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krížem(a) crosswise; crossways; across, cross

vse krížem(a) crisscross
krížem(a) kražem (razmetano) higgledypiggledy, in all directions
vse krížem(a) vreči to throw all over the place (ali in all directions)
biti vse krížem(a) (v popolnem neredu) to he at sixes and sevens
držati krížem(a) roke to fold one's arms

króg¹ circle; ring; (delokrog) sphere, province; (družba) company, society, class, set, coterie; (znancev) acquaintance

družinski króg family circle
živalski króg zodiac
zaključen króg (družbe) coterie, clique
v parlamentarnih krógih in parliamentary circles
v pristojnih krógih in competent quarters
trgovski krógi commercial circles pl
tokovni króg (elektrika) circuit
začarni króg vicious circle
króg pri dirkah šport lap, round
zadnji króg šport last (ali final) lap
preteči króg v treh minutah to lap the course in three minutes
za en króg je pred svojim tekmecem he is one lap in front of (ali he has lapped) his rival
sedeti v krógu to sit in a ring, to sit around in a circle
delati, opisovati króge (v teku, poletu) to ring
gibati, premikati se v krógu to go round, to circle, to ring
plesati v krógu to dance round in a ring
vrteti se v krógu to turn (ali to rotate, to spin, to twirl) round
vrteč se v krógu rotatory
opisati króg to describe a circle
imeti (temne) króge okrog oči to have (dark) rings round one's eyes
v političnih krógih in political circles

krùh bread

brez krùha breadless, (brez posla) unemployed
črn krùh brown (ali black) bread
domač krùh home-made (ali household) bread
bel krùh white bread
ječmenov krùh barley bread
koruzen krùh ZDA corn pone
ržen rye bread
svež krùh fresh (ali new) bread
star, suh krùh stale bread
(ne)kvašen krùh (un)leavened bread
vojaški krùh ration bread
pražen krùh toast
naš vsakdanji krùh our daily bread
hlebec, štruca krùha loaf of bread
kos, reženj krùha a piece, a slice of bread
ob krùhu in vodi on bread and water
krùh z maslom bread and butter
ostanki krùha left-over bread
pražilec za krùh toaster
košarica za krùh breadbasket
rezilni stroj za krùh bread slicer
skorja krùha a crust of bread
krùha in iger! bread and circuses!
boj za vsakdanji krùh the struggle for life
pomanjkanje krùha shortage (ali scarcity) of bread
deliti s kom krùh to break bread with someone
on ni vreden krùha, ki ga jé he is not worth his salt
ni imel skorje krùha he had not a crust of bread to eat
ostati brez krùha (figurativno) to be thrown out of work
pritrgovati si krùh od ust to stint oneself
odjesti komu krùh to take the bread out of someone's mouth
jesti tuj krùh (figurativno) to serve other people, to be dependent on other people
prišel je do krùha pogovorno he's got it made
peči krùh to bake bread
služiti si svoj krùh z... to get one's living by...
sam si mora služiti krùh he has to earn his own living
težko si služiti krùh to work hard for a living
kako si služi svoj krùh? (figurativno) how does he earn (ali make, win) his bread (ali his living)?
skregati se s svojim krùhom (figurativno) to quarrel with one's bread and butter, not to know which side one's bread is buttered on
stati v vrsti za krùh to stand in a bread-line
krùh je vzhajal the bread has risen
živeti ob krùhu in vodi to be put on bread and water

kúp² heap; (drv) pile; stack; figurativno great number, quantity

na kúpe, v kúpih in heaps
kúp dela a lot of work
kúp ljudi a crowd of people
ima denarja na kúpe he has heaps (ali piles) of money
dati na kúp to put on a heap
v kúpe dati to form into heaps, to heap (up), to pile up, to accumulate, to stack

kupíti comprar; adquirir

kupiti kaj od koga comprar a/c a alg
kupiti na debelo (na drobno) comprar al por mayor (al por menor)
kupiti na kredit (na račun) comprar a crédito (a cuenta)
kupiti vse vprek comprar en bloque
kupiti iz prve roke comprar de primera mano
kupil sem si klobuk (me) he comprado un sombrero
kupiti pri tvrdki X. comprar en la casa X.
kupiti za gotovino (na obroke, dragó, poceni) comprar al contado (a plazos, caro, barato)
kupiti mačka v vreči (fig) comprar a/c en el arca cerrada, comprar a ciegas
kupiti za kos kruha (fig) comprar por un pedazo de pan

kvalificíran qualified (za for), skilled; fit (za for)

on ni kvalificíran za to mesto he is not qualified for this post
kvalificíran delavec qualified worker; artisan

lack² [læk]

1. prehodni glagol
trpeti pomanjkanje česa; ne imeti česa

2. neprehodni glagol
primanjkovati, manjkati

money is lacking primanjkuje denarja
he is lacking in courage nima dovolj poguma
I lack nothing ničesar mi ne manjka, imam vsega dovoij
I was lacking bil sem odsoten, manjkal sem

lad [læd] samostalnik
fant, mladenič
škotsko dvorilec, dragi
pogovorno odločnež

he is a bit of a lad je malo vetrnjaški

ladder¹ [lǽdə] samostalnik
lestva
britanska angleščina spuščena zanka na nogavici

Jacob's ladder; ali rope ladder vrvna lestev
hook-on (ali pompier) ladder kljukasta lestev
motor turntable ladder požarna vrtljiva lestev
šport wall ladder telovadne lestve
mechanical (ali sliding) ladder raztezna lestev
he can't see a hole in a ladder je popolnoma pijan
to see through a ladder videti nekaj očividnega
he kicked down the ladder by which he rose pozabil je na stare prijatelje, ki so mu pomagali do uspeha
to get one's foot on the ladder začeti, storiti prvi korak
the ladder of success pot do uspeha
figurativno at the bottom of the ladder na dnu

lagáti to lie (komu to someone); to tell lies; to belie; to speak untruths; pogovorno to tell fibs, to fib; evfemizem to be economical with the truth; (pretiravati) to talk tall, to exaggerate, to stretch (ali to colour) the truth, to draw the long bow

lagal sem mu I lied to him
debelo to lie in (ali through) one's back teeth
on mi laže v obraz he lies to my face
laže tako, da sam sebi verjame he lies like a book
laže, kot pes teče she's a bare-faced liar, he lies like a gas-meter, arhaično he can spin a twister

lagēos -ēī, f: V., Isid. in lagēa -ae, f: Plin., Macr. (gr. λάγειος sc. ἄμπελος, ἡ λαγεία) lagejec = zajčje vino, močno grško vino, imenovano po barvi grozdja.

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

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

lantern [lǽntən] samostalnik
svetilka; vrh svetilnika
arhitektura kupolast nastavek na strehi
figurativno luč

Chinese lantern lampijon
dark lantern slepica (svetilka)
magic lantern laterna magika
parish lantern mesec
he was a lantern of science bil je odličen znanstvenik

lapis -idis, m (prim. gr. λέπας gola skala, kamen, λεπαῖος skalnat)

1. kamen
a) konkr.: α) alicuius domus fracta coniectu lapidum Ci. z lučanjem kamenja, lapide (lapidibus) percussum esse Ci., lapidibus aliquem cooperire ali obruere Ci. kamenjáti (kamnáti) koga, aliquem lapidibus prosequi Ci., membra, quae debilitavit lapidibus Ci., lapides iaciendos curare Ci., undique in muros lapides iaci coepti sunt C., lapide ictum ex muro perire C., lapide ictus interiit N., eminus glande aut lapidibus pugnare S., fundā lapides mittere L., lapides mittere in aliquem Petr., aliquem lapidibus prosternere Val. Max., ad lapides et arma discurrere T., vehicula ne lapidibus quidem fulta in eodem vestigio quiescebant Plin. iun., ingenti lapidum saxorumque nimbo classem operire Fl., lapidibus pluit L. (prim. lapidat pod lapidō) kamenje dežuje, kamenje pada (z neba), lapides ardentes L. meteorji, meteoriti, izpodnebniki, lapide candidiore diem notare Cat. zaznamovati dan kot srečen (prim. lapillus 2. b)). β) kot snovno ime: l. silex Pl., Ca., L., quadratus (kolekt.) Varr. fr., Cu., Sen. ph. kvadrasto rezani kamni, kvadri, emporium lapide sternere L. mostiti, utrjevati, e lapide naumachiae circum maximum exstruere Suet., e lapidibus templo Iovis Capitolini destinatis filio monumentum exstruere Suet., l. bibulus V. votlič, plovec, vivus Cu. kresilnik, kresilo, kremen, coctilis Sen. ph., durus Plin., structilis Icti. stavbni (gradbeni) kamen, terminalis Amm. mejni kamen, mejnik, primarius Vulg. temeljni (podkladni) kamen; pren. in preg. kamen (podoba ničvrednosti ali brezčutnosti): verberare lapidem Pl. = zastonj se truditi, „bob ob steno metati“, lapides loqui Pl. govoriti hude, neprijetne besede (ki padejo kakor kamen na srce), grobo, osorno govoriti, alterā manu ferre lapidem, panem ostentare alterā Pl. = javno se dobrikati, da bi na skrivnem škodoval, lapides mehercule omnes flere ac lamentari coëgisses Ci. = kamen bi bil omečil, ad eundem lapidem bis offendere Aus. in (elipt.) bis ad eundem Ci. ep. = dvakrat narediti isto napako, ah lapis est ferrumque Tib.; kamen (podoba toposti, neumnosti): neque habet plus sapientiae quam lapis Pl., i, quid stas, lapis? Ter. = ti štor (teslo).

2. occ.
a) mlinski kamen: lapis lapidem terit Pl.
b) mejni kamen, mejnik: sacer l. L., Sen. tr. posvečeni mejnik, cui lapis cessit Lact.
c) miljni kamen, miljnik (pogosto v zvezi z vrstilnimi števniki): sepultus est iuxta viam Appiam ad quintum lapidem N. = 5 rim. milj (7,4 km) od Rima (ob velikih rimskih cestah so stali miljniki na vsakih 1000 korakov; 1000 korakov = 1 rim. milja), intra vicesimum lapidem L., ad sextum lapidem a Vienna Sen. ph., ad quartum lapidem, ultra lapidem tertium Suet., ultra centesimum et quinquagesimum lapidem Plin. iun., quinto lapide castra statuere Iust., ad quartum lapidem ab urbe Aur.; pri T. je beseda lapis včasih tudi izpuščena, npr.: ad duodecimum (sc. lapidem) a Cremona ali promoveri ad quartum a Bedriaco castra placuit T.
d) spominski kamen, spomenik: lapis memoriae Othonis inscriptus Suet.
e) nagrobni kamen, nagrobnik: fac lapis inscriptis stet super ossa notis Tib., ultimus l. Pr.
f) marmorni kamen, marmor: Parius l. V. beli paroški (= z otoka Paros) marmor, Phrygius H. pisani frigijski (= iz frigijskega mesta Sinade (Synnada -ōrum)) marmor (toda: Phrygius lapis Plin. (36, 19, 36) = barvilna prst, prst bárvnica), Numidicus, Thasius Suet.; tudi marmorna(ta) mizna plošča, marmorna stranica: lapis albus pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet H.
g) v pl. kamenčki za masivne pode, masivni šiljáki, masiven pod (tlak): lapides varios lutulentā radere palmā H.
h) dragulj, poseb. biser: gemmae et lapides H., elapsus aure l. O. biser, lapis Eoa lectus in unda Sen. tr., nec niveus lapis deducat aures, Indici donum maris Sen. tr., lapidum gemmarumque fulgor Sen. tr., lapidum causā pecuniae ad externas gentes transferuntur T., adamantis lapidis copia Amm., diademate lapidum fulgore distincto Amm.
i) kamen ali kamnita podnožnica, kamnit podnožnik, kamnit oder izklicevalca (praeco) na suženjskem trgu: atque in eopse adstas lapide, ut praeco praedicat Pl.; od tod: praeter duos de lapide emptos tribunos Ci. javno kupljena = javno podkupljena.
j) Iuppiter lapis Jupitrov kamen, kamena strela (iz kršca), ki so jo (kot Jupitrov simbol) držali v rokah pri prisegi: Iovem lapidem iurare Ci. ep. na Jupitrov kamen priseči (prisegati) = strogo (trdno) (za)rotiti se, strogo (trdno) priseči (prisegati), zakleti (zaklinjati) se.

Opomba: Star. abl. sg. lapī: Enn. ap. Prisc.; star. gen. pl. lapiderum: C. Gellius ap. Char. — Po gr. ἡ λίϑος f: Enn. ap. Non., Varr.

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

láskati se to flatter (komu someone) to adulate, to cajole, to coax, to compliment, to fawn upon

neumen je, kdor posluša tiste, ki se mu laskajo he is a fool who listens to those who flatter him
nikar se mi ne laskaj(te)! (pogovorno) spare my blushes!

laugh¹ [la:f ameriško læf] samostalnik
smeh

horse-laugh porogljiv krohot
for laughs (samo) za šalo
to break into a laugh prasniti v smeh
to have (ali get) the laugh of nekomu se kot zadnji smejati, triumfirati nad kom
to have the laugh on s.o rogati se komu
to have a good laugh at s.th. prisrčno se čemu smejati
to have the laugh on one's side skupno se komu smejati
the laugh is against him smejejo se mu
to raise a laugh v smeh spraviti, povzročiti splošno veselost
to join in the laugh pridružiti se splošnemu smehu, razumeti šalo
ameriško he is a laugh smešen je