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pŕstan ring

pŕstan z diamantom diamond ring
pŕstan z dragulji ring fitted (ali mounted) in diamonds
poročni pŕstan wedding ring
zaročni pŕstan engagement ring
zlat pŕstan gold ring
etui za pŕstan ring-case
natakniti si pŕstan na prst to put a ring on
izmenjati pŕstane to exchange rings
nositi pŕstan to wear a ring

queen² [kwi:n] neprehodni glagol
vladati (kraljica); zamenjati kmeta za kraljico (šah)

to queen it nositi se kot kraljica

racket² [rǽkit]

1. samostalnik
(peklenski) hrup, hrušč, ropot, direndaj, spektakel; vik, krik, kričanje, vpitje; razburjanje, razburjenost
domačno razgrajanje, trušč, kraval; veselost, hrupna gostija, razuzdano veseljačenje, uživanje, lahko življenje; težka preizkušnja, slaba izkušnja, preizkušanje, test(iranje), izpraševanje
ameriško, sleng goljufija, prevara, nepošten trik ali posel, zvijača
ameriško izsiljevanje, izsiljenje, ugrabitev, nepričakovan gangsterski napad
sleng poklic, stroka

a man in my racket sleng človek mojega poklica
it's a racket to je čista goljufija (prevara)
to go, to be on the racket veseljačiti, zapravljivo in nemoralno živeti
to be in on the racket skrivaj držati s kom
to kick up a racket dvigniti hrup, delati kraval, razgrajati
to stand the racket prestati preizkušnjo, dobro opraviti; znati nositi posledice

2. neprehodni glagol
delati hrup, razgrajati, hrumeti, bučati (večinoma racket about)
živeti razuzdano, popivati, veseljačiti, krokati

ráma rame shoulder; anatomija humerus

(stati) z rámo ob rámi (to stand) shoulder to shoulder
izpah ráme dislocation of the shoulder
širokih rámen broadshouldered, square-built
vatirana rámena padded shoulders pl
dvigniti koga na rámena to lift someone shoulder-high
imeti široka rámena to have a broad back
dati puško (poševno) na ráme vojska to slope arms
nositi puško na rámi to carry one's rifle at the slope
nositi otroka na rámah to carry a child piggyback (ali pickaback)
nositi koga na rámenih to carry someone shoulder-high
naprtiti si na rámena (dolg, skrb) to take upon one's shoulders, to shoulder
potrepljati po rámi to tap on the shoulder
sneti komu breme z rámen to disburden someone
skomigniti z rámeni to shrug one's shoulders
teči z rámo ob rami to run neck and neck
vzeti na rámo to shoulder
puško na rámo! vojska shoulder arms!

receive [risí:v]

1. prehodni glagol
prejeti, sprejeti, dobiti kaj (from od koga)
dobiti svoj delež
cerkev prejeti (zakrament, obhajilo); sprejeti kot resnično, dopustiti, priznati; vzeti, čuvati, skriti, prikrivati (ukradene stvari); sprejeti vase, ujeti, dobiti (vtis itd.), doživeti, izkusiti; upreti se, ustaviti se čemu; prenesti, pretrpeti (udarec); smatrati, imeti za, priznati za primerno, za táko, kot treba; dočakati, sprejeti koga; nastaniti koga, vzeti pod streho; dopustiti pristop (to k, into v)

to receive an affront doživeti žalitev
to receive a blow (an offer, an order, a compliment) dobiti udarec (ponudbo, ukaz, kompliment)
he was coldly received bil je hladno sprejet
to receive s.o.'s confession izpovedati koga
to receive s.o. among one's friends sprejeti koga med svoje prijatelje
he receives stolen goods on prikriva (skriva) ukradeno blago
to receive a refusal biti odklonjen
to receive a present sprejeti, dobiti darilo
they were received with shouts sprejeli so jih z veselimi vzkliki
to receive a wound biti ranjen
the arches have to receive the weight of the roof oboki morajo nositi težo strehe
proposal received attention predlog je bil uvaževan, vzet v obzir

2. neprehodni glagol
sprejemati (goste, obiske), prirediti sprejem; radio sprejemati, loviti (valove); biti prejemnik
cerkev prejeti obhajilo, pristopiti k obhajilu

she receives once a week ona sprejema (obiske, goste) enkrat na teden
it is more blessed to give than to receive dajati je slajše kot sprejemati

responsible [rispɔ́nsibl] prislov (responsibly prislov)
odgovoren, poln odgovornosti; zanesljiv, zaupanja vreden; prišteven (for za)
trgovina ki more plačati, solventen, soliden

responsible government vlada, ki se mora zagovarjati (pred parlamentom)
a responsible position odgovoren položaj
to be responsible for biti odgovoren za, jamčiti, nositi odgovornost za, odgovarjati za
to make oneself responsible for prevzeti (nase) odgovornost za

rešéto riddle; sieve

dati na rešéto (figurativno) to criticize severely, to cut up (koga someone)
vodo zajemati (nositi) z rešétom (figurativno) to draw (to fetch, to carry) water in a sieve

reverse² [rivə́:s] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
obrniti (se), preokreniti (se), zasukati (se); prevrniti, postaviti na glavo, popolnoma spremeniti; preklicati, ukiniti, razveljaviti (sodbo)
tehnično premikati (se) nazaj ali v nasprotno smer, spremeniti smer
avtomobilizem voziti nazaj (ritensko); uporabiti nasproten postopek (sredstvo, politiko)

to reverse arms vojska nositi puško itd. s cevjo obrnjeno navzdol
to reverse one's opinion, one's policy popolnoma spremeniti svoje mnenje, svojo politiko

róg horn

jelenov róg antler
lovski róg hunting horn, bugle
róg obilja the horn of plenty, cornucopia
trobiti na róg to blow the horn
tema je kot v rógu it is pitch-dark
róge pokazati (figurativno) to show one's horns, to resist, to show resistance
trobiti v isti róg (figurativno) to sing the same song (ali tune); to act in concert
róge nastaviti (možu) to cuckold
nositi rógove (mož) to be cuckolded
ugnati koga v kozji róg (figurativno) to drive someone into a corner, to corner someone, to stalemate someone, to stymie (ali to stimy) someone, to intimidate someone
njega ne uženeš lahkó v kozji róg he does not scare easily
zgrabiti bika za róge (figurativno) to take the bull by the horns

rôka hand, (do rame) arm

brez rôke handless, armless
v rôki in one's hand
pri rôki at hand, near at hand; available
od rôke do rôke from hand to hand
pod rôko (se držati) arm in arm, (kupiti) underhandedly
rôke kvišku! hands up!, stick them up!, reach!
rôke proč! hands off!
z rôko v rôki hand in hand, jointly
s sklenjenimi rôkami with clasped hands (as in prayer)
z zvezanimi rôkami in nogami bound hand and foot
rôko na srcé! hand on heart!
močna rôka strong hand
žuljava rôka a callous palm
moja desna rôka (figurativno) my second self
on je moja desna rôka he is my right-hand man
polna rôka a handful
narejen z rôko (ročno) made by hand, handmade; (posel) handiwork, manual work
od rôk (oddaljen) out of the way
praznih rôk empty-handed
na svojo rôko (figurativno) in one's own name, of one's own accord, unauthorized
risanje s prosto rôko freehand drawing
držeč se za rôke hand in hand
prekrižanih rôk with one's hands (oziroma arms) folded
z dvignjeno rôko (with) hand upraised
z rôkami uprtimi v boke akimbo
držati, imeti rôke uprte v boke to hold one's arms akimbo
iz prve rôke at first hand
ne da bi rôko premaknil hands down
boriti se z rôkami in nogami to struggle with might and main
braniti se proti čemu z rôkami in nogami to fight against something tooth and nail (ali with might and main)
dati v rôko, rôke to hand
dati komu proste rôke (da kaj naredi) to give someone a free hand (to do something)
dobiti informacije iz prve rôke to get information at first hand
dvigniti rôke to lift up one's hands
dvigniti rôke nad glavo v začudenju to throw up one's arms in astonishment
dobiti kaj v rôke (figurativno) to get hold of something
rôke križem držati to fold one's arms and do nothing, to be idle
imeti pri rôki to have at hand
imeti polne rôke dela to have one's hands full
imamo ga v rôki (figurativno) he is in our power
imeti proste rôke (figurativno) to have free play
imeti mrzle, hladne rôke to have cold hands
dati rôko komu to give one's hand to someone, (v pozdrav) to shake hands with someone
imeti položaj trdno v rôki to have the situation well in hand
iti skozi mnogo rôk to pass through many hands
iti komu na rôko to help someone; to support someone, to patronize someone, to aid someone
lomiti rôke (figurativno) to wring one's hands
to mu gre od rôk (figurativno) he is skilled (ali clever) at it
izpustiti iz rôke, iz rok to let go
posel mu ne gre od rôk he is unskilled, he is a poor worker
delo mu gre dobro izpod rôk he is a quick worker
kupiti iz prve (druge) rôke to buy new (secondhand)
mahati z rôkami to gesticulate
ne izpustiti iz rôk not to let go, (da pade) not to let go (ali to let slip)
méti si rôke to rub one's hands
nositi na rôkah koga (figurativno) to treat someone with great care, to make much of someone, to treasure someone
nosijo ga na rôkah (figurativno) he is treated with the utmost consideration, he enjoys all kinds of favours
pasti komu v rôke to fall into someone's hands
prijeti za rôko to take by the hand
ponuditi, prožiti komu rôko to give (ali to hold out) one's hand to someone, (figurativno) to lend someone a helping hand
pljuniti v rôke (figurativno) to spit on one's hands
podaj mu rôko! shake hands with him!
prodati pod rôko to sell by private bargain (ali contract, treaty)
preiti v druge rôke to change hands
prosíti za rôko to propose (to), to ask in marriage, (nenadoma, pogovorno) to pop the question
pričakati koga z odprtimi rôkami to meet someone with outstretched hands, to meet someone enthusiastically
položiti rôke na kaj to lay hands on something, to put one's hands to
položiti rôko nase (figurativno) to commit suicide
položiti rôko na srce to lay one's hand on one's heart
podati si rôke to shake hands
sprejeti ponudbo z obema rôkama to jump at an offer
prekrižati rôke to cross one's arms
stisniti komu rôko to squeeze someone's hand, (pri pozdravu) to shake hands with someone
stiskati rôko v pest to clench one's fist
stati s sklenjenimi (prekrižanimi) rôkami to stand with folded (crossed) arms
vzeti v rôke to take in hand, to undertake
zadevo bom sam vzel v rôke I will take the matter into my own hands
fanta je treba vzeti v rôke (figurativno) the boy wants taking in hand
zlomiti si rôko to break one's arm
rôko si je zlomil he broke his arm, he had his arm broken
umijem si rôke nad tem I wash my hands of it, I will not be responsible
rôka rôko umiva (figurativno) one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, fair exchange is no robbery
z obema rôkama zgrabiti priliko to jump at an opportunity
živeti iz rôk v usta (figurativno) to live from hand to mouth
bolje je vrabec v rôki kot golob na strehi (figurativno) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Sáva (reka) the (river) Sava

vodo v Sávo nositi (figurativno) to carry coals to Newcastle
misliš, da sem danes po Sávi priplaval (figurativno) do you see any green in my eye?, do you think I'm still wet behind the ears?
nisem včeraj po Sávi priplaval (figurativno) I was not born yesterday

send^*2 [send]

1. prehodni glagol
poslati, odposlati (to kam)
odpraviti; spraviti v gibanje; izstreliti (naboj); usmeriti, nameriti (pogled) (at k, proti)
udariti, vreči (žogo); (o bogu) dati, nakloniti

2. neprehodni glagol
poslati (for po)
poslati sporočilo

our attack sent the enemy flying naš napad je pognal sovražnika v beg
to send s.o. about his business na kratko odpraviti koga, spoditi koga
to send s.o. crazy znoriti koga
to send coals to Newcastle napraviti nekaj nepotrebnega, odvečnega; v Savo vodó nositi
to send s.o. to Coventry figurativno ne se hoteti družiti s kom
to send for s.th. poslati po kaj, dati si prinesti kaj, naročiti kaj
to send for the doctor poslati po zdravnika
God send it may not be so! daj bog, da ne bi bilo tako!
to send to invite s.o. poslati komu (po)vabilo
to send one's love poslati prisrčen pozdrav, pozdraviti po kom
to send s.o. mad (out of his mind) razdražiti, razbesneti koga, spraviti koga v blaznost, znoriti koga
to send a message poslati sporočilo
I sent him packing figurativno odpustil sem ga (iz službe), spodil sem ga
to send by post poslati po pošti
his playing really sends me njegovo igranje me zares prevzame (navduši)
to send one's kind regards lepo pozdravljati
to send to the right-about, send packing sleng na kratko koga odpraviti, odpustiti koga, poslati k vragu koga
the news sent her into hysterics ob tej novici je postala histerična
to send to school poslati v šolo
to send to the skies sleng ubiti
to send a shell izstreliti granato
send him victorious! da bi (le) zmagal!
send me a word! sporoči (piši, javi se) mi!

sieve [si:v]

1. samostalnik
sito, rešeto
figurativno oseba, ki ne zna varovati tajnosti, ki brblja; razsipnik, zapravljivec

to draw (to fetch, to carry) water in a sieve vodo zajemati (nositi) z rešetom, figurativno zaman se truditi
to have a memory like a sieve imeti spomin kot rešeto
to pour water into a sieve, to use a sieve for drawing water figurativno nositi vodo v morje, zaman se truditi

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
presejati, (pre)rešetati
figurativno prerešetati (kaj)

sling⁴ [sliŋ] samostalnik
zanka (veriga ali vrv ovita okrog bremena za dvig)
medicina preveza (zanka), v kateri visi zlomljena roka; jermen prek rame, naramnica
vojska jermen pri puški
navtika vrv za vleko čolna; dvig (tovora kvišku)

to have one's arm in a sling nositi roko v prevezi

slope¹ [slóup] samostalnik
nagnjenost, nagib, breg, pobočje, poševnost, strmina, padec, višinska razlika; poševen rov (v rudniku)
vojska poševni položaj puške

on the slope poševno
in a gentle slope v blagi strmini
the slope is less than 5 feet višinska razlika je manj kot 5 čevljev
to carry one's rifle at the slope vojska nositi puško poševno na rami
to climb a slope vzpenjati se po strmini, po bregu
to give a slope to napraviti (nekaj) stnno, dati nagib (čemu)

sporočílo message (komu to someone); news; (piece of) information; communication (to someone); advice; notice; intelligence; word, report

po sporočílih iz Pariza according to information from Paris
od koga imaš to sporočílo? from whom did you receive this news?
doslej nismo dobili še nobenega sporočíla we have received no news yet
nositi sporočílo to carry a message
imate kako sporočílo (boste pustili sporočílo)? do you want to leave any message?
prišlo je sporočílo, da je sklenjen mir the news arrived that peace had been concluded
po sporočílu according to information (from)
sporočílo po radiu radio (ali wireless) message
brzojavno sporočílo telegraph message
telefonsko sporočílo telephone (ali telephoned) message
predsednikovo sporočílo Kongresu a presidential message to Congress

stamp¹ [stæmp] samostalnik
žig, pečat; vtisk, odtis(k), sled; poštna znamka; kolek; poštni žig
mehanika naprava za žigosanje; kovanje
figurativno kov, narava, značaj, baža, vrsta
figurativno ugled; bat; stopa; teptanje, topotanje, cepet(anje), udarjanje (udarec) z nogo ob tla
množina, zastarelo, ameriško, sleng (papirnati) denar

affixed stamp nalepljena znamka
a man of his stamp mož njegovega kova
official stamp uradni žig
postage stamp poštna znamka
revenue stamp kolek
rubber-stamp štampiljka
signature stamp žig s podpisom, faksimile (žig) podpisa
to affix a stamp pritisniti žig
avoid men of his stamp! izogibaj se ljudi njegove baže!
to bear the stamp of truth nositi pečat resnice
to give a stamp to s.th. dati pečat čemu
to put on a stamp nalepiti znamko

stand up

1. neprehodni glagol
vstati, dvigniti se; stati pokonci (lasje); pokonci se dvigniti (bodice itd.), dvigati se (dim); lotiti se, napasti (against s.o. koga)
(javno) nastopiti, potegniti se (for za)

I'll stand up for him whatever happens potegnil (zavzel) se bom zanj, naj se zgodi, kar hoče; (pogumno) nastopiti nasproti, upreti se (to čemu); šport postaviti se (o moštvu); pogovorno postaviti se pred, stopiti pod (v dežju vedriti); ameriško biti zraven; vzdržati (konj pri dirki itd.); plesati (with z)
to stand up in pogovorno nositi na sebi
I've only the clothes I stand up in imam le obleko, ki jo nosim (imam) na sebi

2. prehodni glagol
(le) zavlačevati; varati, slepiti
ameriško, pogovorno pustiti na cedilu, pustiti zastonj čakati
ameriško, sleng vzdrževati (koga), plačevati (za koga)

stróšek expense, cost; expenditure; outlay, outgoings pl

na stróške at the expense of
na državne stróške at public expense
z majhnimi stróški at little cost
k vragu s stróški! (= naj stane, kar hoče!) blow the expense!
zvezan s stróški expense(-)
na moj stróšek at my expense
drobni stróški sundries pl
manjši stróški pocket money, minor expenses pl
potni stróški travelling expenses pl
proizvodni stróšek prime cost
režijski stróški overhead expenses, overheads pl
pravdni stróšek legal costs pl
sodni stróški court costs pl
življenjski stróški cost of living
tekoči stróški current expenses pl
po odbitju vseh stróškov all expenses paid
povrnitev stróškov reimbursement
ne gledam na stróške (figurativno) I don't mind the expense
kriti stróške to cover (the) expenses
pokriti stróške (= izravnati se) to break even
povrniti komu stróške to reimburse someone; to refund someone's expenses
poravnati stróške to meet (ali pogovorno to stand) the cost
stróški požró ves dobiček (the) expenses eat up all the profits
prispevati k stróškom to share the cost
ne varčevati s stróški not to grudge the expenditure, to spare no expense
plačati (»nositi«) stróške to pay (ali to cover, to defray) (the) expenses
biti povezan s stróški to involve expense
plačati, kriti stróške za koga to defray (ali to cover) someone's expenses
(o)ceniti stróške to appraise the cost
(po)kriti svoje stróške (priti na svoj račun) to recover expenses, to break even, (figurativno) to get one's money's worth
vreči se, zagnati se v stróške to go to great expense

sun¹ [sʌn] samostalnik
(često moškega spola) sonce, sončna svetloba (sij, toplota)
poetično dan, leto
poetično sončni vzhod ali zahod
astronomija zvezda s sateliti
figurativno sijaj, sreča, blagostanje
cerkev sončna monštranca
(= sun burner) močan svečnik
pogovorno (sun stroke) sončarica

against the sun v smeri, ki je nasprotna premikanju kazalcev na uri
from sun to sun od sončnega vzhoda do sončnega zahoda, ves dan
in the sun na soncu
under the sun pod soncem, na zemlji
with the sun s soncem, ob svitanju; sledeč poti sonca; v smeri premikanja kazalcev na uri
the midnight sun polnočno sonce polarnih krajev
mock sun pasonce, jasna svetloba, ki se včasih vidi ob soncu
nothing new under the sun nič novega pod soncem
a place in the sun prostor (mesto) na soncu, figurativno ugoden položaj, ugodne razmere
the sun rises (sets, goes down) sonce vzhaja (zahaja)
his sun is set figurativno njegova zvezda je zašla, minili so časi njegove slave
to hail (to adore) the rising sun častiti vzhajajoče sonce, figurativno klanjati se novemu oblastniku
to have the sun in one's eyes, to have been in the sun sleng biti v rožicah, pijan
to hold a candle to the sun držati svečo soncu, figurativno odveč nekaj delati, opravljati nepotrebno in brezuspešno delo, nositi vodo v Savo
let not the sun go down upon your wrath tvoja jeza naj traja le en dan
make hay while the sun rises kuj železo, dokler je vroče
to rise with the sun zgodaj, s soncem vstati
to see the sun biti živ, živeti
to sit in the sun sedeti na soncu
to take the sun sončiti se, greti se na soncu, sprehajati se po soncu
to take (to shoot) the sun navtika meriti višino sonca nad obzorjem