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stvár thing; matter; object; stuff; (posel, skrb) concern; case; (zadeva) affair, subject, business

stvár časti affair of honour
sporna stvár debatable question, pravo a moot point
vsa stvár the whole business (ali affair, matter)
k stvari! keep (ali stick) to the point (ali to the matter in hand)!; (v parlamentu, govorniku) answer the question!
vse moje stvári all my belongings pl, my goods and chattels pl
dogovorjena, domenjena stvár a put-up job
kočljiva, delikatna stvár a delicate point
stvár zase another question, a matter apart
stvár v diskusiji the subject under discussion, the matter in hand
spadajoč k stvári relevant
ne spadajoč k stvári irrelevant
to je moja stvár that's my business (ali affair, concern, lookout)
to ni moja stvár that is no business of mine; that is not my affair
v tem je vsa stvár (= za to gre) that's the gist of it (ali the whole point)
to je čisto druga stvár that's completely off the point, that's an entirely different thing, (figurativno) that's a horse of a different colour
to je stvár navade that's a matter of habit
to je jedro, bistvo stvári this is the gist (ali the substance) of the matter
to je važna stvár this is a matter of importance (ali of great importance)
to je kočljiva stvár this is a ticklish (ali delicate, difficult) matter, this requires careful handling
to ni smešna stvár this in no laughing matter
(to je pa) lepa stvár! (ironično) that's a nice mess!, pogovorno a fine how-do-you-do (ali how d'ye do)
ne vem, kaj je na stvári I don't know what the problem is, pogovorno I don't know what's the matter (ali what's up, what it's all about)
borimo se za dobro stvár we are fighting for a good cause
brigaj se za svoje stvári! mind your own business, don't be such a busybody!
sedaj ne gre za to stvár that is not the question now
naj gredo stvári svojo pot! let things slide!
to nima nič opraviti s sámo stvárjo that has nothing to do with the question
pogovoriti se o stvári to talk the matter over
ostati pri stvári to stick to the point
priti s stvárjo na dan to raise a matter
pusti stvár v miru (= ne dvigaj prahu)! let sleeping dogs lie!
preidimo na stvár! let us come to the point (ali to the matter in hand), pogovorno let's get down to the nitty-gritty
s tem se na stvári nič ne spremeni it makes no difference, it does not alter the fact (ali the fact of the matter), it doesn't make any material (ali substantial) difference
to ne spada k stvári this is irrelevant, this is off (ali beside) the point
kot stvári stojé as things are, as things stand (now)
stvári stojé dobro things are going well
stvár stojí takole this is how the matter stands
videti, kako stvari stojé (figurativno) to see how the land lies
umreti za dobro stvár to die for a good cause
vmešavati, vtikati se v tuje stvári to meddle in other people's affairs
vrniti se k stvári to return to the subject
vzeti stvár v roke (figurativno) to take a problem (ali a matter, a business) in hand
vzeti stvári, kot pač pridejo (dobre in slabe) to take the rough with the smooth

affair [əfɛ́ə] samostalnik
stvar, zadeva, afera; posel; skrb
vojska boj

family affair družinska zadeva
at the head of affairs na čelu podjetja
affair of honour častna zadeva, dvoboj
affair of love ljubezenska zadeva, ljubimkanje
a man of affairs poslovni človek
mind your own affairs ne vmešavaj se v zadeve drugih
minister for foreign affairs minister za zunanje zadeve
as affairs stand kakor kaže
state of affairs dejanski položaj
that's not your affair to ti (vam) nič mar

cause² [kɔ:z] samostalnik (of)
vzrok (for)
povod, razlog; zadeva, stvar; načelo, ideal; pravda, tožba

in the cause of v imenu, zaradi
to make common cause with strinjati se, delati v prid iste stvari
First cause, Cause of causes stvarnik
to stand for a good cause zavzeti se za dobro stvar
to show cause navesti vzroke
final cause končni cilj, namen
to plead s.o.'s cause zastopati zadevo koga
to die in a good cause žrtvovati življenje za dobro stvar

look-out [lúkáut] samostalnik
straža, stražnik, patrulja; opazovalnica; razgled (over)
budnost, čuječnost
figurativno upanje, pričakovanje
pogovorno stvar, zadeva

a bad look-out for s.o. slabo kaže za koga
to be on the look-out for; ali to keep a good look-out for biti čuječ, biti buden
that's his own look-out to je njegova stvar

lot¹ [lɔt] samostalnik
žreb, usoda; del, delež
ameriško parcela, zemljišče, gradbišče
ekonomija del, partija, gotova količina blaga; (posamičen) predmet na dražbi
pogovorno velika množina, kup; skupina, družba, vsi skupaj
pogovorno človek, stvar

a lot; ali lots and lots; ali lots veliko, mnogo
a lot you care! v mar ti je!
ekonomija in lots vsa partija, vse blago skupaj
a bad lot neznačajnež, razvpit človek
a building lot gradbena parcela
by lot z žrebom
to cast (ali draw) lots for vreči žreb, žrebati za
to cast (ali throw) in one's lot with deliti s kom usodo
the lot came to (ali fell upon) him žreb ga je določil
to fall to s.o.'s lot pripasti komu kot delež
to have no part nor lot in ne biti udeležen pri čem
my lot moja usoda
pogovorno the lot vsi; vse
that's the lot to je vse
scot and lot do zadnje pare

matter¹ [mǽtə] samostalnik
materija, snov, stvar; medgnoj
pravno zadeva, predmet
množina (brez člena) stvari, reči; povod, vzrok (for za)
predmet, tema, vsebina (knjige)
tisk rokopis, stavek; važnost (of)

organic matter organska snov
gaseous matter plinasto telo
pravno the matter in (ali at) hand pričujoča zadeva
pravno matter in controversy sporna zadeva
pravno matter in issue sporna zadeva; stvar, ki jo je treba še dokazati
a matter of taste stvar okusa
a matter of time vprašanje časa
printed matter tiskovina, tiskovine
postal matter vse stvari, ki se lahko pošiljajo po pošti
no matter ni važno
as near as no matter skoraj, za las
as a matter of course samo po sebi umevno
as a matter of fact v resnici, pravzaprav
for that matter; ali for the matter of kar se tega tiče
a hanging matter zločin, ki se kaznuje s smrtjo
in the matter of glede na kaj
no laughing matter ni šala, resna zadeva
in matter and manner formalno in resnično
to leave the matter open pustiti vprašanje odprto
to make much matter of pripisovati čemu veliko važnost
not to mince matters ne slepomišiti, povedati odkrito
to make matters worse poslabšati stvari
to carry matters too far iti predaleč
as matters stand kakor sedaj kaže
to take matters easy nalahko jemati, ne delati si skrbi
what matter? in kaj potem?
what's the matter? kaj pa je?
what's the matter with this? je kaj narobe s tem?

object¹ [ɔ́bdžikt] samostalnik
predmet, stvar
ironično predmet posmeha ali usmiljenja; cilj, smoter, namen
slovnica objekt

no object brez pridržkov, postranska stvar (v oglasih)
money is no object denar ne igra vloge
salary no object plača je postranska stvar
what an object you are! kako pa izgledaš!
with the object of doing s.th. z namenom kaj narediti
to make it one's object to do s.th. zastaviti si cilj nekaj narediti
there is no object in doing that nesmiselno je to narediti
slovnica direct object objekt v tožilniku, direktni objekt

question¹ [kwésčən] samostalnik
vprašanje; (sporno) vprašanje, problem (the Negro question črnsko vprašanje)
zadeva, stvar (only a question of time samo stvar časa)
dvom
pravno preiskava, zasliševanje
parlament predlog (dan na glasovanje), interpelacija

parlament question! k zadevi! (vzklik govorniku)
parlament to put the question dati na glasovanje
pravno question of law pravno vprašanje
pravno leading question sugestivno vprašanje
zgodovina, pravno to put s.o. to the question zasliševati, mučiti koga
the question does not arise vprašanje je brez pomena
to beg the question narediti prenagljen sklep, predpostavljati
beside the question neprikladen, nevažen
beyond (ali past) question nedvomno, nesporno
a burning question pereče vprašanje
question of the day problem dneva
to call in question spodbijati, dvomiti
to come into question priti v pretres, postati važno
in question omenjen, za katerega gre
to make no question of ne dvomiti o čem
out of the question nemogoče, ne pride v poštev
an open question odprto vprašanje
to pop the question prositi za roko
to put a question to s.o. vprašati koga kaj
to raise a question staviti vprašanje
to shoot questions at obsipati koga s vprašanji
the point in question sporno vprašanje
what is the question? za kaj gre?

sitter [sítə] samostalnik
sedeča oseba; model (oseba, ki pozira slikarju); kokoš, ki vali; sedeč ptič (ki ga je lahko ustreliti)
sleng, figurativno divjačina, ki jo je lahko ustreliti, lahek zadetek
figurativno lahkota, stvar, ki se da z lahkoto izvesti, stoodstotno zanesljiva (gotova) stvar

baby sitter oseba, ki v odsotnosti staršev varuje (pazi na) otroka

stuff¹ [stʌf] samostalnik
snov; material, masa; surovina; predmet, stvar; gradivo, snov; hrana, pijača; (volneno) blago, sukno, tkanina; roba
domačno lek, zdravilo, zdravila; nič vredna stvar, izmeček; stavbni les; nadev (za pečenko); (časnikarstvo) rokopis, (časopisni) članek
figurativno sposobnost, zmožnost, (dobra) lastnost
figurativno nesmisel, neumnost, bedastoča

the stuff pogovorno gotovina; tisto, kar je pravo
stuff and nonsense! kakšen nesmisel!
doctor's stuff zdravilo
food stuff živila, proviant
garden stuff, green stuff zelenjava, povrtnina
household stuff zastarelo hišna posoda, pohištvo
inch stuff eno colo debele deske
thick stuff nad štiri cole debele deske
hot stuff sleng duhovit (energičen, spreten, pripraven) človek; opolzka knjiga ali gledališka igra
none of your stuff! nehaj že s svojimi neumnostmi!
silk stuff svilena tkanina
this book is sorry stuff ta knjiga ni počenega groša vredna (je za v koš)
don't talk such a stuff! ne govori takih bedastoč!
to know one's stuff pogovorno spoznati se (na svoje stvari)
do your stuff! pokaži, kaj znaš!
he has written some first-rate stuff napisal je nekaj prvovrstnih stvari
that is the stuff to give him figurativno tako je treba z njim govoriti (ravnati)

substantive [sʌ́bstəntiv]

1. samostalnik
slovnica samostalnik, substantiv
filozofija stvar, bitje

2. pridevnik
samostojen, neodvisen; biten, bistven; znaten; stvaren, dejanski, resničen; trajen
slovnica ki izraža obstajanje

success [səksés] samostalnik
uspeh (in v)
(dober, srečen) izid, rezultat; sreča; uspešen človek; stvar, ki uspeva, uspešna stvar; (redko) posledica

with success z uspehom, uspešno
without success brez uspeha, brezuspešno
to achieve success doseči uspeh, biti uspešen
to be a success uspeti, imeti uspeh, obnesti se
he was not a success as doctor kot zdravnik se ni obnesel
to make a success of, to make s.th. a success imeti uspeh pri čem, biti uspešen, uspeti v čem
nothing succeeds like success en uspeh prinese drugega, uspeh rodi uspeh

thing¹ [ɵiŋ] samostalnik
stvar, reč, predmet, stvor; bitje, oseba; posel, delo
pogovorno oné, onegá
množina stvari, predmeti, obleka, pribor, potrebščine, hrana, lastnina
pogovorno pohištvo; orodje; posodje; književna dela; stanje stvari, dejstvo; okolnosti, razmere, odnosi; svojstva; ureditev; misli, izjave

the thing bistveno, prava stvar
above all things predvsem
and the things pogovorno in podobne stvari (podobno)
for one thing v prvi vrsti, prvo
the one thing or the other eno ali drugo
the first thing after prva stvar nato, takoj nato
every living thing vsako živo bitje
a dear old thing dobra stara duša
the latest thing (in hats) zadnja novost (v klobukih)
oh, poor thing! o, revče!
before all thing predvsem
in all things v vsakem oziru (pogledu)
out of things zunaj dogajanj
a pretty thing (ironično) lepa stvar
things person: pravno osebne, premične stvari
things real nepremičnine, realitete
things political stvari politike, politične zadeve
swimming things kopalne stvari potrebščine
things are improving stvari (stanje) se boljšajo
things have changed stvari (razmere) so se spremenile
things begin to look brighter položaj se polagoma popravlja
the thing was to get home najvažnejše je bilo priti domov
of all the things to do! in ravno to moraš napraviti
as things stand kot stvari stojé
to do the handsome thing by vesti se spodobno do
to have a thing about pogovorno biti ves mrtev na (kaj); imeti strah pred; imeti (kaj) proti
I am not the thing today ne počutim se dobro danes
I know a thing or two about it nekoliko se spoznam (razumem) na to
it is not the thing to do to se ne spodobi
it's one of those things tu se ne da nič napraviti
it comes to the same thing to pride na isto
to make a (good) thing of pogovorno dobiti (izvleči) dobiček iz
to put things into s.o.'s head vznemiriti koga (s kako novico)
to put one's things on obleči se
to take off one's things sleči se
to take the things off the table pospraviti mizo (stvari z mize)
that's no small thing to ni majhna stvar (malenkost)
that's the thing to je (tisto) pravo
this is not the thing to ni (tisto) pravo (pravšno)
there's no such thing ni govora o tem
there was not a thing left nič ni ostalo

what-abouts [wɔ́təbauts] samostalnik
ameriško, pogovorno zadeva, stvar

whatnot [wɔ́tnɔt] samostalnik
etažera; stvar

whatnots množina vse mogoče (stvari); malenkost, stvarca
a few whatnots par malenkosti

accident [ǽksidənt] samostalnik
nezgoda, nesreča; naključje, slučaj; dodatna lastnost; postranska stvar

by accident slučajno
mere accident golo naključje
a chapter of accidents vrsta nezgod
fatal accident smrtna nesreča
accident insurance zavarovanje proti nezgodam
to meet with an accident ponesrečiti se
quite an accident golo naključje
barring accidents če ne nastane nepričakovana ovira
accident squad raziskovalci nesreče

admiration [ædmiréišən] samostalnik (of, for)
občudovanje; občudovanja vredna stvar; predmet občudovanja

note of admiration klicaj
to be (ali become) the admiration of biti občudovan
to admiration za čudo

analogue [ǽnəlɔg] samostalnik
podobnost, analogija, podobna stvar

bobby-dazzler [bɔ́bidǽzlə] samostalnik
pozornost vzbujajoča oseba ali stvar

bubble¹ [bʌ́bl] samostalnik
mehurček; žuborenje; šumotanje
figurativno ničvredna stvar, prazne marnje
arhaično sleparstvo

bubble gum vrsta žvečilnega gumija
bubble level tehnično vodna tehtnica, libela
to prick the bubble odkriti sleparstvo
this bubble world ta ničev svet
bubble company sleparska družba