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lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

least² [li:st] prislov (presežnik od little)
najmanj

least of all najmanj
he worked least on je najmanj delal
last not least končno, vendar ne manj važno
this fact is not the least important to dejstvo je precej važno
this fact is not in the least important to dejstvo sploh ni važno

lékcija lesson

dajati (jemati) učne lékcije to give (to take) lessons
jemati francoske lékcije pri X-u to take lessons in French from X
dati komu lékcijo (figurativno) to teach someone a lesson
začeti z lékcijami to start lessons
dobil sem svojo lékcijo (figurativno) I've learnt (ali had) my lesson
to je bila dobra lékcija zame this was a good lesson for me
dobil je lékcijo, ki jo bo dobro pomnil he's had a lesson he won't forget in a hurry

léksikon lexicon; glossary

geografski léksikon gazetteer
on je živ léksikon (figurativno) he is a mine of information, he's a walking dictionary (ali encyclopedia)

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)

let^*1 [let]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, dovoliti; dati v najem (to komu, for za čas)
dati (delo, to komu)
pomožni glagol za tvorbo velelnika v 1. in 3. osebi

2. neprehodni glagol
biti najet (at, for za)
iti (dobro, slabo) v najem

to let be pustiti pri miru
to let by pustiti mimo
to let bygones be bygones odpustiti in pozabiti
to let blood kri puščati
to let the cat out of the bag izklepetati skrivnost
to let drive at (puško)nameriti na koga, zamahniti, udariti
to let daylight into s.o. koga ustreliti ali zabosti
to let drop mimogrede omeniti, nehati o čem govoriti
to let fall spustiti, mimogrede omeniti, namigniti; matematika povleči navpičnico na premico
to let fly vreči, sprožiti (puško)
to let go spustiti, nehati na kaj misliti, (z besedami) napasti
to let go of s.th. spustiti kaj iz rok
to let o.s. go ne obvladati se, sprostiti se, dati si duška
let it go at that naj ostane kakor je
ameriško to let George do it pustiti, da kdo drug opravi tvoje delo
to let the grass grow under one's feet odlašati, obotavljati se
to let s.o. hear sporočiti komu
to let loose spustiti na svobodo
to let pass spregledati
to let ride pustiti po starem, spregledati
to let rip razuzdano živeti
to let her rip pustiti avto teči s polno hitrostjo
to let slide biti malomaren
to let slip izbrbljati, zamuditi dobro priliko, spustiti iz vajeti
rooms to let sobe v najem
let me see! da vidim!, pokaži!; pogovorno počakaj, da pomislim
he let himself be deceived dal se je ogoijufati
to let s.o. know obvestiti koga, sporočiti komu
to let into pustiti koga noter, seznaniti koga s čim, vstaviti (kos blaga itd.), vložiti
to let into s.o. napasti koga

léto year; arhaično, pesniško twelvemonth

koledarsko léto calendar (ali civil) year
šolsko léto school year
akademsko léto academic year
navadno léto common (365-day) year
prestopno léto leap year, bissextile year
tekoče léto the current year
cerkveno léto church year
preteklo léto last year
prihodnje léto next year
sončno léto solar (ali astronomical) year
staro léto old year
Novo léto New Year, New Year's Day
srečno novo léto! Happy New Year!
nora, nerodna léta (figurativno) years pl of indiscretion, the awkward age
v létu Gospodovem religija in the year of Our Lord (A.D.), in the year of grace
enkrat na léto once a year
v létu 1950 in nineteen (hundred and) fifty
na starega léta dan on New Year's Eve
v cvetju (svojih) lét in the prime of life
skozi vse léto odprto open all the year round
v poznejših létih in after years
v 70ih létih in the '70s
v teku léta in the course of the year
vsako léto every year
iz léta v léto, léto za létom year by year, year after year, year in year out, from year's end to year's end
pol léta six months
tri četrtine léta nine months
četrt léta three months
ob létu within a year
(skozi) vse léto all the year round, from one year's end to another
v létu 1910 in (the year) 1910
v enem létu in a year's time, arhaično this day twelvemonth
v zadnjih létih of late (ali recent) years
léto dni trajajoč year-long
pred mnogimi léti many years ago (ali since, back)
že mnogo, precéj lét for many years past
z léti with the years
v starosti 50 lét at the age of fifty
po mnogih létih after many years
že nekaj lét (sém) for some years past
pred létom dni a year ago
30 funtov na léto 30 pounds a year (ali per annum)
za prihodnja léta for years to come
danes léto (dni) (bodočnost) twelve months from now, twelve months today, a year hence, (za preteklost) a year ago (ali since, back)
konec léta year-end, close of the year
biti že v létih to be advanced in years, to be well on in years
biti iz svojih najboljših lét to be past one's best
on je že čez 50 (let star) he is on the wrong (ali humoristično shady) side of 50
on še ni 50 (let star) he is on the right (ali sunny) side of 50
10 lét star deček a ten-year-old boy
mlad za svoja léta young for his years
v najlepših létih in the prime of life
ona ne kaže svojih lét she does not look her age
iti v léta to be getting on in years
priti v léta to come to a good age, to get old, to begin to grow old
ona je mojih lét she is my age
priti iz norih lét to sow one's wild oats
dobro nositi svoja léta to bear one's age well
stopiti v novo léto to usher in the New Year
léta bežijo the years race by
umrla je v starosti 20 lét she died at the age of twenty
bistra je za svoja léta she is clever for her age
ta revija izhaja dvakrat na léto this magazine comes out twice a year, this magazine is a biannual (ali semiannual)
čez 7 lét vse prav pride every little helps

levíčar politika leftist, left wing supporter, left-winger

on je levíčar politika he is a leftist, pogovorno slabšalno he's a leftie

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

lick¹ [lik] samostalnik
lizanje; lizalica, solnica za divjad
pogovorno udarec, poraz
sleng hitrost, tempo

a lick nekaj malega, trohica
not a lick niti trohice
he can't read a lick sploh ne zna brati
sleng at full (ali great) lick zelo hitro
pogovorno a lick and a promise površno delo, na pol narejeno

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

lie² [lai]

1. prehodni glagol
lagati (to komu)
nalagati

2. prehodni glagol
z lažmi zmamiti (into v, k)

he lies like a book laže, da sam sebi verjame
he lies like a gasmeter laže, kakor pes teče
to lie o.s. out of z lažmi se izvleči iz česa
šaljivo to lie in one's throat (ali teeth) lagati komu v obraz, predrzno lagati

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

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

light⁴ [lait] samostalnik
svetloba, luč, razsvetljava; vir svetlobe (okno, sonce, svetilka, vžigalica, sveča, ogenj); dnevna, sončna svetloba
navtika svetilnik; iskrenje, sijaj (oči)
poetično vid, nebesno telo
figurativno luč, prosvetljenjstvo, jasnost, prosvetljenec, genij; ključna beseda akrostiha
množina spoznanja, nova odkritja, nova dejstva, (umske) sposobnosti, zmožnosti
množina, sleng oči

according to one's lights po svojih sposobnostih
he appears in the light of (a scoundrel ) videti je (lopov)
by the light of a candle pri svetlobi sveče
by the light of nature po naravni nadarjenosti, s prirojeno bistroumnostjo
between the lights v mraku
to bring to light odkriti, odkopati
to come to light priti na svetlo, biti odkrit
poetično light of one's eyes vid
figurativno the light of my eyes punčica mojega očesa
in the light of these facts vpričo teh dejstev
to give light to razložiti, razjasniti
to give s.o. a light prižgati komu cigareto
to hide one's light under a bushel biti preskromen, skrivati svoje sposobnosti
high lights najsvetlejši deli slike
the light of s.o.'s countenance naklonjenost koga (uživati)
to place s.th. in a good light postaviti kaj v lepo luč
to put a light to s.th. prižgati, zažgati kaj
I see the light posvetilo se mi je
to see the light roditi se; ameriško spremeniti svoje stališče; religija biti prosvetljen, sprevideti
to see the light of day biti objavljen, biti prvič uprizorjen
to stand in s.o.'s light jemati komu luč, biti komu na poti, figurativno motiti koga
to stand in one's own light škodovati samemu sebi
to strike a light prižgati (vžigalico, vžigalnik)
he is a shining light genij je
to throw (ali shed) light on s.th. razložiti, razjasniti kaj
get out of the light! ne jemlji mi svetlobe!, ne moti!
tail-light rdeča lučka na avtomobilu
light and shade svetloba in senca, nasprotja
Ancient Lights opozorilen napis, da se ne sme jemati luči, ki prihaja skozi okna

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

like⁴ [laik] veznik
vulgarno & pogovorno ko da bi (za popolnim stavkom)

he trembled like he was afraid trepetal je, ko da bi se bal

likely¹ [láikli] pridevnik
verjeten, možen, mogoč; mnogo obetajoč (tudi likely-looking)

not likely komaj, težko
he is likely to come verjetno bo prišcl
which is his most likely route? katero pot bo najverjetneje ubral?
a likely lad mnogo obetajoč fant
a likely candidate možen kandidat
ironično a likely story! kaj malo verjetno

likeness [láiknis] samostalnik
podobnost, sličnost, enakost (between med, to s, z)
podoba, videz; slika, portret

to have one's likeness taken dati se fotografirati
an enemy in the likeness of a friend sovražnik v podobi prijatelja
he is the exact likeness of his father je prav tak kot oče