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serve² [sə:v]

1. prehodni glagol
služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
servirati (jed)
šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
to serve one's country služiti domovini
to serve the devil služiti satanu
dinner is served večerja je na mizi
there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
to serve a gun vojska streči topu
if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
to serve the time prilagoditi se času
to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

2. neprehodni glagol
služiti, biti v službi
vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
to serve in the army služiti v vojski
to serve at table streči pri mizi
to serve as an example služiti za zgled
he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)

set¹ [set] samostalnik
poetično sončni zahod; neko število enakih oseb, stvari, ki spadajo skupaj, tvorijo celoto; krog, družba (ljudi), klika; garnitura, serija, niz, servis
tenis set, partija (6 iger)
trgovina kolekcija; radijski, televizijski aparat, naprava, pribor; vsa ladijska jadra
tisk zlog
gledališče oprema odra; frizura, pričeska; sadika, nasad (jajc); plesni pari; figura pri četvorki
lov nepremična stoja psa pred divjačino; (o glavi) drža, držanje; (o obleki) kroj, pristajanje; (o toku, vetru) smer; (o tekočini) trdnost; nagnjenost, tendenca (towards k, proti)
figurativno oster napad, zadnja plast (malte na zidu)

a set of bills of exchange dve ali tri istovrstne menice
a set of cards niz igralnih kart
a set of contradictions niz, vrsta protislovij, nasprotij
set of current smer toka
the set of day (life) konec (zaton) dneva (življenja)
set of furniture garnitura pohištva
set of houses skupina (kompleks) hiš
a fine set of men dobro moštvo
set of swindlers banda, klika sleparjev
dead set lov nepremična stoja psa, ki naznanja divjačino
set of false teeth umetno zobovje
the best set elita
the fast set lahkoživi svet
full set of bill of lading trgovina sklop (komplet) ladijskega tovornega lista (konosamenta)
the racing set krog ljudi, ki se zanimajo za konjske dirke
smart set mondena družba
wireless set radijski aparat
he is one of my set on je eden iz mojega kroga (družbe)
he has a set towards preaching on rad pridiga
to make a dead set at figurativno čvrsto popasti, zgrabiti koga; (o ženski) loviti koga, skušati (truditi se) osvojiti koga

shift² [šift] prehodni glagol
premakniti, premikati, premestiti, spremeniti položaj, prestaviti, prevreči, preložiti (odgovornost from ... to od ... na)
obrniti (one's attention svojo pozornost)
menjati (mesto, položaj), odstraniti (koga), osvoboditi se, znebiti se (koga); preobleči
sleng pobiti, umoriti
neprehodni glagol
menjati mesto (položaj), premestiti se, premikati se sem in tja; preseliti se; menjati se; obrniti se; preobleči se; znati si pomagati, zateči se k pomagalom
jezikoslovje premakniti se (o glasu)

I must shift as I can moram si pomagati, kot vem in znam, moram se znajti
to shift one's ground figurativno spremeniti (svoje) stališče, menjati svoje argumente v dokazovanju
to shift from one foot to the other prestopati se z ene noge na drugo
to shift gears (avto) menjati prestave
to shift the helm premakniti krmilo
to shift one's lodging menjati stanovanje, preseliti se
to shift for oneself (for a living) sam skrbeti zase, sam si pomagati, se prebijati v stiski, sam se znajti
to shift the scenes menjati kulise
to shift one's shirt preobleči srajco
the wind has shifted to the north again veter se je obrnil spet proti severu

sick¹ [sik]

1. pridevnik
(britanska angleščina le atributivno) bolan, zbolel (of od, za)
ameriško bolan, slab, brez moči; prisiljen (nasmeh)
sleng sit, naveličan (of waiting čakanja)
sleng ki mu je slabó, ki se mu kaj gabi, studi; jezen (with na)
bolan od hrepenenja (for za)
hrepeneč, koprneč; pokvarjen (riba, jajce), ki cika (vino), nezdrav (zrak); majhne vrednosti, ki ima majhno ceno, slab
ekonomija, sleng medel, slab (tržišče); potreben popravila (o ladji)

sick and tired naveličan, sit (česa)
sick certificate zdravniško spričevalo
sick diet bolniška hrana, dieta
sick of fever vročičen
sick fund bolniška blagajna
sick headache migrena
love-sick bolan od ljubezni
sea-sick ki ima morsko bolezen
to be sick bljuvati, bruhati
he is as sick as a dog zeló mu je slabo
to be sick to death biti na smrt bolan
to be sick for s.th. mreti od koprnenja po
to go sick vojska javiti se, priglasiti se za bolnega
I felt sick slabo mi je bilo, (skoraj) bruhal sem
it makes me sick zagabi se mi, zastudi se mi, disgustira me
the ship is paint-sick ladja je potrebna prebarvanja

2. samostalnik
bolnik

the sick bolniki; (redko) bolezen, slabost
that's enough to give one the sick vulgarno človek bi bruhal ob tem

side¹ [sáid]

1. samostalnik
stran; bok; rob (poti, mize itd.); stran (pisma); ploskev, prostrana površina
figurativno stališče, vidik; obronek; obala; področje, kraj; smer; oddelek (šole)
šport moštvo
sleng prevzetnost, ošabnost, širokoustenje; (biljard) obračanje, vrtenje krogle zaradi udarca od strani

side by side z ramo ob rami, vštric, vzporedno
by the side of vzdolž, ob
off side oddaljenejša stran, desna stran; šport (nogomet) ofsajd
on the side povrhu
on all sides, on every side na vseh straneh, vsepovsod
on father's side po očetovi strani
on this side of the grave pred smrtjo
back side zadnjica
blind side slaba stran
dark side senčna stran
(šola) classical (modern) side klasična ali humanistična (moderna) smer (oddelek)
God is on our side bog je z nami
the east side of the city vzhodni del mesta
north side severna stran
the other side of the question druga stran (plat) vprašanja (problema)
sunny side, bright side sončna stran, svetla stran (tudi figurativno)
on the wrong side of the door figurativno izključen iz (česa)
on the wrong side of the blanket figurativno nezakonski (otrok)
the wrong side up narobe
the right (the wrong) side of a piece of cloth prava (neprava) stran kosa blaga
the road-side cestni rob (kraj)
to balance on both sides figurativno nihati (kolebati) med dvema stvarema
he is on our side on je na naši strani, z nami
he is on the sunny (bright, right) side of 50 on še ni 50 let star
he is on the shady (wrong) side of 50 on je preko 50 let star
this is a side issue to je postransko vprašanje
to change sides preiti na drugo stran
people come from every side ljudje prihajajo semkaj z vseh strani
to go over to the other side preiti k drugi stranki, uskočiti v drug tabor
to have a pain in one's side imeti bolečine v boku
to have side sleng domišljevati si; delati se važnega
to keep on the right side of s.o. figurativno na prijateljski način s kom urediti stvari
to put a th. on one side postaviti kaj na stran, ne obračati
he puts on too much side on preveč pozira
to shake (to split) one's sides with laughing pokati od smeha
to take sides opredeliti se (za), odločiti se za neko stran; biti pristranski
to take side with s.o., to take s.o.'s side potegniti s kom, potegniti se za koga
to view a question from all sides premotriti vprašanje z vseh strani
to win s.o. over to one's side pridobiti koga na svojo stran

2. pridevnik
stranski; prihajajoč od strani

side blow udarec od strani
side door stranska vrata (vhod)
side brake ročna zavora (avto)

síla (moč) power, might; (krepkost) vigour; (potreba) necessity; (jakost) strength; (silovitost) vehemence; (nasilje) violence, force; (težava) difficulty, trouble; (prisila) compulsion, constraint, coercion; (beda) want, need, pinch; (stiska) emergency, neediness; (pritisk) pressure; (nevarnost) danger, emergency; (nuja) urgency, necessity

v síli in case of emergency (ali of need, of necessity)
s sílo by force, forcibly, with violence, by strong-arm methods
z vsemi sílami with might and main
pod sílo okoliščin, razmer under the stress of circumstances
po síli (nerad) forced, under compulsion, unwillingly, reluctantly, perforce
če je síla if need be, if need arise
to je višja síla it is a case of needs must (ali of overwhelming odds, of vis maior)
groba síla violence
konjska síla horsepower (krajšava: HP)
gonilna síla motive power
višja síla force majeure, Act of God
naravne síle natural forces, forces of nature
kopne síle vojska land forces pl
pomorske síle vojska naval forces pl, navy
pomorska síla naval power
síla (ogromno) ljudi a great number of people
enota síle unit of force
moment síle moment of a force
delovna síla manpower
politika síle power politics pl
vodna síla water (ali hydraulic) power
oborožene (vojaške) síle armed (military) forces pl
Kraljeva Zračna Sila Royal Air Force
klic v síli emergency call
izhod v síli emergency exit
biti v veliki síli (stiski) to be in great distress (ali need)
ni mu síle he is not in bad circumstances, he is doing well
ni síle (= ne mudi se) there's no hurry, it is not urgent
ni nobene síle there is no hurry
to je za sílo (= začasno) this is a makeshift, this is a stopgap, this is a temporary substitute
síla (strašno) vroče je it is extremely hot
síla ima večjo moč kot pravica might before right
napeti vse (svoje) síle to do one's utmost, to make every effort, to do one's best, to do all one can; to tax one's powers to the utmost; to use every exertion; to stir heaven and earth; to leave no stone unturned
síla kola lomi needs must when the devil drives, necessity knows no law
v síli hudič muhe žre (figurativno) drowning men catch at straws, beggars can't be choosers
(tudi) s sílo se ne da vsega doseči (figurativno) you can take a horse to the water but you can't make him drink
ukloniti se síli to give way to compulsion, to act under compulsion (ali duress)
v síli spoznaš pravega prijatelja a friend in need is a friend indeed

simultánka

šahovska simultánka exhibition chess match with one player taking on several others simultaneously

six [siks]

1. pridevnik
šest
(= six years) šest let (starosti)
(= six o'clock) šesta ura
(= six pence) šest penijev

he is not six yet ni še šest let star
it is six (o'clock) šest je ura
this cost two and six (2/6) to je stalo dva šilinga in šest penijev
six and eight (pence) (nekoč običajni odvetnikov honorar), figurativno honorar, pristojbina
six to one 6 proti 1, stoodstotno zanesljivo (gotovo)
six feet of earth figurativno grob
it is six of one and half the dozen of the other to je eno in isto, to je popolnoma isto

2. samostalnik
šestica, številka 6; šestorica, šestero, šest kosov, pol ducata

coach and six šesterovprežna kočija
double sixes dvojna šestica (pri metu v kockanju)
to be at sixes and sevens figurativno biti v popolnem neredu (zmedi, zmešnjavi)
he turned up the six of spades (kartanje) potegnil je pikovo šestico

skákati to jump, to spring, to leap, to bound, to hop, to skip; (v vodo pri kopanju) to dive

skákati od veselja to leap for joy
skákati čez vrv (otroška igra) to skip (a rope)
skákati v višino šport to do (ali to compete in) the high jump
cene skačejo prices are rising
skákati od predmeta do predmeta to skip from one thing to another
ali znaš dobro skákati? are you good at jumping?

skrbéti

skrbéti za to care (for, about), to take care (of), to busy (ali to concern) oneself with (ali about); to be in charge (of something); to have (something) in one's care; to attend to, to see (ali to look) to (ali after); to mind (something); to provide for
on skrbi samo zase he always looks after number one, he thinks only of himself
skrbi (brigaj se) zase! mind your own business!
ne skrbi za tuje posle! mind your own business!, don't meddle in other people's business!
skrbi me I'm worried, I'm concerned about (something), it makes me uneasy, it causes me a lot of anxiety, it fills me with apprehension
skrbi me njeno zdravje her state of health fills me with apprehension
od 16. leta skrbim sam zase I have been on my own since I was (ali the age of) sixteen
skrbéti sam zase to shift for oneself, to fend for oneself
skrbel bom, da bo pravočasno dobil pismo I shall take care that he receives the letter in time
skrbéti mora za svoje otroke he must provide for his children
njihova usoda nas zelo skrbi we are deeply worried (ali pogovorno worried sick, worried stiff) about their fate
skrbela bom, da se knjige pravočasno vrnejo I will see (to it) that the books are sent back in time
ne skrbi! don't worry!
vsakdo naj skrbi (gleda) zase! every one for himself!

skúp skúpaj together; jointly, conjointly; collectively; in a body; (v družbi) in company with, accompanied by, in common with, united, associated; (vključno) including, inclusively, taken all in all; all told

vse skúp, skúpaj all together
vsega skúp, skúpaj totalling
skúp, skúpaj z together with, in union with
boriti se skúp, skúpaj z to make common cause with
priti skúp, skúpaj to meet
vse te knjige sem kupil skúp, skúpaj I have bought all these books at one go
te barve gredo dobro skúp, skúpaj these colours go well together (ali are well-matched)
kako gre to skupaj? how does it fit in?

sleep^*2 [sli:p] neprehodni glagol
spati; prespati noč (at pri, in v)
figurativno mirovati, počivati, biti nedejaven; spati večno spanje, počivati v grobu
prehodni glagol
prespati; dati (komu) prenočišče, prenočiti (koga)

here our forefathers sleep tu spe večno spanje naši predniki
to sleep like a log (like a top) figurativno spati kot ubit, kot polh
to sleep light imeti lahko, rahlo spanje
to sleep the clock round spati 12 ali 24 ur
we'll sleep on it figurativno to bomo prespali; bomo videli jutri
let sleeping dogs lie figurativno pustite te stvari pri miru (da ne bo nevšečnosti)
to sleep over one's work (za)spati pri delu
to sleep with one eye open napol spati, biti napol buden, ostati buden
to sleep with s.o. spati s kom, spolno občevati s kom
to sleep o.s. sober prespati svojo pijanost
this hotel sleeps 200 persons ta hotel ima 200 postelj
this tent sleeps six men v tem šotoru lahko spi šest mož
we can sleep five people lahko prenočimo (imamo postelje, ležišča) za pet oseb
the top sleeps vrtavka spi (stoji) (tj. se vrti tako hitro, da oko ne vidi nobenega premikanja)

slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

slíčiti to resemble; to look like (ali similar)

slíčiti komu to bear a resemblance to someone, to remind one of someone

slíšati to hear

dobro slíšati to hear well
napačno slíšati to hear amiss
slučajno slíšati to overhear
slíšati govoriti to hear say
slišim, da... I understand (ali I am informed) that...
on ne sliši dobro he is hard of hearing
moj pes sliši na ime Bob my dog answers to the name of Bob
vem (povem), kar sem slišal I know it by (I speak from) hearsay
slišal sem jo peti I heard her sing
ste že kdaj slišali kaj takega? have you ever heard the like of it?
o tem noče on nič slíšati he will not hear of it
slišal sem to od nekoga I have heard some one say so
to (takó) sem slišal so I (have) heard
slišal sem to praviti I have heard it said
slíšati obe strani to hear both sides
od tedaj o njem ni več (kaj) slíšati he hasn't been heard of since
ona rada sliši sebe govoriti she likes to hear herself talk
to se dobro, lepo sliši that sounds well (ali fine, pogovorno nice)
ne hoteti slíšati to shut one's ears (to), to refuse to listen to
s svojim radijskim aparatom morem slíšati Pariz I can get Paris on (ali with) my radio
komaj se je slišalo, kar je rekel what he said was scarcely audible
bil je tak hrup, da niso mogli slíšati lastnih glasov there was such a noise that they could not hear their own voices
hujšega gluhca ni od tistega, ki noče slíšati there are none so deaf as those who will not hear

slúžiti to serve, to be in service; (rabiti se) to be used (kot as)

slúžiti v vojski to serve in the army
slúžiti svojo učno dobo to serve one's apprenticeship
slúžiti si kruh to earn one's living
sam si mora slúžiti kruh he has to earn his own living
trdó si slúžiti kruh to work hard for a living
slúžiti za zgled to serve as an example
kje služite? where are you working?, who are you working for?
to naj ti služi kot svarilo! let this be a warning to you!
slúžiti svojemu namenu to serve one's purpose
ta plašč mi dobro služi this coat wears well
čemu služi to? what is the use of that?
nihče ne more slúžiti dvema gospodarjema no one can serve two masters

solitary [sɔ́litəri]

1. pridevnik (solitarily prislov)
sam, osamljen, samoten, samotarski; posamezen, posamičen

solitary confinement zapor v celici samici
a solitary exception ena sama (edina) izjema
a solitary life odmaknjeno, samotarsko življenje
not a solitary one niti en sam (edini)
to take a solitary walk iti na samoten sprehod

2. samostalnik
samotnik, samotar, puščavnik (često figurativno)

sólza tear

v sólzah in tears
grenka sólza bitter tear
sólze kesanja tears pl of remorse
sólze veselja tears of joy
krokodilove sólze crocodile tears pl
do sólz ganjen moved to tears
do sólz until the tears run
grenke sólze salt tears pl
biti ves v sólzah to be in tears
hitro je ganjen do sólz he is easily moved to tears
biti na robu sólz (figurativno) to be on the brink of tears
to niso mačkine sólze (figurativno) this is not to be sneezed at
sólze je imela v očeh tears stood in her eyes
jokati sólze veselja to weep tears of joy
planiti v sólze to burst into tears
pretakati sólze to shed tears
potočiti sólzo to shed a tear
točiti krokodilove sólze to shed crocodile tears
točiti bridke sólze to shed (ali to weep) bitter tears
topiti se v sólzah to melt into tears
do sólz se smejati to laugh till the tears come, to laugh till one cries (ali till the tears come into one's eyes)
sólze mi pridejo, stopijo v oči tears come into my eyes
smehljati se skozi sólze to smile through one's tears
ni se mogla vzdržati sólz she could not restrain her tears
sólze so ji zalile oči her eyes brimmed with tears, she burst into tears
sólze so ji privrele v oči tears welled up in her eyes

sósed neighbour

brez sósedov neighbourless
najbližji sósed one's nearest neighbour, next-door neighbour
sósedje pl neighbourhood
prvi (drugi) sósed the nextdoor (the next-door but one) neighbour
moj sósed pri mizi the man sitting next to me at table
moj desni (levi) sósed my right-hand (left-hand) neighbour
delati, napraviti kot dober sósed to act in a (good-) neighbourly way

spádati to belong (to)

to ne spada semkaj that is out of place here, that is beside the point, that is irrelevant
to ne spada k našemu predmetu this is alien to our subject, this has nothing to do with our subject
ta beseda ne spada semkaj this word is improperly used in this context (ali does not belong here)
to ne spada nikamor! that's neither here nor there!
to ne spada v mojo stroko this is not within my province (ali is not in my line)
on spada med naše najboljše odjemalce he is one of our best customers