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pozába oblivion; silence

priti, pasti v pozábo to fall (ali to sink, to slip) into oblivion
rešiti pozábe kaj to save (ali to rescue) something from oblivion
iskati pozábo v pijači to drown one's sorows
ki je prišel, padel v pozábo lost ali sunk in oblivion

prostrate² [prɔstréit] prehodni glagol
vreči na tla, položiti na tla; premagati, uničiti; izčrpati, oslabiti

to prostrate o.s. before vreči se na obraz, pasti na kolena pred kom; ponižati se

purler [pə́:lə] samostalnik
pogovorno padec na glavo, skok na glavo

to go (ali come) a fearful purler pasti na glavo

radovédnost inquisitiveness; curiosity

iz radovédnosti out of curiosity
moja radovédnost je nasičena my curiosity is satisfied
konec me bo od radovédnosti I'm simply devoured with curiosity
zbuditi komu radovédnost to arouse someone's curiosity
goreti od radovédnosti (figurativno) to be consumed with curiosity
(na)pasti svojo radovédnost to give full rein to one's curiosity

rôka hand, (do rame) arm

brez rôke handless, armless
v rôki in one's hand
pri rôki at hand, near at hand; available
od rôke do rôke from hand to hand
pod rôko (se držati) arm in arm, (kupiti) underhandedly
rôke kvišku! hands up!, stick them up!, reach!
rôke proč! hands off!
z rôko v rôki hand in hand, jointly
s sklenjenimi rôkami with clasped hands (as in prayer)
z zvezanimi rôkami in nogami bound hand and foot
rôko na srcé! hand on heart!
močna rôka strong hand
žuljava rôka a callous palm
moja desna rôka (figurativno) my second self
on je moja desna rôka he is my right-hand man
polna rôka a handful
narejen z rôko (ročno) made by hand, handmade; (posel) handiwork, manual work
od rôk (oddaljen) out of the way
praznih rôk empty-handed
na svojo rôko (figurativno) in one's own name, of one's own accord, unauthorized
risanje s prosto rôko freehand drawing
držeč se za rôke hand in hand
prekrižanih rôk with one's hands (oziroma arms) folded
z dvignjeno rôko (with) hand upraised
z rôkami uprtimi v boke akimbo
držati, imeti rôke uprte v boke to hold one's arms akimbo
iz prve rôke at first hand
ne da bi rôko premaknil hands down
boriti se z rôkami in nogami to struggle with might and main
braniti se proti čemu z rôkami in nogami to fight against something tooth and nail (ali with might and main)
dati v rôko, rôke to hand
dati komu proste rôke (da kaj naredi) to give someone a free hand (to do something)
dobiti informacije iz prve rôke to get information at first hand
dvigniti rôke to lift up one's hands
dvigniti rôke nad glavo v začudenju to throw up one's arms in astonishment
dobiti kaj v rôke (figurativno) to get hold of something
rôke križem držati to fold one's arms and do nothing, to be idle
imeti pri rôki to have at hand
imeti polne rôke dela to have one's hands full
imamo ga v rôki (figurativno) he is in our power
imeti proste rôke (figurativno) to have free play
imeti mrzle, hladne rôke to have cold hands
dati rôko komu to give one's hand to someone, (v pozdrav) to shake hands with someone
imeti položaj trdno v rôki to have the situation well in hand
iti skozi mnogo rôk to pass through many hands
iti komu na rôko to help someone; to support someone, to patronize someone, to aid someone
lomiti rôke (figurativno) to wring one's hands
to mu gre od rôk (figurativno) he is skilled (ali clever) at it
izpustiti iz rôke, iz rok to let go
posel mu ne gre od rôk he is unskilled, he is a poor worker
delo mu gre dobro izpod rôk he is a quick worker
kupiti iz prve (druge) rôke to buy new (secondhand)
mahati z rôkami to gesticulate
ne izpustiti iz rôk not to let go, (da pade) not to let go (ali to let slip)
méti si rôke to rub one's hands
nositi na rôkah koga (figurativno) to treat someone with great care, to make much of someone, to treasure someone
nosijo ga na rôkah (figurativno) he is treated with the utmost consideration, he enjoys all kinds of favours
pasti komu v rôke to fall into someone's hands
prijeti za rôko to take by the hand
ponuditi, prožiti komu rôko to give (ali to hold out) one's hand to someone, (figurativno) to lend someone a helping hand
pljuniti v rôke (figurativno) to spit on one's hands
podaj mu rôko! shake hands with him!
prodati pod rôko to sell by private bargain (ali contract, treaty)
preiti v druge rôke to change hands
prosíti za rôko to propose (to), to ask in marriage, (nenadoma, pogovorno) to pop the question
pričakati koga z odprtimi rôkami to meet someone with outstretched hands, to meet someone enthusiastically
položiti rôke na kaj to lay hands on something, to put one's hands to
položiti rôko nase (figurativno) to commit suicide
položiti rôko na srce to lay one's hand on one's heart
podati si rôke to shake hands
sprejeti ponudbo z obema rôkama to jump at an offer
prekrižati rôke to cross one's arms
stisniti komu rôko to squeeze someone's hand, (pri pozdravu) to shake hands with someone
stiskati rôko v pest to clench one's fist
stati s sklenjenimi (prekrižanimi) rôkami to stand with folded (crossed) arms
vzeti v rôke to take in hand, to undertake
zadevo bom sam vzel v rôke I will take the matter into my own hands
fanta je treba vzeti v rôke (figurativno) the boy wants taking in hand
zlomiti si rôko to break one's arm
rôko si je zlomil he broke his arm, he had his arm broken
umijem si rôke nad tem I wash my hands of it, I will not be responsible
rôka rôko umiva (figurativno) one good turn deserves another, scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, fair exchange is no robbery
z obema rôkama zgrabiti priliko to jump at an opportunity
živeti iz rôk v usta (figurativno) to live from hand to mouth
bolje je vrabec v rôki kot golob na strehi (figurativno) a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

round on prehodni glagol
zmerjati, oštevati, psovati
sleng prijaviti, ovaditi, denuncirati (a complice sokrivca)

to round on s.o. planiti na koga, nenadoma napasti koga, pasti komu v hrbet

rush² [rʌš]

1. neprehodni glagol
navaliti (na), naskočiti, napasti, pognati se, vreči se, zagnati se, planiti, zakaditi se, (slepo) (z)drveti; (o vetru) besneti, šumeti; (o vodi) valiti se
figurativno leteti, hiteti
ekonomija živahno se razvijati
šport spurtati

to rush into certain death drveti v gotovo smrt
to rush into extremes pasti v skrajnost
to rush on (upon) s.o. planiti na koga
to rush at the enemy planiti na sovražnika
the blood rushed to her face kri ji je planila v obraz
to rush into an affair prenagljeno, brez premisleka se lotiti neke zadeve
to rush to the station drveti na postajo
fools rush in where angels fear to tread figurativno norci si več upajo kot junaki

2. prehodni glagol
pehati, goniti, hitro gnati (voditi, peljati, poslati, transportirati), priganjati, pritiskati (na), siliti
avtomobilizem hitro voziti, drveti z; prenagliti, prenaglo (brez premisleka) izvesti ali izvršiti (posel)
vojska navaliti na (barikade), zavzeti, osvojiti v jurišu, jurišati na
pogovorno preveč zaračunati, opehariti (out of za)
izmamiti, izvabiti, izžicati (iz koga) (for s.th. kaj)

to rush an examination ameriško z veliko lahkoto napraviti izpit
do not rush me ne priganjaj me preveč, pusti me, da pridem do sape (da premislim)
to be rushed for time pogovorno imeti zelo malo časa
to rush one's car to Maribor drveti z avtom v Maribor
to rush s.o. into danger spraviti koga v nevarnost
to rush one's fences figurativno biti nestrpen, neučakan
the guide rushed us through the Tower vodnik nas je hitro vodil (gnal) skozi Tower
to rush s.o. sleng preveč komu zaračunati
to rush s.o. to the hospital hitro koga prepeljati v bolnico
to rush an obstacle z vso hitrostjo, v skoku premagati zapreko
to rush an order (through) in a few days naglo izvršiti naročilo v nekaj dneh
to refuse to be rushed ne se pustiti siliti (k naglici)
to rush a task hiteti s poslom, naganjati k hitri izvršitvi naloge ali posla
to rush a train navaliti na vlak

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

scale¹ [skéil]

1. samostalnik
glasba lestvica, skala
figurativno lestvica (družbena itd.); stopnja; merilo, mera; razmerje; obseg; številčni sestav

at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile v merilu (razmerju) 1 cola: 1 milja
in (to) scale po merilu
on a large (small) scale v velikem (majhnem) obsegu
on a scale ekonomija ob različnih tečajnih vrednostih
scale of duties carinska tabela
scale of salaries plačilna lestvica
a scale to success lestev k uspehu
large-scale map zemljevid v velikem merilu
reduced(enlarged) scale zmanjšano (povečano) merilo
social scale družbena stopnja
to live on a large scale razkošno živeti
to play (to sing, to run over) one's scale glasba vaditi skale, vaditi prste za instrument ali glas za petje
to sink in the scale zdrkniti navzdol na lestvi, v nivoju

2. prehodni glagol
(s)plezati, povzpeti se (z lestvijo figurativno)
vzpenjati se (na); določiti (merilo); dvigniti (cene)
vojska napasti, jurišati z lestvami (na trdnjavsko obzidje); risati merilo

to scale down znižati (mezde, plače)
to scale up povišati (cene)
neprehodni glagol
plezati, vzpenjati se

to scale down upasti, pasti
to scale up kvišku plezati, dvigati se

seat¹ [si:t] samostalnik
sedež, stol, stol brez naslonjala, klop, sedišče; prestol; zadajšnji del hlač; sedalo, zadnjica; bivališče, sedež, posestvo (dvorec); način vedenja

the seat of the disease žarišče bolezni
reserved seat rezerviran sedež
I have booked three seats for Hamlet vzel (rezerviral) sem tri sedeže za Hamleta
he has a good seat dobro sedi na konju
he has a seat on the board on je član odbora
keep your seat! (nikar) ne vstajajte!
to lose one's seat pasti iz sedla; ne biti ponovno izvoljen v parlament
he lost his seat in Parliament izgubil je svoj sedež v parlamentu, ni bil zopet izvoljen v parlament
to resume one's seat zopet sesti
to take a seat sesti
to take one's seat sesti na svoj (stalni) sedež
take your seat please! sedite, prosim!
I spent the weekend at his seat in Sussex preživel sem konec tedna na njegovem podeželskem dvorcu v Sussexu

silence¹ [sáiləns] samostalnik
tišina, mir; molk, molčečnost; pozaba, pozabljenje; brezšumno delovanje motorja

silence! tišina! mir!
in silence v tišini; molče
to break silence prekiniti tišino (molk), spregovoriti
silence gives consent kdor molči, odobrava (soglaša)
to keep (to observe) silence molčati; ne izdati
to pass into silence priti, pasti v pozabo
to pass over in silence figurativno iti molčé preko, preiti molče
to put to silence pripraviti, prisiliti k molku, utišati (koga) (zlasti z argumenti v diskusiji)
to wrap o.s. in silence zaviti se v molk
speech is silver, but silence is golden govoriti je srebro, molčati pa zlato

sky¹ [skái]

1. samostalnik
nebo, nebesni svod; podnebje, klima
aeronavtika zračni prostor
zastarelo oblaki
pogovorno zgornja vrsta slik (na razstavi slik)
množina nebesa

in the skies figurativno (kot) v nebesih, presrečen
to the sky (skies) do neba, čez vse mere
out of a clear sky iz vedrega neba (zlasti figurativno)
under the open sky pod vedrim nebom
a warmer sky toplejše podnebje
the sky is blue (cloudy, overcast) nebo je modro (oblačno)
to drop from the skies (kot) z neba pasti
to praise (to laud) to the skies figurativno do nebes povzdigovati, v zvezde kovati
to rise to the skies dvigati se v nebo, v oblake
to sleep under the open sky spati pod milim nebom
if the sky fall we shall catch larks figurativno ne izplača se brigati za tisto, kar ne more biti

2. pridevnik

sky-reaching, sky-touching do neba segajoč
sky advertising trgovina reklama na nebu (ki jo napiše letalo)
sky battle zračna bitka
sky blue nebesna modrina
sky hook ameriško, pogovorno balon, sonda
sky parlour podstrešna soba
sky sign svetlobna reklama na hišah
sky train aeronavtika leteči tovorni vlak (veliko transportno letalo)
sky troops aeronavtika, vojska padalske čete
sky truck aeronavtika, ameriško transportno letalo, leteči tovorni vlak

slip¹ [slip] samostalnik
zdrsljaj; spodrsljaj, padec; nezgoda, napaka; zareka(nje); uitje, izmuznjenje; prevleka za blazino; obleka, ki se hitro obleče ali sleče; otroški predpasniček, prtiček
množina, britanska angleščina kopalne hlačke
množina, gledališče premične kulise; stranski vhod, prostor, kjer stoje igralci, preden nastopijo na odru
lov konopec, vrv (za pse); izpustitev (psov); majhen brus
navtika poševna ravnina za splavitev ladij
geologija zemeljski udor, usad

a slip of a boy vitek, stasit deček
a fine slip of a girl vitko, stasito, brhko dekle
a slip of pen (tongue) spodrsljaj (lapsus) v pisanju (v govoru)
a slip on a piece of orange peel spodrsljaj na koščku oranžne lupine
to get the slip biti odklonjen, pasti (npr. pri izpitu)
he gave me the slip pobegnil (ušel, izmuznil se) mi je
to make a slip napraviti spodrsljaj, napako
there's many a slip'twixt the cup and the lip figurativno ne hvali dneva pred nočjo

snare [snɛ́ə]

1. samostalnik
zanka, zadrga
figurativno past
množina strune iz sukanih črev ali kože na spodnjem delu bobna, ki dajejo ropotajoč zvok

to be caught in a snare ujeti se v zanko, v past
to fall into a snare pasti v zanko, v past
to lay (to set) a snare for s.o. nastaviti zanko (past) za koga, komu

2. prehodni glagol
loviti, ujeti (ptice) v zanko; zvabiti koga v past

soft² [sɔft]

1. pridevnik
mehek, upogljiv, popustljiv; mil, blag (podnebje, temperatura itd.); miren, nekričeč (barva); okusen, piten (vino); gladek (koža); topel, topel in vlažen, deževen (vreme); lahen, rahel (udarec, trkanje); tih, pridušen (glas); ljubezniv, prijazen; nežen (with z)
miren (spanje)
ekonomija nestabilen (cene); kóven (kovina), drobljiv, krhek (kamen)
sleng lahek; zaljubljen (on v)
nemožat, pomehkužen, mlahav, neodporen, brez energije; bedast, neumen, prismuknjen
fonetika zveneč; palatalen, brez pridiha (aspiracije)

as soft as butter mehek kot maslo
soft air mil, blag zrak
soft climate mila klima
soft corn vlažna odebelitev kože med nožnimi prsti
soft currency nekonvertibilna valuta
a soft day deževen dan
a soft drink ameriško, sleng brezalkoholna pijača
soft eyes mile oči
soft goods tekstil(ije)
a soft job lahka služba
soft money ameriško papirnati denar, bankovci, menice
soft muscles mlahave mišice
soft nothings ljubavno gruljenje, sladke besede
soft roe ribje mleko
soft sawder laskanje, prilizovanje
soft sex, softer sex ženski spol, ženske
soft soap mehko kalijevo milo, figurativno; ameriško, sleng laskanje, dobrikanje
soft solder pločevina, ki se stali pri relativno nizki temperaturi
soft tack sleng bel kruh, navtika mehek kruh (ne prepečenec), dobra hrana
soft thing pogovorno lahko izvedljiva stvar, lahka in dobro plačana služba; laskanje; neumnost
soft weather odjuga
soft winter mila zima
soft wood mehak les
he was rather soft in this affair ni ravno briljiral v tej zadevi (stvari)

2. prislov
počasi, tiho

to fall soft srečno pasti
to lie soft ležati na mehkem

3. samostalnik
mehkoba, milina
pogovorno slabič; bedak

4. medmet
arhaično počasi! polahko!

spánje sleep; (mirno) slumber

v spánju in one's sleep
kratko spánje brief sleep, nap, snooze, pogovorno forty winks
nemirno spánje restless sleep, broken (ali troubled) sleep
moteno, prekinjeno spánje broken sleep
rahlo (trdno, globoko, zdravo) spánje light (sound) sleep
globoko spánje deep sleep
prvo, osvežujoče spánje (pred polnočjo) beauty sleep
peturno spánje five hours' sleep
večno spánje the last sleep, the sleep that knows no waking
zimsko spánje winter sleep, hibernation
pomanjkanje spánja lack (ali want) of sleep
noč brez spánja sleepless night
spánje pravičnega the sleep of the just
govoriti v spánju to talk in one's sleep
hoditi v spánju to walk in one's sleep, to sleepwalk
imeti rahlo spánje to be a light sleeper
imeti trdno, dobro, zdravo spánje to be a good, a sound sleeper
hliniti spánje to pretend to be asleep
pasti v globoko spánje to fall into a profound sleep
pogrezniti se v mirno spánje to fall into a peaceful slumber
planiti iz spánja to start out of one's sleep, to wake up with a start
prebiti noč brez spánja to have a sleepless (ali a wakeful) night
spati v globokem spánju to be fast asleep, (pogovorno) to sleep like a log
spati svoje poslednje spánje to sleep one's last sleep

spring^*3 [spriŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
skočiti, priskočiti; pognati se, planiti (kvišku); nepričakovano postati (into kaj)
hitro priti v neko stanje ali položaj; izvirati, privreti na, izhajati, imeti svoj izvor (poreklo), nastati (from iz)
nepričakovano se pojaviti (priti), pokukati; pognati, poganjati, priti na dan, zrasti, (vz)brsteti, vzkliti
figurativno priti do česa; izbočiti se, pokati, klati se, zviti se, skriviti se (o lesu)
vojska eksplodirati (o mini)
veterina biti brej, brejiti
zastarelo daniti se, svitati se

2. prehodni glagol
sprožiti
lov dvigniti, splašiti (ptice) z ležišča; pognati (konja) v dir; preskočiti (ogrado); skriviti, zlomiti (lesen predmet)
tehnično opremiti z vzmetmi
britanska angleščina, pogovorno "olajšati" koga (for a quid za funt)
figurativno nepričakovano (kaj) iznesti, načeti, sprožiti; postaviti (teorijo)

to be sprung sleng biti vinjen, pijan
to spring to attention vojska skočiti v pozor
the blood sprang to his face kri mu je planila v obraz
to spring to s.o.'s assistance priskočiti komu na pomoč
conviction has sprung upon him prišel je do prepričanja
to spring a covey of partridges dvigniti, preplašiti jato jerebic
the dog sprang at me pes je planil proti meni
the door sprang open vrata so se nenadoma odprla
to spring into existence nenadoma nastati
to spring to one's feet skočiti na noge
to spring to the eyes figurativno v oči pasti
he is sprang from (ali of) a famous family on izhaja (je potomec) slovite družine
to spring a horse pognati konja v dir
to spring a leak dobiti razpoko
the leaves are beginning to spring listje začenja poganjati
to spring jokes zbijati šale
to spring a mine upon s.o. figurativno presenetiti koga; prilomastiti v njegovo hišo
he sprang another three shillings, and I accepted ponudil (primaknil) je še tri šilinge, in jaz sem sprejel
to spring a surprise on s.o. presenetiti koga, pripraviti komu presenečenje
the tears sprang to her eyes solze so ji stopile v oči, so jo oblile
to spring a trap sprožiti past
the trap sprang past se je sprožila
the water springs boiling hot from the earth voda privre skoraj vrela iz zemlje
where did you spring from? od kod si se pa (ti) vzel?

squab [skwɔb]

1. samostalnik
ptič brez perja, negoden ptiček, golec; mlad golob; zavaljen (čokat, tršat, debelušast, majhen) človek, debeluhar
figurativno neizkušeno dekle, neizkušena oseba; zelo napolnjena blazina za ležanje, sedenje; naslanjalo (sedeža v avtu); ležišče, otomana

2. pridevnik
majhen in debel, zajeten, debelušen; neporasel s perjem, gol (ptič)
figurativno mlad in neizkušen

3. prislov
pogovorno neokretno, nerodno

to fall squab telebniti, z vso težo pasti (na tla)

stare² [stɛ́ə] neprehodni glagol
buljiti, izbuljiti oči, strmeti, zijati, začudeno, debelo gledati (at na, v after za)
zijati; ježiti se (lasje)
prehodni glagol
s pogledom prisiliti, nagnati (koga) k čemu; buljiti (v koga), zijati (koga)

to stare at s.o. in horror z grozo strmeti v koga
to stare s.o. in the face figurativno pasti, skočiti v oči, biti očiten, neizbežen
death stareed me in the face smrt mi je pogledala v oči, mi je pretila
he stareed me out of countenance s svojim srepim pogledom me je zmedel
to stare into silence, to stare s.o. dumb utišati koga z ostrim pogledom
to make s.o. stare spraviti koga v začudenje
it will make everybody stare vsi se bodo temu čudili, vsi bodo zijali od začudenja
the truth of it stares us in the face resnica o tem nam bije v obraz
to stare down zmesti, zbegati (koga) s pogledom

steep² [sti:p]

1. samostalnik
namakanje; potapljanje; tekočina za namakanje; močilo; močenje (konoplje, lanu); kar se namaka; posoda za namakanje

in steep v namakanju, namočen

2. prehodni glagol
namakati, močiti, omehčati z namakanjem; prepojiti, prežeti (in z)
potopiti, pogrezniti

steeped in crime ki je zabredel v zločin
steeped with Latin natrpan z latinščino
to be steeped in biti zatopljen v; globoko pasti v
to steep one's hands in blood figurativno močiti si, omadeževati si roke s krvjo
to steep o.s. figurativno zatopiti se (in v)
to steep in sleep pogrezniti se v spanje