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krmílo¹ (v vodi) rudder; (zunanje) helm; figurativno (vlada) government, control

brez krmíla rudderless
kolo krmíla steering wheel
krmílo desno! starboard!
krmílo levo! port!
višinsko krmílo elevator (rudder)
biti pri krmílu to be at the helm (tudi figurativno)
priti na krmílo (na oblast) to come to power, to take the helm

kúra¹ zoologija hen

vodna kúra water hen, moorhen
iti s kúrami spat pogovorno to turn in early
tudi slepa kúra zrno najde (figurativno) even an unskilled (ali stupid) person is sometimes favoured by luck, pogovorno mugs for luck ➞ kokoš

kvantitéta quantity; size; amount; extent

zanemarljiva kvantitéta negligible quantity
neznana kvantitéta (tudi figurativno) an unknown quantity

lè (samó) only; (edino) merely, solely

lè on only he, nobody but he
lè da... only that...
lè tega ne! anything but this!
lè tokrat, to pot (for) this once
lè nekaj minut just a few minutes
lè zaradi solely because of
lè malo only a little, not much
lè počasi, dečki! easy, lads (ali boys)!
vse, lè denarja ne everything except (ali but) money
ne lè..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
ne lè on, tudi ti not only he, but you also
pa je lè res! it is true all the same!
kdo (kje) lè...? who (where) on earth...?
če lè provided (that)..., only if...
lè kdo je to naredil? whoever could have done it?
prišel sem ti lè povedat, da... I have come solely to tell you that...
kolikor lè moremo just as much as we can
prosim te lè, da mi obljubiš... I merely ask you to promise me...
če lè ne bi toliko govorila! if only she did not talk so much!

likely¹ [láikli] pridevnik
verjeten, možen, mogoč; mnogo obetajoč (tudi likely-looking)

not likely komaj, težko
he is likely to come verjetno bo prišcl
which is his most likely route? katero pot bo najverjetneje ubral?
a likely lad mnogo obetajoč fant
a likely candidate možen kandidat
ironično a likely story! kaj malo verjetno

lízati to lick

lízati si rane to lick one's wounds (tudi figurativno)
lízati pête komu, lizati se komu (figurativno) to lick someone's boots (ali shoes), to fawn on (ali upon) someone
lízati si ustnice to lick one's lips (ali chops)

lock³ [lɔk]

1. prehodni glagol
zakleniti, zaklepati (tudi up)
zapreti, zakleniti (in, into v)
zavirati (kolesa), okleniti, oklepati, obdajati (hribi), objeti (koga); stisniti (čeljusti), prekrižati (roke); tesno povezati, pričvrstiti; spraviti ladjo skozi zatvornico (up, down navzgor, navzdol po kanalu)

2. neprehodni glagol
zakleniti se, zaklepati se; zapreti se, zapirati se; zaplesti se; biti blokiran; dati se obračati z blokiranjem prednjih koles; pluti skozi zatvornice

to lock the door against s.o. zakleniti se pred kom
locked zagozden, blokiran, tesno objet
figurativno to lock horns with spreti se s kom
to lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen po toči zvoniti

love² [ləv]

1. prehodni glagol
ljubiti, rad imeti

2. neprehodni glagol
ljubiti, biti zaljubljen

love me, love my dog če ljubiš mene, ljubi tudi moje prijatelje
Lord love you! za božjo voljo! (presenečenje)
to love to do s.th. zelo rad kaj delati

lox [lɔks] samostalnik
tehnično tekoč kisik (tudi loxigen)

lube [lu:b] samostalnik
tech mazno olje (tudi lube oil za lubricating oil)

lukewarmness [lú:kwɔ:mnis] samostalnik
mlačnost (tudi fig)

lúna moon

polna lúna full moon
nova lúna new moon
pojemajoča (rastoča) lúna decreasing, decrescent, waning ali old (waxing ali crescent) moon
obraz kot polna lúna a face like the full moon
lúna je sijala the moon was shining, there was a moon
pasti z lúne (figurativno) to fall from the clouds
mi tudi nismo z lúne padli we weren't born yesterday
lúna ga trka (figurativno) he is crazy (ali žargon loony, touched), pogovorno he's off his rocker

lynch [linč]

1. prehodni glagol
linčati

2. samostalnik
linčanje (tudi lynch law, Judge Lynch)

maiden¹ [méidn] pridevnik (maidenly prislov)
dekliški; deviški
figurativno čist, svež, nov, nepreizkušen, neizkušen; samska; ki zraste iz semena

maiden assize porotno sodišče, ki nima komu soditi
maiden aunt samska teta
maiden name dekliški priimek
maiden race dirka, v kateri nastopajo tudi neizkušeni konji
maiden speech nastopni govor v parlamentu
maiden voyage krstno potovanje nove ladje

mantis [mǽntis] samostalnik
zoologija bogomolka (kobilica) (tudi praying mantis)

mantis crab (ali shrimp) rarog

marrow¹ [mǽrou] samostalnik
anatomija mozeg
figurativno jedro, bistvo; vrsta jedilne buče (tudi vegetable marrow)

to be frozen (ali chilled) to the marrow biti do kosti premražen
pith and marrow bistvo, jedro
to the marrow of one's bones do kosti, do jedra

martello [ma:télou] samostalnik (tudi martello tower)
okrogel obrambni stolp na obali

márveč but

ne samo... márveč tudi not only... but also

mašíti to stop; to fill; to cram; to stuff

mašíti komu usta to gag someone
mašíti si ušesa to stop one's ears (tudi figurativno)

May² [méi] samostalnik
maj
figurativno mladost, pomlad
figurativno (tudi may) cvet, čas cvetenja
botanika (may) glog

Mays izpit v majskem roku; majska veslaška regata v Cambridgeu
ameriško May basket prvomajsko darilo prijateljici (ki se ga obesi na kljuko)
in May v maju, maja