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slúžba service; employment, employ; (mesto) post; job; duty; function; situation

brez slúžbe unemployed, out of work, without employment, ZDA jobless
v slúžbi on duty
ne v slúžbi off duty
v aktivni slúžbi on active service
honorarna slúžba honorary duties
težka, naporna slúžba hard work
lahka slúžba sinecure, (pogovorno) soft job
»mastna« slúžba very well paid service
odgovorna slúžba a responsible post (ali job)
vojaška slúžba military service
slúžba božja religija service, divine service, public worship, mass, (navadna) low service, (slovesna) high mass
javne slúžbe public services pl
telefonska slúžba telephone service
prošnja za slúžbo application
stalna slúžba permanent situation
nastop slúžbe taking up one's post (ali duties)
izguba slúžbe loss of employment
odpust iz slúžbe dismissal (ali removal, dismission, discharge) from one's job (ali post), (začasen) suspension, (pogovorno) the sack
zloraba slúžbe abuse of official authority (ali power)
zanemarjanje slúžbe neglect of one's duties
posredovalnica za slúžbe employment agency, (nekdaj) servants' registry
slúžba s polnim delovnim časom full-time job
slúžba državne varnosti state security service
biti v slúžbi to be on duty (ali in charge)
biti v slúžbi, imeti slúžbo to be in employment, to have a job (ali a post, a situation); to be employed, to be working
on ni za to slúžbo (figurativno) he is a square peg in a round hole, he is a round peg in a square hole
biti usposobljen za slúžbo to be qualified (ali competent) for a job
nastopiti slúžbo to take up one's duties
opravljati slúžbo to perform official duties
iskati slúžbo to look out for a situation, to apply for a post
izgubiti slúžbo to lose one's job (ali post)
biti brez slúžbe to be out of work (ali out of a job)
odpustiti iz slúžbe to dismiss, to discharge, pogovorno to sack, to fire, to kick out
biti odpuščen iz slúžbe to get the sack
mati ji je odpovedala slúžbo Mother gave her notice
slúžbo dobijo (v oglasih) situations vacant
slúžbo iščejo situations wanted
vojaška slúžba je obvezna military service is compulsory
vreči iz slúžbe to throw out of employment
umakniti se iz slúžbe (iti v pokoj) to retire from work (ali one's occupation)
vzeti slúžbo pri kom to start working for someone
vzeti, sprejeti v slúžbo posla to engage a servant
sprejeti koga v slúžbo to take someone into one's service
zamuditi slúžbo to be late for duty

slúžiti to serve, to be in service; (rabiti se) to be used (kot as)

slúžiti v vojski to serve in the army
slúžiti svojo učno dobo to serve one's apprenticeship
slúžiti si kruh to earn one's living
sam si mora slúžiti kruh he has to earn his own living
trdó si slúžiti kruh to work hard for a living
slúžiti za zgled to serve as an example
kje služite? where are you working?, who are you working for?
to naj ti služi kot svarilo! let this be a warning to you!
slúžiti svojemu namenu to serve one's purpose
ta plašč mi dobro služi this coat wears well
čemu služi to? what is the use of that?
nihče ne more slúžiti dvema gospodarjema no one can serve two masters

sly [slái] pridevnik (slyly prislov)
zvit, prebrisan, lokav, pretkan; potuhnjen; tajen, skriven; prikrito navihan, vražji, razposajen

on (by) the sly za hrbtom, od zad, skrivaj
he is a sly dog figurativno on je pravi lisjak

smack¹ [smæk]

1. samostalnik
(pri)okus (of po)
zadah; buket; sled, majhna količina, malček, malce, mrvica; primes (of česa)
nekaj, kar spominja na

a pleasant smack of currants prijeten okus po ribezlju
there is a smack of the Bohemian in him nekaj bohemskega (ciganskega) je v njem

2. neprehodni glagol
imeti okus (of po)
dišati po; spominjati na; dajati vtis

this wine smacks of the cask to vino diši po sodu
his ideas smack of liberalism njegove ideje diše po liberalizmu

smack² [smæk]

1. samostalnik
plosk (glasen) udarec s plosko roko; tlesk(anje) (z jezikom), pok(anje) z bičem, cmok(anje), glasen poljub
pogovorno poskus, drzno (tvegano) dejanje

a smack in the eye (face) udarec v obraz, klofuta
a smack on the lips sočen poljub
to catch s.o. a smack klofniti koga
to have a smack at s.th. napraviti poskus s čim

2. prislov
tlesk, bum, štrbunk

3. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
oklofutati, klofniti (koga), prisoliti (komu) zaušnico; pomlaskati, pocmakati; švrkniti, oplaziti, tleskati (z bičem, jezikom); mlaskniti, cmokniti

to smack s.o.'s face pripeljati komu klofuto
he smacked his lips mlasknil (tlesknil) je z jezikom
to smack a whip pokati z bičem
he smacked the wine z mlaskanjem je užival vino (se naslajal z vinom)
to smack the hands together ploskniti, ploskati z rokami

smacking [smǽkiŋ]

1. pridevnik
oster; močan, svež, živahen

a smacking breeze svež veter

2. samostalnik
kup udarcev, batine

small¹ [smɔ:l] pridevnik
majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
narečno ozek
figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

at a small rate poceni
in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
small cattle drobnica
small drinker slab pivec
small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
small gross 10 ducatov
small hand navadne pisane črke
small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
small letters male črke
small means nezadostna sredstva
a small place majhen kraj
a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
small rain dežek, droben dež
small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
to feel small sramovati se
I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč

small-time [smɔ́:ltaim] pridevnik
sleng majhen; lokalen; tretjerazreden, nepomemben

a small-time thief tatič

smart¹ [sma:t]

1. pridevnik
ostroumen, bister, razumen, duhovit, iznajdljiv, prebrisan, zvit, pretkan
figurativno piker, jedek, zajedljiv (opazka), odrezav (odgovor); oster (bolečina), pekoč, hud (udarec); močan, energičen; spreten, okreten, sposoben; živahen, krepak, svež; eleganten, čeden, okusen, po modi, moden; urejen; imeniten, načičkan, gizdalinski
pogovorno precejšen, velik

a smart bargainer prebrisan poslovni človek
a smart bout of toothache zelo hud zobobol
a smart box on the ear krepka zaušnica
smart dealing nepošten postopek (poslovanje)
a smart few precejšnje število
smart people elegantni svet, ljudje
a smart retort hiter in duhoviti, odrezav odgovor
a smart salesman dober (iznajdljiv, sposoben, aktiven) prodajalec
the smart set elegantna, modna družba
smart sensation občutek bolečine
to go at a smart pace urnih korakov iti
look smart! zbudi(te) se!
she looks very smart ona je videti zelo elegantna
to make a smart job of it dobro kaj opraviti (izpeljati, izvesti)

2. prislov
(redko) pametno; lepó, čedno; močnó, silno

she is smart dressed čedno (elegantno) je oblečena

3. samostalnik
ostra, žgoča, pekoča bolečina; žalost, skrb, tesnoba, potrtost, grenkoba; gorje, trpljenje

smartish [smá:tiš]

1. pridevnik
precéj oster; eleganten, urejen; precejšen

a smartish few precejšnje število

2. prislov
silno, zeló; vešče, sposobno, kot je treba

smash¹ [smæš] samostalnik
zdrobitev, razbitje; tresk, trčenje, trk, kolizija, katastrofa
pogovorno močan udarec s pestjo
ekonomija stečaj, konkurz, bankrot, polom
pogovorno ledena alkoholna pijača, mešanica ledeno mrzle vode in konjaka ali whiskyja

a smash in (with) a car trčenje v avto, z avtom
to break (to knock) to smash razbiti se, raztreščiti se na koščke
to go (to come) to smash razbiti se na kose; ekonomija priti pod stečaj, priti na boben

smash² [smæš] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
treščiti, razbiti (se) (o vozilu), raztreščiti (se), zdrobiti (se), streti (se), zmečkati (se)
vojska uničiti, potolči, popolnoma poraziti
šport ostro suniti (žogo)
ekonomija pripeljati koga do stečaja, priti pod stečaj, bankrotirati, priti na boben; zaleteti se (into v)
trčiti (z); biti uničen
sleng spraviti (ponarejen denar) v promet

to smash a chair razbiti stol
to smash a stone through the window treščiti kamen skozi okno
to smash a theory podreti teorijo
a smashing victory uničujoča zmaga
to smash into each other treščiti, trčiti skupaj, eden v drugega
to smash in zaloputniti (vrata)

smátrati to consider, to think, to regard, to judge, to believe, to deem, to view, to look upon (as)

smátrati se to regard oneself (za as), to consider oneself, to deem oneself, to believe oneself
smatram ga za poštenjaka I believe him to be an honest man
smatrajo ga za pametnega človeka he is considered a clever man
smátrati kaj za pravilno to deem something right
ne smatram ga za kaj posebnega I would say he's no great shakes
smatra se za zadostno it is deemed sufficient
smatram, da je to moja dolžnost I deem (ali I feel, I hold) it my duty
vedno sem te smatral za svojega najboljšega prijatelja I have always considered you my best friend
smatram ga za zmožnega, da to stori I believe him able to do it (ali capable of doing it)

smattering [smǽtəriŋ] samostalnik
površno (po)znanje

to have a smattering of Latin znati nekaj latinskih besed

smear [smíə]

1. samostalnik
maža, lepljiva tekočina; madež (od maščobe, umazanije), zamazek; ponesnaženje
figurativno kleveta

smear campaign premišljena kampanja, da se kdo očrni, okleveta

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamazati (se), umazati (se), pomastiti (se), oblatiti (se); namazati, vmazati (on, onto na)
razmazati (pisavo, risbo itd.)
ameriško, sleng premagati, poraziti
pogovorno očrniti, oklevetati

to smear the axle of a car namazati os avtomobila
to smear letters on the wall (na)čečkati črke na zid

sméh laughter; laugh

salve sméha fits pl of laughter
prisiljen sméh strained laugh, forced laugh
homerski sméh Homeric laughter
hrupen sméh horselaugh, guffaw
sredi sméha amid laughter
ni mi do sméha I don't feel like laughing
sméh ga bo (že) minil he will laugh on the wrong side of his mouth
bušiti, bruhniti v sméh to burst out laughing
prasniti v sméh to break into a laugh
sméh me je posilil I was overcome by (a fit of) laughter
spraviti koga v sméh to make someone laugh
s sméhom izraziti prezir to laugh one's contempt
s sméhom se zahvaliti to laugh one's thanks
pokati od sméha to split one's sides laughing (ali with laughter), to be convulsed with laughter
skoraj počiti od sméha to laugh fit to burst, to be in stitches
spraviti družbo v sméh to set the company laughing
tuliti od sméha to roar with laughter
umirati, zvijati se od sméha to laugh one's head off
to ni za sméh this is no laughing matter
povzročiti (splošen) sméh to raise a laugh
v sméh me spravljaš you amuse me

smejáti se to laugh

v pest smejáti se to laugh up one's sleeve
od srcá smejáti se to laugh heartily
temu se ni smejáti se it's nothing to laugh at
smejáti se komu v brk to laugh someone in the face, figurativno to dare (ali to defy, to challenge) someone
smejáti se kot nóri to laugh like anything
smejáti se na ves glas to roar with laughter
hrupno smejáti se to laugh like a horse, to guffaw
pridušeno smejáti se to giggle, to snigger
kislo smejáti se to laugh on the other side of one's face
smejal sem se mu I laughed at him
njemu se vsi smejejo he is everybody's laughingstock
zlobno smejáti se to grin balefully, to give a baleful (ali malicious) grin
kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje he laughs best who laughs last
čemu se smeješ? what are you laughing at?
smejáti se komu v obraz to laugh someone in the face
posmehljivo smejáti se to sneer
on se lahko smeje he can afford to laugh

smell¹ [smel] samostalnik
duh, vonj; voh
pogovorno (po)duhanje; slab, neprijeten vonj, smrad
figurativno sled, nadih (of česa)

sense of smell vonj, voh
a smell of anarchy nadih anarhije
a strong smell of smoke močan duh po dimu
to lose one's smell izgubiti svoj voh
to take a smell at (ameriško of) s.th. poduhati kaj

smell^*2 [smel] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(za)duhati, poduhati (at kaj)
zavohati; vonjati, imeti duh, dišati (of po)
figurativno smrdeti; (o psu) zaslediti (divjačino)
figurativno dati slutiti
figurativno natančneje (p)ogledati

to smell of beer dišati po pivu
to smell one's oats figurativno zaduhati hlev, pripraviti se za končni spurt (o konju)
to smell of a shop figurativno biti prevcč strokoven
to smell a rat figurativno zavohati nekaj sumljivega, zaslutiti nevarnost
to smell a rose poduhati vrtnico
his dog smells njegov pes smrdi
his breath smells iz ust ima slab duh
his remark smells of envy njegova opazka diši po zavisti
roses smell sweet vrtnice lepo dišé
his writings smell of the lamp njegova dela so bolj rezultat marljivosti kot navdiha (inspiracije)
to smell about figurativno zavohati, odkriti
to smell about a plot odkriti zaroto

smér direction; course; line; tendency; trend

v sméri (česa) in the direction (of)
v eni sméri one-way
v vse sméri in all directions, in every direction
v ravni sméri straight on, straight ahead
v nasprotni sméri in the opposite direction
v obeh sméreh both ways
v (proti) sméri kazalca ure clockwise (anticlockwise)
pluti v določeni sméri to steer a course, to set course (for)
sprememba sméri change of direction
nova smér v pesništvu a new tendency in poetry