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shocking [šɔ́kiŋ]

1. pridevnik (shockingly prislov)
spotikljiv, škandalozen, žaljiv, nespodoben, nezaslišan, strašen, grozen
pogovorno ostuden, ogaben, gnusen

a shocking sight strašen (grozen) prizor
shocking weather pošastno (grdo) vreme

2. prislov
domačno grozno, strašno; zeló

a shocking big town strašno veliko mesto

sív grey, (zlasti ZDA) gray; (lasje tudi) grizzled, grizzly

sívi lasje grey hair; (nebo) overcast, cloudy; (vreme) dull
síva barva grey colour, (sivina) greyness, grey
oblečen v sívem dressed in grey, wearing grey
svetlo (temno) sív light (dark) grey
biserno sív pearl-grey
imeti sívo brado to have a grizzled beard
postati sív to grow grey
delati komu síve lase (figurativno) to be a great trial to someone
zaradi tega si ne delam sívih las (figurativno) I don't worry about it

slàb (moralno) bad, evil

precéj slàb baddish; (šibak, slaboten) weak, feeble, frail, faint; (zdravje) delicate; poor, infirm, shaken
slàbi časi hard times pl
slàb človek a wicked man
na slàbem glasu of bad repute
slàb izgovor, slàbo opravičilo a poor (ali thin) excuse
slàba kakovost inferior quality
slàba kupčija bad bargain
slàbi obeti bad outlook, poor prospects pl
slàba obleka poor dress
slàba prodaja poor sale
slàbo pivo weak beer
slàb, kratek spomin short memory
slàb pulz slow pulse
slàb strelec a poor shot
slàba tolažba poor comfort
slàba točka (stran) weak point, foible
slàba volja bad temper
slàba vidljivost poor visibility
slàb uspeh poor success
slàbo znanje smattering, superficial knowledge
slàbo zdravje poor health
slàb zrak foul air
slàbo vreme bad (ali nasty, adverse) weather
biti slàbe volje to be ill-humoured, to be in a bad temper
biti na slàbem glasu to have a bad name
on je na slabšem pri tem he has the worst of it
v matematiki sem zelo slàb I am very poor at mathematics
ona ima slàb (šibak) glas she has a feeble voice
on ima slàb spomin he has a poor memory, pogovorno he has a memory like a sieve
držati s kom (biti zvest komu) v dobrem in slàbem to stick to someone through thick and thin
to ni slàba misel that's not a bad idea
ta banka stoji baje na slàbih nogah (figurativno) that bank is said to be in a weak state
v tem ne vidim nič slàbega I see no harm (ali nothing wrong) in that
živeti v slàbih razmerah to live in straitened circumstances
naj pride dobro ali slàbo arhaično come weal or woe

slábši -a, -e worse

vedno slábši, -a, -e, vse slábši, -a, -e worse and worse
on je slábši, -a, -e kot njegov brat he is worse than his brother
danes je njegovo stanje še slabše his condition is even worse today
to bi bilo še slabše it would be worse still
vreme ne bi moglo biti slabše the weather is at its worst
slabše stvari nisi mogel napraviti you couldn't have done a worse thing
položaj postaja vedno slábši, -a, -e matters are going from bad to worse (ali are becoming worse and worse)

slack¹ [slæk]

1. samostalnik
nenapet (zrahljan, ohlapen) del vrvi; čas stagnacije, mrtvila v poslih, kupčijah
množina, pogovorno dolge (ženske) hlače
vojska, sleng dolge hlače; popustitev, ponehanje (vetra itd.)
prozodija nepoudarjen zlog (zlogi)
pogovorno pavza, odmor

to have a good slack pošteno, zares "izpreči"

2. pridevnik (slackly prislov)
mlahav, ohlapen, nenapet, nenategnjen, popuščen; len, nemaren, zanikrn, brezbrižen, počasen, okoren; mirujoč, mrtev (o vodi); slab, medel (o kupčijah, poslih); polpepečen (kruh)

with a slack hand leno, brez energije
slack lime gašeno apno
a slack rope nenapeta, ohlapna vrv
slack season mrtva sezona, mrtvilo
slack in stays navtika ki se počasi premika
slack trade, slack market trgovina medlo, slabo tržišče
slack water mirujoča, mrtva voda
slack weather vreme, ki človeka naredi lenega
to be slack in one's duties zanemarjati svoje dolžnosti
business is slack trgovina posli zastajajo, stagnirajo
to keep a slack hand nemarno, ohlapno voditi, upravljati
to keep a slack rein premalo brzdati, imeti uzdo premalo napeto

3. prislov
(v zloženkah) počasi, medlo; nepopolno, nezadostno

slack-dried hops ne čisto posušen hmelj
to slack bake premalo (se) speči

snappy [snǽpi] pridevnik (snappily prislov)
tleskajoč, pokajoč, prasketajoč; oster (mraz); živahen, energičen, hiter, poln poleta
sleng razdražljiv

a snappy conversation živahen pogovor
a snappy style živahen, poleta poln slog
snappy weather mrzlo in suho vreme
make it snappy! pogovorno napravi(te) (to) hitro!

snežén snow(-); snowy

snežni človek (jéti) abominable snowman
snežni čevlji snowshoes pl
snežna kepa snowball
snežén kosmič snowflake
snežne krplje snowshoes pl
snežni metež blizzard, snowstorm
snežna odeja sheet of snow, snow cover
snežna (temna) očala snow goggles pl
snežni plaz snowslip, snowslide, (močen) avalanche
snežne padavine snowfall
snežna ploha flurry of snow
snežno polje, poljana snowfield
snežni plug snowplough (ZDA snowplow) (tudi šport)
snežna slepota snow blindness
snežne razmere snow conditions pl
poročilo o snežnih razmerah snow report
snežni mož snowman
snežna streha (na železniški progi) snowshed
snežno vreme snowy weather
snežni vihar snowstorm, blizzard
snežna veriga snowchain, skid chain
snežni zamet snowbank, snowdrift

sopáren sultry, close, stuffy

sopárno vreme sultry weather

spremeníti to change; to alter; to modify; to convert; to vary

to na stvari nič ne spremeni it doesn't make any difference to things, it does not alter the facts
spremeníti barvo to change colour
spremeníti svoje vedenje to change one's behaviour, (figurativno) one's approach
prepisal sem to, ne da bi spremenil eno samo vrsto I copied it without altering a single line
spremeníti se to change, to alter, to undergo a change
spremeníti se na boljše (slabše) to change (ali to alter) for the better (for the worse)
se ne da nič spremeníti (pomagati) it can't be helped
s tem se položaj spremeni that changes the case
časi so se zelo spremenili times have (ali are) greatly changed
vreme se je nenadoma spremenilo a sudden change of weather has taken place
spremeníti zakon to revise an act

súh (mršav) lean, slender, thin, meagre, ZDA meager; (ne moker) dry; (les) seasoned; (ovenel) withered, dried-up, shrivelled, pesniško sere, sear

súho grozdje dried grapes, raisins
súh kašelj dry cough
súh kruh dry bread
súho leto (brez dežja) dry (ali rainless, droughty) year
súho listje dry (ali pesniško sere, sear) leaves pl
súho sadje dried fruit, dehydrated fruits pl
súha sliva prune
súha roba wooden ware
súha veja dry branch, dry bough
súho vreme dry weather
sem súh (figurativno, brez denarja) I am short of cash, pogovorno I'm short of the ready
sem popolnoma súh (figurativno) I'm broke, I'm stony-broke, I'm stony
súh kot trska skinny
potegniti ladjo, čoln na súho to beach a boat

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

threaten [ɵretn] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pretiti, groziti (with z)
ogrožati
figurativno groziti, grozeče se bližati (neurje, nesreča); grozeče napovedati

the building threatens to collapse zgradbi preti zrušenje
they threatened us with punishment zagrozili so nam s kaznijo
he threatened punishment to all of us vsem nam je zagrozil s kaznijo
to threaten peace ogrožati mir
the sky threatens a strom nebo preteče napoveduje nevihto
the weather threatens (slabo) vreme grozi

through [ɵru:]

1. predlog
skozi, preko, čez; v teku, za časa, v času; s pomočjo, po, z (s); zaradi, od

all through his life (skozi) vse svoje življenje
through the night preko noči
the bullet went through my leg krogla je šla skozi mojo nogo
I could never read through that book nikoli nisem mogel prebrati te knjige do kraja
I had to study the whole summer through vse poletje sem moral študirati
I saw through his hipocrisy spregledal sem njegovo hinavščino
it was through you that we missed the train zaradi tebe smo zamudili vlak
to get through one's work opraviti, končati svoje delo
to get through an examination napraviti izpit
to have been through s.th. doživeti kaj
to look through the window gledati skozi okno
they marched through the town korakali so skozi mesto
to roam (all) through the country obresti vso deželo
to run away through fear od strahu zbežati
to see through s.o. spregledati koga, spoznati njegove namene
to send a letter through the post poslati pismo po pošti

2. prislov
skoz(i), do kraja, do konca; povsem, popolnoma; od začetka do konca

through and through skoz in skoz, popolnoma
to be through dokončati, biti gotov; pogovorno imeti telefonično zvezo
is he through? je on gotov z delom?; je naredil izpit?
to be through with a job imeti neko delo za seboj
he is not yet through on še ni gotov
I am through with my work gotov sem s svojim delom
I am through with him figurativno z njim sem opravil, z njim sem čisto prekinil
to be wet through biti skoz in skoz premočen
this train goes through to Vienna ta vlak vozi (skoz) do Dunaja
to carry a matter through izvesti neko stvar
to fall through, to drop through ne uspeti, propasti
to run s.o. through prebosti koga
the bad weather lasted all through ves čas je bilo slabo vreme
to put s.o. through koga telefonsko zvezati
I read the book through prebral sem knjigo do kraja

3. pridevnik
prehoden, tranziten; direkten

through carriage (coach) direkten vagon
through passage prost prehod
through ticket vozovnica, ki velja za proge različnih železniških družb
through traffic prehoden, tranziten promet

throughout [ɵru:áut]

1. predlog
skozi vse, preko vsega, po vsem, v vsem, vsepovsod; v teku, za časa, čez; skozi

throughout the country po vsej deželi
throughout his stories v vseh njegovih zgodbah
he travelled throughout Yugoslavia prepotoval je vso Jugoslavijo
throughout the year skozi vse leto
throughout the Middle Ages skozi ves srednji vek

2. prislov
skoz in skoz, vseskoz(i), popolnoma; povsod; ves čas

a sound policy throughout vseskozi pametna politika
today has been fine throughout danes je bilo ves dan lepo vreme

trájati to last, to continue; to take time; to be; to go on

to mi traja predolgo I can wait no longer
to ne more dolgo trájati that cannot last (ali go on for, continue for) long
to traja že nekaj let this has been going on for a few years
to bo dolgo trajalo it will take along time
to mi bo dolgo trajalo this will last me for a long time
to bo trajalo vsaj do jutri it will last out the night
prelepo, da bi trajalo too good to last
dokler bo trajalo lepo vreme, ostanemo na deželi as long as the fine weather continues we shall remain in the country
kratko, malo časa trájati to be of short duration
vihar je trajal vso noč the storm lasted all night long
potovanje bo trajalo 5 dni the journey will last 5 days
ta igra nam traja predolgo we find this play too long
trájati dalj (časa) kot (kaj) to outlast (something)
naše življenje traja le kratek čas our life is but a short span

turn² [tə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
(za)vrteti (v krogu); obrniti, obračati, narobe obrniti; preobrniti, prekopati; odbiti, odvrniti; spremeniti smer, dati drugo smer; odločiti; spremeniti (v), predrugačiti, pretvoriti; prevesti (tekst); skisati (mleko); prekoračiti, preiti; obiti
vojska obkoliti; izogniti se; zaviti okoli, obrniti, nameriti (korak itd.); napotiti, nagnati, spoditi (into v)
šport delati (prekuce, salte, kolo); otopiti, skrhati (nož); naščuvati, nahujskati (against proti)
zmešati (glavo), zmesti, znoriti
ekonomija v denar spraviti, unovčiti; stružiti, zaokrogliti, zaobliti, dati okroglo obliko; lepo oblikovati
figurativno lepo formulirati (stavek)
zastarelo speljati na kriva pota, zapeljati; spreobrniti

2. neprehodni glagol
vrteti se, dati se vrteti; obračati se, obrniti se; prevračati se, prevrniti se
figurativno postaviti se na glavo; postati omotičen; zaviti, kreniti, napraviti zavoj; zateči se (to k)
obrniti se, pogledati nazaj; oprijeti se, lotiti se, ukvarjati se; spremeniti se, spremeniti naravo; skisati se (mleko), postati (žaltav itd.), pokvariti se; stružiti se, postati top, skrhati se (nož)
zastarelo prebegniti, postati uskok (odpadnik, dezerter)

to turn an attack vojska odbiti napad
to turn the (ali one's) back (up)on hrbet obrniti (pokazati); obrniti se proč od
to turn bankrupt priti pod stečaj (v konkurz), bankrotirati, doživeti bankrot, priti na boben
he turned many books in his life figurativno mnogo je prebral v svojem življenju
to turn s.o.'s brain znoriti koga
his brain has turned with overwork zmešalo se mu je zaradi čezmernega dela
to turn bridle obrniti se, začeti se umikati
to turn bear (bull) ekonomija špekulirati na padec (dvig) cen in tečajev na borzi
to turn into cash spraviti v denar (gotovino), unovčiti
to turn the cat in the pan figurativno stvar (že nekako) urediti, v red spraviti
to turn Catholic postati katoličan
to turn the cheek figurativno obrniti (nastaviti) tudi drugo lice, požreti (kaj) zaradi (ljubega) miru
to turn one's coat figurativno obrniti, obračati plašč (po vetru)
he turned his coat izneveril se je svoji stranki, postal je odpadnik
to have an old overcoat turned dati si obrniti star površnik
turned commas narekovaj
to turn colour spremeniti barvo (postati bled ali rdeč)
to turn a compliment napraviti lep poklon (kompliment)
to turn a street corner zaviti okoli uličnega vogala
to turn the corner figurativno srečno prebroditi krizo
to turn a difficulty izogniti se težavi, obiti težavo
to turn a deaf ear narediti se gluhega (to za), ne hoteti slišati
to turn to a dictionary zateči se k slovarju
to turn to the doctor obrniti se na (konsultirati) zdravnika
to turn the edge of a knife skrhati nož
to turn the edge of a remark napraviti opazko manj ostro, omiliti opazko
to turn English into Slovene prevesti iz angleščine v slovenščino
to turn king's (ameriško state's) evidence pravno postati glavna obremenilna priča
he is just turning 50 pravkar je prekoračil 50. leto
to turn a film snemati film
to turn one's face to the wall obrniti obraz proti steni, figurativno biti pripravljen za smrt, (hoteti) umreti
to turn the enemy's flank obiti sovražnikov bok
to turn s.o.'s tiank figurativno prelisičiti koga, premagati koga v debati
to turn one's flght northwards usmeriti svoj polet proti severu
to turn ground prekopati zemljo
his hair has turned grey osivel je
to turn one's hand to s.th. lotiti se, oprijeti se česa
she can turn her hand to anything ona je zelo spretna, praktična
not to turn a hand to help s.o. s prstom ne migniti, da bi komu pomagali
my head turns vse se mi vrti v glavi
his head turned with the success uspeh mu je stopil v glavo
to turn one's head obrniti glavo, pogledati nazaj
to turn s.o.'s head zmešati komu glavo
to turn headsprings šport delati (vrteti) kolesa
to turn head over heels prekucniti se, prekopicniti se
to turn s.o.'s heart figurativno pregovoriti koga
to turn s.th. inside out obrniti kaj (narobe), zvrniti kaj
the joke was turned against me šala je letela name
the key won't turn ključ se ne mara zavrteti
the leaves are beginning to turn listje začenja spreminjati barve
to turn to the left obrniti se, kreniti, zaviti na levo
to turn loose odvezati, izpustiti koga (na prostost); popustiti; ameriško streljati, ustreliti
to turn s.o. mad napraviti koga blaznega
you will turn me mad zblaznel, znorel bom zaradi vas
the milk has turned (sour) mleko se je skisalo
the warm weather has turned the milk (sour) toplo vreme je skisalo mleko
to turn s.th. in one's mind premišljevati kaj
to turn pale postati bled
it turned her pale prebledela je ob tem
to turn an honest penny živeti od poštenega dela (zaslužka)
to turn s.th. to one's profit obrniti kaj v svojo korist, izkoristiti kaj
to turn rancid postati žaltav
to turn s.o. to religion spreobrniti koga (k veri)
to turn and rend napasti s sramotenjem
to turn the scale nagniti tehtnico, figurativno odločifi (kaj)
to turn s.o. sick povzročiti komu slabost
she turned sick slabo ji je postalo, morala je bruhati; zbolela je
to turn a somersault napraviti prekuc, salto
to turn one's steps home kreniti domov
my stomach turns (at) želodec se mi obrača (ob), vzdiguje se mi
it turns my stomach ob tem se mi obrača želodec
to turn a table leg stružiti nogo za mizo
to turn the tables (up)on s.o. figurativno obrniti argumente proti komu, obrniti položaj
to turn tail obrniti se, stisniti rep med noge, zbežati
the tide has turned nastopila je oseka, figurativno sreča se je obrnila (se obrača)
to turn one's thumb down figurativno odkloniti, ne hoteti
to turn traitor postati izdajalec
to turn turtle navtika, sleng prevrniti se
to turn upon s.th. biti odvisen od česa
to turn everything upside down postaviti vse na glavo
the boat turned upside down čoln se je prevrnil
my umbrella turned inside out dežnik se mi je obrnil (sprevrgel)
to turn a Latin verse skovati latinski stih
to turn water into wine spremeniti vodo v vino
my coat won't turn water moj plašč ni nepremočljiv
I don't know which way to turn ne vem, po kateri poti naj krenem, figurativno ne vem ne kod ne kam; ne vem, kaj naj naredim
to turn a wheel (za)vrteti kolo
the wheel turns kolo se vrti
the wind has turned zapihal je drug veter (tudi figurativno)
the whole world has turned topsy-turvy cel svet je postavljen na glavo
this wood turns well ta les se dobro struži
even a worm will turn figurativno tudi najmirnejši človek se brani, če je napaden

ugly¹ [ʌ́gli] pridevnik
grd, nelep; odvraten, ostuden, ogaben; gnusen; umazan; neprijeten
ameriško, pogovorno prepirljiv, hudoben, zlohoten; nevaren, preteč (oblak); kritičen

as ugly as sin grd kot smrtni greh
an ugly customer zoprn, neprijeten, nevaren človek
an ugly crime podel zločin
an ugly face grd obraz
ugly duckling grda račka (ki se pozneje razvije v lepega laboda)
an ugly job težavna, zoprna, neprijetna zadeva (delo)
an ugly wound grda, nevarna rana
ugly symptoms nevarni simptomi
to look ugly biti grde, neprijetne zunanjosti (oseba); slabo, neugodno se obrniti (položaj)
to grow ugly postati grd
things have an ugly look stvari se grdo, neprijetno obračajo
the sky looks ugly nebo obeta grdo vreme

uncertain [ʌnsə́:tn] pridevnik (uncertainly prislov)
negotov, dvomljiv, nezanesljiv, nesiguren, muhast, spremenljiv

an uncertain friend nezanesljiv prijatelj
uncertain weather spremenljivo vreme
to be uncertain of s.th. ne biti gotov česa

unflyable [ʌnfláiəbl] pridevnik
aeronavtika neprimeren za letenje

unflyable weather za letenje neprimerno vreme

unfriendly [ʌnfréndli]

1. pridevnik
neprijazen; neugoden

2. prislov
neprijazno

a weather unfriendly to health nezdravo vreme