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skrívati to hide (pred from); to conceal; (tajnost) not to reveal, to keep from, to keep secret, to keep dark

skrívati se to hide, to abscond (from), to lie hidden; to be latent; to lurk in (under ipd.)
skrívati se pred policijo to be in hiding; (igra) to play at hide-and-seek

skúp skúpaj together; jointly, conjointly; collectively; in a body; (v družbi) in company with, accompanied by, in common with, united, associated; (vključno) including, inclusively, taken all in all; all told

vse skúp, skúpaj all together
vsega skúp, skúpaj totalling
skúp, skúpaj z together with, in union with
boriti se skúp, skúpaj z to make common cause with
priti skúp, skúpaj to meet
vse te knjige sem kupil skúp, skúpaj I have bought all these books at one go
te barve gredo dobro skúp, skúpaj these colours go well together (ali are well-matched)
kako gre to skupaj? how does it fit in?

skupíti jo to come off badly; (figurativno) to catch a tartar; to get a good lesson; to suffer disaster, death

ubogi Jurij jo je skupil (= je padel) pri Dunkerque-u poor George bought it at Dunkirk

slàb (moralno) bad, evil

precéj slàb baddish; (šibak, slaboten) weak, feeble, frail, faint; (zdravje) delicate; poor, infirm, shaken
slàbi časi hard times pl
slàb človek a wicked man
na slàbem glasu of bad repute
slàb izgovor, slàbo opravičilo a poor (ali thin) excuse
slàba kakovost inferior quality
slàba kupčija bad bargain
slàbi obeti bad outlook, poor prospects pl
slàba obleka poor dress
slàba prodaja poor sale
slàbo pivo weak beer
slàb, kratek spomin short memory
slàb pulz slow pulse
slàb strelec a poor shot
slàba tolažba poor comfort
slàba točka (stran) weak point, foible
slàba volja bad temper
slàba vidljivost poor visibility
slàb uspeh poor success
slàbo znanje smattering, superficial knowledge
slàbo zdravje poor health
slàb zrak foul air
slàbo vreme bad (ali nasty, adverse) weather
biti slàbe volje to be ill-humoured, to be in a bad temper
biti na slàbem glasu to have a bad name
on je na slabšem pri tem he has the worst of it
v matematiki sem zelo slàb I am very poor at mathematics
ona ima slàb (šibak) glas she has a feeble voice
on ima slàb spomin he has a poor memory, pogovorno he has a memory like a sieve
držati s kom (biti zvest komu) v dobrem in slàbem to stick to someone through thick and thin
to ni slàba misel that's not a bad idea
ta banka stoji baje na slàbih nogah (figurativno) that bank is said to be in a weak state
v tem ne vidim nič slàbega I see no harm (ali nothing wrong) in that
živeti v slàbih razmerah to live in straitened circumstances
naj pride dobro ali slàbo arhaično come weal or woe

slabó prislov badly, ill, unwell; weakly, poorly

slabó hranjen undernourished
slabó mi je I feel sick
z njim je slabó he is badly off (ali hard up), things go very ill with him
slabó govorim angleško I can't speak English very well, my English is rather weak
on je slabó plačan he is underpaid
posli gredó slabó business is bad
slabó govoriti o kom to speak ill of someone
slabó se je izkazal, obnesel he cut a poor (ali sorry) figure
slabó se je končalo it turned out badly, pogovorno it came unstuck
slabó se počutim I feel unwell
slabó mi je postalo ob tem pogledu I felt sick at the sight (of it)
on slabó sliši he is hard of hearing
ona slabó vidi she has poor sight
moj brat se slabó uči my brother is a poor scholar
slabó se obnášati, se vesti to behave badly
slabó ravnati s kom to ill-treat someone

slábši -a, -e worse

vedno slábši, -a, -e, vse slábši, -a, -e worse and worse
on je slábši, -a, -e kot njegov brat he is worse than his brother
danes je njegovo stanje še slabše his condition is even worse today
to bi bilo še slabše it would be worse still
vreme ne bi moglo biti slabše the weather is at its worst
slabše stvari nisi mogel napraviti you couldn't have done a worse thing
položaj postaja vedno slábši, -a, -e matters are going from bad to worse (ali are becoming worse and worse)

slámica short (ali thin) straw, straw

loviti se za slámico, oprijemati se slámice (figurativno) to catch a straw, to clutch at any straw
vleči (žrebati) slámice to draw straws

slant [sla:nt]

1. samostalnik
poševnost, nagnjenost; strmina, pobočje, nagib
ameriško tendenca, vidik; pogled s strani

on the slant poševno, napošev
slant of the roof nagib strehe
slant of wind navtika kratkotrajna rahla sapica
to be on the slant biti nagnjen
to take a slant at vreči pogled s strani na

2. pridevnik
poetično nagnjen, poševen, malo postrani, počez ali postrani postavljen
ameriško, figurativno pristranski

slant-eyed poševnih oči (Mongoli)

3. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
nagibati (se), biti nagnjen, biti poševno usmerjen; postrani, poševno položiti, usmeriti
figurativno imeti nagnjenje (towards do, za)
ameriško biti pristranski
figurativno prirediti za določen namen

a magazine slanted for farm workers za kmečke delavce (bralce) prirejen magazin

slap [slæp]

1. samostalnik
udarec (s plosko dlanjo), klofuta, zaušnica

at a slap naenkrat, na mah, mahoma
a slap in the face klofuta, figurativno razžalitev, razočaranje
that is a slap in his face figurativno to je klofuta zanj
to take (to have) a slap at pogovorno navaliti na, napasti; lotiti se

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
udariti (s plosko roko), udarjati; lopniti; ploskati (z rokami); potrepljati; vreči, zagnati

he slapped his hand on his forehead z roko se je udaril po čelu
to slap s.o.'s face prisoliti komu zaušnico
to slap s.o. into jail vreči koga v ječo
to slap s.o. on the back potrepljati koga po hrbtu (rami), sleng čestitati komu
to slap one's hat on one's head povezniti si klobuk na glavo
to slap around figurativno ošteti, okregati

3. prislov
nenadoma, nepričakovano; ravno; naravnost

to hit s.o. slap in the eye udariti (lopniti) koga ravno po očesu
to run slap into zaleteti se naravnost v

4. medmet
penk!, plosk!

slash¹ [slæš] samostalnik
vrez, urez, zareza, usek; razporek (v obleki); udarec s sabljo, z bičem; udarec (tudi figurativno)
podiranje dreves; sečnja
trgovina odbitek, popust (pri ceni)
množina, ameriško z grmičjem porasel močviren svet

10 percent price slash in new cars 10% popust pri cenah za nove avtomobile
to sell at slash prices proda(ja)ti po znižanih cenah

sláva glory, fame, illustriousness; (ugled) renown, repute, reputation, popularity

na vrhuncu sláve at the height of one's glory
željan sláve eager for glory, ambitious
želja po slávi thirst for glory, love of fame
ovenčan s slávo covered with glory
doseči slávo to achieve (ali to win) fame
sláva mu! all honour to him! (ali to his memory!)

sléd trace; trail; vestige; scent; track, (ladje) wake; (stopinje) footprints, footmarks pl; (zveri) scent; (kolotečina) rut

na slédi on the track
brez slédú without a trace
sveža sléd a hot (ali burning) scent
stara sléd cold scent
slédovi starih šeg vestiges pl of ancient customs
ni niti slédu o kakem dokazu there is not a trace (ali a vestige) of evidence
biti komu na slédi to be hot on someone's trail
biti na napačni slédi to be on a false scent
iti po slédi prednikov to follow in the footsteps of one's ancestors
iti s slédjo to run a scent
izgubiti sléd to lose the (ali a) scent, to be off the track, (na lovu) to be at fault
izbrisati vse slédove to efface all traces
njegov obraz je kazal (nosil) slédove njegove žalosti his face bore traces of his grief
priti komu na sléd to get on someone's track
priti na novo sléd (figurativno) to start a new hare
zopet odkriti sléd to recover the scent
speljati na napačno sléd to put off the scent, to put on the wrong track
zabrisati svojo sléd to cover up one's tracks
izginiti brez slédu to disappear without leaving any traces
policija je prišla na sléd the police have picked up the scent, pogovorno the police have smelt a rat
iti za pravo (napačno) slédjo to be on (ali to follow) the right (the wrong) scent

sleep^*2 [sli:p] neprehodni glagol
spati; prespati noč (at pri, in v)
figurativno mirovati, počivati, biti nedejaven; spati večno spanje, počivati v grobu
prehodni glagol
prespati; dati (komu) prenočišče, prenočiti (koga)

here our forefathers sleep tu spe večno spanje naši predniki
to sleep like a log (like a top) figurativno spati kot ubit, kot polh
to sleep light imeti lahko, rahlo spanje
to sleep the clock round spati 12 ali 24 ur
we'll sleep on it figurativno to bomo prespali; bomo videli jutri
let sleeping dogs lie figurativno pustite te stvari pri miru (da ne bo nevšečnosti)
to sleep over one's work (za)spati pri delu
to sleep with one eye open napol spati, biti napol buden, ostati buden
to sleep with s.o. spati s kom, spolno občevati s kom
to sleep o.s. sober prespati svojo pijanost
this hotel sleeps 200 persons ta hotel ima 200 postelj
this tent sleeps six men v tem šotoru lahko spi šest mož
we can sleep five people lahko prenočimo (imamo postelje, ležišča) za pet oseb
the top sleeps vrtavka spi (stoji) (tj. se vrti tako hitro, da oko ne vidi nobenega premikanja)

slép blind; sightless

na pol slép purblind
čisto slép stone blind, (as) blind as a bat (ali as a mole, an owl, a beetle), totally blind
slép kot kura nightblind
slép na eno oko blind in one eye
slép za barve colour-blind
skoraj slép gravel-blind, sand-blind
slépo črevo blind gut, caecum
slépa cena cheap price
slép naboj (strel) blank cartridge (shot)
slépa pokorščina blind obedience
slépi potnik (na ladji itd.) stowaway
slépo okno, slépa vrata dead (brickedup) door, window
slépo pristajanje aeronavtika instrument landing
slépa sreča blind luck, mere chance
slépa vera implicit faith
slépa ulica cul-de-sac, pl culde-sacs, culs-de-sac
slépo zaupanje implicit confidence
zavod za slépe home for the blind
bil je slép za njene napake he was blind to her faults
bil je le slépo orodje... he was only a mere tool...
igrati se slépe miši to play at blind man's buff
lotiti se česa na slépo srečo (figurativno) to go at something blind, to trust to luck
tudi slépa kura zrno najde even a blind man may fluke a direct hit
delati se slépega za to turn a blind eye to (something)

slépo prislov

na slépo blindly, at random
slépo vdan devoted (to), wedded (to)
na slépo kupljen (»maček v žaklju«) sight unseen
na slépo streljati to fire at random, (tudi figurativno) to have a shot in the dark
na slépo srečo at random, at (ali by) haphazard

slína saliva; (pljuvalna) spittle; slobber; slaver

slíne se mi pocedijo ob tem it makes my mouth water; my mouth waters at the thought (ali sight) of it, the thought (ali the sight) of it makes me drool
izločanje slíne salivation; discharge of saliva
ki dela slíno medicina salivant

sling^*3 [sliŋ] prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
streljati (vreči, zagnati) s fračo; vreči (at na)
izvreči (out of)
mahati (s čim)

to sling ink sleng udejstvovati se kot časnikar (pisatelj), pisati
to sling mud at s.o. obmetavati koga z blatom, figurativno blatiti koga
to sling a story povedati zgodbo

slog [slɔg]

1. samostalnik
silovit udarec (na slepo); naporno delo

2. prehodni glagol & neprehodni glagol
močno udariti (na slepo), močno suniti (žogo); udrihati na levo in desno, lopniti (koga), premlatiti
figurativno uporno, trdovratno delati

to slog away trdo delati, mučiti se (at s, pri)

slope¹ [slóup] samostalnik
nagnjenost, nagib, breg, pobočje, poševnost, strmina, padec, višinska razlika; poševen rov (v rudniku)
vojska poševni položaj puške

on the slope poševno
in a gentle slope v blagi strmini
the slope is less than 5 feet višinska razlika je manj kot 5 čevljev
to carry one's rifle at the slope vojska nositi puško poševno na rami
to climb a slope vzpenjati se po strmini, po bregu
to give a slope to napraviti (nekaj) stnno, dati nagib (čemu)

slouch [sláuč]

1. samostalnik
pripognjena (sklonjena, nemarna, grbava) drža telesa (zlasti pri hoji), mlahava, klecava, lena hoja; klapasti (povešeni, zavihani) krajevci klobuka
ameriško, sleng neroda, štor

he is no slouch at painting on ni neroden pri slikanju

2. neprehodni glagol & prehodni glagol
s slabo držo telesa sedeti ali stati; težko in nerodno hoditi, vleči noge pri hoji; zavihati, povesiti krajevce klobuka; povesiti (ramena)

to slouch about tavati, bloditi, kolovratiti; postopati, pohajkovati