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spreglèd (nepazljivost) inadvertence, -cy; (izpustitev) omission; (napake) overlooking; (kazni, dolga) remission

delni spreglèd kazni remission of part of a sentence
nič vas ni na spreglèd (figurativno) you are not to show yourself again

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

square¹ [skwɛ́ə]

1. samostalnik
matematika kvadrat; četverokotnik; četverokoten trg z drevjem ali obkrožen s stanovanjskimi poslopji
ameriško četverokoten blok hiš, obkrožen od štirih ulic; polje na šahovnici; kotnik, oglomer, naprava v obliki črke L ali T za dobivanje ali preverjanje pravih kotov
matematika kvadratno število; površinska mera (100 kvadratnih čevljev)
vojska četverokotna razporeditev vojakov, karé; črke, razporejene v četverokotniku tako, da navpično in vodoravno dajejo iste besede
sleng malomeščan, buržuj, filister

by the square točno, natančno
on the square pravokotno; figurativno odkrito, pošteno, lojalno, fair
out of square ne pod pravim kotom, figurativno ne takó kot običajno, ne v redu
magic square magični kvadrat
T-square, L-square ravnalo v obliki črke T, L
two squares up ameriško dva bloka hiš naprej (dlje, dalje)
to act on the square figurativno pošteno (lojalno) ravnati
to be on the square biti prostozidar; vojska defilirati za pregled
to raise to a square matematika kvadrirati

2. pridevnik (squarely prislov)
kvadraten, četverokoten, četveroogeln, štirioglat, ki je pod pravim kotom (to k, do)
pravokoten; oglat; četveren
matematika kvadraten
figurativno odkrit, jasen, brez ovinkov ali namigovanj; reden, urejen, pošten, pravičen, vrl, iskren; popoln, temeljit, izdaten (obrok), obilen; močan, plečat, širok(ih pleč); pomemben; ki je plačal dolg, uredil račune, se je poravnal (with z)
poravnan, bot
sleng staromoden, filistrski

all square neodločen rezultat (tekme)
square all around pravičen do vsakogar
square bracket oglati oklepaj
square dance kvadrilja, četvorka (ples)
square corner pravi kot (ogel)
a square deal pošten postopek
a square foot kvadratni čevelj (površinska mera)
square iron četverokotno železo
a man of square frame čokat možakar
the square man in the square hole figurativno pravi mož na pravem mestu
a square meal izdaten, obilen jedilni obrok, obed
square measure ploščinska, površinska mera
a square number kvadratno število
a square peg in a round hole oglat klin v okrogli luknji, figurativno oseba, ki po svoji sposobnosti ne ustreza svojemu (službenemu) položaju, svojemu poslu
square root matematika kvadratni koren
a square refusal jasna, gladka odklonitev
square timber četverooglato otesan les
to be square with all the world biti v složnosti z vsemi ljudmi; nikomur ne biti nič dolžan
I expect a square deal pričakujem pošten, pravičen postopek
to get square with s.o. poravnati račune s kom, poplačati koga, biti bot s kom
to get things square urediti svoje stvari
to make accounts square poravnati račune
that makes us squares tem sva bot
he met me with a square refusal gladko mi je odklonil
I put everything square before I left preden sem odpotoval, sem vse spravil v red

3. prislov
pravokotno, pod pravim kotom
figurativno spodobno, odkrito, pošteno
ameriško naravnost, direktno, gladko

fair and square odkrito in pošteno
he hit him square on the nose naravnost po nosu ga je udaril
to play square pošteno igrati (ravnati)

státi¹ (stanem) to cost

dragó státi to cost dear
to te bo drago stalo! that will cost you dear!
koliko stane to? how much does it cost?, what's the price?, how much is it?, what do you charge for it?, (pogovorno) what's the damage?
to me je stalo X SIT I paid X tolars for it
knjiga me je stala X SIT the book cost me X tolars
popravila so nas stala X SIT the repairs cost us X tolars
to bo stalo mnogo časa in truda this work will take much time and trouble
naj stane, kar hoče! cost what it may, at any cost, at any price
ni važno, koliko to stane it does not matter what it will cost, expense is no object
to precéj stane it comes expensive, it is dear
to ga je stalo življenje it cost him his life
dobre besede nič ne stanejo kind words cost nothing

stiver [stáivə] samostalnik
droben holandski kovanec
figurativno (počen) groš, para; malenkost

not a stiver niti groša (pare), nič
he has not a stiver nima prebite pare
I don't care a stiver mi je popolnoma vseeno, se požvižgam

storíti to do; to make; to commit; to perform, to execute; zoologija (povreči) to give birth to young, (o kravi) to calve

kaj storíti? what's to be done?
kaj naj storim? what am I to do?
storíti dobro (slabo) delo to do a good (a bad) deed
storíti svojo dolžnost to do one's duty
storíti uslugo komu to do a favour (ali a service) for someone
storíti slabo (dobro) uslugo komu to do someone a bad (a good) turn
storíti slabo uslugo komu to do someone a disservice, arhaično to disserve someone
storíti komu krivico to do someone a wrong, to be unfair (ali not to be fair) to someone
rad storíti to do willingly, to do with a good grace
nerad, prisiljeno storíti to do with a bad grace
storíti kaj iz lastne volje to do something of one's own free will
storíti, kot da... to make a show of..., to pretend...
storíti napako to make a mistake, to commit (ali to make) a blunder
tega ne storim rad I hate doing this
storite, kar hočete! do as you like (ali as you please)!
bomo videli, kaj se da storíti we shall see what can be done
to ti bo dobro storilo that will do you good
storil bom vse, kar bo le mogoče I'll do my best (ali my utmost)
vino mi ne stori dobro wine does not agree with me
ti bi (naj)bolje storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better (oziroma best) stay at home
on si ne stori nič iz tega (figurativno) he doesn't give a damn (ali a tinker's cuss) about it, he takes it easy
ne stori si nič iz tega! take it easy!
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done
to je laže rečeno kot storjeno that's easier said than done
kar je storjeno, je storjeno what's done can't be undone
mnogo je bilo storjenega much has been done

storm¹ [stɔ:m] samostalnik
nevihta (tudi figurativno)
vihar, neurje, huda ura, močan veter; naliv, toča, snežni vihar
figurativno burja; hrup, hrušč, direndaj, vpitje, razbur jenje
vojska napad (na utrdbo), juriš

storm and stress literature Sturm und Drang, čas vrenja idej in nemirov
a storm of abuse ploha psovk, žalitev
a storm of applause vihar odobravanja
a storm of bullets toča krogel
a storm in a teacup vihar v kozarcu vode, figurativno mnogo vika, veliko razburjenje zaradi malenkosti, za nič
a time of storm and stress razburkana doba
to stir up a storm dvigniti vihar
to take by storm zavzeti z jurišem (tudi figurativno)
after storm comes a calm za dežjem pride sonce

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

such [sʌč]

1. pridevnik
takšen, tak; (pred pridevnikom) takó; podoben; (za samostalnikom v množini) kot (as na primer)
tako velik, zelo velik, izreden
pravno zgoraj navedeni, omenjeni

such a takšen
such as takšen kot, tak kot
such a(n) one zastarelo tak in tak, nekdo, neki
Mr. such and such g. Ta in Ta
such being the case ker je stvar tako, ker je takó
such a day! kakšen dan!
such another disaster še ena takšna nesreča
in such or such a place na tem ali onem mestu
no such thing nič takega, ni govora o tem
such was not my idea tega nisem mislil
there are such things take stvari se dogajajo
they gave us such a fright tako so nas prestrašili
we had such sport imenitno smo se zabavali
he said he had lost his way, or some such thing rekel je, da je bil zašel, ali nekaj takega
no such thing as a room was to be had in the whole town v celem mestu ni bilo mogoče najti eno samo sobo
do you think she will believe you? no such thing! mislite, da vam bo verjela? Kje pa! (Kaj še! Ni govora o tem!)
such master, such servant kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga

2. prislov
takó

such a nice day tako lep dan

3. zaimek
takšen, neki takšen
pogovorno isti
trgovina & vulgarno zgoraj omenjeni

arhaično & poetično such as tisti, ki; kdor; vsi
as such kot tak(šen)
all such vsi takšni
and such (like) in takšni, podobni
such or such of ta ali oni od
such as believe that are mistaken tisti, ki to verjamejo, se varajo (motijo)
he is a fool, but I am not such on je bedak, jaz pa nisem
I have a car I can lend you, such as it is imam avto, ki vam ga lahko posodim, kaj prida pa ni

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

svét¹ world; (zemlja) earth, globe; (vsemirje) the universe

na svétu in the world
na tem svétu in this world, in this life, here below
po celem (vsem) svétu all over the world, the whole world over
na koncu svéta (figurativno) at the back of beyond
(ki je) daleč od svéta remote, out of the world, secluded
širom svéta throughout the wide world, all over the world
ves svét the whole world
za ves svét ne, za nič na svét u ne not for all the world, not for worlds, not for anything in the world, for nothing in the world
do konca svéta to the ends of the earth
Novi svét the New World
Stari svét the Old World
Tretji svét politika the Third World
oni svét (figurativno) the next life, the other world, the world to come
od svéta odrezan kraj the back of beyond
stavbni svét building site
učeni svét (figurativno) the world of learning
športni svét (figurativno) the sporting world
rastlinski svét the vegetable world
živalski svét the animal world
začetek svéta the beginning of the world
konec svéta the end of the world
podzemeljski svét underworld
širni svét the wide world
današnji svét the modern world
odkar sem na svétu since I was born
to je na drugem koncu svéta it's on the other side of the globe, it's at the back of beyond
to je narobe svét! (figurativno) that's making water flow uphill!
on je najboljši človek na svétu he's the best man alive, you won't find a better man living than him (knjižno than he)
ona mi je (= pomeni) vse na svétu she is all the world to me
tako je (pač) na svétu that's the way of the world
za nič na svétu ne bi tega naredil I would not do it for all the world
odreči se svétu to forsake the world
šel bi z njo do konca svéta I'd follow her to the ends of the earth
poslati koga na oni svét (žargon) to send someone to kingdom-come
priti na svét to come into the world, to be born, to be brought into the world
on malo pozna svét he knows little of the world
prinesti, spraviti na svét to bring into the world, to give birth (to)
spraviti koga s svéta to do away with someone, to put someone out of the way, to kill someone, (pogovorno) to dispatch someone
videl je mnogo svéta he is a widely travelled man, he is a great traveller, he is a globe-trotter
zagledati luč svéta to see the light, to be born, to be brought into the world
živeti odmaknjen(o) od svéta to live cut off from the world
objadral je ves svét he has sailed the seven seas

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

škóditi to damage, to injure, to harm, arhaično to scathe; to be noxious; to prejudice; to hurt, to be harmful (ali injurious, detrimental)

škóditi samemu sebi to discredit oneself, (figurativno) to stand in one's own light, to cut one's own throat; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
to vam ne more škóditi that cannot hurt you, that cannot do you any harm
škóditi svojemu dobremu slovesu to compromise one's reputation
ne bi škodilo, če bi (šli...) it wouldn't be a bad idea to (go...), there would be no harm in (going...)
ne bi ti škodovalo it wouldn't do you any harm
nič ne bi škodilo, če bi to poskusil there would be no harm in trying it

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

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

talk¹ [tɔ:k] samostalnik
pogovor, razgovor, govorjenje, govor, govoričenje, govorica, (prazno) besedičenje, čenče; predmet pogovora; (radio) predavanje, kramljanje; način govorjenja, izražanje, jezik

the talk of the town figurativno stvar, o kateri vsi govore
full of talk brbljav, žlobudrav
idle talk prazno besedičenje, govoričenje
he is all talk on samo govori (ne naredi pa nič)
she is the talk of the town vse mesto govori o njej
there is much talk and no work veliko je govorjenja, storjenega pa nič
those people are nothing but talk teh ljudi so samo besede, ti ljudje samo frazarijo
it will all end in talk iz tega ne bo nič, ostalo bo le pri besedah
to make talk govoriti zaradi govorjenja
there is talk of his being bankrupt govori se, da.je (on) v bankrotu
I want to have a talk with him rad bi govoril (se pogovoril) z njim

tékniti to be to one's taste

to meso mi tekne I like this meat
kosilo mi je teknilo I enjoyed my meal
ta jabolka zelo dobro teknejo these apples taste very good
ta jed mi ne tekne I don't like this dish, this dish is not to my taste
kako vam tekne ta riba? how do you like this fish?
prehlajen sem in nič mi ne tekne (diší) I have a cold and cannot taste anything

tempest [témpist]

1. samostalnik
divji vihar (tudi figurativno)
orkan; zburkanost, nemir
narečno nevihta

a tempest of applause vihar aplavzov, odobravanja
a tempest in a teapot figurativno mnogo hrupa za (prazen) nič, vihar v čaši vode
tempest-beaten razburkan

2. prehodni glagol
razburkati, razburiti, vznemiriti; stresti (jezo)
neprehodni glagol
besneti, divjati, razsajati

tempt [tempt] prehodni glagol
skušati, zavesti (privesti) v skušnjavo, mikati, izzivati, mamiti, zapeljevati, zbujati poželenje; pregovoriti; staviti na preskušnjo

a tempting offer vabljiva, zapeljiva ponudba
to tempt Providence skušati, izzivati usodo
to tempt one's fate izzivati svojo usodo
I am tempted to... mika me, hoče se mi, sem v skušnjavi, da...
I was strongly tempted to resist zelo me je mikalo, da bi se uprl
nothing would tempt me to do it nič me ne bi zavedlo, da bi to storil
his proposal does not tempt me njegov predlog me nič ne mika

that² [ðæt, ðət] oziralni zaimek (množina that)

1.
ki; kateri, -a, -o; ki ga, ki jo, ki jih; katere, katera

2.
kar

all that everything that vse, kar
the best that najboljše, kar
much that mnogo (tega), kar
nothing that nič, kar
no one that nihče, ki
the book that I sent you knjiga, ki sem ti jo poslal; ki
the man that bought the house (tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišo
the lady that he is acquainted with gospa, s katero se pozna
it is the ideas that matter ideje so važne
the fool that he is! takšen bedak!
grboslovje husband that is to be njen bodoči mož (soprog)
Mrs. Black, Miss Brown that was pogovorno gospa Black, rojena Brown
Mrs. Jones that is sedanja gospa Jones
for the reason that iz razloga, zaradi katerega
the day (that) I met him na dan, na katerega (ko) sem se seznanil z njim