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calculate [kǽlkjuleit]

1. prehodni glagol
računati, izračunati, preračunati; pretehtati (for)
urediti
ameriško, pogovorno misliti, domnevati

2. neprehodni glagol (on, upon)
računati, zanašati se (na)

calends [kǽlindz] samostalnik
množina kalende

at (ali on) the Greek calends nikoli

call¹ [kɔ:l]

1. prehodni glagol
klicati, poklicati; zbuditi, imenovati; smatrati; sklicati
ameriško telefonirati
trgovina terjati
ameriško, domačno grajati
Biblija zadeti, doleteti

2. neprehodni glagol
klicati, vpiti; telefonirati (on, upon)
obiskati, priti
mornarica (at) pristati (at)
oglasiti se pri, zaviti kam

to call attention to s.th. opozoriti na kaj
to call to account poklicati na odgovor
what age do you call him? koliko mislite, da je star?
ameriško, pogovorno let it call a day naj bo za danes dovolj
to call to mind spomniti, priklicati v spomin
to call s.o. names (o)zmerjati koga
to have nothing to call one's own biti brez sredstev
to call in question (po)dvomiti
to call a spade a spade, to call things by their names reči bobu bob
to call it square (ali quits) smatrati za urejeno
to call into being ustvariti
to call a halt ustaviti se
to call a meeting sklicati sestanek
not to have a moment to call one's own ne imeti niti trenutka zase
to call to order posvariti, opomniti
to call the banns oklicati
to call cousins with s.o. sklicevati se na sorodstvo s kom
to call into play spraviti v tek
to call to witness poklicati za pričo
to be called imenovati se
to be called to the bar postati odvetnik
to call the roll vojska poklicati zbor, klicati po imenih

call² [kɔl] samostalnik
klic, poziv, sklic; zvočni signal, vabilka za ptiče; (kratek) obisk (on s.o., at a place)
prihod ladje v pristanišče; vabilo; poklic; imenovanje; zahteva, prošnja; povod; nalog; telefonski klic
trgovina opomin; povpraševanje (po blagu)

at call pripravljen izvršiti nalog, na razpolago; blizu, nedaleč
call to arms (ali the colours) vpoklic
to have no call to do s.th. ne imeti povoda, ne čutiti potrebe nekaj storiti
to have no call on s.o.'s time ne imeti pravice koga zadrževati
to pay (ali make) a call (on) obiskati, oglasiti se
to have a close call za las uiti
to obey the call of nature iti na stran
roll call klicanje imen prisotnih
to give a call poklicati po telefonu
for the call of na razpolago (koga)
to take a call stopiti pred zastor (igralec po ploskanju)
within call dosegljiv
house of call zatočišče; borza dela
place of call trgovska hiša
no call to blush ni se ti treba sramovati

call upon prehodni glagol
obrniti se (na koga) ➞ to call on

campaign¹ [kæmpéin] samostalnik
bojni pohod, vojskovanje; politična gonja

electoral campaign volilni boj
on campaign v vojni službi, v službi na bojišču

candle [kǽndl] samostalnik
sveča; svetloba sveče

to burn the candle on both ends preveč delati
not fit to hold a candle to s.o. nevreden koga, ki mu ne sega niti do kolen
the game is not worth the candle ni vredno truda in stroškov
to hold a candle to the devil dajati potuho
with bell, book and candle kot se spodobi
not to hide candle under bushel rad poudarjati svoje zasluge
to sell by inch of candle prodajati na dražbi

cap¹ [kæp] samostalnik
čepica, kapica, klobuk, avba, pokrivalo; vrh; pokrov; vžigalna kapica; lesena čaša

cap acquaintance površno poznanstvo
to assume the black cap na smrt obsoditi
a feather in one's cap nekaj, na kar smo lahko ponosni
the cap fits prilega se (npr. pripomba)
to get one's cap postati član kluba
cap in hand proseče
his cap is on one side slabe volje je
cap lamp rudarska svetilka (ki je na čelu)
night cap napitek pred spanjem
to pull caps prepirati se
to put on one's considering (ali thinking) cap stvar dobro premisliti
to send round the cap poslati nabiralno polo, nabirati prispevke
she sets (up) her cap at (ali for) him trudi se, da bi ga pridobila
cap of maintenance pokrivalo kot simbol položaja
fool's cap čepica dvornega norca; format pisarniškega papirja
steel cap čelada
cap and gown akademska noša

capitalize [kəpítəlaiz] prehodni glagol
kapitalizirati, v kapital spremeniti; pisati ali tiskati z veliko črko

to capitalize on (ali upon) s.th. okoristiti se s čim

card¹ [ka:d] samostalnik
karta, vizitka, izkaznica; lepenka; program
ameriško časopisna objava
domačno človek, dečko; čudak

compass card vetrovnica (na kompasu)
to fling (ali throw up) one's cards opustiti igro
to have all one's cards in one's hand imeti vse prednosti
figurativno a house of cards negotov položaj ali načrt
it is (ali that's) the card tako kaže, to je pravo, to je treba
it is on the card to je mogoče
a lively card veseljak
pack of cards igra kart
to play at cards kvartati
to tell fortunes upon cards vedeževati iz kart
to play one's best cards uporabiti svoje najboljše možnosti
to play one's cards well (badly) biti spreten (nespreten)
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to throw one's cards (on the table) vse odkrito povedati, priznati
a queer card čudak
trump card adut
to have a card up one's sleeve imeti nekaj za bregom
a knowing card navihanec
to lay one's cards on the table igrati z odprtimi kartami
a loose card razuzdanec
a sure card zanesljiv človek
to speak by the card jasno se izražati
to leave cards on s.o. obiskati koga
to make a card vzeti (pri kartah)
visiting card vizitka
ration card živilska nakaznica

careen² [kərí:n] samostalnik
mornarica nagnjenost

on the careen na boku

carína (urad) customs pl; (dajatev) duty, pl duties; tariff

brez caríne, prost caríne duty-free, custom-free; non dutiable
carína plačana duty-paid
podvržen caríni liable to duty; liable to customs, dutiable
neplačana carína unpaid duty
izvozna carína export duty
uvozna carína import duty, duties on entry
zaščitna carína protective tariff
trgovina brez caríne free trade
iti skozi caríno to go (ali to pass) through the customs
plačati caríno to pay duty (za, na on)
pobirati caríno to collect duty

carpet¹ [ká:pit] samostalnik
preproga

on the carpet na dnevnem redu
to do a carpet odsedeti kazen
to call on the carpet grajati
the question is on the carpet zadevo pretresajo
to walk the carpet dobi(va)ti ukor
bedside carpet predposteljnik

cart-load [ká:tloud] ➞ cartful
pogovorno velika množina; morje česa

to come down on s.o. like a cart-load of bricks nahruliti koga

cash¹ [kæš] samostalnik
gotovina, denar

balance of cash gotovina v blagajni
hard cash kovanci
to be in cash imeti denar
ready cash gotovina
loose cash drobiž
to run out of cash potrošiti ves denar
short (ali out) of cash brez denarja
cash payment plačilo v gotovini
cash down denar na roko; obračunavanje v gotovini
cash on delivery (C.O.D.) povzetje

cash² [kæš] prehodni glagol
vnovčiti, izplačati; zamenjati; izterjati

to cash in vnovčiti, izplačati, izterjati; sleng umreti
to cash in on s.th. okoristiti se s čim

cash-system [kǽšsistəm] samostalnik
plačanje v gotovini

on the cash-system samo za gotovino

cast¹ [ka:st] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
vreči, metati, lučati; odvreči, zavreči; povreči, splaviti; obsoditi; bljuvati; goliti, leviti se; zgubiti, zgubljati (zobe); deliti vloge; izračunati; odpustiti (vojake)
pravno obsoditi na plačilo stroškov; uliti, ulivati; zviti se (les); križariti
preteklik & pretekli deležnik od cast

to cast anchor usidrati se
to cast aspersion on s.o. očrniti koga
pravno to be cast zgubiti pravdo
to cast beyond the moon delati fantastične načrte
to cast the blame on s.o. for s.th. valiti krivdo na koga zaradi česa
cast down potrt
to cast dust in s.o.'s eyes metati komu pesek v oči
cast for s.th. primeren za kaj
to cast lots žrebati
cast in the same mould narejen po istem kalupu
figurativno cast in a cart zapuščen
to cast into s.o.'s teeth očitati komu
cast iron lito železo, grodelj
to cast loose odvezati (čoln)
to cast a vote glasovati
to cast the lead meriti morsko globino
to cast spell on s.o. ureči, začarati koga
figurativno to cast stones at s.o. obsojati obnašanje koga
to cast skin leviti se
to cast into a sleep uspavati
to cast into prison zapreti v ječo
the play is well cast igra je dobro zasedena

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

catch up prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
ujeti; zagrabiti; prekiniti

catch up with v korak iti, dohiteti; biti komu kos
catch up on (ali to) približati se