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situíran situated

dobro situíran (figurativno) well-to-do, well-off; comfortably off; pogovorno on easy street

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?

skin² [skin] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
dati iz kože, odreti; odrgniti, oguliti si kožo; olupiti
sleng odreti, prevarati, oslepariti, izropati
ameriško, pogovorno prekositi
pogovorno sleči tesno obleko; prekriti s kožo (over)

to skin alive živega iz kože dati, figurativno popolnoma potolči, premagati
to skin a flint figurativno zelo skopariti, biti zelo skopuški (stiskaški) v vsem
to skin a rabbit odreti kunca
keep your eyes skinned dobro pazite! odprite oči!
to skin over zaceliti se (o rani)

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?

slàb (moralno) bad, evil

precéj slàb baddish; (šibak, slaboten) weak, feeble, frail, faint; (zdravje) delicate; poor, infirm, shaken
slàbi časi hard times pl
slàb človek a wicked man
na slàbem glasu of bad repute
slàb izgovor, slàbo opravičilo a poor (ali thin) excuse
slàba kakovost inferior quality
slàba kupčija bad bargain
slàbi obeti bad outlook, poor prospects pl
slàba obleka poor dress
slàba prodaja poor sale
slàbo pivo weak beer
slàb, kratek spomin short memory
slàb pulz slow pulse
slàb strelec a poor shot
slàba tolažba poor comfort
slàba točka (stran) weak point, foible
slàba volja bad temper
slàba vidljivost poor visibility
slàb uspeh poor success
slàbo znanje smattering, superficial knowledge
slàbo zdravje poor health
slàb zrak foul air
slàbo vreme bad (ali nasty, adverse) weather
biti slàbe volje to be ill-humoured, to be in a bad temper
biti na slàbem glasu to have a bad name
on je na slabšem pri tem he has the worst of it
v matematiki sem zelo slàb I am very poor at mathematics
ona ima slàb (šibak) glas she has a feeble voice
on ima slàb spomin he has a poor memory, pogovorno he has a memory like a sieve
držati s kom (biti zvest komu) v dobrem in slàbem to stick to someone through thick and thin
to ni slàba misel that's not a bad idea
ta banka stoji baje na slàbih nogah (figurativno) that bank is said to be in a weak state
v tem ne vidim nič slàbega I see no harm (ali nothing wrong) in that
živeti v slàbih razmerah to live in straitened circumstances
naj pride dobro ali slàbo arhaično come weal or woe

sleeper [slí:pə] samostalnik
spalec, -lka
figurativno umrli, pokojnik; žival, ki prespi zimo
trgovina neaktiven družabnik
železnica železniški prag
pogovorno spalni voz
ameriško, sleng nepričakovan uspeh

I am a light sleeper jaz imam rahlo spanje
to be a good sleeper imeti dobro, mirno spanje

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

smart¹ [sma:t]

1. pridevnik
ostroumen, bister, razumen, duhovit, iznajdljiv, prebrisan, zvit, pretkan
figurativno piker, jedek, zajedljiv (opazka), odrezav (odgovor); oster (bolečina), pekoč, hud (udarec); močan, energičen; spreten, okreten, sposoben; živahen, krepak, svež; eleganten, čeden, okusen, po modi, moden; urejen; imeniten, načičkan, gizdalinski
pogovorno precejšen, velik

a smart bargainer prebrisan poslovni človek
a smart bout of toothache zelo hud zobobol
a smart box on the ear krepka zaušnica
smart dealing nepošten postopek (poslovanje)
a smart few precejšnje število
smart people elegantni svet, ljudje
a smart retort hiter in duhoviti, odrezav odgovor
a smart salesman dober (iznajdljiv, sposoben, aktiven) prodajalec
the smart set elegantna, modna družba
smart sensation občutek bolečine
to go at a smart pace urnih korakov iti
look smart! zbudi(te) se!
she looks very smart ona je videti zelo elegantna
to make a smart job of it dobro kaj opraviti (izpeljati, izvesti)

2. prislov
(redko) pametno; lepó, čedno; močnó, silno

she is smart dressed čedno (elegantno) je oblečena

3. samostalnik
ostra, žgoča, pekoča bolečina; žalost, skrb, tesnoba, potrtost, grenkoba; gorje, trpljenje

smoke² [smóuk] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
kaditi (tobak, pipo itd.); kaditi se, dimiti (se) (with od)
čaditi (se), okaditi (se); pariti (se); završeti
zastarelo slutiti, domnevati; sušiti v dimu, prekajevati, prekaditi, dati okus po dimu; pregnati (razkužiti, uničiti) z dimom
britanska angleščina, zastarelo drážiti, nagajati, imeti za norca (koga)

smoked glasses sajasta (temna) očala (za gledanje v sonce)
smoked ham prekajena gnjat
to smoke like chimney figurativno kaditi kot Turek, biti strasten kadilec
this cigar doesn't smoke well ta cigara se ne kadi dobro
I soon began to smoke that something was wrong kmalu sem zasumil, da nekaj ni v redu (da je nekaj narobe)
I was the first to smoke him figurativno meni se je najprej zbudil sum o njem; prvi sem ga spregledal
green wood smokes svež les se pari
to smoke green fly uničiti listno uš z dimom
I have not smoked for three years že tri leta ne kadim
he has smoked himself sick toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo
the lamp smokes the ceiling svetilka čadi strop
to smoke a plot slutiti (vohati) zaroto
put that in your pipe and smoke it figurativno tu imaš nekaj, o čemer lahko razmišljaš
this rice is smoked ta riž diši po dimu

smooth¹ [smu:ð]

1. pridevnik
gladek; raven; miren; mehek voljan; enakomeren; prijeten; zvožen, obrabljen, gladek (pnevmatika); eleganten, zanosen (glasba); izbrušen, tekoč (govor); gladek kot jegulja, jeguljast, prilizljiv, dobrikav, hinavski; mil, blag (vino)
tehnično brez trenja, gladek
jezikoslovje brez aspiracije

smooth chin gladka (obrita) brada
smooth driving mirno šofiranje
a smooth face hinavsko prijazen obraz
smooth hair gladki lasje
smooth sea gladko, mirno morje
a smooth surface gladka površina
smooth tire casing zvožena, gladka pnevmatika (plašč)
a smooth verse tekoč stih
I am now in smooth water figurativno zmogel sem to, uspelo mi je, sedaj sem dober
to make things smooth for s.o. zravnati, utreti komu pot
the way is now smooth figurativno sedaj je pot prosta

2. prislov
gladko; ravno; mirno, brez zatikanja, brez težav

3. samostalnik
gladkost, pogladitev
figurativno ugodna stran (česa)

to give a smooth to the hair pogladiti si lase (s ščetko)
to take the rough with the smooth enako sprejemati dobro in slabo v življenju

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!

soonest [sú:nist] prislov
najprej; najhitreje; najrajši

at the soonest čim prej, kar najprej, čim hitreje možno, kar najhitreje
least said soonest mended preveč govoriti ni dobro; čim manj besed, tem prej se bo stvar poravnala
which would you soonest lose, an eye or a leg? kaj bi rajši izgubili, oko ali nogo?

sort³ [sɔ:t] prehodni glagol
razvrstiti, razporediti, sortirati, kategorizirati; oddeliti, izločiti, izbrati
neprehodni glagol
skladati se, ujemati se, harmonirati; družiti se (z), povezati se (z)

to sort well (ill) dobro (slabo) se skladati
to sort with thieves družiti se s tatovi
to sort out razvrstiti, izbrati, odbrati, oddeliti

spánje sleep; (mirno) slumber

v spánju in one's sleep
kratko spánje brief sleep, nap, snooze, pogovorno forty winks
nemirno spánje restless sleep, broken (ali troubled) sleep
moteno, prekinjeno spánje broken sleep
rahlo (trdno, globoko, zdravo) spánje light (sound) sleep
globoko spánje deep sleep
prvo, osvežujoče spánje (pred polnočjo) beauty sleep
peturno spánje five hours' sleep
večno spánje the last sleep, the sleep that knows no waking
zimsko spánje winter sleep, hibernation
pomanjkanje spánja lack (ali want) of sleep
noč brez spánja sleepless night
spánje pravičnega the sleep of the just
govoriti v spánju to talk in one's sleep
hoditi v spánju to walk in one's sleep, to sleepwalk
imeti rahlo spánje to be a light sleeper
imeti trdno, dobro, zdravo spánje to be a good, a sound sleeper
hliniti spánje to pretend to be asleep
pasti v globoko spánje to fall into a profound sleep
pogrezniti se v mirno spánje to fall into a peaceful slumber
planiti iz spánja to start out of one's sleep, to wake up with a start
prebiti noč brez spánja to have a sleepless (ali a wakeful) night
spati v globokem spánju to be fast asleep, (pogovorno) to sleep like a log
spati svoje poslednje spánje to sleep one's last sleep

spáti to sleep, to be asleep, to lie asleep; pogovorno to kip; to lie dormant

spáti oblečen to sleep with one's clothes on
spáti po obedu to have (ali to take) a nap, to have one's forty winks
dobro (slabo) spáti to sleep well (badly, poorly)
spáti doma (zunaj) to sleep in (out)
spáti pod milim nebom, na prostem to sleep in the open air
spáti polnih 12 (ali 24) ur to sleep the clock round
spáti zimsko spanje to hibernate
spáti spanje pravičnega to sleep the sleep of the just
trdno spáti to be fast (ali sound) asleep, to sleep very soundly
spáti nepretrgano do 7. ure zjutraj to sleep right through (ali without a break) until seven in the morning
predolgo spáti (= »zaspati«) to oversleep
spáti kot ubit, kot polh to sleep like a log (ali like a top, like a dormouse)
iti spat to go to bed, to lie down to sleep, (otroški govor) to go to bye-byes; to retire
to mi ne da spáti it keeps me awake at night
nisem mogel spáti I hardly slept a wink
hoditi zgodaj spat to retire early
ne spáti (biti buden, figurativno) to be watchful (ali vigilant), to be on the alert
bom toliko bolje spal zaradi tega I will sleep the sounder for it
zadeva spi (figurativno) the matter (ali affair) has been pigeon-holed
vso noč nisem spal I did not sleep a wink last night
kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

speed¹ [spi:d] samostalnik
hitrost, brzina, naglica, hitrica; tek (motorja)
tehnično prestava (prva, druga itd.)
zastarelo uspeh, (dobra) sreča

at full speed, with all speed s polno brzino
good speed! veliko uspeha (sreče)!
speed limit največja dovoljena hitrost
a three-speed bicycle bicikel s tremi prestavami
to make speed hiteti
send me good speed! voščite mi dobro srečo!
more haste, less speed figurativno počasi se daleč pride; hiti počasi!

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

spirit¹ [spírit] samostalnik
duh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona)
figurativno polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija
figurativno življenjska moč, volja
figurativno gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja)
množina razpoloženje; veter, sapica

in (the) spirit v duhu
out of spirits potrt, deprimiran
absent in body, but present in spirit telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisoten
animal spirit življenjska moč
astral spirits duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdami
familiar spirits duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijo
great spirits véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)
high spirits dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselost
the Holy Spirit cerkev sv. duh
low spirits potrtost, deprimiranost
a master-spirit človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenje
a mischievous spirit hudoben škrat
a man of a domineering spirit mož zapovedovalnega značaja
peace to his departed spirit mir njegovi duši
the poor in spirit ubogi na duhu, ponižni
poor spirits pobitost, potrtost
public spirit smisel za javni blagor
unbending spirit neupogljiv duh (značaj)
the spirit of the law duh zakona
to be in poor (low) spirits biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)
he is the driving spirit of the undertaking on je duša podjetja
to call up a spirit klicati duhá
our spirits go up (rise) naša morala se dviga
he has the spirit of a lion on ima levji pogum
to keep up one's spirits ne izgubiti poguma