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single¹ [siŋgl] pridevnik
posamezen, poedin; enojen; samski, neporočen; sam, osamljen, zase živeč; brez tuje pomoči, sam, nespremljan; samo za enega (postelja); enosmeren (vozovnica); enkraten, edinstven; preprost, enostaven; polten, iskren; dosleden
šport z enim igralcem na vsaki strani, single

of a single beauty enkratne, edinstvene lepote
single bed postelja za eno osebo
single blessedness fantovstvo, blaženi samski stan
single broth sleng pivo
single combat dvoboj
single court teniško igrišče za single igre
single eye figurativno predanost samo enemu cilju, enostranost
single eye-glass monokel, enoočnik
single file kolona po eden
single flower cvet, ki raste sam na steblu, ki ima enojno čašo
single game igra, ki jo igra samo en igralec na vsaki strani, igra posameznikov
single heart prostodušnost
single life samsko življenje (stan); samotarsko življenje
single line enotirna proga
single man samski moški, samec
single parts posamezni deli
single payment ekonomija enkratno plačilo
single room soba z eno posteljo, samska soba
with single purpose vztrajno zasledujoč le en cilj (namen)
single woman samska ženska, samka
book-keeping by single entry enostavno knjigovodstvo
to have a single aim in view imeti en sam cilj v vidu
to have a single eye for imeti smisel le za, misliti le na
I had to fight single moral sem se sam boriti
to live single samsko živeti, v celibatu
single mistake would spoil it all ena sama napaka bi vse pokvarila
to remain single ostati samski(a), ne se poročiti
I speak it with a single heart to govorim z vso iskrenostjo

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

skin¹ [skin] samostalnik
(človeška) koža
anatomija sloj kože; živalska koža, krzno; meh (za vino)
sleng pivo
sleng konj, kljuse
hudomušno fant
sleng lopov, slepar
botanika kožica, luščina, lupina; površina
navtika lesena ali železna obloga

skin of an orange oranžna lupina
chapped (rough) skin razpokana koža
(un)dressed skin (ne)strojena koža
the inner skin notranja plast kože
the outer skin pokožnica, koža vrhnjica, epiderma
gold-beater's skin tanka membrana, v kateri se pri kovanju ločujejo lističi zlata
wet to the skin do kože premočen
with a whole skin s celo kožo, nepoškodovan
to be in bad skin figurativno biti slabe volje
he is only (he is nothing but) skin and bone sama kost in koža ga je, zelo mršav je
I would not be in your skin ne bi bil rad v vaši koži
to change one's skin menjati (spremeniti) svojo kožo (naravo)
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las odnesti zdravo (celo) kožo, uiti nevarnosti
it gets under my skin figurativno, pogovorno jezi me, razburja me
to get under one's skin pogovorno iti komu na živce, jeziti (boleti) koga
he has a thick skin on ima debelo, neobčutljivo kožo, naravo
he has a thin skin on je občutljiv
to jump (to leap) out of one's skin figurativno skočiti iz kože, biti ves iz sebe (od veselja, od nestrpnosti, od jeze itd.)
to save one's skin, to come (to get) off with a whole skin célo, zdravo kožo odnesti
near is my shirt, nearer my skin figurativno bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril; vsak je sebi najbližji

skrivíti to bend, to curve; to crook; figurativno to distort, to deform; (les itd.) to warp

vročina je skrivíla platnice knjige the heat has warped the covers of the book
skrivíti se to warp
les se je pri sušenju skrivíl the wood has warped in drying
niso mu lasú skrivíili not a hair of his head has been touched (ali hurt)
on ne bi lasú nikomur skrivíil (figurativno) he wouldn't hurt a fly

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!

slábši -a, -e worse

vedno slábši, -a, -e, vse slábši, -a, -e worse and worse
on je slábši, -a, -e kot njegov brat he is worse than his brother
danes je njegovo stanje še slabše his condition is even worse today
to bi bilo še slabše it would be worse still
vreme ne bi moglo biti slabše the weather is at its worst
slabše stvari nisi mogel napraviti you couldn't have done a worse thing
položaj postaja vedno slábši, -a, -e matters are going from bad to worse (ali are becoming worse and worse)

slučájno by chance, accidentally; unexpectedly; by accident

slučájno je bil navzoč he happened to be present
iti slučájno mimo to happen to pass by
slučájno je bila doma she happened to be at home
če ga slučájno srečaš if you happen to meet him
slučájno sem to slišal I came to hear of it
slučájno je videl he chanced to see
niste slučájno...? you didn't by any chance...?
če bi se moje pismo slučájno izgubilo if my letter should happen to get lost
slučájno se ne motim I am not mistaken as it happens
slučájno se je spotaknil he happened to stumble
slučájno sem naletel nanj I came acros him, I stumbled upon him, I light upon him

small¹ [smɔ:l] pridevnik
majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
narečno ozek
figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

at a small rate poceni
in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
small cattle drobnica
small drinker slab pivec
small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
small gross 10 ducatov
small hand navadne pisane črke
small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
small letters male črke
small means nezadostna sredstva
a small place majhen kraj
a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
small rain dežek, droben dež
small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
to feel small sramovati se
I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč

small beer [smɔ́:lbiə] samostalnik
vodéno (slabo) pivo
figurativno nepomembna oseba ali stvar

to chronicle small beer pogovorno kramljati o nepomembnih stvareh, kot da bi bile zelo važne, figurativno iz muhe slona delati
to think no small beer of o.s. imeti visoko mnenje o sebi, biti nadut (domišljav)

sneaking [sní:kiŋ] pridevnik (sneakingly prislov)
plazeč se, prihuljen
figurativno klečeplazen, hlapčevski; zahrbten, podel, ogaben; skriven, nepriznan; neupravičen (naklonjenost, simpatija)

I have a sneaking weakness for these boys ne morem si kaj, da ne bi čutil neko naktonjenost do teh fantov

sneeze [sni:z]

1. samostalnik
kihanje

sneeze gas kihalni plin, kihavec

2. neprehodni glagol
kihati
pogovorno požvižgati se na, pokašljati se na

this is not to be sneezed at ni, da bi se namrdnil ob tem; to niso mačkine solze; to ni za odmet; to ni nekaj, kar bi odklonili
to sneeze into a basket kihniti v košaro, figurativno biti obglavljen (z giljotino)

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!

soil² [sɔ́il]

1. samostalnik
umazanost, umazanija, nesnaga, nečistoča; madež (tudi figurativno)
močvirnata luknja, blatno ležišče (divjačine)

night-soil vsebina stranišča, greznice, ki se ponoči izprazni
to go (to run) to soil iskati zavetje

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamazati (se), umazati (se), onesnažiti (se)
figurativno omadeževati, umazati

this fabric soils easily to blago se hitro umaže
I would not not soil my hands with it jaz si ne bi hotel umazati rok s tem

sól salt; figurativno wit

jedilna sól table salt
dišeča sól smelling salts pl
kamena sól rock salt
morska sól sea salt
kuhinjska sól kitchen salt, common salt
debela (morska) sól bay salt
sól zemlje biblija the salt of the earth
davek na sól salt duty
raztopina sóli salt solution
živinska sól cattle salt
jelenova sól carbonate of ammonia
grenka sól Epsom salts, sulphate of magnesia
Glauberjeva sól Glauber's salt, sodium sulphate
rudnik sóli salt mine
nimaš sóli v glavi! (figurativno) you've no brain!
natresti sóli ptiču na rep (da bi ga ujeli) (figurativno) to drop (a pinch of) salt on a bird's tail

solicitous [səlísitəs] samostalnik (solicitously prislov)
zaskrbljen, vznemirjen (about, for, of gledé, za, zaradi)
zelo si prizadevajoč, željan (česa); (redko) preskrben, prenatančen

to be solicitous to please vneto si prizadevati, da bi ugajali
she is too solicitous about her health preveč skrbi si dela glede svojega zdravja

soon [su:n] prislov
kmalu, v kratkem; (zelo) hitro; zgodaj; rad

soon afterward malo potem; malo pozneje
as soon as brž ko, čim, kakor hitro; prav tako rad ... kot
as soon as 6 a.m. že ob šestih zjutraj
I would as soon walk as ride prav tako rad bi šel peš, kot se peljal
I would just as soon stay at home jaz bi prav tako rad ostal doma
thank you, I'd just as soon stand hvala, bi kar (rad) stal
what makes you come so soon? zakaj prihajate tako zgodaj?

soonest [sú:nist] prislov
najprej; najhitreje; najrajši

at the soonest čim prej, kar najprej, čim hitreje možno, kar najhitreje
least said soonest mended preveč govoriti ni dobro; čim manj besed, tem prej se bo stvar poravnala
which would you soonest lose, an eye or a leg? kaj bi rajši izgubili, oko ali nogo?

sound² [sáund] neprehodni glagol
zveneti, doneti, razlegati se
figurativno zdeti se, delati vtis, slišati se
prehodni glagol
glasba trobiti, pihati (v trobento); igrati (na glasbilo); napraviti, da nekaj zveni, se sliši; izgovoriti (glas); naznaniti z zvonom, s trobento (umik, alarm); naglasiti kaj; pregledati pravilnost (kolesa železniškega vagona) s trkanjem kladiva; preiskati, prcgledati (npr. pljuča) z osluškovanjem; objaviti, razglasiti

to sound the alarm dati znak s trobento za alarm
to sound s.o.'s lungs osluškovati komu pljuča
to sound in damages tožiti za nadomestilo nepreverjene škode
to sound s.o.'s praises peti komu hvalo
to sound a trompet (za)trobiti na trobento
to sound a retreat trobiti k umiku
to sound a wheel pregledati stanje kolesa (pri vagonu)
the bell sounds noon zvon bije poldan
the clarion sounded rog je zadonel
it sounds as if he was keeping something back to zveni, kot da nekaj prikriva (da ne pove vsega)
his report sounds all right njegovo poročilo daje ugoden vtis
the n in column is not sounded v besedi column se končni n ne izgovarja
it did not sound like his voice ni bilo slišati, kot da bi to bil njegov glas
to sound off ameriško, sleng odkrito govoriti, pritožiti se; klicati imena
to sound in iti za; glasiti se na

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)?

speaking [spí:kiŋ]

1. samostalnik
govorjenje, govor, govorništvo
množina (redko) izreki (pomembnih osebnosti)

2. pridevnik
ki govori, govoreč; zgovoren, izrazit, osupljiv

speaking! (pri telefonu) pri aparatu!, govorim!
a speaking acquaintance bežno (negloboko) poznanstvo
the English speaking countries angleško govoreče dežele
frankly speaking odkrito povedano
legally speaking (gledano) s pravnega vidika
a speaking voice dober govorni glas
speaking likeness izredna (izrazita, osupljiva) podobnost, živ portret
public speaking govorniška umetnost
I am not on speaking term with him ne poznam ga toliko, da bi govoril z njim, figurativno z njim ne govorim, z njim sem skregan