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kjé where; in what place; on which side

kjé drugje somewhere else, elsewhere
kjé si dobil te informacije? where did you get the information?
ne vem kjé (= kjerkoli) somewhere or other
kjé pa!; kjé neki! (kaj še, ni govora o tem!) no such thing!

klátiti se to tramp, to be a vagrant, to bum around; to roam, to rove; arhaično to vagabond, to vagabondize; to stroll

klátiti se po gozdovih to roam the woods
kod si se klatil? where've you been roaming?

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

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

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?

kóder¹ (las) curl, lock; frizzle; (dolg) ringlet

trajni kódri permanent wave
navijač kódrov curler
dati si delati trajne kódre to have a permanent wave ali pogovorno a perm
izgubiti kódre to come (ali to go) out of curl

koléno anatomija knee; (reke, ceste, poti) bend; tehnika angle; vojska salient; (rod, poreklo) descent, origin, generation, stock, lineage, family, race, birth, house

do kolen knee-deep, knee-high
do kolen globoko v knee-deep in
klečé na kolénih on bended knees
bratranec v prvem (drugem) kolénu cousin once (twice) removed
hlače do kolén kneebreeches pl
nogavice do kolén knee-length stockings pl
pregibanje koléna genuflection
vnetje koléna gonitis
zaščitni ovoj za koléno kneecap, kneepad, knee-guard
šibak v kolénih weak-kneed
biti na kolénih to be on one's knees
odrgniti si koléna to graze (ali to skin) one's knees
na kolénih prositi za kaj to beg for something on one's bended knees
prositi koga na kolénih to implore (ali to supplicate) someone on bended knee
iti, spustiti se, pasti na koléna to go down (ali to fall) on one's knees (pred kom before someone)
ne pride mu niti do kolén (figurativno) he can't hold a candle to him, pogovorno he's not a patch on him
spraviti koga na koléna to force someone to his knees; to bring someone (down) to his knees
po kolénih se udariti to slap one's knees
upogniti koléno to bend the knee
koléna se mu tresejo (figurativno) he shakes in his shoes
zlomiti kaj na (svojih) kolénih to break something on one's knees
suniti s kolénom to knee

kolesáriti to cycle, to bike, to ride a bicycle; to pedal

ne kolesarim več I've given up cycling
si kaj kolesaril lani? did you do any cycling last year?

kómaj scarcely; hardly

kómaj..., že... (ko...) no sooner... than
kómaj kaj scarcely anything
kómaj kdaj hardly ever
kómaj kdo hardly anyone
kómaj 20 let je star he is only just (ali scarcely) twenty
kómaj ga poznam I scarcely know him
kómaj (da) si upam I hardly dare
kómaj je ušel (za las je ušel) he had a narrow escape, he had a narrow squeak
to moreš kómaj (skoraj ne moreš) pričakovati you can hardly expect that
kómaj je mogel govoriti he was hardly able to speak
kómaj verjamem svojim očem I can hardly believe my eyes
kómaj še, da je bil vljuden he was barely polite
kómaj smo (še) ujeli vlak we only just caught the train
imam kómaj še dovolj volne, da spletem par nogavic I have only just enough wool left to knit a pair of socks
kómaj je spregovoril, ko... he had scarcely spoken when...
kómaj sem začel brati, že je stopil oče v sobo no sooner had I begun to read than my father entered the room

komandírati to command (komu someone); to give orders (to)

ne pustí si komandírati he cannot bear to be lorded over
on hoče vse komandírati pogovorno he wants to boss the whole shop

komóden (oseba) easy, easy-going; (življenje) easy, comfortable; (soba, hiša itd.) roomy and conve-. nient; (naslanjač itd.) comfortable, convenient

napraviti si komódenno to take one's ease
napravite si komódenno! make yourself comfortable!

komólec elbow

rabiti komólce, suvati s komólci to elbow
dregniti s komólcem koga to nudge someone
sloneti na komólcih to lean on one's elbows
s komólci se je prerinil v sobo he elbowed himself (ali jostled his way) into the room
utirati si pot skozi množico s komólci to elbow one's way through the crowd
dregljaj s komólcem nudge

kongratulírati to congratulate (komu za... someone on, upon...)

kongratulírati si medsebojno to congratulate each other

konkurénca competition; rivalry; (osebe) competitors pl, rivals pl

umazana konkurénca unfair competition
ostra, huda konkurénca keen competition
izven konkurénce not competing
brez konkurénce incomparable, matchless, peerless, unparalleled, unrivalled; non-competitive, exclusive
cene brez konkurénce unrivalled bargains pl, prices pl defying all competition
delati si medsebojno konkurénco to be in competition with each other
nelojalna konkurénca undercutting, underselling

konkurírati to compete (z with, za for); to enter into competition, to compete with someone for something

on uspešno konkurira z drugimi tvrdkami he successfully competes with other firms
malo dežel more konkurírati s Francijo v izvozu vina few countries can compete with France in the export of wine
medsebojno si konkurírati to compete with one another

krájšati to shorten, (rezati) to cut short; to abridge, to abbreviate

krájšati se to shorten, to become shorter
krájšati ulomek to reduce a fraction
krájšati si čas to pass the time pleasantly, to beguile away the time, to amuse oneself

-krát times

enkrat once
dvakrat twice, two times
tri-krát three times, thrice
10 m x 5 m 10 metres by 5 metres
koliko-krát? how often?, how many times?
večkrat several times
dvakrat tako dolg twice as long
dvakrat manj ljudi half as many people
ni si dal tega dvakrat reči he didn't need (ali want) telling twice

krí blood; figurativno family, race

dajalec krvi blood donor
kaplja krvi drop of blood
izliv krvi shedding of blood, effusion of blood
bljuvanje krvi spitting of blood
naval krvi rush of blood, congestion of blood
prelivanje krvi bloodshed, slaughter
transfuzija krvi blood transfusion
izguba krvi loss of blood
zastrupljenje krvi blood poisoning, sepsis
puščanje krvi bleeding, blood-letting, cupping
sredstvo za ustavitev krvi styptic
preobilica krvi plethora
kepica, strdek krvi clot of blood
centralno zbirališče človeške krvi blood bank
huda krí (sovraštvo) bad blood
soroden po krvi related by blood (z to), consanguineous
strnjena krí coagulated blood
mlada krí young blood
modra krí blue blood, high birth
omadeževan s krvjo bloodstained
žejen krvi bloodthirsty
huda krí (antagonizem) ill (bad) blood
kraljevska krí royal blood
brez krvi bloodless, anaemic
iz mesa in krvi flesh and blood
v krvi (prirojen) bred in the bone
krí je brizgnila iz rane blood gushed from the wound
delati hudo krí to breed ill blood
krí ni voda blood is thicker than water
biti vroče krvi to have a passionate temper
biti plemenite krvi to be of a noble stock
po krvi mi je soroden he is a blood relation of mine
boriti se do zadnje kaplje krvi to fight to the last drop of blood
kar mirno krí! keep your temper!
biti, ležati v krvi (figurativno) to run in the blood
to mu je v krvi it runs in his blood, it is bred in the bone
krí ga je oblila he is running with blood
obdržati hladno krí to keep cool
ohranite mirno krí! keep your hair on! take it easy!
ohraniti mirno krí to retain one's composure
krí mi je šla v glavo the blood rushed to my head
krí mu je planila v obraz there was a rush of blood to his face
krí mi je poledenela (od groze) my blood ran cold; it made my blood freeze (ali run cold)
krí ji je šinila v obraz the blood rushed into her cheeks
krí puščati to let blood, to bleed (ali to phlebotomize) (komu someone); arhaično to cup
piti komu krí (figurativno) to suck someone's lifeblood
to mu je prešlo v meso in krí it has become second nature with (ali to) him
omadeževati si roke s krvjo (figurativno) to bathe one's hands in blood
prelil je mnogo krvi he has spilt much blood
šibati do krvi to flog till the blood runs
krí mi teče iz nosa I have a nosebleed, my nose is bleeding (ali pogosto bleeds)
krí mi je zastala it made my blood run cold
krí mi je zavrela my blood began to boil, my blood was up
krí prelivati to shed blood

kríplje

na vse kríplje with all one's might, to the utmost of one's power
na vse kríplje sem se trudil I left no stone unturned, I took all pains imaginable, I tried my utmost, I did everything possible
prizadevajoč si na vse kríplje going all out (ali flat out)

krív (krivda) guilty, culpable, guilt-stained; (zvit, nevaren) curved, deformed, distorted, crooked, bent

po krivem falsely
krívi bogovi idols pl
krív prerok a false prophet
kríva prisega perjury, false oath
kríva vera misbelief, erroneous belief, heresy
kdo je krív? who is to blame?, whose fault is it?
jaz nisem krív it is not my fault, I am not to blame
biti krív to bear the blame, to be to blame, to be at fault
on ni čisto nič krív he is quite blameless
tega so kríve okoliščine this is due to (ali owing to) circumstances
sam si je krív (= prav mu je) serves him right
bil je po krívem obsojen he was unjustly condemned
po krívem priseči to commit perjury, to perjure oneself
priznati se za krívega to plea gullty
spoznati za krívega to find someone guilty
biti spoznan za krívega to be found guilty (za of)
zaiti na kríva pota to go astray, to leave the straight and narrow, to take the wrong turning, to go wrong