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suggest [sədžést] prehodni glagol
predlagati, sugerirati; omeniti, predočiti, spodbuditi, napeljati na, navdahniti (misel); domnevati; (o ideji, zamisli) vsiljevati (itself se)
dati slutiti, spomniti na; namigniti, kazati na, napoved(ov)ati

I suggest dovoljujem si izraziti mnenje, po mojem mnenju, predlagam
I suggest that we should accept his offer predlagam, da sprejmemo njegovo ponudbo
I suggest that you were aware of the facts domnevam (suponiram), da ste poznali dejstva
he suggested that... dal je razumeti, da...
his words suggested great understanding njegove besede so dale sklepati (slutiti) veliko razumevanje
the idea suggested itself to me vsilila (porodila) se mi je misel

suicide [sjúisaid]

1. samostalnik
samomor; samomorilec, -lka
figurativno uničenje

suicide club klub samomorilcev (letalci na bombnikih)
race suicide upadanje števila rojstev, narodni samomor, "bela kuga"
to commit suicide napraviti samomor
to commit political suicide uničiti si kariero kot politik

2. prehodni glagol
odstraniti, spraviti s poti, pobiti, usmrtiti
neprehodni glagol
pogovorno napraviti samomor

superior¹ [sjupíəriə] pridevnik (superiorly prislov)
(o prostoru) gornji; (o položaju) višji; (o kakovosti) boljši; (o številu) večji; močnejši (in v)
prekašajoč; ki je nad čem, superioren, vzvišen, izreden
trgovina izvrsten, odličen; (o vinu) žlahten
(često slabšalno) imeniten, izobražen; ohol, domišljav, nadut, aroganten

with a superior air domišljavo, naduto, zviška
superior to bribery vzvišen nad, nedovzeten za podkupovanje
superior court ameriško najvišje sodišče v državi (v ZDA)
superior forces vojska premoč
superior knowledge izredno, zelo visoko znanje
superior letter črka, ki stoji nad vrstico
superior limit zgornja meja, skrajni rok, najvišja vsota
superior person od drugih bolj izobražena oseba; domišljava oseba, nadutež; (ironično) fina oseba
superior wisdom višja modrost
to be superior to biti boljši od
they are superior to flattery niso dovzetni za laskanje
he should be superior to revenge ne bi se smel udajati želji po maščevanju
to rise superior to s.th. pokazati se vzvišenega nad čem, ne si pustiti vplivati od česa
they were superior to us in number bilo jih je več kot nas
he thinks himself superior on se ima za nekaj boljšega

supply¹ [səplái]

1. samostalnik
dobava, nabava, oskrba, oskrbovanje; dovod, dovoz; dopolnitev; nadomeščanje, supliranje; zastopanje, zastopnik, namestnik; skladišče; zaloga
ekonomija ponudba
vojska, množina vojne potrebščine (proviant itd.)
parlament, množina od parlamenta odobren budžet (krediti, sredstva)

supply and demand ponudba in povpraševanje
power supply oskrba z elektriko, z energijo
water supply oskrba z vodo, vodovod
these goods are in short (limited) supply tega blaga je malo
to take (to lay) in a supply of s.th. nabaviti si zalogo česa, oskrbeti se s čim
the teacher is on supply učitelj suplira (nadomešča drugega učitelja)

2. pridevnik
skladiščen; dobaven; pomožen

supply price ekonomija skrajna, najnižja, dobavna cena
supply teacher pomožni učitelj; suplent

sure¹ [šúə] pridevnik
gotov, zanesljiv, siguren; varen, nenevaren; nedvomen, nezmoten, nezmotljiv, nesporen; stalen; prepričan (of o, that da)

for sure gotovo, sigurno, nedvomno, vsekakor
a sure draw skrivališče, v katerem je zanesljivo lisica
a sure shot zanesljiv strelec
a sure proof nesporen, zanesljiv dokaz
a sure faith trdna vera
sure thing ameriško, sleng gotova, zanesljiva stvar
sure (thing)! ameriško, sleng gotovo! sigurno! vsekakor! zanesljivo!
slow and sure počasen, ali siguren
I am sure gotovo, zares
I am sure of his honesty prepričan sem o njegovem poštenju
I am sure I don't know zares ne vem
I'm sure I didn't mean to hurt you zares (prav gotovo) vas nisem hotel žaliti
well, I'm sure! (vzklik presenečenja)
well, to be sure! no, kakšno presenečenje!
are you sure? ali res?
be sure! ne pozabi!
be sure to (ali and) shut the window ne pozabi zapreti okno!
to be sure pogovorno gotovo, brez dvoma, seveda
he is sure to come gotovo (zanesljivo) bo prišel
it is sure to turn out well gotovo se bo dobro končalo
I feel sure of success gotov, prepričan sem o uspehu
to make sure of (of s.th.) prepričati se (of o), biti prepričan (that da); zagotoviti si (kaj)

sváljkati to roll (out, up)

sváljkati si cigareto to roll a cigarette

svést -a (si) aware of; conscious of

biti si svést, -a (si) (česa) to be aware of (something), to be conscious of (something), to know (something)

svetováti to advise, to give a piece of advice, to give advice; to counsel; to suggest, to recommend

pusti si svetováti! be advised (od mene by me)!
ni si dal svetováti he would not listen to (ali heed) advice

svój -a, -e one's own

na svój, -a, -e račun on one's own account
biti sam svój, -a, -e gospodar to be one's own master
imam svój, -a, -eo hišo I have a house of my own
oni imajo svój, -a, -eo hišo (pohištvo) they have a house (they have furniture) of their own
napraviti po svój, -a, -ee to do (something) on one's own
priti (zopet) na svój, -a, -ee to come into one's own (again)
vzeti otroka za svój, -a, -eega to adopt a child
na tihem si svój, -a, -ee misliti o čem to keep one's thoughts (on some subject) to oneself, arhaično to keep one's own counsel about something
vsak po svój, -a, -ee each (one) in his own way
vsakemu svój, -a, -ee to each his own, to every man his due

swap [swɔp]

1. samostalnik
pogovorno menjalna trgovina, menja(va)nje, menjava
sleng odpustitev (iz službe)

to get (to have) the swap biti odpuščen iz službe

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamenja(va)ti, menjati (with s kom, for za)
pogovorno zamenjati (stvari, mesto, prostor)
sleng odpustiti (uslužbenca)

to be swapped sleng biti odpuščen iz službe
to swap anecdotes, stories pripovedovati si anekdote, zgodbe
to swap horses menjati konje
to swap horses while crossing a stream figurativno med krizo menjati vlado
to swap places zamenjati sedeže

sway¹ [swéi] prehodni glagol
zibati, gugati, majati; vihteti; zvijati, pripogibati
navtika dvigati
figurativno vplivati, delovati na; rokovati; upravljati, voditi, vladati (komu, čemu); odvrniti (od naklepa)
neprehodni glagol
gugati se, zibati se, nihati, majati se, zvijati se, nagibati se, pripogibati se (towards k, proti)
kreniti, zaviti; opotekati se, omahovati; vladati

to sway home kreniti, zaviti proti domu
man is often swayed by his passions človeka često vladajo njegove strasti
opinion sways to his side javno mnenje se nagiblje njemu v prid
he swayed his sword vihtel je svoj meč
to sway the sceptre držati žezlo, vladati
to sway the world vladati svetu
to be swayed by a dream dati si vplivati od sanj
the trees sway in the wind drevesa se pozibavajo v vetru
the wind sways the trees veter pozibava drevesa
the wall sways to the right zid (stena) se nagiblje na desno

sweep^*2 [swi:p] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
pomesti, pometati, omesti, ometati, (po)čistiti; oplaziti, rahlo se dotakniti; (o vetru) mêsti, briti; odstraniti, s poti spraviti (zapreke itd.); z očmi, s pogledom preleteti; opazovati; (topništvo) gosto obsipavati z granatami; (o valu) preplaviti (čoln); iti (z roko) (on prek)
križariti (po morju); vleči se (po tleh) (o obleki); z mrežo iti (po rečnem dnu); stoje poganjati (čoln) z veslom; dobiti večino (skoraj vse glasove) (pri glasovanju)

at a sweeping reduction trgovina po zelo znižani ceni
sweep before your own door pometaj(te) pred lastnim pragom
to sweep all before one figurativno doseči popoln uspeh
to sweep a constituency z veliko večino dobiti poslansko mesto na volitvah
to sweep the board dobiti vse vložke pri kaki igri, figurativno pobrati vse nagrade
to sweep all obstacles from one's path odstraniti vse ovire na svoji poti
to sweep everything into one's net figurativno vse (zase) pobrati
to sweep the seas prepluti morja v vseh smereh, križariti po morjih
to sweep the strings iti, preleteti z roko po strunah glasbila, brenkati po strunah
the boat was swept out of sight čoln je odneslo iz vida
a new broom sweeps clean nova metla dobro pometa
the coast sweeps to the east obala zavije proti vzhodu
he swept his hand across his forehead z roko si je šel preko čela
his glance swept the room s pogledom je preletel sobo
the river sweeps over its bed reka se zliva čez bregove
the procession swept up the nave of the church procesija se je veličastno pomikala po cerkvi proti oltarju
they swept the river to find his body preiskali so rečno strugo, da bi našli njegovo truplo
to sweep the sea of enemy ships očistiti morje od sovražnih ladij
she swept from her room odšumela je (z dolgo obleko) iz sobe
the wind sweeps over the plain veter brije čez planjavo

swell¹ [swel]

1. samostalnik
oteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje
navtika valovanje po viharju
arhitektura izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča)
figurativno porast, naraščanje
glasba crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka
pogovorno imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama
sleng gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavalec

a swell in the population porast prebivalstva
a swell at s.th. poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec (at tennis tenisa)
a swell in politics figurativno visoka živina v politiki
a big swell figurativno visoka, vplivna oseba
a Latin swell poznavalec latinščine
a sudden swell of the river nenadno naraščanje reke
what a swell you are! kako si eleganten!
there was a heavy swell on valovi so bili zelo veliki

2. pridevnik
sleng tiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajen

a swell billiard-player izvrsten igralec (mojster) biljarda
swell clothes elegantna obleka
a swell hotel razkošen hotel
a swell person imenitna oseba, odličnik
swell society elegantna, fina družba
swell mob pogovorno hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopovi

sword [sɔ:d]

1. samostalnik
meč; sablja
sleng bajonet; orožje
figurativno (vojaška) oblast, moč; uničenje z mečem; vojna, smrt

at the point of the sword na konici meča, figurativno z grožnjo vojne (smrti)
by fire and sword z ognjem in mečem
with drawn sword z golim mečem
sword and cloak (novel) viteški (roman)
the sword vojaška oblast; vojna, klanje
the sword of justice sodna oblast
the sword of the spirit religija božja beseda
broad sword meč s široko ostrino za sekanje
cavalry sword sablja
double-edged sword dvorezen meč
court sword meč, ki se nosi z dvorjansko obleko
to appeal to the sword zateči se k orožju
to cross swords, to measure swords prekrižati meče, spopasti se z meči, pomeriti se z meči
to draw the sword potegniti (izvleči) meč, začeti vojno
to be at sword's points biti si sovražen
to put to the sword obglaviti, usmrtiti (z mečem, s sabljo)
to sheathe the sword vtakniti meč v nožnico, nehati se vojskovati, nehati (končati) vojno
to throw one's sword into the scale figurativno podpreti svoje zahteve z mečem (orožjem), s silo

2. prehodni glagol
(redko) posabljati, pobiti

šánsa chance; outlook; prospect

šánse so enake ničli the chances are nil
imaš vse šánse na svoji strani (proti sebi) you have all the odds on your side (against you)
imam šánse, da dobim to mesto I have a good chance of getting that situation
pokvariti si šánse to spoil one's chances, (pogovorno) to cook one's goose

ták tákšen such (a); of such kind (ali sort, shape, manner, size, habits, characteritd.); suchlike; such as this; that sort of

ták, tákšen, kakršen such as
ták, tákšen in ták, tákšen such and such
v ták, tákšenih primerih in such cases, in cases like these
kot ták, tákšen as such
nekaj ták, tákšenega something like this
nič ták, tákšenega nothing of the sort, no such thing, nothing like it
na ták, tákšen način in such a way
kaj ták, tákšenega še nisem videl I have not seen the like before
nimam časa za ták, tákšene, kot si ti I have no time for the likes of you
ták, tákšene stvari se dogajajo such things do happen
rekel je, da se je bil izgubil ali nekaj ták, tákšenega he said he had lost his way, or some such thing
dejstva je treba videti taka, kot so one must (be prepared to) face the facts
povej to le ták, tákšenim ljudem, ki jim lahko zaupaš tell it only to such people as you can trust
prizor je bil ták, tákšen, da bi kogarkoli prestrašil the sight was such as to frighten any one
kakršen oče, takšen sin like father, like son
kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga like master, like man

takó prislov so, like this, like that, thus, in this way, in such a manner

takó takó so-so, so so, fairly well, tolerably
takó ali takó in one way or other, this way or that (way)
prav takó likewise
točno takó! just so!, quite so!
zakaj takó? why so?
kaj takega! of all things!
ah, takó! oh, I see!, so that's it!
ne takó kot not so... as
takó da... so that...
takó velik kot... as big as...
takó malo? as little as that?
takó imenovan so-called
takó rekoč so to speak, so to say, as it were
kakor ti meni, takó jaz tebi pogovorno if you play ball with me, I'll play ball with you
in takó dalje and so on, etc (= et cetera, etcetera), and so forth
nikoli poprej takó koristen kot sedaj never before as (ali so) useful as now
takó bogat človek such a rich man, a man so rich
takó je! (popolnoma točno!) exactly!, quite so!, just so!
je to takó? (je to res?) is that so?
takó mi bog pomagaj! so help me God!
če je to takó if that be the case
takó je na svetu so goes it
bodite takó dobri in odprite okno! be so kind as to open the window!
takó mi delamo that is our way of doing things
stori takó kot jaz! do as I do!
takó ne bo šlo! that won't do!
takó se je končalo moje potovanje thus ended my journey
nisem takó mislil I didn't mean that, that's not what I meant
zadeva je takó rekoč urejena the matter is as good as settled
dolgočasil nas je takó, da ga nismo nikoli več povabili he annoyed us so much (that) we never asked him again
kakor si boš postlal, takó boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie!

tákrat at that time, at that period; then

do tákrat till then, by then, by that time
od tákrat from then
tákrat sem bil v Italiji I was in Italy then
si bil tákrat v Parizu? were you in Paris at that time?
skušal bom priti nazaj do tákrat I shall try to be back by that time

tear^*3 [tɛ́ə] prehodni glagol
(raz)trgati; razkosati; pretrgati, prekiniti; iztrgati, izpuliti; vleči, natezati; odtrgati (from od)

to tear one's finger raniti si prst
to tear one's dress on a nail strgati si obleko na žeblju
to tear in two raztrgati na dvoje
to tear a page out of the book iztrgati list iz knjige
to tear open odpreti z raztrganjem, raztrgati
to tear s.th. from s.o. iztrgati komu kaj
to tear one's hair (iz)puliti si lase
to tear to pieces raztrgati na kose, razkosati
to tear one's shirt raztrgati si srajco
to be torn between hope and despair biti razdvojen (kolebati) med upanjem in obupom
neprehodni glagol
(po)vleči (at za)
močno potegniti (at za)
(raz)trgati se; pretrgati se; prekiniti se, pokati
pogovorno drveti, dirjati, divje hiteti, leteti (through skozi)
pogovorno divjati, besneti

this thread will not tear ta nit se ne bo strgala
the children were tearing about the road otroci so se podili sem in tja po cesti
he tore down the hill zdrvel je po hribu navzdol

téčen nutritious; nourishing; figurativno (siten) annoying, importunate

kako si téčen! what a nuisance you are!