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slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

slépo prislov

na slépo blindly, at random
slépo vdan devoted (to), wedded (to)
na slépo kupljen (»maček v žaklju«) sight unseen
na slépo streljati to fire at random, (tudi figurativno) to have a shot in the dark
na slépo srečo at random, at (ali by) haphazard

slína saliva; (pljuvalna) spittle; slobber; slaver

slíne se mi pocedijo ob tem it makes my mouth water; my mouth waters at the thought (ali sight) of it, the thought (ali the sight) of it makes me drool
izločanje slíne salivation; discharge of saliva
ki dela slíno medicina salivant

sling^*3 [sliŋ] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
streljati (vreči, zagnati) s fračo; vreči (at na)
izvreči (out of)
mahati (s čim)

to sling ink sleng udejstvovati se kot časnikar (pisatelj), pisati
to sling mud at s.o. obmetavati koga z blatom, figurativno blatiti koga
to sling a story povedati zgodbo

slog [slɔg]

1. samostalnik
silovit udarec (na slepo); naporno delo

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
močno udariti (na slepo), močno suniti (žogo); udrihati na levo in desno, lopniti (koga), premlatiti
figurativno uporno, trdovratno delati

to slog away trdo delati, mučiti se (at s, pri)

slope¹ [slóup] samostalnik
nagnjenost, nagib, breg, pobočje, poševnost, strmina, padec, višinska razlika; poševen rov (v rudniku)
vojska poševni položaj puške

on the slope poševno
in a gentle slope v blagi strmini
the slope is less than 5 feet višinska razlika je manj kot 5 čevljev
to carry one's rifle at the slope vojska nositi puško poševno na rami
to climb a slope vzpenjati se po strmini, po bregu
to give a slope to napraviti (nekaj) stnno, dati nagib (čemu)

slouch [sláuč]

1. samostalnik
pripognjena (sklonjena, nemarna, grbava) drža telesa (zlasti pri hoji), mlahava, klecava, lena hoja; klapasti (povešeni, zavihani) krajevci klobuka
ameriško, sleng neroda, štor

he is no slouch at painting on ni neroden pri slikanju

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
s slabo držo telesa sedeti ali stati; težko in nerodno hoditi, vleči noge pri hoji; zavihati, povesiti krajevce klobuka; povesiti (ramena)

to slouch about tavati, bloditi, kolovratiti; postopati, pohajkovati

slovó departure; parting; leave-taking; farewell

ob slovesu at parting
banket, pojedina ob slovesu farewell dinner, parting treat
dati slovó službi to leave the service
vzeti slovó (od) to take leave (of), to make one's farewell; to bid farewell

slučájno by chance, accidentally; unexpectedly; by accident

slučájno je bil navzoč he happened to be present
iti slučájno mimo to happen to pass by
slučájno je bila doma she happened to be at home
če ga slučájno srečaš if you happen to meet him
slučájno sem to slišal I came to hear of it
slučájno je videl he chanced to see
niste slučájno...? you didn't by any chance...?
če bi se moje pismo slučájno izgubilo if my letter should happen to get lost
slučájno se ne motim I am not mistaken as it happens
slučájno se je spotaknil he happened to stumble
slučájno sem naletel nanj I came acros him, I stumbled upon him, I light upon him

smack² [smæk]

1. samostalnik
plosk (glasen) udarec s plosko roko; tlesk(anje) (z jezikom), pok(anje) z bičem, cmok(anje), glasen poljub
pogovorno poskus, drzno (tvegano) dejanje

a smack in the eye (face) udarec v obraz, klofuta
a smack on the lips sočen poljub
to catch s.o. a smack klofniti koga
to have a smack at s.th. napraviti poskus s čim

2. prislov
tlesk, bum, štrbunk

3. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
oklofutati, klofniti (koga), prisoliti (komu) zaušnico; pomlaskati, pocmakati; švrkniti, oplaziti, tleskati (z bičem, jezikom); mlaskniti, cmokniti

to smack s.o.'s face pripeljati komu klofuto
he smacked his lips mlasknil (tlesknil) je z jezikom
to smack a whip pokati z bičem
he smacked the wine z mlaskanjem je užival vino (se naslajal z vinom)
to smack the hands together ploskniti, ploskati z rokami

small¹ [smɔ:l] pridevnik
majhen (po velikosti, obsegu, številu, starosti, količini, pomembnosti); maloštevilen; kratek, kratkotrajen; redek, lahek, vodén (o pijači)
narečno ozek
figurativno nepomemben, malo važen, neznaten, brez večje vrednosti; ozkosrčen, ozkogruden, malenkosten; šibek, skromen, reven; nizek; majhne moralne vrednosti, podel; osramočen

at a small rate poceni
in a small way, on a small scale v majhnem razmerju, v malem, skromno, malo
on the small side nezadostno velik, ne prevelik
small and early party družba maloštevilnih gostov, ki se kmalu razide; intimna večerna zabava
a small beginning majhen, skromen začetek
small blame to them ni se jim treba sramovati, to jim ne dela sramote; ni jim treba zameriti
and no blame to him! in kdo ga ne bi (po)karal!
small cattle drobnica
small drinker slab pivec
small farmer mali kmet, mali posestnik
small gross 10 ducatov
small hand navadne pisane črke
small hours ure po polnoči, male ure
small letters male črke
small means nezadostna sredstva
a small place majhen kraj
a small poetično nepomemben pesnik
small rain dežek, droben dež
small talk kramljanje, klepet(anje)
the small voice, the still small voice figurativno glas vesti
small wonder temu se je komaj čuditi
it is small of him to remind me of it malenkostno je od njega, da me spomni na to
that is only a small matter to je le malenkost
I call it small of him smatram, da je to nizkotno od njega
to feel small sramovati se
I found the way at last, and small thanks to you for your directions končno sem našel pot, in za to se mi ni treba zahvaliti vašim navodilom
he has small Latin and less Greek latinski zna malo, grški pa še manj
I have had small experience of such matters doslej imam malo izkušenj v teh stvareh
he has too small a mind not to be jealous of your success preozkosrčen je, da ne bi bil ljubosumen na vaš uspeh
to make s.o. feel small figurativno osramotiti koga
to make o.s. small napraviti se majhnega
to live in a very small way zelo skromno živeti
he was surprised, and no small wonder bil je presenečen, in nič čudnega (če je bil)
it will take only a small time to bo vzelo le malo časa
everybody thought it small of him to refuse to help vsakdo je smatral, da je grdó od njega, da je odklonil pomoč

smart¹ [sma:t]

1. pridevnik
ostroumen, bister, razumen, duhovit, iznajdljiv, prebrisan, zvit, pretkan
figurativno piker, jedek, zajedljiv (opazka), odrezav (odgovor); oster (bolečina), pekoč, hud (udarec); močan, energičen; spreten, okreten, sposoben; živahen, krepak, svež; eleganten, čeden, okusen, po modi, moden; urejen; imeniten, načičkan, gizdalinski
pogovorno precejšen, velik

a smart bargainer prebrisan poslovni človek
a smart bout of toothache zelo hud zobobol
a smart box on the ear krepka zaušnica
smart dealing nepošten postopek (poslovanje)
a smart few precejšnje število
smart people elegantni svet, ljudje
a smart retort hiter in duhoviti, odrezav odgovor
a smart salesman dober (iznajdljiv, sposoben, aktiven) prodajalec
the smart set elegantna, modna družba
smart sensation občutek bolečine
to go at a smart pace urnih korakov iti
look smart! zbudi(te) se!
she looks very smart ona je videti zelo elegantna
to make a smart job of it dobro kaj opraviti (izpeljati, izvesti)

2. prislov
(redko) pametno; lepó, čedno; močnó, silno

she is smart dressed čedno (elegantno) je oblečena

3. samostalnik
ostra, žgoča, pekoča bolečina; žalost, skrb, tesnoba, potrtost, grenkoba; gorje, trpljenje

smehljáj smile

prisiljen smehljáj strained smile
imel je le prezirljiv smehljáj za njihove grožnje he smiled at their threats

smejáti se to laugh

v pest smejáti se to laugh up one's sleeve
od srcá smejáti se to laugh heartily
temu se ni smejáti se it's nothing to laugh at
smejáti se komu v brk to laugh someone in the face, figurativno to dare (ali to defy, to challenge) someone
smejáti se kot nóri to laugh like anything
smejáti se na ves glas to roar with laughter
hrupno smejáti se to laugh like a horse, to guffaw
pridušeno smejáti se to giggle, to snigger
kislo smejáti se to laugh on the other side of one's face
smejal sem se mu I laughed at him
njemu se vsi smejejo he is everybody's laughingstock
zlobno smejáti se to grin balefully, to give a baleful (ali malicious) grin
kdor se zadnji smeje, se najslajše smeje he laughs best who laughs last
čemu se smeješ? what are you laughing at?
smejáti se komu v obraz to laugh someone in the face
posmehljivo smejáti se to sneer
on se lahko smeje he can afford to laugh

smell¹ [smel] samostalnik
duh, vonj; voh
pogovorno (po)duhanje; slab, neprijeten vonj, smrad
figurativno sled, nadih (of česa)

sense of smell vonj, voh
a smell of anarchy nadih anarhije
a strong smell of smoke močan duh po dimu
to lose one's smell izgubiti svoj voh
to take a smell at (ameriško of) s.th. poduhati kaj

smell^*2 [smel] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
(za)duhati, poduhati (at kaj)
zavohati; vonjati, imeti duh, dišati (of po)
figurativno smrdeti; (o psu) zaslediti (divjačino)
figurativno dati slutiti
figurativno natančneje (p)ogledati

to smell of beer dišati po pivu
to smell one's oats figurativno zaduhati hlev, pripraviti se za končni spurt (o konju)
to smell of a shop figurativno biti prevcč strokoven
to smell a rat figurativno zavohati nekaj sumljivega, zaslutiti nevarnost
to smell a rose poduhati vrtnico
his dog smells njegov pes smrdi
his breath smells iz ust ima slab duh
his remark smells of envy njegova opazka diši po zavisti
roses smell sweet vrtnice lepo dišé
his writings smell of the lamp njegova dela so bolj rezultat marljivosti kot navdiha (inspiracije)
to smell about figurativno zavohati, odkriti
to smell about a plot odkriti zaroto

smile² [smáil] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
smehljati se, nasmehniti se; izraziti s smehljanjem, s smehljajem pripraviti (koga) do; biti naklonjen (on komu); imeti ljubezniv (blagohoten, vesel) videz

to smile at (on) s.o. nasmehniti se komu
he smiled a bitter smile bridko se je nasmehnil
he smiled consent s smehljanjem je privolil
he smiled away her fears s smehljajem ji je odgnal strah
she smiled him into compliance z nasmeškom ga je pripravila do tega, da ji je ugodil
he smiled at their threats imel je le prezirljiv nasmeh za njihove grožnje
to smile through one's tears smehljati se v solzah
fortune smiled upon him usoda (sreča) se mu je nasmehnila, mu je bila naklonjena

smŕt death; decease; (vladarja) demise; departure (from life)

smŕt na grmadi death at the stake, the stake
smŕt na morišču death on the scaffold
smŕt od utopitve death by drowning
smŕt od zadušitve death by asphyxiation (ali suffocation, smothering, strangling)
smŕt s strelom v glavo death from a bullet in the head
navidezna smŕt suspended animation
črna smŕt (kuga) Black Death
Smrt s svojo koso Death with his scythe
na smŕt bolan fatally ill, dangerously ill
do smŕti utrujen tired to death, tired out, dead beat; (od dela) done in, worn out, vulgarno buggered, knackered
konjska smŕt (= konjederec) flayer, VB knacker
smŕt na vešalih hanging
kamenjan do smŕti stoned to death
rojen po očetovi smŕti posthumous
junaška smŕt a hero's death
do svoje smŕti to one's dying day
obletnica smŕti anniversary of someone's death
letnica, leto smŕti year of someone's death
preziranje smŕti contempt for death
uradna proglasitev smŕti official declaration of death
boj za življenje ali smŕt life-and-death struggle
smŕt izdajalcu! death to the traitor!
smŕt fašizmu - svobodo narodu! Death to Fascism - Liberty to the People!
biti na pragu smŕti to be (lying) at death's door
to bo moja smŕt this will be the death of me
boriti se s smŕtjo to be at one's last gasp (ali breath), to breathe one's last, to be at death's door, to be on one's deathbed
gre za življenje ali smŕt (za biti ali ne biti) it is a matter (ali case) of life and death
iti v smŕt za... to give one's life for...
drveti v zanesljivo (gotovo) smŕt to rush headlong to certain death
na smŕt se dolgočasiti to be bored to death
do smŕti izkrvaveti to bleed to death
pogledati smŕti v oči to look death in the face
obsoditi na smŕt to sentence (ali to condemn) to death
imeti (storiti) lepo smŕt to die a happy death
umreti junaške smŕti to meet a hero's death
umreti naravne smŕti to die a natural death
umreti nasilne smŕti to die a violent death, (zlasti biti obešen) to die in one's shoes
povzročiti smŕt kake osebe to be the death of someone
uiti smŕti to escape death
umreti lahke smŕti to die an easy death
umreti bedne smŕti to die a dog's death
sam si zadati smŕt to make away with oneself, to take one's own life, to commit suicide
biti obsojen na smŕt (figurativno) to earn the wages of sin

snail [snéil]

1. samostalnik
polž
figurativno počasnè, lenuh

snail's gallop (pace) polževo premikanje, zelo počasen korak, počasno napredovanje
at a snail's pace po polževo, zelo počasi

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
očistiti (vrt) polžev; iskati, loviti polže
figurativno tratiti, zapravljati (čas)

snail cloud plastasti in kopasti oblak

snap¹ [snæp]

1. samostalnik
hlastaj (at po)
ugriz; tlesk s prsti, krcljaj, krc; tlesk, pok, zlom
figurativno zamah, polet, elan, živahnost
fotografija trenutni posnetek, momentka
gledališče kratek igralski angažma; rezka, odrezava, osorna izjava; kratka doba, perioda; zaskočna ključavnica; grižljaj, zalogaj, košček
ameriško, sleng dobra služba, lahka naloga, malenkost; vrsta drobljivega kolača

in a snap v hipu
a snap of the whip tlesk ali pok z bičem
a snap of cold, cold snap nenaden val mraza
to bite off at a single snap odgrizniti z enim samim hlastajem (ugrizom)
not to care a snap for figurativno požvižgati se na
the dog made a snap at me pes je hlastnil po meni
I heard the snap of the bone slišal sem pok (zlom) kosti

2. pridevnik
nagel, nenaden, bliskovit

snap judg(e)ment nagla (prenagljena) sodba
a snap vote nepričakovano in hitro glasovanje
snap shot strel brez ciljanja

3. prislov
s pokom (treskom)

to go snap počiti, zlomiti se s pokom
snap went the mast s treskom (tresk!) se je zlomil jambor