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skit [skit]

1. samostalnik
zbadanje, porogljiva opazka
literature posmehljiv spis, paskvil, parodija, satira (on na)
sleng pivo

2. neprehodni glagol
ironizirati (at kaj)

skittle [skitl]

1. samostalnik
kegelj
množina kegljanje
množina, figurativno zabava, igra

skittles! nesmisel!, neumnost!
skittle alley kegljišče, kegljaška steza
skittle ground kegljišče
to play (at) skittles kegljati
life is not all beer and skittles življenje ni samo zabava

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
podreti (kaj) kot keglje; kegljati

to skittle away, to skittle down zapraviti, pognati, zafrčkati (kaj)

sklèp¹ (odločitev) resolution; decision; resolve; conclusion; pravo decree; deduction; inference

s sklèpom, po sklèpu by the decision of
sklèp večine majority decision
trden sklèp stern resolve
začasen sklèp provisional decision
priti do sklèpa to come to a decision, to reach (ali to make) a decision
potegniti logične sklèpe iz... to draw logical inferences from...
izvesti, realizirati sklèp to carry out a resolution
vztrajati pri sklèpu to stand by a decision
vnaprej narejen sklèp foregone conclusion
sklèp računov closing (ali balancing) of accounts
nismo še prišli do (pravega) sklèpa we have not yet arrived at a decision (at the right decision)

sklépati¹ to make inferences, to infer (iz from), to gather (from)

prenaglo sklépati to jump to (ali at) conclusions ➞ skleniti

sklépčen

sklépčno število quorum
biti sklépč to form (ali to constitute, to be) a quorum
ne biti sklépč to lack a quorum
občni zbor je bil sklépč there was a quorum at the general meeting
ni bil sklépč there was no quorum...

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

skriválnice spy

igrati se skriválnice to play at hide-andseek

skrívati to hide (pred from); to conceal; (tajnost) not to reveal, to keep from, to keep secret, to keep dark

skrívati se to hide, to abscond (from), to lie hidden; to be latent; to lurk in (under ipd.)
skrívati se pred policijo to be in hiding; (igra) to play at hide-and-seek

skúp skúpaj together; jointly, conjointly; collectively; in a body; (v družbi) in company with, accompanied by, in common with, united, associated; (vključno) including, inclusively, taken all in all; all told

vse skúp, skúpaj all together
vsega skúp, skúpaj totalling
skúp, skúpaj z together with, in union with
boriti se skúp, skúpaj z to make common cause with
priti skúp, skúpaj to meet
vse te knjige sem kupil skúp, skúpaj I have bought all these books at one go
te barve gredo dobro skúp, skúpaj these colours go well together (ali are well-matched)
kako gre to skupaj? how does it fit in?

skupíti jo to come off badly; (figurativno) to catch a tartar; to get a good lesson; to suffer disaster, death

ubogi Jurij jo je skupil (= je padel) pri Dunkerque-u poor George bought it at Dunkirk

slàb (moralno) bad, evil

precéj slàb baddish; (šibak, slaboten) weak, feeble, frail, faint; (zdravje) delicate; poor, infirm, shaken
slàbi časi hard times pl
slàb človek a wicked man
na slàbem glasu of bad repute
slàb izgovor, slàbo opravičilo a poor (ali thin) excuse
slàba kakovost inferior quality
slàba kupčija bad bargain
slàbi obeti bad outlook, poor prospects pl
slàba obleka poor dress
slàba prodaja poor sale
slàbo pivo weak beer
slàb, kratek spomin short memory
slàb pulz slow pulse
slàb strelec a poor shot
slàba tolažba poor comfort
slàba točka (stran) weak point, foible
slàba volja bad temper
slàba vidljivost poor visibility
slàb uspeh poor success
slàbo znanje smattering, superficial knowledge
slàbo zdravje poor health
slàb zrak foul air
slàbo vreme bad (ali nasty, adverse) weather
biti slàbe volje to be ill-humoured, to be in a bad temper
biti na slàbem glasu to have a bad name
on je na slabšem pri tem he has the worst of it
v matematiki sem zelo slàb I am very poor at mathematics
ona ima slàb (šibak) glas she has a feeble voice
on ima slàb spomin he has a poor memory, pogovorno he has a memory like a sieve
držati s kom (biti zvest komu) v dobrem in slàbem to stick to someone through thick and thin
to ni slàba misel that's not a bad idea
ta banka stoji baje na slàbih nogah (figurativno) that bank is said to be in a weak state
v tem ne vidim nič slàbega I see no harm (ali nothing wrong) in that
živeti v slàbih razmerah to live in straitened circumstances
naj pride dobro ali slàbo arhaično come weal or woe

slabó prislov badly, ill, unwell; weakly, poorly

slabó hranjen undernourished
slabó mi je I feel sick
z njim je slabó he is badly off (ali hard up), things go very ill with him
slabó govorim angleško I can't speak English very well, my English is rather weak
on je slabó plačan he is underpaid
posli gredó slabó business is bad
slabó govoriti o kom to speak ill of someone
slabó se je izkazal, obnesel he cut a poor (ali sorry) figure
slabó se je končalo it turned out badly, pogovorno it came unstuck
slabó se počutim I feel unwell
slabó mi je postalo ob tem pogledu I felt sick at the sight (of it)
on slabó sliši he is hard of hearing
ona slabó vidi she has poor sight
moj brat se slabó uči my brother is a poor scholar
slabó se obnášati, se vesti to behave badly
slabó ravnati s kom to ill-treat someone

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)

slámica short (ali thin) straw, straw

loviti se za slámico, oprijemati se slámice (figurativno) to catch a straw, to clutch at any straw
vleči (žrebati) slámice to draw straws

slant [sla:nt]

1. samostalnik
poševnost, nagnjenost; strmina, pobočje, nagib
ameriško tendenca, vidik; pogled s strani

on the slant poševno, napošev
slant of the roof nagib strehe
slant of wind navtika kratkotrajna rahla sapica
to be on the slant biti nagnjen
to take a slant at vreči pogled s strani na

2. pridevnik
poetično nagnjen, poševen, malo postrani, počez ali postrani postavljen
ameriško, figurativno pristranski

slant-eyed poševnih oči (Mongoli)

3. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
nagibati (se), biti nagnjen, biti poševno usmerjen; postrani, poševno položiti, usmeriti
figurativno imeti nagnjenje (towards do, za)
ameriško biti pristranski
figurativno prirediti za določen namen

a magazine slanted for farm workers za kmečke delavce (bralce) prirejen magazin

slap [slæp]

1. samostalnik
udarec (s plosko dlanjo), klofuta, zaušnica

at a slap naenkrat, na mah, mahoma
a slap in the face klofuta, figurativno razžalitev, razočaranje
that is a slap in his face figurativno to je klofuta zanj
to take (to have) a slap at pogovorno navaliti na, napasti; lotiti se

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
udariti (s plosko roko), udarjati; lopniti; ploskati (z rokami); potrepljati; vreči, zagnati

he slapped his hand on his forehead z roko se je udaril po čelu
to slap s.o.'s face prisoliti komu zaušnico
to slap s.o. into jail vreči koga v ječo
to slap s.o. on the back potrepljati koga po hrbtu (rami), sleng čestitati komu
to slap one's hat on one's head povezniti si klobuk na glavo
to slap around figurativno ošteti, okregati

3. prislov
nenadoma, nepričakovano; ravno; naravnost

to hit s.o. slap in the eye udariti (lopniti) koga ravno po očesu
to run slap into zaleteti se naravnost v

4. medmet
penk!, plosk!

slash¹ [slæš] samostalnik
vrez, urez, zareza, usek; razporek (v obleki); udarec s sabljo, z bičem; udarec (tudi figurativno)
podiranje dreves; sečnja
trgovina odbitek, popust (pri ceni)
množina, ameriško z grmičjem porasel močviren svet

10 percent price slash in new cars 10% popust pri cenah za nove avtomobile
to sell at slash prices proda(ja)ti po znižanih cenah

sláva glory, fame, illustriousness; (ugled) renown, repute, reputation, popularity

na vrhuncu sláve at the height of one's glory
željan sláve eager for glory, ambitious
želja po slávi thirst for glory, love of fame
ovenčan s slávo covered with glory
doseči slávo to achieve (ali to win) fame
sláva mu! all honour to him! (ali to his memory!)

sléd trace; trail; vestige; scent; track, (ladje) wake; (stopinje) footprints, footmarks pl; (zveri) scent; (kolotečina) rut

na slédi on the track
brez slédú without a trace
sveža sléd a hot (ali burning) scent
stara sléd cold scent
slédovi starih šeg vestiges pl of ancient customs
ni niti slédu o kakem dokazu there is not a trace (ali a vestige) of evidence
biti komu na slédi to be hot on someone's trail
biti na napačni slédi to be on a false scent
iti po slédi prednikov to follow in the footsteps of one's ancestors
iti s slédjo to run a scent
izgubiti sléd to lose the (ali a) scent, to be off the track, (na lovu) to be at fault
izbrisati vse slédove to efface all traces
njegov obraz je kazal (nosil) slédove njegove žalosti his face bore traces of his grief
priti komu na sléd to get on someone's track
priti na novo sléd (figurativno) to start a new hare
zopet odkriti sléd to recover the scent
speljati na napačno sléd to put off the scent, to put on the wrong track
zabrisati svojo sléd to cover up one's tracks
izginiti brez slédu to disappear without leaving any traces
policija je prišla na sléd the police have picked up the scent, pogovorno the police have smelt a rat
iti za pravo (napačno) slédjo to be on (ali to follow) the right (the wrong) scent

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)