Franja

stun [stʌn]

1. samostalnik
omotičen udarec; omamljenost; osuplost

2. prehodni glagol
s hrupom začasno oglušiti; (udarec) omamiti koga
figurativno osupiti koga, zapreti (komu) sapo
figurativno premagati
figurativno ohromiti, omrtviti

he stood stunned by the sight stal je kot ohromel ob tem pogledu

astonishment [əstɔ́nišmənt] samostalnik
osuplost, presenečenost

to fill with astonishment at presenetiti, osupiti zaradi

breath [breɵ] samostalnik
dih, dihanje, sapa; sapica, pihljanje, pihljaj; vonj
figurativno življenje; odmor
figurativno sled; namig; šepet(anje); mrmranje

above one's breath polglasno, komaj slišno
to catch (ali bate, hold) one's breath zadržati dih
breath analysis alkotest
to gasp for breath sapo loviti
to draw breath dihati, živeti
to draw the first breath roditi se, priti na svet
to draw one's last breath izdihniti, umreti
to knock out s.o.'s breath presenetiti, osupiti koga
with bated breath napeto (poslušati)
out of breath brez sape, zasopel
pogovorno keep your breath to cool your porridge prihrani nasvete zase
that knocks the breath out of me (ali takes my breath away) nad tem mi zastane sapa
to spend one's breath in vain zaman se truditi
below (ali under) one's breath tiho, šepetaje
the breath of one's nostrils najljubši; nujno potreben
in the same breath v isti sapi, hkrati
to save one's breath ne zapravljati energije
shortness of breath težko dihanje, sopihanje

dismay² [disméi] samostalnik
strah, groza, osuplost

to strike with dismay prestrašiti, osupiti

dumb¹ [dʌm] pridevnik (dumbly prislov)
nem, onemel, molčeč
ameriško, domačno bedast, neumen

to strike s.o. dumb osupiti koga
to be dumb molčati ko riba
a dumb dog molčeč človek
deaf and dumb gluhonem
the dumb millions brezpravne mase

sew up prehodni glagol
zašiti (a hole luknjo, a wound rano)

to sew s.o. up sleng popolnoma koga izčrpati; opijaniti; osupiti
he was completely sewed up bil je pijan ko čep
the police have it sewed up that... policija je spoznala, da...

sit up neprehodni glagol
zravnati se, pokonci sedeti
pogovorno iz ležečega se dvigniti v sedeči položaj; ostati (dolgo) na nogah

to sit up late hoditi pozno spat
I sat up for him čakal sem ga buden
to make s.o. sit up sleng preplašiti, osupiti koga; figurativno nagnati koga na težko delo
that will make them sit up to jih bo začudilo (osupilo)
she sat up all night nursing him vso noč je bedé presedela in ga stregla
to sit up and take notice nenadoma postati pozoren, pokazati interes, napeti ušesa, pozorno prisluhniti