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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

since¹ [sins]

1. predlog
od

since Sunday od nedelje
I have been here since 5 o'clock tu sem že od petih
since when...? pogovorno od kdaj...?

2. prislov
odtlej, od takrat, od tedaj ves čas; medtem

ever since (ves čas, vse) od takrat, odtlej
long since od davno, že davno
how long since? kako dolgo že?
a short time since pred kratkim
I have been his friend ever since odtlej sem mu (bil) vedno prijatelj
I have not seen him since od takrat ga nisem več videl
I was there not long since ne dolgo tega sem bil tam
he refused, but has since consented odklonil, a je medtem (že) privolil (pristal)

single¹ [siŋgl] pridevnik
posamezen, poedin; enojen; samski, neporočen; sam, osamljen, zase živeč; brez tuje pomoči, sam, nespremljan; samo za enega (postelja); enosmeren (vozovnica); enkraten, edinstven; preprost, enostaven; polten, iskren; dosleden
šport z enim igralcem na vsaki strani, single

of a single beauty enkratne, edinstvene lepote
single bed postelja za eno osebo
single blessedness fantovstvo, blaženi samski stan
single broth sleng pivo
single combat dvoboj
single court teniško igrišče za single igre
single eye figurativno predanost samo enemu cilju, enostranost
single eye-glass monokel, enoočnik
single file kolona po eden
single flower cvet, ki raste sam na steblu, ki ima enojno čašo
single game igra, ki jo igra samo en igralec na vsaki strani, igra posameznikov
single heart prostodušnost
single life samsko življenje (stan); samotarsko življenje
single line enotirna proga
single man samski moški, samec
single parts posamezni deli
single payment ekonomija enkratno plačilo
single room soba z eno posteljo, samska soba
with single purpose vztrajno zasledujoč le en cilj (namen)
single woman samska ženska, samka
book-keeping by single entry enostavno knjigovodstvo
to have a single aim in view imeti en sam cilj v vidu
to have a single eye for imeti smisel le za, misliti le na
I had to fight single moral sem se sam boriti
to live single samsko živeti, v celibatu
single mistake would spoil it all ena sama napaka bi vse pokvarila
to remain single ostati samski(a), ne se poročiti
I speak it with a single heart to govorim z vso iskrenostjo

skóz skózi through, (ZDA tudi) thru

skóz, skózi in skóz, skózi thoroughly, throughout, through and through, (ZDA tudi thoroly), out and out, completely
skóz, skózi več tednov for several weeks
skóz, skózi vse leto all the year round
republikanec skóz, skózi in skóz, skózi ZDA a straight Republican
on je športnik skóz, skózi in skóz, skózi he is a sportsman to his fingertips
on je vojak skóz, skózi in skóz, skózi he is a soldier to the backbone
govoriti skóz, skózi nos to speak through one's nose
pogledati skóz, skózi prste (figurativno) to condone, to overlook, to turn a blind eye to
vreči, zagnati skóz, skózi okno to throw out of the window
biti skóz, skózi in skóz, skózi premočen to be wet through

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?

skúšati to try; to tempt

skúšati koga prelisičiti (žargon) to try lt on someone
skušal bom storiti vse, kar bo v moji moči I'll try my best (ali my hardest)
skúšati usodo to tempt Providence
skúšati odpreti vrata to try the door
skúšati se s kom v rokoborbi to wrestle with someone

sky¹ [skái]

1. samostalnik
nebo, nebesni svod; podnebje, klima
aeronavtika zračni prostor
zastarelo oblaki
pogovorno zgornja vrsta slik (na razstavi slik)
množina nebesa

in the skies figurativno (kot) v nebesih, presrečen
to the sky (skies) do neba, čez vse mere
out of a clear sky iz vedrega neba (zlasti figurativno)
under the open sky pod vedrim nebom
a warmer sky toplejše podnebje
the sky is blue (cloudy, overcast) nebo je modro (oblačno)
to drop from the skies (kot) z neba pasti
to praise (to laud) to the skies figurativno do nebes povzdigovati, v zvezde kovati
to rise to the skies dvigati se v nebo, v oblake
to sleep under the open sky spati pod milim nebom
if the sky fall we shall catch larks figurativno ne izplača se brigati za tisto, kar ne more biti

2. pridevnik

sky-reaching, sky-touching do neba segajoč
sky advertising trgovina reklama na nebu (ki jo napiše letalo)
sky battle zračna bitka
sky blue nebesna modrina
sky hook ameriško, pogovorno balon, sonda
sky parlour podstrešna soba
sky sign svetlobna reklama na hišah
sky train aeronavtika leteči tovorni vlak (veliko transportno letalo)
sky troops aeronavtika, vojska padalske čete
sky truck aeronavtika, ameriško transportno letalo, leteči tovorni vlak

slábšati to worsen; to make worse

slábšati se to worsen; to become (ali to get) worse
vse bolj se slábšati to grow worse and worse

slábše prislov worse

slábše kot prej worse than before
vedno slábše from bad to worse
nič slábše none the worse
na, v slábše for the worse
toliko slábše zanj so much the worse for him
lahkó bi nam bilo še slábše we could do worse
slábše ne moreš napraviti you can't do worse
obrniti se na slábše to take a turn for the worse
stvari gredo vse slábše matters go from bad to worse
sprememba na slábše a change for the worse
spremeniti se na slábše to change for the worse
izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej he has lost his job and is worse off than ever
toliko slábše! more's the pity!

slábši -a, -e worse

vedno slábši, -a, -e, vse slábši, -a, -e worse and worse
on je slábši, -a, -e kot njegov brat he is worse than his brother
danes je njegovo stanje še slabše his condition is even worse today
to bi bilo še slabše it would be worse still
vreme ne bi moglo biti slabše the weather is at its worst
slabše stvari nisi mogel napraviti you couldn't have done a worse thing
položaj postaja vedno slábši, -a, -e matters are going from bad to worse (ali are becoming worse and worse)

sléd trace; trail; vestige; scent; track, (ladje) wake; (stopinje) footprints, footmarks pl; (zveri) scent; (kolotečina) rut

na slédi on the track
brez slédú without a trace
sveža sléd a hot (ali burning) scent
stara sléd cold scent
slédovi starih šeg vestiges pl of ancient customs
ni niti slédu o kakem dokazu there is not a trace (ali a vestige) of evidence
biti komu na slédi to be hot on someone's trail
biti na napačni slédi to be on a false scent
iti po slédi prednikov to follow in the footsteps of one's ancestors
iti s slédjo to run a scent
izgubiti sléd to lose the (ali a) scent, to be off the track, (na lovu) to be at fault
izbrisati vse slédove to efface all traces
njegov obraz je kazal (nosil) slédove njegove žalosti his face bore traces of his grief
priti komu na sléd to get on someone's track
priti na novo sléd (figurativno) to start a new hare
zopet odkriti sléd to recover the scent
speljati na napačno sléd to put off the scent, to put on the wrong track
zabrisati svojo sléd to cover up one's tracks
izginiti brez slédu to disappear without leaving any traces
policija je prišla na sléd the police have picked up the scent, pogovorno the police have smelt a rat
iti za pravo (napačno) slédjo to be on (ali to follow) the right (the wrong) scent

služábnica servant-girl, servant-woman; maid-servant, female servant; (hišna) housemaid, parlour-maid, (sobarica) chambermaid, lady's maid; ZDA help

služábnica za vse maid of all work, pogovorno slavey

smér direction; course; line; tendency; trend

v sméri (česa) in the direction (of)
v eni sméri one-way
v vse sméri in all directions, in every direction
v ravni sméri straight on, straight ahead
v nasprotni sméri in the opposite direction
v obeh sméreh both ways
v (proti) sméri kazalca ure clockwise (anticlockwise)
pluti v določeni sméri to steer a course, to set course (for)
sprememba sméri change of direction
nova smér v pesništvu a new tendency in poetry

smoke¹ [smóuk] samostalnik
dim, oblak dima; sopara
figurativno megla, koprena
domačno cigareta, cigara

a column of smoke steber dima
like smoke sleng kot veter (hitro), hipoma, naenkrat; brez težav, gladko
from smoke into smother iz slabega v slabše, z dežja pod kap
the big smoke (vzdevek za) London
there is no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj
that's all smoke sleng vse to so same prazne besede
to end (to go up) in smoke figurativno razbliniti se, razpršiti se v dim, v nič
it will all end in a smoke vse se bo razblinilo v nič, iz vsega tega ne bo nič
we're getting on like smoke sleng to gre kot namazano
to go from smoke into smother priti z dežja pod kap
I haven't had a smoke all the morning ves dopoldan nisem nobene (cigarete) pokadil
let's have a smoke prižgimo si eno (cigareto)!
to see things through the smoke of hate videti stvari skozi tančico sovraštva

snuff² [snʌf]

1. samostalnik
vohanje, obvohavanje; vdih skozi nos
figurativno, zastarelo prezirljivo vihanje nosu; njuhalni tobak, njuhanec; zdravilo, ki se jemlje z njuhanjem
figurativno majhna količina, ščepec

a pinch of snuff ščepec njuhanca
to give s.o. snuff figurativno, pogovorno zasoliti jo komu, napraviti komu, da bo pomnil
to be up to snuff figurativno, pogovorno biti prebrisan, poznati vse zvijače
to take snuff njuhati, nosljati tobak

2. neprehodni glagol
vohati, obvohavati (at kaj)
figurativno prezirljivo vihati nos (at nad)
njuhati, nosljati tobak; smrkati
prehodni glagol
smrkniti, vdihati (kaj) skozi nos; povohati, poduhati
figurativno vohati, slutiti (kaj)

to snuff it spoznati (spregledati) prevaro

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

socket [sɔ́kit]

1. samostalnik
votlinica, luknja (npr. v svečniku za svečo)
medicina sklepna ponvica, jamica; očesna jamica; okov (žarnice)
elektrika vtikalna doza
tehnično obojka, flanša

socket of teeth zobna jamica
eye socket očesna jamica
socket-joint medicina, tehnično óblasti sklep
ball and socket joint univerzalni sklep (ki se premika na vse strani)
you have almost pulled my arm out of its socket skoraj si mi izpahnil roko

2. prehodni glagol
vtakniti v obojko ali v vtikalno dozo

sort² [sɔ:t] samostalnik
vrsta, sorta, kategorija, razred; kakovost; način; število
tisk garnitura črk
množina razpoloženje

a sort of neke vrste, nekak
after a sort, in a sort nekako, v neki meri
in any sort kakorkoli
in some sort do neke mere, nekako
out of sorts pogovorno čemeren, ne v redu, bolan
of all sorts vseh vrst, vsake vrste
of a sort, of sorts slabe vrste
a dog of sorts nekak pes
a lawyer of a sort odvetnik, vsaj po imenu
nothing of the sort nič takega
people of every sort and kind vse mogoči ljudje
that sort of thing nekaj temu podobnega
he is a good sort on je dobričina
he is my sort on je moje vrste, on je tak kot jaz
they are a nice sort prijetni ljudje so
to be out of sorts biti slabe volje
he put me out of sorts spravil me je v slabo voljo
I sort of expected it to sem nekako pričakoval
I sort of remember it tega se nekako spominjam

spectacle [spéktəkl] samostalnik
gledališka igra, igrokaz; (nenavaden) prizor, pogled
množina očala (tudi figurativno)

a dreadful spectacle strašen, grozen prizor
to look through rose-coloured spectacles figurativno gledati z rožnatimi očali videti vse v rožnatih barvah, v najlepši luči
to make a spectacle of o.s. razkazovati se; nuditi smešen prizor

speed^*2 [spi:d]

1. prehodni glagol
drviti, goniti, pognati (konja); naganjati, priganjati (koga); hitro (kaj) opraviti, pohiteti (s čim), pospešiti, dati (čemu) večjo hitrost
zastarelo sprožiti (strelico); odposlati, (hitro) odsloviti (posloviti se od)
arhaično pomagati (komu), želeti srečo

2. neprehodni glagol
hiteti, drveti, hitro iti, leteti
avtomobilizem voziti z veliko hitrostjo
zastarelo uspevati, napredovati, biti uspešen ali srečen, imeti srečo

to speed an arrow izstreliti (sprožiti) strelico
the devil speed him! vrag ga vzemi!
God speed you! bog z vami!
to speed the parting guest zaželeti vse dobro odhajajočemu gostu
he sped well arhaično dobro jo je zvozil
to speed away odbrzeti, odhiteti
he sped away like an arrow odbrzel je kot strelica
to speed down zmanjšati hitrost (čemu), zavreti (kaj)
to speed up povečati hitrost (čemu)
to be fined for speeding biti kaznovan zaradi prevelike hitrosti, prehitre vožnje