Unit 5
Ekonomija, II godina
saradnik: Milica Vuković
VOCABULARY – UNIT 5
- vary - to be different from each other in size, shape, etc.; varirati;
- according to - following or agreeing with sth; prema;
- determine - to make sth happen in a particular way or be of a particular type; odrediti;
- train - o teach a person or an animal the skills for a particular job or activity; obučavati;
- approach - pristupati;
- amount – nivo, količina;
- lead – voditi;
- subordinate - who has a position with less authority and power than sb else in an organization; podređeni;
- authority – the power to give orders to people; ovlašćenja;
- delegate - to give part of your work, power or authority to sb in a lower position than you; prenositi, delegirati;
- obey - to do what you are told or expected to do; slušati;
- encourage – ohrabriti, podstaknuti;
- appreciate - to recognize the good qualities of sb/sth; cijeniti;
- decision-making – the process of deciding about sth important, especially in a group of people or in an organization; donošenje odluka;
- performance - how well or badly you do sth; how well or badly sth works;
- competitive – takmičarski;
- attitude - the way that you think and feel about sb/sth; stav;
- reward – nagrađivati;
- gain – get sth; steći;
- enterprise - a company or business; preduzeće;
- self-starter - a person who is able to work on their own and make their own decisions without needing anyone to tell them what to do;
- cope with - to deal successfully with sth difficult; nositi se s nečim, izaći na kraj sa nečim;
- clash - the difference that exists between two things that are opposed to each other; sudar, sukob, nesklad, neslaganje;
- dos and don’ts - rules that you should follow; pravila o ponašanju, šta treba, a šta ne treba raditi;
- minefield – a situation with hidden dangers; ‘minsko polje’;
- spit – pljunuti;
- briefing – informisanje, izvještavanje;
- pitfall – a likely problem; zamka, klopka;
- covert - secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice; tajni;
- aspire - to have a strong desire to achieve or to become sth; imati aspiracije;
- encounter – meeting; susret;
- custom - an accepted way of behaving or of doing things in a society or a community; običaj;
- to date - until now; do danas;
- broad – širok; wide;
- track – direction; staza, kolosijek, pravac, smjer;
- etiquette – polite behaviour; etikecija, lijepo ponašanje;
- schedule – zakazati;
- appointment – sastanak; a formal arrangement to meet or visit sb at a particular time;
- be familiar with – biti upoznat sa;
- firm – strong; čvrst, snažan;
- handshake – rukovanje;
- loose - not firmly fixed where it should be; labav;
- grip - an act of holding sb/sth tightly; stisak, rukovanje;
- sole - the bottom surface of the foot; taban, đon;
- disrespect – nepoštovanje;
- cross – prekrstiti;
- offensive - rude in a way that causes you to feel upset, insulted or annoyed; uvredljiv;
- post – poslati;
- post - an occasion during the day when letters, etc. are collected or delivered;
- sack – fire; otpustiti;
- empower – to give more control; ovlastiti, opunomoćiti;
- senior – of high rank; višeg ranga, pozicije;
- condense – zgusnuti, sabiti;
- narrow – uzak;
- strip – a long narrow area of land, sea, etc; pojas;
- packed - extremely full of people; natrpan; krcat;
- tiptoe – to stand or walk on the front part of your foot; hodati na vrhovima prstiju;
- confuse – mix; pomiješati, pobrkati;
- familiarise - to learn about sth or teach sb about sth; upoznati se;
- greet – pozdraviti;
- assume - to think or accept that sth is true but without having proof of it; pretpostaviti;
- go a bomb – be very successful; AmE: go badly;
- infer - to reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available; conclude; zaključiti;
- fail – propasti;
- exuberant – happy, cheerful, full of energy; veseo, pun životne radosti, energičan;
- equate - to think that sth is the same as sth else or is as important; izjednačiti;
- lack – nedostatak;
- notion - an idea, a belief or an understanding of sth; pojam;
- failure – neuspjeh;
- wary - careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger or problem; oprezan;
- talk yourself into trouble – upasti u nevolju zbog onoga što pričate;
- terms of address – riječi kojima se obraćate nekome; način obraćanja;
- hazard - thing that can be dangerous or cause damage; opasnost;
- gift – present; poklon;
- entire – cijeli;
- negotiation - formal discussion between people who are trying to reach an agreement; pregovaranje;
- appear – seem; izgledati;
- content – sadržaj;
- act – čin;
- signify – značiti;
- knife – nož;
- establish – uspostaviti;
- lily – ljiljan;
- likely - probable or expected; vjerovatan;
- literate – pismen;
- irresistible – neodoljiv;
- mature – zreo;
- label – naljepnica, etiketa;
- block – štampana;
- capital – velika; (slova)
- judge – suditi;
- delay – odlaganje;
- cancellation – otkazivanje;
- access – pristup;
- remotely - from a distance; sa daljine;
- beware – be careful; paziti se;
- inhabitant – stanovnik;
- Denmark – Danish (pridjev), Dane (stanovnik);
- Norway – Norwegian – Norwegian;
- France – French – Frenchman, Frenchwoman;
- Holland/Netherlands – Dutch – Dutch(wo)man;
- Spain – Spanish – Spaniard;
- Finland – Finnish – Finn;
- USA – American – American;
- Britain – British – Briton (Brit);
*Note: There is no noun which is commonly used to refer to the people of Britain. Instead the adjective British is used: She's British. * The British have a very odd sense of humour. The adjective English refers only to people from England, not the rest of the United Kingdom.
The noun Briton is used mainly in newspapers: The survivors of the avalanche included 12 Britons.; Brit may be considered negative and it is informal;
- Turkey – Turkish – Turk;
- Portugal – Portuguese – Portuguese;
- Russia – Russian – Russian;
- Germany – German – German;
- Greece – Greek – Greek;
- Italy – Italian – Italian;
- Japan – Japanese – Japanese;
- Poland – Polish – Pole;
- Austria – Austrian – Austrian;
- Sweden – Swedish – Swede;
- Switzerland – Swiss – Swiss;
- Ireland – Irish – Irish(wo)man;
- Montenegro – Montenegrin – Montenegrin;
- Croatia – Croatian – Croat;
- Serbia – Serbian – Serb;
- Bosnia – Bosnian – Bosnian;
- Slovenia – Slovenian – Slovene;
- Macedonia – Macedonian – Macedonian;
- Belgium – Belgian – Belgian;
- China – Chinese – Chinese;
- Czech Republic – Czech – Czech;
*Note: 1. To talk about the inhabitants of a country collectively, we use a noun which is the same as the adjective of nationality (druga kolona): Private space for Japanese...
2. To talk about individual inhabitants – treća kolona;
3. To talk about a language – druga kolona: In Holland, people speak Dutch and English.
- seaport – morska luka;
- memorandum - an official note from one person to another in the same organization (memo);
- exchange – razmijeniti;
- request – zatražiti;
- apply – primjeniti;
- contract – ugovor;
- go ahead - to begin to do sth; krenuti, početi s nečim;
- get back - to speak or write to sb again later, especially in order to give a reply; odgovoriti, javiti se ponovo;
- topic – subject – tema;
- a.s.a.p. – as soon as possible;
- available - free to see or talk to people; dostupan, slobodan;
- heading – naslov; title;
- brief – kratak; short;
- course of action - a way of acting in or dealing with a particular situation; pravac djelovanja;
- punctuality – tačnost;
- agenda - a list of items to be discussed at a meeting;
- approachable – dostupan;
- introspective - tending to think a lot about your own thoughts, feelings, etc; introspektivan;
- dependable - that can be relied on to do what you want or need; pouzdan;
- feedback – povratna informacija; advice, criticism or information about how good or useful sth or sb's work is;
- hand out – distribute; dijeliti;
- widely - in or to many places; naširko;
- eager - very interested and excited by sth that is going to happen or about sth that you want to do; željan, žudan;
- issue – pitanje, tema;
- major – very large or important; veliki;
- schedule – raspored;
- post – pošta;
- measurement – mjera;
- goal – aim – objective – cilj;
- insight - an understanding of what sth is like; uvid, shvatanje;
- amuse – zabavljati;
- reliability – pouzdanost;
- consistency – postojanost;
- coherence - the situation in which all the parts of sth fit together well; koherentnost;
- keep up with – ići u korak sa nečim;
- rapid – fast;
- obsolete - no longer used because sth new has been invented; prevaziđen, zaboravljen;
- carry out – sprovesti;
- task – zadatak;
- accomplish – achieve – postići;
- conduct - to organize and/or do a particular activity; obaviti, izvršiti;
- guideline – smjernica;
- intimidating - frightening in a way which makes a person feel less confident; zaplašiti, zastrašiti, postidjeti;
- volunteer - to suggest sth or tell sb sth without being asked;
- inconvenient – nepogodan;
- flow – tok;
- exclude – isključiti;
- community – zajednica, zajedništvo;
- enhance - to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of sb/sth; poboljšati;
- HQ – headquarters;
- share – dio, udio;
- head up – voditi, predsjedavati;
- origin – porijeklo;
- trade fair – poslovni sajam;
- economics - the study of how a society organizes its money, trade and industry; ekonomija kao disciplina, nauka; pridjev – economic;
- economy – 1. the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money in a particular country or region; privreda; pridjev – economic;
2. the use of the time, money, etc. that is available in a way that avoids waste; ekonomičnost; pridjev – economical.
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