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ground² [graund] samostalnik
dno, globina; zemlja, tla; zemljišče, igrišče, lovišče, gradbišče (for)
osnova (for, of)
vzrok, povod; osnovna barva; ozadje
množina park, vrt
množina naselbina
množina gošča, usedlina; uzemljitev

above ground živ
below ground mrtev, pokopan
to break new (ali fresh) ground orati ledino
to cover ground potovati, opraviti določeno delo
ground clearance razdalja med šasijo in zemljo
common ground stična točka
to cut the ground under s.o.'s feet spodnesti komu tla, vzeti mu oporo
to be dashed to the ground propasti
pogovorno down to the ground popolnoma
to fall to the ground propasti
on firm ground na trdnem položaju
figurativno forbidden ground nedovoljeno področje, prepovedana tema
to gain ground napredovati, širiti se
to give ground popustiti
to hold one's ground vztrajati na svojem mestu, ne popustiti; ostati pri močeh
to meet s.o. on his own ground razpravljati o predmetu, ki ga nasprotnik sam določi
on the ground of zaradi
pogovorno to run into the ground pretiravati
ground staff letališko tehniško osebje
to stand one's ground vztrajati
to strike to the ground vreči na tla
to suit one down to the ground popolnoma se strinjati
to take ground nasesti
to touch ground dotakniti se dna; figurativno preiti na predmet pogovora
on the ground that češ da

hoof¹ [hu:f] samostalnik
kopito, parkelj
šaljivo noga

on the hoof živ, nezaklan (govedo)
under the hoof zatiran
to beat (ali pad) the hoof iti peš, pešačiti
cloven hoof vrag
to show the cloven hoof pokazati se v slabi luči

izvír (vodni) spring, source, well, wellspring, fountainhead

izvír Nila the source of the Nile
živ izvír a living spring, a spring of living water

jézik anatomija tongue; (govor) tongue, speech, language; idiom; (pri pihalu) mouthpiece; humoristično clapper

materinski jézik native language, mother tongue
mrtev (živ, tuj) jézik dead (living, foreign) language
občevalni jézik colloquial language, vernacular
knjižni jézik literary language
diplomatski jézik diplomatic language
Cankarjev jézik Cankar's language
lahek, težak jézik easy, difficult language
goveji, volovski jézik neat's tongue, ox-tongue
obložen jézik medicina a coated (ali dirty, furred) tongue
prekajen jézik smoked tongue
zemeljski jézik neck, spit, tongue (of land)
učitelj jézikov (foreign) language teacher
dar za jézike gift of tongues
morski jézik (riba) sole
dolg, nebrzdan jézik unbridled tongue
zloben jézik wicked (ali malicious) tongue
moderni (stari) jézik modern (ancient) language
strokoven jézik technical language
uradni, službeni jézik official style
zastarel jézik obsolete (ali archaic) language
duh jézika genius of a language
jézik posrednik interlingua
na jéziku mi je, na jéziku imam (a se ne morem spomniti) it's on the tip of my tongue
to je proti duhu jézika this is against the spirit of the language
on je junak z jézikom (figurativno) he is a braggart (ali blusterer, swaggerer)
ona ima oster (strupen) jézik she has a sharp (a venomous) tongue
imeti dobro namazan jézik to have a glib (ali a well-oiled) tongue, to have the gift of the gab
brzdati svoj jézik to keep one's tongue in check; to bridle, to curb one's tongue
kar ima na srcu, ima tudi na jéziku he wears his heart on his sleeve
imeti dolg jézik to have a long tongue
ona je vsem ljudem na jéziku everyone is (ali pogovorno they're all) talking about her
držati jézik to hold one's tongue
drži jézik!, jézik za zobe! hold your tongue!, shut your mouth!, shut up!, keep your mouth shut!
jézik si izbrusiti z govorjenjem to talk one's head off
imeti besedo na jéziku to have the word on the tip of one's tongue
jézik mu je odpovedal his tongue failed him
pokazati komu jézik to put one's tongue out at someone
pokaži jézik! put out your tongue!
sneti komu besedo z jézika to take the words out of someone's mouth
pazi na svoj jézik! mind your tongue!
lomiti jézik to murder a language
jézik se mu je razvezal he is no longer tongue-tied, he has found his tongue, he has become talkative
zlobni jéziki trdijo malicious tongues assert
jézik ji dobro teče, ji je dobro namazan her tongue is well-oiled, pogovorno her tongue's no cripple
jézik mu teče kot mlin he's a nonstop chatterbox, he could talk the hind leg off a donkey
zavezati komu jézik to silence someone, pogovorno to make someone pipe down
(on) ima zavezan jézik he is tongue-tied
ušlo mi je z jézika I let it slip out
on zna mnogo jézikov he is a polyglot
tolči (kak) jézik (figurativno) to mangle a language

kŕst baptism; christening

kŕst v sili religija private baptism
ognjeni kŕst baptism of fire
živ kŕst tega ne vé not a living soul knows it

léksikon lexicon; glossary

geografski léksikon gazetteer
on je živ léksikon (figurativno) he is a mine of information, he's a walking dictionary (ali encyclopedia)

mrlič dead person, dead body, corpse; cadaver

bedenje, straža pri mrliču wake; deathwatch
on je samó še živ mrlič (figurativno) he is only a ghost of his former self

mŕtev dead; (umrli, rajni) deceased, late

mŕtvi pl the dead; (brez življenja) lifeless, inanimate, inert; (brezčuten) insensible, benumbed, hardened (za against); (ugasel) extinct; past; (neproduktiven) idle
na pol mŕtev half-dead
mŕtev kot hlod stone dead, as dead as a doornail, dead as mutton
bolj mŕtev kot živ more dead than alive; more than half-dead
ves mŕtev na kaj dead keen on something, crazy about something, pogovorno into something
že davno mŕtev dead and gone
stoj, ali pa si mŕtev! stop, or you're a dead man!
mŕtev jezik dead language
mŕtva barva dull (ali lifeless) colour
mŕtev kapital unemployed (ali frozen) capital
mŕtva kopriva dead nettle
Mrtvo morje the Dead Sea
mŕtva sezona dead (ali off) season
mŕtva tišina dead silence
mŕtva oseba the deceased, dead person; vojska casualty
mŕtev tir dead-end siding
mŕtev kót dead ground, shielded angle, blind spot
mŕtva veja dead branch
mŕtva teža dead weight
mŕtva straža vojska forlorn hope
mŕtev prostor dead area
mŕtva točka tehnika dead centre, dead point, (figurativno) deadlock, standstill
mŕtev tek tehnika lost motion, šport dead heat
kraljestvo mrtvih kingdom (ali realm) of the dead
sežig(anje) mrtvih cremation, incineration
smo na mŕtvi točki (figurativno) we are at a standstill
stvar je prišla na mŕtvo točko it came to a deadlock
pogajanja so prišla na mŕtvo točko the negotiations have come to a deadlock (ali to a dead end, to a standstill)
denar mu leži mŕtev v blagajni his money lies dead in a safe
biti ves mŕtev na kaj to be mad (ali crazy) about something, to be dead (ali mad) keen on something
delati se mrtvega to feign death, to sham dead
pretepsti do mŕtvega to beat black and blue
proglasiti za mŕtvega to declare someone dead, to officially pronounce someone dead
zbuditi (vstati) od mrtvih to raise (to rise) from the dead
zgruditi se mŕtev to drop dead, to die in one's boots, ZDA to die in one's tracks

pepél ash; ashes pl; cinders pl

pepél cigare cigar ash, the ash of a cigar
žareč, živ pepél embers pl
otresti pepél s cigarete to flick (ali to flip) the ash from one's cigarette
posuti, potresti s pepélom to strew (ali to sprinkle) with ashes
spremeniti, sežgati v pepél to reduce to ashes
tleti pod pepélom to smoulder

personnel [pə:sənél] samostalnik
osebje, personal
ekonomija personalni oddelek
množina, vojska čete
množina, navtika posadka

vojska personnel bomb bomba na živ cilj

pések sand

fin pések fine sand
kup péska a heap of sand
plast péska a layer of sand
zaboj za pések sandbox
grad iz péska (na plaži) sandcastle
trosilec péska (pri lokomotivi) sander
zrno péska grain of sand
vreča péska sandbag
živ pések quicksand, shifting sands pl, (sipina) syrtis
zgrajen na pésku built on sand
graditi na pésku (figurativno) to build on sand, to plough the sands, to rely on a broken reed
to je samo pések v oči (figurativno) that's pure eyewash
nasuti komu pések v oči (figurativno) to throw dust in someone's eyes, to hoodwink someone, to bamboozle someone
posuti s péskom to sand, to strew with sand
zasuti s péskom, zakopati v to sand

raw-boned [rɔ́:bound] pridevnik
suh, mršav, koščen

raw-boned deal pogovorno krivično ravnanje
raw-boned person živ okostnjak
he got a raw-boned deal grdó, krivično so ravnali z njim

running² [rʌ́niŋ] pridevnik
ki teče, tekoč, bežen; v teku, v pogonu, nepretrgan, neprestan; zapovrsten, zaporeden, po vrsti
ekonomija tekoči, odprt (račun)
ekonomija krožeč, v obtoku (denar); (o rani) gnoječ se, gnojen
botanika vitičast, plazivski

for five days running pet dni zaporedoma
three times running trikrat zaporedoma
per running meter za tekoči meter
running account tekoči ali odprt račun
running block gibljiv, tekoč škripec
running cold nahod
running commentary (radio) poročilo, komentar o dnevnih dogodkih
running debts tekoči, viseči dolgovi
running expenses (tekoči) obratni stroški
running fire vojska hitro streljanje
running glance bežen pogled
running ground premičen, gibljiv teren
running hand ležeča pisava
(long, high) running jump skok z zaletom (v daljino, v višino)
running knot petlja
running month tekoči mesec
running number tekoča, zaporedna številka
running sore gnoječa se rana
running speed hitrost vožnje
running spring živ studenec
running start leteči start
running water tekoča voda

shifting [šíftiŋ]

1. samostalnik
premikanje, premeščanje

2. pridevnik
menjajoč se, spremenljiv
figurativno spreten, zvit, pretkan

shifting sands premičen, živ pesek

slovár dictionary; vocabulary; lexicon

žepni slovár pocket dictionary
francosko-angleški French-English dictionary
vpis v slovár (dictionary) entry
ta človek je živ slovár (figurativno, vseved) that man is a walking (ali living) dictionary
poiskati besedo v slovárju to look up a word in a dictionary, to consult a dictionary
zateči se k slovárju to refer to a dictionary

sound³ [sáund]

1. pridevnik (soundly prislov)
zdrav, čil; nepoškodovan, neranjen, cel, dobro ohranjen, brez napake; nepokvarjen (o sadju); (o spanju) miren, trden, globok; krepak, poštén (o udarcih); (o ceni) zmeren, ki ustreza vrednosti blaga; pameten, trezen, pravilen (sodba itd.); osnovan, upravičen, temeljit, tehten (razlog); pravi
pravno veljaven zakonit; dobro premišljen, pameten; (o osebi) zanesljiv, zvest, pošten; (vedenje) pravilno, brez graje
ekonomija soliden, zanesljiv; solventen

safe and sound živ (čil) in zdrav
sound as a bell, as sound as a roach zdrav kot riba
sound advice dober, poraben nasvet
a sound friend zvest prijatelj
sound currency ekonomija zdrava valuta
a sound fruit zdrav (negnil) sadež
sound in life and limb zdrav in čil
sound merchant soliden (nezadolžen) trgovec
a sound mind in a sound body zdrav duh v zdravem telesu
a sound objection utemeljen, tehten ugovor
a sound ship ladja v dobrem stanju
sound timber zdrav, jeder les
the child is sound already otrok že trdno spi
the firm is not quite sound tvrdka ni čisto solventna
is he quite sound in mind? je (on) čisto pri pravi pameti?
to be a sound sleeper imeti trdno spanje
to get a sound whipping biti pošteno našeškan (tepen)

2. prislov
trdno, globoko; zelo

to be sound asleep, to sleep sound trdno, globoko spati
I will sleep the sounder for it bom toliko bolje spal

speaking [spí:kiŋ]

1. samostalnik
govorjenje, govor, govorništvo
množina (redko) izreki (pomembnih osebnosti)

2. pridevnik
ki govori, govoreč; zgovoren, izrazit, osupljiv

speaking! (pri telefonu) pri aparatu!, govorim!
a speaking acquaintance bežno (negloboko) poznanstvo
the English speaking countries angleško govoreče dežele
frankly speaking odkrito povedano
legally speaking (gledano) s pravnega vidika
a speaking voice dober govorni glas
speaking likeness izredna (izrazita, osupljiva) podobnost, živ portret
public speaking govorniška umetnost
I am not on speaking term with him ne poznam ga toliko, da bi govoril z njim, figurativno z njim ne govorim, z njim sem skregan

store-house [stɔ́:haus] samostalnik
skladišče; kašča
figurativno zakladnica

he is a store-house of information on je zakladnica znanja, on je živ leksikon

sun¹ [sʌn] samostalnik
(često moškega spola) sonce, sončna svetloba (sij, toplota)
poetično dan, leto
poetično sončni vzhod ali zahod
astronomija zvezda s sateliti
figurativno sijaj, sreča, blagostanje
cerkev sončna monštranca
(= sun burner) močan svečnik
pogovorno (sun stroke) sončarica

against the sun v smeri, ki je nasprotna premikanju kazalcev na uri
from sun to sun od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda, ves dan
in the sun na soncu
under the sun pod soncem, na zemlji
with the sun s soncem, ob svitanju; sledeč poti sonca; v smeri premikanja kazalcev na uri
the midnight sun polnočno sonce polarnih krajev
mock sun pasonce, jasna svetloba, ki se včasih vidi ob soncu
nothing new under the sun nič novega pod soncem
a place in the sun prostor (mesto) na soncu, figurativno ugoden položaj, ugodne razmere
the sun rises (sets, goes down) sonce vzhaja (zahaja)
his sun is set figurativno njegova zvezda je zašla, minili so časi njegove slave
to hail (to adore) the rising sun častiti vzhajajoče sonce, figurativno klanjati se novemu oblastniku
to have the sun in one's eyes, to have been in the sun sleng biti v rožicah, pijan
to hold a candle to the sun držati svečo soncu, figurativno odveč nekaj delati, opravljati nepotrebno in brezuspešno delo, nositi vodo v Savo
let not the sun go down upon your wrath tvoja jeza naj traja le en dan
make hay while the sun rises kuj železo, dokler je vroče
to rise with the sun zgodaj, s soncem vstati
to see the sun biti živ, živeti
to sit in the sun sedeti na soncu
to take the sun sončiti se, greti se na soncu, sprehajati se po soncu
to take (to shoot) the sun navtika meriti višino sonca nad obzorjem

toe¹ [tóu] samostalnik
prst na nogi; konica, kapica (čevlja, nogavice); sprednji del podkve, kopita
figurativno konec, kraj (predmeta); ojačano podnožje stebra, oboka itd.
množina, pogovorno noge

on one's toes pogovorno živ, živahen, uren, hiter
from top to toes od glave do pet
big (great) toe palec na nogi
little toe mezinec na nogi
the light fantastic toe šaljivo ples, plesanje
toe dance ples po konicah prstov
toe dancer plesalec, -lka po konicah prstov; baletnik, baletka
pointed toes koničaste kapice (čevlja)
toe weight v podkev privit ozobec
to tread on s.o.'s toes pogovorno stopiti komu na prste (na kurje oko); (u)jeziti ali (u)žaliti koga
to turn up one's toes sleng, figurativno umreti