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strán¹ side; (knjige ipd.) page; (bók) flank; (smer) direction

na levi (desni) stráni on the left (right) side
na obeh stráneh on either side
na tej (oni) stráni on this (that) side
na to (ono) strán to this (that) side, hither (thither), here (there)
od vseh stráni from everywhere, from all sides, from all quarters
od stráni (z boka) laterally
z moje stráni for my part, as for me
na eni stráni (figurativno) on the one hand
na drugi stráni on the other hand
na vse stráni in every direction
z vseh stráni on all sides, from all parts
s te (z one) stráni from this (that) side
naslovna strán title page
sprednja strán front, frontispiece
notranja (zunanja) strán inner (outer) side (ali face), the inside (the outside)
prava (neprava, narobe) strán right (wrong) side
prava (neprava) strán kovanca obverse (reverse), pogovorno heads (tails)
dobra (slaba) strán (figurativno) good (bad) point
močna strán (figurativno) strong point, forte
šibka strán (figurativno) weak point, foible, (senčna) drawback
strán neba point of the compass, cardinal point
svetla, sončna the bright, the sunny side (of something)
senčna strán the dark side, (figurativno) drawback, the seamy side
prva (oziroma zadnja) prazna strán flyleaf
južna strán south (ali sunny) side
prisojna strán sunny side
vetrna strán weather side
udarec od stráni side blow
držati se ob stráni (figurativno) to remain neutral, not to take sides, (figurativno) to sit on the fence
stati ob stráni (proč) to stand aloof from
dajati na strán (varčevati) to put by (ali on one side), to save
hodil je ob moji stráni he walked beside me
šel je v to strán he went in that direction
pet stráni manjka v knjigi there are five pages of the book missing
gledati koga po stráni to look at someone askance
napasti s stráni to attack on the flank
stvar ima svoje dobre in svoje slabe stráni the thing has its good as well as its bad aspects
pridobiti koga na svojo strán to win someone over, to bring someone to one's side
pustiti ob stráni to lay aside
preiti na drugo strán to change sides, (k drugi stranki) to go over to the other side
premotriti vprašanje z vseh stráni to view a question from all sides
preskočiti strán (pri branju) to skip a page
prinesti kaj (v časopisu) na prvi stráni ZDA to front-page something
postaviti se na strán koga (opredeliti se za koga) to take someone's side, to side with someone
videti le lepo strán stvari to look on the sunny side of things
na drugi stráni (lista)! (= obrni list!) (see) overleaf!

stretch¹ [streč]

1. samostalnik
raztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas
sleng kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu
navtika daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehod

at a stretch, at one stretch brez prekinitve, naenkrat
on the stretch napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figurativno v veliki napetosti
a stretch of 5 years razdobje petih let
a stretch of the imagination prenapeta, prebujna domišljija
the stretch of a bird's wings razpetina ptičjih kril
a fine stretch of country lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajine
to be on the stretch biti napet, v napetosti
it is a good stretch from the village to the town je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mesta
to do a stretch britanska angleščina odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)
to give a stretch natezati se, pretegniti se
he gave a stretch and got up pretegnil se je in vstal
to keep one's attention on the stretch biti v napeti pozornosti
it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjameš
to work 8 hours at (on) a stretch delati nepretrgano 8 ur

2. pridevnik
raztegljiv

stretch hosiery raztegljive nogavice

string¹ [striŋ]

1. samostalnik
vrvica, vezalka, trak, nit, žica
glasba struna, žica; tetiva (pri loku)
botanika vlakno, nit (stroka); niz (biserov itd.) (tudi figurativno)
garnitura; serija; dolga vrsta; truma (živali)
(večinoma množina), ameriško, pogovorno pogoj, težava, tajna klavzula
ameriško, sleng bahanje, (pretirana) lažna zgodba

in a long string v dolgi vrsti
with a string tied to it s pogojem
no strings attached brez klavzul ali pogojev
the strings množina, glasba godala
a string of beads (pearls) niz biserov
a string of lies vrsta, niz laži
a string of onions venec čebule
a string of carriages povorka kočij
heart-strings množina, figurativno najgloblja, najnežnejša čustva, srcé
third-string tretjevrsten
to be a second string spadati k drugi garnituri, biti drugovrsten, figurativno igrati drugo violino
to harp on one (on the same) string figurativno neprestano govoriti o isti stvari, vedno isto gósti
to have s.o. on a string imeti koga na vrvici
he has all the world in a string figurativno vse mu gre po želji
to have s.o. on the string figurativno pustiti koga v negotovosti
to have (to lead) s.th. in (by) a string brzdati, obvladati, biti gospodar (česa)
to have two strings to one's bow imeti dvoje železij v ognju
to keep s.o. on a string figurativno držati koga dolgo časa v negotovosti
to hold all the strings držati vse niti v rokah, upravljati, voditi (kaj)
to have a string (attached) to it biti oviran, ne iti gladko
to pull (the) strings premikati lutke (v lutkovnem gledališču); figurativno biti neviden, a glavni vodja
to touch a string udariti na struno, figurativno zadeti v živec, na občutljivo mesto (čustva itd.)
to touch the strings gosti (na godalo)

2. pridevnik
godalen

string playing igranje na godalu
string wire žična struna

strip² [strip] prehodni glagol
slačiti, sleči, ogoliti; (o)luščiti, (o)lupiti; odvzeti (of kaj)
izropati; izprazniti (hišo); demontirati, razstaviti; razpremiti(ladjo); odkriti (ležišče premoga)
figurativno razgaliti; do konca pomolsti (kravo)
neprehodni glagol
sleči se; olupiti se, oluščiti se, ogoliti se; zrahljati se (vijak)

stripped gol, nag, razgaljen (tudi figurativno)
stripped to waist do pasu slečen (gol)
to strip a bed pobrati rjuhe s postelje
to strip a cow do zadnje kaplje pomolsti kravo
to strip a fruit of its rind olupiti sadež
the house was stripped v hiši ni bilo nobenega pohištva
to strip a liar razgaliti lažnivca
to strip a machine-gun razstaviti mitraljez
to strip s.o. of his office odstraniti koga iz službe
he was stripped of his possessions odvzeli so mu vse premoženje
to strip s.o. naked, to strip s.o. to the skin do golega koga sleči
to strip a screw opiliti vijaku navoje
to strip tobacco odstraniti rebra iz tobačnih listov
to strip of wood posekati, izkrčiti gozd

stvár thing; matter; object; stuff; (posel, skrb) concern; case; (zadeva) affair, subject, business

stvár časti affair of honour
sporna stvár debatable question, pravo a moot point
vsa stvár the whole business (ali affair, matter)
k stvari! keep (ali stick) to the point (ali to the matter in hand)!; (v parlamentu, govorniku) answer the question!
vse moje stvári all my belongings pl, my goods and chattels pl
dogovorjena, domenjena stvár a put-up job
kočljiva, delikatna stvár a delicate point
stvár zase another question, a matter apart
stvár v diskusiji the subject under discussion, the matter in hand
spadajoč k stvári relevant
ne spadajoč k stvári irrelevant
to je moja stvár that's my business (ali affair, concern, lookout)
to ni moja stvár that is no business of mine; that is not my affair
v tem je vsa stvár (= za to gre) that's the gist of it (ali the whole point)
to je čisto druga stvár that's completely off the point, that's an entirely different thing, (figurativno) that's a horse of a different colour
to je stvár navade that's a matter of habit
to je jedro, bistvo stvári this is the gist (ali the substance) of the matter
to je važna stvár this is a matter of importance (ali of great importance)
to je kočljiva stvár this is a ticklish (ali delicate, difficult) matter, this requires careful handling
to ni smešna stvár this in no laughing matter
(to je pa) lepa stvár! (ironično) that's a nice mess!, pogovorno a fine how-do-you-do (ali how d'ye do)
ne vem, kaj je na stvári I don't know what the problem is, pogovorno I don't know what's the matter (ali what's up, what it's all about)
borimo se za dobro stvár we are fighting for a good cause
brigaj se za svoje stvári! mind your own business, don't be such a busybody!
sedaj ne gre za to stvár that is not the question now
naj gredo stvári svojo pot! let things slide!
to nima nič opraviti s sámo stvárjo that has nothing to do with the question
pogovoriti se o stvári to talk the matter over
ostati pri stvári to stick to the point
priti s stvárjo na dan to raise a matter
pusti stvár v miru (= ne dvigaj prahu)! let sleeping dogs lie!
preidimo na stvár! let us come to the point (ali to the matter in hand), pogovorno let's get down to the nitty-gritty
s tem se na stvári nič ne spremeni it makes no difference, it does not alter the fact (ali the fact of the matter), it doesn't make any material (ali substantial) difference
to ne spada k stvári this is irrelevant, this is off (ali beside) the point
kot stvári stojé as things are, as things stand (now)
stvári stojé dobro things are going well
stvár stojí takole this is how the matter stands
videti, kako stvari stojé (figurativno) to see how the land lies
umreti za dobro stvár to die for a good cause
vmešavati, vtikati se v tuje stvári to meddle in other people's affairs
vrniti se k stvári to return to the subject
vzeti stvár v roke (figurativno) to take a problem (ali a matter, a business) in hand
vzeti stvári, kot pač pridejo (dobre in slabe) to take the rough with the smooth

summer¹ [sʌ́mə]

1. samostalnik
poletje, poletno vreme
figurativno cvet, vrhunec
množina življenjska leta

in summer poleti
summer's day poletni dan; zelo dolg dan; dan lepega vremena; prost dan
summer and winter vse leto
a girl of 10 summers desetletna deklica
Indian summer babje poletje, lepo vreme v pozni jeseni
St. Luke's summer čas lepega vremena, ki navadno nastopi okoli 18. oktobra
St. Martin's summer Martinovo poletje; čas lepega vremena, ki navadno nastopi okoli 18. oktobra
St. Martin's summer Martisončen
summer clothing poletna oblačila
summer holidays poletne počitnice
summer resort letovišče; letoviški kraj
summer lightning bliskavica
summer corn (wheat) jaro žito (pšenica)

2. neprehodni glagol
letovati, preživeti poletje (in Italy v Italiji)
(živina) poleti biti na planinski paši

3. prehodni glagol
odgnati (živino) na poletno planinsko pašo

to summer and winter preživeti vse leto (in, at v)

summon [sʌ́mən] prehodni glagol
pozvati; pozvati (mesto) k predaji; poslati po (koga), poklicati k sebi, citirati (koga); sklicevati (konferenco)
pravno pozvati pred sodišče
figurativno zbrati (moči)

to summon Parliament sklicati parlament
he summoned all his strength zbral je vse svoje moči
in the midst of his work he was summoned figurativno sredi svojega dela je umrl
this sight summoned the blood to my face ta pogled mi je pognal kri v obraz

sum up prehodni glagol
seštevati
figurativno rezimirati, rekapitulirati; preceniti, oceniti; zbrati

he summed me up from head to foot premeril me je od glave do nog
he summed up all his strength zbral je vse svoje moči

superior² [sjupíəriə] samostalnik
predstojnik, starešina, šef; kdor je boljši (in v)
zgodovina fevdni gospod

my superior in rank moj službeni predstojnik
Mother Superior, Lady Superior cerkev prednica samostana
I am his superior in courage prekašam ga v pogumu
he has no superior in speed v hitrosti prekaša vse

surpass [sə:pá:s] prehodni glagol
prekašati, prekositi, nadkriliti, presegati, biti nad (kom, čem)

he surpasses everybody in skill on prekaša vse v spretnosti (pripravnosti)
misery that surpasses description beda, ki se ne da popisati
this task surpassed his power ta naloga je presegala njegove moči

suspect¹ [səspékt] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(o)sumiti, sumničiti, imeti na sumu (of zaradi česa)
imeti (kaj) za verjetno ali možno; slutiti; misliti, domnevati (that da)
dvomiti (o čem), ne zaupati, biti nezaupljiv

to suspect an ambush (a danger) slutiti zasedo (nevarnost)
I suspect him to be a liar, I suspect him of lying mislim (zdi se mi, sumim), da on laže
I suspect you once thought otherwise mislim (zdi se mi), da ste nekoč drugače mislili
I half suspect you don't care for him vse se mi zdi, da vam ni zanj
to suspect s.o.'s honesty dvomiti o poštenju neke osebe
to suspect s.o. of theft (of murder) osumiti koga tatvine (umora)
to suspect a plot sumiti zaroto, bati se zarote
to suspect the truth of the evidence dvomiti o resnici dokaznega gradiva

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

svétiti to light; to shine (na upon); to give light, to emit light

svétiti komu to light someone
sveti mu po stopnicah! light him downstairs!
svétiti se to shine, to glitter, to glisten
ni vse zlato, kar se sveti all is not gold that glitters

swan¹ [swɔn]

1. samostalnik
zoologija labod
figurativno pesnik, pevec

the swan of Avon Shakespeare
a black swan črn labod; figurativno bela vrana, nekaj redkega
all his geese are swans fig on vidi vse večje, kot je v resnici; on vse precenjuje, pretirano povečuje

2. neprehodni glagol (večinoma swan around)
brez cilja letati, se potikati okoli

sweep¹ [swi:p] samostalnik
pometanje, čiščenje, zamah z metlo; (krožna) kretnja, zamah; zavoj (reke, ceste), vijuga, krivina; razprostiranje, proženje
figurativno razsežnost; vplivno področje; obseg; doseg, domet; vršenje (vetra), šuštenje (obleke)
množina smeti; dolgo veslo (za veslanje stojé); ročica sesalke; (kartanje) dobitje vseh vzetkov, vseh nagrad
britanska angleščina pometač, dimnikar
pogovorno sweepstake(s)
stava, nagrada iz stav pri dirkah in igrah
figurativno umazanec
sleng čemernež, nejevoljnež

at one sweep z enim zamahom, udarcem; naenkrat
with a sweep of one's hand z močnim zamahom (svoje) roke
the sweep of Napoleon's genius širina Napoleonovega genija
beyond the sweep of the eye dljè kot seže oko
a wide sweep of plain razsežna ravnina
chimney sweep dimnikar
to give a sweep to the room pomesti sobo
to make a clean sweep of one's old furniture znebiti se starega pohištva
to make a clean sweep of the clerks odpustiti vse nameščence
to make a clean sweep of the table figurativno pomesti s čim, odpraviti kaj

sweep^*2 [swi:p] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek)
križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction trgovina po zelo znižani ceni
sweep before your own door pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom
to sweep all before one figurativno doseči popoln uspeh
to sweep a constituency z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah
to sweep the board dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figurativno pobrati vse nagrade
to sweep all obstacles from one's path odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti
to sweep everything into one's net figurativno vse (zase) pobrati
to sweep the seas prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih
to sweep the strings iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah
the boat was swept out of sight čoln je odneslo iz vida
a new broom sweeps clean nova metla dobro pometa
the coast sweeps to the east obala zavije proti vzhodu
he swept his hand across his forehead z roko si je šel preko čela
his glance swept the room s pogledom je preletel sobo
the river sweeps over its bed reka se zliva čez bregove
the procession swept up the nave of the church procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju
they swept the river to find his body preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo
to sweep the sea of enemy ships očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij
she swept from her room odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe
the wind sweeps over the plain veter brije čez planjavo

swimmingly [swímiŋli] pridevnik
figurativno z lahkoto, brez težav, gladko, uspešno, kot po maslu

things are going on swimmingly stvari potekajo (gredo) kot po maslu, (vse) gre kot namazano

šánsa chance; outlook; prospect

šánse so enake ničli the chances are nil
imaš vse šánse na svoji strani (proti sebi) you have all the odds on your side (against you)
imam šánse, da dobim to mesto I have a good chance of getting that situation
pokvariti si šánse to spoil one's chances, (pogovorno) to cook one's goose

tá tá, tó pl

tí, té, tá this, pl these; that, pl those
tale this one, this here
vse to all this
to in ono this and that
g. Ta-in-Ta Mr. So-and-so
medtem, med tem časom in the meantime
pred tem before this
po tem after this
v tem primeru in that case
to jutro (davi) this morning
to pot (tokrat) edino this once
v tej (naši) deželi in this land (of ours)
kljub vsemu temu for all that
te dni enkrat one of these days
zlasti to, predvsem to this above all
to se pravi that is to say
ta tvoja knjiga this book of yours
vaše pismo od 13. t.m. your letter of 13th inst. (= instant)
ni mi za to I am not keen on this (ali that, it)
mnogo mi je na tem, da... I am particularly keen that...
tega ne vem I don't know that
to je moj brat this is my brother
to so moji otroci these are my children
govoriti o tem in onem, o vsem mogočem to talk about this, that and the other
od tega je minulo že 10 let 10 years have passed since that time
vzemi to knjigo, ne one! take this book, not that one!

table¹ [téibl] samostalnik
miza
figurativno pogrnjena miza, jed na mizi, obed, hrana; omizje, gostje; plošča (lesena itd.) z napisom; igralna miza (za biljard) itd.; tabela, tablica, popis, register
geografija plató, ravno zemljišče
tehnično deska
arhitektura plošča za oblogo

at table pri mizi, pri obedu
billiard-table miza za biljard
folding table zložijiva miza
kitchen-table kuhinjska miza
round table okrogla miza
multiplication table poštevanka
table of contents tabela, kazalo vsebine
table of exchanges ekonomija tabela (za preračunavanje) tečajev
sliding table raztezna miza
tea-table čajna miza
toilet-table toaletna miz(ic)a
writing table pisalna miza
the pleasures of the table užitki pri mizi (jedeh)
synoptic table sinoptična tabela
time-table vozni red
the twelve tables zgodovina, pravno zakoni 12 plošč
the two tables of the law religija plošči 10 božjih zapovedi
to be at table biti pri mizi, pri obedu
to clear the table pospraviti mizo
he keeps a good table pri njem se dobro jé
he kept the table amused zabaval je vse omizje
to lay on the table parlament odgoditi, odložiti (na kasneje)
these matters are on the table figurativno o teh zadevah (stvareh) se prav zdaj razpravlja
to learn one's tables učiti se poštevanke, računanja
to lie on the table ležati na mizi, figurativno biti odložen (na kasneje)
to set (to lay, to spread) the table pogrniti mizo
to set the whole table laughing, in a roar spraviti vse omizje v smeh, v krohot
to take the head of the table sesti na čelo mize
to turn the tables figurativno spremeniti (čemu) smer, spremeniti situacijo, obrniti vloge, obrniti srečo
the tables are turned sreča se je obrnila (drugemu v prid), vloge so obrnjene
to turn the table on the opponent pobijati nasprotnika z njegovim lastnim orožjem
I turned the tables on him spravil sem ga v stisko, v težave, v katere me je on hotel spraviti
to wait at table streči pri mizi