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retrieve [ritrí:v]

1. samostalnik
rešitev; (redko) vzpostavitev, obnova

lost beyond retrieve za vedno izgubljen
the thing is past retrieve stvar se ne da več popraviti

2. prehodni glagol
(izgubljeno) nazaj ali zopet dobiti; popraviti (napako), nadoknaditi, nadomestiti (izgubo); vzpostaviti, obnoviti, rehabilitirati, rešiti; (o psu) najti in prinesti ustreljeno žival; spomniti na (kaj), zopet seznaniti
neprehodni glagol
lov aportirati

to retrieve freedom zopet dobiti prostost, svobodo
to retrieve an error popraviti zopet pomoto, zmoto
to retrieve a loss poravnati, nadomestiti izgubo

rub in prehodni glagol
vtreti
figurativno vriniti, vsiliti (komu kaj), prisiliti koga, da se nauči ali spozna, kar mu ni všeč ali ugodno
sleng (nekaj neprijetnega) (stalno) omenjati

to rub it in preveč poudarjati, razdražljivo ponavljati, pod nos da(ja)ti
the lesson needs to be well rubbed in lekcijo se je treba pošteno naguliti
don't rub it in! figurativno ne poudarjaj vedno tega!, ne jahaj vedno na tem!

run¹ [rʌn] samostalnik
tekanje, tek
šport vztrajnostni tek, tekmovanje, dirka, hiter galop; naval, lov (for na)
hajka; hoja, vožnja, (hitro) potovanje; pot, izlet, sprehod; jadranje; brzi koraki, hiter tempo, hitra kretnja, premik, hiter padec, beg; zalet, zagon, napad, juriš
figurativno potek, smer, ritem, tendenca, moda; nepretrgana vrsta, niz, serija, nepretrgan čas, trajanje
ameriško potok, reka, jarek; tok, struja, plima, valovi; prost dostop (do), prosta uporaba; trop, jata; pašnik, ograda, ograjen prostor za živino, za perutnino; sankališče
trgovina veliko povpraševanje (on po, za)
dobra prodaja, trajen uspeh
trgovina kakovost, kvaliteta, vrsta, sorta
glasba hitra vrsta tonov, gostolevek, rulada
gledališče čas izvedbe, trajanje (gledališke igre), uprizarjanje, prikazovanje, nepretrgana vrsta predstav; (karte) sekvenca; naklada (časopisa)
tehnično delovni čas (o strojih); presek, prerez, splošnost, večina
tehnično tračnica; deska za vkrcavanje in izkrcavanje; odvodna cev

at the run, on the run v teku
in the long run sčasoma, končno, konec koncev
on the run na nogah, nepretrgoma zaposlen, ki leta sem in tja; vojska ki je na umiku, na begu
with a run nenadoma
a run to Bled vožnja, izlet, skok na Bled
a run of bad luck at cards dolgotrajna smola pri kartah
a run of ill luck nepretrgana smola, vrsta nesreč
run of customers naval odjemalcev
run of events potek dogodkov
a run of gold žila zlata
run of ground zemeljski plaz
the run of public opinion smer javnega mnenja
the common (ordinary) run of people običajni, poprečni tip ljudi
non-stop run nonstop vožnja
the usual run of things običajni potek dogodkov
to be in the run teči, dirkati, figurativno kandidirati
to be on the run teči, tekati po poslih, biti vedno na nogah, tekati sem in tja
it is only a 30 minutes' run to our place samo pol ure vožnje je do nas
it is all in the day's run vse to spada v program dneva (dnevnih dogodkov)
this inn is quite out of the common run of country inns ta gostilna je čisto različna od običajnega tipa podeželskih gostišč
there was a run on the banks vlagatelji so navalili na banke (da bi dvignili svoje prihranke)
to break into a run spustiti se v tek
to come down with a run zrušiti se
to give a run preskusiti
to go for a run teči (kot) za stavo
everything went with a run vse je šlo gladko, kot namazano
to have s.o. on the run pogovorno pognati koga
to have a run for one's money figurativno priti na svoj račun, zabavati se za svoj denar
to have the run of s.o.'s house imeti prost dostop v hišo kake osebe, počutiti se pri kom doma
I had the run of his library imel sem prost dostop do njegove knjižnice
these books have had the run this year te knjige so se letos najbolje prodajale
the play had but a short run igra je bila le kratek čas na sporedu
the piece had a run of 20 nights (gledališko) igro so uprizorili 20 večerov zaporedoma
to take a run vzeti zalet

run down neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
dol teči; spodrsniti; (o uri) izteči se, ustaviti se; poditi, goniti, zasledovati, ujeti (koga); najti, odkriti (citat); pogaziti, pregaziti, povoziti (koga)
figurativno črniti, omalovaževati, podcenjevati; (pasivno) utruditi se, izčrpati se, onemoči, omagati, biti preutrujen (bolan)
sleng prehiteti in trčiti z

to run down a criminal ugnati, ujeti zločinca
to run down a stag goniti, poditi jelena do smrti
he is always running me down on me vedno črni
to be (to feel) run down biti izčrpan (onemogel, deprimiran)
the watch has run down ura se je iztekla, se je ustavila

rut² [rʌt]

1. samostalnik
kolotečina, kolosek, kolovoz; sled; brazda
figurativno ukoreninjena navada, rutina

to get into a rut iti po utrti poti, zapasti v rutino, biti suženj navade, vedno isto delati

2. prehodni glagol
delati (narediti) kolotečine, brazde

sedéti to sit, to be sitting, to be seated; (ptice) to perch; (na jajcih) to hatch

sedéti s spodvitimi nogami to sit cross-legged
sedéti ob kom to sit beside someone, to sit by someone's side
sedéti pri mizi to sit at table
dobro sedi na konju he has a good seat
sedéti slikarju to sit for a painter
vedno sedi pri knjigah he is always bent over his books
vedno doma sedi he is a stayat-home, he leads a sedentary life
sedéti in lenariti to sit idle
sedéti v zaporu to be in prison, to be imprisoned, to be confined, to undergo one's term of punishment, to serve one's sentence; pogovorno to do time; žargon to do bird
sedéti na trnih, kot na šivankah to be on tenterhooks
sedéti na ušesih (figurativno) to be deaf to, not to listen to, to be inattentive

servírati to serve (up); (prinesti na mizo) pogovorno to dish up

servírati večerjo to serve dinner
večerja je servirana dinner is served; (tenis)
on zelo slabo servira he has a very weak (ali very poor) service
gos je bila servirana z jabolčnim kompotom, čežano the goose was served with apple sauce
vedno nam servira iste stare zgodbe he keeps coming up with the same old stories

shot¹ [šɔt]

1. samostalnik
strel; izstrelek, projektil, krogla, šibra (šibre), sekanci
šport met, udarec, strel
šport krogla; strelec
pogovorno fotografija; filmski posnetek, snemanje; doseg, domet, streljaj
figurativno poskus; poteza v igri
pogovorno ugibanje
tehnično razstrelitev
sleng vbrizg, injekcija, doza (mamila)
pogovorno kozarček, požirek (of gin brinovca)

at a shot s prvim strelom (udarcem), s prvim strelom
a shot at the goal strel (met) na gól
a shot in the locker še ena krogla za izstrelitev, figurativno, pogovorno denar v žepu, zadnja rezerva
like a shot pogovorno kot iz puške, kot strela, bliskovito, hitro, takoj
by a long shot sleng daleč; zelo
not by a long shot še zdaleč ne, nikakor ne
at the third shot pri tretjem poskusu
out of shot zunaj streljaja ali dometa
within shot v dometu
within ear-shot dovolj blizu, da se more slišati; v slišaju
a shot of cocaine vbrizg kokaina
shot of distress alarmni strel v sili
bow shot strel iz loka
a crack shot, a dead shot mojstrski strelec, ki nikoli ne zgreši
flying shot strel na premičen cilj
hail of shots toča strelov (krogel)
random shot na slepo dan strel (; figurativno opazka); figurativno ugibanje
he is an excellent shot on je odličen strelec
he is no shot on ne zna streljati
he is a poor shot at solving problems on slabo rešuje probleme
he was (he went) off like a shot kot strela je šinil proč
to be nearer the bull's eye at each shot figurativno pri(haja)ti vedno bliže svoji sreči
I would do it like a shot jaz bi to storil brez pomišljanja
he got several shot(s) in the leg dobil je več šiber v nogo
they did not fire a single shot niti enega strela niso dali
to have a shot at streljati na, figurativno poskusiti
not to have a shot in the locker biti brez streliva, figurativno biti "suh", brez cvenka (denarja)
you have made a bad shot zgrešili ste, niste zadeli (pogodili); zmotili ste se
to put the shot šport suniti kroglo

2. prehodni glagol
nabiti (puško); obtežiti s svinčenimi šibrami; oskrbeti z municijo

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)

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!

skirt¹ [skə:t] samostalnik
(žensko) krilo, spodnje krilo

vulgarno skirt, bit of skirt ženska; (često množina) rob, obrobek, krajnik, meja (gozda, mesta)
the skirt figurativno ženske, ženski spol
on the skirts of the wood na robu gozda
on the skirts of London na periferiji Londona
skirt of beef goveja drobovina
divided skirt hlačno krilo
he is still holding on to his mother's skirt figurativno on se še vedno drži matere za krilo

slábše prislov worse

slábše kot prej worse than before
vedno slábše from bad to worse
nič slábše none the worse
na, v slábše for the worse
toliko slábše zanj so much the worse for him
lahkó bi nam bilo še slábše we could do worse
slábše ne moreš napraviti you can't do worse
obrniti se na slábše to take a turn for the worse
stvari gredo vse slábše matters go from bad to worse
sprememba na slábše a change for the worse
spremeniti se na slábše to change for the worse
izgubil je službo in je na slabšem kot kdajkoli prej he has lost his job and is worse off than ever
toliko slábše! more's the pity!

slábši -a, -e worse

vedno slábši, -a, -e, vse slábši, -a, -e worse and worse
on je slábši, -a, -e kot njegov brat he is worse than his brother
danes je njegovo stanje še slabše his condition is even worse today
to bi bilo še slabše it would be worse still
vreme ne bi moglo biti slabše the weather is at its worst
slabše stvari nisi mogel napraviti you couldn't have done a worse thing
položaj postaja vedno slábši, -a, -e matters are going from bad to worse (ali are becoming worse and worse)

smátrati to consider, to think, to regard, to judge, to believe, to deem, to view, to look upon (as)

smátrati se to regard oneself (za as), to consider oneself, to deem oneself, to believe oneself
smatram ga za poštenjaka I believe him to be an honest man
smatrajo ga za pametnega človeka he is considered a clever man
smátrati kaj za pravilno to deem something right
ne smatram ga za kaj posebnega I would say he's no great shakes
smatra se za zadostno it is deemed sufficient
smatram, da je to moja dolžnost I deem (ali I feel, I hold) it my duty
vedno sem te smatral za svojega najboljšega prijatelja I have always considered you my best friend
smatram ga za zmožnega, da to stori I believe him able to do it (ali capable of doing it)

smétana cream; (na kuhanem mleku) clotted cream

kisla smétana sour cream
jajčna smétana custard
tolčena, stepéna smétana whipped cream
posnemalnik smétane creamer, cream-separator
posneti smétano to take off the cream (by skimming), to cream (tudi figurativno)
on vedno posname smétano (figurativno) he always takes the cream
delati smétano, dodati smétano to cream
stepati smétano to whip the cream

smôla (zemeljska) pitch; bitumen

katranska smôla coal-tar pitch; (drevesna) resin, gum arabic; (terpentinova) rosin
čevljarska smôla cobbler's wax; (figurativno) hard luck, ill-luck, bad luck, misfortune, mishap, ill fortune
smôla! (figurativno) hard luck!, tough luck!, hard lines!
vedno imam smôlo I am an unlucky fellow, žargon I always cop it
ona mi prinaša smôlo she brings me bad luck
črn kot smôla pitch-black
da bo moja smôla še večja... to crown my misery...

society [səsáiəti] samostalnik
družba; skupnost, zadruga; družbeno okolje; društvo, združenje, združba, zveza društev; višji krogi, imenitna (elegantna) družba (svét); družabnost, družabno življenje, občevanje
cerkev red
ameriško, cerkev člani cerkvene občine, ki imajo pravico glasovanja

society column družabne vesti (rubrika v časopisu)
co-operative society potrošniška zadruga
society goods družbeno premoženje
human society človeška družba
society lady dama iz visoke družbe
the leaders of society vodje (vrhovi) družbe
society people višja družba
the Society of Friends kvekerji
the pests of society figurativno paraziti (družbe)
the Royal Society Kraljeva Družba (vrsta akademije znanosti, ustanovljena leta 1662)
I always enjoy his society vedno sem vesel njegove družbe
to go into society zahajati v družbo

song [sɔŋ] samostalnik
pesem (za petje), petje; spev, pesem, pesnitev, poezija
figurativno malenkost

for an old song figurativno zelo poceni
song of a motor šum, brnenje motorja
no song, no supper figurativno za malo denarja, malo muzike, za (iz) nič ni nič
not worth an old song piškavega oreha ne vreden
folk song, traditional song ljudska (narodna) pesem
part song glasba pesem za več glasov
sacred song duhovna pesem
it's the same old song to je (vedno) ista stara pesem
to burst forth into song začeti (naglas) peti
to buy (to sell, to get) for a song (for a mere song) kupiti (prodati, dobiti) za skorjico kruha (zelo poceni, skoraj zastonj)
to change one's song ubrati drug ton (druge strune)
he gave me a song and dance about how busy he was pripovedoval mi je čuda o tem, koliko dela ima
to sing another song (a different song) drugo pesmico zapeti, figurativno spremeniti ton, ubrati druge strune
that's nothing to make a song about zaradi tega ni treba delati nobenega hrupa, to ni važno

spoke¹ [spóuk]

1. samostalnik
špica, napera (pri kolesu, krmilu); prečka, klin (pri lestvi); cokla; zavora za kolo

he is always putting a spoke in my wheel figurativno vedno mi meče polena pod noge, mi prekriža (prepreči, ovira) načrte

2. prehodni glagol
zavirati (kolo); dati (narediti) špice (kolesu)

spomín memory; remembrance (of), recollection; reminiscence (of); mind; (spominek) souvenir, keepsake, (s sejma) fairing

dober spomín retentive (ali tenacious) memory
po spomínu by (ali from) memory
v spomín na in memory of, in remembrance of
v spomínu sedaj živečih within living memory
spomenik njemu v spomín a monument to his memory
spomína vreden memorable
prijetni spomíni pleasant recollections pl
spomíni na prvo svetovno vojno recollections of the Great War (ali the first World War)
imeti dober spomín to have a good memory
imeti slab spomín za (biti pozabljiv) to have a weak memory for
imeti kaj v medlem spomínu to have a dim recollection of something
imam še (vedno) v spomínu it is still within my recollection
imeti kaj v spomínu to have something in remembrance, to bear (ali to have, to keep) something in mind
obdržati v lepem spomínu koga to hold someone in fond remembrance
obujati spomíne to recall memories
objaviti svoje spomíne to publish one's reminiscences
poklicati komu kaj v spomín to recall something to mind
ohraniti v dobrem spomínu kaj to retain a good memory of something
moj spomín sega le deset let nazaj my memory spans only the last ten years
to mi je ušlo iz spomína it has escaped my memory
če me spomín ne vara if my memory serves me (right)
vtisniti komu kaj v spomín to stamp something on someone's mind
vtisniti si v spomín to commit to memory
živeti od spomínov to live on one's reminiscences