UNIT 13
- coup/kuː/ - an occasion when a group of people takes control of a country, usually by means of military force; vojni puč;
- raid - a sudden short military attack; napad, racija;
- regain - to get something again that you lost, especially an ability or a mental state; povratiti;
- casualty - someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action; žrtva;
- outgun - to have more guns and other weapons than someone who you are fighting; to defeat someone in a game or competition; nadjačati;
- stronghold - a place where people fighting an enemy can defend or organize themselves; uporište;
- rage on - continue with a lot of force, violence, or angry arguments; divljati, bjesniti;
- hassle - a situation that causes problems for you or that annoys you very much; maltretiranje, gnavaža;
- under way - already started or happening; u toku;
- habit - something that you do often or regularly, often without thinking about it; navika;
- exceed - to be greater than a number or amount; prevazići;
- seek ways – tražiti način;
- come up with - to think of something such as an idea or a plan; smisliti;
- put ahead of - to move or place someone or something in front of someone or something; biti ispred; staviti se ispred; prestići;
- differentiate - to see or show a difference between things; razlikovati;
- cutting edge - the most modern and advanced point in the development of something; najmoderniji, posljednja riječ tehnologije, razvoja itd.;
- upgrade - to improve the quality of a service or product; nadogradnja, poboljšanje;
- attitude - someone's opinions or feelings about something, especially as shown by their behavior; ponašanje, stav;
- waking - relating to all the time that you are awake;
- comprise - to consist of two or more things; sastojati se, činiti;
- speeder – someone who drives fast;
- outgoing - someone who is outgoing is friendly and enjoys meeting and talking to people; otvoren, druželjubiv;
- upmarket - upmarket services or goods are designed for people who have a lot of money; skup;
- common thread - a similar idea or pattern to a series of events; zajednička nit;
- catch up - to go faster so that you reach the person or vehicle in front of you; sustići;
- affect - to change or influence something. If something affects something else, it has an effect on it; uticati;
- overdue - if something is overdue, it should have been done before now; zakašnjelo;
- overpriced - worth less than the price that is being charged; precijenjen;
- downmarket - cheap, or of low quality; jeftin;
- understaffed - not having enough workers to do a job quickly or effectively; koji ima malo zaposlenih;
- outdated - old and no longer suitable for modern purposes, methods, or situations; zastarjelo;
- overworked - forced to work too hard; koji previše radi;
- updated - to add the most recent information to something such as a book, document, or list; ažuriran;
- underpaid - not earning enough money for work that you do; malo plaćen;
- overdrawn - if you are overdrawn, or if your bank account is overdrawn, you owe your bank money that you have spent when there was no money in your account; prezadužen;
- moderately - to some degree but not to a great degree; umjereno;
- somewhat - to some degree but not to a large degree; donekle;
- persuasive - good at making people agree to do or believe what you want them to; ubjedljiv;
- appeal - if something appeals to you, you like it or want it; svidjeti se;
- put off - to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something; odvratiti;
- straightaway – immediately; odmah;
- commission - an extra amount of money that you have to pay to a bank or other organization when they provide a service for you; provizija;
- give up - to stop doing something that you do regularly; odustati;
- draw up - to prepare and write something such as a document or plan; sastaviti;
- enquiry - a question intended to get information about someone or something; pitanje, raspitivanje;
- make a splash - to do or say something that becomes very popular or is noticed by a lot of people; ostaviti utisak, ostaviti traga, privući pažnju;
- bottler - a company which mixes drink ingredients and fills up cans and bottles with the drink; proizvođač pića;
- leave someone high and dry - to put someone in a very difficult or unpleasant situation that they cannot escape from; ostaviti nekog u bespomoćnoj situaciji; “nasukati” nekoga;
- beverage – a drink; piće;
- handful - a very small number of people or things; šačica;
- take the plunge - to finally do something important, difficult, or dangerous after thinking about it; učiniti odlučan korak u teškoj situaciji;
- unveil - to announce something officially that was previously a secret; otkriti, objaviti;
- municipal - belonging to or relating to a place that has its own local government; opštinski;
- purify - to make something clean by removing dirty or harmful substances from it; pročistiti;
- A soft drink (also called soda, pop, coke,[1] soda pop, fizzy drink, tonic, seltzer, mineral,[2] sparkling water or carbonated beverage) is a beverage that typically contains water (often, but not always carbonated water), usually a sweetener, and usually a flavoring agent; bezalkoholno piće, obično gazirani sokovi;
- hasten - to make something happen sooner or more quickly; ubrzati;
- radius - the distance from the centre of a circle to its edge, or a straight line from the centre to the edge; poluprečnik;
- purveyor – provider of information, ideas, or products; nabavljač, snadbjevač;
- fizzy - a fizzy liquid has bubbles of gas in it; gazirano;
- gusher – flowing abundantly; nalet, izliv, provala.