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keeper [kí:pə] samostalnik
varuh, čuvaj, paznik; oskrbnik; rejec (v zloženkah npr. beekeeper čebelar)
upravitelj, kustos; lastnik (zlasti v zloženkah npr. innkeeper gostilničar)
kretničar; negovalec, bolničar

tech varovalni obroč, protimatica; zapirač (kavelj, kljuka); kar se ne kvari
this apple is a a good keeper to jabolko se dobro drži
britanska angleščina Lord Keeper of the Great Seal varuh državnega pečata
Keeper of Manuscripts vodja oddelka za čuvanje rokopisov
keeper of the minutes zapisnikar

keeping [kí:piŋ] samostalnik
vzdrževanje, nega, varstvo, čuvanje; skladnost

in (out of) keeping with v skladu (ne v skladu) z
nothing is safe in his keeping v njegovih rokah ni nič varno
for keeping za shraniti
to have s.th. in one's keeping imeti kaj shranjeno, imeti kaj v rokah

kidney [kídni] samostalnik
anatomija ledvica, obist
figurativno vrsta, sorta, kov

a man of that kidney mož tega kova
he is of the right kidney je pravega kova

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

kipéti (vreti) to boil, to seethe; to bubble

kipim od jeze I am boiling with rage, my blood boils
kipéti od sreče (navdušenja) to be bubbling over with happiness (enthusiasm)
vse je kipelo v njem his blood was boiling
dežela kipi od nezadovoljstva the country is seething with discontent

kísati (solato itd.) to vinegar; to season with vinegar; to make sour, to make acid, to add a sour substance

kísati (se) (spremeniti (se) v kislino) to acidify
malo kísati to acidulate
kísati se (figurativno) to look surly, to look bitter
kísati se to become (ali turn) sour
vreme se kisa the weather is getting worse

kláda block; clog; log; (figurativno, neroda) clumsy (ali coarse) fellow, (butec) blockhead

spi kot kláda he is sleeping like a log
kláde zgodovina (kazen) stocks pl

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

klásičen classic(al)

ima klásično izobrazbo he has had a classical education
to je klásično delo o tem vprašanju (problemu) it is the standard work on the question
klásična gimnazija VB grammar school
klásična umetnost (glasba, poezija) classical art (music, poetry)
klásično delo classic
posnemati klásični stil to classicize

klásik classic; literary work or author of ancient Greece or Rome; standard author

-i pl classics pl
on je naš zadnji klásik he is the last of our classics

kljúb in spite of; despite; notwithstanding

kljúb temu vsemu in spite of all that, for all that, notwithstanding; just the same, all the same, none the less
kljúb temu se mi je zahvalil he thanked me all the same
kljúb vsemu svojemu bogastvu ni srečen with all his wealth he is not happy
kljúb dejstvu, da... in spite of the fact that...

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

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

knjíga book; (nevezana) loose-leaf (ali unbound) book; (zvezek) volume

blagajniška knjíga cashbook
kuharska knjíga cookery book
Bela knjíga politika White Paper
glavna knjíga trgovina ledger
priročna knjíga handbook, manual, reference book
šolska knjíga textbook, school book
vezana (broširana) knjíga bound (stitched) book
knjíga z najboljšo prodajo (uspešnica) bestseller
zemljiška knjíga land registry, estate register
antikvarična, že rabljena knjíga secondhand book
dolgočasna knjíga a dull book
kiosk za prodajo knjíg bookstall
omara za knjíge bookcase
polica za knjíge bookshelf; pl -lves
stojalo za knjíge ZDA bookrack
naslov knjíge title of a book
razstava knjíg book exhibition
ljubitelj, zbiratelj knjíg booklover, bibliophile, bibliomaniac
izposojevalnica knjíg lending library, circulating library
vsebina knjíge contents pl, subject matter
pravica ponatisa knjíge copyright
prodajalec knjíg bookseller
darilno nakazilo za knjígo book token
pisec knjíg writer (of books), author
brati, čitati iz knjíge to read from a book
knjíga se dobro bere the book reads well
ta knjíga se dobro prodaja this book sells well
knjíga je razprodana the book is sold out
knjíga je zaplenjena the book has been seized ali confiscated
izdati knjígo to bring out, to publish a book
govoriti kot iz knjíge to speak like a book
predelati knjígo to study a book thoroughly
sedeti vedno pri (svojih) knjígah to be always poring over one's books
vnesti v knjígo to record, to enter in the book(s)
voditi knjíge to keep books
založiti (izdati) knjígo to publish, to bring out a book

knock¹ [nɔk] samostalnik
udarec, sunek; trkanje; ropotanje motorja
ameriško, sleng neugodna kritika

sleng to take the knock pretrpeti hudo denarno izgubo
there is a knock nekdo trka
to give a double knock dvakrat potrkati

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?

knowing [nóuiŋ] pridevnik
pretkan, prekanjen; razumen, pameten, moder; razumeven, uvideven; izkušen, vešč; nameren
pogovorno eleganten

there is no knowing nihče ne more vedeti
a knowing one prekanjenec

knowledge [nɔ́lidž] samostalnik
znanje, poznavanje, vednost, spoznanje; izkustvo, veščina; poznanstvo; obvestilo, vest

carnal knowledge of s.o. spolno občevanje s kom
general knowledge splošna izobrazba
it is common knowledge splošno je znano, vsi vedo
to the best of my knowledge and belief po moji najboljši vednosti in vesti
not to my knowledge ne da bi vedel
to my certain knowledge za gotovo vem
to come to one's knowledge zvedeti, priti na ušesa
without my knowledge brez moje vednosti
it has grown out of all knowledge ne da se več prepoznati

kócka matematika cube; hexahedron; (igralna) dice sg in pl; arhaično die, pl dice

igralne kócke (pogovorno) bones, ivories
posodica za metanje kóck dice-box
sleparska kócka cogged dice, (obtežena) loaded dice
igranje s kócko, kockanje game of dice
briket v kóckah cubeshaped briquet(te)
premog v kóckah cobbles pl
sladkor v kóckah sugar cubes (ali lump sugar)
tlakovalna kócka paving stone
kócka je padla the die is cast
biti na kócki (figurativno) to be at stake
njegovo življenje je na kócki his life is at stake
staviti na kócko to stake
staviti (svoje) življenje na kócko to take one's life in one's hands, to stake (ali to risk) one's life on a throw of the dice, to dice with death
vse na kócko staviti to risk all; to go neck or nothing
igrati s kóckami, kockati to play dice
rezati v kócke to dice, to cut into small cubes

kóličkaj a little, a bit

če je kóličkaj boljši if he is a shade better