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refusal [rifjú:zəl] samostalnik
odklonitev, odbitje, zavrnitev; odklonilen odgovor; zavrnitev snubca, ženitne ponudbe; predkupna pravica, pravica do nakupa pred drugim kupcem, svobodna izbira, prednost prve ponudbe

in case of refusal v primeru odklonitve
first refusal prvenstvena pravica do česa
I had the refusal of the appointment le besedo bi mi bilo treba reči, pa bi bil imenovan (bi dobil imenovanje)
to give s.o. the refusal of a house priznati komu prednostno pravico za nakup hiše
to meet with (to receive) a refusal biti zavrnjen (odklonjen), dobiti "košarico"
to take no refusal kljub odklonitvi še naprej vztrajno zahtevati, ne sprejeti negativnega odgovora
I will not take a refusal ne dam (pustim) se zavrniti (odkloniti)

regret² [rigrét] prehodni glagol
obžalovati; kesati se; želeti, da se nekaj ne vrne; žalovati za čem, z obžalovanjem misliti na

I regret to say žal moram reči
his health, I regret to say, is not good njegovo zdravje žal ni dobro
it is to be regretted that... treba je obžalovati, da..., škoda, da...
it is much to be regretted vsega obžalovanja je vredno
to regret one's young years z obžalovanjem (žalostjo) misliti na svoja mlada leta

remark¹ [rimá:k] samostalnik
opazka, opomba, pripomba; komentar; kritika; upoštevanje

worthy of remark vreden pozornosti (upoštevanja), omembe vreden
to make a remark pripomniti, reči
did he make any remark on it? je imel (on) kako pripombo glede tega?
it did not escape his remark to ni ušlo njegovi pozornosti, ni ostalo pri njem neopaženo

rézek sharp; (glas) shrill, curt; (pijača) sharp; (veter) keen; (mraz) piercing

to vino je rézko this wine is sharp
rézko reči to say pointedly

roundabout [ráundəbaut]

1. samostalnik
(dolg) ovinek; krožni promet; vrtiljak
ameriško kratek jopič
množina, figurativno ovinkarjenje, dolgovezno govorjenje, hoja okrog (česa); oklevanje, cincanje

to make up on the swings what you lose on the roundabouts figurativno izravnati izgubo
to lose on the swings what you make on the roundabouts figurativno po mnogem sem in tja biti natančno tam kot na začetku, ničesar ne doseči

2. pridevnik
ovinkast, po ovinkih; indirekten, posreden; obširen
ameriško tesno se prilegajoč; (redko) okroglast, čokat, tršat, zastaven

roundabout explanations obširne razlage
to tell in a roundabout way povedati (reči) z namigovanjem

s (pred zvenečimi glasovi z) with; by, from

s pošto by post
s 50 leti at the age of 50 years
s časom with time, in the course of time
s svinčnikom in pencil
s tega stališča, vidika from this point of view, standpoint
z zgodovinskega stališča from the historical standpoint
s pismom (pismeno) by letter
s silo by force
s pomočjo... by means of...
kaj (pa) je s teboj? what is the matter with you?
govoriti s kom to speak with (ali to) someone
jesti s krožnika to eat off a plate
pasti s konja to fall off one's horse
hoditi s palico to walk with a stick
potovati s parnikom (z letalom, z vlakom) to travel by steamer (by air plane, by train)
kaj misliš reči s temi besedami? what do you mean by these words?
prepirati se s kom to quarrel with someone
primerjati koga s kom drugim to compare someone with someone else
boriti se s smrtjo to be in one's last agony, to be at one's last gasp
vsta(ja)ti s soncem to rise with the sun
tekmovati s kom to rival someone, to vie with someone
udariti s palico to strike with a stick
vzemite me s seboj! take me along with you!
s solzami v očeh... with tears in one's eyes

samó only, solely, merely; but, nothing but

ne samó..., temveč tudi... not only... but also...
samó in edino simply and solely
samó trenutek, prosim! just a moment, please!
samó on he alone, no one but he, only he
samó počasi, fantje! easy, boys!
samó da... provided (that)...
samó tega ne anything but that
vse, samó ne... everything but, everything except
samó ob torkih only on Tuesdays
samó nekaj minut but a few minutes
samó to pot (tokrat) (for) this once
ne samó on, tudi ti not only he, but you too (ali also)
samó pomislite! just imagine!
samó enkrat sem ga videl I've seen him only once (ali pogovorno only the once)
samó to mislim reči I just want to say this
prijaham, samó da ti povem... I've come here simply to tell you...
gre samó še za tvoj pristanek your consent is all that is wanted
samó sreča nas lahko reši only a stroke of luck can save us
ne samó da je bedast, je tudi prevzeten he is not only stupid, but also proud
rad bi ti pomagal, samó ne vem kako I should like to help you, only I don't see how I can
samó če on ne bi toliko govoril! if only he did not talk so much
samó tole knjigo bom dal na mizo I'll just put this book on the table
samó za minuto se je ustavila, da bi govorila z Janezom she just stopped for a minute to speak to John
povej, kar imaš povedati, samó hitro! say what you have to say, only look sharp about it!
morem ga samó pohvaliti I have nothing but praise for him
samó da ne bi deževalo! let's hope it doesn't rain!
pusti me, da se samó malo odpočijem! just let me rest an instant!, pogovorno just let me get my breath back!

saying [séiiŋ] samostalnik
govorjenje, govor; izjava; izrek, pregovor; življenjsko pravilo

as the saying is (goes) kot pravijo, kot pravi pregovor
saying and doing are different things reči in storiti je dvoje (različnih stvari)
that goes without saying to se samo po sebi razume
there is no saying when (why) ne da se (nič) reči kdaj (zakaj)

see^*2 [si:]

1. prehodni glagol
videti, zagledati, opaziti, (po)gledati, ogledovati; razbrati, prečitati v časopisih; razumeti, uvideti, pojmiti, predstavljati si, smatrati; izslediti, doživeti, izkusiti; dopustiti, poskrbeti za; sprejeti (goste, obiske); obiskati, priti in pogovoriti se (on o)
govoriti z; iti (k zdravniku), konzultirati (zdravnika); spremiti

2. neprehodni glagol
videti, uvideti, razumeti; premisliti se; pogledati (za čem)

worth seeing vreden, da se vidi
I see! razumem!
see?, do you see? razumeš?, razumete?
as far as I can see kakor daleč mi seže oko; figurativno kolikor morem razbrati, po mojem mišljenju
let me see naj (malo) premislim
to see the back figurativno znebiti se obiskovalca, vsiljivca
to see s.o. to bed spraviti koga v posteljo
I cannot see anybody after five ne morem nikogar sprejeti po peti uri
he saw me on business obiskal me je poslovno
to see death pretrpeti smrt
I must see the doctor moram iti k zdravniku (na pregled)
he came to see me prišel me je obiskat
they have seen better days poznali so boljše čase
to see s.o. through a difficulty pomagati komu preko težave
to see eye to eye pogovorno strinjati se v mišljenju (with z)
to see with half an eye sleng jasno (na prvi pogled, mižé) videti
to see s.o. further sleng poslati koga k vragu
go and see him pojdi ga obiskat
to see good smatrati (kaj) za dobro, za primerno
to see s.o. home spremiti koga domov
I cannot see the joke ne vem, kaj je smešnega pri tem
we must see the judge moramo govoriti s sodnikom
to see life mnogo izkusiti v življenju, pogovorno veselo živeti
I shall not live to see it tega ne bom doživel
I don't see him kneeling at her feet ne morem si ga predstavljati, kako kleči pred njo
to see the light figurativno spreobrniti se; videti, kaj je treba narediti, da bo prav
to see the red light figurativno zavedati se neposredne nevarnosti ali nevšečnosti
to see how the land lies odkriti, kakšen je položaj
I don't see what he means ne razumem, kaj hoče reči (kaj misli)
you will not see me shot like a dog? ne boste dopustili, da me ustrelijo kot psa?
they see too many people preveč ljudi sprejemajo (v obiske), obiskujejo
to see a play ogledati si gledališko igro
to see red sleng pobesneti
to see service pogovorno udeležiti se vojnega pohoda
to see the sights ogledati si znamenitosti
he will never see sixty again figurativno je (že) nad 60 let star
we will see you to the station spremili vas bomo na postajo
to see stars vse zvezde videti (od udarca)
see that the door is locked prepričaj se, poglej, če so vrata zaklenjena!
see this done! poskrbi (glej), da bo to narejeno!
to see things figurativno imeti privide (halucinacije)
to see through a brickwall (a millstone) figurativno biti zelo bister, "slišati travo rasti"
to see snakes figurativno, sleng biti v deliriju ali na robu deliriuma tremensa
to see one's way videti, najti način (da se nekaj napravi)
he cannot see a yard before his nose figurativno (neumen je, da) ne vidi ped pred nosom

shame¹ [šéim] samostalnik
sram, sramežljivost; sramota, nečast

from shame of iz sramu pred
shame!, for shame! sramota!
for shame!, shame on you! fej!, sram te bodi!
what a shame! kakšna sramota!
the shame of it! o ta sramota!
more shame to him! še bolj sramotno zanj!
a burning shame velika sramota
he is a shame to his family on je v sramoto svoji družini
he is quite without shame nobenega sramu ne pozna
he blushed with shame zardel je od sramu
to bring shame on s.o. nakopati sramoto komu
to bring shame on o.s. osramotiti se, nakopati si sramoto
to cry shame upon s.o. zmerjati koga, biti ogorčen nad kom
they all cried shame upon (on) him vsi so zagnali krik in vik proti njemu
to die with shame umreti, v zemljo se vdreti od sramu
to have no sense of shame nobenega sramu ne poznati
to have lost all shame, to be lost to shame nobenega sramu ne več poznati
to put s.o. to shame osramotiti koga
I take shame to say sram me je reči
I would think shame to do it sram bi me bilo storiti kaj takega

shame² [šéim] prehodni glagol
spraviti v sramoto, osramotiti; nakopati, napraviti sramoto (komu)
figurativno zasenčiti, prekositi

to shame the devil povedati resnico
neprehodni glagol
arhaično, narečno sramovati se

he shamed not to say ni ga bilo sram reči

sigh [sái]

1. samostalnik
vzdih, vzdihljaj (of relief olajšanja)

to fetch (to heave) a deap sigh globoko vzdihniti

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
vzdihniti, vzdihovati, (o vetru) stokati, ječati

to sigh for past times vzdihovati, koprneti po minulih časih
to sigh out vzdihniti, z vzdihom reči
to sigh out one's soul (existence) izdihniti dušo, umreti
to sigh away one's Sundays preživljati vzdihovaje svoje nedelje
to sigh over objokovati, žalovati za

sing^*1 [siŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
peti, prepevati; pesniti, pesnikovati; delati pesmi; vzklikati (for od)
figurativno kipeti, vršeti, (o krogli) žvižgati, (o potoku) šumeti, žuboreti; brneti, brenčati (čebela), zavijati (o vetru); žvrgoleti (ptice); (o ušesu) zveneti; dati se opevati

2. prehodni glagol
peti (kaj); opevati; spremljati (koga) s pesmijo; s petjem privesti (koga) v neko stanje

to sing a child to sleep uspavati otroka s petjem
to sing dumb figurativno niti besedice (več) ne reči
my ear is singing v ušesu mi zveni
to sing for joy peti od veselja
to sing the New Year in sprejeti novo leto s petjem
to sing s.o.'s praises (neprestano) komu hvalo peti, ga hvaliti
to sing to rest pomiriti s petjem
to sing small figurativno ponižno govoriti ali se vesti v navzočnosti "višjih" oseb, postati majhen (skromen, krotek, ubogljiv, pokoren)
to sing a song peti pesem
to sing another song (tune) figurativno drugo pesem peti, zapeti drugačno pesmico, ubrati druge, milejše strune, odnehati, popustiti, znižati svoje zahteve
this song sings to an air ta pesem se poje po napevu
to sing the same song (tune) figurativno trobiti v isti rog
to sing sorrow tóžiti, tarnati

skôraj almost, nearly; (za las) all but; well-nigh; next to; little short of

skôraj isto much the same
to je skôraj isto it is much the same thing
skôraj nobeden, skôraj nihče next to none, hardly anybody
skôraj nikjer hardly (ali scarcely) anywhere
skôraj nikoli hardly ever, scarcely ever
skôraj nič next to nothing, hardly anything
skôraj mrtev all but dead, at death's door
skôraj vsi practically everybody
skôraj dovršen, perfekten verging on perfection
skôraj nezaznaven all hut imperceptible
to je skôraj nemogoče it is all but impossible
skôraj nemogoče bo (reči) it will he next to impossible (to say)
biti skôraj mrtev to be as good as dead
nimamo skôraj nič časa we have little time if any
delo je bilo skôraj končano the job was as good as done
sta skôraj iste velikosti they are much of a size (ali pretty nearly the same size)
skôraj sem padel I was very near falling, I nearly tumbled
skôraj je umrla she was near death, she was at death's door
skôraj je utonil he was all but drowned
skôraj ubil se je he was within an ace of getting killed

sméti (smem) to be allowed (ali permitted); to dare

če smem vprašati if I may ask
smem reči besedo? may I say a word?
ona ne sme iz hiše she is not allowed to leave the house
ali sme že čestitati? are congratulations in order?

sorry [sɔ́ri]

1. pridevnik (sorrily prislov)
žalosten, otožen, zaskrbljen; obžalujoč, skesan; beden, slab, odvraten, odbijajoč; nesrečen; reven, ubog

a sorry excuse slab (piškav) izgovor
sorry for oneself potrt, deprimiran
so sorry! obžalujem! žal mi je! oprostite!
very sorry! zelo mi je žal! oprostite!
I am so sorry žal mi je, obžalujem
I am sorry to say žal moram reči
I am sorry to disturb obžalujem, da vas motim
to be sorry about s.th. obžalovati kaj
I was sorry for her žal mi je je bilo, smilila se mi je
to be sorry for o.s. samemu sebi se smiliti
it was a sorry sight bil je (to) žalosten pogled
to be in a sorry plight biti v žalostnem (bednem) položaju
I felt sorry for him (za)smilil se mi je

2.

sorry! medmet oprostite! pardon!

spade [spéid]

1. samostalnik
lopata (za prekopavanje), orodje takšne oblike; vbod (urez) z lopato; (karte) pik (karta)
množina vse pikove karte (ene igre)
pogovorno črnec, nebelec

spades are trumps pik je adut
seven of spades pikova sedmica
to call a spade a spade figurativno reči bobu bob, imenovati s pravim imenom; jasno, nedvoumno, naravnost govoriti
to dig the first spade zasaditi prvo lopato, napraviti prvi vbod (urez) z lopato

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
prekopati z lopato, lopatiti; odstraniti slanino (mast) (s kita)

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

srám shame

brez srámú shameless, devoid of shame
iz srámú pred for shame of
iz samega srámú for very shame
biti brez srámú to be without shame
srám bi me bilo storiti kaj takega I would be ashamed to do any such thing
srám me je I am (ali I feel) ashamed of myself
srám te bodi! shame on you!, (for) shame!
srám me je postalo I became ashamed of myself
izgubiti vsak čut srámú to lose all sense of shame
on ne pozna nobenega srámú he is quite without shame, he has no sense of shame
umreti od srámú (figurativno) to die of shame
zardeti od srámú to blush with shame
najrajši bi se bil v tla (v zemljo) udrl od srámú I could have died of shame, I wished the ground would open and swallow me up
srám me je reči I am ashamed to say
moralo bi te biti srám you ought to be ashamed

sramováti se to be (ali to feel) ashamed (česa of something)

ni se sramoval reči... he was not ashamed to say
sramujte se! you ought to be ashamed of yourself!