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propàd ruin; decay, decline; destruction; downfall; wreck

biti na robu propàda to be on the brink (ali verge) of ruin
drveti v propàd to be on the road to ruin, to be heading straight for destruction, pogovorno to be riding for a fall
še en takšen udarec bo moj propàd another blow like that will finish me off (ali will do for me), one more like that, and I'm done for (ali and it's all up with me)
povzročiti lasten propàd ta bring about one's own ruin
rešiti svoje premoženje pred propàdom to save one's estate (ali possessions) from ruin
dežela je na robu propàda the country is on the verge of ruin

račún account; bill; reckoning; score; trgovina invoice; (za inozemstvo) indent; note, credit note, debit note; (fingiran) pro forma invoice; (izračunanje) calculation, calculus, computation; (proračun) estimate

diferencialni (integralni) račún differential (integral) calculus
poravnani račúni bills paid (ali settled)
depozitni račún deposit account
tekoči račún current account
zaključni račún final account
na račún on account
čisti račúni, dobri prijatelji short reckonings make long friends, even reckoning makes long friends
sklepni račún matematika the rule of three
polaganje račúnov rendering of accounts
pomota v račúnu miscalculation
natakar, (moj) račun, prosim! my bill please, waiter!
neporavnan, odprt račún unsettled, open account
skupni račún joint account
dal mi je nekaj na račún he has advanced me some money
ne delaj račúna brez krčmarja! don't count your chickens before they are hatched!, don't reckon without your host!, ZDA sell not the bear's skin before you have caught the bear!
imeti še račún s kom (figurativno) to have a rod in pickle for someone, to have a bone to pick with someone
imeti račún pri... to have an account with...
izravnati račún to balance (ali to square, to settle) an account
to mi ne gre v račún (figurativno) that isn't what I want, it doesn't suit me, that does not answer my purpose
ta runda (pijače) gre na moj račún this round is on me, this is my round (ali my treat), pogovorno I'm in the chair
kupiti na račún to buy on credit
pokvariti komu račúne (figurativno) to spike someone's guns
prenesti na nov račún to transfer to a new account
priti na svoj račún (figurativno) to come into one's own, to find one's costs repaid
odpreti račún to open an account
izstaviti, napraviti račún to make out a bill, to draw up an account
pregledati račúne to audit
poravnati, plačati račún to settle an account
plačati komu stare račúne to pay off old scores, to get even with someone
polagati račún o to account for, to give (ali to render) account of
krojač mi je poslal račún the tailor has sent me his bill
voditi račún o to kep an account of
vpisati, zabeležiti komu v račún to enter in someone's account
trgovati na svoj račún to trade on one's own account
vzeti v račún to take into account, to make allowance for
prekrižati komu račúne (figurativno) to upset someone's apple-cart
račúni se ne ujemajo the accounts don't balance
zahtevati račún za to demand an account of
zahtevati svoj račún to ask for one's account
koliko znaša moj račún? what does my bill amount to?, (pogovorno) what's the damage?
živeti na račún svojih prijateljev to sponge on one's fiends
živeti na tuj račún biblija to eat the bread of idleness

rávno prislov just; exactly; precisely

rávno sem hotel iti I was just going
to rávno ne not quite, not exactly
rávno o pravem času just in time
rávno 5 funtov just 5 pounds
to je rávno za vas it is just the thing for you
ne rávno! not exactly!
rávno dve je ura it is just two o'clock
ni rávno moj prijatelj he is not exactly my friend
rávno zaradi tega for that very reason
rávno to potrebujemo this is the very thing we want
ker rávno hočeš since you insist upon it
rávno to sem mu rekel that is just what I told him
rávno prispel, dospel je he has just arrived
rávno to sem hotel vedeti that is the very thing I wanted to know
moja knjiga se rávno tiska my book is just being printed

relative¹ [rélətiv] samostalnik
sorodnik, -ica
slovnica oziralni zaimek

a poor relative reven sorodnik
he is a relative of mine on je (neki) moj sorodnik, v sorodstvu sem z njim

resór (področje) competence, -cy

to ne sodi v moj resór I am not competent to deal with this question; this is outside my competence

rôden -a, -o of birth; native

rôdni brat full brother
rôdna sestra full sister
rôdno mesto native town
rôdna tla native soil
rôdna zemlja native country
rôdno drevo botanika tree of bearing age
on je moj rôdni brat he is my own brother

rôjsten (of) birth; natal

rôjstni dan birthday
za, na moj rôjstni dan for my birthday
rôjstni kraj birthplace, native parts
rôjstno leto year of birth
moje rôjstno mesto my native (ali) home town
rôjstna hiša the house in which someone was born
rôjstni list birth certificate
darila za rôjstni dan birthday presents (ali gifts)
kolač za rôjstni dan birthday cake
slavje rôjstnega dne birthday party
vse najboljše k vašemu rôjstnemu dnevu! many happy returns of the day!

rováš piece of short split wood for scoring; score; tally

na moj rováš upon my account
imam ga na rovášu I have a bone to pick with him

rule² [ru:l] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
upravljati, voditi, uravna(va)ti, usmeriti; obvladati (čustvo), brzdati; odločiti, odrediti, rešiti (that da)
postaviti načelo; naložiti, predpisati; načrtati, vleči črte z ravnilom, linirati; vladati (over nad)
prevladovati; (o cenah) stati, držati se

to rule oneself obvladati se
Rule Britannia Vladaj, Britanija! (domoljubna angleška pesem)
a ruled case odločena, dognana stvar
ruled paper liniran papir
to be ruled by s.o. biti pod vplivom koga
be ruled by me! poslušaj, ubogaj moj nasvet!
to rule nominally le po imenu biti vladar (gospodar)
to rule one's passions obvladati svoje strasti
to rule the roast (roost) biti gospodar (v hiši, doma), imeti glavno besedo, odločati
to rule by the whip vladati (gospodovati) s knuto
to rule with a rod of iron vladati z železno roko
to rule in s.o.'s favour odločiti komu v prid
corn rules high cene žitu so visoke
prices ruled high (lower) cene so bile visoke (nižje)

run to neprehodni glagol
iti do, doseči, znesti, znašati; zadostovati, kriti; spremeniti se

the bill runs to 100 pounds račun znaša 100 funtov
my money will not run to that moj denar ne bo zadostoval za to
you must not run to extremes ne smete gnati stvari do skrajnosti, na ostrino
to run to fat (z)rediti se, postati debel

saver [séivə] samostalnik
rešitelj; dober gospodar, varčevalec, varčnež

my new range is a coal-saver moj novi štedilnik porabi malo premoga

seasonable [sí:znəbl] pridevnik (seasonably prislov)
ki ustreza določenemu letnemu času; sezonski; ki pride (prihaja) o pravem (primernem) času, pravočasen

my seasonable arrival moj prihod o pravem času
the seasonable time for discussion prikladen (pravi; ugoden) čas za diskusijo
seasonable weather vreme, ki ustreza letnemu času

self množina selves [self, selvz]

1. samostalnik
sam (poedinec); svoja osebnost, jaz; prava narava; osebne koristi, egoizem, sebičnost, samoljubje
filozofija jaz, subjekt
biologija enobarvna cvetlica (žival)

my humble self, my poor self moja malenkost
my former (better) self moj prejšnji (boljši) jaz
his own self, his very self njegov lastni jaz
his second self njegov drugi jaz; njegov intimen prijatelj; njegova desna roka
your good selves trgovina vaša spoštovana firma
our noble selves hudomušno mi
knowledge of self poznavanje samega sebe
pity's self poosebljeno usmiljenje
a study of the self študija o jazu
he cares for nothing but self on se briga le za svoj lastni jaz
he has no other guide but self nima drugega vodnika kot svoje samoljubje
self do, self have kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal
to refer everything to self vse nase, v svojo korist obračati
self is a bad guide to happiness sebičnost je slab vodnik k sreči

2. pridevnik
enoten, brez primesi, naraven (barva)
arhaično isti

a self trimming pozamenterija iz istega (enotnega) materiala

3. zaimek
sam

a cheque drawn to self nase izstavljen ček
a ticket admitting self and friend vstopnica za sebe in za prijatelja

seventy [sévənti]

1. pridevnik
sedemdeset

2. samostalnik
število (številka) 70

the seventies množina leta med 69 in 80 življenja ali stoletja, sedemdeseta leta
seventy-eight gramofonska plošča z 78 obrati v minuti
he is nearly seventy skoraj 70 let je star
my grandfather was born in the early seventies moj ded se je rodil v prvih letih po 1870

shaky [šéiki] pridevnik (shakily prislov)
tresoč se, drgetajoč, drhteč; majav, klecav; šibak, slaboten; pretresen; omahljiv, nesiguren, nezanesljiv; (les) razpokan

shaky courage majav, omahljiv, nezanesljiv pogum
a shaky firm nezanesljiva, netrdna firma
a shaky hand tresoča se roka
he is shaky in French on je šibak v francoščini
shaky on one's pins sleng netrden, nesiguren na nogah
to feel shaky ne se čutiti trdnega na nogah, slabo (slabotno) se počutiti
my memory is shaky moj spomin ni zanesljiv

she [ši:]

1. zaimek
ona

she who tista, ki

2. samostalnik (množina shes, she's)
ženska, žensko bitje; žival ženskega spola, samica

3. pridevnik
(v zloženkah) ženski (zlasti o živalih)

the only she I admire edina ženska, ki jo občudujem
is the child a he or a she? je otrok deček ali deklica?
a litter of 2 hes and 3 shes skot dveh samčkov in treh samičk
I like my new car, she is so smart všeč mi je moj novi avto, je tako ličen
she-wolf volkulja
she-bear medvedka
she-devil vražja ženska, vrag v ženski podobi
she-dragon figurativno hišni zmaj
she-king slabšalno babji kralj
she-relatives žensko sorodstvo

sir(r)ee [sərí:] samostalnik ameriško, pogovorno = sir

no, sir(r)ee! ne, dragi moj!, ne, prijateljček!

slabó prislov badly, ill, unwell; weakly, poorly

slabó hranjen undernourished
slabó mi je I feel sick
z njim je slabó he is badly off (ali hard up), things go very ill with him
slabó govorim angleško I can't speak English very well, my English is rather weak
on je slabó plačan he is underpaid
posli gredó slabó business is bad
slabó govoriti o kom to speak ill of someone
slabó se je izkazal, obnesel he cut a poor (ali sorry) figure
slabó se je končalo it turned out badly, pogovorno it came unstuck
slabó se počutim I feel unwell
slabó mi je postalo ob tem pogledu I felt sick at the sight (of it)
on slabó sliši he is hard of hearing
ona slabó vidi she has poor sight
moj brat se slabó uči my brother is a poor scholar
slabó se obnášati, se vesti to behave badly
slabó ravnati s kom to ill-treat someone

sleep in neprehodni glagol
spati v hiši; (večinoma pasivno) spati v

the bad has been slept in by my son v postelji je spal moj sin

slíšati to hear

dobro slíšati to hear well
napačno slíšati to hear amiss
slučajno slíšati to overhear
slíšati govoriti to hear say
slišim, da... I understand (ali I am informed) that...
on ne sliši dobro he is hard of hearing
moj pes sliši na ime Bob my dog answers to the name of Bob
vem (povem), kar sem slišal I know it by (I speak from) hearsay
slišal sem jo peti I heard her sing
ste že kdaj slišali kaj takega? have you ever heard the like of it?
o tem noče on nič slíšati he will not hear of it
slišal sem to od nekoga I have heard some one say so
to (takó) sem slišal so I (have) heard
slišal sem to praviti I have heard it said
slíšati obe strani to hear both sides
od tedaj o njem ni več (kaj) slíšati he hasn't been heard of since
ona rada sliši sebe govoriti she likes to hear herself talk
to se dobro, lepo sliši that sounds well (ali fine, pogovorno nice)
ne hoteti slíšati to shut one's ears (to), to refuse to listen to
s svojim radijskim aparatom morem slíšati Pariz I can get Paris on (ali with) my radio
komaj se je slišalo, kar je rekel what he said was scarcely audible
bil je tak hrup, da niso mogli slíšati lastnih glasov there was such a noise that they could not hear their own voices
hujšega gluhca ni od tistega, ki noče slíšati there are none so deaf as those who will not hear