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kápa cap; bonnet; hood

kápe dol! caps off!
ima ga pošteno pod kápo (figurativno) he is drunk
ima ga malo pod kápo he is tipsy (ali fuddled)

kásen late

ob kásni uri at a late hour
kásne nočne ure late hours pl
kásen si you're late
kásno postaja it's getting late
malo kásno je pogovorno it's latish

kasnó prislov late; at a late hour

kasnó postaja it's getting late
bolje kasnó kot nikoli better late than never
nekoliko (malo) kasnó je pogovorno it's latish

kick² [kik]

1. neprehodni glagol
brcati, ritati
pogovorno braniti se, upirati se (at, against)
godrnjati, ugovarjati, pritoževati se (about)
odskočiti, nazaj udariti (puška); visoko leteti (žoga)
ameriško, sleng umreti

2. prehodni glagol
brcniti; streljati (na gol); nazaj udariti, poriniti; pognati, priganjati

to be kicked out of a job biti vržen iz službe
to kick the beam biti malo pomemben
to make s.o. kick the beam izpodriniti koga
to kick back vrniti milo za drago; ameriško, sleng plačati podkupnino
sleng to kick the bucket umreti
sleng to kick to it umreti
to kick s.o. downstairs koga ven vreči, vreči koga po stopnicah
to kick s.o. upstairs odpustiti koga iz službe in dati v zameno časten naslov
to kick down the ladder pozabiti na ljudi, ki so ti pomagali naprej
to kick up dust dvigniti prah
to kick one's heels nestrpno čakati, zapravljati čas z brezplodnim čakanjem
to kick against the pricks zaman se upirati
to kick riot (ali noise, row) razburkati duhove
to kick over the traces iz ojnic skakati
to kick the wind (ali clouds) biti obešen

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

kísati (solato itd.) to vinegar; to season with vinegar; to make sour, to make acid, to add a sour substance

kísati (se) (spremeniti (se) v kislino) to acidify
malo kísati to acidulate
kísati se (figurativno) to look surly, to look bitter
kísati se to become (ali turn) sour
vreme se kisa the weather is getting worse

konkurírati to compete (z with, za for); to enter into competition, to compete with someone for something

on uspešno konkurira z drugimi tvrdkami he successfully competes with other firms
malo dežel more konkurírati s Francijo v izvozu vina few countries can compete with France in the export of wine
medsebojno si konkurírati to compete with one another

kramljáti to chat; to have a chat (s kom with someone)

malo kramljáti s kom to have a cosy chat (ali pogovorno to have a chinwag ali natter) with someone

krátko short; briefly

na krátko in a few words, in short
da na krátko povem to sum up, to be brief, in brief, briefly told, to put it briefly
jaz te krátko malo ne razumem I do not understand you at all

lad [læd] samostalnik
fant, mladenič
škotsko dvorilec, dragi
pogovorno odločnež

he is a bit of a lad je malo vetrnjaški

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!

lés wood

stavbni, tesarski lés timber
gradbeni lés (building) timber, ZDA lumber
gnil lés rotten wood
suh lés seasoned timber
rezani lés sawn timber
vezan lés plywood
mehek lés softwood
trd lés hardwood
jamski lés pitwood, pitprop
beli lés white wood
obdelava lésa wood working
obdelovalec lésa woodworker, wood carver
sečnja lésa wood felling
impregnacija lésa wood impregnation
vrste lésa species pl of wood
lésu podoben ligniform, ligneous, woody, woodlike
sladki lés botanika liquorice
žagan lés sawn wood
mlad, nov lés green wood
umeten lés artificial wood
sečni lés mature wood
hrastov lés oak, oak wood, oak timber
trgovati z lésom to deal in wood, to trade as a timber merchant
on je malo čez lés (figurativno, žargon) he is up the pole (ali round the bend)

libel [leibəl]

1. samostalnik
klevetniški spis, paskvil, kleveta, objava takega spisa ali slike, sramotenje
pravno obtožnica

2. prehodni glagol
javno klevetati, objaviti klevetniški spis, obrekovati, žaliti, sramotiti
pravno vložiti tožbo zoper koga

it is a libel on niti malo ni podobno (komu, čemu)

lift² [lift]

1. prehodni glagol (up)
dvigniti, dvigati; privzdigniti, povzdigniti, spodbuditi
pogovorno krasti (zlasti govedo), napraviti plagiat; podreti šotor (tabor); izkopavati (krompir), izkopati (zaklad)
ameriško izplačati hipoteko
ameriško preklicati (prepoved, embargo); sneti (off z)

2. neprehodni glagol
dvigniti se, dvigati se (tudi megla, oblaki); pustiti se dvigniti

to lift up a cry zagnati krik, zakričati
to lift up one's eyes zaviti oči
ameriško not to lift (ali stir) a finger niti s prstom ne migniti
to lift s.o.'s face polepšati komu obraz z operacijo
figurativno to lift one's hand priseči
to lift a hand premakniti roko, samo malo se potruditi
figurativno to lift a hand against s.o. dvigniti roko na koga
to lift one's hat privzdigniti klobuk, pozdraviti
to lift (up)one's head dvigniti glavo, zbrati se; dvigniti se, pojaviti se, pomoliti glavo
to lift up one's heel brcniti, ritati
figurativno to lift up one's horn pokazati roge
lifted up with pride kipeč od ponosa; vzravnan od ponosa
to lift a story ukrasti zgodbo, napraviti plagiat
to lift (up)one's voice against povzdigniti glas proti, nasprotovati komu, čemu

light² [lait] prislov
nalahko, rahlo, lahko

light come, light go kakor pridobljeno, tako izgubljeno
to get off light srečno jo odnesti, biti malo kaznovan
to travel light potovati z malo prtljage

likelihood [láiklihud] samostalnik
verjetnost, videz

in all likelihood zelo verjetno
of no likelihood malo verjetno
there is a likelihood of his succeeding verjetno bo uspel

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

little³ [litl] samostalnik
malenkost

a little malo, nekaj
little or nothing skoraj nič
not a little precej
for a little za kratek čas
little by little; ali by little and little po malem, počasi
by littles v majhnih količinah, po malem
in little po malem
to make little of podcenjevati
after a little čez kakšen trenutek

loaf¹ [louf] samostalnik
hlebec, štruca; čok sladkorja
britanska angleščina glava (zeljnata, salate)
sleng buča (glava)

half a loaf is better than no bread bolje malo ko nič
figurativno loaves and fishes osebni dobiček, korist (kot razlog za opravljanje javne službe ali izpoved vere)

loose¹ [lu:s] pridevnik (loosely prislov)
svoboden, prost, rešen (of, from česa)
odvezan, spuščen (lasje); ohlapen (obleka), rahel (zemlja), razmajan (vrata), majav (zob), mlahav (človek), redek (tkanina), mehek (ovratnik)
kemija prost, nevezan
pogovorno prost, na razpolago
figurativno nejasen, nenatančen, nestalen, netočen, zanikrn (prevod), neslovničen; lahkomiseln, površen, nesramen, nemoralen

loose ends malenkosti, ki jih je treba še urediti
at loose ends v neredu, zanemarjen; v negotovosti
to be at loose ends biti brez stalne zaposlitve, ne vedeti kaj storiti
loose bowels driska
a loose criminal zločinec na svobodi
to break loose pobegniti, osvoboditi se
to come (ali get) loose rešiti se, osvoboditi se; odvezati se, odpeti se, zrahljati se, odluščiti se (barva)
to cut loose from osvoboditi se (vpliva, vezi)
a loose fish pokvarjenec
a loose hour prosta ura
to have a loose tongue preveč govoriti, vse izblebetati
to have a screw loose ne imeti vseh kolesc v glavi, biti malo prismojen
there's a screw loose somewhere nekaj je narobe, nekaj je sumljivo, nekaj smrdi
vojska in loose order v razmaknjeni vrsti (vojaki)
to let loose izbruhniti, dati si duška, ne obvladati se
loose make (ali build) nerodna postava
to play fast and loose biti lahkomišljen, neuvideven
to ride with a loose rein popustiti vajeti, biti prizanesljiv
to set loose spustiti, osvoboditi
to work loose zrahljati se, razmajati se (vijak)
loose handwriting neizpisana pisava
ekonomija loose cash gotovina
a loose novel opolzek roman