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simpátičen (oseba) likable, likeable, agreeable, pleasant, nice; prepossessing; winning, attractive, engaging, congenial

simpátično vedenje winning ways pl
takoj mi je bil (postal) simpátičen I took to him at once, I found him an attractive person from the word go
ona mi ni simpátična I don't care much for her, I don't feel interested in her
simpátični živec (simpatikus) sympathetic nerve

simple¹ [simpl] pridevnik (simply prislov)
enostaven, preprost, nekompliciran; jasen, čist, nepotvorjen (resnica); brez okraskov; nesestavljen, nespojen, brez primesi; nepokvarjen, neafektiran, naraven, preprost; naiven, neveden, bedast, neumen, lahkoveren, bebast

of simple birth preprostega rodu
simple dress preprosta obleka
in simple beauty neokrašen, v naravni lepoti
simple eye eno od očes, ki tvorijo oko žuželke
simple diet preprosta hrana
simple equation enačba 1. stopnje
a simple explanation preprosta razlaga
simple interest navadne obresti (samo na glavnico)
simple leaf list s samo enim peresom
the simple life preprosto življenje (brez razkošja)
gentle and simple plemenit in preprost
simple madness čista, prava norost
pure and simple čist, popoln
simple sentence prosti stavek
I am not so simple as to believe that... nisem tako naiven, da bi verjel, da...
that is simple madness to je prava norost
your simple word is enough vaša beseda sama zadostuje

since¹ [sins]

1. predlog
od

since Sunday od nedelje
I have been here since 5 o'clock tu sem že od petih
since when...? pogovorno od kdaj...?

2. prislov
odtlej, od takrat, od tedaj ves čas; medtem

ever since (ves čas, vse) od takrat, odtlej
long since od davno, že davno
how long since? kako dolgo že?
a short time since pred kratkim
I have been his friend ever since odtlej sem mu (bil) vedno prijatelj
I have not seen him since od takrat ga nisem več videl
I was there not long since ne dolgo tega sem bil tam
he refused, but has since consented odklonil, a je medtem (že) privolil (pristal)

since² [sins] veznik
odkar, kar; ker, ker že

how long is it since you saw him kako dolgo je, (od)kar ste ga videli?
it has been raining ever since I came (že ves čas) dežuje, odkar sem prišel
since you don't believe me ker mi (že) ne verjamete
since that is so ker je (že) to takó
a costly, since rare book dragocena, ker redka knjiga
a more dangerous, since unknown foe toliko nevarnejši, ker nepoznan sovražnik

single¹ [siŋgl] pridevnik
posamezen, poedin; enojen; samski, neporočen; sam, osamljen, zase živeč; brez tuje pomoči, sam, nespremljan; samo za enega (postelja); enosmeren (vozovnica); enkraten, edinstven; preprost, enostaven; polten, iskren; dosleden
šport z enim igralcem na vsaki strani, single

of a single beauty enkratne, edinstvene lepote
single bed postelja za eno osebo
single blessedness fantovstvo, blaženi samski stan
single broth sleng pivo
single combat dvoboj
single court teniško igrišče za single igre
single eye figurativno predanost samo enemu cilju, enostranost
single eye-glass monokel, enoočnik
single file kolona po eden
single flower cvet, ki raste sam na steblu, ki ima enojno čašo
single game igra, ki jo igra samo en igralec na vsaki strani, igra posameznikov
single heart prostodušnost
single life samsko življenje (stan); samotarsko življenje
single line enotirna proga
single man samski moški, samec
single parts posamezni deli
single payment ekonomija enkratno plačilo
single room soba z eno posteljo, samska soba
with single purpose vztrajno zasledujoč le en cilj (namen)
single woman samska ženska, samka
book-keeping by single entry enostavno knjigovodstvo
to have a single aim in view imeti en sam cilj v vidu
to have a single eye for imeti smisel le za, misliti le na
I had to fight single moral sem se sam boriti
to live single samsko živeti, v celibatu
single mistake would spoil it all ena sama napaka bi vse pokvarila
to remain single ostati samski(a), ne se poročiti
I speak it with a single heart to govorim z vso iskrenostjo

single³ [siŋgl] prehodni glagol

to single out (from) odbrati (iz), izbrati; izločiti, razločiti
I could not single him out in the crowd nisem ga mogel razločiti v množici

sir [sə:]

1. samostalnik
(zvalnik) gospod!

yes, sir da, gospod!, zastarelo gospod(ar), zapovednik; (v pismu) spoštovani gospod; plemiški naslov baroneta in viteza (knight), ki se vstavi vedno pred krstno ime (Sir Winston Churchill, pogovorno Sir Winston); naslov sir se daje dečku v znak graje, ukora, negodovanja
sir! gospod!
sirs! gospodje!
(ironično) sir critic! gospod kritik!
I beg your pardon, sir oprostite, gospod!

2. prehodni glagol
nagovoriti koga s sir
(gospod)

don't sir me! ne reci(te) mi gospod!

sìt sated, satiated; fed; figurativno (naveličan) fed up with, sick of, tired of, weary of

sìt življenja weary of life, tired of life
do grla sem sìt I'm fed up to the teeth (with)
najesti se do sìtega to appease one's hunger, to eat one's fill of...
do sìtega sem se nagledal I have seen enough, pogovorno I've had an eyeful
sìt sem ga (figurativno) I can't stand the fellow any longer
sìt sem tega I've had enough of it, I'm fed up with it
sìt je vsega he's fed up with everything
sìt sem tega dela I'm sick of this work
sìt sem čakanja I am tired of waiting
čez glavo sem sìt I'm fed up to the back teeth (with)
do sìtega se je najedel češenj he has eaten his fill of cherries
ljudstvo je bilo sìto vojne the people were sick of war
ne more biti volk sìt in koza cela (figurativno) you can't have it both ways
od dobrih (lepih) želja še nihče ni bil sìt if wishes were horses beggars might ride

sitnáriti to bother (komu someone); to fuss, to vex (someone); to importune (someone); to kick up a fuss, to nag; to repine (proti against); to trouble (someone)

sitnáriti komu to be a nuisance to someone
sitnarila je materi za to igračo she pestered her mother for this toy
nočem vam sitnáriti I will not tax your patience

sítnost annoyance, trouble, inconvenience; worry; bother; nuisance; disagreeableness

kakšna sítnost! what a nuisance!
žal mi je, da vam delam, povzročam sítnosti (I am) sorry to give you such trouble
z njim bomo imeli še mnogo sítnosti we are going to have a lot more trouble with him
imam dovolj sítnosti s teboj I have enough trouble with you
povzročati sítnost to cause inconvenience
rad bi ti prihranil to sítnost (nevšečnost) I should have liked to spare you this annoyance

sitting [sítiŋ]

1. samostalnik
sedenje, čas sedenja; zasedanje, seja; valjenje, valitev (kokoši); jajca za nasad; (rezerviran) sedež v cerkvi; poziranje (za slikanje)

sitting place sedež
at a sitting na (en) mah, na dušek, brez premora (pavze, prekinitve)
I read the book at a sitting na mah sem prebral knjigo

2. pridevnik
sedeč; zasedajoč

in a sitting posture sedé, v sedečem položaju
the sitting member for Leeds sedanji zastopnik v parlamentu za Leeds
the sitting tenant sedanji zakupnik ali najemnik

situation [sitjuéišən] samostalnik
situacija, položaj, lega, mesto, kraj, predel; stanje, razmere, okolnosti; namestitev, služba
gledališče dramatična situacija, višek v drami

situations vacant ponudbe služb (v časopisu)
situations wanted prošnje za službe
out of a situation brez službe
permanent situation stalna služba
I am in a situation (to do s.th.) morem (kaj napraviti)
to lose one's situation izgubiti službo
to meet the demands of the situation zadostiti (biti kos) zahtevam položaja

sit up neprehodni glagol
zravnati se, pokonci sedeti
pogovorno iz ležečega se dvigniti v sedeči položaj; ostati (dolgo) na nogah

to sit up late hoditi pozno spat
I sat up for him čakal sem ga buden
to make s.o. sit up sleng preplašiti, osupiti koga; figurativno nagnati koga na težko delo
that will make them sit up to jih bo začudilo (osupilo)
she sat up all night nursing him vso noč je bedé presedela in ga stregla
to sit up and take notice nenadoma postati pozoren, pokazati interes, napeti ušesa, pozorno prisluhniti

sív grey, (zlasti ZDA) gray; (lasje tudi) grizzled, grizzly

sívi lasje grey hair; (nebo) overcast, cloudy; (vreme) dull
síva barva grey colour, (sivina) greyness, grey
oblečen v sívem dressed in grey, wearing grey
svetlo (temno) sív light (dark) grey
biserno sív pearl-grey
imeti sívo brado to have a grizzled beard
postati sív to grow grey
delati komu síve lase (figurativno) to be a great trial to someone
zaradi tega si ne delam sívih las (figurativno) I don't worry about it

sixpence [síkspens] samostalnik
kovanec za 6 penijev (pol šilinga); vrednost 6 penijev

I don't care a sixpence about it se požvižgam na to, mar mi je to
it doesn't matter (a) sixpence nič za to, to je vseeno

skill [skil]

1. samostalnik
veščina, spretnost, izkušenost, strokovno znanje, talent, pripravnost (at, in za, v)
zastarelo razumevanje, uvidevanje

I have no skill in gardening na delo na vrtu se nič ne razumem

2. neprehodni glagol
arhaično, poetično biti pomemben, važen, koristen; koristiti, pomagati

it skills not nič ne de, to ni važno
what skills talking? kaj koristi govorjenje?

skin¹ [skin] samostalnik
(človeška) koža
anatomija sloj kože; živalska koža, krzno; meh (za vino)
sleng pivo
sleng konj, kljuse
hudomušno fant
sleng lopov, slepar
botanika kožica, luščina, lupina; površina
navtika lesena ali železna obloga

skin of an orange oranžna lupina
chapped (rough) skin razpokana koža
(un)dressed skin (ne)strojena koža
the inner skin notranja plast kože
the outer skin pokožnica, koža vrhnjica, epiderma
gold-beater's skin tanka membrana, v kateri se pri kovanju ločujejo lističi zlata
wet to the skin do kože premočen
with a whole skin s celo kožo, nepoškodovan
to be in bad skin figurativno biti slabe volje
he is only (he is nothing but) skin and bone sama kost in koža ga je, zelo mršav je
I would not be in your skin ne bi bil rad v vaši koži
to change one's skin menjati (spremeniti) svojo kožo (naravo)
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las odnesti zdravo (celo) kožo, uiti nevarnosti
it gets under my skin figurativno, pogovorno jezi me, razburja me
to get under one's skin pogovorno iti komu na živce, jeziti (boleti) koga
he has a thick skin on ima debelo, neobčutljivo kožo, naravo
he has a thin skin on je občutljiv
to jump (to leap) out of one's skin figurativno skočiti iz kože, biti ves iz sebe (od veselja, od nestrpnosti, od jeze itd.)
to save one's skin, to come (to get) off with a whole skin célo, zdravo kožo odnesti
near is my shirt, nearer my skin figurativno bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril; vsak je sebi najbližji

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

skôrajšnji imminent, speedy, early

v pričakovanju skôrajšnjega odgovora hoping to receive an early reply
želim ti skôrajšnjega okrevanja I wish you a speedy recovery
prosimo za skôrajšnji odgovor an early reply will oblige

skŕb care; (nadlega) trouble; (žalost) sorrow, grief; worries pl; (briga za) care for; (zaskrbljenost) anxiety, solicitude, concern, apprehension, uneasiness

moreča skŕb grave concern; arhaično carking care
ves v skŕbeh, poln skŕbi care-laden, careworn
brez skŕbi carefree, unconcerned, easy in mind
prva skŕb prime concern
v skŕbeh sem za otroka I am anxious about the child
to je moja skŕb that is my lookout, I shall see to it
to ni moja skŕb that is no concern of mine (ali no business of mine)
to naj bo moja skŕb! leave that to me!
to mi je zadnja skŕb that's the last thing on my mind
bodite brez skŕbi! do not worry!, never you fear!, be easy on that score!
to je njegova najmanjša skŕb that is the least of his worries
biti v velikih skŕbeh za to be in great anxiety about, to fear for
delati si skŕbi za to concern oneself with
delati komu skŕbi to worry someone, to cause someone trouble, to give someone much anxiety (ali concern)
ne delaj si skŕbi glede tega! don't worry about it!
delati si skŕbi to worry (to fret, to be concerned, to be uneasy in one's mind) (glede, zaradi about)
ne si delati skŕbi za prihodnost to be unconcerned about the future
vnaprej si delati skŕbi to meet trouble halfway
njeno zdravje mi dela skŕbi her health worries me, I am concerned about her health
preveč skŕbi si delaš! you worry too much
imeti denarne skŕbi to have money troubles
nobenih skŕbi ne imeti to be free from care
imeti na skŕbi to have in charge (ali in custody), to be entrusted (ali charged) with
navdati z veliko skŕbjo to fill someone with great apprehension
vaše naročilo bomo izvršili z največjo skŕbjo we shall execute your order with the greatest care
prepustiti komu skŕb za kaj to commit something to someone's charge
povzročati komu skŕbi to cause someone anxiety (ali uneasiness)
njeno življenje nam povzroča (dela) velike skŕbi we are terribly worried about her way of life (ali pogovorno about her goings on, about the way she's carrying on)
skŕbi ga tarejo he is careworn (ali pogovorno worried stiff)
skŕb za bodočnost mojih otrok me tare I am worried sick about my children's future
ti mi zadajaš hude skŕbi you are a great trial to me