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seník hayloft, hay shed, hay barn

iskati šivanko v seníku (figurativno) to look for a needle in a haystack (ali in a bundle of hay)

senzácija sensation; shocker; thrill

kratkotrajna senzácija nine days' wonder
iskanje, hlastanje po senzácijh sensationalism
povzročiti senzácijo to create, to make a sensation

sêrija series (sg in pl)

sêrija nesreč a series of misfortunes
sêrija znamk a series of stamps

seriózen serious

seriózna zadeva a serious business (ali matter)

serpentína bend, turn; (ostra) hairpin bend; (papir) streamer

pot se dviga v dolgih serpentínah v hrib the road winds uphill in a series of long hairpin bends, the road zigzags uphill

servírati to serve (up); (prinesti na mizo) pogovorno to dish up

servírati večerjo to serve dinner
večerja je servirana dinner is served; (tenis)
on zelo slabo servira he has a very weak (ali very poor) service
gos je bila servirana z jabolčnim kompotom, čežano the goose was served with apple sauce
vedno nam servira iste stare zgodbe he keeps coming up with the same old stories

sêrvis¹ šport (tenis itd.) service, pogovorno serve

kdo ima sêrvis? whose serve is it?
vi imate sêrvis it is your serve; tehnika service
popraviti, pregledati avto v sêrvisu to service a car
gospodinjski sêrvis domestic cleaning service

sesésti se to collapse

ob novici sem se skoraj sesedel the news fairly bowled me over
od začudenja bi se bil skoraj sesedel you could have knocked me down with a feather

sestánek (dogovorjen) appointment; assignation; ZDA date; rendezvous, tryst; gathering; meeting, (nekdanjih dijakov) reunion

določiti sestánek to fix an appointment
dogovoriti se s kom za sestánek to make an appointment to meet someone
imeti sestánek s kom to have an appointment (pogovorno a date) with someone
priti (ne priti) na sestánek to keep (to break) an appointment (pogovorno a date)
pripraviti, organizirati sestánek to arrange a meeting

sestáviti to compose; to construct; to combine; to put together, to unite, to join; (besedilo) to draft

sestáviti pogodbo to draw up a treaty
sestáviti slovar to compile a dictionary

sestrelíti to shoot down

sestrelíti letalo to shoot (ali to bring) down a plane
njegovo letalo je bilo sestreljeno nad sovražnikovimi linijami his plane was brought down over enemy lines

sétev sowing, sowing time; seeding; (kar je posejano) seed (s pl)

sétve lepo kažejo the crops are promising, the crops look well
kakršna sét, takšna žetev as you sow you shall mow, as a man sows so shall he reap

séver north; (veter) north wind

na séveru in the north, north
proti séveru northward(s), northerly
točno proti séveru due north
ležati v smeri séver-jug to lie north-south
na skrajnem séveru northernmost
plovba proti séveru northing
pluti proti séveru to sail northward
séver brije a bitter north wind is blowing

seznám list; roll; register; catalogue

plačilni seznám payroll
seznám hotelskih gostov hotel register
telefonski seznám (imenik) dlrectory
seznám (popis) stroškov list of costs
črtati, brisati iz seznáma koga to strike someone off the list (ali roll)
napraviti seznám to make (ali to draw up) a list
vpisati v seznám to put on the list (ali roll)

sfrizírati to do (ali to dress, ZDA to fix) someone's hair

sfrizírati se to do one's hair, to have one's hair done (ali set), ZDA to fix one's hair
dati se sfrizírati to have one's hair dressed
biti lepo sfriziran to have one's hair nicely set, pogovorno to have a nice hair-do

shòd meeting, assembly; gathering

imeti shòd to hold an assembly
sklicati shòd to call (ali to convene) a meeting
shòd je bil dobro obiskan the meeting was well attended
razpustiti shòd to wind up (ali to terminate) a meeting

shodíti (otrok) to find one's legs, to begin to walk (ali to toddle)

shodíti čevlje to wear out one's shoes
shodíti pot to beat a path

shójen trodden; beaten

shójena pot, steza, cesta a well trodden way, path, road, a beaten track
shójeni čevlji worn-out shoes pl

shújšati to lose flesh, to lose weight; to grow thin (ali lean); to reduce; (ženska, postati vitka) to slim; to emaciate

shujšan emaciated
do kosti shujšan reduced to a mere skeleton (ali a bag of bones)
zelo shújšati biti to be reduced to a shadow (of his former self)

shujševálen slimming

shujševálna kura slimming cure
delati shujševálno kuro to take a slimming cure (ali slimming tablets)
shujševálna prehrana slimming diet