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kúpec buyer; purchaser; consumer; customer

možni, perspektivni kúpec prospective (ali potential) buyer
kúpci pl (stalni odjemalci) clientele (s konstr. v sg ali pl)

kúpiti kupováti to buy, to purchase, to make a purchase (od from)

kúpiti, kupováti za gotovino to buy for cash
kúpiti, kupováti na kredit to buy on credit
kúpiti, kupováti na obroke to buy on the instalment plan
kúpiti, kupováti na račun to buy on account
kúpiti, kupováti na dražbi to buy at an auction
kúpiti, kupováti na debelo to buy wholesale, to buy in bulk, to bulk-buy
iti kupovat v trgovino to go shopping, to do the shopping
iti kupovat na trg to go shopping in the market
poceni kúpiti, kupováti to buy cheap, to buy a bargain
kúpiti, kupováti skoraj za nič, zastonj, zelo poceni to buy for a song, to buy dirt cheap
dobro kúpiti, kupováti to strike a good bargain
kúpiti, kupováti iz druge roke to buy secondhand
kúpiti, kupováti mačka v vreči to buy a pig in a poke
(pod)kúpiti, kupováti koga to bribe someone, to corrupt, to suborn someone; pogovorno to grease someone's palm

kúštrav dishevelled, unkempt, tousled, shaggy, shockheaded

kúštravi Peter (v otroških zgodbah) shockheaded Peter

kvalitéta quality

po kvalitéti in quality
slaba kvalitéta bad quality
najboljše kvalitéte of the best quality
kvalitéta je važnejša kot kvantiteta quality matters more than quantity
(ki je) slabe kvalitéte low-grade
kvalitéta (kake) stvari se pokaže v rabi the proof of the pudding is in the eating

kvár damage; harm; disadvantage; detriment; prejudice

v kvár mu je it is to his disadvantage (ali prejudice)
v kvár iti to be spoilt, to suffer damage, to get damaged

kvíz quiz

sodelovatelj v kvízu contestant in a quiz, humoristično quizzee
vodja kvíza questionmaster, quizmaster
kvíz predstava, kvíz program quiz show, quiz programme (krajšava: Q and A program)

lace² [leis]

1. prehodni glagol
(s trakom itd.) zavezati, zadrgniti, zategniti; okrasiti z resicami; obrobiti, okrasiti s čipko; potegniti trak skozi (through)
prebičati, pretepsti; primešati žganje (zlasti kavi)

2. neprehodni glagol
zadrgniti, zategniti se

her waist was laced tight v pasu je bila močno stisnjena
a story laced with jokes pripoved polna šal, zabeljena s šalami
figurativno to lace s.o.'s jacket izprašiti komu hlače, pretepsti ga

láčen hungry; (pohlepen) greedy, covetous; (česa of, for, something)

láčen sem kot volk I am as hungry as a wolf; (gladujoč) famished, starving; (izstradan) starved
láčnemu vse diši (gre vse v tek) nothing comes amiss to a hungry stomach
biti silno láčen to be starving, to be ravenously hungry, to have a wolf in one's stomach, to have a raging (ali ravenous) appetite

ládja ship; (velika) vessel; (splošno, kolektivno) craft; (majhna) boat; pesniško argosy

cerkvena ládja nave
na ládji on board, on shipboard
sprednji (zadnji) del ládje bow (stern)
(žepna) bojna ládja (pocket) battleship
vojna ládja warsip, naval unit, man-of-war
bolniška ládja hospital ship
linijska ládja liner
potniška ládja passenger ship, passenger steamer
oskrbovalna ládja supply ship
ládja neredne plovbe za tovor tramp, (za premog) collier
prevozna ládja transport ship
šolska ládja training ship
trgovska ládja merchant ship, merchantman, pl merchantmen
petrolejska ládja (tanker) oil tanker
ládja na paro steamboat, steamer, steamship
ládja na lopate paddle steamer
ládj topničarka gunboat
zračna ládja airship, air liner
pomožna ládja auxiliary ship
roparska ládja pirate ship
poštna ládja mail boat
ribiška ládja fishing boat, trawler
gradnja ladij shipbuilding
graditelj ladij shipwright, shipbuilder
potovanje z ládjo, na ládji voyage
razbita, brodolomska ládja wreck
splovitev (krst) ládje launching (naming) of a ship
ládja na nafto oil-burner
ládja dolge plovbe ocean-going vessel
ládja je na poti (plove, je namenjena) v... the ship is bound for...
ládja je doživela brodolom, se je razbila the ship has been wrecked
dati ládjo v dok to dock a vessel
najeti ládjo to charter a ship
ládja je dobila luknjo the ship has sprung a leak
sploviti ládjo to launch a ship (ali a vessel)
privezati ládjo (z vrvmi) to moor a ship
ládja je v stiski the ship is in distress
ládja se je potopila the ship has sunk, the ship has gone down (ali to the bottom)
ládja se je prevrnila the ship has capsized
razstaviti, demontirati ládjo to break up a ship
vkrcati se na ládjo to board, to go aboard, to embark, arhaično to take ship (za for)
biti na ládji to be on board (ali on board ship, on shipboard)
zapustiti ládjo to abandon ship
zapeljati ládjo na sipino to run a ship aground

ladyship [léidišip] samostalnik
naslov ali položaj dame (plemkinje)

your ladyship milostljiva gospa (v nagovoru)

lagáti to lie (komu to someone); to tell lies; to belie; to speak untruths; pogovorno to tell fibs, to fib; evfemizem to be economical with the truth; (pretiravati) to talk tall, to exaggerate, to stretch (ali to colour) the truth, to draw the long bow

lagal sem mu I lied to him
debelo to lie in (ali through) one's back teeth
on mi laže v obraz he lies to my face
laže tako, da sam sebi verjame he lies like a book
laže, kot pes teče she's a bare-faced liar, he lies like a gas-meter, arhaično he can spin a twister

laid [léid] preteklik & pretekli deležnik od to lay 1

laid up with flu bolan, v postelji zaradi influence
laid paper rebrast papir

lake² [léik] samostalnik
jezero

the Great Lake Atlantik
the Great Lakes velika jezera med Kanado in ZDA
the Lakes; ali Lake District slikovit planinski okraj z mnogimi jezeri v severozapadni Angliji
lake poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey (pesniki, ki so živeli v tem okraju)

lamb¹ [læm] samostalnik
jagnje; jagnjetina; ovčica (član verske skupnosti)

you may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb če že grešiš, pojdi do konca (kazen ne bo nič manjša)
wolf (ali fox) in lamb's skin volk v ovčji koži, hinavec
like a lamb ko jagnje, pohleven, krotek
in (ali with) lamb breja (ovca)
the Lamb (of God) božje jagnje, Kristus

lame¹ [leim] pridevnik (lamely prislov)
hrom, šepav
figurativno slab, nezadovoljiv (izgovor), neprepričljiv, šepav (verz)

britanska angleščina a lame duck plačila nezmožen dolžnik; ameriško poslanec, ki ni ponovno izvoljen; onesposobljena ladja; hromec, šepavec
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v težavah
lame of (ali on) a leg hrom na eno nogo

lamplighter [lǽmplaitə] samostalnik
prižigalec uličnih svetilk, prižigalo

like a lamplighter v trenutku, kot blisk

land¹ [lænd] samostalnik
kopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo
figurativno področje
množina nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)

by land po kopnem
by land and sea po kopnem in po morju
the land of dreams kraljestvo sanj
the land of the living tostranstvo, ta svet
the fat of the land obilje
the land of the leal raj
the lay of the land topografska lega
native land domovina
land of Nod spanec
the Holy Land sveta dežela
the Promised Land obljubljena dežela
land of cakes; ali land of the thistle Škotska
back to the land nazaj na dežslo
to go on the land oditi v vas, postati kmetovalec
navtika to make the land zagledati kopno, pristati
to come to land dospeti v pristanišče
navtika land ho! kopno na vidiku!
to lay (ali shut in) the land zgubiti kopno z vidika
to see how the land lies videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanje

landlocked [lǽndlɔkt] pridevnik
z zemljo obdan

landlocked country kopenska država
landlocked salmon losos, ki po drstenju ostane v sladki vodi

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

lap¹ [læp] samostalnik
krilo, naročje; privihnjeno krilo, volan pri obleki, guba
anatomija (ušesna) mečica

in Fortune's lap srečen, v naročju sreče
in the lap of luxury v razkošju
to sit on s.o.'s lap sedeti komu v naročju