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sugar² [šú:gə]

1. prehodni glagol
osladiti, sladkati; prevleči ali posuti s sladkorjem
figurativno osladiti; laskati, dobrikati se (komu); ublažiti, prekriti (kaj) s sladkimi besedami, prigovarjati (komu) s sladkimi besedami
ameriško, sleng podkupiti

to sugar the pill osladiti pilulo, figurativno neprijetno stvar napraviti privlačno

2. neprehodni glagol
sladiti, kristalizirati
sleng nemarno, leno, brez volje delati, zabušavati

3. medmet
ameriško, pogovorno, (zaničljivo) pah!
(nestrpno) ah kaj!

talc [tælk]

1. samostalnik
mineralogija lojevec, smukec, talk(um)

2. prehodni glagol
posuti s talkom

grámoz (cestni) road metal; gravel

posuti z grámozom to gravel

pepél ash; ashes pl; cinders pl

pepél cigare cigar ash, the ash of a cigar
žareč, živ pepél embers pl
otresti pepél s cigarete to flick (ali to flip) the ash from one's cigarette
posuti, potresti s pepélom to strew (ali to sprinkle) with ashes
spremeniti, sežgati v pepél to reduce to ashes
tleti pod pepélom to smoulder

pések sand

fin pések fine sand
kup péska a heap of sand
plast péska a layer of sand
zaboj za pések sandbox
grad iz péska (na plaži) sandcastle
trosilec péska (pri lokomotivi) sander
zrno péska grain of sand
vreča péska sandbag
živ pések quicksand, shifting sands pl, (sipina) syrtis
zgrajen na pésku built on sand
graditi na pésku (figurativno) to build on sand, to plough the sands, to rely on a broken reed
to je samo pések v oči (figurativno) that's pure eyewash
nasuti komu pések v oči (figurativno) to throw dust in someone's eyes, to hoodwink someone, to bamboozle someone
posuti s péskom to sand, to strew with sand
zasuti s péskom, zakopati v to sand

smúkec talc, talcum powder

posuti s smúkcem to talc

spread¹ [spred]

1. samostalnik
razsežnost, raztegnjenost, razširjenost, razprostrtost, razprostiranje; prostranost, obseg, razpetina, razpon; površina; širjenje, razširjanje; (vmesni) prostor, razmik, vrzel
pogovorno pojedina, dobro obložena miza, obilen obrok; banket
ameriško jed, ki se namaže na kruh (maslo, džem, pasteta); posteljna odeja, pregrinjalo
aeronavtika razpetina (kril); ploščat žlahten kamen
trgovina, ameriško razlika med tovarniško in prodajno ceno, marža; (časnikarstvo) oglas(ni del)

the spread of the plague širjenje kuge
this bird's wings have a spread of three feet razpetina kril te ptice meri tri čevlje
to give a spread prirediti pojedino, gostijo
the wide spread between theory and fact velika vrzel med teorijo in resničnostjo

2. pridevnik
razširjen, razprostrt; širok; razkoračen; pogrnjen (miza), namazan; posut; večstolpen (oglas v časopisu)

a slice of bread spread with jam z džemom namazan kos kruha
meadows spread with daisies z marjeticami posuti travniki

tar [ta:]

1. samostalnik
katran, smola
figurativno mornar

a jolly (jack) tar mornar
an old weather-beaten tar star morski volk (mornar)

2. prehodni glagol
premazati, namazati s katranom

they are tarred with the same brush figurativno imata (imajo) iste napake, našla sta se dva enaka
to tar and feather namazati (koga) s katranom in posuti (ga) s perjem (kot kazen)
neprehodni glagol
postati katran; dajati katran

3. pridevnik
katranski

zvézda star

brez zvézd starless
zvézda stalnica fixed star
zvézda vodnica guiding star, lodestar
zvézda repatica comet
dvojna zvézda double (ali binary) star
jutranja zvézda morning star
večerna zvézda evening star, Venus, Hesperus, Vesper
filmska zvézda film star, star actress
peterokraka zvézda five-pointed star
morska zvézda starfish
severna zvézda Pole Star, Polaris, North Star
srečna (nesrečna) zvézda lucky ali propitious (unlucky) star
posejan z zvézdami starred, studded with stars, glittering with stars, star-spangled, starry
rojen pod srečno zvézdo (figurativno) born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star
rojen pod nesrečno zvézdo born under an unlucky star, ill-starred
častilec zvézd star-worshipper
okrašen z zlatimi zvézdami adorned (ali decorated) with golden stars
kovati v zvézde to praise (ali to laud) to the skies, to extol to the stars
okrasiti, posuti z zvézdami to adorn (ali to sprinkle, to decorate) with stars, (redko) to star (kaj something)
vse zvézde videti (figurativno od udarca itd.) to see stars
njegova zvézda vzhaja (figurativno) his star is in the ascendant
njegova zvézda zahaja (je zašla) (figurativno) his star is on the wane (his star has set)
zaupati svoji zvézdi (figurativno) to follow one's star
zahvaliti se svoji srečni zvézdi (figurativno) to thank one's lucky stars