Exam 3 senior year Flashcards
a rebel
insurgent
insurgent
a rebel
to _______ a bomb(er)
employ / sta znavi ha hrvatskome?
new democracy, democracy in the beginning
fledgling democracy
fledgling democracy
new democracy, democracy in the beginning
biti razoruzan
to be disarmed
advance vs.
withdraw
withdraw vs.
advance
arm vs.
disarm
civilian vs.
military
defeat vs.
victory
enemies vs.
allies
allies vs.
enemies
occupy vs.
liberate
liberate vs.
occupy
release
capture
to do something too soon
to jump the gun
to say something shocking, unexpected
to drop a bombshell
Decide to do something and try hard to get it
To set your sights on something
Stopping friendly and become friends again
To bury a hatchet
refuse to change mind
Stick to your guns
try to unfeasible, That’s not going to ever be achieved
Find a losing battle
Remind of something unpleasant in the past
Open up old wounds
have no place to return, you do something that makes impossible to return to previous situation
burn your boats/bridges
prodrijeti
make a breakthrough
napasti
launch an attack
___ an attack
launch
______ a stalemate
break (zaustaviti situaciju u kojoj nitko ne pobjeđuje)
situation in which none could win
stalemate
____ orders
give
to ____ ____ resistance
put up
opirati se
to put up resistance
pretrpjeti gubitak
suffer a setback
nanjesti gubitke
inflict losses
nadoknaditi gubitke
to call up reinforcements
to ___ ___ reinforcements
call up
stop, potucen do nogu
grind to halt
pobijediti
claim victory
request, pledge
plea
zapaliti
to commit act of arson
arson
crime of intentionally and maliciously setting fire to buildings, wildland areas, vehicles or other property with the intent to cause damage
protest glađu
hunger strike
nezamjenjiv, other people cannot do without you
indispensable
do what someone is trying to force you to do
give in to pressure/bow to pressure
arms factory
armament factory
cannot be hurt
Invulnerability
shiver
shudder
cause sbd to feel afraid
to FAZE sbd
calm
placid
hit violently, whip
lashing out
apply as remedy
administer
bodlja
BARB
walk on
TREAD, TROD, TRODDEN
come in large groups
Come in DROVES
stay very close to
hover
dangerously
perilously
Not restrained, not tied
Irrepressable
Hold gently in your arms or hands
Cradle
Impossible to hold back, control -
????
Lively
Ebullient
aggressively, tactless
???
Unrestrained, neobuzdan
Irrepressibly
Poison
Venom
criticize, judge
Condemn
1) a person who enjoys seeing the pain or distress of others
2) person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity
voyeuristic
Person who likes to stalk others
pipi Tom
1) self-confident in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way
2) strong, energetic, or irreverent
brash
1) isolation, detachment
2) loss or lack of sympathy; estrangement
alienation
constantly argue
lock horns
unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, resistant
reluctant
be frightened/scared
Be intimidated
compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something
vie (vying)
“rival mobs vying for control of the liquor business”
Conflict
Friction
“This often led to friction between the free burghers and the tenants of the Bishop.”
Make it alright again
To patch it up
Unnatural discussion
Animated discussion
With heat of the moment, emotions
Heated arguments
Strangely
Oddly
Exhausting
Draining
Fortune-teller
clairvoyant
Set goals, to decide to achieve something
Set somebody’s sights,
“She’s set her sights on winning.”
confusing
baffling
reveal, solve, resolve, puzzle out,
unravelling
recover, get well, regain one’s strength/health
recuperate
repetition
REHASH
FALI MI OVDIJE NEKOLIKO NJIH
???
____ a purpose
SERVE
strana u knjizi 59
- zadatak
Two meanings of word BACK
- repeating “your secretary read The letter back to her boss”
- looking into the past “the building dates back to 1650”
Two means of DOWN
- Record in writing “I jotted down the phone number”
2. reducing “wait until coffee cools down”
Two meanings of OFF
- departing “thieves made off with 1 million in cash”
2. ending “he broke off his engagement”
Two meanings of ON
- continuing “my boss droned on for ages at the meeting”
2. attacking “pick on someone your own size”
Two meanings of OUT
- disappearing “dinosaurs died out”
2. solving, searching “I could just make out the ship on the horizon”
Two meetings of OVER
- visiting “let’s pop over to Jamie’s”
2. considering, examining “always look over your work before you hand it in”
Two meanings of UP
- approach “don’t creep up on me like that”
2. improve “I’m going to brush up my Spanish”
muddled form
confusing form
1) to approach slowly, imperceptibly,
2) to move slowly with the body close to the ground
creep (up)
Continue
Keep on
Play back (put (old ideas or material) into a new form without significant change or improvement)
Rehash
Run away
MAKE OFF
shvatiti ___ a problem
sort out
Approach
Come up to
Ban, stop production…?
PHAZE OUT????
in the period Immediately following some destructive event
In the aftermath of
Troubled, not secure or settled
Uneasy
Having the supreme power (suveren)
Sovereign/soveran
____ a decision about something
make
Eurosceptic vs.
Europhile
____ control over
have
unutranja politika
Domestic affairs
Delegate powers
???
Decision-making powers
….
Propose a new legislation
???, zahtjevati new law(s), body of law
___ a law
pass
___ an elections
hold
___ peace and stability
deliver
____ control
exercise
despair _
OF (lose hope, give up)
rebel _
AGAINST
a key _ success
TO
suspicious _
OF
cope _
WITH ( uhvatiti se u koštac s, boriti se s)
be despaired of
lose hope of
commission
committee, board
delegate
pass on, choose, authorize
law(s), body of laws, rules, regulations, acts
legislation
tangible
touchable, real, substantial, concrete; visible, noticeable; actual,
error
lapse
holes in memory
lapses in memory
a big impact
profound effect
period in teenage years when their body grows and fast rate
growth spurt
weaken
impair
moment
spurt
Very large number
Plethora
Regulate
Control
Stop
cease
Vigilant
TO BE ALERT : watchful, observant, attentive, keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
Hormonal uproar
Hormonal upheaval
Carry-OUT
Conduct research
Be born OUT
Be verified, confirmed
Revelation
Something that was made known that was unknown before
Nocturnal
Happens at night
thy hard
Endeavor
ACCUSE _
OF
ADMIT
TO
BOAST
WITH (hvaliti se s)
CONFESS
TO
INSIST
ON
CONGRATULATE
ON
INSIST
ON
BLAME
FOR
WARN
OF
THREATEN
TO
RETALIATE
AGAINST
Take revange against sbd/sth
Coalition
The alliance for combined action
Violation
ZNAM.
Suicide bombers
Samoubilaci
Troops
Tripe
Zalupiti vratima
Slammed doors
Ogranicenja do kad smijes ostat vani
Curfew
Animated debate
?
Disrupt political meetings
Interrupt by causing disturbance or a problem
Discriminate ______ sbd
Against
In tune with (surroundings)
Usklađen s okolišem
Fatal
Deathly
_____ fame
Acquire
Lash out
strike out in defense or attack—physically or verbally.
Tread (up) on someone
to walk or step on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on. Step is more common than tread.)
_____ heart massage
Administer
In large numbers
In droves
Untethered
Release or free from tether
Tether
Rope with which animal is Tied to restraint its movement
Snapping
Make a sudden, Audible bite
Wit
Dosjetljiv, pametan
____ my ambition
Fulfill
Determined ton+ ___
Bare inf
Pin my hopes ON + ____
Noun/gerund (to hope that something or someone will help you achieve what you want)
Achieve my goal of +
Ing
Foreseeable future
A
Recuperate
Recover from illness/exhaustion
___ benefits
Bring
____ control
Exercise
Boast with
Hvale to se s
It’s ___ that
Likely
I can see ____ Gerund
Myself
Set my _____ on (+ noun)
Sights
Assuming that I ____ my ambition
fulfill
If my plans _____ to nothing
come
I’m determined to (Base form)
.
I’ll ______ it everything I’ve got
give
_____ my dream off G around
Realize
I am (not) _____ my hopes on
pinning
I may ____ towards that
work
I don’t see that happening in the ______ future
foreseeable
I will be in a better ____ to base form
position
Enquire ____
About(ask for information from someone)
Or
After
Threten ___
With
_____ casualties
inflict
recover from ilness
recuperate
to be verified, confirmed
Be born OUT
Confusing form
Muddled form
___ control _____
Exercise— over
To be verified
To be born out
Talk in a monotonous voice
Drone ON
vb (tr, adverb)
- (often foll by with) to bring to a satisfactory conclusion; complete, esp agreeably: we rounded off the evening with a brandy.
- to make round or less jagged
- Polish up
Round off
