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stópati to tread, to march; to step; (meriti čas) to clock

stópati po sobi gor in dol to pace up and down the room
dirkalni avto so stopali 120 milj na uro the (racing) car has been timed (ali clocked) at 120 miles an hour

stôpnja degree; (časti) grade; (razvoja) stage; (vzpona) gradient; level

na isti stôpnji z on a level with, at the same stage as
od stôpnje do stôpnje from stage to stage
po stôpnjah by degrees
najvišja stôpnja climax
doktorska stôpnja (doktorat) doctor's degree, doctorate
enačba I. stôpnje simple equation
zadnja stôpnja (stadij) jetike the last stage of consumption
socialna stôpnja social grade (ali level)
najnižja stôpnja družbe the lowest level of society
on je za stôpnjo višji od mene (žargon) he is a cut above me
služiti od najnižje stôpnje vojska to start as a ranker, (figurativno) to start at the bottom of the ladder

storíti to do; to make; to commit; to perform, to execute; zoologija (povreči) to give birth to young, (o kravi) to calve

kaj storíti? what's to be done?
kaj naj storim? what am I to do?
storíti dobro (slabo) delo to do a good (a bad) deed
storíti svojo dolžnost to do one's duty
storíti uslugo komu to do a favour (ali a service) for someone
storíti slabo (dobro) uslugo komu to do someone a bad (a good) turn
storíti slabo uslugo komu to do someone a disservice, arhaično to disserve someone
storíti komu krivico to do someone a wrong, to be unfair (ali not to be fair) to someone
rad storíti to do willingly, to do with a good grace
nerad, prisiljeno storíti to do with a bad grace
storíti kaj iz lastne volje to do something of one's own free will
storíti, kot da... to make a show of..., to pretend...
storíti napako to make a mistake, to commit (ali to make) a blunder
tega ne storim rad I hate doing this
storite, kar hočete! do as you like (ali as you please)!
bomo videli, kaj se da storíti we shall see what can be done
to ti bo dobro storilo that will do you good
storil bom vse, kar bo le mogoče I'll do my best (ali my utmost)
vino mi ne stori dobro wine does not agree with me
ti bi (naj)bolje storil, če bi ostal doma you'd better (oziroma best) stay at home
on si ne stori nič iz tega (figurativno) he doesn't give a damn (ali a tinker's cuss) about it, he takes it easy
ne stori si nič iz tega! take it easy!
rečeno, storjeno no sooner said than done
to je laže rečeno kot storjeno that's easier said than done
kar je storjeno, je storjeno what's done can't be undone
mnogo je bilo storjenega much has been done

storm² [stɔ:m] neprehodni glagol
besneti, divjati (veter), razsajati; besneti (at s.o. na koga)
močno deževati (snežiti); planiti
vojska napasti (z artilerijo)
prehodni glagol
zavzeti z jurišem, jurišati na (tudi figurativno)
jezno zavpiti (besedo itd.)

it stormed all day ves dan je divjal (razsajal) vihar
he stormed out of the room oddivljal (planil) je iz sobe

strain² [stréin]

1. prehodni glagol
nategniti, napeti; (pre)napenjati, pretegniti, (i)zviniti, izpahniti

to strain a rope nategniti vrv
to strain every nerve napeti vse živce, vse od sebe dati
to strain one's eyes prenapenjati si oči
to strain a muscle nategniti si mišico
to strain one's wrist izviniti si zapestje; tehnično upogniti, zverižiti, (preveč) raztegniti, deformirati, preoblikovati; forsirati, silo delati; prekoračiti, preveč zahtevati, precenjevati, previsoko oceniti
to strain the law silo delati zakonu (pravici)
to strain the meaning of a word forsirati, silo delati pomenu besede
to strain a point predaleč iti
to strain the truth po svoje resnico prikrojiti
to strain one's credit (one's powers, one's rights) prekoračiti svoj kredit (svoja pooblastila, svoje pravice)
to strain one's strength precenjevati svojo moč; precediti, filtrirati, pasirati (tudi out)
to strain out coffee grounds (pre)filtrirati kavino goščo; (močno) stisniti (to k), objeti; zastarelo (pri)siliti, primorati, priganjati

2. neprehodni glagol
vleči, trgati; (do skrajnosti) se napenjati, si prizadevati, se truditi (for, after za)
stremeti (for, after po)
upogniti se, (s)kriviti se, zviti se; teči, curljati skozi, pronicati (o tekočini); ustrašiti se (at pred)
osupniti, ostrmeti, ustaviti se (at ob)
imeti preveč pomislekov

the dog strains at the leash pes vleče (za) vrv
he strains too much after effect on preveč stremi, se lovi za efekti
the ship strained in the heavy sea ladja se je krivila v razburkanem morju
to strain at a gnat pri malenkostih se obotavijati (se obirati)
he is straining under the load šibi se pod bremenom

strán¹ side; (knjige ipd.) page; (bók) flank; (smer) direction

na levi (desni) stráni on the left (right) side
na obeh stráneh on either side
na tej (oni) stráni on this (that) side
na to (ono) strán to this (that) side, hither (thither), here (there)
od vseh stráni from everywhere, from all sides, from all quarters
od stráni (z boka) laterally
z moje stráni for my part, as for me
na eni stráni (figurativno) on the one hand
na drugi stráni on the other hand
na vse stráni in every direction
z vseh stráni on all sides, from all parts
s te (z one) stráni from this (that) side
naslovna strán title page
sprednja strán front, frontispiece
notranja (zunanja) strán inner (outer) side (ali face), the inside (the outside)
prava (neprava, narobe) strán right (wrong) side
prava (neprava) strán kovanca obverse (reverse), pogovorno heads (tails)
dobra (slaba) strán (figurativno) good (bad) point
močna strán (figurativno) strong point, forte
šibka strán (figurativno) weak point, foible, (senčna) drawback
strán neba point of the compass, cardinal point
svetla, sončna the bright, the sunny side (of something)
senčna strán the dark side, (figurativno) drawback, the seamy side
prva (oziroma zadnja) prazna strán flyleaf
južna strán south (ali sunny) side
prisojna strán sunny side
vetrna strán weather side
udarec od stráni side blow
držati se ob stráni (figurativno) to remain neutral, not to take sides, (figurativno) to sit on the fence
stati ob stráni (proč) to stand aloof from
dajati na strán (varčevati) to put by (ali on one side), to save
hodil je ob moji stráni he walked beside me
šel je v to strán he went in that direction
pet stráni manjka v knjigi there are five pages of the book missing
gledati koga po stráni to look at someone askance
napasti s stráni to attack on the flank
stvar ima svoje dobre in svoje slabe stráni the thing has its good as well as its bad aspects
pridobiti koga na svojo strán to win someone over, to bring someone to one's side
pustiti ob stráni to lay aside
preiti na drugo strán to change sides, (k drugi stranki) to go over to the other side
premotriti vprašanje z vseh stráni to view a question from all sides
preskočiti strán (pri branju) to skip a page
prinesti kaj (v časopisu) na prvi stráni ZDA to front-page something
postaviti se na strán koga (opredeliti se za koga) to take someone's side, to side with someone
videti le lepo strán stvari to look on the sunny side of things
na drugi stráni (lista)! (= obrni list!) (see) overleaf!

straw¹ [strɔ:]

1. samostalnik
slamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje)
figurativno bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnik

in the straw zastarelo v porodni postelji
a straw in the wind slamica v vetru, figurativno majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkov
the last straw figurativno tisto, kar preseže mero
the last straw that breaks the camel's back majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figurativno tisto, kar sodu izbije dno
a man of straw slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašilo
to be (to lie) in the straw zastarelo biti otročnica
I don't care a straw še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam se
to catch at (to cling to) a straw oprije(ma)ti se bilke (da bi se rešili)
to draw straws vleči (žrebati) slamice
my eyes draw straws oči se mi zapirajo (od zaspanosti)
a straw shows which way the wind blows tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)
it is not worth a straw ni vredno prebite pare, počenega groša
to be quite out of one's straw figurativno biti ves zmešan, zmeden
I have a straw to break with you s teboj imam majhen obračun
to split straws cepiti slamice, figurativno ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkosti
to throw straws against the wind figurativno zaman se truditi

2. pridevnik
slamnat

straw cutter slamoreznica
straw mattress slamnjača
straw worker slamopletec

stréči to serve; to attend to, to wait on

stréči bolniku to tend a sick person
vam že kdo streže? (v trgovini) are you being attended to?, (pri mizi) is anyone serving you?
stréči stroju to be in charge of (ali to mind) a machine
stréči strastem to indulge one's passions, to be a slave to one's passions
stréči topu vojska to serve a gun
stréči pri mizi to serve at table, to wait at table
stréči svojim osebnim interesom to look after one's private interests
on ima rad, da se mu streže he likes to be waited on
stréči po življenju komu to make an attempt on someone's life
kakor se ji streže, tako kosa reže you get what you pay for

stréha roof

brez stréhe roofless
stréha nad glavo roof over one's head
mansardna stréha mansard, mansard roof
slamnata stréha thatched roof
opečna stréha tiled roof
stréha iz skrila slated roof
skodlasta stréha shingled roof
steklena stréha glass roof
stréha iz listja pesniško a leafy vault
platnena stréha awning, sunshade
stréha je potrebna popravila the roof wants repairing
žetev je pod strého the harvest is gathered in
spraviti pod strého (žetev) to gather (ali bring) in
stanovati pod strého to live in a garret
biti pod strého to have a roof over one's head
pri njem je takoj ogenj v stréhi (figurativno) he is a real hothead
imeti strého nad glavo to have a roof over one's head
ploščata stréha flat roof
ravna stréha flat roof, terrace
drseča stréha (pri avtu) sliding roof
stréha enokapnica lean-to roof
dvokapna stréha ridged roof
pokriti s strého to roof
vzeti pod strého to house, to lodge, to accommodate, to shelter
(pozor,) delo na stréhi! men at work (ali working) overhead!
hiša še ni pod strého the house is not roofed yet
zaščititi s strého, dati pod strého to roof

strél shot

odbojni strél ricochet
strél iz loka shot from a bow
strél na premičen cilj shot at a moving target
indirektni prosti strél šport indirect free kick
toča strélov hail of shots
strél na gol šport a shot at goal
prosti strél (nogomet) free kick
kazenski strél penalty kick, penalty
s prvim strélom with one's first shot
alarmni strél v sili a shot of distress
slep strél blank shot
dati, izstreliti 20 strélov to let off (ali to fire) 20 rounds
niti enega stréla niso dali they did not fire a single shot

strélec shooter, (lovec, šport) shot; vojska rifleman

strélec z lokom archer, bowman
dober (slab) strélec marksman (poor marksman)
mojstrski, izvrsten strélec crack (ali dead) shot
on je zelo slab strélec he couldn't hit a barn door (at five paces)
ni noben strélec he is no shot
je odličen (siguren) strélec he is an excellent (a sure) shot

stréljati to shoot; to fire, to fire a gun

stréljati na... to fire at...
stréljati na koga to shoot at someone
stréljati čez cilj to overshoot the mark
stréljati (loviti) veliko divjad to shoot big game

strength [strenɵ] samostalnik
moč, jakost, sila; čvrstost, odpornost; krepkost, žilavost; intenzivnost
vojska številčno stanje, dejansko stanje armade; jakost (utrdbe); (tekočine) vsebina

at full strength polnoštevilno, vsi
below strength, under strength vojska pod običajnim številčnim stanjem
in great strength v velikem številu
on the strength vojska na seznamu
(up)on the strength of na temelju, na osnovi česa
strength of body telesna moč
the strength of a horse figurativno konjska (silna) moč
strength of purpose moč volje, odločnost, vztrajnost
feat of strength dejanje, ki ga more napraviti le velika moč
it is beyond my strength to gre preko mojih moči
to measure one's strength with meriti svojo moč z
his relatives were there in full strength njegovi sorodniki so bili tam v polnem številu (vsi)

strésti to shake

strésti se to shake, to tremble, to shudder, to shiver; to thrill; to vibrate
strésti koga iz spanja to shake someone out of his sleep
strésti koga za lase to pull someone by his hair
strésti komu roko to shake someone by the hand
strese me, če (samo) pomislim na to I shudder to think of it
strese me, če ga pogledam it gives me the creeps to look at him
hiša se je stresla od eksplozije the house shook with the explosion
strésti se od groze to shudder with horror
strésti se ob misli, kaj bi se bilo lahko zgodilo to tremble to think what might have happened

stretch¹ [streč]

1. samostalnik
raztezanje, raztegovanje, stegnjenje, natezanje; (pre)napenjanje, napetost, napor; prekoračenje; razpetina, razpon; neprekinjen odsek poti, daljava; ploskev, prostrana ravnina, ravni del dirkališča; neprekinjeno časovno razdobje (doba), nepretrgan čas
sleng kazen, bivanje v kaznilnici, čas kazni v kaznilnici, v zaporu
navtika daljava, prejadrana pri enem potegu (kretnji) (pri jadranju proti vetru); sprehod

at a stretch, at one stretch brez prekinitve, naenkrat
on the stretch napenjajoč vse sile; v veliki naglici, figurativno v veliki napetosti
a stretch of 5 years razdobje petih let
a stretch of the imagination prenapeta, prebujna domišljija
the stretch of a bird's wings razpetina ptičjih kril
a fine stretch of country lep košček zemlje, lepe pokrajine
to be on the stretch biti napet, v napetosti
it is a good stretch from the village to the town je lep, precejšen kos poti od vasi do mesta
to do a stretch britanska angleščina odslužiti, izdržati kazen (enega leta)
to give a stretch natezati se, pretegniti se
he gave a stretch and got up pretegnil se je in vstal
to keep one's attention on the stretch biti v napeti pozornosti
it takes a stretch of imagination to believe that treba je precéj napeti svojo domišljijo, da to verjameš
to work 8 hours at (on) a stretch delati nepretrgano 8 ur

2. pridevnik
raztegljiv

stretch hosiery raztegljive nogavice

strife [stráif] samostalnik
prepir, spor, zdražba, zdraha, razprtija, razdor; boj, konflikt; (redko) tekma, tekmovanje
zastarelo trud, prizadevanje

at strife nesložen
to be at strife with biti v sporu (konfliktu) z

strike¹ [stráik] samostalnik
udarec (at proti)
zamah, zadetek; udarec, bitje (ure, zvona)
ekonomija stavka, štrajk
šport prazen udarec; srečno naključje, sreča (v špekulaciji)
vojska (zračni) napad
ameriško najdba (rud, nafte); ugriz (ribe)
geologija smer (plasti, slojev), vodoraven sloj
ameriško prevara, bluf; kvaliteta

ale of the first strike prvovrstno pivo
on strike stavkajoč
a lucky strike srečen zadetek (najdba)
strike notice napoved stavke
general strike splošna stavka
sit-down strike stavka, v kateri delavci nočejo zapustiti prostore, kjer delajo
sympathetic strike solidarnostna stavka
to be on strike stavkati
to go on strike stopiti v stavko
to come out on strike začeti stavkati
to call off a strike preklicati (odložiti) stavko
to make a strike imeti (zlasti finančno) srečo

strike^*2 [stráik]

1. prehodni glagol
udariti, dati udarec (komu), zadeti; prizadeti, napasti (o bolezni); biti (uro); odbiti z udarcem, udarjati (na boben); kovati (denar, medalje); igrati (harfo itd.); začeti (pesem, muziko); prekiniti (delo)
navtika spustiti (jadro, zastavo); podreti (tabor, šotor); potegniti (črto), prečrtati; izravnati, razati; izgladiti; izkresati (ogenj), prižgati (vžigalico, luč); napolniti; zapičiti zob strupnik v (o kači); zabosti (nož itd.), harpunirati (kita); oddajati (toploto); naleteti na, zadeti ob; udariti v (o streli); napraviti vtis, pretresti, prizadcti (koga), pasti (komu) v oči, spraviti v začudenje, osupiti; pasti (komu) na parnet, (za)zdeti se (komu); menjati, odnesti (kulise)
ekonomija zaključiti (račun); nenadoma ali dramatično (kaj) izzvati
ameriško doseči, najti, odkriti
sleng prositi (for za)
zastarelo božati, (po)gladiti z roko

2. neprehodni glagol
udariti (against ob, on na, po)
udarjati, tolči, nameriti udarec (at proti)
razbijati; stavkati; biti se, boriti se (for za)
biti, tolči (srce), udariti (strela)
navtika, vojska spustiti belo zastavo
figurativno predati se; kreniti, iti, oditi (to proti)
nenadoma začeti prodirati, prebijati se (through skozi)
(svetloba, toplota); padati (on na)
širiti roke, plavati; vžgati se (vžigalica); držati se za podlago (školjka); pihati (veter); nasesti (ladja)
medicina izbruhniti (epidemija); ugrizniti, prijeti (o ribi)
figurativno pasti v oči, biti opozorljiv (nenavaden, čuden)
ameriško, vojska biti častniški sluga

struck by a stone zadet od kamna
to strike across the fields udariti jo čez polja
to strike an average izračunati povprečje
to strike all of a heap figurativno zbegati, presenetiti, osupiti
to strike a balance napraviti bilanco
to strike a ball out of court šport suniti žogo v out
to strike a bargain skleniti kupčijo; doseči sporazum
to strike s.o. blind (deaf, dumb) z udarcem koga oslepiti (oglušiti, onemiti)
to strike a blow zadati udarec
the blow struck me silly udarec me je omamil
without striking a blow brez boja
the cold struck into my marrow mraz mi je prodrl v mozeg
to strike s.o. dead figurativno pošteno osupiti koga
to strike s.o.'s eye pasti komu v oči
to strike s.o. in the face udariti koga po obrazu
to strike into fame postati slaven
to strike s.o.'s fancy ugajati, biti všeč komu
to strike fire out of a flint izkresati ogenj iz kresilnega kamna
to strike fish s potegom zatakniti trnek v ribji gobec
he struck his fist on the table udaril je s pestjo po mizi
to strike for freedom boriti se za svobodo
to strike one's flag spustiti zastavo, figurativno predati se
to strike (into) a gallop spustiti se v dir
to be struck in a girl sleng biti zatreskan v (neko) dekle
to strike ground (bottom) zadeti ob dno
to strike one's hand on the table udariti z roko po mizi
to strike hands zastarelo udariti v roko (v znak sporazuma)
the hour has struck ura je odbila
his hour has struck njegov čas je prišel
to strike for home udariti jo proti domu
it has just struck five pravkar je ura bila pet
how does it strike you? kako se vam zdi?
an idea struck him prišel je na (neko) misel
to strike upon a good idea priti na dobro idejo
to strike a light (a match) prižgati luč (vžigalico)
lightning struck the tree strela je udarila v drevo
to strike s.o.'s name in the newspaper naleteti na ime neke osebe v časopisu
to strike oil naleteti na nafto, figurativno imeti srečo, uspeti; obogateti
they were struck with panic polastila se jih je panika
it struck me as ridiculous zdelo se mi je smešno
to strike a plan skovati načrt
to strike to the right kreniti (po poti) na desno
to strike the right note zadeti pravilen ton
to strike root pognati korenino
to strike into a run spustiti se v tek
to strike the sands nasesti, obtičati na sipini
to strike sail spustiti, zviti jadro; priznati poraz
the ship struck to the pirates ladja se je predala gusarjem
to strike a snag sleng naleteti na nepričakovano težavo
to strike tents podreti šotore, tabor
to strike terror into s.o. navdati koga z grozo (s strahom)
to strike the track iti po sledi
to strike a track nenadoma naleteti na stezo
to strike with terror napolniti z grozo
town strikes mesto se preda
to strike a vein naleteti, odkriti žilo (rude)
what struck me was... kar me je osupilo, je bilo...
to strike at the root posekati korenino, figurativno udariti na najbolj občutljivo mesto
to strike work ustaviti delo, stavkati
the wind strikes cold veter ostro brije
strike while the iron is hot kuj železo, dokler je vročc

strike out prehodni glagol
prečrtati; izzvati; izmisliti (delati, kovati) načrte
figurativno kreniti (po poti)
neprehodni glagol
udrihati okoli sebe, delati močne zamahe; plavati (for proti)
skočiti iz; udariti (at, on na)

to strike out a new fashion vpeljati novo modo
to strike out a line of action postaviti smernice za delo
to strike out a line for oneself iti svojo pot, biti originalen
to strike out a plan snovati načrt
to strike out an untrodden path figurativno iti po novih (neshojenih) poteh
to strike out into a new course of life dati novo smer svojemu življenju

strínjati se to agree (o, gledé on, upon, about); to be in accord, to be in accordance; to tally (z with)

strínjati se se z (pogovorno) to chime with
strinja se z menoj, da je treba to napraviti takoj he agrees with me that it must be done at once
so se strinjali s tem predlogom? did they agree to that proposal?
ne se strínjati se to disagree, to have differences, to be at odds (s kom glede česa with someone over something)
njegova pripoved se ne strinja z mojo his story does not tally with mine
oprostite, ne strinjam se! I beg to differ