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sodíti (na sodišču) to judge, to give (ali to pass) judgment; to administer justice, to hear a case; to sit in court, to try, to sit in judgment upon; (meniti, misliti) to think, to deem, to be of the opinion, to consider, to estimate; (kritizirati) to criticize

slabo, krivo sodíti to misjudge, to have a wrong opinion of, to be mistaken, to get it wrong
sodim, da... I believe (ali think, reckon) that...
sodeč po njegovih besedah judging by his words
sodíti koga po sebi (arhaično) to measure another's foot by one's own last
ne sodi drugih po sebi don't judge other people by yourself

soft² [sɔft]

1. pridevnik
mehek, upogljiv, popustljiv; mil, blag (podnebje, temperatura itd.); miren, nekričeč (barva); okusen, piten (vino); gladek (koža); topel, topel in vlažen, deževen (vreme); lahen, rahel (udarec, trkanje); tih, pridušen (glas); ljubezniv, prijazen; nežen (with z)
miren (spanje)
ekonomija nestabilen (cene); kóven (kovina), drobljiv, krhek (kamen)
sleng lahek; zaljubljen (on v)
nemožat, pomehkužen, mlahav, neodporen, brez energije; bedast, neumen, prismuknjen
fonetika zveneč; palatalen, brez pridiha (aspiracije)

as soft as butter mehek kot maslo
soft air mil, blag zrak
soft climate mila klima
soft corn vlažna odebelitev kože med nožnimi prsti
soft currency nekonvertibilna valuta
a soft day deževen dan
a soft drink ameriško, sleng brezalkoholna pijača
soft eyes mile oči
soft goods tekstil(ije)
a soft job lahka služba
soft money ameriško papirnati denar, bankovci, menice
soft muscles mlahave mišice
soft nothings ljubavno gruljenje, sladke besede
soft roe ribje mleko
soft sawder laskanje, prilizovanje
soft sex, softer sex ženski spol, ženske
soft soap mehko kalijevo milo, figurativno; ameriško, sleng laskanje, dobrikanje
soft solder pločevina, ki se stali pri relativno nizki temperaturi
soft tack sleng bel kruh, navtika mehek kruh (ne prepečenec), dobra hrana
soft thing pogovorno lahko izvedljiva stvar, lahka in dobro plačana služba; laskanje; neumnost
soft weather odjuga
soft winter mila zima
soft wood mehak les
he was rather soft in this affair ni ravno briljiral v tej zadevi (stvari)

2. prislov
počasi, tiho

to fall soft srečno pasti
to lie soft ležati na mehkem

3. samostalnik
mehkoba, milina
pogovorno slabič; bedak

4. medmet
arhaično počasi! polahko!

soglášati to agree (z with); to be agreeable (to)

ne soglášati to disagree (with); (pristati) to consent, to assent
soglašam s tem I am in agreement with it
soglašam z vami v tej točki I agree with you on that point

soil² [sɔ́il]

1. samostalnik
umazanost, umazanija, nesnaga, nečistoča; madež (tudi figurativno)
močvirnata luknja, blatno ležišče (divjačine)

night-soil vsebina stranišča, greznice, ki se ponoči izprazni
to go (to run) to soil iskati zavetje

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
zamazati (se), umazati (se), onesnažiti (se)
figurativno omadeževati, umazati

this fabric soils easily to blago se hitro umaže
I would not not soil my hands with it jaz si ne bi hotel umazati rok s tem

somehow [sʌ́mhau] prislov
nekako; iz nekega razloga

somehow or other tako ali tako, kakorkoli, ne vem kako; iz kateregakoli razloga

something [sʌ́mɵiŋ]

1. samostalnik
nekaj; nekaj važnega; nekaj takega; (evfemizem) presnet, preklet

something else nekaj drugega
something old nekaj starega
something or other karkoli, to ali ono
a certain something nekaj določenega (gotovega)
not for something! za nič na svetu ne!
that something man! ta prekleti človek!
something must be done nekaj je treba storiti
I have something for you imam nekaj za vas
he is something of a... on je nekak (nekaj takega kot)
he is something of a poet on je nekak pesnik; on je malo pesnika
there is something in that nekaj je na tem
it is something to have nothing to pay to (pa) je nekaj (vredno), da ni treba nič plačati
he gave her a brooch or something dal ji je brošo ali nekaj takega (podobnega)
I hope to see something of you there upam, da vas bom tam videl od časa do časa
he thinks himself something ima se za pomembno osebo

2. prislov
nekaj, malce; precéj; izredno, važno

something like pogovorno nekaj kot
stooping something like his father nekoliko sključen kot njegov oče
that is something like burgundy pogovorno to je pa res (pravi) burgundec!
that is something like! tako je! tako je prav! odlično!

somewhere [sʌ́mwɛə] prislov
nekje, kjerkoli; nekam, kamorkoli

somewhere else nekje drugod, nekam drugam
somewhere about 1970 nekje (nekako) okrog leta 1970
somewhere about here tukaj nekje, v bližini
somewhere towards midnight nekje (enkrat) proti polnoči
somewhere or other ne vem kje, kjerkoli, kamorkoli
he is somewhere about fifty on je kakih 50 let star
he lives somewhere near us on stanuje nekje blizu nas
let's go somewhere pojdimo kam(orkoli)!

sónčen sunny; of the sun, sun; sunshiny; solar

sónčni bog sun god
sónčna energija solar energy, power
elektrarna, ki deluje s pomočjo sónčne energije solar (energy) power station
sónčna kura medicina sun cure
sónčna lega sunny aspect
sónčna korona (obstret) corona
sónčno leto solar year
sónčna luč, svetloba sunlight
sónčni mrk solar eclipse
sónčna očala sun spectacles pl, sunglasses pl, (temna) dark glasses
sónčna pega sunspot, (na obrazu) freckle
sónčni sij sunshine
sónčna (lepa) stran the sunny side
sónčna soba sunny room
zelo sónčna soba ZDA sun parlor
sónčni sistem solar system
premikanje sónčnega sistema solar motion
sónčna terasa sun deck
sónčna ura sundial, dial
sónčna steklena veranda ZDA sun parlor
sónčna toplota solar heat, warmth of the sun
sónčni vzhod sunrise, sunup
sónčni zahod sunset, sundown
sónčna (japonska) zastava the Rising Sun
sónčni žarek sun ray, sunbeam
ne prepusten za sónčne žarke sunproof

song [sɔŋ] samostalnik
pesem (za petje), petje; spev, pesem, pesnitev, poezija
figurativno malenkost

for an old song figurativno zelo poceni
song of a motor šum, brnenje motorja
no song, no supper figurativno za malo denarja, malo muzike, za (iz) nič ni nič
not worth an old song piškavega oreha ne vreden
folk song, traditional song ljudska (narodna) pesem
part song glasba pesem za več glasov
sacred song duhovna pesem
it's the same old song to je (vedno) ista stara pesem
to burst forth into song začeti (naglas) peti
to buy (to sell, to get) for a song (for a mere song) kupiti (prodati, dobiti) za skorjico kruha (zelo poceni, skoraj zastonj)
to change one's song ubrati drug ton (druge strune)
he gave me a song and dance about how busy he was pripovedoval mi je čuda o tem, koliko dela ima
to sing another song (a different song) drugo pesmico zapeti, figurativno spremeniti ton, ubrati druge strune
that's nothing to make a song about zaradi tega ni treba delati nobenega hrupa, to ni važno

sorazmérje proportion

v sorazmérju z in proportion to
ne v sorazmérju out of proportion

sort² [sɔ:t] samostalnik
vrsta, sorta, kategorija, razred; kakovost; način; število
tisk garnitura črk
množina razpoloženje

a sort of neke vrste, nekak
after a sort, in a sort nekako, v neki meri
in any sort kakorkoli
in some sort do neke mere, nekako
out of sorts pogovorno čemeren, ne v redu, bolan
of all sorts vseh vrst, vsake vrste
of a sort, of sorts slabe vrste
a dog of sorts nekak pes
a lawyer of a sort odvetnik, vsaj po imenu
nothing of the sort nič takega
people of every sort and kind vse mogoči ljudje
that sort of thing nekaj temu podobnega
he is a good sort on je dobričina
he is my sort on je moje vrste, on je tak kot jaz
they are a nice sort prijetni ljudje so
to be out of sorts biti slabe volje
he put me out of sorts spravil me je v slabo voljo
I sort of expected it to sem nekako pričakoval
I sort of remember it tega se nekako spominjam

soul [sóul] samostalnik
duša; psiha; duševnost; duh
figurativno pobudnik, glava, vodja; utelešenje, poosebljenje; bit, bitnost, srce, jedro; oseba, človek, prebivalec; smisel, nagnjenost (for za)
energija, moč

by my soul pri moji duši! pri moji veri!
in my soul of souls v globini moje duše
upon ('pon) my soul! pri moji duši (veri)!
All Souls' Day cerkev vernih duš dan
cure of souls skrb za duše, dušebrižništvo
my good soul moj dragi
the greatest souls of the past največji duhovi preteklosti
immortality of soul neumrljivost duše
the life and soul of duša (in srcé) (česa)
the poor little soul revček
a simple soul preprost, skromen človek
he is a good old soul on je dobra duša
he is the soul of honour on je poosebljena čast
to call one's soul one's own figurativno biti sam svoj gospodar, ne biti suženj
do come with us, there's a good soul pojdite no z nami, to bo lepo od vas (bodite tako dobri)!
to keep body and soul together ostati pri življenju
he doesn't make enough to keep body and soul together ne zasluži dovolj za življenje
he put his whole soul into his work vso svojo dušo je vložil v svoje delo
I do not see a single soul žive duše ne vidim

sound¹ [sáund] samostalnik
zvok, zven, glas, šum; ton; slušaj, doseg sluha
figurativno vtis; pomen, smisel
zastarelo sporočilo, naznanilo

within the sound of v slušaju
sound amplifier ojačevalec zvoka
the sound of a bell glas zvona, zvonjenje
sound and fury prazne (gole) besede
I don't like the sound of it to mi ni všeč, tu nekaj ne more biti v redu
there was much sound but little sense in his speech njegov govor je bil poln donečih besed, a reven idej

sound² [sáund] neprehodni glagol
zveneti, doneti, razlegati se
figurativno zdeti se, delati vtis, slišati se
prehodni glagol
glasba trobiti, pihati (v trobento); igrati (na glasbilo); napraviti, da nekaj zveni, se sliši; izgovoriti (glas); naznaniti z zvonom, s trobento (umik, alarm); naglasiti kaj; pregledati pravilnost (kolesa železniškega vagona) s trkanjem kladiva; preiskati, prcgledati (npr. pljuča) z osluškovanjem; objaviti, razglasiti

to sound the alarm dati znak s trobento za alarm
to sound s.o.'s lungs osluškovati komu pljuča
to sound in damages tožiti za nadomestilo nepreverjene škode
to sound s.o.'s praises peti komu hvalo
to sound a trompet (za)trobiti na trobento
to sound a retreat trobiti k umiku
to sound a wheel pregledati stanje kolesa (pri vagonu)
the bell sounds noon zvon bije poldan
the clarion sounded rog je zadonel
it sounds as if he was keeping something back to zveni, kot da nekaj prikriva (da ne pove vsega)
his report sounds all right njegovo poročilo daje ugoden vtis
the n in column is not sounded v besedi column se končni n ne izgovarja
it did not sound like his voice ni bilo slišati, kot da bi to bil njegov glas
to sound off ameriško, sleng odkrito govoriti, pritožiti se; klicati imena
to sound in iti za; glasiti se na

sow¹ [sáu] samostalnik
zoologija svinja
tehnično kalup za ulivanje železa
tehnično kos litega železa

as drunk as a sow sleng pijan ko mavra
to get (to take) the wrong sow by the ear figurativno ne pogoditi pravo (pravega krivca), prevarati se, ušteti se, potegniti napačne sklepe
you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear figurativno iz slabega materiala ne moreš napraviti nič dobrega, figurativno ne moreš od koga zahtevati več od tistega, za kar je sposoben

spadajóč belonging (to)

ne spadajóč k stvari irrelevant
skupaj spadajóč belonging together

spádati to belong (to)

to ne spada semkaj that is out of place here, that is beside the point, that is irrelevant
to ne spada k našemu predmetu this is alien to our subject, this has nothing to do with our subject
ta beseda ne spada semkaj this word is improperly used in this context (ali does not belong here)
to ne spada nikamor! that's neither here nor there!
to ne spada v mojo stroko this is not within my province (ali is not in my line)
on spada med naše najboljše odjemalce he is one of our best customers

spametováti to make wiser; to bring someone to his senses; to make someone see sense; to teach someone a lesson

to me je spametovalo that was a (real) lesson for me
spametováti se to grow wiser, to cut one's wisdom teeth (ali eyeteeth), to profit by an unpleasant experience, to come to one's senses
nikoli se ne bo spametoval he will never grow wiser
moram ga spametováti I must bring him to his senses, I must make him see reason

spáti to sleep, to be asleep, to lie asleep; pogovorno to kip; to lie dormant

spáti oblečen to sleep with one's clothes on
spáti po obedu to have (ali to take) a nap, to have one's forty winks
dobro (slabo) spáti to sleep well (badly, poorly)
spáti doma (zunaj) to sleep in (out)
spáti pod milim nebom, na prostem to sleep in the open air
spáti polnih 12 (ali 24) ur to sleep the clock round
spáti zimsko spanje to hibernate
spáti spanje pravičnega to sleep the sleep of the just
trdno spáti to be fast (ali sound) asleep, to sleep very soundly
spáti nepretrgano do 7. ure zjutraj to sleep right through (ali without a break) until seven in the morning
predolgo spáti (= »zaspati«) to oversleep
spáti kot ubit, kot polh to sleep like a log (ali like a top, like a dormouse)
iti spat to go to bed, to lie down to sleep, (otroški govor) to go to bye-byes; to retire
to mi ne da spáti it keeps me awake at night
nisem mogel spáti I hardly slept a wink
hoditi zgodaj spat to retire early
ne spáti (biti buden, figurativno) to be watchful (ali vigilant), to be on the alert
bom toliko bolje spal zaradi tega I will sleep the sounder for it
zadeva spi (figurativno) the matter (ali affair) has been pigeon-holed
vso noč nisem spal I did not sleep a wink last night
kakor si boš postlal, tako boš spal as you make your bed, so you must lie

speak^* [spi:k]

1. neprehodni glagol
govoriti, besediti; imeti govor; pogovarjati se (with, to z; about, of o)
izraziti se
glasba (o glasbilih) dati glas od sebe, slišati se, zadoneti; dati se čutiti; (o portretu) biti kot živ
navtika signalizirati, dati znak
britanska angleščina dati glas, oglasiti se (o psu)

2. prehodni glagol
(iz)reči, izgovoriti, povedati, govoriti (kaj); izražati, izjaviti, najaviti; dokazovati, pričati, potrditi, pokazati
navtika poklicati (ladjo)

generally (strictly) speaking splošno (točno, strogo) povedano (vzeto)
plainly speaking odkrito povedano
roughly speaking v grobem (približno, grosso modo) povedano
so to speak tako rekoč
not to speak of... da (niti) ne govorimo o...
nothing to speak of nič važnega, ni vredno niti omembe
to speak back (nazaj) odgovarjati (na očitke ipd.)
to speak by the book govoriti z rokopisa, čitati (govor), govoriti s točnim poznavanjem
to speak like a book govoriti kot knjiga
to speak without book navesti dejstva po spominu
to speak bluntly naravnost, brez ovinkov govoriti
to speak by the card z veliko natančnostjo govoriti, biti precizen
to speak in s.o.'s cast prekiniti koga
to speak comfort to... imeti tolažilne besede za...
his conduct speaks him generous njegovo vedenje (ravnanje) priča o njegovi plemenitosti
my dog speaks only when I order him moj pes zalaja le, če mu ukažem
to speak in s.o.'s ear komu (kaj) prišepniti na uho, skrivaj govoriti s kom
fame speaks him honest on je na dobrem glasu
to speak fair dostojno govoriti
to speak for s.o. govoriti komu v korist, reči dobro besedo za koga
that speaks for itself to govori samo za sebe, tega ni treba (še) pojasnjevati (priporočati)
to speak French govoriti francoski
I found nobody to speak to nikogar nisem našel, da bi z njim govoril
to speak by hearsay govoriti, kar smo od drugih slišali
this speaks a man of honour to kaže (izdaja) človeka, ki ni brez časti
this speaks a small mind to izdaja (dokazuje) duševno majhnost
to speak one's mind povedati svoje mnenje
I will speak to your objections in a minute takoj bom odgovoril na vaše ugovore
to speak to oneself sam s seboj (sebi) govoriti
this portrait speaks ta portret je kot živ
to your praise be it spoken... v vašo pohvalo bodi povedano...
to speak plain and to the purpose jasno govoriti
to speak sense pametno govoriti
you might as well speak to a stone figurativno prav tako bi lahko govoril steni
to speak to govoriti komu, potrditi kaj
these trumpets speak his presence trobente javljajo njegovo prisotnost
things speak for themselves dejstva govore sama (po sebi)
that speaks of self-will to govori (priča) o samovolji (trmi)
to speak the truth govoriti resnico
I cannot speak to the truth of that ne morem z gotovostjo reči (jamčiti), da je to res
to speak volumes for jasno (prepričljivo) govoriti za, pričati o, dokazovati (kaj)
this speaks volumes for his faith in you to jasno govori za njegovo zaupanje v vas
to speak well for govoriti (iti) (komu ali čemu) v korist
to speak well (badly) of dobro (slabo) govoriti o
that does not speak well for his intelligence to ne priča (govori) o njegovi inteligenci
to speak with tongues (redko) biti nadarjen za jezike
to speak words of praise izreči pohvalne besede
who is speaking? (pri telefonu) kdo je pri aparatu?, kdo govori (tam)?