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ôsel ass; (sivec) donkey; he-ass, jackass, jack; VB žargon moke, narečno cuddy; ZDA burro; figurativno (bedak) ass, jackass; duffer, dunce, ZDA mutt

ôsle komu pokazati (figurativno) to put one's fingers to one's nose at someone, to thumb one's nose at someone, to make a long nose at someone
ne bodi tak ôsel! don't be an ass!
ôsel gre samo enkrat na led even a fool learns by bitter experience
priti s konja na ôsla (figurativno) to come down in the world

otróčji childish; childlike; infantile

biti otróčji (figurativno senilen) to dote
ne bodi otróčji! be your age!
otróčja igra v primeri z child's play compared with
to je otróčje lahko it's as easy as pie, (ZDA as easy as falling off a log)

out⁴ [áut] medmet
poberi se!, izgini!

arhaično out upon you! sram te bodi!

pámet (um) intellect, intelligence, sense, brains pl, wits pl; (duh) reason, mind; prudence; mother wit; (razumevanje) understanding; (spomin) memory; pogovorno gumption

na pámet by heart
zdrava pámet common sense, sanity
si ob pámet? are you out of your senses?, have you lost your wits?
ali si pri pámeti? are you in your right mind?
sem pri kraju s svojo pámetjo I am at my wit's end
bodi no pri pámeti! be sensible!, be reasonable!, have a bit of common sense!
on ni pri pravi pámeti he is not in his right mind, he is out of his mind
nisem bil pri pravi pámeti I had not my wits about me
on je počasne pámeti he is slow-witted, pogovorno he is slow on the uptake
ona je kratke pámeti she is rather slow (ali dull, slow on the uptake)
še (vedno) mi je na pámeti... it is still fresh in my mind...
nima toliko pámeti, da bi (u)videl... he has not the wits to see...
to se krega s pámetjo it is thoughtless (ali senseless)
si se s pámetjo skregal? have you taken leave of your senses?
padlo mi je na pámet it occurred to me, the idea struck me, the thought crossed my mind
na kraj pámeti mi ne pade, da bi (rekel) far be it from me to (say)
reči, kar človeku pade na pámet to say whatever comes to mind
imeti več sreče kot pámeti to have more luck than brains
izgubiti pámet to go out of one's mind (ali pogovorno off one's rocker); to lose one's mind (ali one's reason)
to presega mojo pámet this is beyond me, that's over my head, that passes my comprehension
priti k pámeti to come to one's senses
kdo, ki je pri pravi pámeti, bi šel...? who in his senses would go...?
moram ga spraviti k pámeti I must make him see reason (oziroma see sense)
spraviti koga ob pámet to drive someone out of his mind (ali pogovorno up the wall, round the bend)
sklicevati se na zdravo pámet to appeal to reason
(iz)računati na pámet to calculate mentally
učiti se na pámet to learn by heart, to commit to memory
znati na pámet to know by heart (ali from memory), (vlogo) to be word-perfect
ko te bo pámet srečala... when you see reason...

pámeten reasonable, sensible, wise, judicious, intelligent, prudent; clever, rational; pogovorno brainy

pámeten človek a man of sense
vsak pámeten človek any man in his right senses...
pámetna misel a sound (ali sensible) idea
pámetno gledišče (stališče, vidik) a sensible point of view
bodi no pámeten! use your brains (ali intelligence)!, be sensible!, be reasonable!
biti pámeten to be sensible (ali reasonable), to have one's wits about one
pámetno ravnati to act sensibly
imeti zelo pámetne nazore o življenju to have very sound ideas on life
kar govoriš, je pámetno what you say is sound
pámetno govoriti to speak wisely, to talk sense, to speak reasonably
mislim, da boš tako pámeten, da ne boš šel tja I suppose you will know better than go there
storil bom vse, kar se mi bo zdelo pámetno I will do anything in reason
pámetno je, kar praviš there is reason in what you say
poslušati pámeten nasvet to listen to reason
pametnejši popustí the wiser head gives in
lahkó je biti pámet, ko je že storjeno hindsight is easier than foresight, it's easy to be wise after the event

perch² [pə:č] samostalnik
gred (za kure), drog, visok sedež
figurativno varen položaj; sora (pri vozu); merilna palica (5,5 yarda, 5.029 m)
navtika plovno znamenje v morju, palica v morju

come off your perch ne bodi tako vzvišen
sleng to hop the perch umreti
to knock s.o. off his perch premagati koga

počásen slow (v, pri of, in); tardy; (len) sluggish; (bolezen) lingering

počásen in siguren slow but sure
počásen in vztrajen slow and steady
počásen delavec slow worker
počásen tok slow current
počásna rast slow growth
ne bodi (tako) počásen! don't dawdle!, don't be such a slowcoach!
biti počásne pameti to be slow on the uptake

poštêno prislov honestly, fair, honourably, fair and square; above board, squarely, loyally

poštêno ravnati to act honestly, to play fair
(bodi) poštêno povedano (it should) in fairness (be) said
poštêno se lotiti dela to set to work in earnest
poštêno vzeti pot pod noge to put one's best foot forward

prevíden cautious, careful, prudent, circumspect; guarded, heedful, wary

biti prevíden to be careful (ali cautious), to take care, to use precaution
bodi prevíden! beware (pred žeparji of pickpockets)!
bodi prevíden, da se ne urežeš mind you don't cut yourself
prevídna trditev guarded statement

prijázen kind, amiable, friendly, affable, pleasant; gracious; (ustrežljiv) obliging, complaisant; (vljuden) courteous

bodite tako prijázni in podajte mi... be so kind as to pass me...
bodi tako prijázen in naredi to! be kind enough to do this!
bodite tako prijázni in zglasite se zopet v petek! be so kind as to call again on Friday next
prijázno mestece a nice little town
prijázna soba a cheerful room
prijázno prislov kindly, in a friendly manner, amiably, affably
bili smo zelo prijázno sprejeti we were given a hearty welcome

prosíti to ask (koga za kaj something of someone, someone for something); (vljudno) to beg, to request; to pray

milo prosíti (rotiti) to supplicate, to implore, to conjure, to beseech, to entreat, to deprecate; (pismeno) to petition, to solicit; to memorialize; (prosjačiti) to beg, to go begging, to be a beggar
prosíti za koga to plead for, to intervene for; (če nismo razumeli)
prosim? I'm sorry, what did you say?, pardon?, I beg your pardon; (odgovor na zahvalo)
prosim! don't mention it!, no trouble!, you are (quite) welcome!
prosíti kruha to ask for bread
prosíti za uslugo to ask a favour
prosim vas oproščenja (odpuščanja) I beg your pardon
prosim vas, vrnite denar! please let me have the money back!
prosíti za roko (zasnubiti dekle) to ask in marriage, to propose (to)
prosíti vse svetnike v nebesih to pray to every saint in Heaven
lepo vas prosim, napravite mi to uslugo! I beg you to do me this service!
prosim, povej mi vendar! (please) do tell me!
sedite, prosim! please take a seat! sit down, please!
vas smem prosíti za ogenj (za sol)? may I trouble you for a light (the salt)?
prosim, bodi tako dober in... be good enough (ali be so kind as) to...
prosil sem ga za to I asked it of him, I asked him for it
ne daj se prosíti! don't wait to be asked
vas smem prosíti za vaše ime? may I ask your name?
prosim za besedo! may I have leave to speak?, ZDA may I have the floor?
prosíti za dovoljenje koga to ask leave of someone
prosíti za oproščenje to excuse oneself, to apologize, to beg pardon
prosim, da mi oprostite! pardon me!, I beg your pardon!, excuse me!, I am sorry!
prosíti za službo to apply for a job (ali post), to submit an application for a post

quiet¹ [kwáiət] pridevnik (quietly prislov)
miren, tih; spokojen, zadržan (v vedenju), negiben
figurativno prikrit, skriven (zamera itd.); neupadljiv (obleka, barva)
ekonomija medel, slab, za katerim ni povpraševanja (coffee is quiet)

be quiet! tiho bodi!
tehnično quiet run miren tek
to keep quiet biti miren, molčati (about o)
to keep s.th. quiet prikrivati kaj
as quiet as a mouse tih ko miška

sauce [sɔ:s]

1. samostalnik
omaka, sok
figurativno začimba, draž; mastna in slastna jed, ki jo jemo s kruhom
tehnično voda za močenje (godenje, luženje), lužilo
ameriško vkuhano sadje, kompot
sleng predrznost, nesramnost

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander kar je enemu milo, je drugemu drago
apple sauce čežana
poor man's sauce figurativno glad, lakota
tomato sauce paradižnikova omaka
hunger is the best sauce glad je najboljši kuhar
none of your sauce! ne bodi(te) nesramen!
to serve s.o. with the same sauce vrniti komu milo za drago

2. prehodni glagol
pripraviti (kaj) z omako; začiniti (večinoma figurativno)
omiliti, napraviti prijetno
domačno nesramno govoriti (s kom), biti nesramen (do koga)

score¹ [skɔ:] samostalnik
zgodovina zareza, rovaš, palica z zarezami; brazda, brazgotina, praska, sled biča; račun, dolg; vzrok, razlog; dvajseterica, dvajset kosov (jardov, funtov)
množina množica, veliko število, obilica
pogovorno sreča, lahek uspeh
glasba partitura, nota, glasba, glasbeni del (operete)
šport startna črta, mesto, kjer stoje tekmovalci pri streljanju
ameriško dejanski položaj (situacija); neugodna resnica
navtika žleb v škripcu

on the score of (friendship) zaradi (prijateljstva)
scores of people množica ijudi
scores of times neštetokrat
what a score! kakšna sreča!
three score and ten 70 (let; normalna dolgost človeškega življenja)
what is the score? kakšen je rezultat? (pri igri, športu)
I buy eggs by the score kupujem jajca po 20 naenkrat
be easy on that score bodi brez skrbi v tem pogledu!
he is too fond of making score rad dosega lahke, cenene uspehe
console yourself on that score pomiri se glede tega!
they died by scores umirali so v trumah
to go off at score figurativno razgreti se, zlasti pri razpravljanju o priljubljenem predmetu
to keep score šteti točke pri igri
to make a good score doseči visoko število točk
to pay one's score plačati svoj dolg (račun)
to pay off old scores (od)plačati, poravnati stare račune (dolgove)
death pays all scores smrt poravna vse dolgove
to put down to s.o.'s score komu v dolg beležiti (zapisati)
to quit scores with figurativno poravnati stare dolgove (račune), povrniti (komu)
to run up (a) score zadolžiti se
to settle one's score poravnati svoj račun

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!

shame¹ [šéim] samostalnik
sram, sramežljivost; sramota, nečast

from shame of iz sramu pred
shame!, for shame! sramota!
for shame!, shame on you! fej!, sram te bodi!
what a shame! kakšna sramota!
the shame of it! o ta sramota!
more shame to him! še bolj sramotno zanj!
a burning shame velika sramota
he is a shame to his family on je v sramoto svoji družini
he is quite without shame nobenega sramu ne pozna
he blushed with shame zardel je od sramu
to bring shame on s.o. nakopati sramoto komu
to bring shame on o.s. osramotiti se, nakopati si sramoto
to cry shame upon s.o. zmerjati koga, biti ogorčen nad kom
they all cried shame upon (on) him vsi so zagnali krik in vik proti njemu
to die with shame umreti, v zemljo se vdreti od sramu
to have no sense of shame nobenega sramu ne poznati
to have lost all shame, to be lost to shame nobenega sramu ne več poznati
to put s.o. to shame osramotiti koga
I take shame to say sram me je reči
I would think shame to do it sram bi me bilo storiti kaj takega

silly [síli]

1. pridevnik
neumen, bedast, aboten, bebast; nesmiseln, absurden; nespameten, naiven, norčav, smešen; omamljen (po udarcu); preprost

don't be silly! ne bodi neumen (smešen)!, ne govori neumnosti!
a silly thing bedarija, neumnost
the silly season doba "kislih kumaric" (avgust in september, zlasti ko časopisi polnijo stolpce z nepomembnimi dogodki, ker nimajo zanimivih novic)

2. samostalnik
pogovorno tepček, budalo, bebec; neumnež, naivnež, norček

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

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)?

srám shame

brez srámú shameless, devoid of shame
iz srámú pred for shame of
iz samega srámú for very shame
biti brez srámú to be without shame
srám bi me bilo storiti kaj takega I would be ashamed to do any such thing
srám me je I am (ali I feel) ashamed of myself
srám te bodi! shame on you!, (for) shame!
srám me je postalo I became ashamed of myself
izgubiti vsak čut srámú to lose all sense of shame
on ne pozna nobenega srámú he is quite without shame, he has no sense of shame
umreti od srámú (figurativno) to die of shame
zardeti od srámú to blush with shame
najrajši bi se bil v tla (v zemljo) udrl od srámú I could have died of shame, I wished the ground would open and swallow me up
srám me je reči I am ashamed to say
moralo bi te biti srám you ought to be ashamed