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case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

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

class¹ [kla:s ameriško klæs] samostalnik
razred, skupina, kategorija, vrsta; letnik (študentov); predavanje, pouk, učna ura; tečaj
vojska naborniki istega rojstnega leta
sleng imenitnost

no class slab (športnik)
class register razrednica (dnevnik)
in the same class with iste vrste kakor, prav tak kot
in a class by itself edinstven
ameriško first class mail pisma
second class mail priporočeni časopisi
third class mail tiskovine in majhni paketi (do 8 unč)
fourth class mail večji paketi
the top of the class najboljši učenec v razredu
to get (ali obtain, take) a class končati tečaj z odliko
there's a deal of class about him je prvovrsten športnik

claw² [klɔ:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(o)praskati; ščipati; zgrabiti

to claw at zgrabiti kaj
claw me and I'll claw thee kakor ti meni, tako jaz tebi
to claw hold of s.th. prijeti se česa
navtika to claw off odriniti proti smeri vetra

clockwork [klɔ́kwə:k] samostalnik
kolesje ure

like clockwork kakor ura točen, avtomatičen, mehaničen
clockwork toy igrača za navijanje

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

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

consider [kənsídə]

1. prehodni glagol
smatrati, imeti koga za kaj; ceniti, pretehtati, premisliti, preučiti; upoštevati; veljati, imeti se za kaj

2. neprehodni glagol
premišljevati, premišljati se

he is considered a clever man imajo ga za pametnega človeka
to consider s.th. on its merits ocenjevati vrednost česa
consider yourself at home počutite se kakor doma
all things considered če vse upoštevamo
a considered action dobro premišljeno dejanje

convenience [kənví:njəns] samostalnik
udobnost, prijetnost, prikladnost, pripravnost; korist, prid, dobiček; komfort; angleško stranišče
arhaično prevozno sredstvo

at your convenience kakor vam je prav
at your earliest convenience čimprej
to make a convenience of s.o. zlorabljati koga
marriage of convenience zakon iz preračunljivosti

čúden queer, uncommon, unusual; eccentric; strange; singular; odd; original; curious; VB žargon rum

kako čúdno! what a curious thing!
čúdna opazka a strange remark
to je čúdno that is strange
on je čúden patron he is a strange fellow
nič čúdnega, če... no wonder if...
na tem ni nič čúdnega there is nothing strange in (ali about) it
čudno (presenetljivo, za čuda) curiously enough, strange to say
čúdno se počutiti to feel strange
čúdno, da tega niste (ne bi bili) slišali strange that you should not have heard it
čúdno se sliši žargon it sounds rum
kakor se utegne zdeti čúdno... strange as it may appear...
zaklel je in nič čúdnega (če je) he swore and no wonder

da (veznik) that (v predmetnih in osebkovih stavkih se često izpušča)

z namenom, da bi (in order) that
da ne bi lest, but
da le, samó da (če le) provided (that)
takó da so that, so as to + nedoločnik
kakor da, kot da as though
slišal sem, da je bolan I heard (that) he was ill
mislim, da bo prišel I believe (that) he will come
gotovo je, da je kriv it is certain (that) he is guilty
res je, da ni bil tam it is true (that) he was not there
recimo, da pride danes suppose (ali supposing) he comes today
jémo, da bi mogli živeti we eat that we may live
preberite to dvakrat, da ne pozabite! read it twice lest you forget it!
; ni še tako pozno, da naši sorodniki ne bi mogli še priti it is not too late for our relatives to come
bila je tako prijazna, da mi je pisala pismo she was so kind as to write me a letter
tu ni človeka, da ga jaz ne bi poznal po imenu there is no one here (whom) I could not name, there is no one here whose name I do not know
nikoli ne pride, da si ne bi izposodil denarja od mene he never comes without borrowing money from me
da on ni bil tako priseben, bi nas bilo razneslo vse na kosce but for his presence of mind, we might all have been blown to pieces
nikoli ne dežuje, da ne bi lilo (= nesreča ne pride nikoli sama) it never rains but it pours

dáleč far (away, off); a long way off; widely, remotely, distantly

dáleč od tu far from here
dáleč naokoli far and wide
dáleč narazen wide apart
od dáleč from the distance, from afar
kako dáleč how far, to what extent
tako dáleč in ne dlje! thus far and no further ali farther
bil sem dáleč od doma I was far from home
kako dáleč je (to)? how far is it?
stanuje dáleč od tu he lives far away from here
dáleč boljši, dáleč najboljši better by far, by far the best
dáleč proč (še dolgo ne) far from it, not by a long way (ali chalk)
dáleč od tega far from it
še dáleč ne tako zanimiv not nearly so interesting
dáleč najboljša splošna zgodovina far and away the best general history
kakor dáleč seže oko as far as the eye can reach
lahkó tečeš tako dáleč? can you run as far as that?
držati se dáleč (stran) od to keep (ali to stand) clear of
kako dáleč si z angleščino? how far have you got with your English?
počasi se dáleč pride he that goes softly, goes safely

dance² [da:ns ameriško dæns] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
plesati, skakljati, pozibavati (se)

to dance attendance on (ali upon) s.o. biti vsiljiv, klečeplaziti pred kom
to dance to another's piping (ali tune, whistle) delati, kakor drugi želijo, plesati, kakor drugi godejo
to dance to another (ali different) tune nenadoma spremeniti svoje vedenje
sleng to dance on nothing bingljati na vislicah
to dance o.s. into favour pridobiti naklonjenost
to dance one's chance away zamuditi priliko
to dance one's head off glavo zgubiti

dare^*1 [dɛə]

1. neprehodni glagol
upati si, drzniti, osmeliti se; smeti

2. prehodni glagol
pozvati, izzivati, kljubovati; lotiti se

I dare say kakor kaže, verjetno mislim, da, rekel bi
I dare swear prepričan sem
he dare not (ali does not dare to) do it ne upa si tega storiti

depend [dipénd] neprehodni glagol
poetično (from) viseti (on, upon)
zaviseti, biti odvisen; zanesti, zanašati se, računati s čim

a person to be depended (up)on zanesljiva oseba
to have nothing to depend (up)on ničesar ne imeti
that (ali it) depends kakor se vzame
it all depends vse je odvisno od okoliščin, vse je retativno
depend upon it! na to se lahko zaneseš

devil¹ [dévl] samostalnik
vrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jed

between the devil and the deep sea med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdo
devil's advocate zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugo
barrister's devil advokatov pomočnik
the devil a bit niti malo ne
blue devil otožnost
devil's bones igralne kocke
devil's books karte, hudičeve podobice
what comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima teka
to hold a candle to the devil pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinu
the devil may dance in his pocket nima niti počenega groša
zoologija, pogovorno devil's darning needle kačji pastir
devil's delight pretep, prepir
to give the devil his due biti komu pravičen (čeprav nam ne ugaja)
to kick up the devil's delight povzročiti veliko zmedo
as the devil likes Holy Water sploh ne, prav nič
the devil's own luck vražja sreča ali smola
lucky devil srečnik, -nica
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi
a devil of a go vražja stvar
the devil of a velikanski; ogromno, neznansko
to paint the devil blacker than he is smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na steno
the devil to pay velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenje
vojska, sleng devil's piano strojnica
to play the devil with nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnati
poor devil revež
printer's devil tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurir
pull devil, pull baker ➞ baker
to raise the devil razgrajati
the devil rebuking sin sova sinici glavana pravi
devil's smiles sončni žarki iz oblakov
devil on two sticks diabolo (otroška igrača)
the devil take the hindmost bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
talk of the devil and he is sure to appear ne kliči vraga
devil's tatoo bobnanje s prsti po mizi

disponírati to dispose (z of); to have at one's disposal; to arrange, to do

disponirajte z menoj, kakor hočete if I can be of any service I am completely at your disposal
biti dobro disponiran to be in good humour
prosto disponírati s svojo lastnino to be free to dispose of one's property

dobíti to get; to receive; to gain; to win; (s prošnjo) to obtain

dobíti zopet (nazaj) to retrieve
dobíti darilo to receive a present
dobíti poklon (udarec, ukaz) to receive a compliment (a blow, an order)
dobíti prvo nagrado to win the first prize
dobíti dovoljenje to get leave (to)
dobíti vročino medicina to catch a fever
dobil je mesto po mojem priporočilu he obtained the situation through my recommendation
si dobil moje pismo včeraj? did you receive my letter yesterday?
dobil je, kar mu gre he's got what he deserves
kaj si dobil za svoj rojstni dan? what did you get for your birthday?
dobíti jih (figurativno) to get it, to catch it
jih boš že dobil (po glavi)! you'll catch it!
ta artikel se povsod dobi this article is to be got everywhere
mila ni mogoče dobíti soap is not to be had (ali is unobtainable, is not available)
kakor dobljeno, tako izgubljeno ill-gotten, ill spent
kemikalije se dobivajo iz... chemicals are obtained from...
jih boš dobil! (figurativno) you will catch it!
dobíti, zadeti glavni dobitek to hit the jackpot

doslèj till now, up till now; up to now; up to the present; ZDA to date; hitherto; so far; as yet; yet

doslèj vse dobro so far so good
kakor doslèj as before, as in the past
doslèj še nimamo... as yet we have not... (ali do not have...)