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save² [séiv]

1. predlog
poetično & arhaično razen, izvzemši

save and except razen, izvzemši
all save one (him) vsi razen enega (njega)
save only he razen njega, samó on ne
the last save one predzadnji

2. veznik
razen če, če ne, razen (that da)

I felt well save that I had a headache počutil sem se dobro, razen da me je bolela glava

3. prislov

save for izvzemši
save for two broken windows the house was intact razen dveh oken je hiša bila nepoškodovana

saying [séiiŋ] samostalnik
govorjenje, govor; izjava; izrek, pregovor; življenjsko pravilo

as the saying is (goes) kot pravijo, kot pravi pregovor
saying and doing are different things reči in storiti je dvoje (različnih stvari)
that goes without saying to se samo po sebi razume
there is no saying when (why) ne da se (nič) reči kdaj (zakaj)

scratch² [skrǽč] prehodni glagol
(iz)grebsti, (iz)brskati; praskati; uprasniti (vžigalico); (na)strgati; s težavo spraviti skupaj (denar); (na)čečkati, (na)pisati
šport zbrisati s seznama (konja)
sleng izločiti iz boja, iz tekmovanja
neprehodni glagol
grebsti (o mački); s težavo spraviti skupaj
šport preklicati prijavo za tekmovanje, odstopiti (od tekmovanja)

to scratch s.o.'s back figurativno prilizovati se, dobrikati se komu
scratch my back and I will yours figurativno naredi mi uslugo in jaz jo bom tebi, roka roko umiva
to scratch s.o.'s face spraskati komu obraz
the cat scratched my nose mačka me je oprasnila po nosu
to scratch one's head (one's ears) (po)praskati se po glavi (za ušesom) (iz zadrege)
scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar figurativno civilizacija spremeni samo zunanjost človeka
to scratch the surface of s.th. figurativno šele začeti, biti šele na začetku, le površno obravnavati, ne iti v globino
to scratch the wall with letters počečkati zid

sêbi

priti k sêbi to come to oneself
ko sem prišel k sêbi when I came to (myself)
imam le malo denarja pri sêbi I have only a little money on me
samo o sêbi govoriti to egotize
priti spet k sêbi to recover oneself, to come round
spraviti koga k sêbi to bring someone round

shadow² [šǽdou] prehodni glagol
zasenčiti, potemniti
arhaično ščititi (from pred)
skri(va)ti; slediti (komu) kot senca

to shadow forth (out) nejasno napovedati, namigniti na
he shadowed forth his plans dal je samo obrise svojih načrtov, le nakazal je svoje načrte

shop¹ [šɔp] samostalnik
prodajalna, trgovina, trgovski lokal, blagovnica; delavnica, popravljalnica, oddelek (v tovarni)
sleng ustanova, šola, univerza; zgradba, prebivališče; poklic, stroka, stvari v zvezi s poklicem, s stroko
sleng zapor

all over the shop sleng v neredu, razmetano po vseh kotih, na vse strani
at our shop pri nas (doma, v naši šoli itd.)
the shop britanska angleščina, sleng vojaška akademija, britanska angleščina, sleng Spodnji dom parlamenta
baker's shop pekarna
chemist's shop lekarna
fitting-shop montažna hala
tobacco shop trafika
the other shop konkurenca, konkurenčno (rivalsko) podjetje, ustanova ipd.
to come to the wrong shop figurativno obrniti se na nepravi naslov, slabo naleteti
to keep a shop imeti prodajalno
to set up shop odpreti trgovino
to shut up shop figurativno zapreti prodajalno (botego), nehati z nekim delom
to sink the shop figurativno vzdržati se govorenja o strokovnih (poklicnih) stvareh; prikrivati svoj poklic
to smell of the shop figurativno biti preveč strokoven (poklicen)
to talk shop govoriti (samo) o svoji stroki
he wants to boss the whole shop on hoče vse dirigirati (komandirati)

shout² [šáut] neprehodni glagol
vpiti, kričati (with od)
klicati (for s.o. koga)
zaklicati (at s.o. komu)
vriskati, ukati, vzklikati; dreti se
ameriško glasno se zavzeti za koga
prehodni glagol
(za)vpiti (kaj), glasno (kaj) izražati; (za)klicati (s.o.'s name ime koga)

to shout approbation glasno odobravati
to shout disapproval glasno izraziti svoje nezadovoljstvo
to shout o.s. hoarse vpiti, dreti se do hripavosti
to shout with joy vpiti od veselja
to shout with laughter (pain) vpiti od smeha (bolečine)
all is over but the shout figurativno bitka je odločena (treba je samo še vzklikati zmagovalcu), praktično je cilj (že) dosežen

shudder [šʌ́də]

1. samostalnik
drget(anje), drhtenje, zona, "mravljinci", srh, ježenje, groza

it gives me the shudders groza me obhaja

2. neprehodni glagol
drgetati, drhteti, tresti, bati se, zgroziti se (from ob)
zagnusiti se (at ob)
zagabiti se

to shudder with fear drgetati od strahu
I shudder to think of it groza me je (srh me spreleti), samo če pomislim na to

simple¹ [simpl] pridevnik (simply prislov)
enostaven, preprost, nekompliciran; jasen, čist, nepotvorjen (resnica); brez okraskov; nesestavljen, nespojen, brez primesi; nepokvarjen, neafektiran, naraven, preprost; naiven, neveden, bedast, neumen, lahkoveren, bebast

of simple birth preprostega rodu
simple dress preprosta obleka
in simple beauty neokrašen, v naravni lepoti
simple eye eno od očes, ki tvorijo oko žuželke
simple diet preprosta hrana
simple equation enačba 1. stopnje
a simple explanation preprosta razlaga
simple interest navadne obresti (samo na glavnico)
simple leaf list s samo enim peresom
the simple life preprosto življenje (brez razkošja)
gentle and simple plemenit in preprost
simple madness čista, prava norost
pure and simple čist, popoln
simple sentence prosti stavek
I am not so simple as to believe that... nisem tako naiven, da bi verjel, da...
that is simple madness to je prava norost
your simple word is enough vaša beseda sama zadostuje

skittle [skitl]

1. samostalnik
kegelj
množina kegljanje
množina, figurativno zabava, igra

skittles! nesmisel!, neumnost!
skittle alley kegljišče, kegljaška steza
skittle ground kegljišče
to play (at) skittles kegljati
life is not all beer and skittles življenje ni samo zabava

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
podreti (kaj) kot keglje; kegljati

to skittle away, to skittle down zapraviti, pognati, zafrčkati (kaj)

skrbéti

skrbéti za to care (for, about), to take care (of), to busy (ali to concern) oneself with (ali about); to be in charge (of something); to have (something) in one's care; to attend to, to see (ali to look) to (ali after); to mind (something); to provide for
on skrbi samo zase he always looks after number one, he thinks only of himself
skrbi (brigaj se) zase! mind your own business!
ne skrbi za tuje posle! mind your own business!, don't meddle in other people's business!
skrbi me I'm worried, I'm concerned about (something), it makes me uneasy, it causes me a lot of anxiety, it fills me with apprehension
skrbi me njeno zdravje her state of health fills me with apprehension
od 16. leta skrbim sam zase I have been on my own since I was (ali the age of) sixteen
skrbéti sam zase to shift for oneself, to fend for oneself
skrbel bom, da bo pravočasno dobil pismo I shall take care that he receives the letter in time
skrbéti mora za svoje otroke he must provide for his children
njihova usoda nas zelo skrbi we are deeply worried (ali pogovorno worried sick, worried stiff) about their fate
skrbela bom, da se knjige pravočasno vrnejo I will see (to it) that the books are sent back in time
ne skrbi! don't worry!
vsakdo naj skrbi (gleda) zase! every one for himself!

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)?

speculation [spekjuléišən] samostalnik
razmišljanje, umovanje, razglabljanje
filozofija špekulacija, teorija, hipoteza, domneva
ekonomija spekulacija, špekuliranje, nezanesljiv posel

as a speculation, on speculation na slepo srečo, špekulacijsko
to be given to speculation nagibati k umovanju, rad razglabljati
my statement was mere speculation moja trditev je bila čista (samó) domneva
unlucky speculation nesrečna špekulacija

spremeníti to change; to alter; to modify; to convert; to vary

to na stvari nič ne spremeni it doesn't make any difference to things, it does not alter the facts
spremeníti barvo to change colour
spremeníti svoje vedenje to change one's behaviour, (figurativno) one's approach
prepisal sem to, ne da bi spremenil eno samo vrsto I copied it without altering a single line
spremeníti se to change, to alter, to undergo a change
spremeníti se na boljše (slabše) to change (ali to alter) for the better (for the worse)
se ne da nič spremeníti (pomagati) it can't be helped
s tem se položaj spremeni that changes the case
časi so se zelo spremenili times have (ali are) greatly changed
vreme se je nenadoma spremenilo a sudden change of weather has taken place
spremeníti zakon to revise an act

sréča (notranja) happiness, felicity; (muhasta) fortune; (slučajna) (good) luck, good fortune, lucky chance

veliko sréče! good luck!
na sréčo, k sréči fortunately, luckily, by a lucky chance
na slepo sréčo at random, at haphazard, at a venture, in a happygo-lucky way
vso sréčo! may good luck go with you!
najboljšo sréčo! the best of luck (to you)!
kolo sréče Fortune's wheel, the ups and downs of life
v sréči ali nesreči in weal or woe, for good or ill, come weal or woe
opoteča sréča chequered fortune
sprememba sréče (na slabše) change for the worse, reversal of fortune
(še) sréča, da... it's a piece of luck that...
prava sréča, da ste slučajno bili tam it's a blessing you happened to be there
vojna sréča contingencies pl of war
to (pa) je sréča! that's what I call good luck!
bila bi velika sréča, če... it would be a great slice of luck if...
to je pač moja sréča! (imam pač tako sréčo!) that's just my luck!
lahko govorimo o sréči we can consider ourselves lucky
sréča je hotela, da... as luck would have it...
imam sréčo I am in luck, I am lucky
nimam sréče I have no luck, I am out of luck
to se pravi imeti sréčo! that's what I call good luck!
imeti veliko sréčo to have much good luck
imeti več sréče kot pameti to be more lucky than wise
marsikdo ima več sréče kot pameti fortune favours fools
imeti nepričakovano sréčo (pogovorno) to strike oil
imeti vražjo sréčo to be dead lucky
imeti vedno sréčo pri kartanju to be always lucky at cards
imel sem sréčo I had a stroke of luck
iskati sréčo to seek fortune
če bo šlo vse po sréči if everything goes well
poskusiti sréčo to try one's luck, to take one's chance, to chance one's luck, (žargon) to chance it
to ti bo prineslo sréčo it will bring you good luck
poskusiti kaj na slepo sréča to have a go
napraviti kaj na slepo sréčo (pogovorno) to chance one's arm
dal sem si prerokovati sréčo I had my fortune told
vedeževati komu sréčo to tell someone his fortune
vsakemu se sréča enkrat nasmeje every dog has his (ali its) day
skaliti sréčo to mar someone's happiness
voščiti, želeti komu sréčo pri... to wish someone joy of...
pot do sréče je trnova arhaično no joy without annoy
kadar sem imel največ sréče, sem zaslužil X SIT in my heyday I earned X tolars
sréča me zapušča my fortunes are at a low ebb
zibati se v sréči to walk (ali to tread) on air
bogastvo samo nam še ne more nuditi sréče wealth alone cannot procure us happiness
vse mu gre po sréči (se mu obrne v sréčo) everything in the garden's lovely, arhaično all things conspire to make him happy
vsak je svoje sréče kovač every man is the architect of his fortune

stag [stæg]

1. samostalnik
zoologija jelen (zlasti petleten); samec raznih živali (merjasec, kozel itd.); skopljen vol, ki je dosegel polno rast; moški brez ženske (družbe); moška družba
zastarelo šiling
sleng (borza) špekulant z delnicami
sleng (redko) izdajalec, denunciant, ovaduh

a stag party zabava samo za moške
to go stag iti (kam) brez ženske družbe
to turn stag sleng denuncirati, ovaditi

2. pridevnik
moški, le za moške

3. prislov
sleng brez ženske družbe, sam

4. neprehodni glagol
sleng iti (kam) brez ženskega spremstva
sleng (borza) špekulirati z delnicami
prehodni glagol
sleng vohuniti, špijonirati (za kom)

to stag the market (borza) vpisati delnice

stage² [stéidž] prehodni glagol
postaviti (dati) (igro) na gledališki oder, prirediti za oder; uprizoriti, inscenirati
figurativno pripraviti, prirediti za kaj; opremiti z odrom
tehnično obdati z odri
neprehodni glagol
biti primeren za uprizoritev na gledališkem odru

this drama stages well ta drama se dobro obnese (samo) na odru

stojíšče standing room, space for standing; (taksijev ipd.) parking place (ali lot, space)

samo (še) stojíšča! (za vstopnice ipd.) standing room only!
gledalec na stojíšču gledališče standing spectator, ZDA standee

strésti to shake

strésti se to shake, to tremble, to shudder, to shiver; to thrill; to vibrate
strésti koga iz spanja to shake someone out of his sleep
strésti koga za lase to pull someone by his hair
strésti komu roko to shake someone by the hand
strese me, če (samo) pomislim na to I shudder to think of it
strese me, če ga pogledam it gives me the creeps to look at him
hiša se je stresla od eksplozije the house shook with the explosion
strésti se od groze to shudder with horror
strésti se ob misli, kaj bi se bilo lahko zgodilo to tremble to think what might have happened