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lebdéti to float; to hover

lebdéti med življenjem in smrtjo to hover between life and death
vedno mi bo to lebdelo pred očmi I shall never lose sight of it, I shall always have it in mind

léči (ležem) to lie down; (v posteljo) to go to bed, to retire for the night

léči jajca to lay eggs, to hatch
léči popolnoma oblečen to turn in fully dressed

léčiti to cure; to heal

bolje je preprečiti kot léčiti prevention is better than cure, (figurativno) a stitch in time saves nine
kar se ne da léčiti, je treba pretrpeti what can't be cured must be endured

ledenéti to ice; congeal

legírati¹ tehnika to alloy; (juho, omako) to thicken

legirano jeklo alloy steel

legírati² (dati volilo) to bequeath

lektorírati to read manuscripts for a publisher

lenáriti to be idle (ali lazy); to lie idle; to idle; to drone; to be indolent; to lounge; to lead an idle life; pogovorno to laze

lépiti to stick (na to, on), to glue (to, on); to size, to paste (on, up)

skupaj lépiti to stick together

lepôtec a handsome man; (zlasti filmski) humoristično answer to the maiden's prayer

lepotíčiti to embellish; to attire; to adorn; to trim; (obraz) to paint, to make up

lepotíčiti se (obraz) to paint, to make up, to use make-up (ali cosmetics)

lépšati to embellish; to beautify; to adorn

lesenéti to become woody, to turn into wood, to lignify

lesketáti se to glimmer, to gleam, to glisten, to glitter

lesketajoč se brilliant, lustrous

lésti (lezem) to creep; to trail; to crawl; to move slowly, to walk slowly

lésti na drevo to climb a tree
lésti iz jajca (izvaliti se) to hatch
to vino leze v glavo this wine turns one's head
lésti v dolgove to incur debts
vse, kar leze in gre, je bilo tam all the world and his wife were there

leščáti (se) to glitter, to glimmer

létati to fly; to run

létati sem in tja to run to and fro
létati okoli po (potepati se) to gad (about)
visoko létati (figurativno) to fly high
kdor visoko leta, nizko pade pride goes before a fall, pride will have a fall

letéti to fly

letéti z lastnimi krili (figurativno) to paddle one's own canoe, to stand on one's own feet, to shift for oneself
"leteti" iz službe (biti odpuščen) to be fired, pogovorno to get the sack
letéti komu na pomoč to fly to someone's help
čas letí time flies
šala je letela name the joke was turned against me
lahko bi bil slišal muho letéti you could have heard a pin drop

letovati to spend the summer (na deželi, ob morju in the country, at the seaside); to summer (v Italiji in Italy); ZDA to vacationize; to spend one's holiday, ZDA to vacation; to take a holiday

kje boš letoval letos? where will you spend your holiday this year?

levíti se to slough; to shed one's skin; to cast off one's skin

kača se leví the snake sloughs (ali sheds, casts off) its skin