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kísel sour; acid; tart; (malo) sourish, acidulous; (okisan) pickled; figurativno sour, sulky, surly; morose, peevish, sullen, ill-humoured, crabbed, harsh, crusty

kísel krompir potato salad
kísel obraz wry (ali drawn) face, sour look(s)
kíslo mleko sour (ali curdled) milk
kíslo zelje sauerkraut, pickled (ali salted) cabbage
kísle kumarice pickled cucumbers pl, cucumber salad
kíslo grozdje sour grapes pl
kísli bonboni acid drops pl
kísla voda mineral water, thermal water, acidulous water
kíslo se držati to look surly (ali bitter), to pull a (sour) face
napraviti kísel obraz to pull a (wry) face
ugrizniti v kíslo jabolko (figurativno) to grasp the nettle

kite¹ [káit] samostalnik
papirnat zmaj
zoologija škarjar (vrsta sokola)
figurativno grabežljivec, slepar
množina, navtika najvišja jadra
ekonomija, sleng menica brez kritja
sleng avion

to fly a kite spuščati zmaja; sleng sposoditi si denar na menico brez kritja; figurativno ocenjevati javno mnenje (s širjenjem tendencioznih novic)
sleng go and fly a kite! v uho me piši!

klás ear; spike

klásje ears pl, (koruzno) corncobs pl
iti v klásje to ear
žito gre v klásje the corn is beginning to ear
jalov klás blind (ali sterile) ear

kléšče tongs pl, a pair of tongs, (manjše) pincers pl; pliers pl; medicina forceps (s konstr. v sg ali pl); (za orehe) nutcracker (večinoma pl) nutcrackers; (mučilno orodje) barnacle; zoologija, pri rakih claws pl, pincers pl

še s kléščami se ne bi tega dotaknil I would not touch it with a pair of tongs (oziroma with a bargepole)
dobiti koga v kléšče (figurativno) to get someone in one's grip
mučiti, ščipati s kléščami to pincer

klét cellar; basement

vinska klét wine cellar, wine vault
spraviti v klét to cellar
klét za premog coal cellar
spravilo v klét cellarage

klétka cage

ptičja klétka birdcage
izdelovalec klétk cagemaker
zapreti v klétko to cage

klevetáti to calumniate; to defame; to slander; to backbite

javno, v tisku klevetáti to libel

klíca botanika, zoologija germ, (kal) seed, bud; shoot, sprout; (zametek) origin

v klíci in germ
v klíci zatreti, zadušiti to nip in the (very) bud, to stifle in embryo

klín wedge; peg; pin; spike; (tesarski) tenon; (osi) cotter, (razcepljen) split pin; tiskarstvo quoin; wooden nail; (zagozda) chock; (sadilni) dibble; (pri lestvi) rung; (za obleko) peg

klín hladnega zraka wedge of cold air
obesiti na klín (figurativno, službo, mesto itd.) to quit, to give up, to throw up, to throw in the sponge (ali the towel)
obesiti medicino na klín (figurativno) to give up medicine
obesiti službo na klín to throw up one's job
pritrditi s klínom to wedge
razdvojiti s klínom to wedge apart
klínu podoben wedgelike
zabiti klín v (med) to drive a wedge into (between)
klín se s klínom izbija one nail drives out another, diamond cut diamond, like cures like, rudeness must be met with rudeness

kljúč key; glasba clef

altovski kljúč alto clef
basovski kljúč bass clef
violinski kljúč treble clef
navojni kljúč tehnika spanner; (vitrih) skeleton key; (od vseh sob v določenem poslopju) master key
kljúč od hišnih vrat, patentni kljúč latchkey; (serpentina, rida) hairpin bend
pod kljúčem (figurativno) under lock and key
tat je že pod kljúčem the thief is already under lock and key
imeti pod kljúčem (zaklenjeno) to have under lock and key
hraniti pod kljúčem to keep under lock and key
kljúč problema je v... the key to the question lies in...
projekt »na kljúč« turnkey project

kljúkica

označiti, zaznamovati s kljúkico (npr. v seznamu) to tick (off)

klóbčič ball (of thread, string, wire); arhaično clew

klóbčič volne a ball of wool
zviti v klóbčič to wind into a ball
zviti se v klóbčič to curl up

klobúk hat

damski klobúk bonnet
mehak klobúk soft (felt) hat
trd klobúk hard hat
sklopni klobúk opera hat
žameten klobúk velour hat
morski klobúk zoologija jellyfish
s klobúkom na glavi with one's hat on
klobúk dol pred X, pred njim! hats off to X, to him!
dotakniti se klobúka v pozdrav to touch one's hat
nadeti si klobúk to put on one's hat
sneti klobúk pred kom to take one's hat off to someone

klofúta slap, clip, smack, box on the ear

to je zanj klofúta v obraz that is a slap in the face (ali a smack in the eye) for him

klóp -i bench; form; seat; (šolska klóp, -i) form, (posamezna) desk

klóp, -i v cerkvi pew
zatožna klóp, -i dock
klóp, -i z naslanjalom settee; (v čolnu) thwart; (galjotov) bank; (kanoniška) stall
postaviti klóp, -ii to bench
sedeti v prvi (zadnji) šolski klóp, -ii to sit in the front (back) row
sedeti na zatožni klóp, -ii to be in the dock
kazenske klóp, -ii (pri hokeju na ledu) sin bin

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

klúbski club-

klúbska četrt (v Londonu) clubland
klúbski pravilnik club rules
klúbska soba club room
klúbska tekma club match
klúbski tovariš fellow-member, pogovorno club-mate

kmét peasant; countryman, pl -men; farmer; rustic

mali kmét crofter
kmét svobodnik (z lastnim posestvom) freeholder
kmét pri šahu pawn
iti na kmete to travel to ali to visit the country
na -ih, po -ih in the country
dati otroke v rejo na kméte to farm out children

knack [næk] samostalnik
spretnost, ročnost, veščina; trik; igračka, malenkost; pokanje s prsti

to have the knack for biti vešč česa
to have the knack of it razumeti stvar; vedeti kako se kaj naredi
to get into the knack of pridobiti si spretnost v čem, izpopolniti se
to know the knack of it vedeti, v katerem grmu tiči zajec

knead [ni:d] prehodni glagol
gnesti, mesiti; masirati
figurativno oblikovati, izoblikovati (into v)