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cheer on prehodni glagol (to)
spodbujati (k)

cheese¹ [čí:z] samostalnik
sir
sleng prava reč
ameriško, sleng butec

ameriško, sleng big cheese važna oseba
green cheese mlad, nezrel sir
that's another cheese to je nekaj drugega
to believe the moon is made of cheese biti lahkoveren
domačno it's the cheese to je najboljše, to je pravo
an old rat won't eat cheese izkušen človek ne zaupa prilizovalcu, ne gre na limanice
sleng he is quite a cheese! ta je pravi!
hard cheese! kakšne nevšečnosti!

cheque¹ [ček] samostalnik
trgovina ček, denarna nakaznica (on za)

blank cheque bianko ček
figurativno to give a blank cheque to s.o. pustiti koga, da dela, kar hoče, ne ovirati ga
to cash a cheque vnovčiti ček
to draw a cheque napisati ček

cheque² [ček] prehodni glagol

to cheque out dobiti s čekom

cherish [čériš] prehodni glagol
varovati, negovati; skrbeti, gojiti; ceniti; ljubkovati

to cherish a hope upati, nadejati se

cherry¹ [čéri] samostalnik
češnja (plod)

to take (ali make) two bites at a cherry obirati se, mečkati

chest¹ [čest] samostalnik
skrinja, omara, zaboj; blagajna
anatomija prsi, prsni koš

chest of drawers predalnik
to get off one's chest povedati, napresti jih komu, izkašljati se
military chest vojaška blagajna
(a) cold on the chest kašelj
to have a weak chest sapo loviti

chestnut¹ [čésnʌt] samostalnik
botanika kostanj; rjavec; star dovtip

horse chestnut divji kostanj
sweet (ali Spanish) chestnut užitni kostanj
to pull s.o.'s chestnuts out of the fire biti orodje drugega
to put the chestnuts in the fire nakopati si lepo reč

chew¹ [čú:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
žvečiti, prežvekovati
figurativno (on, upon, over o) razmišljati, premišljevati, razglabljati

to chew the cud prežvekovati
ameriško, sleng to chew the rag (ali fat) čvekati, gobezdati, česnati
to chew up nahruliti
to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se naloge, ki je ne zmoremo

chicken [číkin] samostalnik
pišče, kokoš, kura; kuretina; otročiček
figurativno zelenec; strahopetec

to count one's chickens before they are hatched delati račun brez krčmarja
that's my chicken to je moja stvar
to get it where the chicken got the axe biti strogo grajan
chicken roost kurnik
no chicken ne več rosno mlad
chicken wire žična ograja

child [čaild] samostalnik
otrok, dete; potomec; privrženec
figurativno plod

from a child od otroških let
with child noseča
to get with child zanositi
the burnt child dreads the flre kdor se enkrat opeče, je drugič previden
figurativno child's play igrača
child murder detomor
sleng this child jaz, mene

chill¹ [čil] samostalnik
mraz, hlad, ohladitev
tehnično kaljenje
tehnično kalup za kovinske odlitke
medicina mrzlica, prehlad
figurativno hladnost, neprijaznost; potrtost

to take the chill off s.th. pogreti kaj
to catch a chill prehladiti se
to cast a chill over (ali on) one's humour spraviti koga v slabo voljo, potreti ga
it gives me a chill zona me spreletava
chills and fever malarija
water with the chill off mlačna voda

chime² [čaim] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (in, with)
skladati, ujemati se; biti (ura)

pogovorno to chime in vmešavati se v pogovor
to chime in with strinjati se s, privoliti v

chin¹ [čin] samostalnik
brada, obradek

to thrust the chin into the neck bahati, postavljati se
up to the chin do ušes
a chin wag prijateljski pomenek
keep your chin up! glavo pokonci

chin² [čin] neprehodni glagol
ameriško, sleng (about) klepetati

to chin o.s. up potegniti se kvišku (z rokami)

china [čáinə]

1. samostalnik
porcelan, glinasta posoda

to break china vznemiriti

2. pridevnik
porcelanski

chink² [čiŋk]

1. samostalnik
razpoka, reža, špranja

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
počiti

to chink up zamazati, zamašiti razpoke

chip¹ [čip] samostalnik
drobec, odkrušek, iver, trska; oškrbek; odpadek; igralna znamka; odkrušeno mesto
pogovorno otrok

a chip of the old block čisto tak kakor njegov oče
I don't care a chip for it ni mi do tega
to carry a chip on one's shoulder rad se prepirati
potato chips tenke ocvrte krompirjeve rezine
to buy chips hraniti denar
ameriško, sleng to hand (ali pass in) one's chips umreti
dry as a chip nezanimiv, dolgočasen, suhoparen
such carpenters such chips po delu spoznamo človeka

chip in prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
dodati, pristaviti

chip in with v besedo komu seči
ameriško to chip in to sodelovati

chipper² [čípə]
cvrčati, cvrkutati

to chipper up oživiti; ohrabriti se