Franja

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

creep^*1 [kri:p] neprehodni glagol
plaziti se, lesti, laziti, polzeti

to feel one's flesh creep dobiti kurjo polt
to creep into s.o.'s favour prilizovati se komu
it makes my flesh creep kurja polt me ob tem oblije

afloat [əflóut] prislov & povedkovnik pridevnik
plavajoč, poplavljen; vkrcan; nezadolžen

to bring (ali set) afloat sprožiti, uvesti
to keep afloat ne se potopiti; ne lesti v dolgove
there's a rumour afloat širijo se govorice

crawl² [krɔ:l] samostalnik
lazenje, plazenje; počasna hoja
šport kravl
sleng lazenje od gostilne do gostilne

to go at a crawl komaj se pomikati, lesti kot polž

glide¹ [glaid] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (along)
drseti, polzeti; jadrati po zraku

to glide into vtihotapiti se; komaj opazno prehajati v kaj
to glide into debts lesti v dolgove

incur [inkə́:] prehodni glagol
nakopati si, naprtiti si; izpostaviti se

ekonomija to incur debts lesti v dolgove
to incur liabilities vzeti nase dolžnosti
to incur losses pretrpeti izgube
to incur a danger izpostaviti se nevarnosti
to incur a fine nakopati si globo

léstva ladder

léstva iz vrvi rope ladder, Jacob's ladder
raztezna léstva extending (ali extension) ladder
kljukasta požarna léstva pompier ladder, fireman's ladder
požarna vrtljiva léstva turntable ladder (used in firefighting)
telovadna léstva wall ladder
napadalna léstva zgodovina scaling-ladder
léstva na vozu rack
klin, prečka léstve rung (of a ladder)
léstva k uspehu ladder to success
iti, lesti po léstvi to climb a ladder

štíri four

po štíri in štíri four by four
po vseh štírih on hands and knees
med štírimi očmi in private, confidentially, (med nama) between ourselves, between you and me, this is for your private ear
ura še ni štíri it isn't four (o'clock) yet
biti štíri leta star to be four (years old)
jesti za štíri to eat like a wolf
piti za štíri to drink like a fish
delati za štíri to work like a nigger
lesti po vseh štíriih to creep (ali to go) on all fours
upirati se z vsemi štírimi to oppose with might and main