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rather¹ [rá:ðə] prislov
prej, rajši, raje; precéj

rather good precéj dober, kar dober
rather good than bad prej dober kot slab
rather a long way precéj dolga pot, precéj daleč
rather before nekaj prej
the rather that... toliko bolj (prej, rajši), ker...
grey rather than white prej siv kot bel
I rather think that... jaz bi prej (skoraj) mislil, da...
I had rather that... jaz bi rajši...
I had rather stay jaz bi rajši ostal
he left rather than join me rajši je odpotoval, kot da bi se mi pridružil
I would rather die than betray him jaz bi rajši umrl, kot ga izdal (se mu izneveril)
he would rather have died than revealed it on bi bil rajši umrl, kot to razkril
I would (had) much rather (not) go jaz bi precéj rajši (ne) šel
thank you, I had rather not hvala, (rajši) ne
his remark was rather foolish njegova opazka je bila precéj bedasta
the play was rather a success (gledališka) igra je imela precejšen uspeh

remember [rimémbə] prehodni glagol
spominjati (spomniti) se; zapomniti si, ne pozabiti, misliti na; na pamet znati ali vedeti; izročiti pozdrave, pozdraviti, priporočiti
arhaično spomniti (of na)
neprehodni glagol
spomniti se

remember to come! ne pozabi priti!
remember what I tell you zapomni si, kaj ti rečem
remember me kindly to your sister lepo pozdravite (svojo) sestro!
I cannot remember the man you mean ne morem se spomniti, koga mislite
he cannot remember names on si ne more zapomniti imen
don't you remember me? se me ne spomnite?
as far as I can remember kolikor se morem spomniti
he wants (begs) to be remembered to you on želi, da vam izročim njegove pozdrave, on vas lepo pozdravlja
if I remember right če se prav spominjam
not that I remember ne da bi jaz vedel
to remember oneself zavedeti se; popraviti se

remembrance [rimémbrəns] samostalnik
spominjanje, pomnjenje, pámetenje, pametovanje; spomin (of na)
spominek

remembrances množina (naročeni) pozdravi
in remembrance of v (za) spomin na
within my remembrance kolikor (jaz) pomnim
a monument in his remembrance spomenik njemu v spomin
to call s.th. to s.o.'s remembrance spomniti koga na kaj
to come to s.o.'s remembrance priti komu na misel
it has escaped my remembrance to mi je ušlo iz spomina
give my kind remembrances to all your family lepo mi pozdravite vso (svojo) družino!
to have s.th. in remembrance imeti kaj v spominu
to hold s.o. in fond remembrance imeti, obdržati koga v lepem spominu
I put him in remembrance of spomnil sem ga na

represent [reprizént] prehodni glagol
predstaviti, predstavljati, predočiti, prikazati, opisati, orisati, slikati, izraziti; utelesiti
gledališče igrati, predvajati, izvesti, da(ja)ti, uprizoriti; simbolično predstavljati, pokazati, prikazati, simbolizirati; zastopati, predstavljati, reprezentirati; pomeniti; odgovarjati, ustrezati

to represent to oneself predstavljati si
to represent a firm zastopati firmo, biti zastopnik firme
to be represented biti zastopan
I am not what you represent me to be jaz nisem tak, kakršnega me predstavljate
he is represented as being a liar prikazujejo ga kot lažnivca
he represents his constituency on zastopa svoje volilno okrožje

résno prislov in earnest; seriously

zelo, smrtno résno in sad earnest
(jaz to) résno mislim I really do think so
tega ne misliš résno? you can't be in earnest?
misliš résno? are you really in earnest (ali in real earnest)?
čisto résno (brez šale) in sober earnest
mislim popolnoma résno I am quite serious
misliš (to) résno? are you serious?
résno govorim I am speaking in earnest
résno se držati (zadrževati smeh) to keep a straight face
résno se lotiti dela to really get down to work
premalo résno kaj vzeti to take matters not too seriously

responsibility [rispɔnsəbíliti] samostalnik
odgovornost; obveznost; zanesljivost, zmožnost plačila; osaba ali stvar, za katero odgovarjamo

on one's own responsibility na (svojo) lastno odgovornost
to act (to do) on one's responsibility storiti (delati) na lastno odgovornost
to accept (to take) the responsibility for s.th. sprejeti (prevzeti) odgovornost za kaj
to be afraid of responsibility bati se odgovornosti
I'll take the responsibility of this step jaz bom prevzel odgovornost za ta korak

room¹ [rum, ru:m] samostalnik
prostor, mesto; soba, sobana
množina stanovanje, stanovanjski prostori; družba, stanovalci, ki so navzoči v sobi
figurativno možnost, prilika, ugoden trenutek; povod, vzrok (for za)

in one's room, in the room of namesto koga, v zameno za koga
in my room namesto mene
in your room da sem jaz na vašem mestu
room and to spare prostora še preveč
room for complaint povod za pritožbo
bachelor's rooms garsonjera, samsko stanovanje
bed-room spalnica
combination room družabni prostor za učitelje (v Cambridgeu)
dining-room obednica, jedilnica
drawing-room salon
junior common room družabni prostor za študente
living-room dnevna soba
school-room šolska soba, učilnica, razred
senior common room družabni prostor za učitelje
standing-room stojišče
standing-room only! samo stojišča (so še na voljo!)
state-room sprejemna dvorana
there is room for improvement lahko bi bilo bolje, ni ravno najbolje
there is no room to swing a cat figurativno ni niti toliko prostora, da bi se človek obrnil
to be confined to one's room ne zapustiti svoje sobe (zaradi bolezni)
to do a room pospraviti sobo
we'd rather have his room than his company rajši bi videli, da on ne bi bil tu
to make room for s.o. napraviti komu prostor, mesto
he set the room in a roar vso sobo je spravil v smeh
to take up too much room preveč prostora (za)vzeti

sám alone; sole; only; solo; (brez pomoči) by oneself, unaided, single-handed

čisto sám, sám samcat quite alone, all alone
sám od sebe spontaneously; of one's own accord
jaz sám I myself
on sám he himself
stvar sáma na sebi the thing in itself
sám Cezar Caesar's self
na sám novoletni dan just (ali precisely) on New Year's Day
žrtvovanje sámega sebe self-sacrifice
zaupanje v sámega sebe self-reliance
sáma dobrota ga je he is kindness itself
sáma ljubeznivost ga je do mene he is a perfect angel to me
sám je na svetu he stands alone in the world
on je sám svoj gospodar he is his own master
sáma kost in koža ga je he's nothing but skin and bone, he's just a bag of bones
že sáma ideja je smešna the very (ali the mere) idea is funny
to ni nihče drug kot sám knez he is no less a man than the prince
imeti sám svojo hišo to have a house of one's own
javiti se sám od sebe (prostovoljno) to volunteer
sami so se izdali they betrayed themselves, they gave themselves away
sáma si delam obleke I make my own dresses
sáma si plete nogavice she knits her own stockings
sáma opravlja vse gospodinjske posle she herself does all the housework
sám si strižem lase I cut my own hair
sám si delam večerjo I get my own supper
sám si služi kruh he earns his own bread
vrata se sáma zapirajo the door shuts by itself
to sem sám naredil (brez tuje pomoči) I did it single-handed
to lahko sám vidiš you can see for yourself
leteti sám (brez spremstva, aeronavtika) to fly solo, to solo
presodite sámi! judge for yourselves!
jaz sám sem šel tja I myself went there
ne pustite ga sámega! don't leave him by himself!
to se samo po sebi razume that is a matter of course
lahko to sám napraviš? can you do it alone?
govoriti s kom na samem to speak to someone in private
vi sami to pravite you yourself say so
prepustil sem ga sámemu sebi I left him to himself
sám si kuham I prepare my own dinner
sami njegovi prijatelji ga sovražijo even his fiends hate him
sám vrag te je prinesel the devil himself has brought you
iz sámega egoizma for pure selfishness (ali egoism)

say² [séi] samostalnik
kar je rečeno; izrek, govor, beseda; mnenje, trditev; pravica ali prilika za govorjenje
ameriško zadnja beseda, dokončna odločitev

it is my say! sedaj govorim jaz!, pusti(te) me, da govorim!
who has the say in this matter? kdo ima zadnjo besedo (kdo odloča) v tej zadevi?
to have one's say (to, on) izraziti svoje mnenje (o)
I will have my say povedal bom, kar moram povedati
let him have his say naj pove, kaj misli o tem
to say one's say povedati svoje (mnenje)

scratch² [skrǽč] prehodni glagol
(iz)grebsti, (iz)brskati; praskati; uprasniti (vžigalico); (na)strgati; s težavo spraviti skupaj (denar); (na)čečkati, (na)pisati
šport zbrisati s seznama (konja)
sleng izločiti iz boja, iz tekmovanja
neprehodni glagol
grebsti (o mački); s težavo spraviti skupaj
šport preklicati prijavo za tekmovanje, odstopiti (od tekmovanja)

to scratch s.o.'s back figurativno prilizovati se, dobrikati se komu
scratch my back and I will yours figurativno naredi mi uslugo in jaz jo bom tebi, roka roko umiva
to scratch s.o.'s face spraskati komu obraz
the cat scratched my nose mačka me je oprasnila po nosu
to scratch one's head (one's ears) (po)praskati se po glavi (za ušesom) (iz zadrege)
scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar figurativno civilizacija spremeni samo zunanjost človeka
to scratch the surface of s.th. figurativno šele začeti, biti šele na začetku, le površno obravnavati, ne iti v globino
to scratch the wall with letters počečkati zid

sêbe

biti ves iz sêbe (od veselja) to be beside oneself (with joy)
on je ves iz sêbe he is beside himself
(on) za sêbe for himself
(jaz) sam od sêbe of myself

second² [sékənd]

1. pridevnik
drugi (po vrsti); sledeči; drugoten, drugorazreden, drugovrsten, slabši, podrejen, postranski; že rabljen; neizviren, posnet, imitiran; izveden, izpeljan

at second hand iz druge roke, antikvarično; po slišanju, iz nezanesljivih virov
every second day vsak drugi dan
in the second place na drugem mestu, drugič
upon second day vsak drugi dan
in the second place na drugem mestu, drugič
upon second thoughts po ponovnem premisleku
a second time še enkrat, ponovno
second to none za nikomer ne zaostajajoč, neprekosljiv, nedosegljiv, nedosežen
the second (eliptično) drugi (dan) (v mesecu)
second cabin kabina 2. razreda
second Chamber Zgornji dom (parlamenta)
second lieutenant podporočnik
second mate navtika drugi častnik (na ladji)
a second Napoleon figurativno drugi Napoleon
second papers ameriško končna prošnja doseljencev za ameriško državljanstvo
a second self drugi jaz
second storey ameriško prvo nadstropje (v Angliji the first floor)
second volin druga violina
second wind sleng, figurativno vrnitev moči
to be second to none za nikomer ne zaostajati
to be in one's second childhood zopet se pootročiti (v starosti)
to come off second best biti premagan, kratko potegniti
to get one's second wind pogovorno priti zopet k sebi
to have information at second hand imeti informacije iz druge (posredne) roke
to play second fiddle figurativno biti v podrejenem položaju
to take second place biti drugi, zavzeti drugo mesto

2. prislov
na drugem mestu

to come second priti kot drugi skozi cilj, biti drugi

sentiment [séntimənt] samostalnik
čustvo, čustvovanje; (pretirana) čustvenost, sentimentalnost
množina mišljenje, nazor, maksima; (redko) jedrnat izrek

sentiments toward(s) s.o. čustva do koga
to express one's sentiments izraziti svoje mnenje (mišljenje)
these are (šaljivo them's) my sentiments tako je moje mišljenje, tako jaz mislim

shirt¹ [šə:t] samostalnik
(moška) srajca; spodnja srajca; ženska bluza z ovratnikom in manšetami; moška nočna srajca

shirt of mail železna srajca
night shirt nočna srajca
stripped to the shirt, in one's shirt v (sami) srajci; figurativno vsega oropan, brez vsega
near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin figurativno najprej sem jaz, nato pa (šele) drugi; bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril
to get s.o.'s shirt out sleng, figurativno razjeziti koga
to give s.o. a wet shirt sleng koga takó utruditi z delom, da se oznoji
not to have a shirt to one's back biti zelo reven
he has not a shirt to his name on je velik revež, nima ničesar
to keep one's shirt on sleng ne se razburjati, obvladati se, brzdati se
to lose one's shirt izgubiti svojo zadnjo srajco
to put one's shirt on (upon) vse, tudi zadnji svoj dinar staviti (na konja itd.)

shot¹ [šɔt]

1. samostalnik
strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci
šport met, udarec, strel
šport krogla; strelec
pogovorno fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj
figurativno poskus; poteza v igri
pogovorno ugibanje
tehnično razstrelitev
sleng vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila)
pogovorno kozarček, požirek (of gin brinovca)

at a shot s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom
a shot at the goal strel (met) na gól
a shot in the locker še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figurativno, pogovorno denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva
like a shot pogovorno kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj
by a long shot sleng daleč; zelo
not by a long shot še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne
at the third shot pri tretjem poskusu
out of shot zunaj streljaja ali dometa
within shot v dometu
within ear-shot dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju
a shot of cocaine vbrizg kokaina
shot of distress alarmni strel v sili
bow shot strel iz loka
a crack shot, a dead shot mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši
flying shot strel na premičen cilj
hail of shots toča strelov (krogel)
random shot na slepo dan strel (; figurativno opazka); figurativno ugibanje
he is an excellent shot on je odličen strelec
he is no shot on ne zna streljati
he is a poor shot at solving problems on slabo rešuje probleme
he was (he went) off like a shot kot strela je šinil proč
to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figurativno pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči
I would do it like a shot jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja
he got several shot(s) in the leg dobil je več šiber v nogo
they did not fire a single shot niti enega strela niso dali
to have a shot at streljati na, figurativno poskusiti
not to have a shot in the locker biti brez streliva, figurativno biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)
you have made a bad shot zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se
to put the shot šport suniti kroglo

2. prehodni glagol
nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

should [šud] preteklik od shall

I should go jaz bi šel
if you should hear of it če bi (vi) slučajno (morebiti) slišali o tem
lest you should forget da (vi) ne bi pozabili, da ne pozabite

shout¹ [šáut] samostalnik
krik, klic, vik, klicanje, vzklik(anje)

shouts of applause vzkliki odobravanja
a shout of laughter krohot(anje)
my shout! sleng sedaj sem jaz na vrsti (zlasti za plačanje pijače)
to give (to raise) a shout vzklikniti, zavpiti, zakričati
to set up a tremendous shout dvigniti strašanski krik

sleeper [slí:pə] samostalnik
spalec, -lka
figurativno umrli, pokojnik; žival, ki prespi zimo
trgovina neaktiven družabnik
železnica železniški prag
pogovorno spalni voz
ameriško, sleng nepričakovan uspeh

I am a light sleeper jaz imam rahlo spanje
to be a good sleeper imeti dobro, mirno spanje

so [sóu]

I. prislov
tako, na ta način, s tem; v takem stanju; v redu, dobro; zato, potemtakem, iz tega razloga, zaradi tega, torej, kot posledica tega; tudi

1.

so so tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo
so and so tako ali tako
so as na isti način kot; tako da (posledica)
so ... as toliko ... kolikor
never before so useful as now nikoli poprej tako koristen kot zdaj
so be it! tako bodi! pa dobro! (naj bo!)
so far doslej
so far so good doslej (vse) dobro
so far I haven't heard of him doslej nimam glasu o njem
so far as (in so far as) I am concerned kar se mene tiče
so far as I know kolikor (jaz) vem
so far forth do te stopnje, arhaično doslej
so far from nasprotno od, namesto da
so fashion ameriško na ta način, tako
so help me! (prisega) tako mi bog pomagaj!
so long! pogovorno na svidenje!
so many tako mnogi, toliki
so many men, so many minds kolikor ljudi (glav), toliko mnenj
so much toliko, v tolikšni meri
so much bread toliko kruha
so much for that toliko o tem, s tem je stvar urejena
so much the better (the worse) toliko bolje (slabše)
so tempting an offer tako zapeljiva ponudba
so then torej tako je to; zaradi tega
so to speak tako rekoč

2.

and so on, and so forth in tako dalje
even so celó tako, celó v tem primeru
ever so neskončno
he was ever so pleased preprosto (naravnost) očaran je bil
it was ever so much better as it was before bilo je neprimerno bolje poprej
every so often tu pa tam
if so če je (to) tako, v takem primeru
in so far as... v toliki meri, da...; toliko, da...
in so many words dobesedno, prav s temi besedami
Mr. So-and-so g. X.Y.
not so very bad ne ravno slabo
or so približno (toliko)
10 pounds or so 10 funtov ali kaj takega
quite so takó je, popolnoma točno
why so? zakaj tako? zakaj to?

3.

I hope so upam, da
I told so rekel sem tako (to)
Do you think he will come? -- I think so. Misliš, da bo prišel? -- Mislim, da (bo).
I sent it to you. -- So you did. Poslal sem ti to. -- Da, si (poslal). Res je. Tako je.
Her brother came and so did she. Njen brat je prišel in ona tudi

4.

I avoid him so as not to be obliged to talk to him izogibam se ga, da mi ni treba govoriti z njim
he is not so rich as his brother ni tako bogat kot njegov brat
I am sorry to see you so žal mi je, da vas vidim v takem stanju
it is not so much that he cannot as that he will not ni toliko, da ne more, kot pa, da noče
they climbed like so many monkeys plezali so kot (prave) opice
it is only so much rubbish vse to je nesmisel (neumnost)
is that so? je to tako? je res? tako? res?
you are unhappy, but I am still more so ti si nesrečen, jaz pa še bolj
he was not so sick but he could eat a hearty dinner ni bil toliko bolan, da ne bi mogel pojesti obilne večerje
I found them so many robbers ugotovil (spoznal) sem, da niso nič drugega kot tatovi
that is ever so much better pogovorno to je toliko bolje
he did not so much as look at me še (niti) pogledal me ni
as you make your bed, so you must lie kakor si si postlal, tako boš spal
and so say all of us in tega mnenja smo mi vsi
you don't say so! (saj to) ni mogoče!
all he said was so much slander vse, kar je rekel, ni bilo nič drugega kot samo obrekovanje
I told him everything, so you need not write to him vse sem mu povedal, torej ni treba, da mu pišeš
I do not want it, so there you are ne maram tega, da veš (sedaj veš)

II. veznik
pogovorno zaradi tega, zato; torej, potemtakem; (v pogojnih in dopustnih stavkih) če le

so, that's what it is! takó je torej to!
so that tako da
he annoyed us so that we never asked him again tako nas je dolgočasil, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili

III. medmet
tako! narejeno! opravljeno!

soil² [sɔ́il]

1. samostalnik
umazanost, umazanija, nesnaga, nečistoča; madež (tudi figurativno)
močvirnata luknja, blatno ležišče (divjačine)

night-soil vsebina stranišča, greznice, ki se ponoči izprazni
to go (to run) to soil iskati zavetje

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamazati (se), umazati (se), onesnažiti (se)
figurativno omadeževati, umazati

this fabric soils easily to blago se hitro umaže
I would not not soil my hands with it jaz si ne bi hotel umazati rok s tem