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razméroma relatively, comparatively, proportionally; in proportion; (latinsko) pro rata

on je razméroma srečen he is comparatively happy
meso je razméroma drago meat is comparatively dear
to je razméroma drago this is dear comparatively speaking
razméroma majhen comparatively small

requite [rikwáit] prehodni glagol
plačati, odškodovati (za); nagraditi; vrniti, povrniti, odtehtati; maščevati se

to requite evil with good povrniti slabo z dobrim
to requite like for like vrniti milo za drago
the charms of the travel requite its inconveniences čari potovanja odtehtajo njegove nevšečnosti
how did he requite (me for) my affection? kako mi je on vrnil mojo naklonjenost?

return² [ritə́:n]

1. neprehodni glagol
vrniti se; ponovno se pripetiti (zgoditi, nastopiti); ponovno priti; spremeniti se

a returned emigrant (izseljenec) povratnik
return to our muttons! vrnimo se -- po digresiji -- k (pravemu) predmetu diskusije!
to return to health ozdraveti
to return to a position vrniti se na (službeno) mesto
to return to dust spremeniti se v prah
to return with one's shield or upon it figurativno vrniti se ali mrtev ali kot zmagovalec

2. prehodni glagol
vrniti, nazaj dati, poslati nazaj; odražati, odbijati; odbiti nazaj, vrniti (žogo); vrniti (pozdrav, obisk itd.), ponovno plačati, vrniti (milo za drago); dajati, prinašati (dobiček); (uradno) proglasiti, prijaviti, (uradno) javiti, objaviti
pravno izreči sodbo; glasovati, dati glas; voliti (poslanca); (večinoma v pasivu) oceniti, obvestiti

the assets were returned at l00 pounds aktiva so bila ocenjena na 100 funtov
to be returned guilty biti proglašen za krivega
to be returned unfit for work biti proglašen za nesposobnega za delo
he was returned by his former constituency izvolilo ga je njegovo prejšnje volilno okrožje
to return account dati (ob)račun
to return good for evil vrniti dobro za slabo
he returned his income at 3000 pounds prijavil je svoj dohodek v znesku 3000 funtov
to return interest, a profit dajati, prinašati obresti, dobiček
to return one's lead (kartanje) vrniti barvo, odgovoriti na barvo
to return like for like vrniti milo za drago, šilo za ognjilo
to return a list of jurors objaviti seznam porotnikov
to return the results of an election uradno objaviti (ugotoviti) rezultate volitev
to return a salute vrniti pozdrav, odzdraviti
to return a visit vrniti obisk
to return a verdict proglasiti sodbo
to return thanks zahvaliti se (nazaj)
to return a warrant (to the judge) (sodniku) vrniti zaporno povelje (s protokolom)

Roland [róulənd] samostalnik
Roland

to give a Roland for an Oliver figurativno vrniti udarec za udarec, vrniti milo za drago

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)

sell^*2 [sel]

1. prehodni glagol
prodati, prodajati (at po, to s.o. komu)
trgovati s čim; izdati koga (za denar ali za kaj drugega)
sleng speljati koga na led, prevarati, opehariti, ukaniti, prelisičiti, ogoljufati koga
ameriško zvabiti koga k nakupu

sold again! sleng spet prevaran (ogoljufan, opeharjen)!
sold on pogovorno navdušen za
to sell, to be sold na prodaj
to sell by auction prodati na dražbi
to sell at a low price poceni prodati
to sell one's country izdati svojo domovino
to sell dear (one's life) dragó prodati (svoje življenje)
to sell goods retail (wholesale, for cash, on credit) proda(ja)ti blago na drobno (na debelo, za gotovino, na kredit)
to sell the grass figurativno izneveriti se zavezniku ali ideji
to sell s.o. a gold brick figurativno prevarati, ogoljufati, opehariti koga
to sell the public on s.th. ameriško, sleng javnosti nekaj (največkrat nevrednega) hvalisati
to sell short; sleng, to sell down the river izdati in prodati
to be sold sleng, figurativno nasesti, biti opeharjen, prevaran
to sell against a purchaser ameriško prodajati delnice pri manjših kolebanjih tečaja

2. neprehodni glagol
proda(ja)ti se, iti v prodajo

his book is selling like hot cakes (like a wildfire) njegova knjiga gre za med, trgajo se za njegovo knjigo
goods that do not sell blago, ki ne gre v prodajo, nekurantno blago

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)

státi¹ (stanem) to cost

dragó státi to cost dear
to te bo drago stalo! that will cost you dear!
koliko stane to? how much does it cost?, what's the price?, how much is it?, what do you charge for it?, (pogovorno) what's the damage?
to me je stalo X SIT I paid X tolars for it
knjiga me je stala X SIT the book cost me X tolars
popravila so nas stala X SIT the repairs cost us X tolars
to bo stalo mnogo časa in truda this work will take much time and trouble
naj stane, kar hoče! cost what it may, at any cost, at any price
ni važno, koliko to stane it does not matter what it will cost, expense is no object
to precéj stane it comes expensive, it is dear
to ga je stalo življenje it cost him his life
dobre besede nič ne stanejo kind words cost nothing

tit² [tit] samostalnik
protiudarec, povračilo

tit for tat milo za drago, šilo za ognjilo; kakor ti meni, tako jaz tebi
to give tit for tat vrniti milo za drago, vrniti enako

too [tu:] prislov
preveč, odveč, pre-
pogovorno zelo, skrajno; tudi, prav tako, poleg tega

too difficult pretežaven
too hot prevroč
too much preveč
he, too, is away tudi on je odsoten
quite too skrajno
none too pleasant še malo ne (nikakor ne) zabaven
too good to be true prelepo, da bi bilo resnično
too much (of a good thing) preveč (dobrega)
I am only too glad meni je le zelo drágo
it's not too easy to ni tako lahkó
this goes too far to gre predaleč
I mean to do it too to nameravam tudi napraviti

vráčanje returning, return; restitution; restoration, restoring; giving back

vráčanje na recurrence to
vráčanje milo za drago giving tit for tat, retaliation

vráčati to return; to give back; to make restitution; to restore, to replace

enako z enakim, milo za drago to give tit for tat, to repay in kind, to retaliate
vráčati se to return, to come back, to retrace one's steps; to recur
vráčati se k starim grehom to be a backslider
prokletstvo se vrača na začetnika, kdor drugim jamo koplje, sam vanjo pade a curse recoils on its author, curses come home to roost

vrníti to return; to give back; to render (back); (uslugo) to reciprocate

vrníti dobljeni udarec to return a blow
vrníti dobro za zlo to return (ali to render) good for evil; (izdatek, strošek) to reimburse, to refund
vrníti milo za drago to give tit for tat
stroški mu bodo vrnjeni he will be reimbursed for his expenses
vrníti se to return, to come back, (peš) to walk back, to go back; to recur
vrníti se na delo to go back to work
vrníti se jež (na konju) to ride back
ladja se je vrnila the ship sailed back
vrníti se po isti poti to retrace one's steps
vrníti se v normalno stanje to return to normal (ali normality, normalcy)

whistle¹ [wisl] samostalnik
žvižg, pisk, žvižganje, signal z žvižgom; piščalka
pogovorno grlo, goltanec

whistle stop ameriško majhna postaja; volilna turneja (za predsedništvo)
penny whistle otroška piščalka (iz pločevine)
to blow a whistle zapiskati, zažvižgati
to pay (dear) for one's whistle figurativno drago plačati (svojo) šalo
to wet one's whistle zmočiti si grlo, napiti se

worth¹ [wə:ɵ] pridevnik
vreden; veljaven

for all one is worth pogovorno kolikor kdo (z)more, po najboljših močeh
worth doing vreden, da se naredi
not worth reading nevreden branja
what is he worth? kolikšno premoženje ima?
he is worth a million on je milijonar
he is worth £ 1000 a year on ima 1000 funtov dohodkov na leto
worth the money (price) vreden denarja (cene), ne predrag
not worth a curse (ali a damn; ali a penny) piškavega groša (prebite pare) ne vreden
worth the trouble vreden truda
worth mentioning omembe vreden
to be worth it; pogovorno, to be worth while biti vreden truda, izplačati se
the game is not worth the candle ta stvar se ne izplača
it is not worth much to ni drago
to be not worth one's salt nič ne biti vreden, biti popolnoma brez vrednosti
take it for what it is worth vzemi to táko, kot je
I tell you the news for what it is worth povem vam novico brez vsakega jamstva (kot sem jo pač slišal)
he pulled for all he was worth vlekel je, kar je le mogel (na vso moč)
we worked hard but it was worth it trdo smo delali, a se je izplačalo