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prodáti prodájati to sell (komu kaj someone something, something to someone); to offer for sale; to vend; to bargain away, to dispose of; (s pogajanjem za ceno) to sell after bargaining (ali after haggling)

prodáti, prodájati na dražbi to sell at auction; (vso zalogo) to sell off; (ceneje kot drugi) to undersell (someone); (figurativno, izdati) to betray, to sell, to give away
prodáti, prodájati pod ceno to sell below price
prodáti, prodájati z dobičkom (z izgubo) to sell at a profit (at a loss)
prodáti, prodájati za gotovino (na kredit) to sell for cash (on credit)
poceni (dragó) prodáti, prodájati to sell cheap (dear ali at a high price)
prodáti, prodájati na debelo in na drobno to sell wholesale and retail
prodáti, prodájati svojo domovino to betray one's country
prodáti, prodájati pod roko to sell by private treaty (ali contract)
ta artikel se dobro prodaja this article is selling (ali sells) well
ta knjiga se dobro prodaja this book is selling (ali sells) well, this book is going well
ta knjiga se najbolje prodaja (je uspešnica) this book is a best-seller
to se prodaja za méd it is selling like wildfire (ali like hot cakes)
prodáti, prodájati za smešno, slepo ceno to sell for a song (ali dirt cheap)
ta knjiga se slabo prodaja this book is a poor seller
to blago se slabo prodaja these goods are going badly
dolgčas prodáti, prodájati (figurativno) to be bored (to tears), to feel bored
dragó prodáti, prodájati svoje življenje to sell one's life dearly
prodáti, prodájati svojo čast tu barter away one's honour
lahkó se prodajati to find a ready market
on bi srajco prodal za pijačo he would sell his shirt to buy liquor
zijala prodáti, prodájati to stand around gaping (ali pogovorno gawping), to loiter, ZDA to rubberneck

pustíti (dopustiti) to allow, to permit, to suffer, to yield, not to mind, not to hinder; to let; (opustiti) to give up (ali over), to leave off; to desist from, to abstain from, to refrain from, to forbear; (zapustiti) to leave, to quit, to relinquish, to abandon, to forsake; (izpustiti, spustiti) to let go, to let fly, to let loose; (prenehati, nehati) to drop, to cease, to omit

pustíti delo (o delavcu) to strike, to go on strike, to come out (on strike)
ne pustíti not to allow, not to permit, not to suffer (ali tolerate), to prevent, to hinder
pustíti koga na cedilu to leave someone in the lurch, to forsake someone, to abandon someone
pusti to! leave it alone!, let it be!
pusti to meni! leave it to me!
pusti me pri miru! leave (ali let) me alone!
pusti, naj gre stvar svojo pot! let it take its course!
pusti to tu! leave that here!
pustite ga noter! let him come in!; let him in!
pustite mi, da premislim! let me think it over!
pusti vrata odprta! leave the door open!
pustimo to za prihodnjič! we will leave that for the next time!
pustite me samega! leave me alone!
pustimo to in govorimo o čem drugem! let's drop it and talk of something else!
mi lahko pustite te dokumente dan ali dva? can you let me have those documents for a day or two?
pustil se je oslepariti he let himself be taken in
pusti si časa za premislek! leave yourself time to think!
to me pusti hladnega it leaves me cold
pustil je, da so ga pretepli he let them beat him
pustíti za seboj to leave behind
moral sem pustíti denarnico doma I must have left my purse at home
pustil je vse druge tekmovalce daleč za seboj he has outdistanced (ali has outstripped) all the other competitors
pustíti si rasti brado to grow a beard
pustíti koga v negotovosti to keep (ali to hold) someone in suspense
pustíti iz vida to lose sight of
pustíti koga čakati (pol ure) to keep someone waiting (for half an hour)
pustíti komu proste roke glede... to let someone have a free hand as regards...
ne more pustíti pijače he cannot break himself of the habit of drinking
pustíti si svetovati to listen to advice
pustíti pri starem to stick to the old ways
to se mu mora pustíti you have to grant him that
pusti, da luč gorí leave the light on!
ne se pustíti videti to keep out of sight
živeti in pustíti živeti! live and let live!
ali pusti ali vzemi! take it or leave it!
pustite dve prazni vrsti! leave two lines blank (ali blank lines)!
je oče pustil kako sporočilo? has Father left a message?
računam nate, zato me ne puščaj na cedilu! I count on you, so don't let me down!
pusti, da kdo drug opravi to! (figurativno) ZDA let George do it!
pustíti stroje teči to let the engines rip
pusti te stvari, kakor so! leave these things as they are!
pustil sem, da je avto drvel s polno hitrostjo (pogovorno) I let her rip
pustíti vprašanje odprto to leave the question open

rájši rather; better; sooner

rájši kot rather than
rájši imeti to like better, to prefer
rájši imam čaj kot kavo I like tea better than coffee, I prefer tea to coffee
jaz bi rájši ostal tu I would rather stay here
on rájši ne bi šel he would rather not go
rájši umrem, kot pa da te izdam I would rather die than betray you
oni bi bili rájši umrli, kot pa izdali tajnost they would have died rather than reveal the secret
on je rajši odpotoval, kot pa da bi se mi pridružil he preferred to leave rather than join me

rázlog reason; cause; grounds pl, ground, motive

iz rázloga, da... on the grounds that
iz rázloga, ker... because...
iz kateregakoli rázloga for whatever reason
iz tega rázloga for this reason
iz tega ali onega rázloga for some reason or other
prav iz tega rázloga for that very reason
tehten rázlog cogent reason
ni nobenega rázloga za kako spremembo there is no reason (ali motive) for a change
nimaš rázloga za pritoževanje you have no ground(s) for complaint
dati rázlog to give one's reason
navajati kot rázlog to allege as a reason
navesti rázlog to supply a reason
navesti rázloge to show cause (ali ground) (za for)
razjezil se je iz praznega rázloga he got angry without any real reason
ne bomo ga več videli tu, in to iz jasnega rázloga (= vé se zakaj) we shan't see him here again, and for a good reason
to ni zadosten rázlog, da tako ravnaš that is insufficient reason for your behaviour

relish² [réliš]

1. prehodni glagol
napraviti (kaj) okusno, tečno, slastno; dati prijeten okus (čemu); začiniti (with z)
najti slast v, imeti užitek od, uživati (v čem, kaj), imeti rad; rad (kaj) jesti, s tekom jesti

2. neprehodni glagol
biti okusen (tečen, slasten, prijeten); dišati, iti v tek (slast), tekniti; imeti okus, tek (za kaj)

to relish of dišati po; spominjati na
to relish well (badly) imeti dober (slab) okus
I do not relish the idea of staying here misel, da bi ostal tu, mi ne prija
I did not relish the coffee kava ni bila po mojem okusu
do you relish the lobster? vam gre jastog v slast?
he did not relish the proposal predlog mu ni (preveč) dišal (prijal)

rock¹ [rɔk]

1. samostalnik
skala, čer, kleč; kamnit blok; kamenina
množina, kolektivno prepad, strma pečina, stena
figurativno čvrsta tla; nevarna zapreka; vrsta paličastega bonbona; bonbon
množina sadni bonboni
ameriško, pogovorno kamen
ameriško, sleng kovanec

the Rock Gibraltar
rock bottom absolutno najnižji
Rock English gibraltarsko angleško narečje
Rock of Ages figurativno, religija Kristus
on the rocks nasedel, figurativno, sleng v denarni stiski
as firm as a rock trden kot skala
built on a rock zgrajen na skali, figurativno osnovan na trdni podlagi, trden, siguren
bed-rock, living rock živa skala
there are rocks ahead figurativno nevarnost je pred nami, nevarnost grozi
to be on the rocks nasesti na čer, figurativno biti v denarnih težavah
to be wrecked on the rocks razbiti se na čereh
that's the rock you'll split on figurativno to je za vas posebno nevarno, tu si boste lahkó polomili zobe
to run against a rock figurativno drveti v nevarnost
to run upon a rock nasesti, zadeti na čer, figurativno razbiti se
to see rocks ahead figurativno morati računati s težavami
to throw rocks at s.o. ameriško obmetavati koga s kamenjem

2. pridevnik
skalnat

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

round³ [ráund] prislov
(na)okoli, (na)okrog; v krogu, v obsegu; kolikor daleč seže pogled naokoli

round and round nepretrgoma, neprestano, velikokrat
round about! na levo krog!
all round vse obsegajoč (o ceni)
all-round naokoli, brez razlike, vsi po vrsti
all round us vse okoli nas
all the country round po vsej deželi, zemlji
all the year round (skozi) vse leto
for miles round milje naokrog
a long way round velik ovinek
to ask s.o. round povabiti koga k sebi
to bring s.o. round spraviti koga k sebi, k zavesti; prepričati koga
he is coming round (on) prihaja spet k zavesti
to come (to be) round kmalu, skoraj priti (biti)
New Year's Day will soon come round Novo leto bo kmalu tu
to go round vrteti se v krogu, krožiti
to go a long way round napraviti velik ovinek
to gather round zbrati se okoli
to get s.o. round prelisičiti, omrežiti, premamiti koga
to hand round podajati, porazdeliti okoli
what are you hanging round for? kaj čakaš tu? kaj delaš tu?
to order glasses round naročiti pijačo za vso družbo, pogostiti vso družbo
to send round the hat (s klobukom) nabirati darove v družbi, prositi za prostovoljne prispevke
to show s.o. round okoli koga voditi, biti komu za vodnika, razkazovati komu kaj
to sleep the clock round spati polnih 12 (ali 24) ur
taking it all round upoštevajoč stvar z vseh vidikov
to turn round vrteti se, obrniti se, obračati se
wheels turn round kolesa se vrté

rub¹ [rʌb] samostalnik
drgnjenje; odrgnina; otiranje; trenje, težava, zapreka, motnja, neprilika
figurativno udarec, napad, neprijetno srečanje
figurativno očitek, zbadanje
figurativno pomanjkljivost, nepopolnost
(= rub-stone) brus, osla

the rubs and worries of life nadloge in skrbi v življenju
there's the rub tu je težava, v tem grmu tiči zajec
there's a rub in it pogovorno (ta) stvar ima eno težavo
to give s.th. a good rub dobro kaj otreti (žlice, mizo itd.)
the horse was given a good rub konja so dobro otrli (s šopom slame)
to have a rub with the towel (o)sušiti se, otreti se z brisačo

rubbish [rʌ́biš]

1. samostalnik
odpadki, izmeček
pogovorno malovredno, škartno blago, plaža
pogovorno, figurativno nesmisel, neumnost, bedastoča; (rudarstvo) jalovina

what rubbish are you talking? kakšne neumnosti pa govoriš?
no rubbish may be dumped here odlaganje odpadkov (smeti) tu prepovedano!

2. medmet
neumnost!, nesmisel!

's¹ [z za samoglasniki in zvenečimi soglasniki, s za nezvenečimi soglasniki] pogovorno za is, has, does

he's (he is) here on je tu
he's (he has) just come on je pravkar prišel
what's (what does) he think about it? kaj misli on o tem?

seem [si:m] neprehodni glagol
zdeti se, zazdeti se, dozdevati se, videti se

all seemed pleased vsi so bili videti zadovoljni
apples do not seem to grow here videti je (najbrž) jabolka ne rastejo tu
I seem to be... zdi se, da sem...
it seems to me zdi se mi, mislim
it seems good to me zdi se mi prav (dobro)
it seems that he cannot deny it videti je (kazno je), da ne more tega zanikati
I seem to have known them for ages zdi se mi (imam vtis), da jih poznam že celo večnost
I can't seem to unlock this door teh vrat preprosto ne morem (znam) odpreti
he does not seem well ni videti (čisto) zdrav
she seems to be tired videti je utrujena
so it seems tako se zdi, tako je videti
there seems no need of help zdi se, da pomoč ni potrebna
arhaično me seems, me seemeth zdi se mi
me seemed zdelo se mi je

shoe¹ [šu:] samostalnik
(nizek) čevelj
ameriško škorenj; cokla; podkev; okov (na koncu palice); železni okov, okovana drsalica pri saneh (sankah); luknja, v katero je posajen jambor

over (up to) the shoes figurativno do prek ušes
shoes and stockings botanika vrsta detelje
dead man's shoes figurativno nestrpno pričakovana dediščina
wooden shoes lesene cokle
that's another pair of shoes figurativno to je nekaj (čisto) drugega
the shoe is on the other foot figurativno stvar je čisto drugačna
to be (to stand) in s.o.'s shoes biti v koži kake osebe
to cast a shoe izgubiti podkev, oboseti
to die in one's shoes umreti nasilne smrti, biti obešen
every shoe fits not every foot ni vsaka stvar za vse primerna
that is where the shoe pinches figurativno tu žuli čevelj, v tem grmu tiči zajec
to put on (to take off) one's shoes obuti (sezuti) si čevlje
to put the shoe on the right foot figurativno odkriti (obdolžiti) pravega krivca
he shakes in his shoes drgeče od strahu, kolena se mu tresejo
to step into another man's shoes zavzeti (službeno) nekoga drugega
to throw an old shoe after s.o. figurativno (za)želeti komu srečo (zlasti novoporočencema)
to wait for a dead man's shoes prežati, nestrpno čakati na dediščino
as good a fellow as ever walked in two shoes najboljši človek na svetu
to walk in s.o.'s shoes hoditi komu v škodo (v zelnik)

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)

sleep^*2 [sli:p] neprehodni glagol
spati; prespati noč (at pri, in v)
figurativno mirovati, počivati, biti nedejaven; spati večno spanje, počivati v grobu
prehodni glagol
prespati; dati (komu) prenočišče, prenočiti (koga)

here our forefathers sleep tu spe večno spanje naši predniki
to sleep like a log (like a top) figurativno spati kot ubit, kot polh
to sleep light imeti lahko, rahlo spanje
to sleep the clock round spati 12 ali 24 ur
we'll sleep on it figurativno to bomo prespali; bomo videli jutri
let sleeping dogs lie figurativno pustite te stvari pri miru (da ne bo nevšečnosti)
to sleep over one's work (za)spati pri delu
to sleep with one eye open napol spati, biti napol buden, ostati buden
to sleep with s.o. spati s kom, spolno občevati s kom
to sleep o.s. sober prespati svojo pijanost
this hotel sleeps 200 persons ta hotel ima 200 postelj
this tent sleeps six men v tem šotoru lahko spi šest mož
we can sleep five people lahko prenočimo (imamo postelje, ležišča) za pet oseb
the top sleeps vrtavka spi (stoji) (tj. se vrti tako hitro, da oko ne vidi nobenega premikanja)

smoke² [smóuk] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
kaditi (tobak, pipo itd.); kaditi se, dimiti (se) (with od)
čaditi (se), okaditi (se); pariti (se); završeti
zastarelo slutiti, domnevati; sušiti v dimu, prekajevati, prekaditi, dati okus po dimu; pregnati (razkužiti, uničiti) z dimom
britanska angleščina, zastarelo drážiti, nagajati, imeti za norca (koga)

smoked glasses sajasta (temna) očala (za gledanje v sonce)
smoked ham prekajena gnjat
to smoke like chimney figurativno kaditi kot Turek, biti strasten kadilec
this cigar doesn't smoke well ta cigara se ne kadi dobro
I soon began to smoke that something was wrong kmalu sem zasumil, da nekaj ni v redu (da je nekaj narobe)
I was the first to smoke him figurativno meni se je najprej zbudil sum o njem; prvi sem ga spregledal
green wood smokes svež les se pari
to smoke green fly uničiti listno uš z dimom
I have not smoked for three years že tri leta ne kadim
he has smoked himself sick toliko je kadil, da mu je postalo slabo
the lamp smokes the ceiling svetilka čadi strop
to smoke a plot slutiti (vohati) zaroto
put that in your pipe and smoke it figurativno tu imaš nekaj, o čemer lahko razmišljaš
this rice is smoked ta riž diši po dimu

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!

sound¹ [sáund] samostalnik
zvok, zven, glas, šum; ton; slušaj, doseg sluha
figurativno vtis; pomen, smisel
zastarelo sporočilo, naznanilo

within the sound of v slušaju
sound amplifier ojačevalec zvoka
the sound of a bell glas zvona, zvonjenje
sound and fury prazne (gole) besede
I don't like the sound of it to mi ni všeč, tu nekaj ne more biti v redu
there was much sound but little sense in his speech njegov govor je bil poln donečih besed, a reven idej

spell^*3 [spel] prehodni glagol
črkovati, brati ali izgovarjati črko za črko; sestavljati besede; pravilno pisati; pomeniti

to spell backward nazaj (narobe) črkovati, figurativno nobenih težav ne imeti s pravopisom
to live here spells death živeti tu pomeni smrt (je isto kot smrt)
to spell ruin pomeniti propad
you must learn how to spell morate se naučiti pravopisa
to spell out, to spell over čitati kaj črkovaje, figurativno s težavo dešifrirati

sprinkling [spríŋkliŋ] samostalnik
škropljenje; kropljenje; pršenje, rosenje (dežja)
figurativno kapljica, trohica, mrvica, majhna količina, malce

a sprinkling of knowledge malo površnega znanja
a sprinkling of people par (nekaj) ljudi
whites with a sprinkling of blacks belci in tu pa tam kak črnec