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1) (to guide or direct or cause to go in a certain direction: Follow my car and I'll lead you to the motorway; She took the child by the hand and led him across the road; He was leading the horse into the stable; The sound of hammering led us to the garage; You led us to believe that we would be paid!) (pri)peljati

2) (to go or carry to a particular place or along a particular course: A small path leads through the woods.) voditi

3) ((with to) to cause or bring about a certain situation or state of affairs: The heavy rain led to serious floods.) povzročiti

4) (to be first (in): An official car led the procession; He is still leading in the competition.) biti na čelu

5) (to live (a certain kind of life): She leads a pleasant existence on a Greek island.) imeti

1) (the front place or position: He has taken over the lead in the race.) vodstvo

2) (the state of being first: We have a lead over the rest of the world in this kind of research.) prednost

3) (the act of leading: We all followed his lead.) vodenje

4) (the amount by which one is ahead of others: He has a lead of twenty metres (over the man in second place).) prednost

5) (a leather strap or chain for leading a dog etc: All dogs must be kept on a lead.) (pasja) vrvica

6) (a piece of information which will help to solve a mystery etc: The police have several leads concerning the identity of the thief.) sled

7) (a leading part in a play etc: Who plays the lead in that film?) glavna vloga

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- leader

1) (( also adjective) (of) an element, a soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal: lead pipes; Are these pipes made of lead or copper?) svinec

2) (the part of a pencil that leaves a mark: The lead of my pencil has broken.) mina

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- leaden

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chemistry svinec; marine grezilo, svinčnica; plural svinčene krovne ploščice, svinčena streha, svinčen okenski okvir; chemistry grafit, mina (za svinčnik); printing medvrstnik

to cast ( —ali heave) the lead — meriti globino s svinčnico

British English military nautical slang to swing the lead — hliniti bolezen, simulirati

ounce of lead — krogla (iz pulke)

as dull as lead — zabit, neumen

zaliti s svincem, obtežiti, plombirati, zapečatiti; printing razmakniti vrstice;

intransitive verb nautical

meriti globino s svinčnico

vodenje, vodstvo; sport & figuratively prednost, naskok; začetni udarec (boks); zgled, primer, nasvet, napotek; theatre glavna vloga, glavni igralec, -lka; cards prednost, prva karta; kratek izvleček iz vsebine članka, uvod k članku; electrical vod, dovod, prevodnik, prevodna žica; mlinščica, korito za mlin; kanal skozi ledeno polje; pasji konopec; naplavina zlata v rečni strugi

under s.o.'s lead — pod vodstvom koga

to be in the lead of — biti na čelu, voditi

to take the lead — prevzeti vodstvo, prevzeti pobudo, sprožiti kaj

to give a lead — iti pred kom, jahati na čelu (lov)

sport to have the lead of — voditi pred, imeti prednost (naskok) pred

figuratively to have the lead over — imeti naskok pred (konkurenco)

to follow s.o.'s lead — ravnati se po nasvetu koga

to give s.o. a lead — dati komu dober zgled, svetovati

one minute's lead — ena minuta naskoka

cards it is your lead — ti začneš, ti si na vrsti (pri kartanju)

cards to return lead — vreči karto iste barve

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

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

figuratively to lead with the chin — izzivati usodo

to lead (a girl) to altar — peljati (dekle) pred oltar, oženiti

sport to lead by points — voditi po točkah

sport to lead with the left — zadati prvi udarec z levico (boks)

American to lead captive — peljati v ujetništvo

Scottish juridically to lead evidence — pričati

parliament to lead the House — voditi parlamentarne zadeve

figuratively 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