The Peter Pan generation

Question 1

čudežno

Answer 1

miraculously

Question 2

pogoltnil

Answer 2

to sink - he sank a glass of wine

Question 3

požrl

Answer 3

gobble down

Question 4

naughty

Answer 4

mischievous

Question 5

skomigniti z rameni

Answer 5

to shrug shoulders

Question 6

mrmrati

Answer 6

to mutter

Question 7

pokojnina

Answer 7

pension

Question 8

prihranki

Answer 8

savings

Question 9

ustaliti se

Answer 9

to settle down

Question 10

oddati glas

Answer 10

to cast a vote

Question 11

v zanikanju

Answer 11

in denial

Question 12

hipoteka

Answer 12

mortgage

Question 13

adultescent

Answer 13

someone who refuses to settle down and make commitments, and who would rather go on partying into middle age

Question 14

the Peteer Pan generation

Answer 14

a sizeable group of 25 - 40-year-olds who are avoiding the responsibility of marriage, mortgage, children for as long as possible.

Question 15

vir zavračanja staranja

Answer 15

the root of our refusal to grow up

Question 16

kulturne vrednote

Answer 16

cultural values

Question 17

to be spoilt for choice

Answer 17

to have such a lot of things to choose from that it is very difficult to make a decision

Question 18

tisti, ki vse potrebno plačuje, da je samostojen

Answer 18

a fully paid-up member of adult society = active citizenship (pay taxes, cast a vote, give money to charity …)

Question 19

držati se nečesa močno in si ne upati izpustiti, ostajati, se zadrževati

Answer 19

clinging on to sth

Question 20

to reach adult status

Answer 20

to come of age

Question 21

naughty

Answer 21

mischievous

Question 22

unmarried woman older than the prime time to get married

Answer 22

old spinster

Question 23

to postpone

Answer 23

to put off