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láhek (po teži) light, weightless; lightweight; (netežaven) easy, not difficult

láhka atletika (light) athletics pl, games pl, track and field sports
láhki atlet athlete
láhko breme light burden
láhka hrana light food
láhek korak light tread, soft steps pl
láhka cigara (tobak) mild cigar (tobacco)
láhka konjenica light cavalry
láhka poškodba, rana light (ali flesh) wound
láhka roka light hand
láhka križarka light cruiser
láhko spanje light sleep
láhko noč! good night!
láhek slog easy (ali fluent) style
láhka teža (pri boksu) lightweight
láhka zmaga (figurativno) walkover
láhko vino light wine
bodi mu láhka zemlja! may the earth rest light on him!, may he rest in peace!
to je otročje láhko it is as easy as pie
načrt je otročje láhak the plan is foolproof
sedaj láhkó greš! you may go now!
láhka ženska (figurativno) fickle woman
z láhkim srcem with a light heart

lahkó lightly; easily

lahkó prebavljiv easily digestible
lahkó pokvarljivo blago perishables pl
lahkó to čitaš? can you read this?
lahkó je mogoče, da... it is likely that...
lahkó, da je zbolel he may have been taken ill
on se lahkó uči he is a quick learner
lahkó ranjen slightly wounded, slightly injured
na lahkó kaj vzeti to make light of something, not to take it (too) seriously
ti lahkó govoriš, tebi je lahkó reči it's all very well for you to say (da... that...)
on se lahkó smeje he can afford to laugh

lahkovéren credulous; easily convinced; gullible; too ready to believe

lahkovéren človek gull
on je lahkovéren (on vse verjame) he will swallow anything you tell him

lájati to bark (na at), (bevskati) to yelp; to bay

on bolj laja kot grize his bark is worse than his bite
pes, ki laja, ne grize great barkers are no biters

lájnati to grind a barrel-organ; figurativno to parrot, to recite in a singsong voice

vedno isto lájnati (figurativno) to keep harping on the same string
organist vse leto lajna iste melodije the organist churns out the same tunes all year round

lam² [læm]

1. samostalnik
ameriško, sleng nenaden pobeg

2. neprehodni glagol
pobrisati jo, pobegniti

on the lam na begu (pred policijo)
to take it on the lam pobrisati jo

lame¹ [leim] pridevnik (lamely prislov)
hrom, šepav
figurativno slab, nezadovoljiv (izgovor), neprepričljiv, šepav (verz)

britanska angleščina a lame duck plačila nezmožen dolžnik; ameriško poslanec, ki ni ponovno izvoljen; onesposobljena ladja; hromec, šepavec
to help a lame dog over a stile pomagati komu v težavah
lame of (ali on) a leg hrom na eno nogo

lamp¹ [læmp] samostalnik
svetilka, luč
poetično nebesno telo (sonce, zvezda, luna)
množina, ameriško, sleng oči

to smell of the lamp pokazati posledice utrudljivega nočnega dela; biti preučeno pisan (stil)
to pass (ali hand) on the lamp razvijati znanost
kerosene (ali oil) lamp petrolejka
standard (ali Hoor) lamp stoječa svetilka
safety lamp varnostna svetilka
table lamp namizna svetilka

lance¹ [la:ns] samostalnik
kopje, sulica, harpuna; kopjanik, kopjenosec

to break a lance with s.o. znanstveno se prepirati s kom; figurativno zlomiti sulico
to break a lance for (ali on behalf of) s.o. potegniti se za koga, braniti koga
free lance svoboden politik, svoboden novinar; plačan vojak

land¹ [lænd] samostalnik
kopno, zemlja; dežela; zemljišče, tla; posestvo
figurativno področje
množina nepremičnine; polje (del med dvema brazdama puškine cevi)

by land po kopnem
by land and sea po kopnem in po morju
the land of dreams kraljestvo sanj
the land of the living tostranstvo, ta svet
the fat of the land obilje
the land of the leal raj
the lay of the land topografska lega
native land domovina
land of Nod spanec
the Holy Land sveta dežela
the Promised Land obljubljena dežela
land of cakes; ali land of the thistle Škotska
back to the land nazaj na dežslo
to go on the land oditi v vas, postati kmetovalec
navtika to make the land zagledati kopno, pristati
to come to land dospeti v pristanišče
navtika land ho! kopno na vidiku!
to lay (ali shut in) the land zgubiti kopno z vidika
to see how the land lies videti od kod veter piha, videti kakšno je stanje

land² [lænd]

1. prehodni glagol
(ljudi, robo) izkrcati (at v)
izvleči (ribo); (potnike) pripeljati, odložiti; spraviti (koga v težave)
pogovorno udariti, usekati koga
pogovorno ujeti, dobiti
šport pripeljati na cilj (konja), spraviti (žogo) v gol

2. neprehodni glagol
pristati (ladja, avion), dospeti, izkrcati se; ujeti se (po skoku)
šport, pogovorno priti v cilj

the cab landed him at the station taksi ga je pripeljal do postaje
he was landed in the mud pristal je v blatu
to land s.o. in difficulties spraviti koga v težave
to land s.o. with s.th. obesiti komu kaj na vrat
to land o.s. in; ali to be landed in zabresti v kaj
to land a husband ujeti, dobiti moža
to land a prize dobiti nagrado
to land in prison dospeti v ječo
he landed him one usekal ga je
to land on s.o. navaliti na koga
to land a blow udariti
to land on one's head pasti na glavo
to land on one's feet doskočiti na noge
to be nicely landed biti v dobrem položaju
to land s.o. in a coat that doesn't fit spraviti koga v zadrego
to land second biti drugi v cilju

lap¹ [læp] samostalnik
krilo, naročje; privihnjeno krilo, volan pri obleki, guba
anatomija (ušesna) mečica

in Fortune's lap srečen, v naročju sreče
in the lap of luxury v razkošju
to sit on s.o.'s lap sedeti komu v naročju

large¹ [la:dž] pridevnik (largely prislov)
velik; prostoren, obširen, razsežen, velik (posel, družina, dohodek, vsota itd.)
arhaično velikodušen, velikopotezen; svoboden (umetnost)

by and large na splošno
as large as life v naravni velikosti
larger than life nadnaravno velik
large discretion velika obzirnost
large order težka naloga
on a large scale na veliko, velikopotezno
on the large side nekoliko prevelik ali preobširen
large of limb velik, velikih udov

lás lasjé hair; (ščetina) bristle

brez las hairless, (plešast) bald
kratki (dolgi) lás, lasjéje short (long) hair
gosti (redki) lás, lasjéje thick (thin) hair
kodrasti (gladki) lás, lasjéje curly (straight) hair
tanek kot lás, lasjé hair-thin; as fine as a hair
za las natančno to a hair, to a T
niti za las boljši not a bit (ali whit) better
beljeni lasje bleached hair
valoviti lasje wavy hair
rdeči lasje red hair, žargon carrots pl
na balin ostriženi lasje hair cut close to the skull
negovani lasje well-groomed hair
plavi (blond) lasje fair hair
umetni lasje false hair
za lasé privlečen (figurativno) far-fetched, strained
za lás, lasjé within (ali by) a hair's breadth; narrowly, nearly
beljenje las bleaching of hair
barva las colo(u)r of hair
barva za lase hair dye
sredstvo za krepitev lás, lasjé hair restorer
čop las tress, braid, pigtail
kita las braid of hair
čop las tuft of hair
izpadanje las hair loss, loss of hair, fall of the hair
pranje las shampoo, shampooing
losjon za lás, lasjéé hair lotion, hair tonic
pomada za lás, lasjéé pomade
puder za lás, lasjéé hair powder
navijač za lás, lasjéé wave clip, curler, curl clip, (iz papirja) curlpaper
klešče za kodranje lás, lasjé curling tongs pl, curling iron
rast las growth of hair
striženje las haircut, haircutting
sušílec za lás, lasjéé (fen) electric hairdryer, dryer
mrežica za lás, lasjéé hairnet
nakit za lás, lasjéé ornament for the hair
ščetka za lás, lasjéé hairbrush
trak za lás, lasjéé ribbon, bow for the hair
koder las curl, ringlet, lock
sredstvo za odstranjevanje las depilatory
biti si v lás, lasjééh z to be at loggerheads with, to be at daggers drawn with, (gledé, zaradi) over
lasje mi izpadajo my hair is thinning
delati sive lás, lasjéé komu (figurativno) to prove a headache for someone, to turn someone's hair grey
ne si delati sivih las glede, zaradi not to distress oneself about something
lás, lasjéé si puliti to tear one's hair
izgubiti lás, lasjéé to lose one's hair
(po)česati si lás, lasjéé to comb one's hair
urediti si lás, lasjéé, sfrizirati si lás, lasjéé to do (ali to dress) one's hair, ZDA to fix one's hair, to set one's hair
pristriči lás, lasjéé to trim the hair
razpustiti (si) lás, lasjéé to let one's hair down
(po)vleči koga za lás, lasjéé to pull someone's hair
imeti plave, blond lás, lasjéé to have fair hair
dati si ostriči lás, lasjéé to have (ali to get) one's hair cut
skočiti si v lás, lasjéé (figurativno) to come to blows; VB žargon to get stuck in
to je nekoliko za lás, lasjéé privlečeno that's a little far-fetched
lasje se mi ježé I feel my hair standing on end
lasje so se mi ježili my hair stood on end
pepelnato pobarvati lás, lasjéé to dye the hair grey
za lás, lasjé je manjkalo it was a close shave, it was within a hair's breadth, it was a near thing
za las je šlo! that was a touch too near (for comfort)!
niti lás, lasjéú ji niso skrivili they didn't harm a hair of her head, not a hair on her head has been touched
on ne bi nikomur skrivil lasá he would not hurt (ali harm) a fly
za lás, lasjéé privleči to drag in by the head and shoulders, to force in
oprati si lás, lasjéé to wash one's hair
za las uiti to have a narrow (ali a hairbreadth) escape, to have a narrow (ali close, tight) squeeze
za las smo ušli smrti we were within a hair's breadth of being killed, we just escaped death by the skin of our teeth
za lás, lasjé zgrešiti to miss by a hair
ni vredno, da si delate sive lás, lasjéé glede tega it is not worth while worrying yourself to death over it
to visi (je) na lás, lasjéu zdaj it is touch and go now
ta otrok mi dela sive lás, lasjée (figurativno) this child is a great worry (ali trial) to me

lash³ [læš] prehodni glagol
privezati (to, on, down)
zvezati (together)

last¹ [la:st] pridevnik
zadnji, poslednji; minuli, prejšnji; najnovejši, zadnji

last but one predzadnji
last but not least zadnji, vendar ne najmanj važen
at one's last gasp v zadnjih izdihljajih
last night sinoči
the night before last predsinoči
last year lani
on one's last legs na koncu svojih moči, pred polomom
the last lap zadnja etapa
the last straw višek, zvrhana mera
of the last importance izredno važen
last day sodni dan
the last thing in jazz najnovejše v jazzu
this is the last thing to happen kaj takega se ne more zgoditi

last³ [la:st] samostalnik
zadnji (pismo, beseda, otrok); zadnji omenjeni, najnovejši (izjava); poslednje ure, konec, smrt

never to hear the last of it morati vedno znova poslušati
to breathe one's last izdihniti, umreti
at (long) last končno, na koncu
to the last do konca, do smrti
to look one's last on zadnjič pogledati
we shall never see the last of that man tega moža se ne bomo znebili

lásten own; proper; of one's own

lástno ime proper noun
imate lástno hišo? have you a house of your own?
na lástno pest on one's own (account)
na (svoj) lásten rizik at one's own risk
na lásten račun on one's own account
na moje lástne stroške at my own expense
rad bi imel lástno sobo I should like to have a room of my own
iz lástnega nagiba on one's own impulse (ali inclination)
to so njene lástne besede those are her very (ali own, very own) words
njegovi lástni otroci ga sovražijo his own (ali his very own) children hate him
s svojimi lástni očmi with one's own eyes
z lástnimi rokami sem to naredil I did it with my own hand

latch¹ [læč] samostalnik
kljuka, zaskočni zapah, patentna ključavnica

on the latch zapahnjen (vrata)

latch² [læč] prehodni glagol
zapreti, zapahniti (vrata)

ameriško, pogovorno to latch on to prilepiti se komu
ameriško, pogovorno to latch onto razumeti kaj, dojeti