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stone¹ [stóun]

1. samostalnik
kamen; drag kamen; koščica (sadja), peška; zrno toče
medicina (ledvični, žolčni, v mehurju) kamen; utežna mera (14 funtov, 6,35 kg); (spominski, mejni, nagrobni) kamen; brus, osla; mlinski kamen
množina, vulgarno modo

a stone of cheese 7,26 kg sira
a stone of meat (fish) 3,63 kg mesa (rib)
stone's throw (cast) daljava, do katere se lahko vrže kamen; lučaj, domet kamna; majhna oddaljenost
artificial stone cement
Cornish stone kaolin
gall stone medicina žolčni kamen
grave stone nagrobni kamen
grind stone mlinski kamen
hearth stone kamnito podnožje ognjišča
holy stone mehak peščenec za čiščenje palube
meteoric stone meteorit
mile stone miljnik; mejnik
paving stone tlakovalna kocka
philosophers' stone kamen modrih
precious stone dragulj
rocking stone majav kamen
rolling stone valeč se kamen, figurativno nestanoviten človek
the Stone Age kamena doba
shower of stones ploha, dež kamenja
stocks and stones nežive stvari
to break stones tolči, drobiti, razbijati kamenje
to cast (to throw) stones at s.o. obmetavati koga s kamenjem, figurativno zmerjati, sramotiti, grajati, obrekovati koga
stones will cry out figurativno krivica, ki vpije v nebo
to be cut for the stone biti operiran zaradi (žolčnega, ledvičnega itd.) kamna
some of the stones were the size of a pigeon's egg nekaj zrn toče je bilo velikosti golobjega jajca
to give a stone and a beating šport, pogovorno z lahkoto premagati
a rolling stone gathers no moss figurativno goste službe, redke suknje
to give a stone for bread figurativno posmehovati se, namesto da bi pomagali; nuditi nesprejemljivo pomoč
to harden into stone okamneti (tudi figurativno)
to kill two birds with one stone ubiti dve muhi z enim udarcem
not to leave a stone standing ne pustiti kamna na kamnu
to leave no stone unturned figurativno vse poskušati, vse možno napraviti
those who live in glass-houses should not throw stones naj ne grajajo tisti, ki sami niso brez graje; kdor druge kritizira, se sam izpostavlja kritiziranju
to mark with a white stone z belo kredo (v dimniku) zapisati, obeležiti (dan) kot važen (slavnosten, prazničen)

2. pridevnik
kamnit; lončen

stone mug lončen vrček

street [stri:t]

1. samostalnik
ulica, cesta
zastarelo deželna cesta; vozišče, cestišče; ljudje na cesti ali prebivalci določene ulice

across the street čez cesto (ulico)
in (ameriško on) the street na ulici (cesti)
the street glavna (poslovna) ulica
streets ahead, streets better figurativno, pogovorno daleč boljši (močnejši)
not in the same street with figurativno, pogovorno neprimerno slabši, ki se ne da primerjati z; (borza) zaključen po zaprtju borze
man in the street človek z ulice, poprečen, navaden človck
side street stranska ulica
woman of the streets pocestnica, prostitutka
this is not up my street pogovorno to se me ne tiče; to ni zame, to mi ne leži
to go on the streets figurativno iti na cesto, postati prostitutka
to have the key of the street biti na cesti, biti brezdomec
to live in the street biti stalno na poti, nikoli ne biti doma
the window looks on the street okno gleda (je obrnjeno) na ulico
to walk the streets figurativno biti pocestnica, prostitutka
don't walk in the street! ne hodi po vozišču (cestišču)!
to turn s.o. out into the street postaviti koga na cesto, vreči koga iz stanovanja

2. pridevnik
uličen, cesten

street lighting cestna razsvetljava
street porter postrešček
street sale prodaja na cesti (ulici); (borza) kratkoročen, v prostem prometu, poborzni

stripe [stráip]

1. samostalnik
(barvasta) proga, trak; plast
vojska barvni obšivek, trak na kapi, na uniformi
ameriško, figurativno vrsta, sorta
zastarelo udarec z bičem
množina bičanje, šibanje
množina, britanska angleščina, pogovorno tiger

a man of quite a different stripe človek čisto različnega kova
Stars and Stripes zastava ZDA; ameriška narodna himna
zebra's stripes zebrine proge
to get (to lose) one's stripes dobiti (izgubiti) čin, napredovati, biti povišan (degradiran)

2. prehodni glagol
okrasiti s progami, progasto pobarvati; razdeliti na dolge ozke kose; (redko) tepsti, bičati, šibati

stuff¹ [stʌf] samostalnik
snov; material, masa; surovina; predmet, stvar; gradivo, snov; hrana, pijača; (volneno) blago, sukno, tkanina; roba
domačno lek, zdravilo, zdravila; nič vredna stvar, izmeček; stavbni les; nadev (za pečenko); (časnikarstvo) rokopis, (časopisni) članek
figurativno sposobnost, zmožnost, (dobra) lastnost
figurativno nesmisel, neumnost, bedastoča

the stuff pogovorno gotovina; tisto, kar je pravo
stuff and nonsense! kakšen nesmisel!
doctor's stuff zdravilo
food stuff živila, proviant
garden stuff, green stuff zelenjava, povrtnina
household stuff zastarelo hišna posoda, pohištvo
inch stuff eno colo debele deske
thick stuff nad štiri cole debele deske
hot stuff sleng duhovit (energičen, spreten, pripraven) človek; opolzka knjiga ali gledališka igra
none of your stuff! nehaj že s svojimi neumnostmi!
silk stuff svilena tkanina
this book is sorry stuff ta knjiga ni počenega groša vredna (je za v koš)
don't talk such a stuff! ne govori takih bedastoč!
to know one's stuff pogovorno spoznati se (na svoje stvari)
do your stuff! pokaži, kaj znaš!
he has written some first-rate stuff napisal je nekaj prvovrstnih stvari
that is the stuff to give him figurativno tako je treba z njim govoriti (ravnati)

substance [sʌ́bstəns] samostalnik
snov, materija, substanca, masa
filozofija bit; stvarnost, realnost, resničnost; vsebina, téma, predmet (knjige itd.); jedro, bistvo, prava vrednost; odločilnost, merodajnost; premoženje, imetje

in substance v bistvu
the substance of the essay predmet eseja
arguments of little substance malo odločilni argumenti
a man of substance premožen, bogat človek
to take the shadow for the substance vzeti senco za realnost
to waste one's substance zapravljati svoje premoženje, biti razsipen

svét¹ world; (zemlja) earth, globe; (vsemirje) the universe

na svétu in the world
na tem svétu in this world, in this life, here below
po celem (vsem) svétu all over the world, the whole world over
na koncu svéta (figurativno) at the back of beyond
(ki je) daleč od svéta remote, out of the world, secluded
širom svéta throughout the wide world, all over the world
ves svét the whole world
za ves svét ne, za nič na svét u ne not for all the world, not for worlds, not for anything in the world, for nothing in the world
do konca svéta to the ends of the earth
Novi svét the New World
Stari svét the Old World
Tretji svét politika the Third World
oni svét (figurativno) the next life, the other world, the world to come
od svéta odrezan kraj the back of beyond
stavbni svét building site
učeni svét (figurativno) the world of learning
športni svét (figurativno) the sporting world
rastlinski svét the vegetable world
živalski svét the animal world
začetek svéta the beginning of the world
konec svéta the end of the world
podzemeljski svét underworld
širni svét the wide world
današnji svét the modern world
odkar sem na svétu since I was born
to je na drugem koncu svéta it's on the other side of the globe, it's at the back of beyond
to je narobe svét! (figurativno) that's making water flow uphill!
on je najboljši človek na svétu he's the best man alive, you won't find a better man living than him (knjižno than he)
ona mi je (= pomeni) vse na svétu she is all the world to me
tako je (pač) na svétu that's the way of the world
za nič na svétu ne bi tega naredil I would not do it for all the world
odreči se svétu to forsake the world
šel bi z njo do konca svéta I'd follow her to the ends of the earth
poslati koga na oni svét (žargon) to send someone to kingdom-come
priti na svét to come into the world, to be born, to be brought into the world
on malo pozna svét he knows little of the world
prinesti, spraviti na svét to bring into the world, to give birth (to)
spraviti koga s svéta to do away with someone, to put someone out of the way, to kill someone, (pogovorno) to dispatch someone
videl je mnogo svéta he is a widely travelled man, he is a great traveller, he is a globe-trotter
zagledati luč svéta to see the light, to be born, to be brought into the world
živeti odmaknjen(o) od svéta to live cut off from the world
objadral je ves svét he has sailed the seven seas

swing^*2 [swiŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
nihati, zibati se, gugati se, guncati se, pozibavati se
figurativno biti odvisen (from od)
viseti, bingljati; biti obešen na vislice; obračati se, vrteti se
navtika obračati se okoli sidra ali boje; gibati se v krivulji, zavijati; hoditi hitro, z dolgimi koraki in z elanom

2. prehodni glagol
zamahniti, mahati z, vihteti; zibati, gugati, pustiti nihati; obesiti; obračati na vse strani; meriti (čas) z nihaji; bingljati z; z zamahom dvigniti kvišku (on, to na)
ameriško vplivati na
ameriško uspešno izvesti
politika pridobiti si (volilce)

swing it! sleng prekleto!
to swing a bat (a sword, a lasso) vihteti gorjačo (meč, laso)
to swing one's arms mahati, otepati z rokami
to swing a child guncati otroka
the door swings on its hinges vrata se vrte na svojih tečajih
to swing a hammock obesiti visečo mrežo
to swing one's legs bingljati z nogami
to swing into line vojska formirati eno vrsto
to swing the lead navtika, sleng ogibati se dela, zabušavati, delati se bolnega
to swing into motion priti v tek, v zamah
to swing round the circle ameriško večkrat spremeniti svoje mnenje; politika, ameriško obiskati volilna okrožja
he shall swing for it za to bo visel, bo obešen
the shutter swung to and fro in the wind veter je oknico obračal sem in tja
he swung when I shouted obrnil se je, ko sem zavpil
he swung out of the room z dolgimi, brzimi, prožnimi koraki je odšel iz sobe
the trees were swinging in the wind drevesa so se pozibavala v vetru
there is not room enough to swing a cat figurativno niti toliko ni prostora, da bi se človek obrnil

štórast (neroden) fumbling, awkward; bearish, clumsy; cloddish

štórast človek awkward (ali clumsy) fellow

študírati to study

on študira pravo he is studying for the bar, he is reading law
študírati vlogo to study a part
študiran človek an educated man

takó prislov so, like this, like that, thus, in this way, in such a manner

takó takó so-so, so so, fairly well, tolerably
takó ali takó in one way or other, this way or that (way)
prav takó likewise
točno takó! just so!, quite so!
zakaj takó? why so?
kaj takega! of all things!
ah, takó! oh, I see!, so that's it!
ne takó kot not so... as
takó da... so that...
takó velik kot... as big as...
takó malo? as little as that?
takó imenovan so-called
takó rekoč so to speak, so to say, as it were
kakor ti meni, takó jaz tebi pogovorno if you play ball with me, I'll play ball with you
in takó dalje and so on, etc (= et cetera, etcetera), and so forth
nikoli poprej takó koristen kot sedaj never before as (ali so) useful as now
takó bogat človek such a rich man, a man so rich
takó je! (popolnoma točno!) exactly!, quite so!, just so!
je to takó? (je to res?) is that so?
takó mi bog pomagaj! so help me God!
če je to takó if that be the case
takó je na svetu so goes it
bodite takó dobri in odprite okno! be so kind as to open the window!
takó mi delamo that is our way of doing things
stori takó kot jaz! do as I do!
takó ne bo šlo! that won't do!
takó se je končalo moje potovanje thus ended my journey
nisem takó mislil I didn't mean that, that's not what I meant
zadeva je takó rekoč urejena the matter is as good as settled
dolgočasil nas je takó, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili he annoyed us so much (that) we never asked him again
kakor si boš postlal, takó boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie!

talker [tɔ́:kə] samostalnik
govorec, oseba, ki govori, govornik; kramljavec, brbljavec

a good talker zabaven človek

tánek -nka, -o thin; tenuous; (vitek) slim, slender

tánko črevo small intestine
tánki dohodki modest income
človek s tánkimi dohodki a man of modest means
tánek, -nka, -o stas slender waist
tánko preden thinspun
tánka hrana slender diet
na tánkem ledu (figurativno) on thin ice
tánka mu prede (figurativno) he is badly off, he has a thin time

taste¹ [téist] samostalnik
okus (čut, lastnost); pokušanje (jedi); pokušnja; košček (of česa)
zalogaj; požirek, kapljica; priokus; umetniški okus; takt; smer okusa, moda; nagnjenje, posebna ljubezen (for za)
zastarelo užitek

a taste malce, nekoliko
out of taste, in bad taste neokusen
not to my taste ne po mojem okusu
bad taste netaktnost
a remark in bad taste netaktna opazka
a taste of garlic okus po česnu
a man of taste človek dobrega okusa
tastes differ okusi so različni
it is the taste now to je zdaj moda
there is no accounting for tastes vsakdo ima svoj okus
it is a matter of taste (to) je stvar okusa
there was a taste of sadness in his remark v njegovi opazki je bil priokus (sled) žalosti
to leave a bad taste in the mouth (zlasti figurativno) pustiti slab okus
to take a taste of s.th. poskusiti grižljaj česa

tell^* [tel]

1. prehodni glagol
povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti
parlament šteti (glasove)

all told (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj
tell me another! sleng tega mi ne boš natvezel!
I was told (so) rekli so mi (tako)
I'll tell you what nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)
I'll tell you the world ameriško o tem sem prepričan
I can tell you zagotavljam vam
I cannot tell him from his brother ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata
to tell s.th. abroad pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj
to tell fortunes from cards vedeževati iz kart
to tell one's money ameriško šteti svoj denar
to tell one's beads religija moliti rožni venec
to tell one's name povedati svoje ime
to tell the news naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico
to tell a lie (ali lies) lagati
to tell the reason navesti razlog
to tell the tale pogovorno pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)
to tell tales zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti
to tell the truth povedati resnico
to tell the votes politika šteti glasove
he told him to go rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre
he can be told by his hat lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku
never tell me! ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!
the clock tells the time ura kaže čas
this tells its own tale to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno
we were told to get up rekli so nam, naj vstanemo
you're telling me! sleng tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!

2. neprehodni glagol
pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati (about o)
spoznati, vedeti (by po)
imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati
pogovorno izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell kolikor mi vemo
who can tell kdo ve
how can you tell? kako morete to vedeti?
you never can tell človek nikoli ne ve
every shot tells vsak strel pogodi
her tears tell of her grief njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino
to tell on (ali of) s.o. izdati, zatožiti koga
don't tell on me ne izdaj(te) me!
the hard work began to tell on her težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej
that tells against you to govori proti tebi

teló body; frame; constitution; (oseb) corporation, corporate body

mrtvo teló (truplo) corpse
nebesno teló heavenly body
krepko, močno teló strong body
lepo zgrajeno teló a well-knit body
močnega telesa, močan po telesu strong-bodied, ablebodied
človek krepkega telesa a well-built fellow
trdno (tekoče, plinasto) teló solid (liquid, gaseous) body
Rešnje teló religija the body of Our Lord, Corpus Christi, (praznik) Corpus Christi
tuje teló foreign body
zakonodajno teló legislative body
biti vdan komu z dušo in telesom to be devoted body and soul to someone
drgetati po vsem telesu to tremble all over
predstavniško teló representative body

that² [ðæt, ðət] oziralni zaimek (množina that)

1.
ki; kateri, -a, -o; ki ga, ki jo, ki jih; katere, katera

2.
kar

all that everything that vse, kar
the best that najboljše, kar
much that mnogo (tega), kar
nothing that nič, kar
no one that nihče, ki
the book that I sent you knjiga, ki sem ti jo poslal; ki
the man that bought the house (tisti) človek, ki je kupil hišo
the lady that he is acquainted with gospa, s katero se pozna
it is the ideas that matter ideje so važne
the fool that he is! takšen bedak!
grboslovje husband that is to be njen bodoči mož (soprog)
Mrs. Black, Miss Brown that was pogovorno gospa Black, rojena Brown
Mrs. Jones that is sedanja gospa Jones
for the reason that iz razloga, zaradi katerega
the day (that) I met him na dan, na katerega (ko) sem se seznanil z njim

think^* [ɵiŋk]

1. prehodni glagol
misliti (kaj); premišljati; izmisliti; predstavljati si, zamisliti si (kaj); snovati, naklepati, nameravati, kaniti; pomisliti; smatrati, soditi, ceniti, pretehtati, verjeti; imeti za; imeti pred očmi

2. neprehodni glagol
misliti, umovati, razmišljati, premišljevati, mozgati; pomisliti, predstavljati si; verjeti, biti mišljenja, biti mnenja; priti do zaključkov, soditi

I think so mislim, da (odgovor na vprašanje)
I think it best to go now smatram, da je najbolje, če (da) grem zdaj
I should think so mislim, da; rekel bi (da je) tako; vsekakor, (to je) jasno
I could not bear to think what might happen misel, kaj bi se moglo zgoditi, mi je bila neznosna
I think him (he is thought) to be a poet imam ga (imajo ga) za pesnika
he thinks the lecture interesting predavanje smatra za zanimivo
he talks and thinks airplanes samó letala mu gredo (rojé) po glavi
he will think himself silly od samega premišljevanja se mu bo zmešalo
only think! samo pomisli! samo predstavljaj si!
you are a model of tact, I don't think! sleng (ironično) ti si pa res vzor obzirnosti!
to think aloud, to think out loud glasno misliti
to think to o.s. misliti pri sebi
to think better of premisliti si; imeti ugodnejše mnenje o
to think o.s. clever imeti se za pametnega
to think fit (good) to smatrati za primerno (ustrezno), dobro za
to think littie of ne mnogo ceniti, ne spoštovati
to think much of zelo ceniti, spoštovati
to think no harm nič hudega ne misliti, ne imeti slabih namenov
to think no small beer of zelo ceniti, imeti zelo visoko (ugodno) mnenje o
to think nothing of podcenjevati, prezirati
to think scorn of prezirati
to think twice dvakrat (dobro prej) premisliti
to think of his not guessing that! komaj bi človek verjel, da on tega ni slutil!
think away prehodni glagol odmisliti

thirsty [ɵɔ́:sti] pridevnik (thirstily prislov)
žejen; izsušen, suh
pogovorno ki povzroča žejo, žejajoč
figurativno pohlepen, lakomen (for, after česa)

a thirsty man človek, ki rad pije
a thirsty work delo, ki užeja
to be (to feel) thirsty biti žejen
to be thirsty for s.th. hlepeti po čem

timber [tímb]

1. samostalnik
stavbni les; hlod, bruno
množina debla, drevje, stebla; gozd
ameriško, figurativno les, snov, kaliber, kov
lov ovira, ograda, ograja
množina, mornarica ogrodje, rebra (ladje)

a man of his timber človek njegovega kova

2. prehodni glagol
tesati; graditi
mineralogija podpreti z lesom; opažiti, obiti z lesom

3. pridevnik
lesen

timber forest visok gozd
timber trade lesna trgovina
timber work tramovje, gredje

togôten choleric; boiling with rage; swift to anger; wrathful, ZDA pogovorno wrathy

togôten človek person of choleric temper