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business¹ [biznis] samostalnik
posel, opravilo, poklic; kupčija; zadeva, delo; dolžnosti; podjetje, tvrdka
arhaično zaposlenost
gledališče igra, pantomima

to ask for s.o.'s business vprašati, kaj si kdo želi
to do one's business for s.o. uničiti koga
the business end konec (kakršnegakoli) orodja
to go to business iti na delo, v službo
everybody's business is nobody's business za vsako delo mora biti nekdo odgovoren
to mean business resno misliti
man of business poslovni človek, trgovec
one's man of business pravni svetovalec koga
to go into business postati trgovec
mind your own business ne vtikaj se v zadeve drugih
that's no business of yours to ti ni nič mar
a roaring business sijajna kupčija
to send s.o. about his (ali her) business na kratko koga odsloviti
to settle down (ali get) to business resno se lotiti dela
I am sick of the whole business sit sem tega
to speak to the business stvarno govoriti
a good stroke of business dobra kupčija
to attend to one's own business ne se vtikati v zadeve drugih
to have no business to do s.th. ne imeti pravice kaj storiti
to make business of doing s.th. veliko o čem govoriti
to retire from business opustiti posel

but³ [bʌt] prislov
samo, le, šele

all but skoraj, domala
I all but fell skoraj bi bil padel
anything but vse prej kot
but yesterday šele včeraj
we bought nothing but that (pogovorno what) is needed kupili smo samo potrebno
but just pravkar

buy^*1 [bai] prehodni glagol
kupiti; podkupiti
figurativno drago plačati

to buy over s.o.'s head (po)nuditi višjo ceno
to buy a pig in a poke kupiti mačka v vreči
pogovorno to buy a white horse razmetavati denar
I will not buy that s tem se ne strinjam; tega ne dovolim
to buy and sell trgovati

by¹ [bai] predlog
blizu, pri, ob, od, do, med, po, s, poleg

by the advice of po nasvetu koga
by all means vsekakor
by air z letalom
by appearance po videzu
by s.o.'s bedside ob postelji koga
by birth po rodu
by blood po izvoru, po rodu
by boat z ladjo
by the by(e) mimogrede povedano, da ne pozabim
by chance po naključju, slučajno
by day podnevi
by the day na dan (natanko)
day by day dan za dnevom
by degrees postopoma
by my desire po moji želji
by dint of zaradi, s pomočjo
by the dozen na ducate
by experience po izkušnji
by far veliko bolj
by force nasilno
by George! pri moji veri!
by heart na pamet
by the hour na uro
by hundreds na stotine
by itself samo zase
by Jove! pri moji veri!
by law po zakonu
by leaps and bounds skokoma, hitro
by letter pismeno, s pismom
ameriško by mail po pošti
I have no money by me nimam s seboj denarja
by no means nikakor ne
by means of s pomočjo, s
by mistake pomotoma
by name po imenu
by nature po naravi
by next month do prihodnjega meseca
by now sedaj, že, medtem
one by one drug za drugim, posamezno
by o.s. sam zase, sam od sebe
by order po naročilu
by post po pošti
by profession po poklicu
by rail z železnico
by reason of zaradi
by right po pravici
by sea po morju, z ladjo
side by side drug poleg drugega
by stealth kradoma, skrivaj
by this time medtem; že; ob tem času
by trade po poklicu
to travel by London potovati prek Londona
by turns menjaje, drug za drugim, po vrsti
two by two, by twos po dva
by my watch po moji uri
by the way mimogrede, približno
by word of mouth ustno
by way of trial za poskus
by a year younger leto mlajši
two meters by six dvakrat šest metrov površine

cake¹ [keik] samostalnik
pecivo, pogača, kolač; kos (mila), tablica (čokolade); tropine

my cake is dough zelo sem razočaran, ni se mi posrečilo
cake and ale veselje, zabava
to have one's cake baked živeti v obilju
you cannot eat your cake and have it ne rnoreš imeti eno in drugo
I wish my cake were dough again škoda, da ni več tako kakor je bilo
it goes like hot cakes hitro gre v denar
domačno to take the cake dobiti prvo nagrado, biti sijajen
that takes the cake to presega vse

can^*1 [kæn, kən] pomanjkljiv, pomožni

I can morem, znam
I can't, cannot [kænt, ka:nt] ne morem, ne znam
you can go lahko greš
I can see (hear) you vidim (slišim) te
can you translate it? znaš to prevesti?
I cannot but wish ne morem si kaj, da si ne bi želel, želim si le

cannot [kǽnɔt] ➞ can't

I cannot ne morem, ne znam
I cannot but moram, drugo mi ne preostaja
I cannot away with this tega ne zmorem

care² [kɛə] neprehodni glagol (for, of, about)
skrbeti, negovati; marati
ameriško zmoči, uspešno urediti

to care for rad imeti, zanimati se
much do I care for mar mi je, še na misel mi ne pride
I don't care ne ljubi se mi, ni mi mar
for aught (ali ought) I care zaradi mene, meni nič mar
I don't care if I do nimam nič proti
I don't care a pin (ali rap, damn, straw, cent, brass farthing, fig, feather, whoop) nič mi ni mar, vseeno mi je
what do I care? kaj mi mar?

cedílo colander; strainer; percolator; filter

na cedílu ostati (figurativno) to get left in the lurch
pustiti koga na cedílu to let someone down, to desert someone, to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to fail someone, to leave someone in a jam ali in a mess; to abandon someone, ZDA to go back on someone, (razočarati) to disappoint someone
ne pusti me na cedílu v sili! don't fail me now I need you!
pustiti dekle na cedílu to leave a girl in the lurch

ceníti to set a price on, to fix a price; to rate; to value; to estimate, to appraise; (spoštovati) to esteem, to respect, to appreciate; to prize

prenizko ceníti to undervalue, to underrate, figurativno to abase
previsoko ceníti to overrate
ne ceníti to think poorly of
zelo ceníti to think highly of, to set great store by, to make much of
zelo ga cenim I think a great deal of him

cent [sent] samostalnik
ameriško cent (1/100 dolarja)

per cent odstotek, odstotki
cent per cent stoodstoten; oderuški
I don't care a cent prav nič mi ni mar
at 10 per cent za deset odstotkov

certify [sə́:tifai] prehodni glagol ➞ certificate²

certified check (od banke) potrjen ček
this is to certify that s tem potrjujemo, da
to certify under one's hand z lastnoročnim podpisom potrditi
I do hereby certify that s tem potrjujem, da

césta (public) road, (v mestu, vasi) street; way; ZDA (široka v velemestu) avenue

deželna césta highway, main road, VB highroad, trunk road, arterial road
glavna césta highway, highroad (between towns); high street, ZDA main street
državna césta, avtomobilska cést motorway, ZDA expressway, superhighway; (široka prehodna) thoroughfare, ZDA artery
césta v Oxford the Oxford road, the road to Oxford
stranska césta side road, (v mestu) side street
makadamizírana césta macadamized road
prometna, živahna césta busy (ali crowded) street
javna césta public road
asfaltirana césta asphalted road
z gramozom nasuta césta metalled road
tlakovana césta paved road
vijugasta césta winding road
hitra césta ZDA speedway
dobra (slaba) césta road in good (bad) repair
césta s prepovedjo parkiranja no-parking street, street closed to parking
rimska, mlečna césta astronomija galaxy, Milky Way
na césti in the street, on the street
delo na césti roadworks
gostilna ob césti roadside inn, VB žargon roadside caff
uporabnik céste road user
za promet zaprta césta! road closed to traffic!
ta césta je zaprta za promet z vozili this road is closed to vehicular traffic
césta je zagačena the road is jammed
iti po césti to go by the road
ta cesta gre (pelje, vodi) iz Londona v Southampton this road goes from London to Southampton
stanujem čez césto I live just across the street
vreči koga na césto to turn someone out, to put someone out (in the street); to send someone packing

chaff¹ [ča:f] samostalnik
pleva, rezanica
figurativno malenkost, ničvredna stvar; draženje, nagajanje

a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff kapljica v morju
I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff nisem tako neumen, ne grem na limanice
to sort the wheat from the chaff ločiti zrnje od plev

charge¹ [ča:dž] samostalnik
naboj; breme, obremenitev, obtežitev, tovor; naročilo, naloga, ukaz; varovanec, -nka (against)
tožba
množina stroški; taksa (of nad)
nadzorstvo, skrb (of do)
dolžnost (of za)
odgovornost; napad, naskok; znak za naskok; opomin

charge account mesečni kredit
to bear charges nositi stroške
I am at the charge of it to gre na moje stroške
to be in charge of voditi, upravljati, skrbeti za kaj
free of charge, no charge zastonj
to give in charge dati zapreti (koga)
to lay to s.o.'s charge pripisovati komu kaj, obdolžiti koga česa
to make a charge for s.th. zaračunati kaj
petty charges drobni stroški
to prefer a charge vložiti tožbo
to return the charge odgovoriti na napad
to take charge of s.th. zavzeti se za kaj, vzeti v varstvo
to the charge of s.o. v breme koga
heavy charges veliki stroški
charges forward po povzetju
to sound the charge dati znak za napad

charm¹ [ča:m] prehodni glagol (with)
očarati, navdušiti; začarati, uročiti, (pre)mamiti; zvabiti; ukrotiti (gada)

to bear (ali have) a charmed life čudežno premagati težave
pogovorno I shall be charmed zelo me bo veselilo
to charm away čudežno pregnati, zagovoriti (bolezen)

chilly [číli] pridevnik
mrzel, hladen, zmrzljiv; suhoparen

I feel chilly zebe me, mrazi me

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

choice¹ [čɔis] samostalnik
izbira, izbor; alternativa (of)
najboljše, cvet, elita

Hobson's choice, choice of evils nobena izbira
choice of everything najboljše, kar se dobi
ameriško, sleng I am choice of it mnogo mi je do tega
for choice, by choice prvenstveno, najraje
a wide (poor) choice velika (majhna) izbira
to take (ali make) one's choice izb(i)rati si
I have no choice but to moram, prisiljen sem
at your choice kakor želite
the choice is (ali lies) with you ti se moraš odločiti
a good choice bogata izbira

choose^* [ču:z]

1. prehodni glagol (between)
izbrati, izbirati, izvoliti si; hoteti; raje imeti

2. neprehodni glagol (between)
imeti na izbiro; blagovoliti

there is not much to choose between them oba sta enaka
I cannot choose but nujno moram, prisiljen sem, ne morem si kaj, da ne bi
to pick and choose skrbno izbirati