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súženj slave; (na galeji) galley slave

rojen kot súženj born a slave (ali born to slavery)
gonjač, paznik súžnjev slave driver
lovec na súžnje slave hunter
lastnik, gospodar súžnjev slave owner
ladja za prevoz súžnjev slaver
trgovina s súžnji slave trade
trg, trgovanje s súžnji slave market
trgovec s súžnji slaver, slave dealer
vstaja súžnjev zgodovina revolt of the slaves
on je súženj pijače (svojih strasti) he is a slave to drink (to his passions)
delati kot súženj to work like a slave
garati, mučiti se kot súženj to drudge, to slave, (vulgarno) to slave one's guts out
napraviti koga za súžnja to enslave, to enthral (ZDA enthrall) someone

svéča candle; (kot svetlobna mera) candlepower

lojena svéča tallow candle
voščena svéča wax candle, (tanka) taper
ledena svéča icicle
ob, pri svéči by candlelight
raven kot svéča bolt upright, straight as a dart (ali as an arrow)
10-svečna žarnica a ten candlepower lamp
ogorki svéč candle ends pl
jakost svéče candlepower
svetloba svéče candlelight
stenj svéče candlewick
prižgati svéčo to light a candle, to apply a match to a candle
škarje, utrinjač za svéče candle-snuffers pl
od svéče kaplja, teče the candle runs (ali gutters)
utrniti svéčo to trim a candle

svetník¹ saint; holy man, pl men

svetník zaščitnik patron saint
Vseh svetníkov dan religija, 1. november All Saints' Day, All Hallows' Day, Allhallows, Hallowmass
proglasiti za svetníka to canonize
živeti kot svetník to lead a saintly (ali pious) life
dovolj, da bi se še svetník razjezil (bi zaklel) enough to make a saint swear
dovolj, da bi še svetník izgubil potrpljenje enough to try the patience of a saint

svéž fresh; new; recent; (hladen) cool, chill, chilly, refreshed

svéžega datuma of recent date
svéže čete fresh troops pl
svéž kruh new bread
svéže mleko new milk
svéža jajca new-laid eggs pl
svéže meso fresh meat
svéže perilo clean linen
svéža srajca clean shirt
svéž sir fresh cheese
svéž vetrič brisk gale
svéž zrak fresh (ali bracing) air, crisp air
svéža sled live scent
svéža voda fresh water
imamo ga v svéžem spominu he is still fresh in our memories
svéža je kot rožica (figurativno) she is (as) fresh as a daisy
počutim se čisto svéžega I feel as fresh as paint
svéže (po)barvano! wet paint

svínec kemija lead

težak kot svínec heavy as lead
s svíncem obložena palica loaded cane, loaded stick, VB cosh
zastrupljenje s svíncem lead poisoning

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

šivánka sewing needle

vdeti šivánko to thread a needle
sedeti, biti kot na šivánkah (figurativno, biti skrajno nestrpen) to seethe with impatience
iskati šivánko v kupu slame (figurativno) to look for a needle in a haystack

škáf tub; pail; wooden pail

liti kot iz škáfa to pour (ali to come) down in bucketfuls, to bucket down
lije kot iz škáfa it is raining cats and dogs, it is pouring with rain

škátlica small box

biti kot iz škátlice (vzet) to look as if one had stepped out of a bandbox

škóda damage; harm, detriment, prejudice; injury; arhaično scathe; (izguba) loss

v mojo škódo to my detriment
v škódo, na škódo koga to the prejudice of someone; to the detriment of someone
na škódo zdravja to the detriment of (one's) health
kakšna škóda! what a pity!
tisočkrat škóda it is a thousand pities!
velika (majhna) škóda heavy (light) damage
delna škóda partial damage
popolna škóda total damage
zanemarljiva škóda negligible damage
več škóde kot koristi more harm than good
ocenitev škóde assessment of damage
vojna škóda war damage
zavarovanje proti škódi insurance against damages
povračilo škóde indemnification, indemnity
škóda (je) zanj (= da smo ga izgubili) it is a pity that we have lost him, he is greatly missed
škóda je it is a pity
zelo škóda je it is a thousand pities
prav škóda je, da... it is much to be regretted that...
kako škóda, da tega niste rekli prej! what a pity you did not say so beforehand!
škóda je je za to she is too good for that
škóda, da niste mogli priti too bad (that) you couldn't come
nobene škóde ni bilo there is no harm done
biti obsojen na povrnitev škóde to have damages awarded against one
ta škóda se mora popraviti this damage must be repaired
popraviti škódo to make good a loss, to repair a loss
povzročiti škódo to cause a loss
jamčiti za škódo to guarantee against loss
kriti škódo to cover a loss
ugotoviti škódo to ascertain the damage
prizadeti komu škódo to inflict damage on someone
oceniti škódo to estimate the damage
prodajati v svojo škódo to sell under prime cost, to sell at a loss
utrpeti škódo, biti na škódi to suffer damage (ali injury, loss), to lose, to be a loser, to come off a loser
zaradi malenkostne koristi utrpeti škódo to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
oceniti (poprečno) škódo pri prometni nesreči to adjust an average
škóda človeka izmodri you learn from your mistakes

šopíriti se to strut, to swagger, to swank; to give oneself airs, to put on airs; (figurativno) to show off one's finery

šopíriti se kot pav to strut like a peacock

špijón spy; secret agent, undercover agent, arhaično intelligencer; (detektiv) sleuth, pogovorno sleuthhound, ZDA pogovorno gumshoe; (vohljač) police informer, VB žargon grass, (copper's) nark, ZDA pogovorno stool pigeon

biti špijón za kom to spy (ali to keep an eye) on someone
bil je ustreljen kot špijón he was shot as a spy

štéti to count; to number; to reckon

štéti do 50 to count up to 50
štej od 20 do 50! count from 20 to 50!
njegovi dnevi so šteti his days are numbered, pogovorno his number's up
vojska, ki šteje 50.000 mož an army numbering fifty thousand
štejem ga med svoje prijatelje I regard him as one of my friends
šteto od jutri dalje reckoning from tomorrow
videti je, kot da ne zna do 5 šteti he looks as if butter would not melt in his mounth

švígniti to shoot

švígniti kot strela (figurativno) to go like a streak of (greased) lightning (ali like a bat out of hell)
švígniti prek brzice to shoot the rapids
avto je švignil mimo a car swept past
mačka je švignila iz sobe the (ali a) cat shot out of the room

ták tákšen such (a); of such kind (ali sort, shape, manner, size, habits, characteritd.); suchlike; such as this; that sort of

ták, tákšen, kakršen such as
ták, tákšen in ták, tákšen such and such
v ták, tákšenih primerih in such cases, in cases like these
kot ták, tákšen as such
nekaj ták, tákšenega something like this
nič ták, tákšenega nothing of the sort, no such thing, nothing like it
na ták, tákšen način in such a way
kaj ták, tákšenega še nisem videl I have not seen the like before
nimam časa za ták, tákšene, kot si ti I have no time for the likes of you
ták, tákšene stvari se dogajajo such things do happen
rekel je, da se je bil izgubil ali nekaj ták, tákšenega he said he had lost his way, or some such thing
dejstva je treba videti taka, kot so one must (be prepared to) face the facts
povej to le ták, tákšenim ljudem, ki jim lahko zaupaš tell it only to such people as you can trust
prizor je bil ták, tákšen, da bi kogarkoli prestrašil the sight was such as to frighten any one
kakršen oče, takšen sin like father, like son
kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga like master, like man

takó prislov so, like this, like that, thus, in this way, in such a manner

takó takó so-so, so so, fairly well, tolerably
takó ali takó in one way or other, this way or that (way)
prav takó likewise
točno takó! just so!, quite so!
zakaj takó? why so?
kaj takega! of all things!
ah, takó! oh, I see!, so that's it!
ne takó kot not so... as
takó da... so that...
takó velik kot... as big as...
takó malo? as little as that?
takó imenovan so-called
takó rekoč so to speak, so to say, as it were
kakor ti meni, takó jaz tebi pogovorno if you play ball with me, I'll play ball with you
in takó dalje and so on, etc (= et cetera, etcetera), and so forth
nikoli poprej takó koristen kot sedaj never before as (ali so) useful as now
takó bogat človek such a rich man, a man so rich
takó je! (popolnoma točno!) exactly!, quite so!, just so!
je to takó? (je to res?) is that so?
takó mi bog pomagaj! so help me God!
če je to takó if that be the case
takó je na svetu so goes it
bodite takó dobri in odprite okno! be so kind as to open the window!
takó mi delamo that is our way of doing things
stori takó kot jaz! do as I do!
takó ne bo šlo! that won't do!
takó se je končalo moje potovanje thus ended my journey
nisem takó mislil I didn't mean that, that's not what I meant
zadeva je takó rekoč urejena the matter is as good as settled
dolgočasil nas je takó, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili he annoyed us so much (that) we never asked him again
kakor si boš postlal, takó boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie!

tákšen ➞ tak; suchlike

tákšen kot such as
še ena tákšna nesreča another such disaster
nič tákšnega no such thing
tákšna predrznost, nesramnost! such impudence!
kakršen gospodar, tákšen sluga like master, Iike man

têči to run; to flow, to stream; (čas) to go by (ali on), to pass by, to roll by; (stroj) to go, to work, to play; (promet) to circulate; (posoda) to leak, to run out

beseda mu teče gladko he speaks fluently (ali volubly, glibly)
stvar teče gladko things are running smoothly (ali like clockwork), things are going swimmingly (ali without a hitch), it's all plain sailing, VB žargon it's a doddle
kri teče blood is (being) shed (ali spilt)
kri je tekla there has been bloodshed
kri mu teče iz nosa he has a nose bleed, his nose is bleeding
têči v prazno (motor) to idle
zadeva še teče the affair is still continuing (ali is not over yet)
pusti stvari, da tečejo, kot hočejo! let things take their course!
voda teče iz pipe the tap is running
kri, ki mi teče po žilah the blood coursing through my veins
obresti tečejo od 1. maja the interest runs (ali accrues) from May 1st
teči, kot da bi šlo za življenje to run for dear life

téhnika technics pl; technique

téhnika smučanja technique of skiing
téhnika (zgradba) technical college, college of technology, polytechnic
téhnika (kot študij) technical science, engineering

tèma temà dark, darkness; obscurity; dusk; (noč) night

v tèmi in the dark
zavit v tèmo pesniško robed in night, shrouded in mystery
tèma, temà se dela it's growing dark
tèma, temà je kot v rogu it's pitch-dark
ne morem jih videti v tèmi I cannot see them in the dark
tavati v tèmi to grope in the dark
tavati v popolni tèmi gledé... to be completely in the dark about...