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sèn (sanje) dream; (spanje) sleep; slumber

miren (nemiren) sèn undisturbed (troubled, disturbed) sleep
trden sèn sound sleep
on hodi v snu he walks in his sleep; he is a sleepwalker (ali a somnambulist)
zazibati v sèn to lull to sleep
zbuditi iz sna to rouse (from sleep)

sénca (hlad) shade, pesniško arhaično umbrage; (predmeta, osebe) shadow

niti sénce dvoma not a shadow of a doubt
vlada v sénci (figurativno) shadow cabinet
on je le (še) sénca samega sebe he is a mere shadow of his former self, he is worn to a shadow, he is reduced to a skeleton (ali to a shadow)
iti v sénco to go into the shade
sedeti v sénci to sit in the shade
boji se lastne sénce he is afraid of his own shadow
dajati sénco to give (ali to afford) shade
izginiti kot sénca to vanish like a shadow
delaš mi sénco you are in my light, you are standing in my light, humoristično you'd make a better door than a window
sonce meče sénce the sun casts shadows
metati, vreči sénco na to cast a shadow on, (zasenčiti) to overshadow, to outshine
to meče sénco nanj (figurativno) this puts him in a poor light, this reflects discredit on him
slediti komu kot sénca to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to be someone's shadow, to follow someone like a shadow

sénčen sénčnat shady; shadowy

sénčno drevo a shady tree
sénčna pot avenue, tree-lined walk, path shaded by trees
sénčna igra shadow play
sénčna stran shady (ali dark) side, (figurativno) drawback, seamy side
le ena sénčna stran je pri tem (figurativno) there's only one fly in the ointment

sénčiti to shade, to cast a shade; (črtkati) to hatch

sénčiti se to sit (oziroma to lie) in the shade

seník hayloft, hay shed, hay barn

iskati šivanko v seníku (figurativno) to look for a needle in a haystack (ali in a bundle of hay)

sense¹ [sens] samostalnik
čut, čutilo, občutek, čustvo; (zdrava) pamet, (zdrav) razum; smisel, pomen; sodba, mnenje; uvidevnost
množina razumnost, pametnost; bistrost; splošno naziranje ali mnenje

in (out of) one's senses (ne) pri zdravi pameti
against common sense proti zdravi pameti
the five senses petero čutov
the sense of hearing čut sluha, sluh
sense of duty (responsibility) čut dolžnosti (odgovornosti)
sense of pain občutek bolečine
a sense of wrong občutek (sebi prizadete) krivice
common (good, sound) sense zdrava pamet, zdrav razum
a man of sense pameten človek
any man in his sense vsak pameten človek
in every sense v vsakem pogledu
in a sense v nekem pogledu, nekako
literal (figurative, proper) sense of a word dobesedni (preneseni, pravi) pomen (neke) besede
be a man of sense! bodi no pameten!
she is not in her right senses ona ni čisto pri pravi pameti
are you out of your senses? si ob pamet?, si znorel?
we must bring him to his senses moramo ga spametovati
to come to one's senses priti k pameti, spametovati se; zavedati se
she was frightened (scared) out of her senses bila je vsa iz sebe (ponorela je) od strahu
he has no sense of humour on nima smisla za humor
I have no sense of locality nimam občutka za orientacijo
she had not the sense to turn off the gas ni ji prišlo na pamet, da bi zaprla plin
to lose (to take leave of) one's senses izgubiti pamet
to make sense of s.th. dati čemu smisel, razumeti kaj
it does not make sense (to) nima nobenega smisla, to je nerazumljivo
he'll need all his senses potreboval bo vso svojo pamet
to recover one's senses priti spet k pameti, spet se zavedeti
it stands to sense čisto jasno je
have you taken leave of your senses? si ob pamet? si znorel?
talk sense! govori pametno!

separate¹ [séprit]

1. pridevnik
oddeljen, oddvojen, ločen (from od)
izoliran; separaten, poseben; posamičen, posamezen

separate and common (corporate) ownership zasebna in družbena lastnina
separate confinement zapor v samici
separate maintenance pravno alimenti (ločeno živeče žene)
the separate members of the body posamezni udje telesa
the separate volumes of a book posamični zvezki knjige

2. samostalnik
tisk poseben odtis članka iz revije ali iz zbornika, separat
množina dvodelna obleka

separate² [sépəreit]

1. prehodni glagol
ločiti (from od)
oddeliti, razdeliti (into v)
razdružiti; odbrati, izolirati, centrifugirati (mleko); odpustiti iz vojaške službe
pravno (zakonsko) ločiti

separated from his wife ločen od (svoje) žene
to separate church and state ločiti cerkev in državo
to separate cream from milk posneti smetano z mleka

2. neprehodni glagol
ločiti se, oddeliti se, oddvojiti se, razdružiti se, odcepiti se; (zakonsko) se ločiti

before we separate preden se ločimo
to separate from a church izstopiti iz (neke) cerkve

separation [sepəréišən] samostalnik
ločitev, ločenost
pravno razveza (zakona), ločitev, ločeno življenje
matematika prerez

separation allowance doklada (dodatek) za ločeno življenje
separation from bed and board ločitev (ločenost) od postelje in mize
separation center vojska, ameriško odpustni center
separation of partnership razpust (trgovske) družbe
judicial separation pravno sodna ločitev (zakona)

sequel [sí:kwəl] samostalnik
nadaljevanje; posledica
arhaično zaključek, sklep

in the sequel v nadaljevanju, potem, kot se je pozneje izkazalo

sequence [sí:kwəns] samostalnik
zaporednost, nepretrgana vrsta (niz), vrstenje; posledica, učinek
glasba (karte) sekvenca
film scena

in sequence v zaporedju, po vrsti
a sequence at cards niz kart po vrednosti
the sequence of events zaporedje dogodkov
sequence of tenses slovnica zaporedje (sosledica) časov

sequestered [sikwéstəd] pridevnik
samoten, osamljen, izoliran, odročen, odmaknjen, zakoten

sequestered nook samoten kotiček, zakoten kraj
in some sequestered place v kakem samotnem, zakotnem kraju
to lead a sequestered life osamljeno, samotarsko živeti

sêrijski serial

sêrijsko izdelovanje serial manufacture
sêrijska proizvodnja mass production
sêrijski film (nadaljevanka) serial
sêrijsko prislov in series
sêrijsko proizvajati to produce in quantity, to mass-produce

serpentína bend, turn; (ostra) hairpin bend; (papir) streamer

pot se dviga v dolgih serpentínah v hrib the road winds uphill in a series of long hairpin bends, the road zigzags uphill

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)

set² [set] pridevnik
določen, odrejen (čas), ustaljen, predpisan; pravilen, konvencionalen; tog, nepremičen; stalen (o ceni)
ameriško trmast; premišljen, pripravljen (govor); zaseden (with z)
zavzet, (popolnoma) zaposlen, okupiran (on, upon s.th. s čim)

at the set day na določeni dan
set egg jajce z razvitim piščetom v lupini
set fair stalno lepo vreme
set form predpisan formular
set piece (gradbeni) oder, na katerem se delajo razne figure za ognjemet
set phrase ustaljen izraz (reklo, fraza)
set scene kulise, sestavljene iz bolj ali manj gotovih delov
set resolution trden sklep
set speech vnaprej pripravljen, naštudiran govor
set time dogovorjen (odrejen, določen) čas
close-set na gosto postavljen
hard-set v škripcih
people with set opinions ljudje z ustaljenimi nazori
well-set stasit, lepe rasti, postaven
well set up in wine dobro založen, oskrbljen z vinom
I am set on s.th. srčno si želim česa, mnogo mi je do česa, hlepim po čem
his teeth were set stiskal je zobe

set off prehodni glagol
poudariti; razločevati, okrasiti; privesti (pripraviti) do eksplozije; pripraviti do; kompenzirati (pomanjkljivost, izgubo); izravnati; oddeliti, ločiti od
neprehodni glagol
odpraviti se, kreniti, odhiteti
figurativno začeti

to be set off razločevati se med seboj; kontrastirati
to set s.o. off laughing spraviti koga v smeh
the assets set off the liabilities aktiva izravnavajo (kompenzirajo, krijejo) pasiva
they set off in a fit of laughter prasnili so v smeh

settle² [setl]

1. prehodni glagol
naseliti (koga), nastaniti, kolonizirati, stacionirati, namestiti; urediti; poravnati, plačati; pomiriti (koga); prepričati z argumenti; utišati; likvidirati (koga), ubiti; oskrbeti, oskrbovati; spraviti v red, urediti, izgladiti, poravnati (prepir); rešiti (vprašanje), razpršiti (sumničenja), urediti zadeve (zlasti pred smrtjo), prenesti, prepisati (to, on, upon na)
določiti (dediče), voliti; dogovoriti se (o čem), določiti; utrditi (cesto); prenesti, prepisati (on na)
(refleksivno) posvetiti se; predati se

2. neprehodni glagol
naseliti se (in America v Ameriki)
nastaniti se, ustanoviti si lasten dom, sesti (to k)
umiriti se, zbati se, ustaliti se (vreme); usesti se, potoniti; spustiti se (on na)
razbistriti se, očistiti se; odločiti se (upon za)
dogovoriti se, sporazumeti se, obračunati (with z)
pripravljati se (for za, na)

to settle the agitation pomiriti razburjenje
to settle an annuity on s.o. določiti komu rento (penzijo)
to settle the bill poravnati, plačati račun
will you settle for me? boš plačal zame?
to settle with one's creditors poravnati se z upniki
to settle a dispute poravnati spor
to settle s.o.'s doubts razpršiti komu dvome
it is as good as settled to je toliko kot dogovorjeno
we settled the old lady in her armchair posadili, namestili smo staro gospo v njen naslanjač
to settle one's mind pomiriti se; odločiti se
things will soon settle into order stvari se bodo kmalu uredile
to be settled in a place biti nastanjen, bivati v nekem kraju
to settle a price dogovoriti se o ceni, določiti ceno
that settles the question, that settles it s tem je stvar urejena, opravljena
he settled all his property on his children vse svoje premoženje je volil otrokom
they settled on selling odločili so se za prodajo
the weather is not settled yet vreme še ni ustaljeno
to settle accounts with s.o. (zlasti; figurativno ) obračunati s kom

settle down neprehodni glagol
usedati se, padati (usedlina, gošča); znajti se (in v)
vrniti se v vsakdanje življenje, (nikalno) ne se umiriti; posvetiti se, ponovno začeti (to kaj)
poročiti se; umiriti se (v nekem stanju)

to settle down on work resno se lotiti (oprijeti) dela
he settled down oženil se je, osnoval si je dom
he settled down in business posvetil se je trgovini

settle into neprehodni glagol
urediti se; postati

he will settle into a good husband umiril se bo in postal dober zakonski mož