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button¹ [bʌ́tn] samostalnik
gumb
botanika popek; glavič; mlada gobica

covered button prevlečen gumb
not to care a (brass) button prav nič se ne meniti
pogovorno not to have all one's buttons ne biti čisto pri pameti
the buttons have come off the foils nasprotniki v borbi pozabljajo na osnovna pravila vljudnosti
to do up a button zapeti gumb
to undo a button odpeti gumb
a button has come undone gumb se je odpel
to press the button pozvoniti
(a boy in) buttons livrirani sluga; sprevodnik dvigala
not worth a button niti piškavega oreha vreden, zanič

button² [bʌ́tn] prehodni glagol (up)
zapeti

figurativno to button up one's mouth molčati, ne ziniti besede
to button up one's purse (ali pockets) skopariti

buy^*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
kupiti; podkupiti
figurativno drago plačati

to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
to buy and sell trgovati

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

by² [bai] prislov
blizu, v bližini, poleg, zraven; mimo

by and by kmalu nato, kasneje
close by čisto zraven
to go by iti mimo
hard by čisto poleg
by and large nasploh
to lay by prihraniti
to pass by mimo iti
figurativno to pass s.o. by prezreti koga
to put by prihraniti
to stand by nič ne delati
to set by prihraniti

bye [bai] samostalnik
odvečen tekmovalec

to draw (ali have) the bye ne se udeležiti igre, tekme

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

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

can^*1 [kæn, kən] pomanjkljiv, pomožni

I can morem, znam
I can't, cannot [kænt, ka:nt] ne morem, ne znam
you can go lahko greš
I can see (hear) you vidim (slišim) te
can you translate it? znaš to prevesti?
I cannot but wish ne morem si kaj, da si ne bi želel, želim si le

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

cannot [kǽnɔt] ➞ can't

I cannot ne morem, ne znam
I cannot but moram, drugo mi ne preostaja
I cannot away with this tega ne zmorem

canteen [kæntí:n] samostalnik
krčma, kantina, menza; čutara; porcija (posoda)

dry canteen vojaška kantina, v kateri ne prodajajo pijače
wet canteen vojaška kantina, v kateri prodajajo pijače
industrial canteen tovarniška menza

care² [kɛə] neprehodni glagol (for, of, about)
skrbeti, negovati; marati
ameriško zmoči, uspešno urediti

to care for rad imeti, zanimati se
much do I care for mar mi je, še na misel mi ne pride
I don't care ne ljubi se mi, ni mi mar
for aught (ali ought) I care zaradi mene, meni nič mar
I don't care if I do nimam nič proti
I don't care a pin (ali rap, damn, straw, cent, brass farthing, fig, feather, whoop) nič mi ni mar, vseeno mi je
what do I care? kaj mi mar?

carry away prehodni glagol
odnesti, odpeljati; zapelj(ev)ati, očarati, navdušiti

to be carried away with s.th. navduševati se nad čim, ne se obvladati

case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

catch^*1 [kæč]

1. prehodni glagol
ujeti, zgrabiti, uloviti; zasačiti; dohiteti; očarati (at, in pri)
presenetiti; zamrzniti

2. neprehodni glagol
prijemati, zgrabiti; zatakniti se; vneti se (ogenj)

to catch s.o. bending zasačiti koga
to catch s.o. a blow udariti koga
to catch one's breath zadrževati dih
to catch one's foot spotakniti se
to catch (a) cold prehladiti se
to catch a crab pregloboko z vesli udariti
to catch fire vžgati se
to catch a glimpse of s.o. bežno koga zagledati
to catch the idea (ali point) razumeti, doumeti, zapopasti misel
to catch hold of s.th. polastiti se česa, prijeti kaj
to catch it biti kaznovan
catch me! nikakor ne! še na misel mi ne pride
to catch s.o. napping zasačiti koga, ko ne opravlja svojega dela
to catch the Speaker's eye dobiti besedo (v parlamentu)
to catch a Tartar izkupiti jo
sleng you will catch it! ti bom že pokazal!

caviar(e) [kǽvia:] samostalnik
kaviar

it's caviar(e) to the general tega preprosti ljudje ne razumejo, to je samo za izbrance, to metanje biserov svinjam

cedílo colander; strainer; percolator; filter

na cedílu ostati (figurativno) to get left in the lurch
pustiti koga na cedílu to let someone down, to desert someone, to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to fail someone, to leave someone in a jam ali in a mess; to abandon someone, ZDA to go back on someone, (razočarati) to disappoint someone
ne pusti me na cedílu v sili! don't fail me now I need you!
pustiti dekle na cedílu to leave a girl in the lurch

ceníti to set a price on, to fix a price; to rate; to value; to estimate, to appraise; (spoštovati) to esteem, to respect, to appreciate; to prize

prenizko ceníti to undervalue, to underrate, figurativno to abase
previsoko ceníti to overrate
ne ceníti to think poorly of
zelo ceníti to think highly of, to set great store by, to make much of
zelo ga cenim I think a great deal of him