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chestnut¹ [čésnʌt] samostalnik
botanika kostanj; rjavec; star dovtip

horse chestnut divji kostanj
sweet (ali Spanish) chestnut užitni kostanj
to pull s.o.'s chestnuts out of the fire biti orodje drugega
to put the chestnuts in the fire nakopati si lepo reč

chevalier [šəvəlíə] samostalnik
kavalir, vitez

chevalier of industry (ali fortune) pustolovec, slepar

chew¹ [čú:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
žvečiti, prežvekovati
figurativno (on, upon, over o) razmišljati, premišljevati, razglabljati

to chew the cud prežvekovati
ameriško, sleng to chew the rag (ali fat) čvekati, gobezdati, česnati
to chew up nahruliti
to bite off more than one can chew lotiti se naloge, ki je ne zmoremo

chill¹ [čil] samostalnik
mraz, hlad, ohladitev
tehnično kaljenje
tehnično kalup za kovinske odlitke
medicina mrzlica, prehlad
figurativno hladnost, neprijaznost; potrtost

to take the chill off s.th. pogreti kaj
to catch a chill prehladiti se
to cast a chill over (ali on) one's humour spraviti koga v slabo voljo, potreti ga
it gives me a chill zona me spreletava
chills and fever malarija
water with the chill off mlačna voda

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

chocolate¹ [čɔ́kəlit] samostalnik
čokolada
množina praliné, čokoladni bonboni; temno rjava barva

a bar (ali cake, tablet) of chocolate tablica čokolade

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

chuck up prehodni glagol
opustiti

chuck up one's hand (ali the sponge) vdati se, priznati poraz

chum² [čʌm] neprehodni glagol
pogovorno (with) stanovati v isti sobi

to chum up with (ali together) sprijateljiti se, biti s kom zelo zaupen

church¹ [čə:č] samostalnik
cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

to go to church iti k maši
to be at church biti v cerkvi
to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
established church državna cerkev
to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda

cigánski gipsy; gipsy-like; Bohemian; (madžarski cigánsk$) tzigane

cigánska godba gipsy band
cigánski orkester gipsy orchestra
cigánski voz gipsy caravan (ali van ali wagon)
cigánsko živeti to live like a gipsy, (redko) to gipsy

cíkati (namigovati) to hint (na at); to allude, to make an allusion (na to)

ne vem, na kaj cikate I don't know what you're getting (ali driving) at
vino cika the wine tastes sour

cíklus cycle

cíklus predavanj course (ali set ali series) of lectures

cílj aim, end; object, vojska objective; scope; view; purpose; goal, mark; (tarča) target, butt, mark; (dirkalni, šport) winning post; (življenjski, željá) goal; (potovanja) destination; (stremljenje) aspiration

brez cílja aimless, purposeless, without aim or end
za ta cílj to this end
mimo cílja beside (ali wide of) the mark
doseči svoj cílj to attain (ali to secure) one's end, to achieve one's purpose, to attain one's objectives, to gain one's end(s), to reach one's goal, ZDA to get there; to carry one's point
imeti za cílj to aim at
ima visok cílj he is aiming high
doseči cílj svojih želja to attain the object of one's desires
iti za svojim cíljem, zasledovati svoj cílj to pursue one's end (ali one's aim)
iti, priti skozi cílj šport to breast the tape
postaviti cílj to set an aim
postaviti si za cílj to aim at
vzeti si za cílj to make it one's business (to)
zadeti cílj to hit the mark
zasledovati preveč cíljev to have too many irons in the fire
pogoditi cílj to pinpoint
zgrešiti cílj to miss the mark
vojaški cílji so bili bombardirani military targets (ali objectives) have been (letalsko) bombed, (artilerijsko) shelled
priti na cílj svojega potovanja to reach the end (ali the destination) of one's journey, to reach one's journey's end

claim² [kleim] samostalnik (for)
zahteva, terjatev; reklamacija
ameriško ugotovitev, trditev (to)
upravičenost, pravica; dodeljena parcela; rudarska koncesija

to lay claim to, to put in (ali enter) a claim to lastiti si, zahtevati kaj
to have no claim on s.o. ne imeti pravice od koga kaj zahtevati
to make good a claim dokazati svojo pravico
to jump a claim nezakonito se polastiti tujega zemljišča
to stake out a claim zagotoviti si pravico na kaj, lastiti si pravico do odkritja
to place a claim zahtevati odškodnino

clap¹ [klæp]

1. neprehodni glagol
ploskati, aplavdirati

2. prehodni glagol
potrepljati, udariti, suniti, tleskniti; v naglici kaj narediti

to clap hands ploskati
to clap duties on s.th. ocariniti kaj
to clap s.o. in (ali up) zapreti koga v ječo
to clap a seal pritisniti pečat
to clap spurs naglo spodbosti
to clap eyes on s.th. nenadoma kaj zagledati
to clap a writ on s.o.'s back aretirati koga
to clap a trick on s.o. ponorčevati se s kom

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

claw¹ [klɔ:] samostalnik
krempelj; šapa; klešče, škarje, ščipalke
slabšalno roka

to put out a claw pokazati kremplje, postaviti se v bran
to draw in one's claws umiriti se
to cut (ali clip, pare) s.o.'s claws razorožiti koga, pristriči komu peruti
to get one's claws into s.o. hudo koga napasti

clay¹ [klei] samostalnik
glina, ilovica
figurativno človeško telo; prah in pepel; glinasta pipa

to wet (ali moisten) one's clay napiti se
clay pigeon glinasti golob (kot tarča)
clay kiln lončarska peč
potter's clay lončarska glina
clay pipe glinasta pipa

clear¹ [kliə] pridevnik (clearly prislov)
jasen, svetel; prozoren, čist (of)
neoviran, prost; razumljiv, nedvomen; neobremenjen; bister; popoln, cel (about, on o as to glede na that da)
prepričan; neto

all clear prosta pot; vojska sovražnik ni oborožen; konec preplaha
(figurativno) the coast is clear zrak je čist
five clear days celih pet dni
as clear as crystal jasen, prozoren; razumljiv
as clear as daylight jasen ko beli dan
as clear as mud nejasen, nerazumljiv, zamotan
navtika to be clear of (ali from) biti prost česa
to get away clear otresti se česa
the clear contrary ravno nasprotno
clear title nesporna pravica