serve

[sə:v] 1. verb

1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) služiti (komu)

2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) streči

3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) rabiti

4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) služiti

5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) odsedeti

6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) servirati

2. noun

(act of serving (a ball).) servis

- server

- serving
- it serves you right
- serve an apprenticeship
- serve out
- serve up

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I [sə:v]

noun

sport servis, začetni udarec z žogo pri tenisu, odbojki itd.

II [sə:v]

1.

transitive verb

služiti, delati za koga; (od)služiti (kazen); opravljati učno dobo; postreči, oskrbeti (with z); servirati (jed); sport servirati (žogo); zadostovati (komu), zadovoljiti (potrebe); ustrezati (namenu); prav priti; colloquially ravnati s kom; privesti samca k samici

to serve one's apprenticeship — služiti svojo učno dobo

he has served us very badly — zelo slabo je ravnal z nami

to serve one's country — služiti domovini

to serve the devil — služiti satanu

dinner is served — večerja je na mizi

there is enough to serve five people — tega je dovolj za pet ljudi

that excuse will serve you — to opravičilo ti bo prav prišlo (ti bo koristilo)

I am glad to serve you (in this occurrence) — veseli me, da sem vam lahko na uslugo (da vam lahko pomagam) (ob tej priliki)

to serve a gun military streči topu

if my memory serves me right — če se prav spominjam

serves you right! — prav ti je!, zaslužil si to!

they served him right — ravnali so z njim, kot je zaslužil

it does not serve my needs — to ne ustreza mojim potrebam

a man cannot serve two masters — človek ne more služiti dvema gospodarjema

this priest serves two parishes — ta duhovnik upravlja dve župniji

one pound serves us for three days — en funt nam zadostuje za tri dni

that will serve the purpose — to bo ustrezalo (namenu)

to serve a rope — zvezati konec (spletene) vrvi z vrvico, da se prepreči odmotavanje

to serve s.o. with the same sauce, to serve s.o. in his kind (in his coin) — plačati, vrniti komu milo za drago

to serve one's sentence — presta(ja)ti svojo kazen

to serve the time — prilagoditi se času

to serve one's time — služiti leta do upokojitve; služiti svoj rok v vojski; prestajati svojo kazen v zaporu

to serve the town with electric light — oskrbovati mesto z električno razsvetljavo

to serve s.o. a (nasty) trick — (grdó) zagosti jo komu

to serve s.o. a turn — napraviti komu uslugo

that will serve his turn — to bo nekaj zanj, ta mu bo ustrezalo

first come, first served — kdor prej pride, prej melje;

2.

intransitive verb

služiti, biti v službi; military služiti v vojski; streči, servirati; ustrezati, zadostovati; koristiti, biti koristen (primeren); napraviti uslugo, pomagati; opravljati funkcijo, fungirati (kot); ecclesiastic ministrirati, biti ministrant

as occasion serves — ob primerni priložnosti, če se bo ponudila (ugodna) priložnost

to serve in the army — služiti v vojski

to serve at table — streči pri mizi

to serve as an example — služiti za zgled

he serves rather badly — (tennis) on zelo slabo servira

to serve on a jury — fungirati kot porotnik

to serve as a mayor — biti župan; opravljati funkcijo župana

to serve with cold meat — postreči s hladnim narezkom

this string may serve later on — ta vrvica utegne pozneje prav priti

it will serve — bo ustrezalo (prav prišlo, zadostovalo)

while the time serves — dokler je še čas (prilika);