact

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

ljubosúmnež jealous (ali envious) person

poročila se je s starim ljubosúmnežem she has married a jealous old man

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

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

Lloyd's [lɔ́idz] samostalnik
londonska pomorska zavarovalna družba

A 1 at Lloyd's prvovrsten, odličen
Lloyd's register letni popis vseh ladij, zavarovanih pri Lloydu

load¹ [loud] samostalnik
tovor; breme (tudi fig); naboj (električni, strelnega orožja); upor (mehanični)
arhitektura obremenitev, nosilnost; število delovnih ur, delovna norma
množina, pogovorno obilje
ameriško, sleng dobra mera alkohola

load factor faktor obremenitve
cart-load breme (sena, krompirja)
loads of na kupe, mnogo
a load on the mind breme na duši
to take a load off one's mind rešiti se skrbi, odvaliti kamen od srca
under load natovorjen
ameriško, sleng get a load of this dobro poslušaj
ameriško, sleng to have a load on biti nacejen

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)