eng, vocabulary, unit 10

8/7/2019 Eng, Vocabulary, Unit 10

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new country or region

scarce if something is scarce, there is

not enough of it and it is onlyavailable in small quantities

rijedak

to farm to use land for growing crops

and/or keeping animalsobrađivati tlo, uzgajati

governmentthe group of people who are

responsible for controlling acountry or a state

vlada

pioneer a person who is the first to study

and develop a particular area of knowledge, culture, etc. thatother people then continue to

develop

prvi naseljenik

to acquire to obtain something by buying or

being given itsteći

to stretch to extend over a distance or area

or in a particular directionprotezati se, steranje

primitive being the first or earliest of thekind or in existence, esp. in anearly age of the world

primitivan, koji se odnosi na

najranije kulture u povijesti

ljudskoga rodanative a word used in the past by

Europeans to describe a personwho lived in a place originally,

before white people arrived there

domorodac, domaće

stanovništvo

hazardous involving risk or danger,

especially to somebody's healthor safety

pogibeljan, opasan,

neizvjestan

large-scale involving many people or things,especially over a wide area

opsežan, zamašan, masovan

migration the movement of large numbersof people, birds or animals from

one place to another

seoba, seljenje, migracija

consist of

somebody/something

to be formed from the things or

people mentioned

sastojati se

treeless without trees bez drveća, nepošumljen, gol

plain a large area of flat land ravnica, nizina

blizzard a snowstorm with very strong

windsmećava

livestock the animals kept on a farm, for

example cows or sheepstoka

delay a period of time when

somebody/something has to waitbecause of a problem that makes

something slow or late

odgađanje, zadržavanje,

odgoda, zastoj

fierce very strong in a way that could

cause damagedivlji, žestok, bijesan

encounter to experience something,especially something unpleasantor difficult, while you are trying

to do something else

susresti, naići na

migrant a person who moves from one

place to another, especially inorder to find work

migrant, onaj koji migrira

disease an illness affecting humans,animals or plants, often caused

by infection

bolest

dust storm a storm that carries clouds of

dust in the wind over a wide areaolujni vjetar s oblacima guste

prašine s isušenog tla iliti

pješćane oluje

wagon a railway/railroad truck forcarrying goods

teretna kola



mud wet earth that is soft and sticky blato

plague of something large numbers of an animal or

insect that come into an areaand cause great damage

kuga, pošast, pomor, zator,

najezda

mosquito a flying insect that bites humansand animals and sucks their

blood. One type of mosquito canspread the disease malaria

komarac

to fail to not be successful in achievingsomething

ne uspjeti

destination a place to whichsomebody/something is going or

being sent

odredište, cilj

self-inflicted a self-inflicted injury, problem,

etc. is one that you cause foryourself

zadan samom sebi (rana)

frequently often često

shoot (at

somebody/something)

the act of firing a gun raniti (ubiti) iz vatrenog

oružja, pucati

tragedya very sad event or situation,especially one that involves

deathtragedija, dramatičan,nesretan, često grozan

događaj, posebno onaj u

kojem ima ljudskih žrtava

to decide to think carefully about thedifferent possibilities that are

available and choose one of them

odlučiti, stvoriti odluku

to emigrate to leave your own country to go

and live permanently in anothercountry

iseliti se iz zemlje

vital destructive to life; of criticalimportance

životni; bitan, temeljni

mistake an action or an opinion that is

not correct, or that produces aresult that you did not want

(po)greška

follow something to go along a road, path, etc slijediti, ići za, pratiti

untested not tested; of unknown quality or

valuenetestiran, neisproban

route a way that you follow to get from

one place to anotherput, (određen) smjer

putovanja

morale the amount of confidence and

enthusiasm, etc. that a person ora group has at a particular time

duh, moral (kolektiva)

temper if somebody has a temper, theybecome angry very easily

raspoloženje, ćud, narav

to flare to suddenly become angry plamsati, buktjeti, (svađa,

tučnjava) planutito stab somebody to push a sharp, pointed object,

especially a knife, into

somebody, killing or injuringthem

ubosti, probosti

short (of something) not having enough of something;lacking something

nedovoljan, manjkav

impassable impossible to travel on orthrough, especially because it is

in bad condition or it has beenblocked by something

neprohodan

to prepare to make yourself ready to dosomething or for something that

you expect to happen

pripraviti (se), spremiti (se)

to starve to suffer or die because you donot have enough food to eat; to

make somebody suffer or die in

gladovati, skapavati od gladi(oskudice)



this way

glue a sticky substance that is used

for joining things togethertutkalo (prirodno ljepilo

dobiveno posebnim

postupkom od kostiju i kože

životinja), kelj

eventuallyat the end of a period of time ora series of events konačno, na koncu

region a large area of land, usuallywithout exact limits or borders

predio, područje

savage an offensive word for somebodywho belongs to a people that is

simple and not developed

pripadnik neciviliziranog

plemena, divljak, barbar

tribe (in developing countries) a group

of people of the same race, andwith the same customs,

language, religion, etc, living in aparticular area and often led by achief

pleme

complex (adjective) made of many different things or

parts that are connected; difficultto understand

složen, zakučast, zamršen

culture the customs and beliefs, art, wayof life and social organization of

a particular country or group

kultura, ukupnost

materijalnih i duhovnih

dobara, etičkih i društvenih

vrijednosti, što ih je stvorilo

čovječanstvo

own (adjective) used to emphasize thatsomething belongs to or is

connected with somebody

vlastit

individual typical of one particular person

or thing in a way that is differentfrom others

pojedinac, ličnost

human being a living creature ljudsko bićeindivisible that cannot be divided into

separate partsnedjeljiv

natural existing in nature; not made orcaused by humans

prirodan

soil the top layer of the earth inwhich plants, trees, etc. grow

tlo, zemlja

relation the way in which two or morethings are connected

odnos, veza

generally by or to most people općenito

friendly behaving in a kind and pleasant

way because you like somebodyor want to help them

prijateljski; sklon,

blagonaklon, dobrohotan,

srdačan

trade the activity of buying and sellingor of exchanging goods or

services between people orcountries

trgovanje

to integrate to become or make somebodybecome accepted as a member

of a social group, especiallywhen they come from a different

culture

sastaviti u cjelinu, ujediniti,

združiti, uključiti

society a particular community of peoplewho share the same customs,

laws, etc

društvo

traveller a person who is travelling or whooften travels

putnik



blanket a large cover, often made of

wool, used especially on beds tokeep people warm

pokrivač, deka

bead a small piece of glass, wood, etc.with a hole through it, that can

be put on a string with others of the same type and worn as

jewellery, etc

krunica, ogrlica

exchange an act of giving something to

somebody or doing somethingfor somebody and receiving

something in return

zamjena

ammunition a supply of bullets, etc. to befired from guns

municija, streljivo

to regard to think about

somebody/something in aparticular way

cijeniti, uzeti u obzir

amusement the feeling that you have whensomething is funny or amusing,

or it entertains you

zabava, razonoda

conflict a situation in which people,

groups or countries are involvedin a serious disagreement orargument

sukob

greatly (usually before a verb or

participle) very muchuvelike, vrlo

the Gold Rush the rapid movement of about

40000 people to the US state of California in 1848–9 after gold

was discovered there. They werecalled forty-niners. The gold rush

later spread to Canada andAlaska.

nationality a group of people with the samelanguage, culture and history

who form part of a politicalnation

narodnost, nacionalnost

to flock to go or gather togethersomewhere in large numbers

(na)grnuti, navrvjeti, navaliti

gold rush a situation in which a lot of people suddenly go to a placewhere gold has recently been

discovered

navala kopača zlata u kraj

gdje je otkriveno zlato

development he gradual growth of somethingso that it becomes more

advanced, stronger, etc

razvijanje, rast, razvoj

mining camps

growth (in/of something) an increase in the size, amount

or degree of somethingrast, porast, jačanje, napredak

industry the people and activities involvedin producing a particular thing,or in providing a particular

service

industrija, grana proizvodnjei trgovine

road system sustav cesta

railroad a track with rails on which trains

runželjeznička pruga; željeznica

sacred very important and treated withgreat respect

posvećen, nepovrediv

ground the solid surface of the earth tlo

inevitably as is certain to happen neizbježan, neminovan

to ensue to happen after or as a result of

another eventslijediti, biti posljedicom,

nastati izwilderness a large area of land that has

never been developed or useddivlji kraj, pustoš



for growing crops because it is

difficult to live there

potential that can develop into somethingor be developed in the future

moguć, potencijalan

profit the money that you make in

business or by selling things,especially after paying the costs

involved

korist, dobita, probitak

the environment the natural world in which

people, animals and plants liveokolina, okoliš

farming the business of managing orworking on a farm

poljodjelstvo, seljački poslovi

mining the process of getting coal and

other minerals from under theground; the industry involved in

this

rudarenje, rudarstvo

central most important središnjica

buffalo a large animal of the cow family.

There are two types of buffalo,the African and the Asian, which

has wide, curved horns.

bivol

enormous extremely large golem

herd a group of animals of the same

type that live and feed togetherkrdo, stado

estimate something (at

something)

to form an idea of the cost, size,

value etc. of something, butwithout calculating it exactly

ocijeniti, procijeniti, načiniti

procjenu

virtually almost or very nearly, so thatany slight difference is not

important

praktički, zapravo

extinct (of a type of plant,

animal, etc.)

no longer in existence izumro

to defeat

somebody/something

to win against somebody in a

war, competition, sports game,

etc.

poraziti, osujetiti

homeland one's native land domovina

tension a situation in which people donot trust each other, or feel

unfriendly towards each other,and which may cause them to

attack each other

napetost, trzavice

to explode to suddenly become very angry

or dangerousprsnuti, planuti

hostility acts of fighting in a war neprijateljstvo

atrocity a cruel and violent act, especially

in a wargrozota, strahota

to surround to move into position all around

somebody/something, especiallyso as to prevent them from

escaping

okruživati, opkoliti

to disarm to take a weapon or weapons

away from somebodyrazoružati (se)

band a group of people who do

something together or who havethe same ideas

četa, gomila

to break out to start suddenly razviti

to slaughter to kill a large number of peopleor animals violently

poklati

spirit a state of mind or mood; anattitude

duh, odvažnost, energija

topersuade

to make somebody do something

by giving them good reasons fordoing it

nagovoriti, uvjeriti, nastojati

predobiti



reservation any of the areas of land given to

Native Americans by the USgovernment

rezervat, teritorij na kojem

autentičnim načinom života,

zaštićeni zakonom, žive

prvobitni stanovnici u nekim

zemljama Amerike i

Australijeofficial (often in compounds) a person

who is in a position of authorityin a large organization

dužnosnik, predstavnik

to encourage to persuade somebody to dosomething by making it easier

for them and making thembelieve it is a good thing to do

poticati, nagovarati

to adopt to choose a new name, acountry, a custom, etc. and

begin to use it as your own

prihvatiti, usvojiti, uvesti,

poprimiti

Jim, who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a lion

dreadful very bad or unpleasant strašan, grozan

appalling shocking; extremely bad užasan, grozan

befell to happen to, esp. by chance orfate

zadesiti, dogoditi se

to relate to give a spoken or written

report of something; to tell astory

ispričati

foible a silly habit or a strange or weakaspect of a person's character,

that is considered harmless byother people

mana

inauspiciousshowing signs that the future willnot be good or successful koban, nesretan

to slip to go somewhere quickly andquietly, especially without being

noticed

ispustiti (ruku)

jaw either of the two bones at the

bottom of the face that containthe teeth and move when you

talk or eat

čeljust

sprang past tense of spring; to move

suddenly and violentlyskočiti, pojaviti se odnekud,

naglo se pojaviti

to commence to begin to happen; to begin

somethingzapočeti

gradual happening slowly over a long

period; not sudden

postupan

shin the front part of the leg below

the kneegoljenica (kost)

ankle the joint connecting the foot tothe leg

gležanj

calf the back part of the leg between

the ankle and the kneelist (noge)

to loathe to dislike somebody/something

very muchbiti mrzak, gaditi se, osjećati

gnušanje nad (odvatnost

prema)

to detest to hate somebody/somethingvery much

mrziti, osjećati odvratnost

prema

frown to make a serious, angry orworried expression by bringingyour eyebrows closer together so

mrštenje, mrgođenje

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