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stvár thing; matter; object; stuff; (posel, skrb) concern; case; (zadeva) affair, subject, business

stvár časti affair of honour
sporna stvár debatable question, pravo a moot point
vsa stvár the whole business (ali affair, matter)
k stvari! keep (ali stick) to the point (ali to the matter in hand)!; (v parlamentu, govorniku) answer the question!
vse moje stvári all my belongings pl, my goods and chattels pl
dogovorjena, domenjena stvár a put-up job
kočljiva, delikatna stvár a delicate point
stvár zase another question, a matter apart
stvár v diskusiji the subject under discussion, the matter in hand
spadajoč k stvári relevant
ne spadajoč k stvári irrelevant
to je moja stvár that's my business (ali affair, concern, lookout)
to ni moja stvár that is no business of mine; that is not my affair
v tem je vsa stvár (= za to gre) that's the gist of it (ali the whole point)
to je čisto druga stvár that's completely off the point, that's an entirely different thing, (figurativno) that's a horse of a different colour
to je stvár navade that's a matter of habit
to je jedro, bistvo stvári this is the gist (ali the substance) of the matter
to je važna stvár this is a matter of importance (ali of great importance)
to je kočljiva stvár this is a ticklish (ali delicate, difficult) matter, this requires careful handling
to ni smešna stvár this in no laughing matter
(to je pa) lepa stvár! (ironično) that's a nice mess!, pogovorno a fine how-do-you-do (ali how d'ye do)
ne vem, kaj je na stvári I don't know what the problem is, pogovorno I don't know what's the matter (ali what's up, what it's all about)
borimo se za dobro stvár we are fighting for a good cause
brigaj se za svoje stvári! mind your own business, don't be such a busybody!
sedaj ne gre za to stvár that is not the question now
naj gredo stvári svojo pot! let things slide!
to nima nič opraviti s sámo stvárjo that has nothing to do with the question
pogovoriti se o stvári to talk the matter over
ostati pri stvári to stick to the point
priti s stvárjo na dan to raise a matter
pusti stvár v miru (= ne dvigaj prahu)! let sleeping dogs lie!
preidimo na stvár! let us come to the point (ali to the matter in hand), pogovorno let's get down to the nitty-gritty
s tem se na stvári nič ne spremeni it makes no difference, it does not alter the fact (ali the fact of the matter), it doesn't make any material (ali substantial) difference
to ne spada k stvári this is irrelevant, this is off (ali beside) the point
kot stvári stojé as things are, as things stand (now)
stvári stojé dobro things are going well
stvár stojí takole this is how the matter stands
videti, kako stvari stojé (figurativno) to see how the land lies
umreti za dobro stvár to die for a good cause
vmešavati, vtikati se v tuje stvári to meddle in other people's affairs
vrniti se k stvári to return to the subject
vzeti stvár v roke (figurativno) to take a problem (ali a matter, a business) in hand
vzeti stvári, kot pač pridejo (dobre in slabe) to take the rough with the smooth

such [sʌč]

1. pridevnik
takšen, tak; (pred pridevnikom) takó; podoben; (za samostalnikom v množini) kot (as na primer)
tako velik, zelo velik, izreden
pravno zgoraj navedeni, omenjeni

such a takšen
such as takšen kot, tak kot
such a(n) one zastarelo tak in tak, nekdo, neki
Mr. such and such g. Ta in Ta
such being the case ker je stvar tako, ker je takó
such a day! kakšen dan!
such another disaster še ena takšna nesreča
in such or such a place na tem ali onem mestu
no such thing nič takega, ni govora o tem
such was not my idea tega nisem mislil
there are such things take stvari se dogajajo
they gave us such a fright tako so nas prestrašili
we had such sport imenitno smo se zabavali
he said he had lost his way, or some such thing rekel je, da je bil zašel, ali nekaj takega
no such thing as a room was to be had in the whole town v celem mestu ni bilo mogoče najti eno samo sobo
do you think she will believe you? no such thing! mislite, da vam bo verjela? Kje pa! (Kaj še! Ni govora o tem!)
such master, such servant kakršen gospodar, takšen sluga

2. prislov
takó

such a nice day tako lep dan

3. zaimek
takšen, neki takšen
pogovorno isti
trgovina & vulgarno zgoraj omenjeni

arhaično & poetično such as tisti, ki; kdor; vsi
as such kot tak(šen)
all such vsi takšni
and such (like) in takšni, podobni
such or such of ta ali oni od
such as believe that are mistaken tisti, ki to verjamejo, se varajo (motijo)
he is a fool, but I am not such on je bedak, jaz pa nisem
I have a car I can lend you, such as it is imam avto, ki vam ga lahko posodim, kaj prida pa ni

suchlike [sʌ́člaik] pridevnik
takšen, te vrste, podoben
pogovorno podobne stvari

he cares for nothing but cards, billiards and suchlike mornarica so mu le karte, biljard in podobne stvari

suckling [sʌ́kliŋ] samostalnik
dojenček
figurativno začetnik

babes and sucklings tisti, ki so brez vsake življenjske izkušnje, zelenci

sum¹ [sʌm] samostalnik
vsota, suma; znesek; seštevek; rezultat; zgoščenost, skupnost; kratkost; kratek pregled najvažnejših delov česa, resumé, povzetek
figurativno bitnost, bistvo, jedro
figurativno, zastarelo vrhunec, višek, najvišja točka (stopnja)

in sum skupno; (na) kratko, skratka
sum and substance bit
lump sum okrogla vsota (za več raznovrstnih dolgovanj); vsota, ki se takoj plača
a round sum okrogla (lepa, precéjšnja) vsota
sum total skupna vsota, globalni znesek
to do sums računati
he is good at sums on zna dobro računati

summer¹ [sʌ́mə]

1. samostalnik
poletje, poletno vreme
figurativno cvet, vrhunec
množina življenjska leta

in summer poleti
summer's day poletni dan; zelo dolg dan; dan lepega vremena; prost dan
summer and winter vse leto
a girl of 10 summers desetletna deklica
Indian summer babje poletje, lepo vreme v pozni jeseni
St. Luke's summer čas lepega vremena, ki navadno nastopi okoli 18. oktobra
St. Martin's summer Martinovo poletje; čas lepega vremena, ki navadno nastopi okoli 18. oktobra
St. Martin's summer Martisončen
summer clothing poletna oblačila
summer holidays poletne počitnice
summer resort letovišče; letoviški kraj
summer lightning bliskavica
summer corn (wheat) jaro žito (pšenica)

2. neprehodni glagol
letovati, preživeti poletje (in Italy v Italiji)
(živina) poleti biti na planinski paši

3. prehodni glagol
odgnati (živino) na poletno planinsko pašo

to summer and winter preživeti vse leto (in, at v)

sundry [sʌ́ndri] pridevnik
različni, razni, raznovrstni, nekateri, več, nekaj

all and sundry vsi skupaj, vsi in vsak
sundry-coloured večbarven, v raznih barvah

sup²

1. samostalnik
zalogaj, polna usta; požirek, srkljaj

a sup at the bottle požirek iz steklenice
a bite and a sup nekaj za jesti in za piti
neither bite (ali bit) nor sup ne jedače ne pijače

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol (tudi sup off, sup out)
zaužiti nekaj hrane in pijače; pogoltniti, požirati, srebati, srkati; prigrizniti
figurativno (temeljito) okusiti, doživeti

to sup sorrow imeti skrbi, obžalovati, kesati se
he must have a long spoon that sups with the devil nevarno je z vragom buče saditi

superiority [sjupiəriɔ́riti] samostalnik
večja moč, premoč, superiornost (in v čem, to, over nad čem)
prvenstvo, nadoblast, nadvlada; posebna pravica, prednost; oblast

superiority complex večvrednostni kompleks
superiority in men and material premoč v moštvu in materialu

superiórnost superiority

kompleks superiórnosti superiority complex
superiórnost (premoč) v moštvu in materialu superiority in men and matériel, ZDA materiel (ali material)

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)

sure² [šúə] prislov
(prav) gotovo, seveda; zares

it sure was hot ameriško, pogovorno zares je bilo vroče
as sure as (I live) tako gotovo kot (živim)
as sure as a gun pogovorno popolnoma zanesljivo
Will you come? -- Sure! Boš prišel? -- Seveda! Pa ja!
sure enough čisto gotovo (zanesljivo); zares, v resnici, dejansko, nedvomno
I said it would happen, and sure enough it did rekel sem, da se bo to zgodilo, in zares (dejansko) se je

svetóven world, worldwide; world's; cosmopolitan; universal

svetóvno čudo wonder of the world
svetóvna gospodarska konferenca international economic conference
svetóvna gospodarska kriza international economic crisis, world depression
svetóvno gospodarstvo world trade and industry
svetóvni jezik world language
svetóvni mir world peace
svetóvna literatura, književnost world literature
svetóvno naziranje, nazor ideology, world-outlook, outlook on life, (philosophical) conception of the world, world view, views pl, (nemško) weltanschauung
svetóvna politika world politics pl, foreign policy on a (ali the) grand scale
svetóvni prvak world champion
svetóvno prvenstvo world championship
svetóvni rekord world record
svetóvni požar universal conflagration
svetóvna razstava International Exhibition, World Fair
svetóv sloves worldwide fame, international reputation
svetóvni trg international market
svetóvna trgovina world trade, international commerce
svetóvna sila world power
(prva) svetóvna vojna the (First) World War
svetóvno znan world-famous, world-renowned
svetóvna zgodovina universal history, world history

svobôda freedom; liberty; (neodvisnost) independence

svobôda govora in združevanja freedom of speech and assembly
svobôda govora freedom of speech
svobôda tiska freedom of the press
svobôda vestí liberty of consience
svobôda morij freedom of the seas
osebna svobôda individual liberty
pesniška svobôda poetic licence
politična svobôda political liberty
boj, vojna za svobôdo struggle for liberty
želja (žeja) po svobôdi desire (thirst) for liberty (ali independence)
verska svobôda religious freedom
državljanska svobôda civil liberty
svobôda opredelitve freedom of choice
boriti se za svobôdo to fight for freedom
biti na svobôdi (prostosti) to be at liberty, to be at large
izpustiti na svobôdo to set at liberty, to set free
dobiti, doseči svobôdo to gain, to obtain liberty (ali freedom)
izpustiti na svobôdo (prostost) proti kavciji to release on bail
biti na svobôdi proti kavciji to be out on bail
boriti se za svobôdo misli to struggle (ali to fight) for freedom of thought

svobôden free; (na prostosti) at liberty, at large; (neodvisen) independent; (poklic) liberal; (nezasužnjen) unenslaved; (neujet) at large, uncaught

svobôdna ljubezen free love
svobôden mislec, duh freethinker
svobôden poklic liberal profession
svobôden prehód free pass
svobôdno pristanišče free port
svobôdna trgovina free trade
svobôdne umetnosti the liberal arts pl
svobôdna volja free will
svobôden promet blaga free sale of goods
svobôdna menjava dela free exchange of labour
svobôdno združeno delo freely associated labour
svobôdna skupnost free community
svobôdna in vsestranska dejavnost free and all-round activity

swamp² [swɔmp] prehodni glagol
poplaviti, preplaviti, potopiti (kaj); premočiti, namočiti
figurativno (večinoma pasivno) zasuti, obsuti (s prošnjami, s pismi); (o morju) pogoltniti; preobremeniti (z delom), zadušiti, premagati (čustva)
politika preprečiti (zakon)
ameriško utreti (pot) skozi gozd
neprehodni glagol
(ladja) potapljati se, toniti; biti preplavljen, utoniti
figurativno zabresti v težave, propasti

I am swamped with work čez glavo imam dela
to be swamped with debts do vratu tičati v dolgovih
they had been swamped about two miles from the town okrog dve milji od mesta so obtičali v močvirju
a pipe burst and swamped the bathroom pipa je počila in voda je preplavila kopalnico

sweet¹ [swi:t]

1. pridevnik (sweetly prislov)
sladek; (mleko, maslo) svež, nepokvarjen; (vonj) prijeten, blag, dišeč; (zvok) melodiozen, skladen, miloglasen, prijeten; (spanje itd.) sladek, osvežilen, krepilen; prijazen, ljubezniv (to do)
pogovorno mil, dražesten, ljubek, sladek
pogovorno gladek, miren, brez truda

at one's own sweet will po svoji mili volji, po svoji glavi
a sweet one sleng krepak udarec
sweet breath svež, prijeten duh (iz ust)
a sweet tooth figurativno sladkosnednost
a sweet going gladka vožnja (na dobri cesti)
sweet and twenty "očarljiva dvajsetletnica"
my sweet one! moj ljubi!
to be sweet on s.o. pogovorno biti zaljubljen v koga, nor za kom
to be sweet with dišati po
this fish is not quite sweet ta riba ni čisto sveža
to have a sweet taste imeti sladek okus
to have a sweet tooth figurativno biti sladkosneden
to keep s.o. sweet dobro se razumeti (shajati) s kom

2. prislov

to smell sweet blago dišati
to taste sweet imeti sladek okus

sweet² [swi:t] samostalnik
kar je sladko; sladek okus, sladkost; slaščica, bonbon; sladek poobedek, sladke jedi; sladkano vino
figurativno sladkosti; prijeten vonj, parfum, dišava; prijetnost, slast; ljubi, ljubček, ljubica, dragica

no sweet without sweat ni jela brez dela
the sweets of power slast oblasti
the sweets and bitters of life sladkosti in bridkosti življenja
the flowers diffuse their balmy sweets cvetlice širijo svoj balzamov vonj
to taste the sweets of success okusiti slast uspeha

swift¹ [swift]

1. pridevnik (swiftly prislov)
hiter, brz, nagel (to za kaj)
uren, okreten, živahen; deroč; kratkotrajen, bežen (čas); nenaden, nepričakovan
pogovorno lahek (o dekletu)

swift to anger togoten, nagle jeze
swift of foot brzonog
his swift death njegova nenadna smrt
a swift worker uren delavec
he is swift to mischief hitro je pripravljen za hudobijo
he is swift to hear and slow to speak on hitro sliši in počasi govori

2. prislov
hitro, naglo

to answer swift hitro odgovoriti