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skrívati to hide (pred from); to conceal; (tajnost) not to reveal, to keep from, to keep secret, to keep dark

skrívati se to hide, to abscond (from), to lie hidden; to be latent; to lurk in (under ipd.)
skrívati se pred policijo to be in hiding; (igra) to play at hide-and-seek

skrivíti to bend, to curve; to crook; figurativno to distort, to deform; (les itd.) to warp

vročina je skrivíla platnice knjige the heat has warped the covers of the book
skrivíti se to warp
les se je pri sušenju skrivíl the wood has warped in drying
niso mu lasú skrivíili not a hair of his head has been touched (ali hurt)
on ne bi lasú nikomur skrivíil (figurativno) he wouldn't hurt a fly

skrotovíčiti to ravel

skrotovíčiti se to snarl

skúp skúpaj together; jointly, conjointly; collectively; in a body; (v družbi) in company with, accompanied by, in common with, united, associated; (vključno) including, inclusively, taken all in all; all told

vse skúp, skúpaj all together
vsega skúp, skúpaj totalling
skúp, skúpaj z together with, in union with
boriti se skúp, skúpaj z to make common cause with
priti skúp, skúpaj to meet
vse te knjige sem kupil skúp, skúpaj I have bought all these books at one go
te barve gredo dobro skúp, skúpaj these colours go well together (ali are well-matched)
kako gre to skupaj? how does it fit in?

skupína group; party; team; gang; (dreves) clump; (hiš) cluster

razvrstiti, uvrstiti (se) v skupíne to group, to form groups
bojna skupína vojska fighting unit
krvna skupína blood group
vodja skupíne squad leader, section leader
politične skupíne political groups pl
pridružili so se naši skupíni they joined our party

skúšati to try; to tempt

skúšati koga prelisičiti (žargon) to try lt on someone
skušal bom storiti vse, kar bo v moji moči I'll try my best (ali my hardest)
skúšati usodo to tempt Providence
skúšati odpreti vrata to try the door
skúšati se s kom v rokoborbi to wrestle with someone

skušnjáva temptation; seduction

ki privede v skušnjávo seducing
podleči skušnjávi to fall (ali to yield) to temptation
upreti se skušnjávi to resist temptation
zapeljati v skušnjávo to lead into temptation

sky¹ [skái]

1. samostalnik
nebo, nebesni svod; podnebje, klima
aeronavtika zračni prostor
zastarelo oblaki
pogovorno zgornja vrsta slik (na razstavi slik)
množina nebesa

in the skies figurativno (kot) v nebesih, presrečen
to the sky (skies) do neba, čez vse mere
out of a clear sky iz vedrega neba (zlasti figurativno)
under the open sky pod vedrim nebom
a warmer sky toplejše podnebje
the sky is blue (cloudy, overcast) nebo je modro (oblačno)
to drop from the skies (kot) z neba pasti
to praise (to laud) to the skies figurativno do nebes povzdigovati, v zvezde kovati
to rise to the skies dvigati se v nebo, v oblake
to sleep under the open sky spati pod milim nebom
if the sky fall we shall catch larks figurativno ne izplača se brigati za tisto, kar ne more biti

2. pridevnik

sky-reaching, sky-touching do neba segajoč
sky advertising trgovina reklama na nebu (ki jo napiše letalo)
sky battle zračna bitka
sky blue nebesna modrina
sky hook ameriško, pogovorno balon, sonda
sky parlour podstrešna soba
sky sign svetlobna reklama na hišah
sky train aeronavtika leteči tovorni vlak (veliko transportno letalo)
sky troops aeronavtika, vojska padalske čete
sky truck aeronavtika, ameriško transportno letalo, leteči tovorni vlak

slabó prislov badly, ill, unwell; weakly, poorly

slabó hranjen undernourished
slabó mi je I feel sick
z njim je slabó he is badly off (ali hard up), things go very ill with him
slabó govorim angleško I can't speak English very well, my English is rather weak
on je slabó plačan he is underpaid
posli gredó slabó business is bad
slabó govoriti o kom to speak ill of someone
slabó se je izkazal, obnesel he cut a poor (ali sorry) figure
slabó se je končalo it turned out badly, pogovorno it came unstuck
slabó se počutim I feel unwell
slabó mi je postalo ob tem pogledu I felt sick at the sight (of it)
on slabó sliši he is hard of hearing
ona slabó vidi she has poor sight
moj brat se slabó uči my brother is a poor scholar
slabó se obnášati, se vesti to behave badly
slabó ravnati s kom to ill-treat someone

slábšati to worsen; to make worse

slábšati se to worsen; to become (ali to get) worse
vse bolj se slábšati to grow worse and worse

slábše prislov worse

slábše kot prej worse than before
vedno slábše from bad to worse
nič slábše none the worse
na, v slábše for the worse
toliko slábše zanj so much the worse for him
lahkó bi nam bilo še slábše we could do worse
slábše ne moreš napraviti you can't do worse
obrniti se na slábše to take a turn for the worse
stvari gredo vse slábše matters go from bad to worse
sprememba na slábše a change for the worse
spremeniti se na slábše to change for the worse
izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej he has lost his job and is worse off than ever
toliko slábše! more's the pity!

slack¹ [slæk]

1. samostalnik
nenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah
množina, pogovorno dolge (ženske) hlače
vojska, sleng dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.)
prozodija nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi)
pogovorno pavza, odmor

to have a good slack pošteno, zares "izpreči"

2. pridevnik (slackly prislov)
mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)

with a slack hand leno, brez energije
slack lime gašeno apno
a slack rope nenapeta, ohlapna vrv
slack season mrtva sezona, mrtvilo
slack in stays navtika ki se počasi premika
slack trade, slack market trgovina medlo, slabo tržišče
slack water mirujoča, mrtva voda
slack weather vreme, ki človeka naredi lenega
to be slack in one's duties zanemarjati svoje dolžnosti
business is slack trgovina posli zastajajo, stagnirajo
to keep a slack hand nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljati
to keep a slack rein premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto

3. prislov
(v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostno

slack-dried hops ne čisto posušen hmelj
to slack bake premalo (se) speči

slád malt

(pre)delati slád, spremeniti se v slád to malt

sladkáti to sweeten, to make sweet; to dulcify; to sugar

sladkáti se (figurativno) to flatter, to adulate (komu someone)

slámica short (ali thin) straw, straw

loviti se za slámico, oprijemati se slámice (figurativno) to catch a straw, to clutch at any straw
vleči (žrebati) slámice to draw straws

slap [slæp]

1. samostalnik
udarec (s plosko dlanjo), klofuta, zaušnica

at a slap naenkrat, na mah, mahoma
a slap in the face klofuta, figurativno razžalitev, razočaranje
that is a slap in his face figurativno to je klofuta zanj
to take (to have) a slap at pogovorno navaliti na, napasti; lotiti se

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
udariti (s plosko roko), udarjati; lopniti; ploskati (z rokami); potrepljati; vreči, zagnati

he slapped his hand on his forehead z roko se je udaril po čelu
to slap s.o.'s face prisoliti komu zaušnico
to slap s.o. into jail vreči koga v ječo
to slap s.o. on the back potrepljati koga po hrbtu (rami), sleng čestitati komu
to slap one's hat on one's head povezniti si klobuk na glavo
to slap around figurativno ošteti, okregati

3. prislov
nenadoma, nepričakovano; ravno; naravnost

to hit s.o. slap in the eye udariti (lopniti) koga ravno po očesu
to run slap into zaleteti se naravnost v

4. medmet
penk!, plosk!

slate¹ [sléit]

1. samostalnik
(glinasti) skril(avec); (šolska) tablica iz skrila; ploščica iz skrila za kritje streh
ameriško, politika predvolilen seznam (kandidatov)

slate quarry skrilolom
slate roof skrilasta streha
a clean slate figurativno čista, neoporečna preteklost
to clean the slate zbrisati z gobo (tablico), figurativno razčistiti stvar, figurativno osvoboditi (znebiti, otresti) se obveznosti, odreči se tujim obveznostim do sebe
there is a slate loose in his roof, he has a slate loose sleng on ni čisto pri pravi pameti, manjka mu eno kolesce (v glavi)

2. pridevnik
škriljast, škriljaste barve

3. prehodni glagol
pokriti (streho) s ploščicami iz skrila; napisati na (skrilasto) tablico; odstraniti dlako (s kože)
ameriško, pogovorno predložiti koga za kandidata

slated roof skrilasta streha
to be slated for nomination biti predlagan (kandidiran) za imenovanje

slátina mineral water; minerals pl; soda water; soft drinks pl

izvir, vrelec slátine spa
zdraviti se s slátino (v zdravilišču) to take the waters

sléči to undress (koga someone), to strip (someone)

(obleko) to take off (one's clothes), to strip off (one's clothes)
sléči koga do nagega to strip someone naked, to strip someone to the skin
sléči se to undress
sléči se do golega to strip (naked)

sleep¹ [sli:p] samostalnik
spanje, spanec
zoologija zimsko spanje; zaspanost
figurativno smrtno spanje
figurativno mirovanje, počivanje; neaktivnost, mrtvilo; smrt

in one's sleep v spanju
sleep drink uspavalni napoj
the sleep of the just spanje pravičnega
brief sleep kratko spanje, spanček
broken sleep móteno, prekinjeno spanje
the last sleep figurativno večno spanje, smrt
restless sleep nemirno spanje
sound sleep zdravo, globoko spanje
want of sleep pomanjkanje spanja
eyes full of sleep zaspane oči
to fall on sleep arhaično zaspati
to get some sleep nekoliko spati
I couldn't get a wink of sleep nisem mogel zatisniti očesa
to go to sleep zaspati (tudi o nogi itd.), iti spat, figurativno umreti
to have one's sleep out naspati se
the sleep that knows no waking spanje, ki ne pozna prebujenja, večno spanje, smrt
I was overcome with sleep premagal me je spanec
to put (to send) to sleep uspavati; figurativno umoriti, spraviti s sveta (brez bolečin); (boksanje) omamiti z udarcem
to start of one's sleep planiti iz spanja
to walk in one's sleep hoditi v spanju