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lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

leap^*2 [li:p]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti, skakati; poskočiti, poskakovati; odskočiti (from)
preskočiti, preskakovati (over)
izskočiti (out)
vzplamteti (plamen), iti v glavo (kri)

2. prehodni glagol
preskočiti, preskakovati; pognati konja v skok

to leap aside skočiti vstran
look before you leap dobro premisli preden kaj storiš
to leap to the eye biti v oči
ready to leap and strike pripravljen na skok
my heart leaps for joy srce mi poskakuje od veselja
to leap into fame postati slaven na en mah
to leap to a conclusion napraviti prenagljen sklep
to leap from one topic to another skakati od ene teme na drugo

learn^* [lə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(na)učiti se; zvedeti, slišati (of o, from od)

2. neprehodni glagol
(iz)učiti se, navaditi se; zvedeti, slišati (of o)

to learn by heart (na)učiti se na pamet
to learn by rote naučiti se z vajo, učiti se na pamet
I am (ali have) yet to learn that ni mi še znano, da
it was learned yesterday včeraj se je razvedelo
I've learned my lesson izučilo me

leave¹ [li:v] samostalnik
dovoljenje, privoljenje; dopust; slovo

leave of absence dopust
to ask s.o. for leave; ali to ask leave of s.o. prositi koga za dovoljenje
by your leave z vašim dovoljenjem
leave off dovoljenje za odsotnost
to get leave off dobiti dovoljenje za odsotnost
on leave na dopustu
to go on leave iti na dopust
leave on pay plačan dopust
to take leave to say dovoliti si reči
to take leave of posloviti se od
to take one's leave oditi
to take French leave oditi brez pozdrava
to take leave of one's senses priti ob pamet
ticket of leave pogojni dopust (kaznjenca)

leave^*2 [li:v]

1. prehodni glagol
pustiti, zapustiti, prepustiti; opustiti, prenehati; pustiti, na cedilu, iti preko česa
ameriško dovoliti, dopustiti

2. neprehodni glagol
oditi, odpotovati (for kam)

to be left ostati
pogovorno to get left ostati na cedilu
to leave in the lurch pustiti na cedilu
pogovorno it leaves me cold (ali cool) ne zanima me, ne vznemirja me
pogovorno leave it at that naj ostane pri tem
to leave things as they are pustiti stvari kot so, pustiti stvari pri miru
6 from 8 leaves 2 8-6 je 2
there is nothing left to us but to go ne preostane nam drugega kot da gremo
to be left till called for poštno ležeče
I have nothing left nič mi ni ostalo
left on hand preostalo (v zalogi)
it leaves much to be desired še zdaleč ni dovolj
to leave no stone unturned obrniti vsak kamen, vsestransko se truditi
to leave s.o. wondering whether pustiti koga v dvomu o
I leave it to you to prepuščam tebi
to leave to accident (ali chance) prepustiti naključju
to leave s.o. to himself (ali to his own devices) prepustiti koga samemu sebi
to be well left dobro dedovati
to leave s.o. in the dark zamolčati komu kaj, ne povedati komu česa
to leave a place for another oditi kam od kod
to leave hold of spustiti kaj
vulgarno to leave go of spustiti kaj iz rok
to leave one's mark (up)on zapustiti neizbrisen vtis
to leave open pustiti (vprašanje) odprto
to leave up to prepustiti
to leave word sporočiti, pustiti sporočilo
to leave card on s.o. pustiti vizitko pri kom

left² [left] samostalnik
levica (tudi politična), leva stran

to the left na levo
to the left of levo od
to keep to the left držati se leve strani, voziti po levi strani
the second turn to the left druga (prečna) ulica levo

legit [lədžít] pridevnik
sleng legitimen, zakonit pravi

on the legit zakonito
legit stage gledališki oder (za razliko od filma)

length [leŋɵ] samostalnik
dolžina; oddaljenost (časovna), trajanje; odmerjen kos (blaga, žice, vrvi itd.)

at length nadrobno; končno
at arm's length na doseg roke; čim delj od sebe
to keep s.o. at arm's length ne dati komu blizu, ne biti preveč prijateljski
to know the length of s.o.'s foot koga dobro poznati
at full length v naravni velikosti
at great (ali some, full) length na drobno, na dolgo in široko
to go to great length daleč iti; zelo se potruditi
to go all lengths; ali to go to any length iti do skrajnosti
to go to the length of mnogo si dovoliti; iti tako daleč, da
to win by a length zmagati za eno dolžino (konj, čoln)
when will you come our length? kdaj vas bo pot zanesla k nam?

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!

less² [les] prislov (primernik od little)
manj, manj pomembno

a less known author manj znan avtor
less and less vse manj
still (ali much) less še mnogo manj, kaj šele
the less so as tem manj ker
none the less kljub temu, vseeno
no less (than) nič manj, nihče manj (od)
not the less nič manj
more or less več ali manj

lévi -a, -o left, left-hand, (v grbu) sinister

skrajni lévi, -a, -o leftmost
na lévi, -a, -o on the left
na lévo to the left
z léve from the left
lévo od to the left of
na lévo! vojska left turn!
pogled na lévo! vojska eyes left!
druga ulica lévo the second turn to the left
lévi branilec, krilec šport left back, left half
léva stran ladje port
lévi napadalec, krilo šport outside left, left winger, left outside
na lévo, proti lévi leftward(s)
lévo kolo avta (v Angliji in drugih deželah, kjer vozijo po levi strani) near wheel of a car
hoditi po lévi strani to keep to the left
kreniti na lévo to turn left, to take the left-hand turning
obrniti se na lévo to turn left
z lévo nogo vstati (figurativno) to get up on the wrong side of the bed, to get out of bed (on) the wrong side

liberate [líbəreit] prehodni glagol
osvoboditi (from od)
kemija sprostiti

lie^*4 [lai] neprehodni glagol
ležati, počivati; nahajati se, biti v; težiti, ležati (on na duši, v želodcu)
peljati (pot)
pravno biti dopusten, biti dovoljen, priti v poštev
arhaično prenočiti, prespati
lov ne vzleteti (ptice)
vojska & navtika stati, ležati (čete, ladje)

to lie around (ali about) valjati se naokoli (stvari)
to lie asleep spati
to lie in ambush (ali wait) ležati v zasedi
to lie close skrivati se
to lie hid pritajiti se, skriti se
to lie dead ležati mrtev
to lie dying umirati
sleng to lie doggo negibno ležati, pritajiti se
to lie in ruins biti v ruševinah
to lie sick ležati bolan
it lies at his door za to je on odgovoren
the responsibility lies on you odgovornost nosiš ti
the mistake lies here napaka je tukaj
to find out how the land lies videti od kod veter piha
as far as in me lies po svojih najboljših močeh, kolikor le morem
to lie on s.o.'s hands ležati pri kom brez koristi (nerabljeno, neprodano)
to lie idle biti neizkoriščen, mirovati (zemlja, stroj), lenuhariti
to lie in prison biti zaprt
to lie in the lap of the God biti v božjih rokah
it lies in a nutshell to je na dlani
to lie open to biti čemu izpostavljen
to lie heavy (up)on težiti (krivda)
to lie out of one's money biti ogoljufan za plačilo
vojska to lie perdu ležati v skriti izvidniški točki
to lie at the root of imeti korenine v
to let sleeping dogs lie ne dregati v sršenje gnezdo
to lie in state ležati na javnem mrtvaškem odru
to lie through peljati skozi (pot)
to lie under a charge biti obdolžen
to lie under a mistake motiti se
to lie under the necessity biti prisiljen
to lie under an obligation imeti dolžnost
to lie under a sentence of death biti na smrt obsojen
to lie under suspicion biti osumljen
it lies with you to do it na tebi je, da to storiš
his talents do not lie that way za to nima sposobnosti
to lie waste biti neobdelan (zemlja)
here lies tukaj počiva
pravno the appeal lies to the Supreme Court dopusten je priziv na vrhovno sodišče
pravno to lie on s.o. biti komu obvezan
his greatness lies in his courage njegova veličina je v njegovem pogumu
he knows where his interest lies on ve kje bo imel korist
to lie in s.o.'s way biti komu pri roki; biti komu na poti
to lie to the oars pošteno veslati
you will lie on the bed you have made kakor si boš postlal, tako boš ležal

lift² [lift]

1. prehodni glagol (up)
dvigniti, dvigati; privzdigniti, povzdigniti, spodbuditi
pogovorno krasti (zlasti govedo), napraviti plagiat; podreti šotor (tabor); izkopavati (krompir), izkopati (zaklad)
ameriško izplačati hipoteko
ameriško preklicati (prepoved, embargo); sneti (off z)

2. neprehodni glagol
dvigniti se, dvigati se (tudi megla, oblaki); pustiti se dvigniti

to lift up a cry zagnati krik, zakričati
to lift up one's eyes zaviti oči
ameriško not to lift (ali stir) a finger niti s prstom ne migniti
to lift s.o.'s face polepšati komu obraz z operacijo
figurativno to lift one's hand priseči
to lift a hand premakniti roko, samo malo se potruditi
figurativno to lift a hand against s.o. dvigniti roko na koga
to lift one's hat privzdigniti klobuk, pozdraviti
to lift (up)one's head dvigniti glavo, zbrati se; dvigniti se, pojaviti se, pomoliti glavo
to lift up one's heel brcniti, ritati
figurativno to lift up one's horn pokazati roge
lifted up with pride kipeč od ponosa; vzravnan od ponosa
to lift a story ukrasti zgodbo, napraviti plagiat
to lift (up)one's voice against povzdigniti glas proti, nasprotovati komu, čemu

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

línija line

na líniji politika in line
avtobusna línija bus route
letalska línija airline
frontna línija vojska line of battle
obrambna línija vojska line of defence
za sovražnikovimi línijami vojska behind the enemy's lines
línija najmanjšega odpora the line of least resistance
stranska línija branch line
(telefonska) línija je zasedena the line is engaged
biti na líniji politika to toe the line, to be in line
odstopiti od strankine línije to step out of line

live² [liv]

1. neprehodni glagol
živeti, trajati, zdržati; preživeti; stanovati, živeti

2. prehodni glagol
preživljati

to live to be old; ali to live to a great age dočakati visoko starost, dolgo živeti
to live close živeti pretirano skromno
to live in a small way skromno živeti
to live in clover živeti v obilju, živeti brezskrbno
to live fast razuzdano živeti
to live a lie živeti čez svoje razmere
to live from hand to mouth živeti iz rok v usta
live and learn! učiš se vse življenje
to live by painting živeti od slikanja
to live to o.s. sam zase živeti
to live within o.s. povleči se vase, živeti po svoje
live and let live daj še drugim živeti, živi in pusti še druge živeti
to live a double life živeti dvojno življenje
the dead live on in our hearts mrtvi živijo dalje v naših srcih
to live to see doživeti
to live off one's capital živeti od svojega kapitala
to live by one's wits znajti se v življenju, živeti od sleparstva
live wage mezda, ki komaj zaleže za življenje

living² [liviŋ] samostalnik
življenje, preživljanje, vsakdanji kruh
cerkev dohodek, nadarbina

to make (ali earn) one's living preživljati se
to make a living out of preživljati se s čim, živeti od česa

ljubézen love (do koga of, for someone); affection; passion; fondness; liking; fancy; amour, love affair

ljubézen do bližnjega love of one's neighbour, charity, Christian love
materinska ljubézen mother's love, maternal love
platonična ljubézen platonic love
stara ljubézen old flame
bratovska ljubézen brotherly love
nenaravna ljubézen unnatural love
prva, mlada, petošolska ljubézen first love, calf love, puppy love
nesrečna ljubézen disappointment in love
svobodna ljubézen promiscuity
ljubézen do domovine the love of one's country, patriotism
ljubézen iz koristoljubja cupboard love
(ne)vračana ljubézen (un)requited love
boginja ljubézni goddess of love
otrok ljubézni love child, natural child, illegitimate child
gineč od ljubézni lovesick
zakon, poroka iz ljubézni love match, arhaično love in a cottage
razkritje ljubézni declaration of love
ljubézen je slepa love is blind
zanj je to bila ljubézen na prvi pogled with him it was a case of love at first sight
v ljubézni in vojni je vse dovoljeno all's fair in love and war
gojiti ljubézen do to have warm feelings for
napraviti kaj iz ljubézni to do something for love
umirati od (same) ljubézni to be dying all for love
vračati ljubézen za ljubézen to return someone's affection
stara ljubézen ne zarjavi old love never fades

ljúljka botanika darnel; biblija tare

ločiti ljúljko od zrna to separate the wheat from the tares