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ki which; that; who

jaz, ki sem to videl arhaično I who saw it
knjiga, ki je bila na mizi the book which (ali that) was on the table
(tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišo,... the man who (ali that) bought the house...

ko when; as; (= če) if, in case of, in the event of; (= kot, kakor) than; as

ko ne bi bilo tega »ko« if ifs and ans were pots and pans
šli bomo, ko boste pripravljeni we shall start when you are ready
to boš naredil, ko bo prepozno you'll do it when it's too late
strese me, ko samo pomislim na to I shudder even to think of it
ko ga človek samo vidi, bi mislil, da... if you only saw him, you'd think that...
aretirali so ga, ko je odhajal iz hiše he was arrested as he was leaving his house
močnejši sem kot ti I am stronger than you
več ko ima, več hoče imeti the more he has the more he wants

kós² (komad) piece; (velik) chunk; (tanka rezina) slice; (del) part; (sladkorja) lump; (predmet) article

kós pohištva piece (ali pogovorno stick) of furniture; (glasbeni) piece (of music); (poti) stretch; (zemlje, gredica) bed, patch, plot
po kósu apiece, each
kós za kósom piece by piece, piecemeal
na kóse to pieces
kós mila a cake of soap
kós zemlje a plot (ali a piece, a patch) of land (ali of ground)
po čem je kós? how much apiece?
prodajajo se po kósu they are sold separately (ali singly)
blago (tekstil) po kósu piece goods pl
po tri funte kós at three pounds each
delo po kósu piecework, paid for piece rate (ali by the piece)
iz enega kósa of one piece
delati po kósu, od kósa (na akord) to do piecework, to work piece rate
hiša razpada kós za kósom the house is crumbling away bit by bit
razpasti na kóse to fall to (ali to break into) pieces
raztrgati na kóse to tear (ali to cut) to pieces, (skritizirati) to pull to pieces, to pick holes in
prodajati po kósu (na drobno) to sell by retail, to retail
razstaviti na kóse (demontirati) to take to pieces
razbiti na kóse to smash in pieces

krávji (of a) cow; cow's; for a cow

krávja kupčija "cow deal", shady transaction between two parties to the detriment of a third
krávji hlev cowshed, cow house
krávje mleko cow's milk
krávje ošpice cowpox
pastir cowherd
krávja pastirica cowgirl
krávje usnje cowhide
krávji zvonec cowbell

króv

1. (streha) roof; roofing

slamnat króv thatched roof
raven króv flat roof
króv iz skodel shingle roof; figurativno shelter, house, lodging, cover
pod króvom under cover
brez króva roofless
pod svojim króvom (v svoji hiši) under one's roof

2.

ladijski króv deck
glavni (gornji, srednji, spodnji) króv main (upper, middle, lower) deck
sprednji (zadnji) króv foredeck (afterdeck)
na króvu (ladje) on board, aboard
čez, prek króva overboard
na króvu parnika on board the steamer
spredaj (zadaj) na króvu fore (aft)
iti na króv (ladje) to go on deck, (vkrcati se) to go on board

lady¹ [léidi] samostalnik
gospa, dama; plemkinja; naslov za žene angl. plemičev (nižjih od vojvod) in hčerke vojvod, markizov in grofov; gospodarica
poetično ženska
vulgarno & arhaično žena, soproga, zaročenka, draga, ljubljenka; za označevanje poklicev ženskega spola (lady-doctor zdravnica, lady-president predsednica)

pogovorno his young lady njegovo dekle
lady of the house hišna gospodarica
lady of the manor graščakinja
our sovereign lady naša kraljica
your good lady tvoja žena
šaljivo the old lady moja "stara"
Our Lady Naša Gospa, mati božja
lady of bedchamber dvorna dama
Lady Mayoress gospa županja
lady of easy virtue (ali of pleasure) vlačuga
my dear (ali good) lady draga gospa
a lady's (ali ladies') man ljubljenec žensk
ameriško ladies' room javno stranišče za ženske
the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street angleška narodna banka
Lady Bountiful dobra vila

lásten own; proper; of one's own

lástno ime proper noun
imate lástno hišo? have you a house of your own?
na lástno pest on one's own (account)
na (svoj) lásten rizik at one's own risk
na lásten račun on one's own account
na moje lástne stroške at my own expense
rad bi imel lástno sobo I should like to have a room of my own
iz lástnega nagiba on one's own impulse (ali inclination)
to so njene lástne besede those are her very (ali own, very own) words
njegovi lástni otroci ga sovražijo his own (ali his very own) children hate him
s svojimi lástni očmi with one's own eyes
z lástnimi rokami sem to naredil I did it with my own hand

lead^*4 [li:d]

1. prehodni glagol
voditi, peljati, pripeljati (to)
odpeljati (away)
figurativno napeljati, napeljevati, nagniti koga (to k)
voditi dirigirati (orkester); preživljati (življenje); speljati (koga, vodo kam); začeti igro (kartanje)

2. neprehodni glagol
biti prvi, biti v vodstvu, na čelu; voditi, peljati (cesta, prehod itd); zadati prvi udarec (boks)

to lead the way pokazati pot, peljati, iti pred kom
this leads nowhere to nikamor ne vodi
this road will lead you to town ta cesta te bo pripeljala v mesto
all roads lead to Rome vse poti vodijo v Rim
to lead the dance začeti, otvoriti ples
to lead s.o. up the garden (path) povleči koga za nos
to lead s.o. by the nose imeti koga na vajetih, imeti popolno oblast nad kom; povleči koga za nos
to lead into temptation spravljati koga v skušnjavo
this led me to believe to me je nagnilo k temu, da sem verjel
to lead s.o. a (dog's) life greniti komu življenje
to lead a dog's life po pasje živeti
to lead s.o. a nice (ali fine, pretty, merry) life delati komu težave, pošiljati koga od Poncija do Pilata, imeti koga za norca
to lead a double life živeti dvojno življenje
to lead a miserable existence životariti
figurativno to lead with the chin izzivati usodo
to lead (a girl) to altar peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti
šport to lead by points voditi po točkah
šport to lead with the left zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)
ameriško to lead captive peljati v ujetništvo
škotsko, pravno to lead evidence pričati
parlament to lead the House voditi parlamentarne zadeve
figurativno the blind leading the blind slepec slepca vodi
led horse rezervni konj
led captain prisklednik
he is easier led than driven lažje ga je prepričati, kakor prisiliti

leader [li:də] samostalnik
vodja, voditelj
glasba vodja, dirigent, prvi solist v orkestru
britanska angleščina, pravno glavni zagovornik; vodilni konj; uvodnik, uvodni članek
ekonomija blago, ki naj privabi kupca
tisk razpredelitvene pike ali črtice
botanika glavni poganjek
anatomija kita, tetiva

follow my leader igra, v kateri mora vsak posnemati tistega, ki začne
leader writer pisec uvodnika
parlament Leader of the House (of Commons) vodja Spodnjega doma v parlamentu

leper [lépə] samostalnik
gobavec

leper house bolnišnica za gobavce

lesén² wood, wooden, made of wood; figurativno stiff, clumsy, awkward

leséna koča, koliba wooden hut
lesén čevelj wooden shoe, (cokla) sabot, clog
leséna lopa wooden shed
leséna hiša wooden (ali timber) house; ZDA frame house
lesén gradbeni oder wooden (building workers') scaffold
leséno kladivo mallet
lesén moznik, klin wooden plug; dowel
leséna obloga wooden lining (ali facing, revetment)
leséna prevleka wooden covering
lesén pòd wooden floor
lesén opaž wainscot(t)ing
leséno pihalno glasbilo woodwind instrument
leséno ohišje (radijskega aparata) wood cabinet
leséna rešetka, mreža wooden lattice
lesén stol wooden stool, (nizek) ZDA cricket
lesén stolp wooden tower
lesén strop panel(l)ed wood ceiling
lesén (cestni) tlak woodenpavement
lesén tram, leséno bruno timber (ali wooden) beam

licensed [láisənst] pridevnik
dovoljen, odobren; ki ima licenco, koncesijo; priviligiran

licensed quarters mestni predel, kjer je dovoljena prostitucija
licensed house (ali premises) lokal, ki ima dovoljenje za točenje alkohola

lightning [láitniŋ] samostalnik
blisk, strela

like lightning; ali with lightning speed hitro ko blisk
lightning struck a house strela je udarila v neko hišo
figurativno like (greased) lightning kot blisk

like³ [laik] predlog
kakor (a house like yours)
približno, blizu (something like 100)

to look like biti podoben komu, čemu
what does he look like? kako izgleda?
it looks like rain kaže na dež
to feel like s.th. biti pri volji za kaj, biti razpoložen za kaj
I feel like sleeping rad bi spal, želim si spati
like that tak, tako, na tak način
nothing like as bad as that še zdaleč ne tako slab
there is nothing like that nič ni boljšega od tega
something like a day res krasen dan
pogovorno this is something like! to se lepo sliši, to je že boljše
pogovorno that is more like it! to se že boljše sliši
like father, like son jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa
like master, like man kakršen gospodar, tak sluga
like a shot kot bi izstrelil, brez pomisleka
pogovorno like anything besno, noro, kot nor

lord¹ [lɔ:d] samostalnik
gospodar, vladar (of)
figurativno mogočnik, velikaš, magnat
zgodovina fevdni gospod
poetično & šaljivo soprog, mož; lord (član angl. Zgornjega doma)
poetično posestnik
astronomija dominanten planet

Lord lord (član angl. višjega plemstva od barona do vojvode, naslov za mlajšega sina vojvode ali markiza), naslavljanje nekih angl. dostojanstvenikov
the Lord bog
our Lord Kristus
Lord's prayer očenaš
Lord's supper evharistija zadnja večerja, obhajilo
Lord's day gospodov dan, nedelja
Lord's table oltar; zadnja večerja, obhajilo
the lords of creation človeštvo; šaljivo krone stvarstva, možje
her lord and master (ali mate) njen mož
to live like a lord gosposko živeti
drunk as a lord pijan ko krava
to act the lord vesti se ko lord
to swear as a lord preklinjati ko Turek
House of Lords Hiša lordov, angl, Zgornji dom
Lords Commissioners visoki predstavniki angl. vlade
Lord Chancellor angl. vrhovni sodnik
Lords of the Admiralty ministrstvo mornarice
Lords of the Treasury finančno ministrstvo
First Lord minister
Lord Mayor londonski župan
Lord Privy Seal varuh kraljevega pečata
lords spiritual škofje, člani Zgornjega doma
lords temporal ostali lordi v Zgornjem domu
Lord Justice sodnik prizivnega sodišča
Lord Protector lord protektor, vzdevek Oliverja Cromwella

mail-order [méilɔ:də] samostalnik
naročilo po pošti

mail-order house (ali firm) trgovsko podjetje, ki prodaja samo preko pošte

majáti to shake; to sway; (močno) to rock

potres maje tla an earthquake rocks the ground
veter maje drevesa the wind sways the trees
majáti z glavo to shake one's head
majáti se to shake, to sway, to vacillate, to waver, to totter; (zob) to be loose; (v hoji) to stagger, to totter
drevesa se majejo v vetru the trees sway in the wind
hiša se je majala od eskplozij the house was rocked by (ali with) explosions

máslo (surovo) butter

sveže, presno máslo fresh butter, ZDA sweet butter
slano máslo salted butter
máslo za kuho cooking butter
stopljeno máslo melted butter
umetno máslo margarine, arhaično butterine
žaltavo, žarko máslo rancid butter
kalup za máslo butter-print
kepica, reženjček másla pat of butter
kruh z máslom bread and butter
delati máslo to churn butter
zabeliti z máslom to butter, to flavour with butter, to add butter
namazati z máslom to spread butter on
to je njegovo máslo (figurativno) he has a finger in the pie, he as a hand in it
iti kot po máslu (figurativno) to run smoothly, to go swimmingly, to go like clockwork
stvari gredo kot po máslu things are going swimmingly (ali like clockwork)
to nam gre kot po máslu (figurativno) pogovorno we're getting on like a house on fire
gre kot po máslu! it's going on swimmingly (ali like a house on fire)
vse je šlo kot po máslu (figurativno) it was all plain sailing, it was a piece of cake (ali pogovorno a pushover, žargon a doddle)

mésten (of) town, (of) city; municipal; urban

méstni arhiv town records pl
méstni ceh city company, guild, livery company
méstna četrt, méstni okraj (town) quarter, ward, district of a city, ZDA section (of a city)
méstni grb city arms pl
méstna hiša, magistrat town hall, ZDA city hall, (hiša v mestu) town house
méstna knjižnica municipal library
méstne (občinske) dajatve municipal (ali local) taxes pl, (town) rates pl
méstno letališče municipal airport
méstni ljudje townspeople (s konstr. v sg ali pl), townsfolk (s konstr. v sg ali pl)
méstna mitnina, trošarina toll
méstna občina township, municipality, ZDA city
méstni očetje city fathers pl
méstno planiranje town planning
méstni prebivalec town dweller, city dweller
méstno prebivalstvo population of a town, townspeople (s konstr. v sg ali pl)
méstni svèt municipal council, town (ali city) council
méstna uprava municipal authorities pl
méstno območje, področje urban area, city area
méstno obzidje town wall, city wall
méstno sodišče municipal court
méstni stražnik municipal policeman, arhaično watchman
méstna vrata town gate, city gate
méstno življenje town life, city life

móden modish, stylish, fashionable, in vogue

módni artikli, módno blago novelties pl fancy goods pl
módna barva fashionable colour
módna beseda vogueword
módni časopis, žurnal fashion magazine, fashion paper, ladies' paper
módna dama lady of fashion
módna hiša fashion house
módna linija fashion line
slika módnega modela fashion plate
módna revija fashion show, mannequin parade, fashion parade
módni salon fashion house
módni svét fashionable world
módni risar, ustvarjalec dress designer