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stár old; aged; advanced in years; (starodaven) ancient; (postaran) elderly; (staromoden) old-fashioned, (zastarel) antiquated, rusty; (beseda) archaic, obsolescent, obsolete; (obrabljen) used, worn, (ponošen) wornout, threadbare; (fraza) hackneyed, trite, timeworn; exploded; (že rabljen) secondhand (pohištvo furniture); (kruh, pivo, novica, šala) stale

stári vek ancient times, antiquity
stár dovtip, vic old joke
stáro železo scrap iron, scrap
stár grešnik inveterate sinner
stár (izkušen) mornar (figurativno) old salt
stár (odslužen) vojak veteran
stári Rimljani the ancient Romans pl
stára obleka worn-out (ali cast-off) clothes pl
na stára leta in one's old age
v stárih časih in ancient (ali in former) times
stári oče, stára mati grandfather, grandmother
stáro in mlado young and old
stára šara junk, lumber
stár kot zemlja as old as the hills
srednje stár middle-aged
stár kot Matuzalem as old as Methuselah
po stárem (načinu) in the old way
dobri stári časi the good old times pl
stára devica an old maid
diplomat stáre šole a diplomat of the old school
zgodba stára kot svet a story as old as the hills
stári jeziki ancient languages pl, classics pl (s konstr. v sg)
stára zgodovina ancient history
stára številka (časopisa) back number
iz stárih časov from days of yore
stára navada železna srajca habit is second nature
koliko ste stári? how old are you?, what age are you?, what is your age?
on je 15 let stár he is fifteen (years of age)
toliko je stár kot jaz he is my age, pogovorno he's the same age as me
stár sem več kot 30 let I am over thirty
on še ni (je blizu) 40 let stár he is on the right (ali on the sunny) side of forty
je že preko 40 let (star) he is on the wrong (ali on the shady) side of forty
ona še ni 20 let stára she is not yet out of her teens
to te dela stárega that makes you look old, pogovorno it puts years on you
on je kaki dve leti starejši od mene he is some two years my senior
on je (že) čez 70 let (star) he is seventy odd
ne bo delal stárih kosti he won't make old bones
stár postajati to grow old
vse gre po stárem everything's going on in the same old way
vse ostane pri stárem everything stays as it was (ali as before)
(zdravstveno) še nisem »stari« I am not my old self yet
kje so dobri stári časi? where are the good old days?

stile¹ [stáil] samostalnik
stopnica, prehod čez ogrado, čez plot

to help a lame dog over a stile figurativno pomagati prijatelju v stiski, revežu preko težav

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)

stride¹ [stráid] samostalnik
dolg korak, korak(anje), hoja; korak kot dolžinska mera
šport raznožka
figurativno zamah, polet, napredek

with giant's (ali rapid) strides z velikanskimi koraki
to make great strides figurativno hitro napredovati
to take an obstacle in one's stride z lahkoto (mimogrede) iti preko zapreke
to get into one's stride dobiti zamah
to take long strides delati dolge korake
to take in one's stride brez truda premagati težavo, (o konju) z lahkoto preskočiti zapreko

súnek thrust; jerk; push; stroke; shock

súnek v rebra poke in the ribs
súnek vetra gust of wind
potresni súnek shock of an earthquake
súnek preko reke vojska push (ali thrust) over the river

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

šíniti to flit, to whisk; to shoot; vojska (pikirati) to dart

šíniti preko brzice to shoot a rapid
mačka je šinila iz sobe the cat shot out of the room
v glavo mi je šinila misel a thought ran through my head
srečna misel ji je šinila v glavo a happy idea struck her
ravno mi je šinilo v glavo it just passed through my mind

tàm there; in that direction; in (ali at) that place

tu pa tàm here and there
tàm doli down there
tàm notri in there
tàm preko over there
tàm zunaj out there
tàm góri up there
tàm nekje thereabouts
tàm daleč yonder
ne tu ne tàm neither here nor there

telefón telephone, phone; žargon blower

po telefónu by telephone, by phone
preko telefóna over the telephone (ali phone)
Gospod X. pri telefónu! Mr. X. here!, Mr. X. speaking!
telefón dvojček party line
telefón na kovance pay-phone, prepayment telephone
hišni telefón inter-office communication
ognjeni telefón signal fires pl
imate telefón (= telefonski aparat)? are you on the phone?
govoriti po telefónu to talk on the phone
ostanite pri telefónu! hold the line!
poklicati koga po telefónu to phone someone; to ring someone up, to give someone a ring
telefón zvoni! the phone's ringing!
telefón za te you're wanted on the phone, it's for you

telephone¹ [télifoun] samostalnik
telefon

at the telephone pri telefonu, pri aparatu
by telephone po telefonu, telefonično
over the telephone preko telefona
a conversation on the telephone telefonski pogovor
a talk over the long-distance telephone telefonski pogovor na veliko oddaljenost
to be on the telephone biti pri telefonu; imeti telefonski aparat, biti telefonski naročnik
to ring s.o. up on the telephone telefonično koga poklicati, telefonirati komu

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)!

tide² [táid] neprehodni glagol
teči; plavati s tokom; imeti plimo in oseko; (časovno) segati; izpluti oziroma pripluti s plimo
zastarelo zgoditi se
prehodni glagol
gnati s plimo, s tokom
figurativno pomagati (komu) (čez težave)

to tide over s.th. figurativno iti preko česa, prebroditi kaj, prestati kaj
to tide over one's difficulties prebroditi svoje težave
to tide s.th. up the river gnati kaj po reki navzgor (o plimi)

tóčenje pouring out

tóčenje alkoholnih pijač retailing alcoholic drinks
dovoljenje za tóčenje preko ceste offlicence

turn off prehodni glagol
izključiti, zapreti (plin, vodo itd.), ugasniti (luč); odpustiti (koga iz službe); odposlati; odvrniti, oddaljiti, odstraniti; prekiniti (delovanje stroja)
sleng obesiti (zločinca); poročiti (zakonski par); dovršiti, završiti, zgotoviti; obrniti (to na)
obiti (vprašanje itd.), iti mimo, izogniti se
neprehodni glagol
zaviti stran, kreniti (s poti), spremeniti pot; oddaljiti se, obrniti se stran; odcepiti se, ločiti se (o cesti); pokvariti se

to turn off an epigram napraviti epigram
to turn a matter off with a laugh s smehom iti preko kake stvari
here we turn off (our road turns off) for Zagreb tukaj zavijemo (se cesta odcepi) za Zagreb
to turn off the water (gas, electric light, radio) zapreti, izključiti vodo (plin, električno luč, radio)

ušésa ears pl

do ušésa up to the ears
preko ušésa over (head and) ears
do ušés zaljubljen head over heels in love
šumenje v ušésih buzzing in the ears, medicina tinnitus
ušésa me bolijo I have (the) earache
naleteti na gluha ušésa to find (to fall on) deaf ears
moja svarila so naletela na gluha ušésa my warnings fell on deaf ears
preko ušés je zadolžen he is up to his eyes (ali ears) in debt
napeti, napenjati ušésa to prick up (ali to strain) one's ears
naviti komu ušésa to warm someone's ears
povleči koga za ušésa to pull (ali to tug) someone's ears
poslušati na vsa ušésa (figurativno) to be all ears
prišlo mi je na ušésa it came to my hearing
pridigati gluhim ušésom to fall on deaf ears
konj striže z ušési the horse twitches his ears
vleči na ušésa to prick up one's ears
zamašiti, mašiti si ušésa to stop (up) one's ears
zardeti do ušés to blush to the roots of one's hair; to blush to one's ears
v ušésih mi zveni, šumí my ears are ringing (ali are burning)
stene imajo ušésa (figurativno) the walls have ears, arhaično little pitchers have long ears

zapréti (knjigo, vrata ipd.) to shut; to close; to shut in; (s ključem) to lock (up); (z zapahom) to bolt; (ulico) to block, to bar, to obstruct

zapréti dežnik to fold one's umbrella
zapréti v ječo to lock up in jail, to take to jail, to imprison, to commit to prison, to take into custody
zapréti jetnika v njegovo celico to shut a prisoner up in his cell
zapréti oči to shut one's eyes, (umreti) to close one's eyes, to die, to expire
zapréti oči pred čim (= ne hoteti videti) to connive at something, to shut one's eyes to something
zapréti vodovodno pipo to turn the tap off
zapréti plin to turn the gas off
zaprl (zamašil) sem mu usta I shut him up
zapréti steklenico to cork (up) a bottle
zapréti za promet to close to traffic
zapréti tovarno (nehati z delom) to shut (ali to close) down a factory, to shut the works down
zapréti prodajalno, trgovino (pogovorno) to shut up shop
zapréti vstop v pristanišče to bar (ali to close) the entrance to a port
zaprli so pot, ki pelje preko njihovega polja they have closed the path that leads across their field
zapréti vrata pred kom (ne hoteti govoriti z njim) to shut the door on someone
pred nosom komu zapréti vrata to shut the door in someone's face
silovito zapréti vrata to bang (ali to slam) the door
zapréti se (zakleniti se) to shut oneself up
zapréti se (o vratih) to swing to, to swing shut
zapréti se vase (figurativno) to shut oneself away, to immure oneself

zavetíšče refuge (pred from); asylum; shelter; sanctuary

zavetíšče preko noči night shelter, house of refuge
zavetíšče za reveže almshouse
gorsko zavetíšče mountain shelter, mountain hut
otroško (dnevno) zavetíšče (vrtec) children's (day) nursery
zavetíšče za gluhoneme asylum for the deaf and dumb
zavetíšče za sirote orphan asylum

živéti to live, to be alive; to exist, to subsist; to be

ali ona še živi? is she still alive?
dolgo naj živi! long may he (oziroma she) live!
živéti dvojno življenje to live a double life
živéti od svojega kapitala to live off one's capital
živéti v odmaknjenosti to lead a retired life
živéti od zraka (figurativno) to live on air
živéti po svojih načelih to live up to one's principles
živéti od svoje plače, od svojih dohodkov to live on one's earnings, on one's income
živéti od sadja to live on fruit
živéti na tuj račun to sponge on others, (pogovorno) to free-load, biblija to eat the bread of idleness
živéti preko svojih sredstev, dohodkov to live beyond one's means (ali income)
živéti v mejah svojih sredstev, dohodkov to live within one's income
živéti od slikanja to live by painting
živéti kot ptiček na veji pogovorno to live the life of Riley, to have it made
živéti razkošno to live the high life, to live in style
živéti udobno to live comfortably, to keep a good table
živéti kot zajec v detelji (figurativno, v obilju) to live in clover
živéti iz rok v usta to live from hand to mouth, to be living a hand-to-mouth existence
živéti sam zase to live by oneself, to keep to oneself
živéti od pridelkov svojega vrta to subsist on the produce of one's garden
živéti od dela svojih rok to live by the labour of one's hands
živéti od svojega zaslužka to live on one's earnings
brezskrbno živéti to lead a carefree existence
tu se dobro živi! it is a good life here!
bedno živéti to lead a miserable existence, to be just (ali barely) keeping body and soul together, to keep the wolf from the door
dolgo živéti to live to (ali to reach) a great age, to live to be old
sloni dolgo živijo elephants live a long time
skromno živéti to live in a small way
razkošno živijo they lead a life of luxury
težkó živéti to manage to make a livelihood
ne imeti od česa živéti not to have enough to live on
rajši živimo na deželi kot v mestu we prefer living in the country to living in town
z njim se ne da živéti (figurativno) there is no living with him, pogovorno he's impossible
človek se uči, dokler živi live and learn!
živéti in pustiti, dati živéti to live and let live