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serve² [sə:v]

1. prehodni glagol
služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
servirati (jed)
šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
to serve one's country služiti domovini
to serve the devil služiti satanu
dinner is served večerja je na mizi
there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
to serve a gun vojska streči topu
if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
to serve the time prilagoditi se času
to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

2. neprehodni glagol
služiti, biti v službi
vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
to serve in the army služiti v vojski
to serve at table streči pri mizi
to serve as an example služiti za zgled
he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)

settle² [setl]

1. prehodni glagol
naseliti (koga), nastaniti, kolonizirati, stacionirati, namestiti; urediti; poravnati, plačati; pomiriti (koga); prepričati z argumenti; utišati; likvidirati (koga), ubiti; oskrbeti, oskrbovati; spraviti v red, urediti, izgladiti, poravnati (prepir); rešiti (vprašanje), razpršiti (sumničenja), urediti zadeve (zlasti pred smrtjo), prenesti, prepisati (to, on, upon na)
določiti (dediče), voliti; dogovoriti se (o čem), določiti; utrditi (cesto); prenesti, prepisati (on na)
(refleksivno) posvetiti se; predati se

2. neprehodni glagol
naseliti se (in America v Ameriki)
nastaniti se, ustanoviti si lasten dom, sesti (to k)
umiriti se, zbati se, ustaliti se (vreme); usesti se, potoniti; spustiti se (on na)
razbistriti se, očistiti se; odločiti se (upon za)
dogovoriti se, sporazumeti se, obračunati (with z)
pripravljati se (for za, na)

to settle the agitation pomiriti razburjenje
to settle an annuity on s.o. določiti komu rento (penzijo)
to settle the bill poravnati, plačati račun
will you settle for me? boš plačal zame?
to settle with one's creditors poravnati se z upniki
to settle a dispute poravnati spor
to settle s.o.'s doubts razpršiti komu dvome
it is as good as settled to je toliko kot dogovorjeno
we settled the old lady in her armchair posadili, namestili smo staro gospo v njen naslanjač
to settle one's mind pomiriti se; odločiti se
things will soon settle into order stvari se bodo kmalu uredile
to be settled in a place biti nastanjen, bivati v nekem kraju
to settle a price dogovoriti se o ceni, določiti ceno
that settles the question, that settles it s tem je stvar urejena, opravljena
he settled all his property on his children vse svoje premoženje je volil otrokom
they settled on selling odločili so se za prodajo
the weather is not settled yet vreme še ni ustaljeno
to settle accounts with s.o. (zlasti; figurativno ) obračunati s kom

shadow¹ [šǽdou] samostalnik
senca (določene oblike)
množina mrak, tema
figurativno varstvo, zaščita
figurativno imitacija, kopija, posnemanje
figurativno prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektiv

without a shadow of doubt brez najmanjšega dvoma
shadow boxing šport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)
shadow cabinet figurativno kabinet, vlada v senci
the shadow of a shade lažni videz
under the shadow of the throne pod zaščito prestola
shadow factory lažna tovarna
to be afraid of one's own shadow lastne sence se bati
he is but a shadow of his former self on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bil
to catch at shadows loviti fantome
there never was a shadow between him and his friend nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljem
coming events cast their shadows before prihodnji dogodki se dajo slutiti
may your shadow never grow less figurativno vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!
to pursue a shadow zasledovati senco
to quarrel with one's own shadow figurativno biti zelo razdražljiv
to be reduced to a shadow spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figurativno obstajati le po imenu
to throw away the substance for the shadow izpustiti plen za njegovo senco
to be worn to a shadow zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjak

shame¹ [šéim] samostalnik
sram, sramežljivost; sramota, nečast

from shame of iz sramu pred
shame!, for shame! sramota!
for shame!, shame on you! fej!, sram te bodi!
what a shame! kakšna sramota!
the shame of it! o ta sramota!
more shame to him! še bolj sramotno zanj!
a burning shame velika sramota
he is a shame to his family on je v sramoto svoji družini
he is quite without shame nobenega sramu ne pozna
he blushed with shame zardel je od sramu
to bring shame on s.o. nakopati sramoto komu
to bring shame on o.s. osramotiti se, nakopati si sramoto
to cry shame upon s.o. zmerjati koga, biti ogorčen nad kom
they all cried shame upon (on) him vsi so zagnali krik in vik proti njemu
to die with shame umreti, v zemljo se vdreti od sramu
to have no sense of shame nobenega sramu ne poznati
to have lost all shame, to be lost to shame nobenega sramu ne več poznati
to put s.o. to shame osramotiti koga
I take shame to say sram me je reči
I would think shame to do it sram bi me bilo storiti kaj takega

sheep množina sheep [ši:p]
ovca
množina ovce, čreda
figurativno duhovna čreda, verniki, "ovčice", župljani; ovčja koža
figurativno boječ, plah, malce omejen človek

black sheep črna, garjava ovca
sheep and goats dobri in hudobni
sheep's head bedak
wolf in sheep's clothing volk v ovčji koži
a lost sheep figurativno izgubljena ovca
sheep that have no shepherd figurativno nemočna množica (brez vodje)
bound in sheep vezan v ovčje usnje (knjiga)
to cast (to make) sheep's eyes at s.o. koprneče, zaljubljeno gledati koga
to follow like sheep slepo slediti, iti za kom, ne imeti lastne podjetnosti
you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb če že moraš biti obešen, naj bi se vsaj bilo izplačalo; če se greši, naj se (zares, pošteno) greši; kamor je šla sekira, naj gre še toporišče
to return to one's sheep figurativno vrniti se k prvotnemu predmetu pogovora

sheet¹ [ši:t]

1. samostalnik
rjuha; ponjava, plahta; plošča (stekla, jekla itd.); ravna, gladka površina (vode, ledu); pljusk, ploha; pola ali list papirja; letak, časopis
tisk tiskana pola, krtačni odtisi, korektura
tehnično tanka plošča
množina nesešiti, posamezni listi

in sheets ne še vezan, nesešit, še v polah, posameznih listih (o knjigi)
as white as a sheet bled kot rjuha (kot zid)
between the sheets pogovorno v postelji, v posteljo
a blank sheet figurativno nepopisan list (papirja)
metal sheet pločevina
sheet music note, ki so tiskane na nevezanih polah
a sheet of note-paper list pisalnega papirja
a sheet of glass tanka steklena plošča
sheet of water vodna površina, ribnik, jezero, velika mlaka
the book is in sheets knjiga je še v polah, še ni vezana
to go (to turn in) between the sheets zlesti v posteljo, iti spat
the rain comes down in sheets dež pada (dežuje) v pljuskih
to stand in a white sheet figurativno pokoriti se, delati pokoro, kesati se, preklicati
to be three sheets in the wind pogovorno biti pošteno nadelan, pijan

2. prehodni glagol
pokriti s ponjavo (plahto), z rjuho; zaviti (v mrtvaški prt), zamotati; obložiti z oblogami, s (pločevinastimi) ploščami; dati ploščato obliko

sheeted with ice pokrit s plastjo ledu
sheeted rain (v pljuskih) lijoč dež

3. pridevnik
zvaljan v pločevino

sheet zinc cinkova pločevina; tiskan na nesešite, posamezne pole (liste)

shell¹ [šel] samostalnik
lupina (jajca, oreha, sadja, živali), skorja, luščina, strok; želvin oklep, polževa hišica, školjka, pokrovka krila pri žuželkah; notranja (svinčena) krsta; nedokončana hiša (ladja), ogrodje
vojska topovska granata, mina (metalca min)
ameriško naboj; raketa; tulec (izstrelka); lahek tekmovalni čoln
figurativno zadržanost, zaprtost, odljudnost
figurativno zunanjost, zunanja podoba, zunanji sijaj
poetično, glasba lira

in the shell še neizvaljen, še v razvoju
the shell of a doctrine obris doktrine
the shell of a ship trup ladje
heavy shell vojska težka granata
to come out of one's shell figurativno osvoboditi se odljudnosti, postati bolj družaben (manj plašen, rezerviran, samotarski)
to retire into one's shell zapreti se vase, umolkniti

shot¹ [šɔt]

1. samostalnik
strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci
šport met, udarec, strel
šport krogla; strelec
pogovorno fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj
figurativno poskus; poteza v igri
pogovorno ugibanje
tehnično razstrelitev
sleng vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila)
pogovorno kozarček, požirek (of gin brinovca)

at a shot s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom
a shot at the goal strel (met) na gól
a shot in the locker še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figurativno, pogovorno denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva
like a shot pogovorno kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj
by a long shot sleng daleč; zelo
not by a long shot še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne
at the third shot pri tretjem poskusu
out of shot zunaj streljaja ali dometa
within shot v dometu
within ear-shot dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju
a shot of cocaine vbrizg kokaina
shot of distress alarmni strel v sili
bow shot strel iz loka
a crack shot, a dead shot mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši
flying shot strel na premičen cilj
hail of shots toča strelov (krogel)
random shot na slepo dan strel (; figurativno opazka); figurativno ugibanje
he is an excellent shot on je odličen strelec
he is no shot on ne zna streljati
he is a poor shot at solving problems on slabo rešuje probleme
he was (he went) off like a shot kot strela je šinil proč
to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figurativno pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči
I would do it like a shot jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja
he got several shot(s) in the leg dobil je več šiber v nogo
they did not fire a single shot niti enega strela niso dali
to have a shot at streljati na, figurativno poskusiti
not to have a shot in the locker biti brez streliva, figurativno biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)
you have made a bad shot zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se
to put the shot šport suniti kroglo

2. prehodni glagol
nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

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

shy¹ [šái]

1. pridevnik (shyly prislov)
plah, plašen, plašljiv, boječ; zadržan, rezerviran, sumničav, oprezen; (žival, rastlina) kržljav, zaostal; skrit, ki ga je težko najti (kraj)
pogovorno dvoumen, sumljiv, na slabem glasu
ameriško, sleng ki je izgubil, brez
ameriško reven (of z)

shy of money ameriško, sleng na trdem z denarjem
I am shy a dollar ameriško, sleng sem ob dolar
a shy place zloglasen kraj
this tree is a shy bearer to drevo slabó rodi
to be shy of s.o. iti komu s pota, izogibati se koga
to be (to look) shy on (at) z nezaupanjem gledati na
to be shy of s.th. bati se česa, izmikati se čemu, izogibati se česa
to be shy of doing s.th. oprezno, z oklevanjem kaj narediti
once bit twice shy kdor se enkrat opari, še se mrzle vode boji

2. samostalnik
plašljivost (konja)

3. neprehodni glagol
plašiti se, odskočiti (o konju)
figurativno umakniti se nazaj, ustrašiti se

to shy at s.th. bati se česa, oplašiti se, ustrašiti se česa
to shy off preplašiti

sicèr otherwise; else, or else, or; (drugače) differently; (običajno) ordinarily, commonly, usually; (razen tega) moreover, in addition, besides

sicèr še kaj? anything else?
pohiti, sicèr boš zamudil vlak! make haste, or else (ali otherwise) you'll miss your train
sicèr (drugače) imenovan alias
in sicèr (= namreč) namely; to wit; viz.

side¹ [sáid]

1. samostalnik
stran; bok; rob (poti, mize itd.); stran (pisma); ploskev, prostrana površina
figurativno stališče, vidik; obronek; obala; področje, kraj; smer; oddelek (šole)
šport moštvo
sleng prevzetnost, ošabnost, širokoustenje; (biljard) obračanje, vrtenje krogle zaradi udarca od strani

side by side z ramo ob rami, vštric, vzporedno
by the side of vzdolž, ob
off side oddaljenejša stran, desna stran; šport (nogomet) ofsajd
on the side povrhu
on all sides, on every side na vseh straneh, vsepovsod
on father's side po očetovi strani
on this side of the grave pred smrtjo
back side zadnjica
blind side slaba stran
dark side senčna stran
(šola) classical (modern) side klasična ali humanistična (moderna) smer (oddelek)
God is on our side bog je z nami
the east side of the city vzhodni del mesta
north side severna stran
the other side of the question druga stran (plat) vprašanja (problema)
sunny side, bright side sončna stran, svetla stran (tudi figurativno)
on the wrong side of the door figurativno izključen iz (česa)
on the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonski (otrok)
the wrong side up narobe
the right (the wrong) side of a piece of cloth prava (neprava) stran kosa blaga
the road-side cestni rob (kraj)
to balance on both sides figurativno nihati (kolebati) med dvema stvarema
he is on our side on je na naši strani, z nami
he is on the sunny (bright, right) side of 50 on še ni 50 let star
he is on the shady (wrong) side of 50 on je preko 50 let star
this is a side issue to je postransko vprašanje
to change sides preiti na drugo stran
people come from every side ljudje prihajajo semkaj z vseh strani
to go over to the other side preiti k drugi stranki, uskočiti v drug tabor
to have a pain in one's side imeti bolečine v boku
to have side sleng domišljevati si; delati se važnega
to keep on the right side of s.o. figurativno na prijateljski način s kom urediti stvari
to put a th. on one side postaviti kaj na stran, ne obračati
he puts on too much side on preveč pozira
to shake (to split) one's sides with laughing pokati od smeha
to take sides opredeliti se (za), odločiti se za neko stran; biti pristranski
to take side with s.o., to take s.o.'s side potegniti s kom, potegniti se za koga
to view a question from all sides premotriti vprašanje z vseh strani
to win s.o. over to one's side pridobiti koga na svojo stran

2. pridevnik
stranski; prihajajoč od strani

side blow udarec od strani
side door stranska vrata (vhod)
side brake ročna zavora (avto)

sìt sated, satiated; fed; figurativno (naveličan) fed up with, sick of, tired of, weary of

sìt življenja weary of life, tired of life
do grla sem sìt I'm fed up to the teeth (with)
najesti se do sìtega to appease one's hunger, to eat one's fill of...
do sìtega sem se nagledal I have seen enough, pogovorno I've had an eyeful
sìt sem ga (figurativno) I can't stand the fellow any longer
sìt sem tega I've had enough of it, I'm fed up with it
sìt je vsega he's fed up with everything
sìt sem tega dela I'm sick of this work
sìt sem čakanja I am tired of waiting
čez glavo sem sìt I'm fed up to the back teeth (with)
do sìtega se je najedel češenj he has eaten his fill of cherries
ljudstvo je bilo sìto vojne the people were sick of war
ne more biti volk sìt in koza cela (figurativno) you can't have it both ways
od dobrih (lepih) želja še nihče ni bil sìt if wishes were horses beggars might ride

sítnost annoyance, trouble, inconvenience; worry; bother; nuisance; disagreeableness

kakšna sítnost! what a nuisance!
žal mi je, da vam delam, povzročam sítnosti (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
z njim bomo imeli še mnogo sítnosti we are going to have a lot more trouble with him
imam dovolj sítnosti s teboj I have enough trouble with you
povzročati sítnost to cause inconvenience
rad bi ti prihranil to sítnost (nevšečnost) I should have liked to spare you this annoyance

sit on neprehodni glagol
pripadati kaki skupini in sodelovati v njenem delu

sit on a commission biti član komisije; vestno se lotiti, resno se posvetiti; tiščati, pritiskati (s.o. na koga)
the crime sit ons heavy on his conscience zločin mu teži vest; sleng grajati, oštevati, zmerjati
to sit on on ostati, sedeti še naprej

six [siks]

1. pridevnik
šest
(= six years) šest let (starosti)
(= six o'clock) šesta ura
(= six pence) šest penijev

he is not six yet ni še šest let star
it is six (o'clock) šest je ura
this cost two and six (2/6) to je stalo dva šilinga in šest penijev
six and eight (pence) (nekoč običajni odvetnikov honorar), figurativno honorar, pristojbina
six to one 6 proti 1, stoodstotno zanesljivo (gotovo)
six feet of earth figurativno grob
it is six of one and half the dozen of the other to je eno in isto, to je popolnoma isto

2. samostalnik
šestica, številka 6; šestorica, šestero, šest kosov, pol ducata

coach and six šesterovprežna kočija
double sixes dvojna šestica (pri metu v kockanju)
to be at sixes and sevens figurativno biti v popolnem neredu (zmedi, zmešnjavi)
he turned up the six of spades (kartanje) potegnil je pikovo šestico

skirt¹ [skə:t] samostalnik
(žensko) krilo, spodnje krilo

vulgarno skirt, bit of skirt ženska; (često množina) rob, obrobek, krajnik, meja (gozda, mesta)
the skirt figurativno ženske, ženski spol
on the skirts of the wood na robu gozda
on the skirts of London na periferiji Londona
skirt of beef goveja drobovina
divided skirt hlačno krilo
he is still holding on to his mother's skirt figurativno on se še vedno drži matere za krilo

skleníti to decide, to take a decision; to make up one's mind; to resolve, to be resolved, to form a resolution; to determine; (končati) to close, to terminate, to conclude

skleníti mir to make peace
sklenil je, da bo še malo počakal he resolved to wait a little longer
skleníti pogodbo to make a contract, to contract
skleníti račun to close an account
skleníti svoj govor s temi besedami to conclude one's speech with these words
trdno so sklenili (so odločeni), da nas bodo uničili they are bent on ruining us
skleníti mednarodno pogodbo to conclude an international treaty

sklèp¹ (odločitev) resolution; decision; resolve; conclusion; pravo decree; deduction; inference

s sklèpom, po sklèpu by the decision of
sklèp večine majority decision
trden sklèp stern resolve
začasen sklèp provisional decision
priti do sklèpa to come to a decision, to reach (ali to make) a decision
potegniti logične sklèpe iz... to draw logical inferences from...
izvesti, realizirati sklèp to carry out a resolution
vztrajati pri sklèpu to stand by a decision
vnaprej narejen sklèp foregone conclusion
sklèp računov closing (ali balancing) of accounts
nismo še prišli do (pravega) sklèpa we have not yet arrived at a decision (at the right decision)

slábše prislov worse

slábše kot prej worse than before
vedno slábše from bad to worse
nič slábše none the worse
na, v slábše for the worse
toliko slábše zanj so much the worse for him
lahkó bi nam bilo še slábše we could do worse
slábše ne moreš napraviti you can't do worse
obrniti se na slábše to take a turn for the worse
stvari gredo vse slábše matters go from bad to worse
sprememba na slábše a change for the worse
spremeniti se na slábše to change for the worse
izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej he has lost his job and is worse off than ever
toliko slábše! more's the pity!