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kdáj when; (at) what time

od kdáj since when
sploh kdáj ever
do kdáj till when, how long
kdáj si ga videl? when did you see him?
do kdáj boš ostal? how long will you be staying?
od kdáj ste (že) tu? how long have you been here?
kdáj se je to zgodilo? when did it happen?
do kdáj bomo čakali? how long shall we wait?
od kdáj je tvoje pismo? what is the date of your letter?
ne vem, kdáj bo prišel domov I don't know when he'll be home
ste bili (sploh) kdáj v Londonu? have you ever been to London?

kdó who; anybody, anyone

kdó drugi? who else?
kdó še? who else?
je kdó v hiši? is there anyone (ali anybody) in the house?
ne vem več, kdó vse je bil tam I don't remember everybody who was there
kdó bi si bil to mislil! who would have thought it!
malokdó hardly anyone, very few
vedeti, kdó je kdó to know who's who

keel³ [ki:l] prehodni glagol
hladiti

to keel the pot paziti, da v loncu ne prekipi

keen² [ki:n] pridevnik (keenly prislov)
oster (rob, veter, vid, bolečina); piker, rezek, jedek, prediren (pogled); globok, močno občuten; slepeč (svetloba), močen, oster (konkurenca); prefinjen, izostren; bister, ostroumen
pogovorno (on) goreč, vnet, željan česa, pohlepen po čem, poln zanimanja za, navdušen za
ameriško, pogovorno prima, brezhiben

to have a keen mind biti bistroumen
as keen as mustard zelo navdušen, vnet
I am not keen on it ni mi za to, ne da se mi tega
trgovina keen prices konkurenčne cene

keeper [kí:pə] samostalnik
varuh, čuvaj, paznik; oskrbnik; rejec (v zloženkah npr. beekeeper čebelar)
upravitelj, kustos; lastnik (zlasti v zloženkah npr. innkeeper gostilničar)
kretničar; negovalec, bolničar

tech varovalni obroč, protimatica; zapirač (kavelj, kljuka); kar se ne kvari
this apple is a a good keeper to jabolko se dobro drži
britanska angleščina Lord Keeper of the Great Seal varuh državnega pečata
Keeper of Manuscripts vodja oddelka za čuvanje rokopisov
keeper of the minutes zapisnikar

keeping [kí:piŋ] samostalnik
vzdrževanje, nega, varstvo, čuvanje; skladnost

in (out of) keeping with v skladu (ne v skladu) z
nothing is safe in his keeping v njegovih rokah ni nič varno
for keeping za shraniti
to have s.th. in one's keeping imeti kaj shranjeno, imeti kaj v rokah

keep on

1. prehodni glagol
obdržati na sebi (plašč, klobuk), obdržati v službi; nadaljevati

2. neprehodni glagol
nadaljevati se; preživljati ali hraniti se s čim

keep on doing it! delaj to naprej!
he keep ons keep on at her kar naprej se znaša nad njo
sleng keep you hair (ali shirt) on! pomiri se!, ne razburjaj se!

keep to

1. neprehodni glagol
ostati v; držati se (smeri, obljube); vztrajati pri

2. prehodni glagol
pripraviti koga, da se drži stvari

to keep to the house ostati doma
to keep to bed ostati v postelji
to keep to the right voziti (hoditi) po desni strani
to keep to o.s. držati se zase, ne hoditi v družbo
to keep s.th. to o.s. obdržati zase, ne praviti naprej
I kept him to his promise držal sem ga za besedo

kér because

kér (pač) as, since
ni mogel priti, kér je bil bolan he could not come because he was ill
kér je deževalo, nismo šli na pot as it was raining, we did not start
kér se ti ne ljubi iti, lahko ostaneš doma as you don't feel like coming, you can stay at home
kér mi (že, pač) ne verjameš... since you don't believe me...
kér ni nič boljšega for want of something better

key¹ [ki:] samostalnik
ključ
figurativno ključ do česa, pojasnilo (to k)
knjiga rešenih matematičnih problemov
vojska ključni položaj; oblast (to nad)
botanika, zoologija klasifikacija, tabela; geslo, šifra (v inseratih)
tehnično zagozda, zatič, svornik, privijalo (za drsalke); tipka pisalnega stroja, tipka električnega aparata; moznik, (lesen) klin
arhitektura sklepnik
glasba tipka, ključ, tonovski način; barvni odtenek; glasovna višina

glasba major (minor) key dur (mol)
glasba key of C major (minor) C dur (mol)
golden (ali silver) key podkupnina
master key ključ, ki odpira vsa vrata
skeleton key odpirač
House of Keys poslanski dom na otoku Man
the Keys poslanci na otoku Man
all in the same key v istem tonu, monotono
painted in a low key slikano v zamolklih barvah
to have (ali get) the key of the street ne imeti hišnega ključa, biti brezdomec
to turn the key zakleniti
figurativno to be in key with s.h. biti v skladu s čim
cerkev power of the keys papeževa oblast

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

kjé where; in what place; on which side

kjé drugje somewhere else, elsewhere
kjé si dobil te informacije? where did you get the information?
ne vem kjé (= kjerkoli) somewhere or other
kjé pa!; kjé neki! (kaj še, ni govora o tem!) no such thing!

kléšče tongs pl, a pair of tongs, (manjše) pincers pl; pliers pl; medicina forceps (s konstr. v sg ali pl); (za orehe) nutcracker (večinoma pl) nutcrackers; (mučilno orodje) barnacle; zoologija, pri rakih claws pl, pincers pl

še s kléščami se ne bi tega dotaknil I would not touch it with a pair of tongs (oziroma with a bargepole)
dobiti koga v kléšče (figurativno) to get someone in one's grip
mučiti, ščipati s kléščami to pincer

kmálu soon, (v kratkem) shortly; before long; early; presently

bom kmálu nazaj I'll be back soon
kmálu po moji vrnitvi soon after my return
knjiga bo kmálu izšla the book will be published shortly, the book will be out soon
kmálu se vrni! come back soon!
kmálu bom prejel pismo I'll receive a letter shortly
ti bi kmálu to obžaloval you'd soon regret it
kmálu bi bil padel I nearly (ali almost) fell
ne boš tako kmálu našel boljšega prijatelja! you won't find a better friend in a month of Sundays!
kmálu nato, kmálu potem soon afterwards
kar najbolj kmálu (čim prej) as soon as possible, at your earliest convenience

knock² [nɔk]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, suniti; tolči, trkati, potrkati (at, on na, po)
pogovorno osupniti, zaprepastiti, sapo vzeti
ameriško, sleng ostro kritizirati, zmesti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči, razbijati, trkati; trčiti, udariti (against, into ob, v)
ropotati (motor)
ameriško, pogovorno godrnjati

to knock the bottom out of dokazati neresničnost, izpodbiti kaj
to knock cold udariti do nezavesti
to knock at an open door po nepotrebnem se truditi
to knock on the head ubiti, udariti do nezavesti; figurativno zadati udarec, onemogočiti kaj
to knock one's head against (a brick wall) udariti z glavo ob zid; figurativno riniti z glavo skozi zid
to knock s.th. into s.o.; ali to knock s.th. into s.o.'s head vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to knock all of a heap presenetiti, osupniti
to knock into a cocked hat uničiti, izmaličiti; zaprepastiti, potolči (nasprotnika)
to knock home dobro zabiti; figurativno vtepsti komu kaj v glavo
to knock to pieces razbiti na koščke
to knock into shape navaditi na red
to knock s.o. into the middle of next week udariti koga, da odleti; ven vreči, nagnati
to knock sideways vreči iz tira
sleng what knocks me kar mi ne gre v glavo

know^*2 [nóu]

1. prehodni glagol
vedeti, poznati, znati prepoznati; razpoznati, ločiti (from)

2. neprehodni glagol
vedeti (of za, o)
spoznati se (about na)

to know one's bussiness; ali to know a thing or two about, to know all about it, to know what is what, to know the ropes dobro se na kaj spoznati, vedeti vse o čem, biti izkušen v čem
to be known to biti komu znan
to be known as biti znan po čem
I know better than to nisem tako neumen, da bi
to know by heart znati na pamet
to know by sight poznati na videz
to know one from the other razločiti med dvema, razpoznati
to know a hawk from a handsaw biti dovolj bister
don't know him from Adam nimam pojma, kdo je
to get (ali come) to know spoznati, zvedeti
to let s.o. know sporočiti komu
to make known razglasiti, oznaniti
to make o.s. known to predstaviti se komu, seznaniti se s kom
to know one's own mind vedeti, kaj hočeš, ne omahovati
not to know what to make of a thing ne razumeti česa, ne znati si česa razložiti
not that I know ne da bi vedel, kolikor je meni znano ne
to know one's place vedeti, kje je komu mesto, ne riniti se naprej
to know one's way around znajti se, spoznati se
to know which side one's bread is buttered vedeti kdo ti reže kruh, vedeti, kaj ti koristi
to know from a bull's foot znati razlikovati, znati ločiti
before you know where you are hipoma, preden se zaveš
don't I know it! pa še kako to vem!
he wouldn't know (that) težko, da bi vedel, ne more vedeti
I would have you know that rad bi ti povedal, da; rad bi ti pojasnil
I have never known him to lie kolikor jaz vem, ni nikoli lagal
after I first knew him potem ko sem ga spoznal
he has known better days doživel je že boljše čase
I know of s.o. who vem za nekoga, ki
pogovorno not that I know of ne da bi vedel
pogovorno do (ali don't) you know? ali ni res?

knowing [nóuiŋ] pridevnik
pretkan, prekanjen; razumen, pameten, moder; razumeven, uvideven; izkušen, vešč; nameren
pogovorno eleganten

there is no knowing nihče ne more vedeti
a knowing one prekanjenec

knowledge [nɔ́lidž] samostalnik
znanje, poznavanje, vednost, spoznanje; izkustvo, veščina; poznanstvo; obvestilo, vest

carnal knowledge of s.o. spolno občevanje s kom
general knowledge splošna izobrazba
it is common knowledge splošno je znano, vsi vedo
to the best of my knowledge and belief po moji najboljši vednosti in vesti
not to my knowledge ne da bi vedel
to my certain knowledge za gotovo vem
to come to one's knowledge zvedeti, priti na ušesa
without my knowledge brez moje vednosti
it has grown out of all knowledge ne da se več prepoznati

ko when; as; (= če) if, in case of, in the event of; (= kot, kakor) than; as

ko ne bi bilo tega »ko« if ifs and ans were pots and pans
šli bomo, ko boste pripravljeni we shall start when you are ready
to boš naredil, ko bo prepozno you'll do it when it's too late
strese me, ko samo pomislim na to I shudder even to think of it
ko ga človek samo vidi, bi mislil, da... if you only saw him, you'd think that...
aretirali so ga, ko je odhajal iz hiše he was arrested as he was leaving his house
močnejši sem kot ti I am stronger than you
več ko ima, več hoče imeti the more he has the more he wants

kód where

od kód? from where, from what place, whence?
od kód prihaja? where does he come from?
ne vem ne kód ne kam (figurativno) I don't know which way to turn, I am quite nonplussed, I am at my wits' end, I am in a dilemma, pogovorno I'm in a fix