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brême load; burden; (tovor) cargo, freight; charge; (teža) weight, charge; (trud) trouble; figurativno encumbrance

davčna brêmena taxespl
javna brêmena public charges
v brême (koga, komu) against someone's account, to someone's debit
natovorjen, obložen z brêmenom saddled with a burden
olajšati brême to ease the burden
biti komu v brême to be a burden to someone, to be a drag on someone
stroški gredo v moje brême the expenses are to be charged to my account
padel je občini v brême he became a charge on the parish
zapisati znesek komu v brême to debit someone's account (with)

brígati to concern; to regard

kaj me to briga? what is that to me?
to te nič ne briga! it is none of your business!
to Vas nič ne briga! that is not your concern!
on me nič ne briga he is no concern of mine
stvar nikogar ne briga the matter is no one's business
to me nič ne briga that is no business of mine, that doesn't concern me
brígati se to care (za for, about); to concern oneself (with, about); to bother about; (skrbeti za) to attend to, to see to
brigaj se za svoje zadeve (stvari)! mind your own business!, go about your business!
ne briga se za politiko he doesn't concern himself with politics
ne brigajte se za govorice ljudi! don't trouble about what people say

briljírati to shine; to excel; to be conspicuous

ni briljiral v družbi he did not shine in society
nisi ravno briljiral v tej zadevi you didn't exactly shine in this affair

bŕk

v bŕk (naravnost) (straight) from the shoulder
v bŕk reči, povedati to tell someone to his (ali her) face, to tell someone openly (ali without reserve)
v bŕk sem mu povedal I told him point-blank
laže mi v bŕk he lies in my face (ali without batting an eyelid)
smejati se komu v bŕk to laugh in someone's face

bŕžčas probably

bŕžčas pride jutri he is likely to come tomorrow, he is expected to come tomorrow

burton [bə́:tən] samostalnik
škripčevje; pivo (iz Burtona)

pogovorno he has gone for a burton odšel je in se ni vrnil, ni ga več

but¹ [bʌt] veznik
ampak, toda, temveč, marveč, pač pa

not only ... but also ne samo..., ampak tudi
there is no doubt but (that) she is ill ni dvoma, da je bolna
one cannot but hope človek lahko samo upa
but then z druge strani pa
it is not so late but they may come ni še tako pozno, da ne bi mogli še priti
who knows but he may be angry? kdo ve, če ni morda hud?
but that če že ne

but² [bʌt] predlog
razen, mimo, izvzemši

the last but one predzadnji
the last but two predpredzadnji
but for you če bi tebe ne bilo
all but he (ali him) vsi razen njega, samo on ne
but for all that toda kljub vsemu temu
nothing but nič razen

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

camēlus -ī, m in f (gr. ὁ (ἡ) κάμηλος, iz semit.) kamela, velblod (tudi dromedar): Varr., Ci., Plin. idr., cameli, quos dromedas appellant L., pecuniam regis DC muli et CCC cameli vehebant Cu.

canēphoros (Canēphoros) -ī, f (ἡ κανηφόρος) košek noseča, v pl. Canēphoroe Kanefore, device, ki so ob gr. praznikih na glavi nosile košarice z darovi za žrtvovanje bogovom; le kot kipi: aënea duo... signa... virginali habitu..., Atheniensium virginum reposita in capitibus sustinebant; Canephoroe ipsae vocabantur Ci., canephoros eiusdem (Scopae) Plin., (Praxiteles) fecit... canephoram (heterocl.) Plin.

carbasus -ī, f in (heterocl. pl.) carbasa -ōrum, n (gr. ἡ κάρπασος, τὰ κάρπασα bombaž) bombaž, bombaževina, bombažna tkanina, muslin: Cat., Plin., corpora usque ad pedes carbaso velant Cu., carbasa Cu. obleka iz muslina; pesn. tkanina, tanko platno, prtenina; kot oblačilo: eum velabat carbasus V., carbasus alba Pr.; v pl.: Lucan., Stat. idr., obstrusaque carbasa pullo Naides... habuere O. (gl. pullus 3., candentis carbasa lini Val. Fl.; jadro, jadrovina: inflatur carbasus austro V., praebebis carbasa ventis O., venturis conponere carbasa ventis Lucan., subducere carbasa O. ali carbasa substringere Mart.; pregrinjalo v gledališču: carbasus intenta theatris Lucr.; platno za knjige: custos Romani carbasus aevi Cl. (o Sibilinih knjigah). — Adj.: carbasa lina Pr. batistast muslin.

Opomba: Carbasus, m: Val. Max., Prud., Amm.

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

cemos -ī, f (gr. ἡ κῆμος) kem, rastl., ki so jo uprabljali v čarodejne namene: Plin.

chance² [ča:ns]

1. prehodni glagol
pogovorno tvegati, upati si, predrzniti si

2. neprehodni glagol
zgoditi se, pripetiti se, primeriti se

to chance upon s.o. naleteti na koga
he chanced to be at home slučajno je bil doma
if my letter should chance to get lost če bi se moje pismo zgubilo

chargeable [čá:džəbl] pridevnik (chargeably prislov)
obremenilen; tožljiv, odgovoren

to be chargeable with a fault biti odgovoren za napako
he became chargeable to the parish padel je občini v breme
chargeable to the account na račun
chargeable on s.o. ki ga je treba pripisati komu

cheese¹ [čí:z] samostalnik
sir
sleng prava reč
ameriško, sleng butec

ameriško, sleng big cheese važna oseba
green cheese mlad, nezrel sir
that's another cheese to je nekaj drugega
to believe the moon is made of cheese biti lahkoveren
domačno it's the cheese to je najboljše, to je pravo
an old rat won't eat cheese izkušen človek ne zaupa prilizovalcu, ne gre na limanice
sleng he is quite a cheese! ta je pravi!
hard cheese! kakšne nevšečnosti!

cien sto

cien mil sto tisoč
se lo he dicho cien veces tisočkrat sem mu to rekel

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

close² [klous] prislov
blizu, pičlo

close at hand, close by čisto blizu
close on skoraj, domala; kmalu nato
he ran me very close kmalu bi me bil dohitel
to follow close upon s.o. biti komu za petami
to live close varčno živeti
to sail close to the wind jadrati tesno ob vetru; figurativno biti komaj še v mejah zakona
I felt close to tears na jok mi je šlo