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revelation [reviléišən] samostalnik
(presenetljivo) odkritje, razkritje; razodetje; objavljenje, obelodanjenje
pogovorno nekaj izvrstnega, "pesem"

the Book of 12 revelations Apokalipsa, skrivno razodetje
it was a revelation to me to je bilo odkritje zame
her clothes are revelations njene obleke so (prava) pesem

right² [ráit] pridevnik
pravi, pravilen; desni; točen, korekten, avtentičen, resničen; pravičen, pošten; primeren, umesten; zakonit; zdrav; normalen
matematika pravi
politika ki pripada desnici, simpatizira s konservativno stranko
arhaično prem, raven (le v: right line premica, ravna črta)

at right angles pod pravimi koti, pravokotno
on the right hand side na desni (strani)
on the right side of 50 še ne 50 let star
on the right bank of the Sava na desnem bregu Save
in one's right mind pri pravi (zdravi) pameti
out of one's right mind, not right in one's head ne čisto pri pravi (pameti)
right back šport desni branilec
right angle pravi kot
right arm, right hand desna roka (tudi figurativno)
the right heir zakoniti dedič
the right man on the right place pravi človek na pravem mestu
right side prava stran, lice (blaga)
a right turn obrat na desno (za 90°)
the right way prava pot, pravi način
I feel all right again počutim se zopet čisto dobro
right oh! pogovorno v redu! prav! dobro! prav tako! točno! seveda! se strinjam!
right you are! tako je! prav imate!
all right! (vse) v redu! prav! nimam nič proti!
that's right! tako je! pravilno!
are you all right up there? ste dobro nameščeni tam gori?
are we on the right way? ali smo na pravi poti?
see if the brakes are all right poglej, če so zavore v redu
to be right imeti prav
I was quite right in supposing... čisto prav sem imel, ko sem domneval...
is he quite right in his head (mind, senses)? je on čisto pri pravi (pameti)?
he is his father's right hand on je očetova desna roka
he is one of the right sort pogovorno on je dečko na mestu
to be as right as rain (as ninepence, as a trivet, as nails) dobro se počutiti, biti zdrav ko riba; biti v najlepšem redu
all came right vse se je izvršilo, kot je bilo treba
have you got the right time? imate točen čas? veste, koliko je točna ura?
to get on the right side of s.o. pridobiti si naklonjenost kake osebe
to get it right spraviti v red; pojasniti
I'll do him to rights dal mu bom, kar mu gre
to know the right people poznati prave ljudi, imeti (dobre) zveze
to put oneself right with s.o. opravičiti se pri kom
to put one's right hand to the work krepko se lotiti dela
to say the right thing najti pravo besedo
the solution is right rešitev je pravilna
I think it right that you should share the profits smatram za pravilno (pravično), da ste deležni dobička

room¹ [rum, ru:m] samostalnik
prostor, mesto; soba, sobana
množina stanovanje, stanovanjski prostori; družba, stanovalci, ki so navzoči v sobi
figurativno možnost, prilika, ugoden trenutek; povod, vzrok (for za)

in one's room, in the room of namesto koga, v zameno za koga
in my room namesto mene
in your room da sem jaz na vašem mestu
room and to spare prostora še preveč
room for complaint povod za pritožbo
bachelor's rooms garsonjera, samsko stanovanje
bed-room spalnica
combination room družabni prostor za učitelje (v Cambridgeu)
dining-room obednica, jedilnica
drawing-room salon
junior common room družabni prostor za študente
living-room dnevna soba
school-room šolska soba, učilnica, razred
senior common room družabni prostor za učitelje
standing-room stojišče
standing-room only! samo stojišča (so še na voljo!)
state-room sprejemna dvorana
there is room for improvement lahko bi bilo bolje, ni ravno najbolje
there is no room to swing a cat figurativno ni niti toliko prostora, da bi se človek obrnil
to be confined to one's room ne zapustiti svoje sobe (zaradi bolezni)
to do a room pospraviti sobo
we'd rather have his room than his company rajši bi videli, da on ne bi bil tu
to make room for s.o. napraviti komu prostor, mesto
he set the room in a roar vso sobo je spravil v smeh
to take up too much room preveč prostora (za)vzeti

scarce [skɛ́əs]

1. pridevnik
redek, nezadosten, pičel

I am scarce of money imam malo denarja
food was scarce hrane je bilo malo
to make o.s. scarce odkuriti jo, pobrisati jo; dati se malo videti, ne se kazati, izginiti

2. prislov
komaj, z muko, s težavo, težkó, komaj in komaj

send^*2 [send]

1. prehodni glagol
poslati, odposlati (to kam)
odpraviti; spraviti v gibanje; izstreliti (naboj); usmeriti, nameriti (pogled) (at k, proti)
udariti, vreči (žogo); (o bogu) dati, nakloniti

2. neprehodni glagol
poslati (for po)
poslati sporočilo

our attack sent the enemy flying naš napad je pognal sovražnika v beg
to send s.o. about his business na kratko odpraviti koga, spoditi koga
to send s.o. crazy znoriti koga
to send coals to Newcastle napraviti nekaj nepotrebnega, odvečnega; v Savo vodó nositi
to send s.o. to Coventry figurativno ne se hoteti družiti s kom
to send for s.th. poslati po kaj, dati si prinesti kaj, naročiti kaj
to send for the doctor poslati po zdravnika
God send it may not be so! daj bog, da ne bi bilo tako!
to send to invite s.o. poslati komu (po)vabilo
to send one's love poslati prisrčen pozdrav, pozdraviti po kom
to send s.o. mad (out of his mind) razdražiti, razbesneti koga, spraviti koga v blaznost, znoriti koga
to send a message poslati sporočilo
I sent him packing figurativno odpustil sem ga (iz službe), spodil sem ga
to send by post poslati po pošti
his playing really sends me njegovo igranje me zares prevzame (navduši)
to send one's kind regards lepo pozdravljati
to send to the right-about, send packing sleng na kratko koga odpraviti, odpustiti koga, poslati k vragu koga
the news sent her into hysterics ob tej novici je postala histerična
to send to school poslati v šolo
to send to the skies sleng ubiti
to send a shell izstreliti granato
send him victorious! da bi (le) zmagal!
send me a word! sporoči (piši, javi se) mi!

sestrelíti to shoot down

sestrelíti letalo to shoot (ali to bring) down a plane
njegovo letalo je bilo sestreljeno nad sovražnikovimi linijami his plane was brought down over enemy lines

shadow¹ [šǽdou] samostalnik
senca (določene oblike)
množina mrak, tema
figurativno varstvo, zaščita
figurativno imitacija, kopija, posnemanje
figurativno prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektiv

without a shadow of doubt brez najmanjšega dvoma
shadow boxing šport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)
shadow cabinet figurativno kabinet, vlada v senci
the shadow of a shade lažni videz
under the shadow of the throne pod zaščito prestola
shadow factory lažna tovarna
to be afraid of one's own shadow lastne sence se bati
he is but a shadow of his former self on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bil
to catch at shadows loviti fantome
there never was a shadow between him and his friend nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljem
coming events cast their shadows before prihodnji dogodki se dajo slutiti
may your shadow never grow less figurativno vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!
to pursue a shadow zasledovati senco
to quarrel with one's own shadow figurativno biti zelo razdražljiv
to be reduced to a shadow spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figurativno obstajati le po imenu
to throw away the substance for the shadow izpustiti plen za njegovo senco
to be worn to a shadow zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjak

shame¹ [šéim] samostalnik
sram, sramežljivost; sramota, nečast

from shame of iz sramu pred
shame!, for shame! sramota!
for shame!, shame on you! fej!, sram te bodi!
what a shame! kakšna sramota!
the shame of it! o ta sramota!
more shame to him! še bolj sramotno zanj!
a burning shame velika sramota
he is a shame to his family on je v sramoto svoji družini
he is quite without shame nobenega sramu ne pozna
he blushed with shame zardel je od sramu
to bring shame on s.o. nakopati sramoto komu
to bring shame on o.s. osramotiti se, nakopati si sramoto
to cry shame upon s.o. zmerjati koga, biti ogorčen nad kom
they all cried shame upon (on) him vsi so zagnali krik in vik proti njemu
to die with shame umreti, v zemljo se vdreti od sramu
to have no sense of shame nobenega sramu ne poznati
to have lost all shame, to be lost to shame nobenega sramu ne več poznati
to put s.o. to shame osramotiti koga
I take shame to say sram me je reči
I would think shame to do it sram bi me bilo storiti kaj takega

shame² [šéim] prehodni glagol
spraviti v sramoto, osramotiti; nakopati, napraviti sramoto (komu)
figurativno zasenčiti, prekositi

to shame the devil povedati resnico
neprehodni glagol
arhaično, narečno sramovati se

he shamed not to say ni ga bilo sram reči

sheep množina sheep [ši:p]
ovca
množina ovce, čreda
figurativno duhovna čreda, verniki, "ovčice", župljani; ovčja koža
figurativno boječ, plah, malce omejen človek

black sheep črna, garjava ovca
sheep and goats dobri in hudobni
sheep's head bedak
wolf in sheep's clothing volk v ovčji koži
a lost sheep figurativno izgubljena ovca
sheep that have no shepherd figurativno nemočna množica (brez vodje)
bound in sheep vezan v ovčje usnje (knjiga)
to cast (to make) sheep's eyes at s.o. koprneče, zaljubljeno gledati koga
to follow like sheep slepo slediti, iti za kom, ne imeti lastne podjetnosti
you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb če že moraš biti obešen, naj bi se vsaj bilo izplačalo; če se greši, naj se (zares, pošteno) greši; kamor je šla sekira, naj gre še toporišče
to return to one's sheep figurativno vrniti se k prvotnemu predmetu pogovora

short¹ [šc:t] pridevnik
kratek, majhen; nizek
prozodija nenaglašen
figurativno nezadosten, pičel (zaloga, obrok); prhek, drobljiv, lomljiv, lomen
figurativno nasajen, osoren, zadirčen, kratkih besedi, žaljiv; (o pijači) močan, hud

at short range od blizu, iz bližine, na majhno razdaljo (oddaljenost)
for short zaradi kratkosti
on short commons slabo hranjen
little short of 5 dollars ne polnih 5 dolarjev, skoraj 5 dolarjev
nothing short of nič manj kot, skoraj
a short 10 miles komaj 10 milj, (na pogled) manj od 10 milj
a short way off ne daleč proč
short bill (paper) loan kratkoročna menica, posojilo
short of breath zasopel, nadušljiv
short of cash brez gotovine
short circuit elektrika kratek stik
short cut bližnjica
short date kratek rok
short drinks nerazredčene (nemešane) močne alkoholne pijače
short of hands brez zadostne delovne sile
short rations pičli obroki
a short sea kratki (morski) valovi
short sight kratkovidnost
a short memory kratek spomin
short and sweet kratek in vsebinsko bogat (npr. govor)
short story novela
short temper razvnemljivost, nagla jeza
short ton mera za težo (907,20 kg)
short weight slaba vaga
a short time ago pred kratkim
to be short with s.o. biti kratkih besedi (osoren) s kom
to cut (to make) a long story short na kratko povedati; skrajšati; skratka
to come (to fall) short of ne izpolniti pričakovanj, ne zadovoljiti, razočarati
the copy falls of the original kopija zaostaja za originalom
I am short of money zmanjkalo mi je denarja, trda mi prede za denar
we are short of goods nimamo robe
the bag is 3 pounds short vreča tehta 3 funte premalo
the gate-money fell short of the expenses vstopnina ni krila izdatkov
it is nothing short of treason to je nič več in nič manj kot (čisto enostavna) izdaja
it would be little short of madness to bi bila skoraj norost
to come short of one's duty ne izpolniti svoje dolžnosti
his joy had but a short time njegovo veselje je bilo (le) kratko
to make short work of hitro opraviti z
to make short shrift of figurativno napraviti kratek proces z
I ran short of bread zmanjkalo mi je kruha
to give short weight dajati slabo vago, goljufati pri teži
to grow shorter zmanjšati se
to take short views videti le sedanjost, ne videti daleč
to be of short breath biti ob sapo, biti nadušljiv

shrink^*2 [šriŋk]

1. neprehodni glagol
umakniti se, odmakniti se, odskočiti (from od, pred)
uskočiti se, skrčiti se (tkanina pri pranju), zmanjšati se; zapreti se vase
figurativno plašiti se, bati se, zgroziti se, zlesti vase (od strahu), nerad, proti svoji volji napraviti

2. prehodni glagol
pustiti, da se kaj uskoči, skrči, stisne; dekatirati (blago); zožiti, skrajšati, zmanjšati

to shrink back ustrašiti se, zgroziti se (from ob, pred)
to shrink from doing s.th. nerad kaj napraviti
this flannel does not shrink ta flanela se ne skrči (uskoči)
they shrank under his glance videti je bilo, da bi se pod njegovim pogledom najrajši udrli v zemljo
this soap will not shrink woollens ob tem milu se volnene stvari ne uskočijo
to shrink on a hoop napeti, montirati obroč (na kolo)

sick¹ [sik]

1. pridevnik
(britanska angleščina le atributivno) bolan, zbolel (of od, za)
ameriško bolan, slab, brez moči; prisiljen (nasmeh)
sleng sit, naveličan (of waiting čakanja)
sleng ki mu je slabó, ki se mu kaj gabi, studi; jezen (with na)
bolan od hrepenenja (for za)
hrepeneč, koprneč; pokvarjen (riba, jajce), ki cika (vino), nezdrav (zrak); majhne vrednosti, ki ima majhno ceno, slab
ekonomija, sleng medel, slab (tržišče); potreben popravila (o ladji)

sick and tired naveličan, sit (česa)
sick certificate zdravniško spričevalo
sick diet bolniška hrana, dieta
sick of fever vročičen
sick fund bolniška blagajna
sick headache migrena
love-sick bolan od ljubezni
sea-sick ki ima morsko bolezen
to be sick bljuvati, bruhati
he is as sick as a dog zeló mu je slabo
to be sick to death biti na smrt bolan
to be sick for s.th. mreti od koprnenja po
to go sick vojska javiti se, priglasiti se za bolnega
I felt sick slabo mi je bilo, (skoraj) bruhal sem
it makes me sick zagabi se mi, zastudi se mi, disgustira me
the ship is paint-sick ladja je potrebna prebarvanja

2. samostalnik
bolnik

the sick bolniki; (redko) bolezen, slabost
that's enough to give one the sick vulgarno človek bi bruhal ob tem

sight¹ [sáit] samostalnik
vid
figurativno oko, doseg oči; vidik, dogled, pogled, ogled; prizor, ogleda vredna znamenitost
množina znamenitosti (of a town kakega mesta)
pogovorno nenavaden ali žalosten pogled (prizor), grda zunanjost, strašilo; muha (na puški), merjenje, viziranje
fotografija iskalo
pogovorno masa, množina, kup
ameriško, sleng šansa

in sight v bližini, na dosegu, na dogledu
on sight na (prvi) pogied
at (first) sight na prvi pogled, brez priprave
out of sight iz vida, zunaj obzorja
within sight of v vidiku, v vidu
a (long) sight pogovorno (zelo) mnogo (of money denarja)
a sight for the gods prizor za bogove
a sight for sore eyes zelo prijeten prizor (pogled), privlačna oseba
sight unseen figurativno maček v žaklju; kupljen na slepo
bad (good) sight slab (dober) vid
the loss of sight izguba vida; oslepitev
long sight daljnovidnost
a long sight better daleč boljši
second sight figurativno preroški dar
payable at (on) sight plačljiv na pokaz
short (near) sight kratkovidnost
out of my sight! izgubi se mi izpred oči!
out of sight out of mind daleč od oči, daleč od srca
it is not right in my sight to ni prav po mojem mišljenju
it is a sight better than it was mnogo bolje je, kot je bilo
it was quite a sight! bil je to prizor za bogove!
to be in sight of videti
to catch sight of zagledati, ugledati (koga, kaj)
to come in sight pokazati se
it has cost him a sight of money to ga je veljalo kup denarja
to find favour in s.o.'s sight pridobiti si naklonjenost koga, prikupiti se, ugajati komu
to get sight of s.o. zagledati, opaziti koga
to get (to go) out of sight izginiti (iz vida)
to heave in sight pojavljati se, prikazovati se, postajati viden
to keep in sight imeti v vidu
to know by sight poznati po videzu
what a sight you look! kakšen pa si!, kot strašilo si videti!
to lose sight of izgubiti iz vida, ne več videti, figurativno pozabiti
to lose one's sight oslepeti
the letter was not meant for your sight pismo ni bilo namenjeno tebi
I should like it a jolly sight better stokrat rajši bi imel to
to make a sight of oneself smešno se obleči, osmešiti se
to play (to sing) at sight igrati na prvi pogled, brez priprave
to put out of sight skriti, ne posvečati pozornosti
to see the sights videti, ogledati si znamenitosti
I can't see (bear stand) the sight of him ne morem ga živega videti
to take a sight nameriti, ciljati; obrniti pogled
to take a sight at s.o. sleng osle pokazati komu

silver lining [sílvəlainiŋ] samostalnik
srebrna proga (okoli oblaka, na obzorju)

every cloud has its silver lining nobena nesreča ni tako huda, da ne bi bilo v njej nekaj sreče

sìt sated, satiated; fed; figurativno (naveličan) fed up with, sick of, tired of, weary of

sìt življenja weary of life, tired of life
do grla sem sìt I'm fed up to the teeth (with)
najesti se do sìtega to appease one's hunger, to eat one's fill of...
do sìtega sem se nagledal I have seen enough, pogovorno I've had an eyeful
sìt sem ga (figurativno) I can't stand the fellow any longer
sìt sem tega I've had enough of it, I'm fed up with it
sìt je vsega he's fed up with everything
sìt sem tega dela I'm sick of this work
sìt sem čakanja I am tired of waiting
čez glavo sem sìt I'm fed up to the back teeth (with)
do sìtega se je najedel češenj he has eaten his fill of cherries
ljudstvo je bilo sìto vojne the people were sick of war
ne more biti volk sìt in koza cela (figurativno) you can't have it both ways
od dobrih (lepih) želja še nihče ni bil sìt if wishes were horses beggars might ride

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

skrít hidden; concealed; latent; secret; lurking

skríti nagibi hidden motives pl
imeti skríte namene (žargon) to have something up one's sleeve
sonce je bilo skríto za gostimi oblaki the sun was hidden behind thick clouds

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)