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slóves reputation; renown; repute

znanstvenik velikega slóvesa a scientist of high repute
pridobiti si slóves to achieve a reputation
on uživa slóves učenjaka he is a renowned (ali well-known) scholar (ali man of learning), (dvomeče) he has the reputation of being a learned man
uživati velik slóves to be held in high repute
ohraniti svoj slóves to maintain (ali to keep) one's reputation
poznam ga po njegovem slóvesu I know him by repute

sprétnost skill, skilfulness; dexterity; adroitness; deftness; address; expertness; knack

doseči, pridobiti si sprétnost to get the knack (za of); to get into the knack (of)

spur¹ [spə:] samostalnik
ostroga (jezdeca, petelina)
botanika bodica, trn
figurativno spodbuda; ladijski kljun; naprava za plezanje po (drevesnem) deblu
arhitektura podpornik, opornik; zunanje mestne utrdbe; vrh, ki štrli iz gorske verige; gorski obronek; razrast, razvejenost

spur line stranska proga
to act on the spur of the moment ravnati brez premišljanja, impulzivno, spontano
he needs the spur figurativno njega je treba spodbujati
to need the spur potrebovati ostroge (spodbude); biti počasen, medel, neodločen
to put (to set) spurs to the horse spodbosti konja z ostrogo; figurativno spodbujati
to win one's spurs zgodovina postati vitez, figurativno odlikovati se, postati slaven, pridobiti si čast in slavo

srcé heart; figurativno (jedro) pith, core, marrow

od srca from one's heart
brez srca heartless, cruel, hardhearted, unfeeling
v srcu at heart
na dnu mojega srca in my heart of hearts
z grenkobo v srcu with bitterness in one's heart
s težkim (lahkim) srcem (figurativno) with a heavy (light) heart
iz vsega srca with all my heart and soul
dobrega srca kindhearted
drag mojemu srcu dear to my heart
bolan na srcu (figurativno) heartsick
srcé trgajoč heartbreaking, heartrending
srcé Jezusovo religija Sacred Heart
rdeče srcé (lesna bolezen) false heartwood
napaka na srcu heart disease
razširjenje srca dilatation of the heart
sredstvo za krepitev srca cordial, heart stimulant, ZDA cardiac
zlato srcé (figurativno) a generous (ali a kind) heart
bítje srcá heartbeat
trdega srca hardhearted
bolan na srcu ill with a heart condition
srcé bije, močno tolče the heart pulsates, throbs
srcé me boli I am heartsick (ali heartsore), I am sick at heart, my heart aches, it grieves my heart
srcé mi močno bíje my heart is pounding (ali is thumping)
lahkó mi je pri srcu I am light at heart
biti bolan na srcu to be heartsick
to mi je na srcu this is close to my heart
to mi ni pri srcu (figurativno) it does not appeal to me
imeti nekaj na srcu (figurativno) to have something on one's mind
nimam srca, da bi to napravil I haven't got the heart to do it
ne jemlji si tega preveč k srcu! don't take it too hard!, don't worry about it!
to gre človeku do srca (figurativno)
to človeku trga srcé this is heartrending
srcé mi krvavi (mi je krvavelo) my heart is bleeding (bled)
kar ima na srcu, ima na jeziku he wears his heart on his sleeve
srcé mi ne da, da bi to storil I do it with a bad grace, I cannot bring myself to do it
to mi je zelo pri srcu I have set my heart upon it
odvaliti komu kamen od srca (figurativno) to take a load off someone's mind
kamen se mi je odvalil od srca I feel a weight off my mind, a weight has been lifted from my mind
on osvaja ženska srca he is a ladykiller
omehčati najtrše srcé to touch the stoniest of hearts
srcé mi je padlo v hlače (figurativno) my heart sank into my shoes, I got cold feet, my heart failed me
položiti komu kaj na srcé to lay something to someone's heart
pomilujem vas iz dna srca I pity you from the bottom of my heart
olajšati si srcé to unbosom oneself
srcé bi mi póčilo I would die of a broken heart
srcé mi poskakuje od veselja ob tem it makes my heart thrill
to prija mojemu srcu it does my heart good
pridobiti si srca vseh to win the hearts of all
k srcu mu je prirasla (figurativno) he became very fond of her
razveseliti komu srcé to warm the cockles of someone's heart
od srca se smejati to laugh heartily
kolikor ti (le) srcé poželi! to your heart's content!
srcé se mi stiska I feel pangs (anguish)
iti komu k srcu to go to someone's heart, to make someone's heart thrill
srcé se mi trga it breaks my heart, I find it heartrending
človeku se srcé trga (ob tem) it's heartbreaking (ali heartrending)
vzeti si kaj k srcu to take something to heart
preveč si je to vzel k srcu he took it too much to heart
zelo sem si k srcu vzel njegovo smrt I was deeply affected by his death, I found his death a terrible blow
to mi teži srcé it presses (ali weighs heavily) upon my mind
strl ji je srcé (figurativno) he broke her heart
srcé mu je poskočilo (figurativno) his heart leapt
srcé me je zabolelo I was heartstricken
od vsega srca želeti kaj to set one's heart on something

wind^*4 [wáind]

1. neprehodni glagol
viti se (a road cesta)
vijugati se; ovi(ja)ti se, omotavati se; obračati se, vrteti se; splaziti se (into v)
zvi(ja)ti se, skriviti se (les)

2. prehodni glagol
oviti, zaviti, omotati; sukati, naviti, namota(va)ti (on a reel na motek, na tuljavo)
(za)vrteti (film) (po snemanju); dvigniti (z vitlom)

to wind a blanket round o.s. zaviti se v odejo
to wind s.o. in one's arms objeti koga
to wind s.o. round one's littie finger figurativno oviti koga okoli (svojega) mezinca
the serpent winds itself round its victim kača se ovije okoli svoje žrtve
to wind a peg top oviti vrvco okrog vrtavke
to wind (up) a watch naviti uro
to wind o.s. (ali one's way) into s.o.'s affection pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to wind a ship out of the harbour odvleči ladjo iz pristanišča

work^(*)2 [wə:k]

1. prehodni glagol
delati (na čem), izdel(ov)ati, obdelati; narediti, proizvesti, proizvajati
poetično umetniško izdelati; plesti, tkati, izdelati na statvah; šivati; vesti; oblikovati, (iz)kovati; tiskati; mesiti; kopati (rudo), obdelovati (zemljo)
trgovina poslovati, poslovno potovati (po nekem področju)
sleng prodati; plačati (potovanje) z delom; preiskati, raziskati
matematika izračunati, rešiti (nalogo); vplivati na (koga), nagovarjati (koga)
sleng prevarati, oslepariti; izvesti, uresničiti, izvršiti, povzročiti; streči (topu, stroju); uporabljati (žival) za delo, vpreči; izkoriščati (rudnik); pustiti koga, da težko dela; premikati, poganjati, gnati, goniti

to work o.s. to death ubi(ja)ti se z delom, garati
to work o.s. into s.o.'s favour pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to work o.s. into a rage pobesneti
to work the bellows goniti meh
to work a farm voditi farmo (kmetijo)
to work a change izvršiti, povzročiti spremembo
to work wonders delati čuda (čudeže)
to work one's will uresničiti svojo voljo
can you work the screw loose? lahko zrahljate vijak?
to work (one's way) through college sam se vzdrževati med študijem
my partner works the Liverpool district moj družabnik potuje (poslovno) na področju Liverpoola
to work a slave to death do smrti priganjati sužnja k delu, ubiti ga z delom
servants are not worked now as they were formerly od služinčadi se danes ne zahteva več toliko dela kot nekoč
to work a crane upravljati z žerjavom
to work a coal seam izkoriščati plast premoga
to work a ship upravljati ladjo
to work one's way pot si utreti (napraviti)
these machines are worked by steam te stroje poganja para
it is a good scheme, but can you work it? to je dober načrt, toda, ali ga lahko izvedete?
this belief has worked much evil to verovanje je povzročilo mnogo zla
the candidate works the district kandidat opravlja volilno kampanjo v okrožju
to work one's passage navtika zaslužiti svoj prevoz z delom
to work one's horses priganjati konje k delu
to work one's social relations in business izkoriščati svoje družabne zveze poslovno

2. neprehodni glagol
delati, delovati, biti zaposlen (s čim); baviti se (s čim); truditi se; funkcionirati, posrečiti se, uspeti; razviti se, dozoreti; vreti; biti v pogonu, delati (stroj), prijemati eden v drugega (zobata kolesa); šivati, vesti (vezem); prebijati se (z delom); razvleči se; trzati (se) (obraz); mahati (s čim); težko, z muko se premikati, gibati
navtika križariti; besneti, biti razburkan (morje)
figurativno krčevito delati

to work against time delati v tekmi s časom
to work like a dog (ali horse; ali nigger) delati kot črna živina
my stove works well moja peč dobro dela
your method won't work z vašo metodo ne boste uspeli
I tried but it did not work poskušal sem, a ni se mi posrečilo
the poison began to work strup je začel delovati
to work into a crowd vriniti se v množico
to work loose zrahljati se (vijak itd.)
waves work to and fro valovi so razburkani
to work double tides delati podnevi in ponoči
that won't work with me to ne bo vplivalo name (vžgalo pri meni)

zaslúga merit; (zasluženje) deserts; worth; credit

po tvoji zaslúgi thanks to you
po zaslúgah deservedly
lastiti si zaslúge za to take credit for
šteti, pripisovati komu v zaslúgo to credit someone with
šteti si v zaslúgo to make a merit of
imeti, pridobiti si zaslúge to deserve well (za of)
ima zaslúge za domovino he has deserved well of his country, he has served his country well
nagraditi koga po njegovih zaslúgah to reward someone according to his merits
pripisovati si, lastiti si zaslúgo za iznajdbo to claim for oneself the credit for a discovery
v glavnem je njegova zaslúga, da... it's largely owing to him that...