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rough² [rʌf]

1. pridevnik
hrapav, raskav, neraven; neobdelan, neizbrušen; surov, grob; neotesan, osoren, brutalen; (okus) trpek, oster; težaven, neprijeten, naporen (o življenju); razburjen (with od)
(o morju) razburkan; divji, nebrzdan; nepravilen, nepopoln; približen; slab; (o tkanini) z dolgo dlako; trdega srca, trdosrčen (on do)
neizprosen; nedokončan, v glavnih črtah

rough and ready grobo obdelan, nedovršen, zasilen, začasen; še kar dober za praktične namene; primitiven, a uspešen; ekspeditiven; (o osebah) realen, stvaren, neizbirčen; nepretiran
a rough customer nasilnež
rough coat, rough cast omet, ometavanje
rough copy, rough draft osnutek, skica, prvi načrt, koncept
a rough day vetroven dan
rough diamond nebrušen diamant, figurativno nekultiviran, neuglajen, a pošten človek
at a rough estimate približno
rough house ameriško, sleng burno in hrupno zborovanje, bučna in surova zabava; glasen prepir in pretep
rough leaf prvi list na rastlini
rough luck slaba sreča, smola
rough music neubrana glasba, kričanje
rough passage potovanje po razburkanem morju
rough rice neoluščen riž
a rough road slaba cesta
the rough sex moški spol; moški
rough timber neobeljen posekan les
in a rough state v surovem stanju
a rough sketch prvi osnutek
rough tongue surov, oster jezik
in a rough voice grobo, osorno
rough work surovo, neizdelano, nedovršeno delo
rough weather slabo vreme
it is rough on me ni pravično do mene; nimam sreče
to give s.o. (a lick with) the rough side of one's tongue figurativno pošteno koga ošteti, pošteno mu jih povedati
to have a rough time mnogo pretrpeti, imeti hude težave
she had a rough time mnogo je prestala, zelo slabo ji je šlo
he had it rough mnogo je prestal, pretrpel
this is rough luck for me to je hud udarec zame, tega nisem zaslužil

2. prislov
grobó, surovo, robato, brezobzirno, brez prizanašanja, nasilno; na naglo

to lie, to sleep rough ležati, spati oblečen (zlasti na prostem)
to play rough šport grobo igrati
to ride rough divje, ne po pravilih jezditi

rule¹ [ru:l] samostalnik
pravilo; kar je normalno, običajno
matematika pravilo; pravilo igre
cerkev pravilnik reda; predpis
pravno odločba, rešitev; pravni predpis; ravnilo; merilna vrvica; navada, običaj, pravilo; vladanje, upravljanje, uprava

as a rule navadno, praviloma, normalno
as is the rule kot navadno
by rule, according to rule po predpisih, po pravilih
by the rule and line figurativno natančno
rules of action (of conduct) smernice
rule absolute neomejeno gospostvo
rules of the air predpisi v zračnem prometu
rules of the road cestni prometni predpisi
rule of force tiranija
the rule of thumb praktično (ne teoretično) pravilo
by rule of thumb po izkušnji, empirično, približno
em rule pomišljaj
an exception to the rule izjemen primer
golden rule zlata sredina, zlato pravilo
hard and fast rule trdno, stalno, kruto pravilo
slide rule logaritmično računalo
standing rules pravilnik, statut
it is against the rules to je proti pravilom
it is the rule that... pravilo je, da...
to become the rule postati pravilo
to break a rule prelomiti pravilo
to hold (to bear) rule over vladati; gospodovati, gospodariti, biti gospodar nad
I make it a rule (to get up early) moje pravilo je (zgodaj vstajati)
to lay down a rule postaviti pravilo
to work to rule izvajati pasivno rezistenco
the exception proves the rule izjema potrjuje pravilo

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

toward² [təwɔ́:d ameriško tɔ́:rd] predlog
(krajevno) k, proti, v smeri, v bližini

with his back toward me s hrbtom proti meni
he lives toward London stanuje v bližini Londona; (časovno) proti, okoli, približno okoli
toward noon proti poldnevu; nasproti, proti, k; kar se tiče, gledé
hostile toward communism sovražen do komunizma
a tendency toward co-operation tendenca h kooperaciji
to save money toward buying a house varčevati denar za nakup hiše
he gave me 5 pounds toward my expenses dal mi je 5 funtov za kritje mojih izdatkov