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nekáko in a way, in some way; in a sort; in some sort; sort of, kind of, in some degree; somehow, somewhat; (= tako ali tako) somehow or other

nekáko zadnji dve leti in the last two years or so
to smo nekáko pričakovali we sort of expected it
tega se nekáko spominjam I sort of remember it
nekáko obljubil sem mu I sort (ali kind) of promised him
nekáko ob šestih somewhere around (ali about) six

anyhow¹ [énihau] prislov
nekako; vsekakor, v vsakem primeru; kakorkoli; površno, slabo

to feel anyhow ne se dobro počutiti
he could not come anyhow nikakor ni mogel priti

anyway [éniwei]

1. prislov
nekako, kakorkoli

2. veznik
vendar, kljub temu

somehow [sʌ́mhau] prislov
nekako; iz nekega razloga

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

someway [sʌ́mwei] prislov
nekako, na neki način

so-so [sóusou] povedkovnik pridevnik & prislov
pogovorno tako tako, ne dobro ne slabo, ne ravno posebno (dobro), srednje, nekako

muddle through neprehodni glagol
nekako se preriti

somesuch [sʌ́msʌč] pridevnik
nekako takšen

anywhere [éniwɛə] prislov
nekje; povsod, kjerkoli, kamorkoli

I cannot find him anywhere nikjer ga ne morem najti
he meets friends anywhere povsod srečuje prijatelje
scarcely (ali hardly) anywhere skoraj nikjer
ameriško anywhere from ... to nekako od ... do

as² [æz] veznik
kot; kolikor; ker; ko, medtem ko; čeprav, četudi, dasi

as compared with v primeri s
as far as prav do
as far as I am concerned kar se mene tiče
as far as I know kolikor je meni znano
as few as (samo množina)
as follows kot sledi, sledeče
as large as life v naravni velikosti
as like as two peas (in a pod) ko jajce jajcu podobna
as little as (samo ednina)
as much as you like po mili volji, kolikor želiš
as a rule navadno, praviloma
as though, as if kakor če bi
be so kind as to... bodi(te) tako ljubezniv(i) in...
try as I might če sem se še tako potrudil
old as I am čeprav sem že star
as usual kot ponavadi
as I went by mimogrede
as it were nekako, tako rekoč
as luck would have it k sreči

degree [digrí:] samostalnik
stopnja; stopinja; stan, razred, položaj; diploma; kakovost, vrsta

by degrees postopoma, polagoma
to a (certain) degree tako rekoč, precej
of low (high) degree nizkega (visokega) položaja
in some degree nekako
to take one's degree diplomirati, promovirati
ameriško, sleng third degree zasliševanje z mučenjem
pravno principal in the first degree glavni krivec
doctor's degree doktorat
to a high degree v veliki meri
to the last degree veliko, skrajno
in no degree niti malo ne

else¹ [els] prislov
drugje, drugače; še; razen tega

who else? kdo še?
where else? kje (kam) še?
how else? kako še?
somehow else nekako drugače
anywhere else kjerkoli drugje
everywhere else povsod drugje
somewhere else nekje drugje

glasiti se to sound; (vsebina pisma itd.) to read, to run, to be worded

glasiti se takole to run as follows (ali like this), to be worded as follows
naslov se glasi (nekako) takole the address runs (ali reads) (somewhat) like this
njegovo pismo se je glasilo takole his letter ran thus
dopisnica se glasi takole the postcard reads as follows
to mesto se angleški glasi... translated into Englisch this passage reads...

kind² [káind] samostalnik
vrsta; rod, razred, zvrst; kruh in vino (v evharistiji); naturalije

all kind(s) of vseh mogočih vrst
all of a kind with iste vrste kot
two of a kind dva iste vrste
nothing of the kind nič takega, sploh ne
something of the kind; ali this kind of thing nekaj takega
of a kind neke vrste (zaničljivo); iste vrste
we had coffee of a kind pili smo neko slabo kavo
kind of nekako, malo
I kind of expected it nekako sem to pričakoval
I kind of promised it sem na pol obljubil
to grow out of kind odreči se svojega rodu
the literary kind kdor se bavi z literaturo
he is kind of queer je nekam čuden
human kind človeški rod
payment in kind plačilo v naturalijah
to repay in kind vrniti milo za drago

make^*2 [méik]

1. prehodni glagol
delati, napraviti; izdelati, izdelovati (from, of, out, of iz)
predelati, predelovati, tvoriti, oblikovati (to, into v)
pripraviti (kavo, čaj); uvesti (pravila, zakone), sestaviti, spisati (pesem); zbrati (glasove); ustvariti
figurativno napraviti kaj iz koga (to make a doctor of s.o.)
povzročiti, prinašati (zadovoljstvo); pokazati se, postaviti, biti (she makes him a good wife)
znesti, znašati; imenovati za (he was made a general)
(z nedoločnikom brez "to" v aktivu, s "to" v pasivu) pripraviti koga do česa (they made him talk, he was made to talk)
meniti, misliti, predstavljati si (what do you make of it)
pogovorno imeti koga za kaj (I make him an honest man)
zaslužiti, ustvariti dobiček; doseči (hitrost), premeriti (pot)
sleng zapeljati, posiliti; prispeti (ladja v pristanišče), doseči
navtika zagledati (kopno)
britanska angleščina jesti; imeti (govor); mešati karte
elektrika spojiti
ameriško, sleng identificirati koga

2. neprehodni glagol
nameniti se, poskusiti, napotiti se, peljati (pot) razprostirati se, teči (reka) (to)
nastopiti (plima), naraščati (voda)
figurativno povzročiti, pripeljati do

to make advances truditi se koga pridobiti
to make no account of ne ozirati se na kaj
to make allowance for upoštevati, biti uvideven
to make amends for odškodovati, oddolžiti se za kaj
to make angry zjeziti
to make an appointment dogovoriti se za sestanek
to make as if (ali as though) pretvarjati se, hliniti
as you make your bed so you must lie upon it kakor boš postlal, tako bož ležal
to make a bag imeti dober lov
to make the bed postlati
to make believe pretvarjati se, hliniti
to make a bid for truditi se za, potegovati se za kaj
to make bold drzniti si, upati si
to make no bones about povedati odkrito brez strahu, požvižgati se na kaj
to make one's bread vzdrževati se sam
sleng to make book ilegalno sklepati stave na konjskih dirkah
this book makes good reading ta knjiga se dobro bere
to make or break s.o. pripeljati koga do uspeha ali poloma
to make a clean breast of priznati, olajšati si srce
to make bricks without straw delati nekaj neizvedljivega
to make the best of izkoristiti kar najbolje, napraviti kar se le da, sprijazniti se s čim
to make cards mešati karte
to make certain prepričati se
to make clear objasniti, razložiti
to make the door upon s.o. zapreti komu vrata
to make a difference to biti važno, spremeniti stvar
to make s.th. do; ali to make do with a.th. zadovoljiti se s čim
to make no doubt ne dvomiti
to make both ends meet shajati s svojimi sredstvi, prilagoditi izdatke dohodkom
to make eyes at spogledovati se, zaljubljeno koga gledati
to make an effort potruditi se
to make excuses opravičevati se, izgovarjati se, izvijati se
to make an example of eksemplarično kaznovati
to make an exhibition of o.s. spozabiti se
to make faces at pačiti se komu
to make a face nakremžiti se
to make a figure zgledati smešen
to make a fire zakuriti
you are made for this job si kot ustvarjen za to delo
to make one's fortune obogateti
to make a fool of o.s. biti za norca
to make a fool of s.o. imeti koga za norca
to make free with brez zadrege uporabljati, razpolagati s čim
to make friends with sprijateljiti se s kom
to make fun (ali game) of zasmehovati koga, zafrkavati
to make a go of uspeti v čem
to make good uspeti
to make s.th. good povrniti, kriti, nadoknaditi
to make a hash of pokvariti, zavozlati (zgodbo)
to make a habit of it priti v navado
to make haste pohiteti
to make hay pospraviti seno
to make hay of napraviti zmešnjavo
to make hay while the sun shines kovati železo dokler je vroče
to make head(way) napredovati
to make headway against premagati (težave)
not to make head or tail of ne razumeti
ameriško to make a hit postati popularen
to make o.s. at home biti kakor doma
ameriško to make it uspeti
navtika to make it so izvršiti nalog
to make it hot for s.o. naščuvati javnost proti komu, preganjati koga
to make things šaljivo gladko izpeljati (da teče kot po maslu)
ameriško to make a killing nenadoma zaslužiti ali priti do denarja
to make known sporočiti, objaviti
to make land zagledati kopno, pripluti v pristanišče
to make light (ali little) of podcenjevati, nalahko jemati
sleng to make like posnemati
to make a living preživljati se
to make one's own life živeti svoje življenje, hoditi svojo pot
to make love to ljubimkati, spolno občevati s kom
to make one's mark napraviti karijero, izkazati se
to make one's mark on vtisniti svoj pečat
to make or mar pripeljati do uspeha ali poloma
to make a match dobro se omožiti (oženiti)
to make a good meal dobro jesti
to make merry hrupno proslavljati, bučno se veseliti
to make minoemeat of izpodbiti, popolnoma premagati
to make a monkey out of osmešiti koga
to make money dobro zaslužiti, obogateti
to make the most of čim bolj izrabiti
to make a mountain out of a molehill napraviti iz muhe slona
to make mouths at pačiti se komu
to make s.o.'s mouth water vzbuditi zavist ali željo
to make move lotiti se česa, odpraviti se, kreniti
to make much of ceniti, pripisovati važnost čemu, imeti od česa veliko koristi
to make a name for o.s. napraviti si ime
to make a night of it prekrokati vso noč
to make a noise in the world postati slaven, zasloveti
to make nothing of ne razumeti, biti zmeden
to make of tolmačiti, razlagati si
to make one of priključiti se
to make the pace voditi, diktirati tempo
to make passes at objemati, ljubkovati, dvoriti
to make peace skleniti mir
to make one's pile obogateti, spraviti denar na kup
to make a play for poskužati pridobiti
to make a plunge lotiti se brez pomisleka, visoko staviti
navtika to make port pripluti v pristanišče
to make a point of vztrajati pri čem, predvsem se potruditi
to make a price nastaviti ceno
to make a practice of imeti navado, navaditi se
to make a racket biti zelo hrupen, razgrajati
to make ready pripraviti
to make the rounds obhoditi (stražar)
to make sail odpluti, odjadrati
to make o.s. scarce izginiti
to make a scene napraviti komu neprijetno sceno
to make no secret of ne prikrivati, odkrito pokazati ali povedati
to make shift with pomagati si, nekako urediti
to make s.o. sit up koga zelo presenetiti
to make a good (poor) showing dobro (slabo) se izkazati
to make it snappy podvizati se
to make s.o. sore razjeziti koga
to make a splash napraviti senzacijo
to make a speech imeti govor
to make great strides hitro napredovati
to make a stab at poskusiti kaj narediti
navtika to make sternway ritensko pluti, zaostajati, nazadovati
to make a stand zaustaviti se, postaviti se v bran (vojska)
to make sure prepričati se
to make a clean sweep of dobro pomesti, vse odstraniti
to make tick pripraviti do dela
to make good time hitro napredovati
this makes the 10th time to je že desetič
to make a good thing of obrniti v svojo korist
to make a touch sposoditi si, poskušati si sposoditi
to make hacks for odpraviti se kam, napotiti se
ameriško to make the team biti sprejet v moštvo
to make a train ujeti vlak
to make a trial of poskusiti, preizkusiti kaj
to make o.s. understood jasno se izraziti
to make use of uporabiti kaj
to make way utreti si pot, napredovati
to make one's way in the world uspeti v življenju
to make one's way out oditi
to make way for umakniti se komu
to make s.o. out of his wits spraviti koga ob pamet
to make war upon vojskovati se s kom
navtika to make heavy weather prebijati se po razburkanem morju
to make short work of hitro kaj končati
to make water scati

rub² [rʌb] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
otreti (se), frotirati (se), drgniti (se) (against, on ob)
brisati, meti; (po)gladiti; polirati; dotakniti se, poškodovati, zadati rano, ožuliti, povzročiti bolečino; natreti (with z)
figurativno prebijati se (through skozi)

to rub one's hands figurativno méti si roke, biti zadovoljen
to rub one's hand over s.th. z roko pogladiti kaj
to rub on s.o.'s feelings (za)boleti koga
to rub shoulders with s.o. figurativno družiti se s kom, biti zaupen s kom
to rub s.o. the wrong way figurativno iritirati, ozlovoljiti, ujeziti koga
it rubs me the wrong way figurativno ni mi pogodu, spravlja me v slabo voljo, iritira me
they rub through the world prebijajo se, rinejo nekako
we must rub through it to moramo prestati

rustle² [rʌsl] neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
(o svili) šušteti; šelesteti, šumeti; zmečkati (papir)
ameriško krasti (konje, živino)
ameriško, sleng pošteno, krepko prijeti za delo

to rustle in silks biti oblečen v šuštečo svilo
the wind rustled the leaves listje je zašumelo v vetru
to rustle up ameriško, sleng hitro priskrbeti (napraviti, organizirati)
to rustle up the money somehow hitro nekako priti do denarja

sandwich [sǽn(d)widž, -wič]

1. samostalnik
sendvič, obložen kruhek

a sandwich of good and bad kombinacija, zmes dobrega in slabega
to sit sandwich sedeti med dvema osebama (zlasti o mršavi osebi med dvema debelima osebama ali o ženski med dvema moškima)

2. prehodni glagol
vriniti (med dve enaki plasti); postaviti (kaj) na mesto, kamor ne spada

to sandwich in an engagement figurativno nekako najti malo časa za še en sestanek

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!

some [sʌm]

1. pridevnik
neki, nekak, nekateri, en; katerikoli, kakršenkoli
sleng velik, silen, pomemben, odličen; (pred samostalnikom v množini) nekaj, neko število, nekoliko, malo (od njih), kakih, okrog, približno

at some time or other enkrat pač, kadarkoli, prej ali slej
for some time nekaj časa
in some way or other na ta ali na oni način, tako ali tako
to some extent do neke mere, nekako
some day nekega dne
some few maloštevilni, majhno število
some girl! čedno dekle!
some people nekateri (ljudje), nekaj ljudi
some time enkrat
some time ago nekaj časa (je) (od) tegá
a village of some 50 houses vas kakih 50 hiš
it is some five years since we saw each other kakih pet let je, kar sva se (zadnjič) videla
shall I give you some more tea? naj vam dam še malo čaja?
have some jam with your bread vzemite si (nekaj) džema s kruhom!
I call that some poem! to (pa) je pesem!
that's some hat! to (pa) je klobuk (in pol)! to je kolosalen klobuk!
I left it in some corner pustil sem ga (to) v kakem kotu
as you say, it did cost some money kot pravite, je to (res) stalo nekaj (= precéj) denarja
I must do it some day ta ali oni dan (enkrat) moram to napraviti
that will take you some time to vam bo vzelo nekaj časa

2. zaimek
katerikoli, neki, nekateri
ameriško, sleng precéj, kar veliko, kar mnogo, še več

some ... some eni ... drugi
some of it nekaj tega
some of them nekateri od njih
some of these days te dni, v kratkem, kmalu
some accepted, some refused nekateri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili
if you have no money, I will give you some če nimaš denarja, ti ga jaz nekaj dam
may I have some of this cake? lahko dobim nekaj tega kolača?
he looked some tipsy bil je videti precéj vinjen
he ran a mile and then some tekel je eno miljo in nato še naprej

3. prislov
nekaj; precéj, zelo

that's going some! to mi je všeč! to je sijajno!
he seems annoyed some videti je nekaj nejevoljen (jezen)