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brítev razor

oster kot brítev as sharp as a razor
brusač britev razor grinder
jermen za brušenje britve (razor) strop
klina britve razor blade
nabrusiti brítev to grind (ali to set) a razor, to strop one's razor

broad¹ [brɔ:d] pridevnik
širok, obsežen, (ob)širen, prostoren
figurativno brez predsodkov, širokogruden, svobodomiseln; glaven, osnoven; jasen; splošen; biten; surov, nespodoben

in broad daylight pri belem dnevu
it's as broad as it is long oba razloga sta enako tehtna, eno ni nič boljše od drugega
ameriško, pogovorno broad place in the road mestece
britanska angleščina, pogovorno broad mob goljufivi kvartopirci
broad hint migljaj s kolom
broad stare predrzen pogled
broad views strpni nazori

bŕz fast, rapid, swift, quick, speedy; express; prompt, expeditious; (konj) fleet; (korak) brisk, light-footed; (z odgovorom) quick-witted, of ready wit; (okreten) brisk, fleet, agile, fast-moving

bŕz kot strela quick as lightning
bŕza jadrnica a fast sailing boat, ZDA sailboat
bŕzi marš vojska forced march, quick march
bŕzi vlak fast train, express train
bŕzih nog fleet of foot

brž ➞ brzo

brž ko as soon as

bŕže faster; more quickly

čim bŕže as soon as possible
čim bŕže in tem bolje the sooner the better
iti bŕže to go faster

butter¹ [bʌ́tə] samostalnik
maslo
figurativno dobrikanje, laskanje, prilizovanje

he looks as if butter would not melt in his mouth videti je, kakor da ne bi znal do pet šteti
to quarrel with one's bread and butter godrnjati čez svoje opravke, sam sebi škodovati
melted butter topljeno maslo
rank butter žarko, pokvarjeno maslo
bread and butter kruh z maslom

Cāius -ī, m Gaj, in Cāia -ae, f Gaja, rim. osebni imeni. Caius in Caia je pisava nam. Gāius, Gāia, kakor se je tudi izgovarjalo in večinoma tudi pisalo. Pri svatbenem obredu so ženina običajno imenovali „Caius“, nevesto pa „Caia“, in ta je izrekla ženinu: „Ubi tu Caius, ego Caia.“: Q., P. F. Pri zgodovinopiscih po ces. Avgustu je Caius κατ' ἐξοχὴν cesar Gaj Kaligula: T., Suet. Od tod adj. Cāiānus 3 Gajev (= ces. Gaja Kaligule): clades, nex Sen. ph., expeditiones T., as Stat.

case³ [keis] samostalnik
primer, naključje, dogodek; zadeva, vprašanje
medicina bolnik
pravno tožba
slovnica sklon
sleng čudak

a case velika ljubezen
medicina case history anamneza
as the case may be, put the case that kakor se vzame, recimo, da
in the case of v primeru, kar se tiče, glede na, če
in your case na vašem (tvojem) mestu
in any case vsekakor
just in case za vsak primer
to make out the case dokazati resnico
it has no case neutemeljeno je
it is not the case ni tako, zadeva ni takšna
a case in point značilen primer
in no case nikakor ne
to set (the) case domnevati; recimo, da
ameriško to come down to cases preiti na zadevo
to make out a case for oneself sam se uspešno braniti
leading case prejšnji primer, precedens
in that case v tem primeru

cat¹ [kæt] samostalnik
mačka, maček; bič, korobač
pogovorno prepirljivka; dvojni trinožnik

when the cat's away the mice will play kadar mačke ni doma, miši plešejo
to bell the cat izpostavljati se nevarnosti
ameriško, vojska, sleng cat beer mleko
to wait for the cat to jump, to see how the cat jumps čakati na ugodno priložnost
to fight like Kilkenny cats boriti se na življenje in smrt
before the cat can lick the ear nikoli
when candles are out all the cats are grey ponoči je vsaka krava črna
he lives under the cat's foot žena hlače nosi
to grin like a Cheshire cat režati se, kazati zobe
to lead cat and dog life živeti kot pes in mačka
to let the cat out of the bag izblebetati skrivnost
like a cat on hot bricks kakor na šivankah
a cat has nine lives mačka je trdoživa
enough to make a cat laugh smešen, da bi se se krave smejale
it rains cats and dogs dežuje ko iz škafa
to shoot the cat bljuvati, urha klicati
as sick as a cat hudo bolan; slabe volje
not room to swing a cat premalo prostora
tom-cat maček
to turn a cat in the pan postati izdajalec, po vetru se obračati; izneveriti se
sleng cat's whiskers nekaj imenitnega
sleng not a cat's chance, not a cat in hell's chance prav nič upanja
a cat may look at a king še škofa lahko mačka gleda

cél whole; total; entire; all; complete; full; integral; undivided; (nedotaknjen, nepoškodovan) safe, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed

ena cela a whole, one
v celem in the main, on the whole, in full
v céli Evropi in the whole of Europe
célo uro a full hour
céla 2 dneva two whole days, two full days, for two days running
cél svet all the world
po célem svetu all over the world, throughout the world
cél zadnji mesec all last month, the whole of last month
cél junak every inch a man
v célem vzeto taken overall (ali as a whole)
plačati célo vožnjo to pay the full rate
sin je cél oče the son is the very image of his father, the son is the spitting image of his father

celóta totality; whole; entirety; integrity

v celóti on the whole, as a whole, in full, entirely, fully
ekonomska celóta economic whole

centussis -is, m (centum in ās) sto asov: centussis (sc. aere ali pretio) emere aliquem Varr. ap. Gell., centusse liceri Pers., Fanni centussis misellus (šalj. o Fanijevem zakonu proti potratnosti) Luc. ap. Gell. et ap. Macr.

chalk¹ [čɔ:k] samostalnik
kreda; pastel
pogovorno račun, dolg, kredit
sleng praska

as like as chalk and cheese, as different as chalk from cheese kot noč in dan (različna)
not by a long chalk nikakor ne
by a long chalk the best veliko boljši od vseh
pogovorno to walk a chalk line biti trezen, vesti se skrajno spodobno
chalk talk predavanje ob risbah na tabli
not to know chalk from cheese ne imeti niti pojma, prav nič ne razumeti
sleng to walk (ali stump) one's chalks ucvreti jo

charity [čǽriti] samostalnik
dobrodelnost, dobrotljivost, usmiljenje; miloščina; dobrodelna ustanova

to ask charity prositi miloščine
charity begins at home bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
as cold as charity hladen, brezčuten
for charity, for charity's sake zastonj
sister of charity usmiljena sestra

cheap [či:p] pridevnik (cheaply prislov)
cenen, poceni; slab; jalov, prazen (izgovor)

as cheap as dirt, dirt cheap za smešno ceno
pogovorno to feel cheap ne se dobro počutiti
to get (ali come off) cheap(ly) poceni jo odnesti
to hold cheap podcenjevati, zaničevati
Cheap Jack (ali John) krošnjar
to make o.s. cheap podcenjevati samega sebe
cheap and nasty samo na zunaj lep
cheap trip izlet ob znižanih vozovnicah

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

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

ciceróne (vodnik za tujce) cicerone, pl -ni

biti komu za ciceróna to act as cicerone for someone

circumstanced [sə́:kəmstənst] pridevnik
ki je v določenem položaju

circumstanced as I was v mojem položaju
awkwardly circumstanced v nerodnem, neugodnem položaju
well circumstanced v dobrih razmerah

clam¹ [klæm] samostalnik
užitna školjka
ameriško molčeči človek

as happy as a clam (at high tide) ves srečen, blažen, zadovoljen
vulgarno shut your clam! zapri gobec!