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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!

lés wood

stavbni, tesarski lés timber
gradbeni lés (building) timber, ZDA lumber
gnil lés rotten wood
suh lés seasoned timber
rezani lés sawn timber
vezan lés plywood
mehek lés softwood
trd lés hardwood
jamski lés pitwood, pitprop
beli lés white wood
obdelava lésa wood working
obdelovalec lésa woodworker, wood carver
sečnja lésa wood felling
impregnacija lésa wood impregnation
vrste lésa species pl of wood
lésu podoben ligniform, ligneous, woody, woodlike
sladki lés botanika liquorice
žagan lés sawn wood
mlad, nov lés green wood
umeten lés artificial wood
sečni lés mature wood
hrastov lés oak, oak wood, oak timber
trgovati z lésom to deal in wood, to trade as a timber merchant
on je malo čez lés (figurativno, žargon) he is up the pole (ali round the bend)

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

ležáti to lie, to be lying; to rest; to be situated, to be placed, to be located

ležáti bolan to lie sick
ležáti bolan v postelji to be ill in bed
ležáti mrtev to lie dead
ležáti v porodni postelji to lie in
ležáti na hrbtu to be lying on one's back
ležáti komu pred nogami to lie at someone's feet
ležáti na mrtvaškem odru to lie in state
ležáti v zadnjih zdihljajih to be breathing one's last
ležáti v zasedi to lie in ambush
ležáti v ruševinah to lie in ruins, in dust
negibno ležáti (pritajiti se) žargon to lie doggo
ležáti zasidran to lie at anchor
(on) leži zaradi škrlatinke he is down with scarlet fever
to leži na dlani (figurativno) it is obvious, it is plain, it's as plain as a pikestaff (ali as the nose on your face)
to mi leži (figurativno) that is in my line
to mi bolj leži that is more in my line
ležáti komu težko na vesti to lie heavy on someone's conscience
kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal as you make your bed, so will you lie

lick² [lik]

1. prehodni glagol
lizati, polizati, oblizati
figurativno lizati kaj (plamen)
pogovorno pretepsti, tepsti, premagati, obvladati (problem), presegati, prekašati

2. neprehodni glagol
božati, lizati (valovi)
sleng hiteti, drveti

to lick s.o.'s boots (ali shoes) plaziti se pred kom
to lick into shape urediti, spraviti v red, dati čemu pravo obliko
figurativno to lick one's wounds lizati si rane, oddahniti se
figurativno to lick the dust biti poražen, pasti v borbi
sleng that licks creation (ali everything) to presega vse meje
this licks me temu nisem dorastel, tega ne morem razumeti
figurativno to lick one's lips (ali chops) oblizovati se
sleng as hard as he could lick kakor hitro je lahko tekel
to lick up (ali off) polizati

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

lief [li:f] prislov
rad, z veseljem

I had (ali would) as lief go there as anywhere else prav tako rad bi šel tja kot kam drugam
I would (ali had) a lief die as betray him rajši bi umrl kot da bi ga izdal
I'd liefer (than ) rajši (kot)

life [laif] samostalnik
življenje; človeško življenje (lives življenja)
figurativno življenjskost, živahnost; življenjepis; živ model
ekonomija trajanje, rok uporabe, življenjska doba (tudi stroja); življenjski zavarovanec

to amend one's life poboljšati se
to be in danger of one's life biti v življenjski nevarnosti
to be the life and soul of a party biti duša družbe
to bring to life spraviti k zavesti
change of life klimakterij
to come to life osvestiti se, roditi se
my early life moja mladost
early in life v mladih letih
to escape with life and limb odnesti celo kožo
expectation of life predvidena življenjska doba
he was given a life dobil je še eno priliko
for the life of me pri svoji najboljši volji
for life dosmrten, za celo življenje
to have the time of one's life odlično se zabavati
high life življenje visoke družbe
in life za časa življenja
as large as life v naravni velikosti; osebno
to lay down one's life žrtvovati življenje
to lead a dog's life pasje živeti
a new lease on life novo življenje, nova življenjska sila
low life življenje nižjih slojev
it was a matter of life and death šlo je za življenje ali smrt
not for the life of me za nič na svetu
not on your life za živ svet ne
nothing in life sploh ne
with all the pleasure in life z največjim veseljem
to risk one's life tvegati življenje
to run for dear (ali for one's) life bežati na žive in mrtve
to see life spoznati (ali uživati) življenje
to sell one's life dear (lifely) drago prodati svoje življenje
to show (signs of) life kazati znake življenja
to take s.o.'s life ubiti koga
to take one's own life življenje si vzeti
to seek s.o.'s life streči komu po življenju
to take one's life in one's hands igrati se z življenjem, postaviti svoje življenje na kocko
to the life zvesto, natančno (upodobiti)
walk of life družben položaj, poklic
umetnost still life tihožitje
upon my life! pri moji duši!
pool-player has three lives igralec biljarda lahko še trikrat poskusi
to stake one's life on s.th. glavo staviti za kaj

like¹ [laik] pridevnik
enak, podoben, sličen (komu, čemu)
arhaično verjetno (we are like to have war)

vulgarno as like as not zelo verjetno
on this and the like problems o tem in o sličnih problemih
and (ali or) the like in tako dalje, in temu slično
as like as two peas podobna kot jajce jajcu
what is he like? kakšen je?
a like amount enaka vsota
liker to God than man bolj podoben bogu kakor človeku
in like wise (ali manner) na enak način

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

like⁶ [laik]

1. prehodni glagol
rad imeti, marati, ugajati, všeč biti; rad (jesti, piti itd.)
pogovorno prijati, dobro deti

2. neprehodni glagol
hoteti, želeti

how do you like it? kako ti to ugaja, kako se to zdi?
I'd like to rad bi
as you like it kakor želiš
I like that! kaj takega!
what do you like better? kaj imaš rajši?
I like coffee, but it does not like me rad imam kavo, a ne dene mi dobro
much liked zelo priljubljen
(just)as you like (čisto) po želji
do as you like delaj, kar hočeš
if you like če hočeš, če želiš
I am stupid if you like but mogoče sem neumen, vendar

likely² [láikli] prislov
verjetno

most (ali very) likely zelo verjetno
as likely as not skoraj gotovo, zelo verjetno

lílija botanika lily

bel kot lílija lily, lily-white
lepa kot lílija fair as a lily
francoske lílije (figurativno Burbonci) the Bourbons pl

lily [líli]

1. samostalnik
botanika lilija

2. pridevnik
bel ko lilija, neomadeževan, čist

lily of the valley šmarnica
fair as a lily lepa ko lilija
figurativno lilies and roses lep ten
the lilies francoske lilije (Bourbonci)

list⁵ [list] prehodni glagol
arhaično zahoteti si, želeti si

he did as him list napravil je po svoji volji

lithe [laið] pridevnik (lithely prislov)
upogljiv, gibčen, okreten

as lithe as an eel gibčen kot jegulja

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

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

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

lobster [lɔ́bstə] samostalnik
zoologija jastog
arhaično, sleng angleški vojak (v rdeči uniformi)

lobster-pot priprava za lov na jastoge
red as a lobster rdeč ko kuhan rak
lobster thermidor jastogova jed z gobami in smetanovo omako