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prekosíti to surpass, to beat, to outdo, to outmatch (koga v someone in, at); to transcend; to excel

prekosíti svoje tekmece to transcend one's competitors
vse je prekosil v spretnosti he surpassed everybody in skill
prekosíti samega sebe to excel oneself
daleč je prekosil svoje brate pogovorno he beat his brothers hollow

premagovánje overcoming, surmounting (težav of difficulties)

premagovánje samega sebe self-command, selfrestraint, self-control
za to je treba mnogo premagovánja it requires great self-restraint

prizanesljív indulgent (do to), forbearing, lenient (do to, towards)

prizanesljív do samega sebe self-indulgent

rampage [ræmpéidž]

1.
besnenje, besnost, jeza, divjanje, skakanje

to be (to go) on the rampage divjati, razsajati, besneti; rohneti, biti slabe volje, biti ves iz sebe od jeze

2. neprehodni glagol
besneti, divjati, razsajati; biti razkačen; drveti sem in tja, nemirno tekati sem in tja, skakati

rap² [ræp] prehodni glagol
udarjati, krcati (po čem); ozmerjati, opsovati, grajati, ukoriti koga
neprehodni glagol
udarjati, trkati (at na, on po)
spiritizirati

spirit-rapping spiritiziranje
to rap s.o.'s fingers udariti koga po prstih, figurativno komu jih po prstih dati
to rap at the door udariti s tolkačem na vrata, potrkati na vrata
she rapped his fingers (knuckles) dala mu jih je po prstih
to rap the table trkati, udarjati po mizi
to rap out prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol izreči, izustiti, blekniti (kletvico ipd.); preklinjati, kleti, zmerjati, psovati; (spiritizem) poslati sporočila s trkanjem, z udarci
to rap out an oath naglo izustiti, bruhniti iz sebe kletvico

rap⁴ [ræp] prehodni glagol
navdušiti, očarati, prevzeti
arhaično odvzeti, ukrasti

to be rapped (rapt) with joy biti ves iz sebe od veselja

razdálja distance (od from)

razdálja med 2 hišama the distance between two houses
zavorna razdálja stopping distance
žariščna razdálja focal length
držati razdáljo (tudi figurativno) to keep one's distance
na 15 m razdálje ne vidim nič at 15 metres' distance I can see nothing
držati koga v razdálji (= proč od sebe) to keep someone at a distance

razkazovánje showing; exhibition, display; presentation

razkazovánje samega sebe self-display; ostentation

rigid [rídžid] pridevnik (rigidly prislov)
tog, okorel, otrpel, trd, nepremičen, neupogljiv; strog, oster, nepopustljiv, neusmiljen; preveč natančen

rigid economy strogo varčevanje
rigid principles stroga načela
rigid to oneself and indulgent to others strog do sebe in popustljiv do drugih

round⁴ [ráund] predlog
okoli, okrog

round the bend sleng nekoliko nor, prismojen
round the world in 80 days okoli sveta v 80 dneh
round the clock nepretrgano, non-stop, 24 ur na dan
the shop round the corner trgovina okrog vogala
to look round one (po)gledati okoli sebe
to take s.o. round the town razkazovati komu mesto
to travel round the country potovati po (vsej) deželi

sám alone; sole; only; solo; (brez pomoči) by oneself, unaided, single-handed

čisto sám, sám samcat quite alone, all alone
sám od sebe spontaneously; of one's own accord
jaz sám I myself
on sám he himself
stvar sáma na sebi the thing in itself
sám Cezar Caesar's self
na sám novoletni dan just (ali precisely) on New Year's Day
žrtvovanje sámega sebe self-sacrifice
zaupanje v sámega sebe self-reliance
sáma dobrota ga je he is kindness itself
sáma ljubeznivost ga je do mene he is a perfect angel to me
sám je na svetu he stands alone in the world
on je sám svoj gospodar he is his own master
sáma kost in koža ga je he's nothing but skin and bone, he's just a bag of bones
že sáma ideja je smešna the very (ali the mere) idea is funny
to ni nihče drug kot sám knez he is no less a man than the prince
imeti sám svojo hišo to have a house of one's own
javiti se sám od sebe (prostovoljno) to volunteer
sami so se izdali they betrayed themselves, they gave themselves away
sáma si delam obleke I make my own dresses
sáma si plete nogavice she knits her own stockings
sáma opravlja vse gospodinjske posle she herself does all the housework
sám si strižem lase I cut my own hair
sám si delam večerjo I get my own supper
sám si služi kruh he earns his own bread
vrata se sáma zapirajo the door shuts by itself
to sem sám naredil (brez tuje pomoči) I did it single-handed
to lahko sám vidiš you can see for yourself
leteti sám (brez spremstva, aeronavtika) to fly solo, to solo
presodite sámi! judge for yourselves!
jaz sám sem šel tja I myself went there
ne pustite ga sámega! don't leave him by himself!
to se samo po sebi razume that is a matter of course
lahko to sám napraviš? can you do it alone?
govoriti s kom na samem to speak to someone in private
vi sami to pravite you yourself say so
prepustil sem ga sámemu sebi I left him to himself
sám si kuham I prepare my own dinner
sami njegovi prijatelji ga sovražijo even his fiends hate him
sám vrag te je prinesel the devil himself has brought you
iz sámega egoizma for pure selfishness (ali egoism)

self množina selves [self, selvz]

1. samostalnik
sam (poedinec); svoja osebnost, jaz; prava narava; osebne koristi, egoizem, sebičnost, samoljubje
filozofija jaz, subjekt
biologija enobarvna cvetlica (žival)

my humble self, my poor self moja malenkost
my former (better) self moj prejšnji (boljši) jaz
his own self, his very self njegov lastni jaz
his second self njegov drugi jaz; njegov intimen prijatelj; njegova desna roka
your good selves trgovina vaša spoštovana firma
our noble selves hudomušno mi
knowledge of self poznavanje samega sebe
pity's self poosebljeno usmiljenje
a study of the self študija o jazu
he cares for nothing but self on se briga le za svoj lastni jaz
he has no other guide but self nima drugega vodnika kot svoje samoljubje
self do, self have kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal
to refer everything to self vse nase, v svojo korist obračati
self is a bad guide to happiness sebičnost je slab vodnik k sreči

2. pridevnik
enoten, brez primesi, naraven (barva)
arhaično isti

a self trimming pozamenterija iz istega (enotnega) materiala

3. zaimek
sam

a cheque drawn to self nase izstavljen ček
a ticket admitting self and friend vstopnica za sebe in za prijatelja

self-made [sélfméid] pridevnik

a self-made man človek, ki je sam iz sebe napravil pomembno osebnost; samorastnik

sénca (hlad) shade, pesniško arhaično umbrage; (predmeta, osebe) shadow

niti sénce dvoma not a shadow of a doubt
vlada v sénci (figurativno) shadow cabinet
on je le (še) sénca samega sebe he is a mere shadow of his former self, he is worn to a shadow, he is reduced to a skeleton (ali to a shadow)
iti v sénco to go into the shade
sedeti v sénci to sit in the shade
boji se lastne sénce he is afraid of his own shadow
dajati sénco to give (ali to afford) shade
izginiti kot sénca to vanish like a shadow
delaš mi sénco you are in my light, you are standing in my light, humoristično you'd make a better door than a window
sonce meče sénce the sun casts shadows
metati, vreči sénco na to cast a shadow on, (zasenčiti) to overshadow, to outshine
to meče sénco nanj (figurativno) this puts him in a poor light, this reflects discredit on him
slediti komu kot sénca to shadow (ali to dog) someone, to be someone's shadow, to follow someone like a shadow

sense¹ [sens] samostalnik
čut, čutilo, občutek, čustvo; (zdrava) pamet, (zdrav) razum; smisel, pomen; sodba, mnenje; uvidevnost
množina razumnost, pametnost; bistrost; splošno naziranje ali mnenje

in (out of) one's senses (ne) pri zdravi pameti
against common sense proti zdravi pameti
the five senses petero čutov
the sense of hearing čut sluha, sluh
sense of duty (responsibility) čut dolžnosti (odgovornosti)
sense of pain občutek bolečine
a sense of wrong občutek (sebi prizadete) krivice
common (good, sound) sense zdrava pamet, zdrav razum
a man of sense pameten človek
any man in his sense vsak pameten človek
in every sense v vsakem pogledu
in a sense v nekem pogledu, nekako
literal (figurative, proper) sense of a word dobesedni (preneseni, pravi) pomen (neke) besede
be a man of sense! bodi no pameten!
she is not in her right senses ona ni čisto pri pravi pameti
are you out of your senses? si ob pamet?, si znorel?
we must bring him to his senses moramo ga spametovati
to come to one's senses priti k pameti, spametovati se; zavedati se
she was frightened (scared) out of her senses bila je vsa iz sebe (ponorela je) od strahu
he has no sense of humour on nima smisla za humor
I have no sense of locality nimam občutka za orientacijo
she had not the sense to turn off the gas ni ji prišlo na pamet, da bi zaprla plin
to lose (to take leave of) one's senses izgubiti pamet
to make sense of s.th. dati čemu smisel, razumeti kaj
it does not make sense (to) nima nobenega smisla, to je nerazumljivo
he'll need all his senses potreboval bo vso svojo pamet
to recover one's senses priti spet k pameti, spet se zavedeti
it stands to sense čisto jasno je
have you taken leave of your senses? si ob pamet? si znorel?
talk sense! govori pametno!

sign¹ [sáin] samostalnik
znak, znamenje; pismeni znak; signal; pomig, kretnja, mahanje z roko
astronomija živalski krog; čudežno znamenje na nebu
glasba & matematika predznak, interpunkcija; simbol, tajna oznaka, značilna poteza; podpis; izvesek, napis (krčme, brivnice itd.)
medicina simptom

in sign of v znak (česa)
sign and countersign tajni znak(i) za sporazumevanje (zaveznikov), geslo
a sign of decay znak, znamenje propadanja
the signs of the time znaki časa
deaf and-dumb signs jezik gluhonemih
manual sign (lastnoročni) podpis
minus sign, negative sign znak minus (-)
no sign of life nobenega znaka življenja
plus sign znak plus (+)
there were signs in heaven bila so (čudežna) znamenja na nebu
to give s.o. a sign dati komu znak
to make the sign of the cross pokrižati se
to make no sign ne se premakniti, nobenega znaka (življenja) ne dati od sebe, ne se braniti
to speak by signs govoriti z znaki, s kretnjami

skin¹ [skin] samostalnik
(človeška) koža
anatomija sloj kože; živalska koža, krzno; meh (za vino)
sleng pivo
sleng konj, kljuse
hudomušno fant
sleng lopov, slepar
botanika kožica, luščina, lupina; površina
navtika lesena ali železna obloga

skin of an orange oranžna lupina
chapped (rough) skin razpokana koža
(un)dressed skin (ne)strojena koža
the inner skin notranja plast kože
the outer skin pokožnica, koža vrhnjica, epiderma
gold-beater's skin tanka membrana, v kateri se pri kovanju ločujejo lističi zlata
wet to the skin do kože premočen
with a whole skin s celo kožo, nepoškodovan
to be in bad skin figurativno biti slabe volje
he is only (he is nothing but) skin and bone sama kost in koža ga je, zelo mršav je
I would not be in your skin ne bi bil rad v vaši koži
to change one's skin menjati (spremeniti) svojo kožo (naravo)
to escape by the skin of one's teeth za las odnesti zdravo (celo) kožo, uiti nevarnosti
it gets under my skin figurativno, pogovorno jezi me, razburja me
to get under one's skin pogovorno iti komu na živce, jeziti (boleti) koga
he has a thick skin on ima debelo, neobčutljivo kožo, naravo
he has a thin skin on je občutljiv
to jump (to leap) out of one's skin figurativno skočiti iz kože, biti ves iz sebe (od veselja, od nestrpnosti, od jeze itd.)
to save one's skin, to come (to get) off with a whole skin célo, zdravo kožo odnesti
near is my shirt, nearer my skin figurativno bog je najprej sebi brado ustvaril; vsak je sebi najbližji

slate¹ [sléit]

1. samostalnik
(glinasti) skril(avec); (šolska) tablica iz skrila; ploščica iz skrila za kritje streh
ameriško, politika predvolilen seznam (kandidatov)

slate quarry skrilolom
slate roof skrilasta streha
a clean slate figurativno čista, neoporečna preteklost
to clean the slate zbrisati z gobo (tablico), figurativno razčistiti stvar, figurativno osvoboditi (znebiti, otresti) se obveznosti, odreči se tujim obveznostim do sebe
there is a slate loose in his roof, he has a slate loose sleng on ni čisto pri pravi pameti, manjka mu eno kolesce (v glavi)

2. pridevnik
škriljast, škriljaste barve

3. prehodni glagol
pokriti (streho) s ploščicami iz skrila; napisati na (skrilasto) tablico; odstraniti dlako (s kože)
ameriško, pogovorno predložiti koga za kandidata

slated roof skrilasta streha
to be slated for nomination biti predlagan (kandidiran) za imenovanje

slíšati to hear

dobro slíšati to hear well
napačno slíšati to hear amiss
slučajno slíšati to overhear
slíšati govoriti to hear say
slišim, da... I understand (ali I am informed) that...
on ne sliši dobro he is hard of hearing
moj pes sliši na ime Bob my dog answers to the name of Bob
vem (povem), kar sem slišal I know it by (I speak from) hearsay
slišal sem jo peti I heard her sing
ste že kdaj slišali kaj takega? have you ever heard the like of it?
o tem noče on nič slíšati he will not hear of it
slišal sem to od nekoga I have heard some one say so
to (takó) sem slišal so I (have) heard
slišal sem to praviti I have heard it said
slíšati obe strani to hear both sides
od tedaj o njem ni več (kaj) slíšati he hasn't been heard of since
ona rada sliši sebe govoriti she likes to hear herself talk
to se dobro, lepo sliši that sounds well (ali fine, pogovorno nice)
ne hoteti slíšati to shut one's ears (to), to refuse to listen to
s svojim radijskim aparatom morem slíšati Pariz I can get Paris on (ali with) my radio
komaj se je slišalo, kar je rekel what he said was scarcely audible
bil je tak hrup, da niso mogli slíšati lastnih glasov there was such a noise that they could not hear their own voices
hujšega gluhca ni od tistega, ki noče slíšati there are none so deaf as those who will not hear

spoštovánje respect; regard; deference; homage; consideration; esteem, estimation; reverence (do for); veneration

iz spoštovánja do out of respect for, in deference to
z vsem dolžnim spoštovánjem with all due respect, (tudi ironično) with the greatest respect
spoštovánje samega sebe self-respect
z odličnim spoštovánjem (v trgovinskih pismih) yours faithfully, respectfully yours
imeti največje spoštovánje do, za... to have the greatest respect for...
izkazati komu spoštovánje to pay one's respects to someone
bil je sprejet z vsem spoštovánjem, ki gre njegovemu položaju he was received with all the respect due to his position
uživati splošno spoštovánje to enjoy general esteem
znal si je pridobiti spoštovánje he knew how to win respect