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leg¹ [leg] samostalnik
noga, bedro, stegno; krača, bočnik; etapa (pri potovanju, letenju); hlačnica, nogavica, golenica (škornja); noga stola, mize
navtika ena smer pri cikcak vožnji; stranica trikotnika, tangenta, krak šestila
šport stran igrišča desno od metalca (kriket)

to be all legs nogat, dolgonog
to be off one's legs biti slab v nogah
to be on one's last legs biti z eno nogo v grobu, biti na koncu svojih moči
the boot is on the other leg resnica je čisto drugačna, razmere so se spremenile
to fall on one's legs postaviti se na noge, končno uspeti, imeti srečo
to feel (ali find) one's legs shoditi (otrok)
to get a leg in pridobiti zaupanje
to get upon one's legs razjeziti se, planiti kvišku
to get on one's hind legs postaviti se po robu, pripraviti se k obrambi
to give s.o. a leg up pomagati komu naprej
not to have a leg to stand on ne imeti se na kaj opreti, ne imeti opravičila
to have a bone in one's leg dati šaljiv odklonilen odgovor
to have the legs of biti hitrejši od koga
to have legs biti zelo hiter (zlasti ladja)
to have good sea legs ne dobiti morske bolezni, biti pravi mornar
to keep one's legs obdržati se na nogah
leg and leg enako stanje v igri, enako število točk
on one's (hind) legs na nogah, pri dobrem zdravju
to pull s.o.'s leg imeti koga za norca, šaliti se s kom
to put one's best leg foremost pohiten
to run s.o. off his legs nalagati komu prevež dela, obremeniti koga z delom
to set s.o. on his legs pomagati komu na noge
arhaično to make a leg prikloniti se
to shake a leg britanska angleščina, pogovorno plesati, ameriško, sleng pohiteti, podvizati se
to shake a loose leg razuzdano živeti
to show a leg vstati
to show a clean pair of legs zbežati
to stand on one's own legs biti samostojen, postaviti se na lastne noge
to stretch one's legs iti na sprehod
to take to one's legs popihati jo
to walk s.o. off his legs utruditi koga s hojo
black-leg slepar, stavkokaz

legion [lí:džən] samostalnik
legija
figurativno množica, legijon

foreign legion tujska legija
their name is legion nešteto jih je cel legijon jih je

léksikon lexicon; glossary

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

lemon [lémən] samostalnik
botanika limona, limonovec; citronasta barva
sleng neprivlačno dekle; popoln polom; kvarilec zabave

pogovorno the answer is a lemon bedast odgovor na bedasto vprašanje
sleng to hand s.o. a lemon prevarati koga, povzročiti komu neprijetnost

lép -a, -o beautiful, fine; pretty, nice, handsome; sweet; (obraz) good-looking; pesniško beauteous; (vreme) fair, fine, favourable; (rast, stas) wellmade, well-proportioned, well-formed, wellshaped, shapely; (ljubek) lovely, graceful, charming

lép, -a, -o kot slika as pretty as a picture
lép, -a, -oo darilo (premoženje, kompliment) a handsome present (fortune, compliment)
lép, -a, -oa godlja, zmeda a nice mess
lép, -a, -oa pot good road
lép, -a, -oi spol the fair sex
lép, -a, -oa priložnost (znesek) a fair chance (amount)
lép, -a, -oa vsota a round (ali respectable) sum
lép, -a, -oe goré beautiful mountains pl
lép, -a, -oo vreme fine weather
lép, -a, -oe umetnosti fine (ali liberal) arts pl
lép, -a, -o začetek a nice beginning
lép, -a, -oe pozdrave tvoji sestri! best regards to your sister!
lép, -a, -oega dne one fine day
lép, -a, -oa pisava a fair hand
imeti lép, -a, -oo pisavo to write a fair hand
od lép, -a, -oih besed se ne da živeti fine words butter no parsnips
lép, -a, -oo mnenje boste imeli o meni you will have a fine opinion of me, what are you going to think of me?
barometer kaže "lepo" the barometer stands at fair
to ni lepó od tebe that's not nice of you
ta je pa lép, -a, -oa! a fine (ali story), this is!
to je vse lép, -a, -oo, toda... that's all very well (ali fine), but...
kar praviš, je vse prav lép, -a, -oo, toda... what you say is all very fine, but...
to bi bilo še lepše! that would beat everything!, that would cap it all!

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)

lest [lest] veznik
da ne bi; (za besedami, ki izražajo strah, nevarnost, bojazen) da bi

there is danger lest the plan become known nevarnost je, da bi se načrt razvedel

léten yearly, annual

létna bilanca annual balance sheet
létni čas season
létnemu času ustrezen seasonable
njegov létni dohodek se ceni na 20.000 funtov his annual income is estimated at 20,000 pounds
létni dopust annual vacation
létna inventura annual stocktaking
létni izpit (v šoli) final examination
létna konferenca, létno zasedanje annual conference, ZDA convention
létna najemnina rent per annum
létna plača yearly salary
létni obrok yearly instal(l)ment
létna poraba annual (ali yearly) consumption
létni obrat turn of the year, New Year
létni promet (prodaja, iztržek) annual turnover, annual sale
létna proizvodnja yearly output, annual production
létno poročilo annual report
létni prispevek annual contribution
létna skupščina annual meeting
létni zaslužek annual earnings pl
srednja létna temperatura mean annual temperature

létina crop (s pl); (žita itd.) yield, harvest

sadna létina fruit crop
dobra sadna létina a good yield of fruit
letos létina slabo kaže prospects for the harvest are poor this year
obeta se bogata létina the crop promises to be very abundant, a rich crop is expected
ne obeta se dobra létina the crops look rather poor
pospraviti létino to get in the crop, to gather in the crops
slaba létina bad harvest
letos je bila slaba létina the harvest failed this year

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

li

je li res? is it true?
rad bi vedel, je li srečna I should like to know whether she is happy

liable [láiəbl] pridevnik
ekonomija, pravno odgovoren (for za)
ki ima nalogo, dolžan, zavezan (to, for)
nagnjen, podvržen (to k)
(z nedoločnikom) predisponiran

to be liable for odgovarjati za, biti porok za
liable for military service ki mora služiti vojsko
liable to prosecution kazniv
liable to taxation ki mora plačati davke
liable to fits of temper ki se hitro razburi
liable to catch cold ki se hitro prehladi
difficulties are liable to occur treba je računati na težave
everybody is liable to make mistakes vsak se lahko zmoti

libel [leibəl]

1. samostalnik
klevetniški spis, paskvil, kleveta, objava takega spisa ali slike, sramotenje
pravno obtožnica

2. prehodni glagol
javno klevetati, objaviti klevetniški spis, obrekovati, žaliti, sramotiti
pravno vložiti tožbo zoper koga

it is a libel on niti malo ni podobno (komu, čemu)

lid [lid] samostalnik
pokrov (očesna) veka
botanika poklopec trosnika
zoologija škržni poklopec
ameriško, sleng klobuk
ameriško, sleng omejitev, zapora, ustavitev

britanska angleščina, sleng this puts the lid on to presega vse meje
with the lid off razkrinkan v vsej svoji strahoti
sleng to blow the lid off razkrinkati (škandal)
ameriško, sleng to clamp a lid on prepovedati (širjenje vesti)
the lid is on (ali down) ostro se bo ukrepalo

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

likelihood [láiklihud] samostalnik
verjetnost, videz

in all likelihood zelo verjetno
of no likelihood malo verjetno
there is a likelihood of his succeeding verjetno bo uspel