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steady² [stédi]

1. pridevnik (steadily prislov)
čvrst, trden, stalen, nepremakljiv, neomajen; miren, siguren; odmerjen, pravilen, nespremenljiv, stalen; enakomeren, nepretrgan, enoličen; neplašljiv (konj); zanesljiv, trezen, resen; oprezen, preudaren
trgovina stalen, stabilen, ustaljen

steady prices stalne cene
steady habits trezen način življenja
steady nerves močni živci
a man steady in his purpose človek, ki ne odstopi od svojega cilja
a steady wind enakomeren veter
to be steady on one's legs trdno stati na nogah
to keep a ship steady držati ladjo v pravi smeri (kurzu)
to remain steady trgovina ostati stalen (o cenah)

2. medmet

steady! (le) mirno (kri)!; previdno!, oprezno!, počasi!, polagoma!
steady on! stoj!

3. prehodni glagol
utrditi, pritrditi, pričvrstiti; podpreti; ustaliti; sigurno upravljati (s čolnom); brzdati (konja); zmanjšati (hitrost)
figurativno privesti (koga) k pameti, spametovati; strezniti
neprehodni glagol
ustaliti se, utrditi se; sigurno, enakomerno se gibati, premikati (o čolnu); umiriti se; priti k pameti, spametovati se, strezniti se, strezniti se

to steady one's nerves pomiriti, umiriti si živce
he has steadied down a lot zelo se je spametoval

still¹ [stil]

1. samostalnik
miren, nepremičen, negiben; tih, nem, molčeč; nemoten; nepeneč se (pijača)

still champagne naravni (nešampanizirani) šampanjec
still as the grave molčeč kot grob
a still lake mirno jezero
still life tihožitje
the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
still water mirujoča voda
be still! molči!
keep still! bodi miren
to keep still about s.th. molčati o čcm
to lie (to sit) still nepremično ležati (sedeti)
to stand still mirno, nepremično stati, ustaviti se, ne se več premakniti
still waters run deep tiha voda bregove podira

2. samostalnik
poetično mir, tišina, molk
fotografija posamična fotografija, kamera za posamične posnetke
film fotografija, reklamna fotografija (nepremična) za film
pogovorno tihožitje
ameriško tih alarm ob požaru

in the still of night v nočni tišini, sredi noči

3. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
umiriti, pripraviti k molku, utišati; utihniti, umiriti se

to still one's fears pomiriti svoj strah
when the storm stills ko se bo vihar polegel

stráh fear; (velik) fright, dread, horror, dismay; awe; žargon funk; terror (pred of); (bojazen) apprehension

brez stráhu fearlessly
stráh pred smrtjo fear of death
stráh me je I am afraid (of)
v stráhu je za svoje življenje he goes in fear of his life
biti v stráhu to be in fear (of), to be afraid (of)
biti stráh in trepet za... to be the terror of..., to be the bugbear of...
navaditi s stráhom to overawe
imeti stráh pred to be scared of, pogovorno to funk (doing something)
biti trd od stráhú to be scared stiff, to be in a blue funk, to be frightened out of one's wits
iz stráhú pred for fear of, out of dread of
držati koga v stráhu to intimidate someone
pognati komu stráh v kosti to fill someone with terror, to terrify someone, to horrify someone, to scare someone stiff
biti v stráhu za kaj to be worried stiff about something
on ne pozna stráhú he is a stranger to fear
od stráhú so se mi naježili lasje my hair stood on end with fright
spraviti koga v stráh to inspire (ali to fill, to strike) someone with awe
pomiriti stráh to allay (someone's) fears
on je stráh vseh poštenih ljudi he is the terror of all honest people
stráh zbujajoč awe-inspiring
v velikem stráhu in a blue funk
stráh nas je we are frightened, we are in a funk, we have the jitters
tresti se od stráhú to tremble with fright

stroke² [stróuk] prehodni glagol
šport dajati takt (pri veslanju); označiti s črto, prečrtati; biti (o uri); (po)molsti (kravo); (po)gladiti (z roko), (po)božati (lase, žival, gube); ljubkovati
neprehodni glagol
veslati, dajati tempo veslačem

to stroke a boat (a race, a crew) veslati in dajati takt veslanja v čolnu (pri tekmovanju, moštvu)
the crew was stroking at 32 moštvo je veslalo z 32 udarci (vesljaji) na minuto
to stroke a cat's back pogladiti mačko po hrbtu
he stroked his hair pogladil se je po laseh
to stroke s.o. (s.o.'s hair) the wrong way (raz)dražiti, (raz)jeziti koga
to stroke s.o. down pomiriti koga, omehčati, pridobiti koga z laskanjem

trouble² [trəbl] prehodni glagol
zbegati, vznemiriti, razburiti, preplašiti; zaskrbeti, mučiti, (pri)zadeti; nadlegovati, sitnariti (komu), motiti, privesti (koga) v neprijeten položaj, v težave; prositi (koga) (for za); (redko) (s)kaliti, zburkati (vodo)
neprehodni glagol
vznemiriti se, razburiti se (about zaradi)
mučiti se, trpeti (about zaradi)
(po)truditi se, da(ja)ti si truda

troubled waters figurativno zapleten, težaven položaj
to be troubled about delati si skrbi gledé
to be troubled in mind biti zelo vznemirjen (zmeden, prizadet)
to trouble s.o. at work motiti koga pri delu
to trouble o.s. brigati se za kaj, (po)truditi se za kaj
don't trouble (yourself) ne trudite se; že dobro
to fish in troubled waters v kalnem ribariti
history does not trouble me at all zgodovina mi ne povzroča nobenih težav
may I trouble you for the salt? vas smem nadlegovati, prositi za sol?
don't let it trouble you ne delajte si skrbi zaradi tega!
to trouble one's head about s.th. beliti si glavo zaradi česa
to pour oil on troubled waters figurativno pomiriti razburjenje, narediti mir
my teeth trouble me very much imam hud zobobol

vést² conscience

brez vésti conscienceless
čista vést clear (ali good) conscience
slaba vést guilty (ali bad) conscience
z mirno vestjo with an easy conscience
proti moji vésti contrary to my conscience
kosmata vést elastic conscience
glas vésti the voice of conscience
izpraševanje vésti examination of one's conscience
grizenje vésti twinges pl of conscience, pangs pl of remorse, qualms pl of conscience, scruples pl
oseba, človek brez vésti conscienceless (ali unscrupulous, unconscionable, unprincipled) person
za pomirjenje vésti for conscience(') sake
izprašati si vést to examine one's conscience
imeti koga na vésti to have someone on one's conscience
imeti kosmato vést to have an easy-going conscience
vest ga grize his conscience is bothering him
ima dva umora na vésti he has two murders on his conscience
ne maram imeti tega na vésti I don't want to have that on my conscience
vést me peče I am conscience-stricken; my conscience is tormenting me (ali is giving me no peace), I am stung with remorse
vést ga je pekla his conscience troubled him, he had qualms of conscience, he was conscience-stricken
olajšati si vést to get something off one's conscience
pomiriti si vést to appease (ali to soothe, to salve, to quieten) one's conscience
z mirno véstjo lahko to storite you may do it with an easy conscience