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mild [máild] pridevnik (mildly prislov)
mil, nežen, blag; lahek (hrana, tobak, pijača); popustljiv, prizanesljiv, prijazen; zmeren (kazen)

mild attempt plah poskus
mild climate mila klima
draw it mild ne pretiravaj
to put it mildly milo rečeno
tehnično mild steel taljeno jeklo

nice [náis] pridevnik (nicely prislov)
fin, nežen
pogovorno okusen, slasten (hrana)
pogovorno prijeten, prijazen (to s.o.)
pogovorno čeden, lep, privlačen, simpatičen
ironično krasen; izbirčen (about, in)
točen, tankovesten, skrben, pedanten, precizen (in doing s.th.)
figurativno kočljiv, občutljiv, rahel (običajno z not)
spodoben

a nice mess lepa kaša
nice and fat lepo debelo
nice and warm prijetno toplo
to have a nice ear imeti oster sluh
a nice point kočljiva zadeva
nice and nice precej
not a nice song nespodobna pesem

pleasant [plézənt] pridevnik (pleasantly prislov)
prijeten, prijazen (to)
zabaven, vesel

smiling [smáiliŋ] pridevnik (smilingly prislov)
nasmejan, smehljajoč se
figurativno veder, vesel, prijazen; prijateljski, naklonjen; ugoden

soft² [sɔft]

1. pridevnik
mehek, upogljiv, popustljiv; mil, blag (podnebje, temperatura itd.); miren, nekričeč (barva); okusen, piten (vino); gladek (koža); topel, topel in vlažen, deževen (vreme); lahen, rahel (udarec, trkanje); tih, pridušen (glas); ljubezniv, prijazen; nežen (with z)
miren (spanje)
ekonomija nestabilen (cene); kóven (kovina), drobljiv, krhek (kamen)
sleng lahek; zaljubljen (on v)
nemožat, pomehkužen, mlahav, neodporen, brez energije; bedast, neumen, prismuknjen
fonetika zveneč; palatalen, brez pridiha (aspiracije)

as soft as butter mehek kot maslo
soft air mil, blag zrak
soft climate mila klima
soft corn vlažna odebelitev kože med nožnimi prsti
soft currency nekonvertibilna valuta
a soft day deževen dan
a soft drink ameriško, sleng brezalkoholna pijača
soft eyes mile oči
soft goods tekstil(ije)
a soft job lahka služba
soft money ameriško papirnati denar, bankovci, menice
soft muscles mlahave mišice
soft nothings ljubavno gruljenje, sladke besede
soft roe ribje mleko
soft sawder laskanje, prilizovanje
soft sex, softer sex ženski spol, ženske
soft soap mehko kalijevo milo, figurativno; ameriško, sleng laskanje, dobrikanje
soft solder pločevina, ki se stali pri relativno nizki temperaturi
soft tack sleng bel kruh, navtika mehek kruh (ne prepečenec), dobra hrana
soft thing pogovorno lahko izvedljiva stvar, lahka in dobro plačana služba; laskanje; neumnost
soft weather odjuga
soft winter mila zima
soft wood mehak les
he was rather soft in this affair ni ravno briljiral v tej zadevi (stvari)

2. prislov
počasi, tiho

to fall soft srečno pasti
to lie soft ležati na mehkem

3. samostalnik
mehkoba, milina
pogovorno slabič; bedak

4. medmet
arhaično počasi! polahko!

soft-spoken [sɔ́ftspouken] pridevnik
mil, ljubezniv, prijazen, ki govori s tihim glasom, tih

suave [swéiv] pridevnik (suavely prislov)
mil, blag (o zdravilu); piten (vino); ljubezniv, prijazen, vljuden; prijeten; sladek (besede)

sweet¹ [swi:t]

1. pridevnik (sweetly prislov)
sladek; (mleko, maslo) svež, nepokvarjen; (vonj) prijeten, blag, dišeč; (zvok) melodiozen, skladen, miloglasen, prijeten; (spanje itd.) sladek, osvežilen, krepilen; prijazen, ljubezniv (to do)
pogovorno mil, dražesten, ljubek, sladek
pogovorno gladek, miren, brez truda

at one's own sweet will po svoji mili volji, po svoji glavi
a sweet one sleng krepak udarec
sweet breath svež, prijeten duh (iz ust)
a sweet tooth figurativno sladkosnednost
a sweet going gladka vožnja (na dobri cesti)
sweet and twenty "očarljiva dvajsetletnica"
my sweet one! moj ljubi!
to be sweet on s.o. pogovorno biti zaljubljen v koga, nor za kom
to be sweet with dišati po
this fish is not quite sweet ta riba ni čisto sveža
to have a sweet taste imeti sladek okus
to have a sweet tooth figurativno biti sladkosneden
to keep s.o. sweet dobro se razumeti (shajati) s kom

2. prislov

to smell sweet blago dišati
to taste sweet imeti sladek okus

sweet-natured [swí:tneičəd] pridevnik
blag, mil, ljubezniv, prijazen

warm¹ [wɔ:m] pridevnik (warmly prislov)
topel, ogret, vroč, razgret; strasten, goreč, zanesen, navdušen; živahen, prisrčen, prijazen, iskren
figurativno vroč, neprijeten, težaven, nevaren; nespodoben; (barva) topel, temen
pogovorno, sleng bogat, premožen, imovit
lov svež (scent sled)
blizek (cilju pri lovu)

warm with wine razgret od vina
a warm existence zagotovljena eksistenca
warm friends intimni prijatelji
warm thanks topla, prisrčna zahvala
a warm welcome topel sprejem (dobrodošlica)
warm work težko delo
I am warm toplo (vroče) mi je
to get, (to grow) warm ogreti se
to make warm ogreti, segreti
to make it warm for s.o. napraviti komu tla vroča pod nogami
this place is too warm for me figurativno tu mi gori pod nogami

acceptance [əkséptəns] samostalnik
sprejem; odobritev; prijazen sprejem (with pri)

acceptance test sprejemni izpit
to find acceptance, to meet with acceptance biti sprejet

churchy [čə́:či] pridevnik (churchily prislov)
pogovorno cerkoven; ki ima duh po svetilnem olju; hinavsko prijazen, svetohlinski

condescend [kɔndisénd] neprehodni glagol (to)
ponižati se, blagovoliti; popustiti; biti prijazen

to condescend upon particulars ukvarjati se s podrobnostmi

greasy [grí:zi] pridevnik (greasily prislov) (with)
masten, oljnat; spolzek, gladek; vlažen (vreme)
figurativno priliznjen, hinavsko prijazen
veterina ki ima žuljnato oteklino na nogi (konj)

smile¹ [smáil] samostalnik
nasmeh, nasmešek, smehljaj; prijazen pogled
(često množina) naklonjenost, milost

smiles of fortune naklonjenost usode
she is all smiles and graces ona kar sije (žari, se topi) od prijaznosti
to force a smile prisiljeno se nasmehniti

enough² [inʌ́f] prislov
dovolj, zadosti; popolnoma, povsem

it is not good enough ne splača se, ni vredno
well enough še kar dobro, znosno
be kind enough and do it bodi tako prijazen in stori to
it's true enough žal je res
sure enough gotovo, prav zares
curiously enough presenetljivo
likely enough zelo verjetno

kindly² [káindli] prislov
prijazno, dobrotljivo, dobrohotno, naklonjeno, prisrčno

to take kindly to vzljubiti, naklonjeno sprejeti
I would take it kindly of you if bil bi ti zelo hvaležen, če
would you kindly (tell me the time) (vljudno vprašanje) bi bili tako prijazni, da
kindly let me know bodi tako prijazen in me obvesti
we thank you kindly prisrčno se vam zahvaljujemo
would you kindly shut up bi prosim utihnil

obráz face; pesniško visage; (figurativno lice, zunanjost) countenance

obráz od spredaj full face
obráz od strani (profil) half face
bled obráz pale (ali livid) face
kozàv obráz pockmarked (ali pitted) face
naguban obráz wrinkled face
odbijajoč obráz forbidding face
smehljajoč se obráz smiling face (ali countenance)
mračnega, jeznega obráza gloomy-visaged
lep obráz good looks pl
upadel, udrt obráz hollow (ali sunken) cheeks pl
v potu svojega obráza in the sweat of one's brow
tu je mnogo novih obrázov here are a lot of new faces
brisati si obráz to mop one's face (with a handkerchief)
delati obráze to pull (ali to make) faces, to grimace
gledati koga v obráz to look someone in the face
napraviti kisel obráz to pull (ali to make) a wry face (ob čem at something)
napraviti prijazen obráz to look pleasant
napravil je dolg obráz (figurativno) his countenance fell, he made (ali pulled) a long face
napraviti jezen obráz to have an angry look
pačiti obráz to grimace, to pull (ali to make) faces, to make grimaces, to distort one's face, to scowl
ne upa se mi pogledati v obráz he dare not look me in the face
pokazati svoj pravi obráz (sneti krinko) (figurativno) to throw off one's disguise
v obráz (naravnost) komu povedati to tell someone straight to his face
komu v obráz reči to say to someone's face
v obráz sem mu to rekel I said it to his face
v obráz se smejati to laugh in someone's face
udariti koga po obrázu to smack someone's face
zagrniti, zastreti si obráz to veil one's face
v obráz zijati koga to stare someone full in the face

próti against

próti (prefiks) anti-, counter-; (smer) towards, to, in the direction of, on, for; contrary to; (čas) about, by, ZDA around; pravo, šport versus (krajšava: v. ali vs.); (v primeri z) compared with
za in próti for and against, pro and con
sredstvo próti remedy for
próti vetru against the wind
próti koncu meseca towards the end of the month
próti šesti uri about six o'clock
Avstralija próti Angliji Australia versus England
próti nam against us
próti mojemu prepričanju (volji) against my conviction (will)
próti pričakovanju unexpectedly, suddenly
próti potrdilu o prejemu on receipt
próti toku against the tide
próti vodi up the river
próti zakonu against the law, illegally, unlawfully
próti zdravemu razumu preposterously, absurdly
próti mojim ukazom contrary to my orders
to je dobro próti glavobolom it's good for headaches
to je próti mojim navadam it is against (ali contrary to) my usual practice
jaz sem próti I am opposed to it
bilo je 30 glasov za predlog, 40 pa próti there were 30 votes for and 40 against
próti meni je bil zelo prijazen he was very kind to me
sem 100% próti I am dead against it
to je próti mojemu prepričanju this runs counter to my convictions
boriti se próti toku to struggle against the tide
delovati próti to counteract, to neutralize, (preprečiti) to thwart, to frustrate, to balk (ali baulk), to baffle
boriti se próti premoči to fight against odds
dvigniti oči próti nebu to look up to heaven
držati pismo próti luči to hold a letter up to the light
glasovati próti to vote »no«
enotno, složno glasovati próti to vote down
glasovati próti predlogu to vote against a motion
nimam nič próti temu I don't mind it, I have no objection to it
nimam nič próti kajenju I don't object to people smoking
ne morem nič reči próti I can say nothing to the contrary
govoriti za in próti to speak pro and con
iti próti domu to head for home (ali homewards)
iti próti severu to go towards the north (ali northwards)
vojska gre próti mestu the army is marching on the town
izpustiti próti kavciji to release on bail
marširati próti sovražniku to march against the enemy
ležati z obrazom próti zemlji to lie face downwards (ali on one's face)
nahujskati brata próti bratu to set brother against brother
napravil sem to próti svoji volji I did that against my own inclination
pluti próti vetru to sail against the wind
porini klavir próti zidu! push the piano up against the wall!
stavim 10 próti 1, da... I bet you ten to one that...
vzdržati próti sovražniku to hold out against the enemy

seeming [sí:miŋ]

1. pridevnik
navidezen, dozdeven

seeming advantage dozdevna korist

2. samostalnik
videz, napačen videz; mnenje

to my seeming po mojem mnenju
he is friendly to all seeming sodeč po vsem je (on) prijazen