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pôsel² (delo) work, (fizičen) manual labour; (izučèn) skilled work, (neizučen) unskilled labour; (priložnosten) job; (neprijeten, dolgočasen) drudgery; (površen) bungling, dabbling; (težak, mučen) toil, toiling and moiling, pains pl; (zaposlitev) employment, employ; (trgovina) business; (bančni, denarni) transaction, deal

donosen pôsel remunerative business, paying proposition
nedonosen pôsel losing proposition
brez pôsla out of work, unemployed
po pôslih on business
postranski pôsli minor occupation, sparetime work, moonlighting
tekoči pôsli current business
nujen pôsel urgent work
nadurni pôsel overtime work
nečisti pôsli foul dealing
pôsli so slabi business is slack
to je njegov pôsel, ne moj that's his job (ali lookout), not mine
to ni tvoj pôsel it's no business of yours
brigaj se za svoj pôsel! mind your own business!
pôsli mu cvetijo he is doing (ali carrying on) a roaring trade
dajati mnogo pôsla to give much trouble
da(ja)ti komu pôsla (dela) to keep someone busy, to employ someone
to mi je dalo mnogo pôsla it was a hard task
pôsel je pôsel business is business
imam drugega pôsla dovolj (figurativno) I have other fish to fry
imam pôsla čez glavo I am being overworked
imeti mnogo pôsla to be up to the eyes in work, to be fully occupied (ali engaged)
z njim ne maram imeti nobenega pôsla več I'll have no further dealings with him
večkrat sem imel pôsla z njim I have had several dealings with him
imaš pôsla z lopovom you are up against a scoundrel
če boš še enkrat to napravil, boš imel pôsla z menoj! if you do it again, you'll hear from me!
krepko se lotiti pôsla to tackle a job, to fall to, pogovorno to get stuck in
pôsli gredo slabo business is slack (ali depressed), there is a lull in business
pôsli gredo zelo dobro, so v polnem razmahu business is in full swing, (ali is doing fine)
iti za pôslom to follow a trade (ali profession)
ne moči obvladati pôslov, biti preobremenjen s pôsli to be overwhelmed with work, to be unable to cope (ali manage), pogovorno to be rushed off one's feet
ostati brez pôsla (dela) to be thrown out of work
sumiti nečist pôsel (figurativno) to smell a rat
ubijati se s pôsli (z delom) to overwork, to overdo it
on se vtika v tuje pôsle he meddles in other people's affairs, he is a meddler, he is a busybody (ali pogovorno a nosy parker)

raise² [réiz] prehodni glagol
dvigniti, pokonci postaviti; povišati, zvišati, povečati, izboljšati (plačo, slavo itd.); zgraditi; osnovati, ustanoviti; povzročiti (prepir ipd.), začeti; rediti, gojiti, vzgajati, vzrediti; sejati (žito), saditi, obdelovati (povrtnine); novačiti, zbrati vojsko; zbudit, razvneti za, podpihovati, dvigniti (against proti)
podreti (tabor), kreniti; opustiti, ukiniti blokado, obleganje; klicati (duhove); širiti (vonj); vzeti (posojilo); inkasirati, izterjati (denar, davek)
navtika zagledati, opaziti (kopno, zemljo)

with a raised voice glasno, z jeznim glasom
to raise an army zbrati vojsko
to raise a building by a storey dvigniti poslopje za eno nadstropje
this bread is not raised enough ta kruh ni dovolj vzhajan
to raise Cain (the devil, hell, the mischief) strašanski hrup (trušč, kraval) dvigniti
to raise cattle rediti živino
he raised claims to the inheritance vložil je zahtevo po dediščini
to raise coal from the mine kopati premog iz rudnika
to raise from the dead obuditi od mrtvih
to raise dough pustiti testo vzhajati
to raise a dust (hell) figurativno dvigniti prah
to raise one's eyebrows predrzno (domišljavo, užaljeno) pogledati, namrščiti obrvi
to raise one's eyes dvigniti oči (pogled)
to raise s.o.'s fame povečati slavo kake osebe
to raise funds zbirati denar, prispevke
to raise one's glass to a guest napiti, nazdraviti gostu
to raise one's hand dvigniti roko (na koga), udariti (koga)
to raise one's hat to s.o. odkriti se komu
his joke raised a laugh njegova šala je povzročila smeh
to raise a ladder postaviti lestev
to raise a loan razpisati, vzeti posojilo
to raise a mine navtika dvigniti mino
to raise money pobirati, zbirati denar
to raise a monument postaviti spomenik
to raise to the second power matematika dvigniti na drugo potenco
to raise prices dvigniti cene
to raise the roof sleng dvigniti do neba segajoč hrup, strašansko razsajati
this remark raised my smile ta opazka mi je izvabila nasmešek
to raise ship (land) navtika priti na vidik ladje (zemlje)
to raise a spirit klicati duha
to raise a siege opustiti obleganje
to raise s.o. out of his sleep zbuditi koga iz spanja
to raise a stink napraviti škandal
to raise to the throne postaviti na prestol
to raise one's voice against dvigniti svoj glas, protestirati proti
to raise the wind figurativno priskrbeti si nujno potrebni denar (sredstva)
wine raised his spirits vino ga je ojunačilo
to raise up prehodni glagol ustvariti, napraviti, poklicati v živijenje, zbuditi

rope¹ [róup] samostalnik
vrv, konopec, motvoz; niz
figurativno smrt z obešenjem; (v cirkusu) akrobatska vrv; laso; plezalna vrv, naveza
množina, sleng prijem, zvijača; (o vinu, pivu) židkost

on the high rope zviška, ošabno; besno
the rope vrv za obešanje, kazen obešanja
the ropes šport vrvi okoli ringa; boks(anje)
a rope of sand figurativno podpora brez prave pomoši, nezanesljiva pomoč, varljiva sigurnost
a rope of pearls niz biserov
bell-rope vrvica za zvonec
plenty of (enough) rope to hang oneself figurativno možnost, da sami sebi škodimo, drvimo v pogubo
to be on the rope (alpinizem) biti v navezi
to be on the ropes (v ringu) viseti na vrveh, figurativno, sleng biti v brezupnem položaju
to be on the high ropes figurativno prevzetovati, napihovati se, šopiriti se, biti ohol
to be at the end of one's rope biti na koncu svojih sredstev, svojega življenja
to give s.o. rope (plenty of rope) dati komu (popolno) svobodo delovanja (zlasti, da se kompromitira)
to give s.o. rope enough to hang himself dati komu dovolj prilike, da se uniči, ugonobi
to know the ropes biti na tekočem; dobro se spoznati na, biti dobro uveden (v stvari, ki jih drugi poznajo), poznati vse prijeme (zvijače); dobro vedeti, kaj je treba narediti
to learn the ropes uvesti se v delo
name not a rope where one has hanged himself ne omenjaj vrvi v hiši, v kateri se je nekdo obesil
to put s.o. up to the ropes uvesti koga v, dati komu vse potrebne podatke
to show s.o. the ropes uvesti koga v (neko) delo

rub along neprehodni glagol
pot si utirati, pretolči se, prebi(ja)ti se (in a difficulty skozi težavo)
zvoziti jo; životariti, imeti težko življenje

I know enough Russian to rub along znam dovolj ruski, da se sporazumem v tem jeziku
the system still rub alongs along sistem se še drži

saint [séint]

1. samostalnik
religija svetnik, -ica; bogomolec (pravi ali lažni)
religija božji izvoljenec, blaženec

All Saints' Day religija vsi sveti (1. november)
departed saint pokojnik
enough to make a saint swear dovolj, da bi se še svetnik razjezil (zaklel)
enough to provoke; ali to try the patience of a saint dovolj, da bi še svetnik izgubil potrpljenje
young saints old sinners (devils) zgodnja pobožnost ni dober znak; svetnik v mladosti, grešnik v starosti; mladost se mora iznoreti
to lead the life of a saint živeti kot svetnik

2. prehodni glagol
proglasiti za svetnika, kanonizirati; imeti koga za svetega
neprehodni glagol (večinoma saint it)
živeti kot svetnik; igrati svetnika

3. pridevnik
svet (krajšava St.)
češčen kot svetnik, -ica

serve² [sə:v]

1. prehodni glagol
služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z)
servirati (jed)
šport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti
pogovorno ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship služiti svojo učno dobo
he has served us very badly zelo slabo je ravnal z nami
to serve one's country služiti domovini
to serve the devil služiti satanu
dinner is served večerja je na mizi
there is enough to serve five people tega je dovolj za pet ljudi
that excuse will serve you to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)
I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)
to serve a gun vojska streči topu
if my memory serves me right če se prav spominjam
serves you right! prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!
they served him right ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil
it does not serve my needs to ne ustreza mojim potrebam
a man cannot serve two masters človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema
this priest serves two parishes ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji
one pound serves us for three days en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni
that will serve the purpose to bo ustrezalo (namenu)
to serve a rope zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje
to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago
to serve one's sentence presta(ja)ti svojo kazen
to serve the time prilagoditi se času
to serve one's time služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu
to serve the town with electric light oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo
to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick (grdó) zagosti jo komu
to serve s.o. a turn napraviti komu uslugo
that will serve his turn to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo
first come, first served kdor prej pride, prej melje

2. neprehodni glagol
služiti, biti v službi
vojska služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot)
cerkev ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost
to serve in the army služiti v vojski
to serve at table streči pri mizi
to serve as an example služiti za zgled
he serves rather badly (tenis) on zelo slabo servira
to serve on a jury fungirati kot porotnik
to serve as a mayor biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana
to serve with cold meat postreči s hladnim narezkom
this string may serve later on ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti
it will serve bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)
while the time serves dokler je še čas (prilika)

shot¹ [šɔt]

1. samostalnik
strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci
šport met, udarec, strel
šport krogla; strelec
pogovorno fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj
figurativno poskus; poteza v igri
pogovorno ugibanje
tehnično razstrelitev
sleng vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila)
pogovorno kozarček, požirek (of gin brinovca)

at a shot s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom
a shot at the goal strel (met) na gól
a shot in the locker še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figurativno, pogovorno denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva
like a shot pogovorno kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj
by a long shot sleng daleč; zelo
not by a long shot še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne
at the third shot pri tretjem poskusu
out of shot zunaj streljaja ali dometa
within shot v dometu
within ear-shot dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju
a shot of cocaine vbrizg kokaina
shot of distress alarmni strel v sili
bow shot strel iz loka
a crack shot, a dead shot mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši
flying shot strel na premičen cilj
hail of shots toča strelov (krogel)
random shot na slepo dan strel (; figurativno opazka); figurativno ugibanje
he is an excellent shot on je odličen strelec
he is no shot on ne zna streljati
he is a poor shot at solving problems on slabo rešuje probleme
he was (he went) off like a shot kot strela je šinil proč
to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figurativno pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči
I would do it like a shot jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja
he got several shot(s) in the leg dobil je več šiber v nogo
they did not fire a single shot niti enega strela niso dali
to have a shot at streljati na, figurativno poskusiti
not to have a shot in the locker biti brez streliva, figurativno biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)
you have made a bad shot zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se
to put the shot šport suniti kroglo

2. prehodni glagol
nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

sítnost annoyance, trouble, inconvenience; worry; bother; nuisance; disagreeableness

kakšna sítnost! what a nuisance!
žal mi je, da vam delam, povzročam sítnosti (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
z njim bomo imeli še mnogo sítnosti we are going to have a lot more trouble with him
imam dovolj sítnosti s teboj I have enough trouble with you
povzročati sítnost to cause inconvenience
rad bi ti prihranil to sítnost (nevšečnost) I should have liked to spare you this annoyance

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

spróti every time, each time, in each case; simultaneously, as one goes along

jaz to spróti porabim I consume (ali use) that every day
za spróti imamo ravno dovolj we have just enough to live from hand to mouth

stop² [stɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
ustaviti, zaustaviti; prekiniti, ovirati, zadrževati; prenehati s čim; zamašiti (z zamaškom), začepiti (često up)
zatesniti; plombirati (zob); zapolniti, zapreti, ustaviti (krvavenje itd.); zastavljati, zadrževati (promet); prestreči, odbiti, parirati (udarec); odtrgati, zadržati, prikrajšati (plačo, podporo itd.); zapreti (plin, paro, vodo); odvrniti (from od)
navtika privezati (ladjo)
slovnica označiti z ločili, staviti interpunkcijo, ločila
glasba pritisniti na (žico, struno), spremeniti višino tona s pritiskom na struno; udušiti (glas)

2. neprehodni glagol
ustaviti se, obstati
pogovorno ostati (v postelji, pri kom itd.), biti na obisku; nastaniti se (with s.o. pri kom)
(pre)nehati, prekiniti se, napraviti prekinitev (odmor, pavzo), pavzirati; zamašiti se (cev)

a badly spelt and badly stopped letter pismo, polno pravopisnih in interpunkcijskih napak
stop thief! primite tatu!
to stop in bed ostati v postelji
to stop a blow odbiti, parirati udarec
to stop a blow with one's head hudomušno dobiti udarec po glavi
to stop s.o.'s breath sapo komu zapreti; zadušiti koga
to stop a bullet sleng biti zadet od krogle, biti ustreljen
to stop a car ustaviti, stopati avto
to stop a cheque prepovedati izplačilo čeka
to stop dead (short) nenadoma se ustaviti, obstati kot ukopan
to stop doing s.th. prenehati s čim
shall you stop for dinner? boste ostali na večerji?
to stop one's ears (za)mašiti si ušesa, figurativno ne hoteti slišati
to stop a gap zamašiti vrzel (luknjo), nadomestovati v potrebi
I am going to stop a few days zaustavil se bom nekaj dni
to stop s.o.'s mouth zamašiti komu usta
do stop that noise! nehajte vendar s tem hrupom (ropotom)!
stop your nonsense! dovolj je vaših neumnosti!
he'll stop at nothing on se ničesar ne ustraši
to stop payment ustaviti plačilo
to stop running nehati teči
he stopped me from speaking preprečil mi je, da bi povedal svoje mnenje
he never stops to think nikoli si ne vzame časa, da bi premislil (za premislek)
to stop a tooth plombirati zob
my watch has stopped ura se mi je ustavila
to stop the way zastaviti, zapreti pot, ovirati napredovanje
to stop work ustaviti delo
to stop a wound ustaviti krvavitev rane

suffice [səfáis]

1. neprehodni glagol
zadostovati, zadovoljevati potrebe

my word will suffice moja beseda bo zadostovala
what I have will suffice for me kar imam, bo zame zadostovalo
suffice it to say... dovolj bodi, če povem (naj samo povem), da...

2. prehodni glagol
zadovoljiti, zadostovati (komu)

the reason did not suffice him razlog mu ni zadostoval, ga ni zadovoljil
one dollar sufficed him en dolar mu je zadostoval

sufficiency [səfíšənsi] samostalnik
zadostnost, zadostna količina (množina), dovoljnost, zadostna sredstva (za življenje); sposobnost (for za)
zastarelo domišljavost, samovšečnost

a sufficiency of money dovolj denarja, zadostna denarna sredstva
to eat a sufficiency zadosti, dovolj jesti
to have a sufficiency of imeti zadosti, dovolj (česa)
to make a sufficiency of priti na kraj z

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

svetník¹ saint; holy man, pl men

svetník zaščitnik patron saint
Vseh svetníkov dan religija, 1. november All Saints' Day, All Hallows' Day, Allhallows, Hallowmass
proglasiti za svetníka to canonize
živeti kot svetník to lead a saintly (ali pious) life
dovolj, da bi se še svetník razjezil (bi zaklel) enough to make a saint swear
dovolj, da bi še svetník izgubil potrpljenje enough to try the patience of a saint

that¹ [ðæt, ðóuz]

1. zaimek (množina those)
(kazalni) ta, to; oni, -a, -o

and that in to, in sicer
at that vrh tega, poleg tega, pogovorno pri tem
and all that in vse to (táko)
for all that pri vsem tem, kljub vsemu temu
like that takó
this, that, and the other to in ono, vse vrste
with that s tem
that which... to (ono), kar...
that house over there ona hiša tam preko
to that degree that do tolikšne mere, da...
that's all to je vse
that's it! tako je prav! tako je treba!
that's so takó je
that's right! takó je! točno! res je!; vulgarno da
and that's that! pogovorno in s tem je stvar opravljena! in stvar je končana! in zdaj dovolj tega!
that may be to je možno
that's what it is saj to je ravno; stvar je v tem; tako je to; za tem grmom tiči zajec
(is) that so? ali res? je (to) res tako?
that's the way! tako je prav!
that is why zato
that is because to je zato, ker
that is (to say) to se pravi
those are they to so oni
those are his children to (ono) so njegovi otroci
that was the children to so bili (so naredili) otroci
that's a dear! to je lepo od tebe!
what of that? (pa) kaj za to?
what's that noise? kakšen hrup je to?
that's what he told me tako mi je on povedal
let it go at that pogovorno pustimo to, kot je
why do you run like that? zakaj tako tečeš?
this cake is better than that (one) ta kolač je boljši kot oni
I went to this and that doctor šel sem k več zdravnikom

2. prislov
pogovorno takó (zelo)

that much toliko
that far tako daleč
that angry (small, tired) tako jezen (majhen, utrujen)

there [ðɛ́ə]

1. prislov
tam, tamkaj; tu, tukaj
figurativno takoj, précej; tja; v tem (pogledu)

there and back tja in nazaj
there and then takoj, précej, na mestu
down there tam doli
here and there tu in tam
here, there and everywhere vsepovsod
in there tam notri
neither here nor there ne tu ne tam, figurativno nepomemben
out there tam zunaj
over there tam preko
from there od tam, od tod
up there tam gori
there it is! v tem je težava! to je tisto! tako je s stvarjo!
there is the rub tu je (tiči) težava
there you are! (vidiš) kaj sem ti rekel! zdaj pa imaš!
I have been there before sleng to že vse vem
to have been there sleng dobro se spoznati
all there pogovorno pameten, preudaren, priseben
he is not all there on ni čisto pri pravi (pameti)
there I agree with you v tem (pogledu) se strinjam z vami
we had him there v tem smo ga prelisičili
to get there sleng doseči kaj, uspeti
put it there! postavi (daj) to tja!; figurativno udari(te) v roko! (v znak sporazuma)

2.
(oslabljeno) tam, tu (se ne prevaja: pred neprehodnimi glagoli često brezosebno)

there is je, se nahaja
there are so, se nahajajo
there was a king bil je (nekoč) kralj
there is no saying ne da se reči
there arises the question... nastaja vprašanje...
there comes a time when... pride čas, ko...
will there be any lecture? ali bo (kako) predavanje?
what is there to do? kaj naj storimo?
never was there such a man nikoli ni bilo takega človeka
there's a man at the door nekdo je pri vratih
there were many cases of influenza bilo je mnogo primerov gripe

3. medmet
glej! no! na!; pomiri se!

there! no, no, pomiri se! bodi no dober (priden, spodoben)!
don't cry! no, no, ne jokaj!
there now! glej ga no
so there! zdaj pa imal! zdaj pa je dovolj!
well there čuj!
there, didn't I tell you? na, ali vam nisem rekel?
there, it is done! na, pa je narejeno!
there's a good girl! bodi dobra, pridna deklica (in podaj mi knjigo)!; dobra deklica si, tako je prav (ker si mi podala knjigo)!

tired¹ [táiəd] pridevnik
utrujen (by , with od)
truden, opešan; izčrpan; doslužen, obrabljen, izrabljen
figurativno naveličan, sit (of česa)

tired to death na smrt utrujen
tired of life sit, naveličan življenja
I am tired of him naveličan (sit) sem ga, preseda mi, na živce mi gre
I am sick and tired of naveličan (sit) sem česa, dovolj mi je česa
I am tired of all that business dovolj mi je te zadeve
I am tired out ves sem izčrpan, ne morem več
to make s.o. tired utruditi koga

truce [tru:s] samostalnik
vojska premirje; odmor, počitek

flag of truce bela (parlamentarska) zastava
the truce of God zgodovina božji mir
a truce to (ali with) talking naj se neha govorjenje! konec, dovolj je govorjenja!
a truce to your compliments! nehajte z laskanjem!

understaffed [ʌndəstá:ft] pridevnik
ki ima nezadostno osebje

the office is understaffed urad nima dovolj osebja