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pločevína sheet metal; thin plate; (groba) (heavy) plate; (tanka) (thin) sheet; (srednja) medium plate (ali sheet)

jeklena pločevína steel plate; (izdelek) metal sheet, steel sheet, iron sheet
pločevína za karoserije automobile body sheet
črna pločevína black sheet iron
odpadki pločevíne plate scrap, sheet scrap, clippings pl
bela pločevína tinplate
pocinkana pločevína galvanized sheet metal
cinkova pločevína zinc sheet
valjana pločevína rolled sheet
valovita pločevína corrugated sheet
škarje za pločevíno plate-shears pl
valjarnica pločevíne plate (rolling) mill

politic [pɔ́litik] pridevnik (politically prislov)
diplomatski, državniški
figurativno diplomatski, preudaren, pameten, zvit, previden, preračunljiv
arhaično političen

the body politic država

posámezen separate; single, singular; individual; particular; several

posámezni udje telesa the separate members of the body
posámezni deli single parts pl
posámezna področja individual fields pl
posámezni zvezki knjige the separate parts (ali volumes) of a book
vsaka posámezna ladja je potopila svojo nasprotnico each single (ali separate) ship sank her opponent
posámezni člani kluba the individual members of the club
vsak posámezen each individual

práven juridical, legal, law; judicial

právni lek legal redress
právna oseba artificial person, corporate body, body corporate, corporation
právni postopek legal proceedings pl, legal procedure
právna pomoč (za reveže) legal aid
právni svetovalec legal adviser
právni spor legal contest (ali dispute)

prebôsti to pierce, pesniško to transpierce; to transfix (z with); to perforate, to puncture; to make a hole; (človeka) to knife, to stab, to run through, (z rogovi) to gore

prebôsti koga z mečem to run a sword through someone's body, to run someone through

predáti (dati naprej) to hand over; (izročiti) to deliver, to turn over; (prenesti na) to transfer; (trdnjavo) to surrender

predal je posle, podjetje svojemu družabniku he has turned over the business to his partner
tata so predali milici the thief was handed over to the police
predáti se vojska to capitulate, to hoist (ali to show, to wave) the white flag
predáti se na milost in nemilost to surrender unconditionally
predáti se komu to give oneself up to someone
predáti se z dušo in telesom to give oneself body and soul (to)
predáti se pijači to become addicted to drink (mamilom to drugs)

pŕst¹ -a finger; (živali) toe, digit

mali pŕst little finger
nožni pŕst toe
srednji pŕst middle finger
blazinica pŕsta fingertip
po, na pŕstih on tiptoe
od kajenja rjavi pŕsti nicotine-stained fingers pl
umazani pŕsti dirty fingers
pŕst rokavice finger of a glove
dati jih komu po pŕstih to rap someone's fingers
imeti dolge pŕste (figurativno, krasti) to steal, to be one of the light-fingered gentry
imeti svoje pŕste zraven (pri kaki zadevi) to have a finger in the pie, to have a hand in something
za dva pŕsta je imela rdečila na licih she had a layer of rouge two fingers deep on her cheeks
on ima več pameti v malem pŕstu kot ti v glavi he has more wit in his little finger than you in your whole body
imeti v malem pŕstu (figurativno) to have at one's finger's end
daj, pomôli mu pŕst, pa bo zgrabil vso roko (figurativno) give him an inch, and he will take an ell!
daj pŕste proč od teh stvari! don't tamper with these things!
gledati komu na pŕste to keep a close eye upon someone, to watch someone closely
krcniti koga po pŕstih to tap someone's fingers
dati komu znak s pŕstom to beckon to someone
hoditi po pŕstih to tiptoe
s pŕstom ne migniti (komu v pomoč) not to stir a finger (to help someone), not to lift a finger, not to turn a hand (to help someone)
pŕste si oblizniti (figurativno) to lick one's fingers
opeči si pŕste (figurativno) to burn one's fingers, to singe one's feathers
pokazati s pŕstom na to point one's finger at
požugati s pŕstom to wag one's finger
okoli pŕstov oviti (figurativno) to twist (ali to wind, to wrap) someone round one's little finger
komu na pŕste stopiti to tread on someone's toes
iti po pŕstih po stopnicah navzgor to tiptoe upstairs
pogledati skozi pŕste ob... (figurativno) to connive at, to turn a blind eye to
pogledati komu skozi pŕste (figurativno) to condone someone's shortcomings
na pŕste šteti to count on one's fingers' ends (ali on the fingers)
urezati se v pŕst to cut one's finger
pŕsti me srbijo (da bi to storil) my fingers are itching (to do it)
temno je, da ne vidiš pŕsta pred nosom it is pitch-dark
znati svojo lekcijo iz malega pŕsta to have one's lesson at one's fingertips

separate¹ [séprit]

1. pridevnik
oddeljen, oddvojen, ločen (from od)
izoliran; separaten, poseben; posamičen, posamezen

separate and common (corporate) ownership zasebna in družbena lastnina
separate confinement zapor v samici
separate maintenance pravno alimenti (ločeno živeče žene)
the separate members of the body posamezni udje telesa
the separate volumes of a book posamični zvezki knjige

2. samostalnik
tisk poseben odtis članka iz revije ali iz zbornika, separat
množina dvodelna obleka

skúpen common; collective; joint

skúpno bivanje cohabitation
skúpno ime gramatika collective noun
skúpno ležišče (npr. v planinski koči) dormitory accommodation
imamo mnogo skúpnih prijateljev we have many friends in common
skúpen račun joint account
ničesar skúpnega nimava we have nothing in common
skúpno prislov in common, collectively, jointly
skúpne družbene zadeve joint social affairs pl
skúpni program joint programme
skúpni delovni organ joint working body
skúpna vrhovna komanda joint chiefs of staff

soul [sóul] samostalnik
duša; psiha; duševnost; duh
figurativno pobudnik, glava, vodja; utelešenje, poosebljenje; bit, bitnost, srce, jedro; oseba, človek, prebivalec; smisel, nagnjenost (for za)
energija, moč

by my soul pri moji duši! pri moji veri!
in my soul of souls v globini moje duše
upon ('pon) my soul! pri moji duši (veri)!
All Souls' Day cerkev vernih duš dan
cure of souls skrb za duše, dušebrižništvo
my good soul moj dragi
the greatest souls of the past največji duhovi preteklosti
immortality of soul neumrljivost duše
the life and soul of duša (in srcé) (česa)
the poor little soul revček
a simple soul preprost, skromen človek
he is a good old soul on je dobra duša
he is the soul of honour on je poosebljena čast
to call one's soul one's own figurativno biti sam svoj gospodar, ne biti suženj
do come with us, there's a good soul pojdite no z nami, to bo lepo od vas (bodite tako dobri)!
to keep body and soul together ostati pri življenju
he doesn't make enough to keep body and soul together ne zasluži dovolj za življenje
he put his whole soul into his work vso svojo dušo je vložil v svoje delo
I do not see a single soul žive duše ne vidim

sound³ [sáund]

1. pridevnik (soundly prislov)
zdrav, čil; nepoškodovan, neranjen, cel, dobro ohranjen, brez napake; nepokvarjen (o sadju); (o spanju) miren, trden, globok; krepak, poštén (o udarcih); (o ceni) zmeren, ki ustreza vrednosti blaga; pameten, trezen, pravilen (sodba itd.); osnovan, upravičen, temeljit, tehten (razlog); pravi
pravno veljaven zakonit; dobro premišljen, pameten; (o osebi) zanesljiv, zvest, pošten; (vedenje) pravilno, brez graje
ekonomija soliden, zanesljiv; solventen

safe and sound živ (čil) in zdrav
sound as a bell, as sound as a roach zdrav kot riba
sound advice dober, poraben nasvet
a sound friend zvest prijatelj
sound currency ekonomija zdrava valuta
a sound fruit zdrav (negnil) sadež
sound in life and limb zdrav in čil
sound merchant soliden (nezadolžen) trgovec
a sound mind in a sound body zdrav duh v zdravem telesu
a sound objection utemeljen, tehten ugovor
a sound ship ladja v dobrem stanju
sound timber zdrav, jeder les
the child is sound already otrok že trdno spi
the firm is not quite sound tvrdka ni čisto solventna
is he quite sound in mind? je (on) čisto pri pravi pameti?
to be a sound sleeper imeti trdno spanje
to get a sound whipping biti pošteno našeškan (tepen)

2. prislov
trdno, globoko; zelo

to be sound asleep, to sleep sound trdno, globoko spati
I will sleep the sounder for it bom toliko bolje spal

spirit¹ [spírit] samostalnik
duh; duša; prikazen, duh, nadnaravno bitje, demon; genij, velik duh; smisel, duh (zakona)
figurativno polet, elan, pogum, morala, ognjevitost, energija
figurativno življenjska moč, volja
figurativno gonilna moč, duša (podviga, podjetja)
množina razpoloženje; veter, sapica

in (the) spirit v duhu
out of spirits potrt, deprimiran
absent in body, but present in spirit telesno odsoten, duhovno pa prisoten
animal spirit življenjska moč
astral spirits duhovi, za katere verujejo, da žive med zvezdami
familiar spirits duhovi, ki spremljajo čarovnice ali jim služijo
great spirits véliki duhovi (razumniki, velikani duha)
high spirits dobro, veselo razpoloženje, veselost
the Holy Spirit cerkev sv. duh
low spirits potrtost, deprimiranost
a master-spirit človek izredne pameti, ki drugim vsiljuje svoje mnenje
a mischievous spirit hudoben škrat
a man of a domineering spirit mož zapovedovalnega značaja
peace to his departed spirit mir njegovi duši
the poor in spirit ubogi na duhu, ponižni
poor spirits pobitost, potrtost
public spirit smisel za javni blagor
unbending spirit neupogljiv duh (značaj)
the spirit of the law duh zakona
to be in poor (low) spirits biti potrt (pobit, malodušen, deprimiran)
he is the driving spirit of the undertaking on je duša podjetja
to call up a spirit klicati duhá
our spirits go up (rise) naša morala se dviga
he has the spirit of a lion on ima levji pogum
to keep up one's spirits ne izgubiti poguma

spláviti¹ to float; to raft; to wash away; (ladjo) to launch

spláviti na kopno to wash ashore (truplo a body)

strength [strenɵ] samostalnik
moč, jakost, sila; čvrstost, odpornost; krepkost, žilavost; intenzivnost
vojska številčno stanje, dejansko stanje armade; jakost (utrdbe); (tekočine) vsebina

at full strength polnoštevilno, vsi
below strength, under strength vojska pod običajnim številčnim stanjem
in great strength v velikem številu
on the strength vojska na seznamu
(up)on the strength of na temelju, na osnovi česa
strength of body telesna moč
the strength of a horse figurativno konjska (silna) moč
strength of purpose moč volje, odločnost, vztrajnost
feat of strength dejanje, ki ga more napraviti le velika moč
it is beyond my strength to gre preko mojih moči
to measure one's strength with meriti svojo moč z
his relatives were there in full strength njegovi sorodniki so bili tam v polnem številu (vsi)

sustenance [sʌ́stinəns] samostalnik
vzdrževanje, preživljanje, oskrbovanje; sredstva za življenje, hrana; hranilna vrednost, hranilnost
figurativno podpora, opora, zaslomba, pomoč

sustenance for body (mind) telesna (dušna) hrana
to be in want even of sustenance (celó) še jesti dovolj ne imeti
there is more sustenance in peas than in potatoes grah je bolj hranilen kot krompir
to live a week without sustenance živeti teden dni brez hrane

sweep^*2 [swi:p] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek)
križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction trgovina po zelo znižani ceni
sweep before your own door pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom
to sweep all before one figurativno doseči popoln uspeh
to sweep a constituency z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah
to sweep the board dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figurativno pobrati vse nagrade
to sweep all obstacles from one's path odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti
to sweep everything into one's net figurativno vse (zase) pobrati
to sweep the seas prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih
to sweep the strings iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah
the boat was swept out of sight čoln je odneslo iz vida
a new broom sweeps clean nova metla dobro pometa
the coast sweeps to the east obala zavije proti vzhodu
he swept his hand across his forehead z roko si je šel preko čela
his glance swept the room s pogledom je preletel sobo
the river sweeps over its bed reka se zliva čez bregove
the procession swept up the nave of the church procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju
they swept the river to find his body preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo
to sweep the sea of enemy ships očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij
she swept from her room odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe
the wind sweeps over the plain veter brije čez planjavo

telésen bodily; corporal; corporeal; physical, material; fleshly

telésna kazen corporal punishment
telésna lepota physical beauty
telésna vaja physical exercise
telésno gibanje physical exercise
telésna straža bodyguard
telésni užitki (jedi itd.) creature comforts pl
kraljevi telésni zdravnik physician in ordinary of the king
telésna moč physical strength
telésna poškodba bodily harm (ali injury)
telésna preiskava body search
telésna nega hygiene, beauty culture

učén² learned; erudite; well-read

moj učéni kolega VB parlament my learned friend
učéno društvo learned society (ali body)
učéna ženska bluestocking
učéni poklici the learned professions pl
govoriti preveč učéno za koga to speak above someone's head

upráven administrative, of administration; managerial; governmental, governing; ruling

uprávni odbor board of directors
uprávno okrožje administrative district
uprávni organ administrative body (ali agency)
uprávni stroški expenses pl (ali charges pl) of administration
uprávni akt administrative act
uprávni svèt council of administration, board of directors
uprávni urad administrative office
uprávni uradnik administrative officer

víno wine

čisto víno unmixed wine
novo (mlado) víno new wine
buteljčno víno bottled wine
suho víno dry wine
sladko víno sweet wine
z vodo mešano víno wine mixed with water
palmovo víno palm wine
ribezljevo víno currant wine
črno víno red wine
kuhano víno mulled wine
peneče se víno sparkling (ali effervescent) wine
močno víno heady (ali full-bodied) wine
izbrana vína choice wines pl
ponarejeno víno adulterated wine
žlahtna vína vintage wines pl
víno (naravnost) iz soda wine from the wood
letnica vína vintage
vrsta vína kind of wine
aroma vína bouquet
moč vína body of a wine
usedlina vína lees pl
okus po vínu vinous flavour
pokušnja vína wine tasting, wine sampling
pokuševalec vína winetaster
desertno víno dessert wine
namizno víno (navadno víno) table wine
maloprodaja vína retail wine trade
trgovina z vínom wine trade, wine business
trgovec z vínom wine merchant, wine dealer
poznavalec vína connoisseur of wine, oenologist
ponarejeválec (ponarejanje) vína adulterator (adulteration) of wine
(velik) pivec vína winebibber, pogovorno slabšalno wino
steklenica za víno wine bottle
to víno gre v glavo this wine goes to the head
víno mi prija wine agrees with me
víno mu je stopilo v glavo the wine has gone to his head
ojačiti víno z dodatkom alkohola to fortify a wine
naliti komu čistega vína (figurativno) to tell someone the plain truth