SENSE A faculty by which ‘This means that it Čulo the body perceives has strong senses of an external smell and hearing.’ stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. TO OBSERVE Notice or perceive ‘she observed that Promatrati (something) and all the chairs were register it as being already occupied’ significant. INSLUT Speak to or treat ‘you're insulting the Uvrijediti with disrespect or woman I love’ scornful abuse. MADNESS The state of having ‘in his madness he Ludilo a serious mental destroyed the work illness. of years’ THE LOCK A mechanism for ‘the key turned Ključanica keeping a door, firmly in the lock’ window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key. LANTERN A lamp with a It was so dark in the Fenjer transparent case cave, we had to use protecting the flame the lantern. or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it may be carried or hung. TO INTERFERE Intervene in a ‘He assured them he Uplitati se situation without would not interfere invitation or in their affairs.’ necessity. Syn. meddling RAY Each of the lines in ‘a ray of sunlight Zraka which light may came through the seem to stream from window’ the sun or pass through a small opening. VULTURE A large bird of prey ‘All condors belong Lešinar with the head and to the same order as neck more or less the vulture.’ bare of feathers, feeding chiefly on carrion and reputed to gather with others in anticipation of the death of a sick or injured animal or person. VULTURE EYE Thus, they are ever- His evil vulture eye Lešinarovo oko present and diligent. They see everything. The eye in this story symbolizes that sort of penetration. CRACK A narrow space ‘the door opened a Pukotina between two tiny crack’ surfaces which have broken or been moved apart. FLOORBOARDS a long plank making We have the new Daske up part of a wooden floorborads in the floor in a building. guest room made of drak wood. A MAIDEN An unmarried girl ‘two knights fought Djeva or young woman. to win the hand of a fair maiden’ SERAPH ANGLE ‘It was a lavish Anđeo manor, decorated with cherubs and seraphs.’ SEPULCHRE TOMB ‘For instance, GROBNICA armour and other trophies were often displayed above sepulchres.’ TO ENVY A feeling of ‘she felt a twinge of zavist discontented or envy for the people resentful longing on board’ aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck. Jealousy DISSEVER Divide or sever ‘There were a lot of Dijeliti (something) the fun things to be dissevered.’ Cut off SOUL The spiritual or ‘The spiritual life of Duša immaterial part of a the soul with God is human being or wounded, often animal, regarded as mortally.’ immortal. NIGHT-TIDE A tide of the sea Plima occurring at night. TISSUE Any of the distinct ‘the organs and Tkivo types of material of tissues of the body’ which animals or plants are made, AN EXACT REPLICA An exact copy or ‘a replica of the Replika,kopija OF SB/STH model of something, Empire State especially one on a Building’ smaller scale. DISGRACED Loss of reputation ‘he left the army in sramota or respect as the disgrace’ result of a dishonourable action. Dishonour A STEM CELL An undifferentiated ‘However, the blood Matična stanica cell of a cells are actually multicellular from a different organism which is origin than the capable of giving mesenchymal stem rise to indefinitely cell.’ more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation. AN AFGHAN HOUND A tall hunting dog of a breed with long silky hair.
A BREED (of animals) mate ‘The tiger breeds Pasmina, rasa
and then produce very easily, even in offspring. captivity.’ TO SNIFF OUT Discover something ‘The dog had Opaziti, nanjušiti by investigation. actually sniffed it out from under some leaves.’ TO ACHIEVE The state of being ‘the song has gained Zloglasnost NOTORIETY famous or well some notoriety in known for some bad the press’ quality or deed. Bad reputation WELL-PUBLICISED to make information The event was well Reklamirano about something publicized all over generally available: town. A BREAKTHROUGH 1.1 An instance of ‘the band's Prodor IN STH achieving success in breakthrough a particular sphere album’ or activity. COLD STORAGE The keeping of something in a refrigerator or other cold place for preservation. INEVIATABLE Certain to happen; ‘war was inevitable’ unavoidable. A FABLE A short story, ‘It's an odd but Basna typically with satisfying little fable animals as about loss and characters, loneliness.’ conveying a moral. A MORAL Concerned with the ‘a moral judgement’ principles of right and wrong behaviour.
TO DESPISE Feel contempt or a ‘he despised himself Prezirati
deep repugnance for. for being selfish’ hate TO WANDER Walk or move in a ‘I wandered through leisurely or aimless the narrow streets’ way. TO COME ACROSS Meet or find by ‘I came across these chance. old photos recently’ A VINE BRANCH A LAMB A young sheep. ‘A baby lamb born weighing less than a bag of sugar has defied all the odds.’ A SHEPHERD A person who tends ‘Abel was a and rears sheep. shepherd and brought a sheep, the best of his flock.’ VIGILANT Keeping careful ‘the burglar was watch for possible spotted by vigilant danger or neighbours’ difficulties. FLEECE The woolly ‘Then keep sheep vuna covering of a sheep out of all streams, or or goat. wetland until their fleece is dry.’ A SHEEP SHEARER CUNNING Having or showing ‘a cunning look Lukavost skill in achieving came into his eyes’ one's ends by deceit or evasion. TO STROLL Walk in a leisurely ‘I strolled around way. the city’ TO GRAZE Scrape and break ‘she fell down and Pasti the surface of the grazed her knees’ skin of (a part of the body)
TO POUNCE ON spring forward ‘the gang pounced
suddenly so as to on him and knocked attack or seize him to the ground’ someone or something. TO SLAUGHTER Kill (animals) for food. AN ASS An animal of the ‘In captivity, Asian horse family, which wild asses have is typically smaller lived for 26 years.’ than a horse and has longer ears and a braying call. donkey GOSSPIY Characterized by ‘Nina rang for a nice casual conversation long gossipy chat’ or reports about other people. A BARBER A person who cuts ‘he had his hair cut men's hair and at the local barber's’ shaves or trims beards as an occupation. RUSTLING LEAVES Make a soft, ‘He heard a muffled crackling newspaper rustling sound like that as the wind chased it caused by the across the movement of dry pavement.’ leaves or paper. A REED A tall, slender- ‘The soft pad of trska leaved plant of the papyrus reed sandals grass family, which made me turn grows in water or on around.’ marshy ground.
CONTEMPORARY Living or occurring ‘the event was Suvremeno
DRAMA at the same time. recorded by a contemporary historian’ TO BE SET IN (of something ‘tables should be unpleasant or treated with unwelcome) begin preservative before and seem likely to the bad weather sets continue. in’ ALL-TIME Unsurpassed. ‘her all-time FAVOURITE favourite’ RUN-DOWN MINING TOWN WORKING-CLASS The social group ‘the housing needs Radna snaga consisting of people of the working who are employed classes’ for wages, especially in manual or industrial work. TO BE DEAD Absolutely; ‘he was dead against Protivnik AGAINST STH completely. the idea’ TO COME AROUND you eventually It looks like they're TO THE IDEA change your mind coming around to and accept it or our way of thinking. agree with it. [ HEART-WARMING Emotionally ‘heart-warming rewarding or stories about life as uplifting. a country vet’ Touching ACTION-PACKED Full of activity or ‘an action-packed excitement. programme of events’
FAST-MOVING PLOT Rapid in movement, ‘a taut, fast-moving
action, or progress. detective story’
TWISTS AND TURNS Complicated ‘the twists and turns
dealings or of her political circumstances. career’ SMARTLY-DRESSED In an attractively ‘he was dressed neat and stylish smartly in his suit’ manner.
SELF-ASSURED Confident in one's ‘a self-assured 16-
own abilities or year-old’ character. HAIR-RAISING A hair-raising hair-raising rides at ADVENTURES experience, event, funfairs or story is very frightening but can also be exciting. COOL-HEADED Not easily worried ‘he appeared calm Hladne glave or excited. and cool-headed’ QUICK-WITTED Showing or ‘a quick-witted characterized by an response’ ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. FAR-DISTANT Remote in time or ‘this won't be FUTURE space. possible until some time in the far- distant future’ INDISTINGUISHABLE Not able to be ‘Brothers, sisters, identified as aunts, uncles, a sea different or distinct. of faces, all indistinguishable from one another.’ LIFESPAN The length of time ‘the human lifespan’ for which a person or animal lives or a thing functions. Life time TO PROLONG Extend the duration ‘an idea which of. prolonged the life of the engine by many years’ BLOCKBUSTER A thing of great power or size, in particular a film, book, or other product that is a great commercial success. ROAD MOVIE A film of a genre in ‘As with all road which the main movies, it's not character is getting there that travelling, either in matters, but what flight or on a happens along the journey of self- way.’ Monte carlo discovery. FEATURE MOVIE A feature film is a film (also called a motion picture or movie) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program. SHOE-STRING A slang term used to Jim is living off of a BUDGET describe a small shoestring budget amount of money that is considered to be inadequate for its intended purpose. FILM BUFF A person who is ‘my husband and I very interested in are great film buffs’ and knowledgeable about films.
OPENING SEQUENCE An opening scene
HEART-THROB A man, typically a ‘he's the heart-throb celebrity, whose thousands of good looks excite schoolgirls want to romantic feelings in date’ women.