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karkóli whatever; anything

karkóli drugega anything else
karkóli delaš,... whatever you do,...
karkóli hočete anything you please
karkóli se utegne zgoditi, tega ne bom storil I won't do it, whatever happens
karkóli on prosi, bo gotovo dobil whatever he asks for, he is sure to get

kategoríčen categorical; explicit; unconditional

odgovoril mi je s kategoríčno odklonitvijo he met me with a downright (ali categorical) refusal

kázati to show; to point out; to indicate; to present; to display; to exhibit

kázati pot (voditi) to lead the way
kázati slab okus to show bad taste
s prstom kázati na koga to point (one's finger) at someone
kázati znake utrujenosti to show signs of fatigue
toplomer je kazal 20° the termometer registered 20 degrees
ni kazal nobenega znaku strahu he showed no sign of fear
na dež kaže it looks like rain
kot vse kaže to all appearances
vse kaže, da... there is every indication that...
vse kaže, da bo izvoljen there is every prospect that he will be elected
letina dobro kaže the crop promises well, there are good prospects of an abundant harvest
stvar dobro kaže the business ali the affair looks promising
če bi kaj slabo kazalo (šlo narobe) if anything should go amiss
stvari slabo kažejo things have an ugly look, things seem to be taking a bad turn
ne kaže hoditi tja it is not advisable to go there
ne kaže mi drugega kot, da grem I can do nothing but go away
sedaj se kaže, da... now it turns out that...
njegov obraz je kazal razočaranje his face showed his disappointment
luna se je začela kázati th moon was beginning to appear (ali to come out)
dobro kaže za... it looks promising (ali it bodes well) for...
slabo kázati to bode ill

kaznováti to punish; to castigate, to chastise; to penalize (tudi šport); to inflict punishment (ali penalty); to impose a penalty upon someone

kaznováti z globo to fine
biti kaznovan za svoje grehe to be punished for one's sins
bil je šestkrat kaznovan he had six previos convictions
kaznováti prestopnika (prestopek) to punish an offender (an offence)
kaznovan na deset let zapora sentenced to ten years' imprisonment
kaznovan si za svojo brezbrižnost you're paying the penalty for your carelessness
kaznovan bo a smrtjo vsakdo, ki... the death penalty will be inflicted on every one who...
kdor ljubi, kaznuje spare the rod and spoil the child

keep^*2 [ki:p]

1. prehodni glagol
držati, obdržati, ohraniti, zadržati; držati se (zakona, navade); vztrajati, obdržati se; zadrževati koga; vzdrževati, čuvati, varovati, podpirati; nadzirati, na skrbi imeti, skrbeti za; imeti, voditi (trgovino), upravljati (šolo), imeti (sejo); imeti v zalogi; voditi (knjige, račune); praznovati, obhajati (praznik); imeti, gojiti (čebele, konje itd.)

2. neprehodni glagol
ostati (doma, v postelji); počutiti se (he keeps well)
držati se, ne kvariti se (hrana, vreme); kar naprej kaj delati (she keeps smiling)
pogovorno stanovati (where do you keep?)

to keep an appointment držati se zmenka
trgovina we don't keep this article tega artikla nimamo v zalogi
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu do sebe
to keep in bread and water komaj se preživljati
to keep one's balance obdržati ravnotežje
to keep the ball rolling ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep body and soul together životariti
trgovina to keep books voditi knjige
to keep cool ostati miren
to keep one's counsel obdržati kaj zase
to keep s.o.'s counsel varovati tujo skrivnost
to keep a close check on skrbno nadzirati
to keep in countenance bodriti koga
to keep one's countenance ostati resen, zadrževati smeh
to keep clear of izogniti se česa, čuvati se česa
to keep s.o. company delati komu družbo
to keep company with skupaj hoditi, družiti se z
to keep s.th. dark obdržati zase, ne izdati
to keep a diary voditi dnevnik
to keep one's distance držati se ob strani
to keep one's end up braniti svoja načela, opravljati svoje delo
to keep an eye on (ali out for); ali to keep one's eyes open (ali skinned); ali to keep one's weather eye lifted imeti odprte oči, budno paziti
to keep the field vztrajati, ne se umakniti
to keep one's feet obdržati se na nogah
to keep a straight face zadrževati smeh
to keep friends ostati v prijateljstvu
to keep guard stražiti
to keep (a) guard over s.o. čuvati koga
šport to keep (the) goal biti vratar, čuvati gol
God keep you! bog te varuj!
to keep s.th. going ohraniti kaj v teku
to keep s.o. going komu (denarno) pomagati; ohraniti koga pri življenju
to keep the game alive ohraniti v teku
to keep one's ground ne popustiti, vztrajati, ostati čvrst
to keep early (ali good) hours prihajati zgodaj domov, hoditi zgodaj spat
to keep bad (ali late) hours prihajati pozno domov, hoditi pozno spat
to keep one's hand in ne priti iz vaje
to keep one's head ne izgubiti glave, ostati miren
to keep one's head above water ne zaiti v dolgove
to keep house vzdrževati družino, gospodinjiti
to keep open house biti gostoljuben, sprejemati goste ob vsakem času
to keep hold of ne puščati iz rok
to keep in good health ostati pri dobrem zdravju
to keep a good look-out budno opazovati, paziti
to keep s.o. for lunch zadržati koga pri kosilu
to keep a stiff upper lip ne izgubiti poguma
to keep the law držati se zakona
to keep in mind zapomniti si
to keep one's nose to the grindstone neprestano garati
to keep pace (ali step) with iti v korak, ne zaostajati
to keep peace between obdržati mir med
to keep the peace držati se reda
ameriško to keep plugging along kar naprej garati
to keep s.o. posted (ali advised, informed, up to date) stalno koga obveščati
to keep the pot boiling životariti, komaj se prebijati
to keep one's pecker up ne izgubiti poguma in odločnosti
to keep good relations with s.o. ostati s kom v dobrih odnosih
to keep a record of s.th. voditi zapise o čem
to keep in good repair ohraniti v dobrem stanju
to keep sight of imeti kaj pred očmi, misliti na
to keep the stage obdržati se na odru
to keep straight on iti naravnost naprej
to keep in suspense pustiti koga v negotovosti; trgovina imeti v evidenci (nerešeno zadevo)
to keep time držati se takta
to keep good time biti točen (ura)
to keep track of zasledovati (dogodke), biti na tekočem
to keep one's temper zadržati se, ne razburjati se
ameriško to keep tabs on nadzirati, budno spremljati (dogodke), zapomniti si
to keep in touch with ostati s kom v stikih
to keep together biti složen, držati skupaj
to keep one's word držati besedo
to keep watch (over, on) stražiti koga, oprezovati za kom
to keep the wolf from the door komaj se preživljati

keep from

1. prehodni glagol
zadržati, odvračati, ovirati, preprečiti, obvarovati pred; zamolčati, prikrivati

2. neprehodni glagol
izogniti se česa

he keeps me from work odvrača me od dela
I kept him from knowing too much poskrbel sem, da ni zvedel preveč
he kept me from danger obvaroval me je pred nevarnostjo
you are keeping s.th. from me nekaj mi prikrivaš
he could not keep from laughing ni se mogel izogniti smehu

keep on

1. prehodni glagol
obdržati na sebi (plašč, klobuk), obdržati v službi; nadaljevati

2. neprehodni glagol
nadaljevati se; preživljati ali hraniti se s čim

keep on doing it! delaj to naprej!
he keep ons keep on at her kar naprej se znaša nad njo
sleng keep you hair (ali shirt) on! pomiri se!, ne razburjaj se!

kér because

kér (pač) as, since
ni mogel priti, kér je bil bolan he could not come because he was ill
kér je deževalo, nismo šli na pot as it was raining, we did not start
kér se ti ne ljubi iti, lahko ostaneš doma as you don't feel like coming, you can stay at home
kér mi (že, pač) ne verjameš... since you don't believe me...
kér ni nič boljšega for want of something better

kernel [kə́:nəl]
jedro, seme, zrno, koščica, pečka
figurativno jedro, bistvo

he who will eat the kernel, must crack the nut brez dela ni jela

kesáti se to regret; to repent; to rue; to be sorry (česa about something)

bridko se tega kesam I regret it bitterly
kesala se boš tega! you'll be sorry (for that)!
vsega se kesam, kar seam naredil I regret everything I did
kesal se je svoje nehvaležnosti he regretted his ingratitude
ničesar se nimam kesáti se I have nothing to regret

kidney [kídni] samostalnik
anatomija ledvica, obist
figurativno vrsta, sorta, kov

a man of that kidney mož tega kova
he is of the right kidney je pravega kova

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

kláda block; clog; log; (figurativno, neroda) clumsy (ali coarse) fellow, (butec) blockhead

spi kot kláda he is sleeping like a log
kláde zgodovina (kazen) stocks pl

kládivo hammer; (na vratih) knocker

težko, kovaško kládivo sledge-hammer
leseno kládivo mallet
met kládiva šport throwing he hammer
med kládivom in nakovalom between the devil and the deep blue sea

klásičen classic(al)

ima klásično izobrazbo he has had a classical education
to je klásično delo o tem vprašanju (problemu) it is the standard work on the question
klásična gimnazija VB grammar school
klásična umetnost (glasba, poezija) classical art (music, poetry)
klásično delo classic
posnemati klásični stil to classicize

klásik classic; literary work or author of ancient Greece or Rome; standard author

-i pl classics pl
on je naš zadnji klásik he is the last of our classics

kljúb in spite of; despite; notwithstanding

kljúb temu vsemu in spite of all that, for all that, notwithstanding; just the same, all the same, none the less
kljúb temu se mi je zahvalil he thanked me all the same
kljúb vsemu svojemu bogastvu ni srečen with all his wealth he is not happy
kljúb dejstvu, da... in spite of the fact that...

kljuboválnost kljubovánje defiance, spite, spitefulness; refractoriness; obstinacy, stubbornness

iz (same) kljuboválnost, kljubovánjei out of spite, from pure spite
iz kljuboválnost, kljubovánjei je to naredil he did it out of spite

klúb club; clubhouse

član, članica klúba clubman, pl -men, clubwoman, pl -men
avtomobilski klúb automobile club
igralni klúb playing club, card club
kegljaški klúb skittle club
klúb planincev Alpine club
teniški klúb tennis club
veslaški klúb rowing club
stanuje in hrani se v svojem klúbu he lives and eats at his club

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?