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stair [stɛ́ə] samostalnik
stopnica
množina stopniščc
figurativno stopničasta lestev
množina pristajalna brv (mostič)

above-stairs zgoraj
below-stairs spodaj, v podpritličju, v suterenu; pri služinčadi
back stair zadajšnje stopnišče; tajen, skriven dostop
down stairs na spodnjem nadstronju
up stairs na zgornjem nadstropju
the top stair najvišja stopnica
the top (the down) stair but one predzadnja zgornja (spodnja) stopnica
a flight of stairs stopnice med dvema presledkoma
up one pair of stairs v prvem nadstropju

sténa wall

gorska sténa rock wall
ločilna sténa partition (wall)
tik ob sténi close by the wall
španska sténa folding screen
sténe hiše outer walls pl
obesiti na sténo to hang up on the wall
pritisniti koga ob sténo (zid) to pin someone down
slikati vraga na sténo (figurativno) to paint the devil blacker than he is
sténe imajo ušesa (figurativno) walls have ears
med štirimi sténami (= strogo zaupno) within four walls
moje besede so bob ob sténo (figurativno) my words are like water off a duck's back
prav tako bi lahko govoril (gluhi) sténi you might as well talk (ali try talking) to a stone (ali to a cat)
govoriš gluhi sténi you are talking to a stone wall

stísniti to press; to compress; to squeeze (limono, oranžo a lemon, an orange)

stísniti si roke to shake hands
stísniti komu roko to squeeze someone's hand, to give someone a squeeze (of the hand)
stísniti solzo iz oči to bring a tear to the eyes
stísniti pest to clench one's hand (ali fist)
stísniti rep med noge (figurativno) to draw in the tail, to put one's tail between one's legs
stísniti zobe to set one's teeth

stòl chair; (brez naslona) stool; (z naslonom za roke) armchair; (fotelj) easy chair

otroški stòl high chair
pleten stòl (naslanjač) wicker-chair
vrtljiv stòl swivel chair
zložljiv stòl folding stool, camp stool
stòl na kolesih wheelchair, bath chair
sesti v stòl to seat oneself in a chair
ležalni stòl deck chair
gugalni stòl rocking chair, rocker
sklopen (lovski) stòl camp stool
sesti, obsedeti med dvema stòloma (figurativno) to fall between two stools

stool [stu:l]

1. samostalnik
stol brez naslonila, stolček; pručica, trinožniček, klečalnik
medicina stolica; stranišče; panj (štor) s poganjki; kos lesa, na katerega se pritrdi vaba v obliki ptice
arhitektura prag pri oknu

camp stool prenosen, zložljiv stol
folding stool zložljiv stol
music stool stolček pri klavirju
night stool medicina sobno stranišče
office stool visok pisarniški stol
to fall between two stools usesti se, priti med dva stola, figurativno ne uspeti, spodleteti
to go to stool medicina iti na stolico (na stran)

2. neprehodni glagol
botanika poganjati mladike
zastarelo iti na stolico
ameriško pustiti se privabiti (o ptičih)

swap [swɔp]

1. samostalnik
pogovorno menjalna trgovina, menja(va)nje, menjava
sleng odpustitev (iz službe)

to get (to have) the swap biti odpuščen iz službe

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamenja(va)ti, menjati (with s kom, for za)
pogovorno zamenjati (stvari, mesto, prostor)
sleng odpustiti (uslužbenca)

to be swapped sleng biti odpuščen iz službe
to swap anecdotes, stories pripovedovati si anekdote, zgodbe
to swap horses menjati konje
to swap horses while crossing a stream figurativno med krizo menjati vlado
to swap places zamenjati sedeže

sympathy [símpəɵi] samostalnik
simpatija, simpatiziranje, naklonjenost (for do, za)
sočustvovanje, solidarnost, razumevanje, ujemanje, soglasje; sočutje (for, with za, z)
delovanje ali učinkovanje enih organov na druge

in sympathy with iz naklonjenosti (simpatije) do
out of sympathy iz simpatije
sympathy strike solidarnostna stavka
I have no sympathy with (for) beggars nimam nobenega sočutja z berači
there is a perfect sympathy between them med njimi je popolna solidarnost
to offer one's sympathies to s.o. izraziti komu svoje sožalje, kondolirati

šára (navlaka) lumber, trash, trashery; rubbish; trinket; ZDA junk

vreči med staro šáro (figurativno) to put (ali to lay) on the shelf
stara krama in šára rags and bones
biti (za)vržen med staro šáro ZDA pogovorno to be washed up

šóla school; educational establishment; (stavba) schoolhouse, school; (poučevanje) schooling, teaching; (tečaj) course

v šóli at school
v šólo to school
osnovna šóla elementary (ali primary) school
srednja šóla secondary school, (zasebna) public school, (z internatom) boarding school
klasična srednja šóla grammar school
srednja šóla klasične smeri classical side (of a secondary school)
srednja šóla realne smeri modern side (of a secondary school)
deška (dekliška) šóla boys' (girls') school
mešana šóla mixed school; coeducational school
višja srednja šóla (5.-8. razred) ZDA high school
glasbena šóla music school
gospodinjska šóla school of domestic science
jahalna šóla riding school, manege, manège
konfesionalna šóla denominational school
kmetijska šóla school of agriculture
nadaljevalna šóla continuation school, extension college
strokovna šóla vocational (ali professional) school
šoferska šóla driving school, school of motoring
tehniška šóla technical school
trgovska šóla commercial school
učiteljska šóla teachers' training college, ZDA normal college
vojaška šóla military school, military academy
večerna šóla evening (ali night) school, evening classes pl
mala šóla nursery school, kindergarten, preschool
dan brez šóle (pouka) day off (school), school holiday
dorasel za šólo of school age
danes ni šóle (pouka) there is no school today, there are no lessons today
šóle (pouka) je konec school is over
naša šóla se bo končala 30. junija in zopet začela 15. septembra our school breaks up (ali closes) on June 30th and will reopen (ali reassemble) on September 15th
ti ne boš za šólo school is not for you
hoditi v šólo to go to school, to be at school
iti skozi trdo šólo (figurativno) to go through the mill
končati, zapustiti šólo to leave school
izključiti iz šóle to expel from school
obiskovati šólo to attend (a) school
zamuditi šólo (pouk) to be late for school
neupravičeno izosta(ja)ti iz šóle (»špricati«) to play truant, to cut school, ZDA žargon to play hooky
biti med najboljšimi v šóli to be near the top in school
vsaka šóla nekaj stane (figurativno) we learn by experience

štéti to count; to number; to reckon

štéti do 50 to count up to 50
štej od 20 do 50! count from 20 to 50!
njegovi dnevi so šteti his days are numbered, pogovorno his number's up
vojska, ki šteje 50.000 mož an army numbering fifty thousand
štejem ga med svoje prijatelje I regard him as one of my friends
šteto od jutri dalje reckoning from tomorrow
videti je, kot da ne zna do 5 šteti he looks as if butter would not melt in his mounth

štíri four

po štíri in štíri four by four
po vseh štírih on hands and knees
med štírimi očmi in private, confidentially, (med nama) between ourselves, between you and me, this is for your private ear
ura še ni štíri it isn't four (o'clock) yet
biti štíri leta star to be four (years old)
jesti za štíri to eat like a wolf
piti za štíri to drink like a fish
delati za štíri to work like a nigger
lesti po vseh štíriih to creep (ali to go) on all fours
upirati se z vsemi štírimi to oppose with might and main

tá tá, tó pl

tí, té, tá this, pl these; that, pl those
tale this one, this here
vse to all this
to in ono this and that
g. Ta-in-Ta Mr. So-and-so
medtem, med tem časom in the meantime
pred tem before this
po tem after this
v tem primeru in that case
to jutro (davi) this morning
to pot (tokrat) edino this once
v tej (naši) deželi in this land (of ours)
kljub vsemu temu for all that
te dni enkrat one of these days
zlasti to, predvsem to this above all
to se pravi that is to say
ta tvoja knjiga this book of yours
vaše pismo od 13. t.m. your letter of 13th inst. (= instant)
ni mi za to I am not keen on this (ali that, it)
mnogo mi je na tem, da... I am particularly keen that...
tega ne vem I don't know that
to je moj brat this is my brother
to so moji otroci these are my children
govoriti o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem to talk about this, that and the other
od tega je minulo že 10 let 10 years have passed since that time
vzemi to knjigo, ne one! take this book, not that one!

tail¹ [téil]

1. samostalnik
rep; trtica; spodnji del; konec (sprevoda itd.); zadnji del pluga; stran kovanca z napisom; spremstvo; najslabši igralci kakega moštva, odpadki; stranka, privrženci; žaket, frak, škric, vlečka (obleke)
množina, pogovorno družabna obleka

tail of a letter konec pisma
tail of the trenches vojska najbolj sprednji jarki
tail of gale konec nevihte
tail of a stream tih, miren tok reke
tail margin spodnji beli rob strani (knjige)
tails up figurativno dobre volje, vesel
tail of a musical note del note pod črto
close on s.o. 's tail komu tik za petami
cow's tail figurativno razcefran konec vrvi
the dirty end of the cow's tail figurativno spolzko govorjenje (pogovor)
heads or tail? glava ali napis? (vprašamo, če mečemo kovanec v zrak za odločitev v kaki stvari)
with his tail between his legs figurativno ves preplašen, kot polit cucek
to be unable to make head or tail of s.th. ne se spoznati, ne se moči znajti v čem
to drop a pinch of salt on the tail of a bird (a hare) šaljivo natresti ptiču (zajcu) soli na rep (da bi ga ujeli)
to go into tails figurativno hitro rasti
my son has gone into tails moj sin je oblekel svoj prvi žaket
to follow the tail of a plough držati plug za ročaj, biti kmetovalec
he had the enemy on his tail sovražnik mu je bil tik za petami
she looked at me out of the tail of her eye skrivaj, s koncem očesa me je pogledala
to put one's tail between one's legs stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
to turn tail obrniti hrbet, planiti v beg, pete pokazati, popihati jo
to twist s.o.'s tail figurativno nadlegovati ali dolgočasiti koga
to twist the lion's tail mučiti, izzivati leva (aluzija na tuje časnikarje ali govornike, ki izzivalno žalijo Anglijo)
to walk at the tail of a cart hoditi za vozom
the tail wags the dog rep miga s psom, figurativno najneumnejši (najmanj pomembni) komandira, vlada

2. pridevnik
najbolj zadajšnji, zadnji, končni, repni

tear^*3 [tɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
(raz)trgati; razkosati; pretrgati, prekiniti; iztrgati, izpuliti; vleči, natezati; odtrgati (from od)

to tear one's finger raniti si prst
to tear one's dress on a nail strgati si obleko na žeblju
to tear in two raztrgati na dvoje
to tear a page out of the book iztrgati list iz knjige
to tear open odpreti z raztrganjem, raztrgati
to tear s.th. from s.o. iztrgati komu kaj
to tear one's hair (iz)puliti si lase
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose, razkosati
to tear one's shirt raztrgati si srajco
to be torn between hope and despair biti razdvojen (kolebati) med upanjem in obupom
neprehodni glagol
(po)vleči (at za)
močno potegniti (at za)
(raz)trgati se; pretrgati se; prekiniti se, pokati
pogovorno drveti, dirjati, divje hiteti, leteti (through skozi)
pogovorno divjati, besneti

this thread will not tear ta nit se ne bo strgala
the children were tearing about the road otroci so se podili sem in tja po cesti
he tore down the hill zdrvel je po hribu navzdol

téden week, seven days pl

dva tédna a fortnight
nekaj tédnov a week or two
na téden (tedensko) a week, per week
téden za tédnom week by week, week in week out
enkrat na téden once a week
med tédnom in the week
dvakrat na téden twice a week
danes téden today week, this day week
včeraj téden yesterday week
pred enim tédnom a week ago
vsak téden weekly
v enem tédnu within a week
prihodnji téden next week
pretekli téden last week
jutri téden tomorrow week
v ponedeljek téden Monday week
konec tédna weekend
čez tri tédne three weeks hence
beli téden trgovina white sale
delovni téden working week
40 urni delovni téden 40-hour week
medeni tédni honeymoon
ves téden delati to work all week
med tédnom spim v mestu I sleep in town during the week
téden po beli nedelji religija Low Week

tekmováti to compete (z with); to enter a competition; to contest (z, za with, for), to rival, to emulate (s kom someone); to vie (z, v with, in)

nihče ne more tekmováti z njim he is without a rival, he is unrivalled
dekleti sta tekmovali med seboj za prvo mesto the two girls vied with one another for the first place
tekmováti v vljudnosti to vie in civilities

this množina these [ðis, ði:z]

1. zaimek
ta, to

all this vse to
this and that to in ono, marsikaj
after this po tem
this above all predvsem to
before this pred tem
by this medtem, med tem časom; doslej
ere this nekoč
for all this zato, zaradi tega; kljub vsemu temu
from this od zdaj, odslej
like this tako(le)
this, that and the other vse mogoče stvari, razne reči
this is my brother to je moj brat
these are my children to so moji otroci
it is like this stvar je taka
this is what happened tole se je zgodilo
this is the way to do it tako(le) se to naredi
he should have been here by this zdajle bi že moral biti tu
they were talking about this, that and the other govorili so o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem

2. pridevnik
ta, to; današnji

in this country v tej (naši) deželi
this day danes
this year to leto; tekoče leto; letos
this day week (fortnight) danes teden (14 dni)
in these days dandanes
(for) these three weeks zadnje tri tedne
to this day do danes, še danes
this morning to jutro, danes zjutraj, davi
this afternoon danes popoldne
this evening danes zvečer, drevi, nocoj
this once to pot edino, edinole tokrat
this time to pot
business is bad these days posli gredo slabo te dni (v teh časih)
take this book, not that one vzemite to knjigo, ne one

3. prislov
tako

this much tako mnogo, toliko
this far tako daleč

tíkati¹ to address someone as »thou«, to use the intimate form of address

tíkati se (med seboj) to address one another as »thou«
tíkati koga to thou and thee someone

time¹ [táim]

1. samostalnik
čas; delovni čas; ura, trenutek
šport najkrajši čas
glasba akt, tempo
vojska tempo, korak, hitrost marša
množina časovna tabela, vozni red; službena doba; doba, epoha, era, vek; časi; prilika, priložnost; krat (pri množenju); nosečnost, porod; določeno razdobje; prosti čas, brezdelje
množina, pogovorno v zaporu preživeta leta; računanje časa (po soncu, Greenwitchu itd.); plačilo po času (od ure, od dni itd.)

the Times (ednina konstrukcija) časopis Times
time out of mind davni čas(i)
time past, present and to come preteklost, sedanjost in prihodnost
civil time navadni čas
the correct (right) time točen čas
a work of time zamudno delo!
time! šport zdaj!
time, gentlemen, please! time! closing time! zapiramo! (opozorilo obiskovalcem v muzeju, knjižnici ipd.)
hard times težki časi
the ravages of time zob časa
the good old time dobri stari časi
against time proti uri, z največjo hitrostjo, zelo naglo
ahead of (before) one's time prezgodaj, preuranjeno, prerano
all the time ves čas, nepretrgano, neprekinjeno
a long time since zdavnaj
at any time ob vsakem (kateremkoli) času
at a time naenkrat, skupaj, skupno, hkrati
one at a time po eden, posamično
at all times vsak čas, vedno
as times go v današnjih časih
at times od časa do časa, občasno
at no time nikoli, nikdar
at one time nekoč, nekdaj
at some time kadarkoli, enkrat
at some other time, at other times (enkrat) drugič, drugikrat
at the present time sedaj, zdaj, táčas
at the same time istočasno, ob istem času; hkrati; vseeno, pri vsem tem, vendarle
at this time of day figurativno v tako kasnem času dneva, ob tako pozni uri
at that time tisti čas, tačás
before one's time prezgodaj, prerano
behind time prepozno
to be behind time imeti zamudo
by that time do takrat, dotlej; medtem
close time lov lovopust
each time that... vsakikrat, ko
every time vsakikrat, vsaki pot
for all time za vse čase
for the time trenutno, ta trenutek
for the time being za sedaj, trenutno, v sedanjih okolnostih
for the last time zadnjikrat
from time immemorial (od)kar ljudje pomnijo
from time to time od časa do časa
for a long time past že dolgo
in the course of time v teku časa
in day time v dnevnem času, podnevi, pri dnevu
in due (proper) time o pravem času
in good time pravočasno
all in good time vse ob svojem času
in no time v hipu, kot bi trenil (hitro)
in the mean time medtem, med (v) tem času
in the length of time trajno
in the nick of time v pravem času, v kritičnem času
in time pravočasno; v ritmu, po taktu
in times of old v starih časih
in one's own good time kadar je človeku po volji
in time to come v bodoče, v prihodnje
many a time včasih; marsikaterikrat
many times mogokrat, često
mean time srednji, standardni čas
near one's time (o ženskah) pred porodom
not for a long time še dolgo ne, še dolgo bo trajalo
off time iz (zunaj) takta, ritma
on time točno, o pravem času
once upon a time (there was a king) nekdaj, nekoč (je bil kralj...)
out of time iz takta, ne po taktu, iz ritma; ob nepravem času, predčasno, prepozno
some time longer še nekaj časa
some time about noon nekako opoldne
time after time ponovno, češče
time and again ponovno, češče, večkrat
this long time zdavnaj
this time a year (twelve months) danes leto (dni), ob letu
this time tomorrow jutri ob tem času
till next time do prihodnjič
times without (out of) number neštetokrat
to time pravočasno, točno; zelo hitro; zastarelo za vedno
up to time točno
up to the present time, up to this time dozdaj, doslej, do danes
up to that time do takrat, dotlej
what time? ob katerem času? kdaj?
what time? poetično (v času) ko
with times časom, sčasoma
time is money čas je zlato
what is the time? what time is it? koliko je ura?
it is high time to go skrajni čas je, da gremo
time is up! čas je potekel!
there is time for everything vse ob svojem času
he is out of his time končal je učenje (vajenstvo); odslužil je svoj (vojaški) rok
now is your time zdaj je prilika zate
she is far on in her time ona je v visoki nosečnosti
she was near her time bližal se je njen čas (poroda)
it was the first time that bilo je prvikrat, da...
to ask time ekonomija prositi za podaljšanje roka
to beat the time udarjati, dajati takt
to bid (to give, to pass) s.o. the time of (the) day želeti komu dober dan, pozdraviti koga
to call time šport dati znak za začetek ali za konec
to comply with the times vdati se v čase
my time has come moj čas (smrti) je prišel
my time is drawing near bliža se mi konec
to do time sleng odsedeti svoj čas v zaporu
to get better in times časom si opomoči
my watch gains (loses) time moja ura prehiteva (zaostaja)
he has time on his hands ima mnogo (prostega) časa, ne ve kam s časom
to have a time with pogovorno imeti težave z
to have a time of it izvrstno se zabavati
to have a good (fine) time dobro se zabavati
to have a hard time preživljati težke čase
I have had my time najboljši del svojega življenja imam za seboj
what a time he has been gone! kako dolgo ga ni!
to keep time držati takt (korak), plesati (hoditi, peti) po taktu
to keep good time iti dobro, točno (o uri)
I know the time of day pogovorno jaz vem, koliko je ura
to kill time čas ubijati
this will last our time to bo trajalo, dokler bomo živeli
what time do you make? koliko je na tvoji (vaši) uri?
to lose time izgubljati čas; (ura) zaostajati
to mark time na mestu stopati (korakati), ne se premikati se z mesta
to move with the times, to be abreast of the times iti, korakati s časom
time will show čas bo pokazal
I am pressed for time mudi se mi
to serve one's time vojska služiti svoj rok
to speak against time zelo hitro govoriti
to stand the test of time obnesti se; upirati se zobu časa
to take one's time vzeti si čas, pustiti si čas
take your time! ne hiti!
to take time by the forelock pograbiti priliko, izkoristiti (ugoden) trenutek
take time while time serves izkoristiti čas, dokler ga imaš
tell me the time povej mi, koliko je ura
time and tide wait for no man čas beži; ne zamudi prilike; izkoristi priložnost
to watch the time pogledovati (često pogledati) na uro
to watch one's time prežati na ugodno priložnost
to waste time čas zapravljati
to work against time delati z največjo hitrostjo (tempom)

2. pridevnik
časoven
ekonomija z določenim plačilnim rokom; (ki je) na obroke

torpid [tɔ́:pid]

1. pridevnik (torpidly prislov)
otrpel, otopel, odrevenel; brezčuten, apatičen; okoren, neumen hromeč
zoologija ki spi zimsko spanje

2. samostalnik

Torpids množina veslaške tekme (regate) med kolidži v Oxfordu; čoln ali veslač v tem tekmovanju