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smŕt death; decease; (vladarja) demise; departure (from life)

smŕt na grmadi death at the stake, the stake
smŕt na morišču death on the scaffold
smŕt od utopitve death by drowning
smŕt od zadušitve death by asphyxiation (ali suffocation, smothering, strangling)
smŕt s strelom v glavo death from a bullet in the head
navidezna smŕt suspended animation
črna smŕt (kuga) Black Death
Smrt s svojo koso Death with his scythe
na smŕt bolan fatally ill, dangerously ill
do smŕti utrujen tired to death, tired out, dead beat; (od dela) done in, worn out, vulgarno buggered, knackered
konjska smŕt (= konjederec) flayer, VB knacker
smŕt na vešalih hanging
kamenjan do smŕti stoned to death
rojen po očetovi smŕti posthumous
junaška smŕt a hero's death
do svoje smŕti to one's dying day
obletnica smŕti anniversary of someone's death
letnica, leto smŕti year of someone's death
preziranje smŕti contempt for death
uradna proglasitev smŕti official declaration of death
boj za življenje ali smŕt life-and-death struggle
smŕt izdajalcu! death to the traitor!
smŕt fašizmu - svobodo narodu! Death to Fascism - Liberty to the People!
biti na pragu smŕti to be (lying) at death's door
to bo moja smŕt this will be the death of me
boriti se s smŕtjo to be at one's last gasp (ali breath), to breathe one's last, to be at death's door, to be on one's deathbed
gre za življenje ali smŕt (za biti ali ne biti) it is a matter (ali case) of life and death
iti v smŕt za... to give one's life for...
drveti v zanesljivo (gotovo) smŕt to rush headlong to certain death
na smŕt se dolgočasiti to be bored to death
do smŕti izkrvaveti to bleed to death
pogledati smŕti v oči to look death in the face
obsoditi na smŕt to sentence (ali to condemn) to death
imeti (storiti) lepo smŕt to die a happy death
umreti junaške smŕti to meet a hero's death
umreti naravne smŕti to die a natural death
umreti nasilne smŕti to die a violent death, (zlasti biti obešen) to die in one's shoes
povzročiti smŕt kake osebe to be the death of someone
uiti smŕti to escape death
umreti lahke smŕti to die an easy death
umreti bedne smŕti to die a dog's death
sam si zadati smŕt to make away with oneself, to take one's own life, to commit suicide
biti obsojen na smŕt (figurativno) to earn the wages of sin

snap¹ [snæp]

1. samostalnik
hlastaj (at po)
ugriz; tlesk s prsti, krcljaj, krc; tlesk, pok, zlom
figurativno zamah, polet, elan, živahnost
fotografija trenutni posnetek, momentka
gledališče kratek igralski angažma; rezka, odrezava, osorna izjava; kratka doba, perioda; zaskočna ključavnica; grižljaj, zalogaj, košček
ameriško, sleng dobra služba, lahka naloga, malenkost; vrsta drobljivega kolača

in a snap v hipu
a snap of the whip tlesk ali pok z bičem
a snap of cold, cold snap nenaden val mraza
to bite off at a single snap odgrizniti z enim samim hlastajem (ugrizom)
not to care a snap for figurativno požvižgati se na
the dog made a snap at me pes je hlastnil po meni
I heard the snap of the bone slišal sem pok (zlom) kosti

2. pridevnik
nagel, nenaden, bliskovit

snap judg(e)ment nagla (prenagljena) sodba
a snap vote nepričakovano in hitro glasovanje
snap shot strel brez ciljanja

3. prislov
s pokom (treskom)

to go snap počiti, zlomiti se s pokom
snap went the mast s treskom (tresk!) se je zlomil jambor

snap² [snæp] prehodni glagol
hlastniti (po), havsniti, odgrizniti; iztrgati, zgrabiti, uloviti (kaj); zlomiti, prelomiti, pretrgati; zapreti s pokom (treskom), tleskniti; zašklepetati (z zobmi); povzročiti pok(anje), tleskati ali pokati (z bičem, s prsti); sprožiti (pištolo); ostro (rezko, osorno) prekiniti; (na kratko) odpraviti (koga)
fotografija napraviti trenuten posnetek, neopazno fotografirati
ameriško, šport naglo vrniti (žogo) v polje
neprehodni glagol
hlastniti (at po)
naglo poseči (at po)
havsniti z zobmi (at po)
(o psu); skušati ugrizniti (at koga)
póčiti, tleskniti (bič); zlomiti se s pokom; zaklopiti se; zaskočiti se; zabliskati se (oči); nenadoma prisluhniti
ameriško, sleng planiti (into v)
ameriško, pogovorno (out of) nehati (z), rešiti se (česa)

to snap at s.o. nahruliti koga, zadreti se nad kom
to snap a beggar short na kratko odpraviti berača
to snap at s.th. (at an offer) hlastno pograbiti, hlastniti po čem (po ponudbi)
to snap (at) the bait hlastniti po vabi, figurativno hlastno sprejeti ponudbo
to snap at the chance zgrabiti za priložnost
to snap a piece of chalk in two zlomiti košček krede na dvoje
to snap s.o.'s bag iztrgati komu torbo (torbico)
the dog snapped at me pes je havsnil po meni
his eyes snapped oči so se mu zabliskale (v jezi)
to snap to attention nenadoma postati pozoren
to snap one's fingers tleskniti s prsti, figurativno prezirljivo ravnati (at s.o. s kom)
he snaps his fingers at the danger on se požvižga na nevarnost
the fish snapped (at) the bait riba je hlastnila po vabi
his nerves snapped živci so mu odpovedali
I snapped them as they were going in fotografiral sem jih, ko so vstopali
the string snapped struna je počila
to snap shut zapreti se s tleskom (pokom)
to snap one's teeth together zašklepetati z zobmi
to snap a whip tleskniti (počiti) z bičem
the whip snapped bič je tlesknil (počil)

snég snow

brez snéga snowless
kosmič snéga snowflake
snég iz jajc whipped eggs pl
snég iz stepene smetane whipped cream
večni snég everlasting (ali perpetual) snow
meja večnega snéga snow line
kot snég bel snow-white, white as snow
kot snég beli lasje snowy hair
slep od (bleščečega se) snega snowblind
krplje za snég snowshoes pl
zametèn od snéga snowbound
zatrpan s snégom snowed up, snowbound
pokrit s snégom covered with snow, snowclad, snowcapped
odrezan zaradi snéga snowbound
biti zasut s snégom to be snowed in (ali up), to be under snow
s snégom bogata zima a snowy winter
toliko mi je za to kot za lanski snég, to mi je lanski snég I couldn't care less (about it)
snég pada it snows (ozir. it is snowing)
snég me je zametel I was snowed in
vlak je obtičal v snégu the train was snowed under

snow² [snóu] neprehodni glagol
snežiti
figurativno padati kot sneg; pri(haja)ti v veliki množini
prehodni glagol
zasnežiti, pokriti s snegom (večinoma under)

it snows sneži
it snowed invitations deževalo je povabil
he tells me it snows figurativno pripoveduje mi nekaj čisto novega (ironično)
to be snowed in biti zasnežen, zasut s snegom
to be snowed under biti zasut s snegom; figurativno biti zasut (s čim) do glave; (o kandidatu na volitvah) biti premagan z veliko večino
the train was snowed under vlak je obtičal v snegu
to snow up prehodni glagol zasnežiti, zamesti, zasuti s snegom
the road is snowed up cesta je zasnežena, zametana s snegom

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!

soak [sóuk]

1. samostalnik
namočenje, namakanje, prepojitev; tekočina za namakanje
pogovorno popivanje
sleng pijanec
sleng težak udarec
sleng zastavitev, zastava

to put in soak zastaviti

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
namočiti (se), namakati (se); prepojiti (napojiti) (se); pronicati, mezeti
pogovorno čezmerno piti; vpijati; izsesati (tekočino) (out)
sleng opijaniti (koga)
pogovorno piti ga, biti pijanec
sleng kaznovati (koga)
ameriško, sleng natepsti, pretepsti
figurativno izmolsti (kaj) iz koga, "osušiti" (koga) za kaj
sleng zastaviti (kaj)

to soak o.s. into zatopiti se v
to soak through a filter pronicati skozi cedilo
I am soaked through (with rain) do kosti sem premočen (od dežja)
soaking wet popolnoma premočen
he soaked me 10 shillings osušil me je za 10 šilingov
the path is soaked steza je razmočena
blotting paper soaks up ink pivnik vpija črnilo
to soak in (up) vpijati, absorbirati; napojiti se

sock² [sɔk]

1. samostalnik
sleng zadetek, udarec (s pestjo)

to get socks dobiti udarce, batine
to give s.o. socks nabiti, natepsti koga, znesti se nad kom

2. prehodni glagol
sleng biti, pretepati, tepsti, udariti; zalučati, zagnati (kaj) (at na)
zadeti, pogoditi (koga) (s kamnom ipd.)

3. prislov
direktno; naravnost, natančno, z enim udarcem

he hit me sock in the eye udaril me je naravnost (prav) na oko

song [sɔŋ] samostalnik
pesem (za petje), petje; spev, pesem, pesnitev, poezija
figurativno malenkost

for an old song figurativno zelo poceni
song of a motor šum, brnenje motorja
no song, no supper figurativno za malo denarja, malo muzike, za (iz) nič ni nič
not worth an old song piškavega oreha ne vreden
folk song, traditional song ljudska (narodna) pesem
part song glasba pesem za več glasov
sacred song duhovna pesem
it's the same old song to je (vedno) ista stara pesem
to burst forth into song začeti (naglas) peti
to buy (to sell, to get) for a song (for a mere song) kupiti (prodati, dobiti) za skorjico kruha (zelo poceni, skoraj zastonj)
to change one's song ubrati drug ton (druge strune)
he gave me a song and dance about how busy he was pripovedoval mi je čuda o tem, koliko dela ima
to sing another song (a different song) drugo pesmico zapeti, figurativno spremeniti ton, ubrati druge strune
that's nothing to make a song about zaradi tega ni treba delati nobenega hrupa, to ni važno

sort² [sɔ:t] samostalnik
vrsta, sorta, kategorija, razred; kakovost; način; število
tisk garnitura črk
množina razpoloženje

a sort of neke vrste, nekak
after a sort, in a sort nekako, v neki meri
in any sort kakorkoli
in some sort do neke mere, nekako
out of sorts pogovorno čemeren, ne v redu, bolan
of all sorts vseh vrst, vsake vrste
of a sort, of sorts slabe vrste
a dog of sorts nekak pes
a lawyer of a sort odvetnik, vsaj po imenu
nothing of the sort nič takega
people of every sort and kind vse mogoči ljudje
that sort of thing nekaj temu podobnega
he is a good sort on je dobričina
he is my sort on je moje vrste, on je tak kot jaz
they are a nice sort prijetni ljudje so
to be out of sorts biti slabe volje
he put me out of sorts spravil me je v slabo voljo
I sort of expected it to sem nekako pričakoval
I sort of remember it tega se nekako spominjam

sósed neighbour

brez sósedov neighbourless
najbližji sósed one's nearest neighbour, next-door neighbour
sósedje pl neighbourhood
prvi (drugi) sósed the nextdoor (the next-door but one) neighbour
moj sósed pri mizi the man sitting next to me at table
moj desni (levi) sósed my right-hand (left-hand) neighbour
delati, napraviti kot dober sósed to act in a (good-) neighbourly way

spametováti to make wiser; to bring someone to his senses; to make someone see sense; to teach someone a lesson

to me je spametovalo that was a (real) lesson for me
spametováti se to grow wiser, to cut one's wisdom teeth (ali eyeteeth), to profit by an unpleasant experience, to come to one's senses
nikoli se ne bo spametoval he will never grow wiser
moram ga spametováti I must bring him to his senses, I must make him see reason

spánec sleep; slumber; somnolence

spánec se me loteva I am getting sleepy, I am feeling drowsy
premagal me je spánec I was overcome by sleep

spang [spæŋ] prislov
ameriško, pogovorno naravnost

he ran spang into me pridrvel je naravnost vame

spare¹ [spɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
varčevati, varčno uporabljati; prihraniti, dati na stran, imeti v rezervi; odstopiti, lahkó pogrešati, biti brez (česa), imeti odveč; prizanesti (komu), oprostiti (kazen), prihraniti (komu ali sebi) (trud itd.); ne povzročiti (sramu, rdečice)
neprehodni glagol
varčevati, skopariti; opustiti (kaj); prizanesti, pustiti (komu) življenje

enough and to spare na pretek, še preveč, več kot preveč, obilo
to spare a defeated adversary prizanesti poraženemu nasprotniku
spare my blushes! ne spravljajte me v sramoto, prihranite mi sramoto, ne blamirajte me!
I can spare his advice lahko pogrešam njegove nasvete
I was spared attending the lectures bil sem oproščen obiskovanja predavanj
can you spare the car today? lahko pogrešate svoj avto danes?
to spare the captives prizanesti ujetnikom
can you spare me a cigarette? imaš cigareto odveč zame?
spare us these explanations! prizanesite nam s temi razlagami!
to spare no expense ne varčevati s stroški
I can spare no money for it za to nimam denarja
I can spare a fiver lahko ti dam petak (5 funtov)
spare your money for another occasion prihrani si denar za kako drugo priložnost
spare my feelings! imej obzir do mojih čustev!
I was spared the insult prizanesli so mi z žalitvijo
spare me! prizanesite mi!, milost!
I can ill spare any hands now zdaj ne morem pogrešati nobenega delavca
spare me your objections! prizanesite mi s svojimi ugovori!
to spare o.s. prihraniti si trud
not to spare o.s. ne varčevati s svojimi močmi
to spare the rod and spoil the child varčuj s šibo in pokvaril boš otroka, šiba novo mašo poje
I cannot spare the time ne morem najti potrebnega časa
I have no time to spare ne smem izgubljati časa, nimam dosti časa
to spare no trouble ne varčevati s trudom

spáti to sleep, to be asleep, to lie asleep; pogovorno to kip; to lie dormant

spáti oblečen to sleep with one's clothes on
spáti po obedu to have (ali to take) a nap, to have one's forty winks
dobro (slabo) spáti to sleep well (badly, poorly)
spáti doma (zunaj) to sleep in (out)
spáti pod milim nebom, na prostem to sleep in the open air
spáti polnih 12 (ali 24) ur to sleep the clock round
spáti zimsko spanje to hibernate
spáti spanje pravičnega to sleep the sleep of the just
trdno spáti to be fast (ali sound) asleep, to sleep very soundly
spáti nepretrgano do 7. ure zjutraj to sleep right through (ali without a break) until seven in the morning
predolgo spáti (= »zaspati«) to oversleep
spáti kot ubit, kot polh to sleep like a log (ali like a top, like a dormouse)
iti spat to go to bed, to lie down to sleep, (otroški govor) to go to bye-byes; to retire
to mi ne da spáti it keeps me awake at night
nisem mogel spáti I hardly slept a wink
hoditi zgodaj spat to retire early
ne spáti (biti buden, figurativno) to be watchful (ali vigilant), to be on the alert
bom toliko bolje spal zaradi tega I will sleep the sounder for it
zadeva spi (figurativno) the matter (ali affair) has been pigeon-holed
vso noč nisem spal I did not sleep a wink last night
kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie

speed¹ [spi:d] samostalnik
hitrost, brzina, naglica, hitrica; tek (motorja)
tehnično prestava (prva, druga itd.)
zastarelo uspeh, (dobra) sreča

at full speed, with all speed s polno brzino
good speed! veliko uspeha (sreče)!
speed limit največja dovoljena hitrost
a three-speed bicycle bicikel s tremi prestavami
to make speed hiteti
send me good speed! voščite mi dobro srečo!
more haste, less speed figurativno počasi se daleč pride; hiti počasi!

spite¹ [spáit] samostalnik
sovražnost, mržnja; jeza, gnev, nevolja; kljubovanje, kljubovalnost, trma; zlobnost, zlohotnost, hudobija

in spite navkljub, navzlic
(in) spite of kljub, navzlic
in spite of the fact that... kljub dejstvu, da..., čeprav
out of spite, from pure spite iz zlobe, iz (same) kljubovalnosti
he did it out of spite iz zlobe je to naredil
to have a spite against s.o. biti jezen na koga
he has an old spite against me staro jezo kuha name

spite² [spáit] prehodni glagol
zlobno ravnati (s kom), zagosti jo (komu); (u)jeziti, (raz)žaliti; kljubovati (komu)

he did it to spite me naredil je to, da bi me spravil v jezo (meni navkljub)
to cut off one's nose to spite one's face zaradi malenkostne koristi utrpeti škodo, samemu sebi škoditi v nameri, da bi kljubovali komu drugemu, figurativno urezati se

spleen [spli:n]

1. samostalnik
anatomija vranica
figurativno slaba volja, slabo razpoloženje
zastarelo otožnost, žalost, melanholija, deprimiranost; hipohondrija
zastarelo napad besnosti

a fit of spleen nenadna slaba volja (žalost, otožnost)
he vented his spleen on me svojo slabo voljo je stresel name

2. prehodni glagol
odstraniti vranico (a dog psu)