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stárost age, old age, oldness; advanced years pl; declining age

na stárost in one's old age
v stárosti od at the age of
prezgodnja stárost premature decrepitude
mož srednje stárosti a man of middle age
visoka stárost extreme old age
doživel je visoko stárost he lived to a great age
umrl je v visoki stárosti (v stárosti 20 let) he died at a great age (at the age of twenty years)
doseči visoko stárost to reach a great age, (pogovorno) to make old bones
sem njegove stárosti I am his age
ne kaže svoje stárosti he doesn't look his age
v tem poklicu človek ne doživi stárosti in that occupation men never reach a great age
on je palica moje stárosti (figurativno) he is the staff of my old age
če bi mladost znala, če bi stárost mogla... if one had an old head on young shoulders...

steam¹ [sti:m] samostalnik
(vodna) para, hlap; sopara; izparina; moč pare
figurativno moč, sila, energija; parnik, vožnja s parnikom

at full steam s polno paro
steam train parni vlak
to get one's steam up lotiti se s polno paro
to get up steam zakuriti, naložiti (kotel), figurativno zbrati vse svoje moči (energijo)
to keep up steam vzdrževati paro, biti pod paro
to let off steam izpustiti paro, odpreti ventile, figurativno dati duška svojim čustvom, jezi itd.
to put the steam on figurativno potruditi se
to travel by steam potovati s parnikom

stew² [stju:] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
dušiti (se) v pari (o mesu itd.), počasi (se) kuhati, pariti se, cvreti se od vročine
sleng zelo se učiti, "guliti se"

stewed apples jabolčna marmelada
stewed pears hruškov kompot
the tea is stewed čaj je pretemen in grenak
let us go, we are stewing here pojdimo, tu se dušimo (od vročine)
to stew in one's own juice (grease) cvreti se v lastni masti, figurativno biti prepuščen svoji usodi
let them stew in their own juice naj sami pojedo kašo, ki so si jo skuhali

stitch¹ [stič] samostalnik
vbod (s šivanko); šiv; petlja (pri pletenju); vrsta šivov, vezenja; pletenje, vezenje
pogovorno nit, nitka; zbodljaj, bodeča bolečina; spenjanje (knjige)
agronomija brazda

with no stitch on, without a stitch of clothing popolnoma gol, nag
a stitch in time saves nine bolje preprečiti kot pa lečiti
to drop (to let down) a stitch izpustiti petljo (pri pletenju)
he had not a dry stitch on ni imel suhe nitke na sebi, do kože je bil premočen, moker kot miš
I have a stitch in the side zbada me v boku
to put a stitch (stitches) in zašiti (rano)
to take up a stitch pobrati pentljo (pri pletenju)

stó a (ali one) hundred

štiri stó four hundred
120 dni one hundred and twenty days
nekaj čez stó a hundred odd
okrog stó about a hundred
5 od stó five per cent
stó let star človek a centenarian
tek na stó metrov hundred metres, hundred metres' sprint (ali race)
stodvajset (120) a great hundred, a long hundred
staviti 1:100 to bet one to hundred

strél shot

odbojni strél ricochet
strél iz loka shot from a bow
strél na premičen cilj shot at a moving target
indirektni prosti strél šport indirect free kick
toča strélov hail of shots
strél na gol šport a shot at goal
prosti strél (nogomet) free kick
kazenski strél penalty kick, penalty
s prvim strélom with one's first shot
alarmni strél v sili a shot of distress
slep strél blank shot
dati, izstreliti 20 strélov to let off (ali to fire) 20 rounds
niti enega stréla niso dali they did not fire a single shot

stretch¹ [streč]

1. samostalnik
raztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas
sleng kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu
navtika daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehod

at a stretch, at one stretch brez prekinitve, naenkrat
on the stretch napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figurativno v veliki napetosti
a stretch of 5 years razdobje petih let
a stretch of the imagination prenapeta, prebujna domišljija
the stretch of a bird's wings razpetina ptičjih kril
a fine stretch of country lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajine
to be on the stretch biti napet, v napetosti
it is a good stretch from the village to the town je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mesta
to do a stretch britanska angleščina odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)
to give a stretch natezati se, pretegniti se
he gave a stretch and got up pretegnil se je in vstal
to keep one's attention on the stretch biti v napeti pozornosti
it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjameš
to work 8 hours at (on) a stretch delati nepretrgano 8 ur

2. pridevnik
raztegljiv

stretch hosiery raztegljive nogavice

strmogláven

strmogláven let (letala) a nose dive

stvár thing; matter; object; stuff; (posel, skrb) concern; case; (zadeva) affair, subject, business

stvár časti affair of honour
sporna stvár debatable question, pravo a moot point
vsa stvár the whole business (ali affair, matter)
k stvari! keep (ali stick) to the point (ali to the matter in hand)!; (v parlamentu, govorniku) answer the question!
vse moje stvári all my belongings pl, my goods and chattels pl
dogovorjena, domenjena stvár a put-up job
kočljiva, delikatna stvár a delicate point
stvár zase another question, a matter apart
stvár v diskusiji the subject under discussion, the matter in hand
spadajoč k stvári relevant
ne spadajoč k stvári irrelevant
to je moja stvár that's my business (ali affair, concern, lookout)
to ni moja stvár that is no business of mine; that is not my affair
v tem je vsa stvár (= za to gre) that's the gist of it (ali the whole point)
to je čisto druga stvár that's completely off the point, that's an entirely different thing, (figurativno) that's a horse of a different colour
to je stvár navade that's a matter of habit
to je jedro, bistvo stvári this is the gist (ali the substance) of the matter
to je važna stvár this is a matter of importance (ali of great importance)
to je kočljiva stvár this is a ticklish (ali delicate, difficult) matter, this requires careful handling
to ni smešna stvár this in no laughing matter
(to je pa) lepa stvár! (ironično) that's a nice mess!, pogovorno a fine how-do-you-do (ali how d'ye do)
ne vem, kaj je na stvári I don't know what the problem is, pogovorno I don't know what's the matter (ali what's up, what it's all about)
borimo se za dobro stvár we are fighting for a good cause
brigaj se za svoje stvári! mind your own business, don't be such a busybody!
sedaj ne gre za to stvár that is not the question now
naj gredo stvári svojo pot! let things slide!
to nima nič opraviti s sámo stvárjo that has nothing to do with the question
pogovoriti se o stvári to talk the matter over
ostati pri stvári to stick to the point
priti s stvárjo na dan to raise a matter
pusti stvár v miru (= ne dvigaj prahu)! let sleeping dogs lie!
preidimo na stvár! let us come to the point (ali to the matter in hand), pogovorno let's get down to the nitty-gritty
s tem se na stvári nič ne spremeni it makes no difference, it does not alter the fact (ali the fact of the matter), it doesn't make any material (ali substantial) difference
to ne spada k stvári this is irrelevant, this is off (ali beside) the point
kot stvári stojé as things are, as things stand (now)
stvári stojé dobro things are going well
stvár stojí takole this is how the matter stands
videti, kako stvari stojé (figurativno) to see how the land lies
umreti za dobro stvár to die for a good cause
vmešavati, vtikati se v tuje stvári to meddle in other people's affairs
vrniti se k stvári to return to the subject
vzeti stvár v roke (figurativno) to take a problem (ali a matter, a business) in hand
vzeti stvári, kot pač pridejo (dobre in slabe) to take the rough with the smooth

sun¹ [sʌn] samostalnik
(često moškega spola) sonce, sončna svetloba (sij, toplota)
poetično dan, leto
poetično sončni vzhod ali zahod
astronomija zvezda s sateliti
figurativno sijaj, sreča, blagostanje
cerkev sončna monštranca
(= sun burner) močan svečnik
pogovorno (sun stroke) sončarica

against the sun v smeri, ki je nasprotna premikanju kazalcev na uri
from sun to sun od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda, ves dan
in the sun na soncu
under the sun pod soncem, na zemlji
with the sun s soncem, ob svitanju; sledeč poti sonca; v smeri premikanja kazalcev na uri
the midnight sun polnočno sonce polarnih krajev
mock sun pasonce, jasna svetloba, ki se včasih vidi ob soncu
nothing new under the sun nič novega pod soncem
a place in the sun prostor (mesto) na soncu, figurativno ugoden položaj, ugodne razmere
the sun rises (sets, goes down) sonce vzhaja (zahaja)
his sun is set figurativno njegova zvezda je zašla, minili so časi njegove slave
to hail (to adore) the rising sun častiti vzhajajoče sonce, figurativno klanjati se novemu oblastniku
to have the sun in one's eyes, to have been in the sun sleng biti v rožicah, pijan
to hold a candle to the sun držati svečo soncu, figurativno odveč nekaj delati, opravljati nepotrebno in brezuspešno delo, nositi vodo v Savo
let not the sun go down upon your wrath tvoja jeza naj traja le en dan
make hay while the sun rises kuj železo, dokler je vroče
to rise with the sun zgodaj, s soncem vstati
to see the sun biti živ, živeti
to sit in the sun sedeti na soncu
to take the sun sončiti se, greti se na soncu, sprehajati se po soncu
to take (to shoot) the sun navtika meriti višino sonca nad obzorjem

sunny [sʌ́ni] pridevnik (sunnily prislov)
sončen; jasen kot sonce, svetel, sijoč
figurativno zlat
figurativno veder, vesel, srečen

sunny exposure sončna lega
a sunny disposition vedra narava (značaj)
sunny locks zlati kodri
a sunny room sončna soba
a sunny smile veder, vesel nasmeh
the sunny side (of life) sončna, lepa stran (življenja)
to be on the sunny side of 50 ne še biti 50 let star
to look on the sunny side of things videti (le) lepo stran življenja, vedro gledati na življenje

suponírati to suppose

suponirajmo, da je to res let us suppose that to be true
suponirajmo, da bi to bilo res supposing (that) it were true
suponiran supposed

suppose [səpóuz] prehodni glagol
domnevati; dopustiti, sprejeti kot možno; smatrati, predpostavljati; imeti kot predpogoj (kaj)
neprehodni glagol
misliti, domnevati

always supposing s pogojem, da...
I suppose so verjetno, menda, tako mislim
Is he at home? -- I suppose so. Je on doma? -- Mislim, da je. Verjetno. Menda.
I suppose you've heard it menda (verjetno) ste to slišali
it is not to be supposed that... ni misliti, da...
I don't suppose he will come mislim, da ne bo prišel
you will come, I suppose? mislim (upam), da boste prišli?
suppose it rains vzemimo (recimo), da dežuje (bi deževalo)
suppose we went for a walk? kaj ko bi šli na sprehod?
suppose you meet me at 5 o'clock predlagam, da se dobiva ob petih
he is supposeed to be able to do it od njega se pričakuje, da bo mogel to napraviti
he was supposed to be dead mislili so (zanj), da je mrtev
you are not supposed to know everything ni ti treba vsega vedeti
why, that was to be supposed no, to se je moglo pričakovati
I suppose him to be an artist domnevam, da je umetnik; imam ga za umetnika
let us suppose that to be true domnevajmo (vzemimo, recimo), da je to res
his style of living supposes a big fortune njegov način življenja predpostavlja (da misliti na) veliko premoženje

svèt² (nasvet) advice, a piece of advice, counsel; (ideja) suggestion; (oseb, ljudi) council, board

delavski svèt workers' council
deželni svèt regional council
državni svèt (tajni) privy council; council of state
ministrski svèt cabinet
Zvezni Izvršni Svet Federal Executive Council
Svet Narodov Council of Nationalities
vojni svèt council of war
univerzitetni svèt university council
šolski svèt school board
upravni svèt council (ali board) of administration
hišni svèt tenants' council
mestni svèt town council
občinski svèt town (ali municipal) council, municipal corporation
Veliki Svet Great Council
Varnostni Svet Security Council
svèt federacije Council of the Federation
svèt guvernerjev board of governors
poslušaj moj svèt! take my advice!, be advised by me
naj vam dam svèt let me give you a piece of advice
držala sem se vašega svèta I have followed your advice
poslušati dobre svète to listen to good advice
za dober svèt ni nikoli prepozno it's never too late to take good advice
vprašati, prositi za svèt to ask someone's advice, to consult someone
vprašal me je za svèt he asked my advice, he consulted me

swing¹ [swiŋ]

1. samostalnik
zamah, mahanje, vihtenje; nihaj, nihanje sem in tja; zibanje, guganje; tok; elastična, ritmična hoja; svoboda gibanja; gugalnica, guncnica
glasba swing (hitri stil jazza, kompozicija v tem smislu)
ekonomija, ameriško doba konjunkture, procvit, višek
politika krožno volilno potovanje (kandidata)
pogovorno posad, (delovna) izmena

in full swing v polnem razmahu
off one's swing figurativno ne na višini, ne pri moči
free swing svoboda gibanja, torišče
the swing of the pendulum nihanje nihala, figurativno spremenljivost (zlasti prihod na oblast zdaj ene zdaj druge politične stranke)
to be on the swing nihati sem in tja
to get into the swing of s.th. uvesti se v kaj, priučiti se čemu
to give full swing to s.th. dati čemu popoln razmah, popolno svobodo potekanja
to go with a swing gladko iti ali potekati
to have one's swing figurativno iti svojo pot
to let s.th. have its swing pustiti kaj potekati po normalni poti (normalno)
let him have his full swing pustite ga, naj dela, kar hoče
let me have a swing daj, da se malo poguncam na gugalnici
to live in the full swing of prosperity živeti v največjem blagostanju
to walk with a swing hoditi z dolgimi, ritmičnimi koraki, z elanom

2. pridevnik
vrtljiv; nihalen; gugalen

šelè only; not earlier than; as late as; not until, not till; only then, not before

šelè ko... only when..., no sooner than...
šelè danes only today
šelè davi only this morning
šelè včeraj not till yesterday, no earlier than yesterday, only yesterday
šelè jutri not till tomorrow
šelè leta 1951 as late as 1951
šelè pred enim letom no more than a year ago
šelè teden dni pozneje not until a week later
prišel je šelè pred dvema dnevoma he arrived only (ali pogovorno only arrived) two days ago
vrnil se je šelè, ko... he didn't return before...
to je treba šelè dokazati that remains to be proved
pridem domov šelè ob 11-ih I'll not be home till 11
šelè ko so bili vsi odšli, sem odkril... it was not until (after) everyone had gone that I discovered...
videl sem jo šelè včeraj I only saw her yesterday, I didn't see her before yesterday
šelè predvčerajšnjim sem dobil tvoje pismo I didn't receive your letter until the day before yesterday
poročila se je šelè pred kratkim she got married quite recently, she's only been married a short time
kaj šelè... (= da ne rečem nič o...) to say nothing of..., let alone..., never mind...
ni mogla narediti koraka, kaj šelè zbežati she could not move a step, never mind run away

šést six

ni še šést let star he is not six yet
6:1 (= zanesljivo) six to one
pomnožiti s šést to sextuple, to multiply by six

šéstdeset sixty; arhaično three score

biti nad šéstdeset let star to be over sixty, to be on the shady (ali wrong) side of sixty
ne še biti šéstdeset let star to be on the sunny side of sixty

tá tá, tó pl

tí, té, tá this, pl these; that, pl those
tale this one, this here
vse to all this
to in ono this and that
g. Ta-in-Ta Mr. So-and-so
medtem, med tem časom in the meantime
pred tem before this
po tem after this
v tem primeru in that case
to jutro (davi) this morning
to pot (tokrat) edino this once
v tej (naši) deželi in this land (of ours)
kljub vsemu temu for all that
te dni enkrat one of these days
zlasti to, predvsem to this above all
to se pravi that is to say
ta tvoja knjiga this book of yours
vaše pismo od 13. t.m. your letter of 13th inst. (= instant)
ni mi za to I am not keen on this (ali that, it)
mnogo mi je na tem, da... I am particularly keen that...
tega ne vem I don't know that
to je moj brat this is my brother
to so moji otroci these are my children
govoriti o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem to talk about this, that and the other
od tega je minulo že 10 let 10 years have passed since that time
vzemi to knjigo, ne one! take this book, not that one!

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