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hit^*2 [hit]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, poriniti, zadeti
figurativno prizadeti; zaleteti se v
figurativno naleteti na, najti; zadeti, uganiti
figurativno ostro kritizirati, bičati (napake); doseči, uspeti

2. neprehodni glagol
tolči (at po)
slučajno naleteti (on, upon na)
zadeti (against na)
ameriško, pogovorno vžgati, teči (motor)

to be hard (ali badly) hit by biti močno prizadet od, izgubiti veliko denarja
ameriško to hit the books guliti se
pogovorno to hit the bottle pijančevati
to hit s.o. a blow koga močno udariti
to hit s.o. below the belt udariti pod pasom (boks), nepošteno se boriti, nečastno ravnati
to hit a bull's eye with a vengeance imeti predoren uspeh
to hit the ceiling (ali roof) poskočiti od jeze
ameriško, pogovorno to hit on all four cylinders dobro teči, figurativno dobro potekati
to hit s.o.'s fancy (ali taste) zadeti, uganiti okus nekoga
to hit home zadeti v živec, priti do živca
to hit s.o. home zavrniti koga, zasoliti jo komu
hit hard! močno udari!
to hit one's head against (ali upon) s.th. z glavo se zaleteti v kaj
sleng to hit the hay (ali sack) spraviti se spat
to hit the jackpot terno zadeti, priti nenadoma do denarja
figurativno to hit a man when he is down zadati udarce človeku v nesreči
navtika to hit a mine zadeti na mino
to hit the nail on the head (ali nub); ali to hit it v črno zadeti
to hit oil najti nafto
prices hit an all-time high cene so dosegle rekordno višino
ameriško to hit the numbers pool zadeti pti lotu
to hit the right road najti pravo cesto
to hit the road odpraviti se na dolgo pot
šport to hit one's stride priti v dobro kondicijo
to hit the spot pravo zadeti, zadovoljiti
ameriško, pogovorno to hit the town prispeti v mesto
pogovorno to hit it up pošteno se česa lotiti

jerk¹ [džə:k] samostalnik
sunek, nenaden udarec, nagel gib, trzaj; krč, refleks (zlasti v kolenu)
ameriško, sleng tepec, budala

by jerks sunkoma
with a jerk sunkovito, nenadoma
at one jerk naenkrat, nenadoma
to give s.th. a jerk nenadoma kaj potegniti
sleng to put a jerk in it pljuniti v roke, poprijeti se
britanska angleščina, sleng physical jerks telovadba, fizične vaje
to get a jerk on (with) pohiteti (s čim)

knife¹ [náif] samostalnik
nož, bodalo, rezilo

before you can say knife nenadoma, zelo hitro
to get a knife into s.o. napasti brez milosti, ostro kritizirati
a good (poor) knife and fork dober (slab) jedec
to play a good knife and fork z apetitom jesti
war to the knife boj na nož, boj brez milosti
under the knife pod kirurškim nožem
to go under the knife biti operiran

kreníti to start, to move, to set off, to set out (v for)

kreníti na potovanje to set out (ali off, arhaično forth) on a journey
kreníti proti sovražniku to set out (ali arhaično forth) against the enemy
kreníti po najkrajši poti to take the shortest way
krenite na levo (na desno)! turn to the left (to the right)!
kreníti na pot to set out (ali off) on one's way
nenadoma kreníti vstran to swerve
kreníti naprej to move ahead

leap¹ [li:p] samostalnik
skok (tudi figurativno)
preskok

a great leap forward velik skok naprej
a leap in the dark tvegan poskus, pot v neznano
by leaps and bounds skokovito, zelo hitro
with a leap hitro, nenadoma

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

obstáti² (obstanem) (ustaviti se) to stop; to halt, to make a halt; to be brought to a standstill

nenadoma obstáti, obstáti kot ukopan to stop dead, to stop short

of [əv] predlog

1.
od (north of)

2.
genetiv (the master of the house)

3.
apozicija (the City of London, the month of May)

4.
(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London)

5.
(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud of)

6.
(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk)

7.
(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man)

8.
(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe)

9.
(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine)

10.
o (talk of peace, news of success)

11.
(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March)

12. ameriško
pogovorno pred, do (ten minutes of three)

13.

Razno:

to be quick of eye hitro in dobro zapažati
nimble of foot lahkonog
of old že zdavnaj
of late v zadnjem času nedavno
of course seveda, se razume
in case of v slučaju
you of all prav ti
of age polnoleten
by means of s pomočjo
for the sake of; ali in (ali on) behalf of zavoljo, zaradi
in face of, in spite of vkljub
on account of, because of zaradi
for fear of iz strahu od
in respect of z ozirom na
instead of namesto
all of a sudden nenadoma
ameriško back of za(daj)
to be on the point of (going) biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu)

on¹ [ɔn] predlog

1.
na (on earth, on the radio)

2. figurativno
na (based on facts ki temelji na dejstvih, on demand na zahtevo, to borrow on jewels izposoditi si denar na nakit, a duty on silk carina na svilo, interest on one's capital obresti na kapital)

3.
(ki si sledi) za (loss on loss izguba za izgubo)

4.
(zaposlen) pri, v (to be on a committee, jury, the general staff biti v komisiji, v poroti, pri generalštabu)

5.
(stanje) v, na (on duty v službi, dežuren, on fire v ognju, gori, on strike v stavki, on leave na dopustu, on sale na prodaj)

6.
(namerjen) na, proti (an attack on s.o. napad na koga, a joke on me šala na moj račun, the strain tells on him napor ga zdeluje)

7.
(predmet, tema) o (a lecture on s.th. predavanje o čem, to talk on a subject govoriti o nekem predmetu)

8.
(časovno za en dan) v, na; po, ob (on Sunday v nedeljo, on April 1 prvega aprila; on his arrival ob njegovem prihodu, on being asked ko so me vprašali)

9.

Razno:

that is a new one on me to je zame novo, za to še nisem slišal
she is all day on me ves dan me gnjavi
on an average povprečno
away on business službeno odsoten
on the contrary nasprotno
on edge ko na trnju, nervozen
on foot peš
on hand pri roki, na zalogi
on one's own samostojen, neodvisen
on the instant takoj
to live on air živeti od zraka
on pain of death pod smrtno kaznijo
on principle načelno
on purpose namenoma
on receipt po prejemu
on a sudden nenadoma
on time točno
on the whole v glavnem
on my word na mojo častno besedo
have you a match on you? imaš kakšno vžigalico pri sebi?
ameriško, pogovorno to have nothing on s.o. ne imeti nič proti komu

once¹ [wans] prislov
enkrat, nekoč, svojčas

once and again, once or twice od časa do časa, ponovno
once again, once more še enkrat
once a day enkrat na dan
once (and) for all enkrat za vselej
pogovorno once in a blue moon zelo redko
once bit twice shy kdor se enkrat opeče, ne bo več poskušal; izkušnja te nauči previdnosti
not once niti enkrat, nikoli
once (upon a time) nekoč
once in a while (ali way) tu in tam, včasih, redko
once and away enkrat za vselej; včasih
all at once nenadoma, istočasno
at once takoj
more than once večkrat

pojáviti se pojávljati se to appear; (priti) to make one's appearance; (nenadoma) to turn up; (na vidiku) to come in sight (ali in view), (ladja na obzorju) to heave in sight; to show someone, to present someone; (bolezen) to break out; (nastati) to arise, to spring up; (na površini) to emerge

prvič se je pojavil v družbi he made his first appearance in society
obklej se je pojavil (je prišel)? (at) what time did he turn up?
nenadoma pojáviti se, pojávljati se (pogovorno) to bob up
on se vedno pojavi, kadar tega nihče ne pričakuje he always turns up when nobody expects it
pojáviti se, pojávljati se v daljavi to loom

rôka hand, (do rame) arm

brez rôke handless, armless
v rôki in one's hand
pri rôki at hand, near at hand; available
od rôke do rôke from hand to hand
pod rôko (se držati) arm in arm, (kupiti) underhandedly
rôke kvišku! hands up!, stick them up!, reach!
rôke proč! hands off!
z rôko v rôki hand in hand, jointly
s sklenjenimi rôkami with clasped hands (as in prayer)
z zvezanimi rôkami in nogami bound hand and foot
rôko na srcé! hand on heart!
močna rôka strong hand
žuljava rôka a callous palm
moja desna rôka (figurativno) my second self
on je moja desna rôka he is my right-hand man
polna rôka a handful
narejen z rôko (ročno) made by hand, handmade; (posel) handiwork, manual work
od rôk (oddaljen) out of the way
praznih rôk empty-handed
na svojo rôko (figurativno) in one's own name, of one's own accord, unauthorized
risanje s prosto rôko freehand drawing
držeč se za rôke hand in hand
prekrižanih rôk with one's hands (oziroma arms) folded
z dvignjeno rôko (with) hand upraised
z rôkami uprtimi v boke akimbo
držati, imeti rôke uprte v boke to hold one's arms akimbo
iz prve rôke at first hand
ne da bi rôko premaknil hands down
boriti se z rôkami in nogami to struggle with might and main
braniti se proti čemu z rôkami in nogami to fight against something tooth and nail (ali with might and main)
dati v rôko, rôke to hand
dati komu proste rôke (da kaj naredi) to give someone a free hand (to do something)
dobiti informacije iz prve rôke to get information at first hand
dvigniti rôke to lift up one's hands
dvigniti rôke nad glavo v začudenju to throw up one's arms in astonishment
dobiti kaj v rôke (figurativno) to get hold of something
rôke križem držati to fold one's arms and do nothing, to be idle
imeti pri rôki to have at hand
imeti polne rôke dela to have one's hands full
imamo ga v rôki (figurativno) he is in our power
imeti proste rôke (figurativno) to have free play
imeti mrzle, hladne rôke to have cold hands
dati rôko komu to give one's hand to someone, (v pozdrav) to shake hands with someone
imeti položaj trdno v rôki to have the situation well in hand
iti skozi mnogo rôk to pass through many hands
iti komu na rôko to help someone; to support someone, to patronize someone, to aid someone
lomiti rôke (figurativno) to wring one's hands
to mu gre od rôk (figurativno) he is skilled (ali clever) at it
izpustiti iz rôke, iz rok to let go
posel mu ne gre od rôk he is unskilled, he is a poor worker
delo mu gre dobro izpod rôk he is a quick worker
kupiti iz prve (druge) rôke to buy new (secondhand)
mahati z rôkami to gesticulate
ne izpustiti iz rôk not to let go, (da pade) not to let go (ali to let slip)
méti si rôke to rub one's hands
nositi na rôkah koga (figurativno) to treat someone with great care, to make much of someone, to treasure someone
nosijo ga na rôkah (figurativno) he is treated with the utmost consideration, he enjoys all kinds of favours
pasti komu v rôke to fall into someone's hands
prijeti za rôko to take by the hand
ponuditi, prožiti komu rôko to give (ali to hold out) one's hand to someone, (figurativno) to lend someone a helping hand
pljuniti v rôke (figurativno) to spit on one's hands
podaj mu rôko! shake hands with him!
prodati pod rôko to sell by private bargain (ali contract, treaty)
preiti v druge rôke to change hands
prosíti za rôko to propose (to), to ask in marriage, (nenadoma, pogovorno) to pop the question
pričakati koga z odprtimi rôkami to meet someone with outstretched hands, to meet someone enthusiastically
položiti rôke na kaj to lay hands on something, to put one's hands to
položiti rôko nase (figurativno) to commit suicide
položiti rôko na srce to lay one's hand on one's heart
podati si rôke to shake hands
sprejeti ponudbo z obema rôkama to jump at an offer
prekrižati rôke to cross one's arms
stisniti komu rôko to squeeze someone's hand, (pri pozdravu) to shake hands with someone
stiskati rôko v pest to clench one's fist
stati s sklenjenimi (prekrižanimi) rôkami to stand with folded (crossed) arms
vzeti v rôke to take in hand, to undertake
zadevo bom sam vzel v rôke I will take the matter into my own hands
fanta je treba vzeti v rôke (figurativno) the boy wants taking in hand
zlomiti si rôko to break one's arm
rôko si je zlomil he broke his arm, he had his arm broken
umijem si rôke nad tem I wash my hands of it, I will not be responsible
rôka rôko umiva (figurativno) one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, fair exchange is no robbery
z obema rôkama zgrabiti priliko to jump at an opportunity
živeti iz rôk v usta (figurativno) to live from hand to mouth
bolje je vrabec v rôki kot golob na strehi (figurativno) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

round on prehodni glagol
zmerjati, oštevati, psovati
sleng prijaviti, ovaditi, denuncirati (a complice sokrivca)

to round on s.o. planiti na koga, nenadoma napasti koga, pasti komu v hrbet

run¹ [rʌn] samostalnik
tekanje, tek
šport vztrajnostni tek, tekmovanje, dirka, hiter galop; naval, lov (for na)
hajka; hoja, vožnja, (hitro) potovanje; pot, izlet, sprehod; jadranje; brzi koraki, hiter tempo, hitra kretnja, premik, hiter padec, beg; zalet, zagon, napad, juriš
figurativno potek, smer, ritem, tendenca, moda; nepretrgana vrsta, niz, serija, nepretrgan čas, trajanje
ameriško potok, reka, jarek; tok, struja, plima, valovi; prost dostop (do), prosta uporaba; trop, jata; pašnik, ograda, ograjen prostor za živino, za perutnino; sankališče
trgovina veliko povpraševanje (on po, za)
dobra prodaja, trajen uspeh
trgovina kakovost, kvaliteta, vrsta, sorta
glasba hitra vrsta tonov, gostolevek, rulada
gledališče čas izvedbe, trajanje (gledališke igre), uprizarjanje, prikazovanje, nepretrgana vrsta predstav; (karte) sekvenca; naklada (časopisa)
tehnično delovni čas (o strojih); presek, prerez, splošnost, večina
tehnično tračnica; deska za vkrcavanje in izkrcavanje; odvodna cev

at the run, on the run v teku
in the long run sčasoma, končno, konec koncev
on the run na nogah, nepretrgoma zaposlen, ki leta sem in tja; vojska ki je na umiku, na begu
with a run nenadoma
a run to Bled vožnja, izlet, skok na Bled
a run of bad luck at cards dolgotrajna smola pri kartah
a run of ill luck nepretrgana smola, vrsta nesreč
run of customers naval odjemalcev
run of events potek dogodkov
a run of gold žila zlata
run of ground zemeljski plaz
the run of public opinion smer javnega mnenja
the common (ordinary) run of people običajni, poprečni tip ljudi
non-stop run nonstop vožnja
the usual run of things običajni potek dogodkov
to be in the run teči, dirkati, figurativno kandidirati
to be on the run teči, tekati po poslih, biti vedno na nogah, tekati sem in tja
it is only a 30 minutes' run to our place samo pol ure vožnje je do nas
it is all in the day's run vse to spada v program dneva (dnevnih dogodkov)
this inn is quite out of the common run of country inns ta gostilna je čisto različna od običajnega tipa podeželskih gostišč
there was a run on the banks vlagatelji so navalili na banke (da bi dvignili svoje prihranke)
to break into a run spustiti se v tek
to come down with a run zrušiti se
to give a run preskusiti
to go for a run teči (kot) za stavo
everything went with a run vse je šlo gladko, kot namazano
to have s.o. on the run pogovorno pognati koga
to have a run for one's money figurativno priti na svoj račun, zabavati se za svoj denar
to have the run of s.o.'s house imeti prost dostop v hišo kake osebe, počutiti se pri kom doma
I had the run of his library imel sem prost dostop do njegove knjižnice
these books have had the run this year te knjige so se letos najbolje prodajale
the play had but a short run igra je bila le kratek čas na sporedu
the piece had a run of 20 nights (gledališko) igro so uprizorili 20 večerov zaporedoma
to take a run vzeti zalet

rush¹ [rʌš]

1. samostalnik
naval, nalet, zamah, prerivanje, drvenje, pehanje; naglica; masovno odhajanje (to v)
nenaden izbruh ali povečanje
medicina naval krvi
trgovina veliko, živo povpraševanje (for po, za)
figurativno napad

by rushes skokoma
on the rush pogovorno z vso naglico, na hitro
with a rush nenadoma
the rush hours najprometnejše, konične ure (ko gredo ljudje v službo ali se vračajo domov)
a rush for seats naval na sedeže
rush of pity nenadno sočutje
gold rush figurativno zlata mrzlica
there was a rush of blood to his face kri mu je planila v obraz
to make a rush for planiti na, navaliti na

2. pridevnik
hiter, nagel; nujen; prizadeven

rush order hitro, nujno naročilo

sit up neprehodni glagol
zravnati se, pokonci sedeti
pogovorno iz ležečega se dvigniti v sedeči položaj; ostati (dolgo) na nogah

to sit up late hoditi pozno spat
I sat up for him čakal sem ga buden
to make s.o. sit up sleng preplašiti, osupiti koga; figurativno nagnati koga na težko delo
that will make them sit up to jih bo začudilo (osupilo)
she sat up all night nursing him vso noč je bedé presedela in ga stregla
to sit up and take notice nenadoma postati pozoren, pokazati interes, napeti ušesa, pozorno prisluhniti

spremeníti to change; to alter; to modify; to convert; to vary

to na stvari nič ne spremeni it doesn't make any difference to things, it does not alter the facts
spremeníti barvo to change colour
spremeníti svoje vedenje to change one's behaviour, (figurativno) one's approach
prepisal sem to, ne da bi spremenil eno samo vrsto I copied it without altering a single line
spremeníti se to change, to alter, to undergo a change
spremeníti se na boljše (slabše) to change (ali to alter) for the better (for the worse)
se ne da nič spremeníti (pomagati) it can't be helped
s tem se položaj spremeni that changes the case
časi so se zelo spremenili times have (ali are) greatly changed
vreme se je nenadoma spremenilo a sudden change of weather has taken place
spremeníti zakon to revise an act

spring^*3 [spriŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti, priskočiti; pognati se, planiti (kvišku); nepričakovano postati (into kaj)
hitro priti v neko stanje ali položaj; izvirati, privreti na, izhajati, imeti svoj izvor (poreklo), nastati (from iz)
nepričakovano se pojaviti (priti), pokukati; pognati, poganjati, priti na dan, zrasti, (vz)brsteti, vzkliti
figurativno priti do česa; izbočiti se, pokati, klati se, zviti se, skriviti se (o lesu)
vojska eksplodirati (o mini)
veterina biti brej, brejiti
zastarelo daniti se, svitati se

2. prehodni glagol
sprožiti
lov dvigniti, splašiti (ptice) z ležišča; pognati (konja) v dir; preskočiti (ogrado); skriviti, zlomiti (lesen predmet)
tehnično opremiti z vzmetmi
britanska angleščina, pogovorno "olajšati" koga (for a quid za funt)
figurativno nepričakovano (kaj) iznesti, načeti, sprožiti; postaviti (teorijo)

to be sprung sleng biti vinjen, pijan
to spring to attention vojska skočiti v pozor
the blood sprang to his face kri mu je planila v obraz
to spring to s.o.'s assistance priskočiti komu na pomoč
conviction has sprung upon him prišel je do prepričanja
to spring a covey of partridges dvigniti, preplašiti jato jerebic
the dog sprang at me pes je planil proti meni
the door sprang open vrata so se nenadoma odprla
to spring into existence nenadoma nastati
to spring to one's feet skočiti na noge
to spring to the eyes figurativno v oči pasti
he is sprang from (ali of) a famous family on izhaja (je potomec) slovite družine
to spring a horse pognati konja v dir
to spring a leak dobiti razpoko
the leaves are beginning to spring listje začenja poganjati
to spring jokes zbijati šale
to spring a mine upon s.o. figurativno presenetiti koga; prilomastiti v njegovo hišo
he sprang another three shillings, and I accepted ponudil (primaknil) je še tri šilinge, in jaz sem sprejel
to spring a surprise on s.o. presenetiti koga, pripraviti komu presenečenje
the tears sprang to her eyes solze so ji stopile v oči, so jo oblile
to spring a trap sprožiti past
the trap sprang past se je sprožila
the water springs boiling hot from the earth voda privre skoraj vrela iz zemlje
where did you spring from? od kod si se pa (ti) vzel?

stop² [stɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up)
zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od)
navtika privezati (ladjo)
slovnica označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila
glasba pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas)

2. neprehodni glagol
ustaviti se, obstati
pogovorno ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom)
(pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

a badly spelt and badly stopped letter pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak
stop thief! primite tatu!
to stop in bed ostati v postelji
to stop a blow odbiti, parirati udarec
to stop a blow with one's head hudomušno dobiti udarec po glavi
to stop s.o.'s breath sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga
to stop a bullet sleng biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen
to stop a car ustaviti, stopati avto
to stop a cheque prepovedati izplačilo čeka
to stop dead (short) nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan
to stop doing s.th. prenehati s čim
shall you stop for dinner? boste ostali na večerji?
to stop one's ears (za)mašiti si ušesa, figurativno ne hoteti slišati
to stop a gap zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi
I am going to stop a few days zaustavil se bom nekaj dni
to stop s.o.'s mouth zamašiti komu usta
do stop that noise! nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!
stop your nonsense! dovolj je vaših neumnosti!
he'll stop at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši
to stop payment ustaviti plačilo
to stop running nehati teči
he stopped me from speaking preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje
he never stops to think nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)
to stop a tooth plombirati zob
my watch has stopped ura se mi je ustavila
to stop the way zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
to stop work ustaviti delo
to stop a wound ustaviti krvavitev rane

surprise¹ [səpráiz]

1. samostalnik
presenečenje; začudenje, osuplost (at ob, nad)
ogorčenje
vojska nepričakovan napad

by surprise nepričakovano, nenadoma
full of surprise (zelo) presenečen
to my surprise na moje začudenje
taken by surprise osupel, presenečen
what a surprise! kakšno presenečenje!
to cause great surprise povzročiti veliko presenečenje
to give a child a surprise napraviti otroku presenečenje
to stare in surprise strmeti, debelo gledati od začudenja
to take s.o. by surprise presenetiti koga
to take a town by surprise vojska zavzeti mesto z nepričakovanim napadom

2. pridevnik
presenetljiv, nepričakovan

a surprise visit nepričakovan (nenajavljen) obisk
surprise packet nepričakovan paket