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close¹ [klous] pridevnik (closely prislov)
zaprt, zaklenjen; stisnjen, tesen, gost
figurativno jedrnat; soparen, zadušljiv, zatohel; molčeč, vase zaprt; blizek; pazljiv, natančen; skoraj enak; vztrajen, marljiv; zaupen; skop, varčen; skrit; logičen; neodločen (boj)

close argument nepobiten dokaz
close combat bitka iz bližine, boj moža proti možu
close confinement strogi zapor
in close conversation v živahnem pogovoru
pogovorno close customer molčeč človek
close fight neodločen boj
close friend zaupen prijatelj
close proximity (ali quarters) neposredna bližina
to come to close quarters spoprijeti se
close season (ali time) varstvena doba prepovedi lova
close study temeljit študij
pogovorno close thing pičla zmaga
close weather soparno vreme
it was a close call (ali shave) za las smo ušli
close translation natančen prevod
to keep s.th. close zase kaj obdržati, ne izdati

coat¹ [kóut] samostalnik
suknja, površnik, plašč, jopič; pokrov; prevleka, obloga, omet, opaž, plast, premaz; koža, dlaka, perje
medicina mrena, opna, kožica

coat of arms grb
to baste s.o.'s coat nabunkati, pretepsti koga
to cut one's coat according to one's cloth ➞ cloth
to dust a coat for s.o. pretepsti koga
it is not the gay coat that makes the gentleman obleka sama še ne naredi človeka
great coat zimski plašč
to wear the King's (ali Queen's) coat služiti vojake
coat of mail železna srajca, oklep
near is my coat but nearer is my skin vsak je sebi najbližji, bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
to turn one's coat izneveriti se, postati odpadnik, po vetru se obračati
to take off one's coat pripraviti se na boj
to take off one's coat to (the) work zavihati rokave, lotiti se dela

cock¹ [kɔ́k] samostalnik
petelin, (tudi na puški); petelinje petje
figurativno vodja; pipa, vetrnica; poševna lega klobuka na glavi; jeziček (na tehtnici); kazalec (na sončni uri)
navtika medkrov; pilotov sedež; bahač, kolovodja
vulgarno spolni ud

as the old cock crows so does the young learn jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
the red cock crows hiša je v plamenih
dunghill cock domači petelin
every cock crows on his dunghill doma se vsakdo čuti junaka
to be cast at the cocks zgubiti se
that cock won't fight tukaj nekaj ni v redu, to ne bo držalo
to live like a fighting cock živeti ko ptička na veji
the cock of the walk (ali roost) glavna oseba, samozavestnež
to go off at half cock prezgodaj se sprožiti
domačno old cock ljubi moj, človek božji

coin¹ [kɔin] samostalnik
kovanec
zastarelo ogelni kamen

to pay s.o. in his own coin plačati milo za drago
bad (ali counterfeit, false) coin ponarejen novec
to spin (ali toss up) a coin metati novec, fucati
not to have two coins to rub ne imeti prebite pare

cold² [kould] samostalnik
mraz
medicina prehlad, nahod

to catch (ali get, take) (a) cold prehladiti se
to have a cold imeti nahod
to leave s.o. out in the cold ne posvetiti komu pozornosti, pustiti ga na cedilu
cold in the head nahod
to be in the cold biti osamljen
figurativno out in the cold zapuščen, zanemarjen

come^*1 [kʌm] neprehodni glagol (to, into; out of, from; within)
priti, prihajati, dospeti; prikazati, približati se; izvirati; postati; zgoditi, pripetiti se; znašati; delati se

to come and go sem in tja hoditi; prikazovati se in izginjati
to come the artful over oslepariti
to come to be postati
to come to blows stepsti se
sleng to come a cropper pasti; utrpeti škodo
to come down a peg biti ponižan
sleng to come the fine gentleman igrati odličnega gospoda
to come to grief doživeti polom
to come to a head doseči višek
sleng how comes? kako to, čemu?
let it come to the worst v najslabšem primeru
to come to harm utrpeti škodo
to come to know zvedeti
to come to light prikazati se
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
don't come the old soldier over me nikar se ne širokousti pred menoj
to come to pass zgoditi se
to come it over predrzno se vesti
to come to the point jasno se izraziti; skušati pridobiti
to come to see obiskati
to come short zamuditi; ne imeti uspeha, pogoreti
to come to stay ustaliti se
to come to terms dogovoriti, zediniti se; sprijazniti se, popustiti
to come bodoč, naslednji
in years to come v poznejših letih
come what may naj se zgodi, kar hoče
to come to the wrong shop obrniti se na napačen naslov
to come to o.s. zavedeti se
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje
pogovorno he's as stupid as they come neumen je, kar se da
come now! daj že!
come! no!

come out neprehodni glagol
ven priti, pokazati se; prvič nastopiti; izpadati (lasje); izginiti (madež); odlikovati se

come out in spots dobiti madeže
come out on strike začeti stavkati
come out at the examination odlično opraviti izpit
come out strong odločno zastopati (stališče)
sleng come out of that! pusti to! ne govori več o tem!
come out top biti najboljši

come up neprehodni glagol
priti gor, narasti; priti na univerzo, v London; pojaviti se, nastati (vprašanje)
botanika vzkliti

come up against trčiti ob kaj, nastopiti proti
come up smiling pogumno prenašati
come up to segati do
come up to (the) scratch biti v formi, dobro se počutiti; ne se izmuzniti, izkazati se
come up with dohiteti

compare¹ [kəmpɛ́ə]

1. prehodni glagol (with, to)
primerjati
slovnica stopnjevati

2. neprehodni glagol (with)
dati se primerjati; tekmovati

pogovorno to compare notes debatirati
as compared with (ali to) v primeri s
it cannot be compared with (ali to) ne da se primerjati s

compeer [kɔmpíə] samostalnik
oseba istega položaja; tovariš(ica)

to have no compeer ne imeti sebi enakega

composition [kɔmpəzíšən] samostalnik
sestavek, spis; esej; pesem, skladba; delo; odškodnina, poravnava; značaj; zmes, zlitina; sestavljanje, sestavina; umetna snov; dogovor; tiskarski stavek
vojska sporazum o premirju; kompromis

composition book vadnica; ameriško zvezek
to have a touch of madness in one's composition ne biti čisto pri pameti

concern² [kənsə́:n] samostalnik
zadeva, posel (about, for)
skrb (at, over zaradi)
zaskrbljenost; žalost, užaloščenje, bol (in za)
zanimanje; delež
trgovina tvrdka, podjetje, koncern; pomembnost, važnost
pogovorno stavba

it is of no concern of mine to mi ni nič mar
a matter of no concern nepomembna stvar
to take no concern in s.th. ne se zanimati za kaj
to have a concern in imeti delež pri čem; zanimati se za kaj
public concerns javne zadeve
thriving concern uspešen posel
pogovorno to give up the whole concern opustiti zadevo
a paying concern rentabilno podjetje
a going concern aktivno podjetje
of the utmost concern skrajno pomemben
to have no concern with s.th. ne imeti s čim opravka

confused [kənfjú:zd] pridevnik (confusedly [kənfjú:zidli] prislov)
zbegan, zmeden; zamotan, nejasen

to become confused priti v zadrego
not to be confused with ne zamenjajte s; v razliko s

conjurer, conjuror [kʌ́ndžərə]
čarovnik, žongler, slepar

he is no conjurer ne bo izumil smodnika

conscientious [kɔnšiénšəs] pridevnik (conscientiously prislov)
natančen, skrben, vesten

conscientious objector član sekte, ki mu vest ne dopušča, da bi služil vojake

consent² [kənsént] samostalnik (to)
privolitev, dopustitev, odobritev

pravno age of consent polnoletnost
by common consent, with one consent soglasno
mutual consent medsebojen dogovor
silence gives consent kdor molči, se strinja
to carry the consent of biti odobren od
to withhold one's consent ne odobriti
half hearted consent prisilna privolitev

consequence [kɔ́nsikwəns] samostalnik
posledica; izid; važnost, pomembnost; vpliv

it is of no consequence nič ne de
in consequence zato, torej, potemtakem
in consequence of zaradi
to take the consequences nositi posledice
a person of consequence ugledna oseba
of no consequence to brezpomemben za

consideration [kənsidəréišən] samostalnik
ogledovanje; uslužnost, pozornost, pažnja, pazljivost; premišljevanje, premislek; cenitev, spoštovanje; ozir, uvaževanje; nagib; odškodnina, nadomestilo, vračilo; premirje; napitnina; važnost; ugled

after due consideration po zrelem premisleku
budget consideration proračunski načrt
to give consideration to pretehtati, upoštevati
to leave out of consideration ne upoštevati
money is no consideration denar ni vprašanje
on no consideration za nič na svetu
under consideration v pretresu, ki se preučuje
in consideration of glede, zastran
in consideration of the sum za znesek
to take into consideration upoštevati
that is a consideration to je upoštevanja vredno

contemptuous [kəntémptjuəs] pridevnik (contemptuously prislov)
zaničevalen (of)
omalovažujoč, prezirljiv; ošaben

contemptuous of ne glede na
to be contemptuous of s.o. zaničevati koga

correspondent [kɔrispɔ́ndənt]

1. samostalnik
dopisnik, dopisovalec

to be a bad correspondent ne odgovarjati na pisma

2. pridevnik (correspondently prislov) (to)
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