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sweetheart [swí:tha:t]

1. samostalnik
ljubček, ljubica

2. neprehodni glagol
ljubimkati
prehodni glagol
dvoriti, snubiti

he is out sweethearting šel je ven s svojim dekletom

swift¹ [swift]

1. pridevnik (swiftly prislov)
hiter, brz, nagel (to za kaj)
uren, okreten, živahen; deroč; kratkotrajen, bežen (čas); nenaden, nepričakovan
pogovorno lahek (o dekletu)

swift to anger togoten, nagle jeze
swift of foot brzonog
his swift death njegova nenadna smrt
a swift worker uren delavec
he is swift to mischief hitro je pripravljen za hudobijo
he is swift to hear and slow to speak on hitro sliši in počasi govori

2. prislov
hitro, naglo

to answer swift hitro odgovoriti

swindle [swindl]

1. samostalnik
prevara, sleparija, goljufija

2. prehodni glagol
prevarati, oslepariti, ogoljufati; s prevaro (goljufijo) dobiti (kaj) (out of s.o. od koga)
neprehodni glagol
varati, slepariti, goljufati (pri igri)

he swindled me out of 50 pounds, he swindled 50 pounds out of me osleparil me je za 50 funtov

swine množina swine [swáin] samostalnik
svinja; prašič (tudi figurativno)
lopov

he eats like a swine jé kot prašič, pravi požeruh je

swing^*2 [swiŋ]

1. neprehodni glagol
nihati, zibati se, gugati se, guncati se, pozibavati se
figurativno biti odvisen (from od)
viseti, bingljati; biti obešen na vislice; obračati se, vrteti se
navtika obračati se okoli sidra ali boje; gibati se v krivulji, zavijati; hoditi hitro, z dolgimi koraki in z elanom

2. prehodni glagol
zamahniti, mahati z, vihteti; zibati, gugati, pustiti nihati; obesiti; obračati na vse strani; meriti (čas) z nihaji; bingljati z; z zamahom dvigniti kvišku (on, to na)
ameriško vplivati na
ameriško uspešno izvesti
politika pridobiti si (volilce)

swing it! sleng prekleto!
to swing a bat (a sword, a lasso) vihteti gorjačo (meč, laso)
to swing one's arms mahati, otepati z rokami
to swing a child guncati otroka
the door swings on its hinges vrata se vrte na svojih tečajih
to swing a hammock obesiti visečo mrežo
to swing one's legs bingljati z nogami
to swing into line vojska formirati eno vrsto
to swing the lead navtika, sleng ogibati se dela, zabušavati, delati se bolnega
to swing into motion priti v tek, v zamah
to swing round the circle ameriško večkrat spremeniti svoje mnenje; politika, ameriško obiskati volilna okrožja
he shall swing for it za to bo visel, bo obešen
the shutter swung to and fro in the wind veter je oknico obračal sem in tja
he swung when I shouted obrnil se je, ko sem zavpil
he swung out of the room z dolgimi, brzimi, prožnimi koraki je odšel iz sobe
the trees were swinging in the wind drevesa so se pozibavala v vetru
there is not room enough to swing a cat figurativno niti toliko ni prostora, da bi se človek obrnil

swing up prehodni glagol
obesiti

he was swung up to the nearest tree obesili so ga na najbližje drevo

šála joke, fun, jest; sport; pleasantry; buffoonery

šále pl jokes
v šáli in jest, jestingly, in sport, for fun, jokingly
za šálo, zaradi šále for fun, by way of a joke
brez šále!, šálo na stran! joking (ali jesting) apart!
stara, obrabljena šála stale (ali ancient) joke, chestnut
nespodobna, obscena šála indecent (ali risqué, blue) joke, dirty (ali ribald, obscene) story
pisec šál za radio ali televizijo gag writer, ZDA gag man, žargon gagster
surova, neslana šála horseplay, practical joke
to ni šála (figurativno) this is no (ali not a) laughing matter
nisem razpoložen za šále I am not in the mood for trifling
on je predmet šál he is the butt (of ridicule)
z njim ni šále he is not to be trifled with
bila je samo šála it was only in (ali for) fun
govoriti v šáli to be jesting
to sem naredil za šálo I did it for a lark
on razume šálo he knows how to take a joke
on ne razume šále he can't take a joke, he's got no sense of humour
reči v šáli to say something in jest
pretiravati šálo to carry a joke too far
vzeti za šálo to treat as a joke
ni razloga za zbijanje šál there is no cause for laughter, this is no laughing matter
zbijati šále to crack jokes
zbijati šále s kom to poke fun at someone, to make merry with someone, to make sport of someone
šála leti nanj, na njegov račun the joke is on him

šáliti se to jest, to joke, to make fun (z of), to have fun (z with), to trifle (z with)

vi se šalite! you can't be serious!, pogovorno you must be kidding!
s tem se ni šáliti se this is no joking matter
z njim se ni šáliti se he is not to be trifled with, you can't joke (ali trifle) with him

še still; yet, as yet

še ne not yet
še vedno still
še nikoli never yet
še enkrat once more
še več still more
še danes this very day
še do danes, še zdaj this very day, even now
še nocoj this very night
še do pred kratkim, do nedavnega until very recently
še isti dan on the very same day
še pred enim tednom sem govoril z njim it is only a week since I spoke to him
še dolgo pozneje for a long time after
še ta teden before this week is over
še oni teden sem jo videl I saw her only last week
še včeraj only yesterday
še zadnjega maja as late as last May
še letos bodo prišli they will still arrive this year
še leta 1960 as late as 1960
še lani only last year
še boljši better still
še močneje kot even stronger than...
še enkrat toliko twice as much, as much again
še enkrat tako velik twice as tall, as tall again
še mnogo much (oziroma many) more
samó še to pot (tokrat) just once more, only this once
komaj še kdo hardly anyone left
še dražji, še višji dearer still, higher still
(samo) še trenutek just a moment
še nikoli never yet
še kaj (drugega)? anything more (ali else)?
imaš še kaj papirja? have you (got) any paper left?
imaš še kaj denarja? have you any money left?
še eno skodelico čaja, prosim! another cup of tea, please!
daj mi še malo kruha! (could I have) another piece of bread, please
danes je vreme še slabše kot včeraj today the weather is even worse than yesterday
dokler je še čas while there is still time
on še ne more delati he is still unfit for work
tega še nikoli nisem videl I have never seen that before
počakaj še dva dni! wait another two days!
daj mu še en kozarec vode! give him another glass of water!
treba je še videti it is yet to be seen
to bomo še videli that remains to be seen
še vedno živijo v Ljubljani they are still living in Ljubljana
še to zimo bo prišel he will be here some time this winter
lahkó še pride he may still come, he may come yet
poskusi še enkrat! try again!, try once more!, pogovorno have another go!
kaj še hoče? what else does he want?
lahko počakaš še en teden? can you wait another week?
še tega je manjkalo! that's all we wanted!
ni bila še dolgo omožena, ko... she had not long been married when...
ostalo je še nekaj denarja there's still some money left, there's a bit of cash left over
naj bo še tako bogat, ne bo uspel no matter how rich he is, he will not succeed
še (= niti) pogledal me ni he did not so much as look at me
kaj še! (= kje pa, ni govora o tem!) what next!
še obesili ga bodo, še na vislicah bo končal! he'll come to a sticky end (one of these days)!
še (vedno) smo tu we are still here
dokler je še živel while he was still alive
nisem še končal I have not yet finished, I still haven't finished

šelè only; not earlier than; as late as; not until, not till; only then, not before

šelè ko... only when..., no sooner than...
šelè danes only today
šelè davi only this morning
šelè včeraj not till yesterday, no earlier than yesterday, only yesterday
šelè jutri not till tomorrow
šelè leta 1951 as late as 1951
šelè pred enim letom no more than a year ago
šelè teden dni pozneje not until a week later
prišel je šelè pred dvema dnevoma he arrived only (ali pogovorno only arrived) two days ago
vrnil se je šelè, ko... he didn't return before...
to je treba šelè dokazati that remains to be proved
pridem domov šelè ob 11-ih I'll not be home till 11
šelè ko so bili vsi odšli, sem odkril... it was not until (after) everyone had gone that I discovered...
videl sem jo šelè včeraj I only saw her yesterday, I didn't see her before yesterday
šelè predvčerajšnjim sem dobil tvoje pismo I didn't receive your letter until the day before yesterday
poročila se je šelè pred kratkim she got married quite recently, she's only been married a short time
kaj šelè... (= da ne rečem nič o...) to say nothing of..., let alone..., never mind...
ni mogla narediti koraka, kaj šelè zbežati she could not move a step, never mind run away

šést six

ni še šést let star he is not six yet
6:1 (= zanesljivo) six to one
pomnožiti s šést to sextuple, to multiply by six

škíliti to be cross-eyed, to squint; to look nine ways; to have a cast in one eye; to squint (na at), (zlobno, pohotno) to leer (na at)

škilil je na steklenico z žganjem he was squinting at the bottle of brandy

škóda damage; harm, detriment, prejudice; injury; arhaično scathe; (izguba) loss

v mojo škódo to my detriment
v škódo, na škódo koga to the prejudice of someone; to the detriment of someone
na škódo zdravja to the detriment of (one's) health
kakšna škóda! what a pity!
tisočkrat škóda it is a thousand pities!
velika (majhna) škóda heavy (light) damage
delna škóda partial damage
popolna škóda total damage
zanemarljiva škóda negligible damage
več škóde kot koristi more harm than good
ocenitev škóde assessment of damage
vojna škóda war damage
zavarovanje proti škódi insurance against damages
povračilo škóde indemnification, indemnity
škóda (je) zanj (= da smo ga izgubili) it is a pity that we have lost him, he is greatly missed
škóda je it is a pity
zelo škóda je it is a thousand pities
prav škóda je, da... it is much to be regretted that...
kako škóda, da tega niste rekli prej! what a pity you did not say so beforehand!
škóda je je za to she is too good for that
škóda, da niste mogli priti too bad (that) you couldn't come
nobene škóde ni bilo there is no harm done
biti obsojen na povrnitev škóde to have damages awarded against one
ta škóda se mora popraviti this damage must be repaired
popraviti škódo to make good a loss, to repair a loss
povzročiti škódo to cause a loss
jamčiti za škódo to guarantee against loss
kriti škódo to cover a loss
ugotoviti škódo to ascertain the damage
prizadeti komu škódo to inflict damage on someone
oceniti škódo to estimate the damage
prodajati v svojo škódo to sell under prime cost, to sell at a loss
utrpeti škódo, biti na škódi to suffer damage (ali injury, loss), to lose, to be a loser, to come off a loser
zaradi malenkostne koristi utrpeti škódo to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
oceniti (poprečno) škódo pri prometni nesreči to adjust an average
škóda človeka izmodri you learn from your mistakes

šofírati to drive

on šofira prehitro he drives too fast

špijón spy; secret agent, undercover agent, arhaično intelligencer; (detektiv) sleuth, pogovorno sleuthhound, ZDA pogovorno gumshoe; (vohljač) police informer, VB žargon grass, (copper's) nark, ZDA pogovorno stool pigeon

biti špijón za kom to spy (ali to keep an eye) on someone
bil je ustreljen kot špijón he was shot as a spy

štéti to count; to number; to reckon

štéti do 50 to count up to 50
štej od 20 do 50! count from 20 to 50!
njegovi dnevi so šteti his days are numbered, pogovorno his number's up
vojska, ki šteje 50.000 mož an army numbering fifty thousand
štejem ga med svoje prijatelje I regard him as one of my friends
šteto od jutri dalje reckoning from tomorrow
videti je, kot da ne zna do 5 šteti he looks as if butter would not melt in his mounth

študírati to study

on študira pravo he is studying for the bar, he is reading law
študírati vlogo to study a part
študiran človek an educated man

table¹ [téibl] samostalnik
miza
figurativno pogrnjena miza, jed na mizi, obed, hrana; omizje, gostje; plošča (lesena itd.) z napisom; igralna miza (za biljard) itd.; tabela, tablica, popis, register
geografija plató, ravno zemljišče
tehnično deska
arhitektura plošča za oblogo

at table pri mizi, pri obedu
billiard-table miza za biljard
folding table zložijiva miza
kitchen-table kuhinjska miza
round table okrogla miza
multiplication table poštevanka
table of contents tabela, kazalo vsebine
table of exchanges ekonomija tabela (za preračunavanje) tečajev
sliding table raztezna miza
tea-table čajna miza
toilet-table toaletna miz(ic)a
writing table pisalna miza
the pleasures of the table užitki pri mizi (jedeh)
synoptic table sinoptična tabela
time-table vozni red
the twelve tables zgodovina, pravno zakoni 12 plošč
the two tables of the law religija plošči 10 božjih zapovedi
to be at table biti pri mizi, pri obedu
to clear the table pospraviti mizo
he keeps a good table pri njem se dobro jé
he kept the table amused zabaval je vse omizje
to lay on the table parlament odgoditi, odložiti (na kasneje)
these matters are on the table figurativno o teh zadevah (stvareh) se prav zdaj razpravlja
to learn one's tables učiti se poštevanke, računanja
to lie on the table ležati na mizi, figurativno biti odložen (na kasneje)
to set (to lay, to spread) the table pogrniti mizo
to set the whole table laughing, in a roar spraviti vse omizje v smeh, v krohot
to take the head of the table sesti na čelo mize
to turn the tables figurativno spremeniti (čemu) smer, spremeniti situacijo, obrniti vloge, obrniti srečo
the tables are turned sreča se je obrnila (drugemu v prid), vloge so obrnjene
to turn the table on the opponent pobijati nasprotnika z njegovim lastnim orožjem
I turned the tables on him spravil sem ga v stisko, v težave, v katere me je on hotel spraviti
to wait at table streči pri mizi

tackle² [tækl] prehodni glagol
prijeti, zgrabiti, pograbiti
figurativno lotiti se, rešiti (nalogo, problem); nadlegovati, pestiti (z vprašanji ipd.)
šport napasti, podreti nasprotnika na tla (rugby), uloviti žogo, priti do žoge; vreči konjsko opravo (na konja), zapreči
neprehodni glagol
lotiti se
šport napasti

he tackled the boss for a raise nadlegoval je (prosil) šefa za povišanje plače
to tackle a bottle of whisky lotiti se, "uničiti" steklenico whiskyja
to tackle a difficult task lotiti se težavne naloge
the policeman tackled the thief miličnik je zgrabil tatu
he tackled the meat lotil se je mesa, planil je po mesu
to tackle up zapreči

tag¹ [tæg] samostalnik
konček, privesek, trakec; uho ali zanka pri škornju za obuvanje; okovica na koncu trakov za čevlje; (razmršen) koder las; ploščica ali etiketa z imenom na kovčku, vojaku okrog vratu itd.; okrasni dodatek kakemu predmetu; epilog, sklepna beseda; refren (pesmi), (obrabljen) citat, aforizem, krilatica; poanta, morala
gledališče igralčeve besede gledalcem ob koncu igre; konec, rep, dostavek

tag and rag sodrga
old tag star rek
he replied with a tag from Horace odgovoril je z (obrabljenim) citatom iz Horaca