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space¹ [spéis]

1. samostalnik
prostor; prostranost, širina; vsemirje, medplanetarni prostor, vesolje; omejena površina; medprostor, razmik
tisk razmik med črkami ali vrsticami; časovni razmik, razdobje, kratek čas, hip; trajanje, rok; prostor (v vagonu, letalu)
ameriško, sleng prostor za reklame (v časopisih)
zastarelo priložnost, šansa

after a space čez nekaj časa
a space of three hours čas (razdobje) treh ur
in a space of 3 ft. v razmiku treh čevljev
for a space (za) nekaj časa, za hip
within the space of... v mejah...
open space prostranstvo
to fill out blank spaces izpolniti (v spisu) prazna mesta

2. pridevnik
vesoljski, medplanetaren, vsemirski

space craft vesoljska ladja
space fiction fantastični romani o potovanju v vesolje
space flight polet v vesolje
space man član posadke vesoljske rakete ali ladje
space race tekma v raziskovanju vesolja
space rocket vsemirska raketa
space ship vesoljska ladja
space port pristajališče ali vzletišče za vesoljske ladje
space station vesoljska postaja
space suit vesoljska obleka
space travel potovanje v vsemirje

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?

speculate [spékjuleit] neprehodni glagol
razmišljati, umovati, tuhtati, razglabljati (on, upon, about, as to o)
teoretizirati (on o)
ekonomija špekulirati, računati na, delati nezanesljive posle

to speculate for differences špekulirati s tečajnimi razlikami
to speculate for a rise (a fall) špekulirati na dvig (padec) (na borzi)
to speculate in stocks špekulirati na borzi

sphere¹ [sfíə] samostalnik
matematika krogla; obla
astronomija nebesni svod, nebesno telo; globus
poetično nebo
figurativno torišče, področje, območje, sfera; (družbeno, življenjsko) okolje, družbeni položaj
zastarelo pot (tir) planetov

sphere of activity področje dejavnosti
sphere of influence (of interest) vplivno (interesno) področje
my peculiar sphere moje posebno področje
doctrine of the sphere nauk o krogli, sferična trigonometrija
music of the spheres sferična muzika (petje)
to take s.o. out of his sphere vzeti koga iz njegovega običajnega okolja

spin¹ [spin] samostalnik
vrtenje (okoli osi), sukanje, obračanje; predenje; kratka in hitra vožnja; kratka ježa (jahanje); odvihranje
aeronavtika vrtenje (letala) okoli podolžne osi; popolna zmešnjava, zmeda

the spin of a top vrtenje vrtavke
to go for (to take) a spin iti na kratko vožnjo ali sprehod (s kolesom, avtom, čolnom itd.)
to go into a spin (o letalu) strmoglavo leteti obračajoč se okoli osi

split^*3 [split]

1. prehodni glagol
(raz)cepiti, razklati, odcepiti, razslojiti; razdeliti (among med, with s)
figurativno razdvojiti, razcepiti; raztrgati (na kose)
figurativno uničiti
ameriško, pogovorno razredčiti (whisky itd.) z vodo

2. neprehodni glagol
(o ladji) raztreščiti se (ob skalah)
figurativno doživeti brodolom, nasesti (on na)
razklati se, razcepiti se, póčiti, razpočiti se; odcepiti se, odlomiti se; ločiti se, raziti se, ne se spraviti (pobotati) (on gledé, o)
razdeliti se (into v, na)
pogovorno drveti
politika, pogovorno voliti različne kandidate
sleng deliti si (on kaj)
sleng izdati, ovaditi, denuncirati (upon, on koga)

hair-splitting dlakocepstvo
the audience split their sides (with laughing) poslušalci so pokali od smeha
to split a bottle popiti skupaj steklenico
to split the difference sporazumeti se za kompromis, za sredino med zahtevano in ponujeno ceno; vzeti sredino med dvema predlogoma, dvema količinama
to split hairs dlakocepiti
we split the money into equal shares denar smo si razdelili na enake deleže
to split open razklati, razparati
the party split on this point ta točka je bila vzrok razkola v stranki
to split the profits razdeliti si med seboj dobiček
the ship split on the rock ladja se je razbila ob skali
to split straws figurativno dlako cepiti, (preveč) pedantski biti
to split one's vote(s) (ticket) glasovati za kandidate različnih strank

spodóbiti se to befit; to behove; to be becoming

kot se spodobi as it should be, (francosko) comme il faut
ne spodobi se vam govoriti o tem you ought not (ali should not) talk about that
tako govorjenje se mlademu fantu ne spodobi a young chap shouldn't talk like that
to se ne spodobi za tako mladega moža that's not becoming for so young a man
spodobi se, da pokažeš kaj hvaležnosti it behoves you to show some gratitude

spomínjati

spomínjati na kaj to be reminiscent of something; to be redolent of something
spomínjati koga na kaj to remind someone of something, to put something in someone's mind
on me spominja na mojega brata he reminds me of my brother
to nas spominja na dom this reminds us of home
spomínjati se to recall to mind, to remember, to recollect (koga someone), arhaično to bethink oneself (da... that...)
medlo, slabo se spomínjati to have a dim memory of
če se prav spominjam if I remember right(ly), if my memory serves me right
ne spominjam se, kaj smo videli I have no recollection of what we saw
se ne spominjam, da bi bil o tem kaj slišal I do not recollect having heard anything about it, pogovorno I don't remember hearing anything about it

sporazúm agreement; settlement; arrangement; understanding

samoupravni sporazúm self-managing agreement
doseči sporazúm to reach agreement (o on), to come to an agreement, to enter into (ali to make) an arrangement (s kom with someone)
noben sporazúm ni bil dosežen no agreement has been reached
med njimi je prišlo do sporazúma they came to an understanding (ali arrangement)
skleniti sporazúm to make an agreement
po splošnem (medsebojnem) sporazúmu by general (by mutual) agreement

sporazuméti se to agree; to come to (ali to make) an agreement (ali an understanding); to settle a matter; to settle by agreement; to come to terms

nisva (nismo) se mogla (mogli) sporazuméti se we could not understand each other (one another), we could not make ourselves understood
ne morejo se sporazuméti se they cannot come to terms (ali to an understanding), they cannot reach agreement (o on)

sporočíti to communicate, to let know, to inform, to give notice, to announce, to report; to tell; (uradno) to notify (komu kaj someone of sth); to send word; arhaično to apprise, to advise; to give intelligence

sporočíti, da... to leave word that...
naj kaj sporočim? do you want to leave any message?
sporočíti o svojem prihodu to send word of one's arrival
sporoči mi! send me word!

sport¹ [spɔ:t] samostalnik
šport, razvedrilo, zabava; šala; igra, športna prireditev, tekmovanje; lovski šport, ribolov; kratkočasje
figurativno igrač(k)a, žrtev
figurativno predmet norčevanja, roganja
pogovorno športnik, prijeten (dober, vesel, zabaven) človek, dobričina
pogovorno uživač, lahkoživec, gizdalin
zastarelo ljubimkanje; igračkanje
biologija žival ali rastlina, ki se razvija na kak nenavaden način, igra prirode, spaček

in sport v šali, za šalo
an innocent sport nedolžna igra
the sport of waves (of Fortune) igrač(k)a valov (usode)
athletic sport lahka atletika, lahkoatletsko tekmovanje
field sports šport na prostem (lov, ribolov, konjske dirke itd.)
what sport! kako zabavno! zelo zabavno!
it is but a sport for him to je le igrača (lahka stvar) zanj
to have good sport (zlasti) imeti dober ulov (rib), dober lov; prisostvovati lepim tekmovanjem, dirkam
have good sport! dober lov! veliko sreče pri lovu!
to make sport of s.o. rogati se, posmehovati se komu; zbijati šale s kom, (o)smešiti koga
to make sport for s.o. zabavati, spravljati v smeh koga
to say (to do) s.th. in sport reči (napraviti) kaj za šalo

spoznáti to recognize; to realize; to become aware; to get to know (London London), to come to know; to become (ali to be) alive (to something); to be aware (of); to perceive; (zavedati se) to become cognizant of

spoznal sem, da sem se bil zmotil I was aware I had made a mistake
spoznáti se s kom to make someone's acquaintance
spoznal sem se z njim lani I made his acquaintance last year
dobro se spoznáti v čem to be a good judge of something, (figurativno) to know the ropes, to know what's what
ne se spoznáti iz česa to be at a loss to understand sth
ne spoznam se v tem I don't know which is which
ne spoznam se v tem kraju the place is unfamiliar to me
ne spoznam se o njem I can make neither head nor tail of him
moram ga spoznáti (se seznaniti z njim) I must get to know (ali acquainted with) with him
spoznavam, da... I am becoming aware that...

sprejéti to accept; to receive; to admit; (predlog) to adopt

sprejéti darilo to receive a present
sprejéti (po)vabilo to accept an invitation
sprejéti pod streho (krov) to give shelter
prisrčno sprejéti to accord a warm welcome
sprejéti koga med svoje prijatelje to accept someone as one's fiend, to admit someone to one's circle of ffiends
sprejeli so ga z veselimi vzkliki he was received with cheers
sprejel nas je predsednik kluba we were received by the president of the club
prijazno sprejéti to give a friendly reception, to receive kindly
bil je hladno sprejet he was coldly received
ne hoteti sprejéti to refuse to accept
ni me hotela sprejéti (v hišo) I was refused her door
sprejel je otroka za svojega he acknowledged the child as his
zakonski osnutek je bil sprejet v Spodnji zbornici the Bill has passed the House of Commons
sprejeto od... passed by...
sprejéti zakon o to pass a law on
sprejéti proračun to pass (ali to adopt) the budget
sprejéti ustavo to adopt a constitution
sprejéti odločitev to reach (ali to take) a decision

srébati to sip

srébati svojo kav(ic)o to sip one's coffee

sréča (notranja) happiness, felicity; (muhasta) fortune; (slučajna) (good) luck, good fortune, lucky chance

veliko sréče! good luck!
na sréčo, k sréči fortunately, luckily, by a lucky chance
na slepo sréčo at random, at haphazard, at a venture, in a happygo-lucky way
vso sréčo! may good luck go with you!
najboljšo sréčo! the best of luck (to you)!
kolo sréče Fortune's wheel, the ups and downs of life
v sréči ali nesreči in weal or woe, for good or ill, come weal or woe
opoteča sréča chequered fortune
sprememba sréče (na slabše) change for the worse, reversal of fortune
(še) sréča, da... it's a piece of luck that...
prava sréča, da ste slučajno bili tam it's a blessing you happened to be there
vojna sréča contingencies pl of war
to (pa) je sréča! that's what I call good luck!
bila bi velika sréča, če... it would be a great slice of luck if...
to je pač moja sréča! (imam pač tako sréčo!) that's just my luck!
lahko govorimo o sréči we can consider ourselves lucky
sréča je hotela, da... as luck would have it...
imam sréčo I am in luck, I am lucky
nimam sréče I have no luck, I am out of luck
to se pravi imeti sréčo! that's what I call good luck!
imeti veliko sréčo to have much good luck
imeti več sréče kot pameti to be more lucky than wise
marsikdo ima več sréče kot pameti fortune favours fools
imeti nepričakovano sréčo (pogovorno) to strike oil
imeti vražjo sréčo to be dead lucky
imeti vedno sréčo pri kartanju to be always lucky at cards
imel sem sréčo I had a stroke of luck
iskati sréčo to seek fortune
če bo šlo vse po sréči if everything goes well
poskusiti sréčo to try one's luck, to take one's chance, to chance one's luck, (žargon) to chance it
to ti bo prineslo sréčo it will bring you good luck
poskusiti kaj na slepo sréča to have a go
napraviti kaj na slepo sréčo (pogovorno) to chance one's arm
dal sem si prerokovati sréčo I had my fortune told
vedeževati komu sréčo to tell someone his fortune
vsakemu se sréča enkrat nasmeje every dog has his (ali its) day
skaliti sréčo to mar someone's happiness
voščiti, želeti komu sréčo pri... to wish someone joy of...
pot do sréče je trnova arhaično no joy without annoy
kadar sem imel največ sréče, sem zaslužil X SIT in my heyday I earned X tolars
sréča me zapušča my fortunes are at a low ebb
zibati se v sréči to walk (ali to tread) on air
bogastvo samo nam še ne more nuditi sréče wealth alone cannot procure us happiness
vse mu gre po sréči (se mu obrne v sréčo) everything in the garden's lovely, arhaično all things conspire to make him happy
vsak je svoje sréče kovač every man is the architect of his fortune

stage¹ [stéidž] samostalnik
gradbeni (stavbni) oder; tribuna, podij
gledališče oder, prizorišče, gledališče
figurativno dramska književnost (umetnost), igralski poklic
figurativno mesto dejavnosti (delovanja, bivanja), polje udejstvovanja, torišče; stadij, stopnja, faza, razdobje razvoja; stopnja (večstopne rakete); stojalo, mizica za mikroskop
ameriško višina vodne gladine
zgodovina (poštna) etapna postaja, odsek ali del poti med dvema postajama, etapa

by easy stages v etapah, s pogostnimi presledki
off stage za gledališkim odrom ali zunaj njega
stages of appeal pravno instančna pot
the last stage of consumption zadnji stadij jetike
stage manager gledališki režiser
stage whisper igratčev šepet (na odru, da ga sliši občinstvo), figurativno šepet, ki se daleč sliši
stage loader mehanika platformni nakladalec
critical stage kritičen stadij
hanging stage viseč gradbeni oder (npr. za pleskanje)
matriarchal stage matriarhat
landing stage pristajališče
the English stage angleško gledališče
to be on the stage biti gledališki igralec
to change horses at every stage zgodovina menjati konje na vsaki (poštni) etapni postaji
to go on the stage iti h gledališču, postati igralec
to hold the stage držati se na odru (o gledališki igri)
to learn in easy stages postopoma se učiti
to put on the stage postaviti na oder, uprizoriti
to quit the stage figurativno umakniti se s področja svoje dejavnosti
things should never have reached this stage stvari ne bi bile smele nikoli priti tako daleč
to travel by easy stages potovati v kratkih etapah

stalíšče point of view, viewpoint, view; standpoint; stand; position

z našega stalíšča from our point of view
z zgodovinskega stalíšča from the historical standpoint
kakšno je tvoje stalíšče v tej zadevi? what is your standpoint in this matter?
postaviti se na stalíšče do vprašanja to take up a position on a question
zavzeti stalíšče to take (up) a point of view
pojasniti svoje stalíšč to define one's position
zavzeti drugačno stalíšč o... to take a different view of...
zavzeti stalíšč v debati to take a stand in a debate, to adopt a standpoint in a debate

stalk¹ [stɔ:k] samostalnik
botanika steblo; kocen, pecelj, štor (pri zelju)
zoologija peresni tul(ec); stojalo čaše; visok tovarniški dimnik
arhaično okrasek v obliki stebla

off stalk (o rozinah itd.) ki nima peclja

stamp² [stæmp] prehodni glagol
žigosati; označiti; kovati (denar); vtisniti (kak znak, lik itd.) (upon na)
kolkovati, frankirati; vtisniti žig; (za)cepetati, udariti z nogo ob tla; streti, zdrobiti, stolči, zmrviti
neprehodni glagol
teptati, cepetati, topotati, gaziti z nogami (upon po)
plačati kolkovino

to stamp with one's foot udariti z nogo ob tla
to stamp money kovati denar
to stamp with označiti z
to stamp to the ground poteptati
to stamp s.th. on s.o.'s mind vtisniti komu kaj v spomin
this action stamps him (as) a coward to dejanje ga (o)žigosa (označuje) kot bojazljivca
this fact stamps his story (as) a lie to dejstvo dokazuje, da je njegova zgodba lažniva