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skókoma jumping, leaping; by leaps (and bounds)

skókoma jahati, jezditi to gallop
skókoma napredovati to go on by leaps and bounds

skrájnost extreme; extremity; extreme degree; the limit

do skrájnosti to the utmost, to the last degree, (do konca) to the very end, to an extreme, to extremes
nagnjenje k skrájnosti extremism
iti do skrájnosti to go to extremes
(pre)iti v skrájnost to run to an extreme
biti pripravljen na skrájnost (na najhujše) to be prepared for the worst
tirati stvari v skrájnost to push matters to extremes, to carry (ali to go) to extremes
tvegati skrájnost to stake one's all
zapasti v drugo skrájnost to go to the other extreme
skrájnosti se privlačijo extremes meet

skrínjica small chest (ali coffer, case, trunk)

iti k volilnim skrínjicam (volit) to go to the polls

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?

skúšnja experience; (izkustvo) practice; gledališče rehearsal

generalna skúšnja gledališče final rehearsal
glavna (gledališka) skúšnja dress rehearsal
iz skúšnje, po skúšnjah by (ali from) experience
vodja (gledališke) skúšnje rehearser
dobre (slabe, neprijetne) skúšnje pleasant (unpleasant) experiences (s kom with someone)
imel sem slabe skúšnje I have had unpleasant experiences
pomanjkanje skušenj lack of experience
iti na skúšnjo to go to a rehearsal
imeti gledališko skúšnjo to rehearse
vedeti iz skúšnje, po lastnih skúšnjah to know by (ali from) experience

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

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!

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

slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

slum¹ [slʌm]

1. samostalnik
revna (umazana, samotna) ulica (ki je na slabem glasu); slum
množina siromašni (umazani, zloglasni) del mesta

slum clearance saniranje, odstranjevanje slumov

2. neprehodni glagol
obiskovati slume (za proučavanje življenjskih razmer prebivalcev ali iz radovednosti)

to go slumming obiskovati slume (z dobrodelnimi nameni)

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

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

smash³ [smæš] prislov
s treskom, tresk! štrbunk!

the stone went smash through the window s treskom je kamen priletel skozi okno
to go smash ekonomija priti pod stečaj, na boben; figurativno propasti

smísel sense; (pomen) meaning, signification; (volja za) mind, turn, taste

v nekem smísel in a certain sense
v pravem smíslu besede in the true sense of the word
v istem smíslu in the same sense
v polnem smíslu besede in the full sense of the word
v prenesenem smíslu in the figurative sense
v ožjem smíslu in a narrow (ali limited) sense
v smíslu (duhu) zakona in (ali according to) the spirit of the law
kakšen smísel ima to? what's the sense of that?
brez smísla void of sense, senseless
to je brez smísla this is senseless
to ni bil smísel mojih besed that was not the meaning of my words
govoril je v istem smíslu he spoke to the same effect
to nima nobenega smísla that's no good
nima smísla hoditi tja it's no use (ali there's no sense) going there
ne imeti smísla (koristi) to be useless, to be of no use, to be to no purpose
on nima smísla za... he has no taste for, he does not care for...
on ima smísla za tehniko he is technically-minded, he has a mechanical bent
za to nimam smísla my tastes do not go that way

smoke¹ [smóuk] samostalnik
dim, oblak dima; sopara
figurativno megla, koprena
domačno cigareta, cigara

a column of smoke steber dima
like smoke sleng kot veter (hitro), hipoma, naenkrat; brez težav, gladko
from smoke into smother iz slabega v slabše, z dežja pod kap
the big smoke (vzdevek za) London
there is no smoke without fire kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj
that's all smoke sleng vse to so same prazne besede
to end (to go up) in smoke figurativno razbliniti se, razpršiti se v dim, v nič
it will all end in a smoke vse se bo razblinilo v nič, iz vsega tega ne bo nič
we're getting on like smoke sleng to gre kot namazano
to go from smoke into smother priti z dežja pod kap
I haven't had a smoke all the morning ves dopoldan nisem nobene (cigarete) pokadil
let's have a smoke prižgimo si eno (cigareto)!
to see things through the smoke of hate videti stvari skozi tančico sovraštva

smúčanje skiing

smúčanje na vodi water skiing
gojiti smúčanje to go in for skiing

snack [snæk] samostalnik
prigrizek; zalogaj, grižljaj; požirek; del, delež

snacks! zahtevam delež!
a snack of brandy požirek žganja
to go snacks deliti se (v)

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

snésti to eat up

snésti besedo to break one's word, to go back on one's word, to fail to keep one's word

soaréja evening party

iti na soaréjo to go out to an evening party