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colour¹ ameriško color [kʌ́lə] samostalnik
barva, odtenek; barva kože, pigment; kolorit; rdečica; videz
figurativno pretveza, maska
množina zastava; ton, prizvok

to be in colours imeti na sebi pisano obleko
colour bar rasna segregacija; diskriminacija
to change colour prebledeti, zardeti
to come off with flying colours zmagati na vsej črti
to come out of one's true colour pokazati svoj pravi značaj
to desert the colours dezertirati
to feel (ali be) off colour slabo se počutiti
to fly false colours varati pod krinko poštenosti
fast colour obstojna barva
fugitive colour nestalna barva
to give colour to s.th. poživiti, opravičiti kaj; dati videz resničnosti
to join the colours iti služit vojake
high colour rdeča polt
to hoist the colours izobesiti zastavo
to lay on the colours too thickly pretiravati
to lend colour to s.th. poživiti kaj
colour line črta, ki strogo deli belce od črncev
to lose colour prebledeti
to nail one's colours to the mast neomajno vztrajati pri svoji odločitvi
to paint in bright colours biti optimist
to put a false colour on napačno razložiti
to see the colour of s.o.'s money dobiti od koga denar
to see things in their true colour videti stvari v pravi luči
to stick to one's colours držati se svojih načel, ravnati po svojih načelih
to strike (ali lower) one's colours vdati, ukloniti se
to take one's colour from s.o. posnemati koga
to serve with the colours služiti v vojski
under colour of s.th. pod krinko česa
to wear s.o.'s colours biti privrženec koga
to sail under false colours pretvarjati se, biti licemerec
man (woman) of colour človek, ki ni belec

colour² ameriško color [kʌ́lə]

1. prehodni glagol
barvati, slikati
figurativno olepšati, pretiravati

2. neprehodni glagol
barvo dobiti, zardeti

to colour up to the eyes zardeti do ušes

colt¹ [koult] samostalnik
žrebe
figurativno divjak, razposajenec; začetnik, novinec, zelenec
mornarica kos vrvi

colt's tooth mlečni zob
to cast one's colt's teeth zresniti, spametovati se

column [kɔ́ləm] samostalnik
steber, slop; stolpec, rubrika
vojska kolona, sprevod; opora, podpora

anatomija spinal column hrbtenica
to dodge the column "špricati"
fifth column peta kolona

comb¹ [koum] samostalnik
glavnik; greben; satovje
tehnično brdo, gradaše

to cut s.o.'s comb pristriči komu peruti
to set up one's comb napihovati, šopiriti se, domišljati si

comb² [koum]

1. prehodni glagol
česati, počesati; mikati (lan); iskati, stikati, preiskati, prečesati; grebenati

2. neprehodni glagol
lomiti se (valovi)

to comb s.o.'s hair for him ošteti koga, brati mu levite
to comb s.o.'s hair the wrong way pripovedovati ali delati komu neprijetnosti

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 home neprehodni glagol
priti domov

it came home to me at last končno se mi je posvetilo

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

comether [kóuməðə] samostalnik
narečno zadeva; prijateljstvo

to put the comether on pregovarjati, prepričevati; zapeljevati

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

comfort² [kʌ́mfət] samostalnik
udobnost; tolažba; okrepilo, poživilo; oddih; lagodnost

cold comfort slaba tolažba
pogovorno comfort room, public comfort, ameriško comfort station javno stranišče
to take comfort potolažiti se
creature comfort(s) razkošje, naslada
to derive comfort from tolažiti se s čim

comfortable¹ [kʌ́mfətəbl] pridevnik (comfortably prislov)
udoben, tolažilen; zadovoljiv, zadosten

make yourself comfortable! kakor doma, prosim
to be comfortably off živeti kot ptiček na veji

command¹ [kəmá:nd]

1. prehodni glagol
ukazovati, zapovedovati; poveljevati, odrediti, odrejati; zahtevati, naročiti; izsiljevati; obvladati, znati (of)
razpolagati, na voljo imeti; donašati, nuditi, dajati

2. neprehodni glagol
biti poveljnik, ukazovati, vladati

to command o.s. obvladati se
to command in chief biti glavni poveljnik
to command love zbujati ljubezen
to command a ready sale dobro se prodajati
to command one's passions obvladati svoje strasti
to command a fine view nuditi lep razgled

command² [kəmá:nd] samostalnik
ukaz, povelje, nalog, odredba; vlada, poveljstvo; obvladovanje; oblast; znanje; vrhovno poveljstvo

at s.o.'s command na razpolago komu
to be in command of obvladati, znati kaj
yours to command vam na razpolago
at command na razpolago; po ukazu
under command pod poveljstvom
command of language znanje jezika
to take command of prevzeti poveljstvo nad
second in command namestnik poveljnika

commend [kəménd] prehodni glagol
arhaično priporočiti, pohvaliti (to)
zaupati

to commend o.s. narediti dober vtis
arhaično commend me to your wife pozdravi svojo ženo od mene

commensurable [kəménšərəbl] pridevnik (commensurably prislov) (with)
primerljiv (to, with)
sorazmeren

commensurate [kəménšərit] pridevnik (commensurately prislov) (with)
iste mere, enak (to, with)
primeren, sorazmeren

commission¹ [kəmíšən] samostalnik
komisija, nalog, določba, naloga; pooblastilo; častniški čin; provizija; zagrešitev

in commission pooblaščen; uporaben; za službo (plovbo) sposoben
out of commission neraben, za službo nesposoben
to sell on commission prodajati v komisiji
to get a commission postati častnik
vojska to resign one's commission podati ostavko
to put in commission dati (ladjo) v promet
to put out of commission vzeti (ladjo) iz prometa
to discharge a commission izvršiti nalog
to give a commission for s.th. naročiti kaj