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PHRASAL VERBS

GIVE AWAY
Dati
Darovati
Odati
Vratiti

GIVE UP
Odustati
Predati se
Izgubiti nadu
Priznati poraz
Napustiti

WORK OUT
Razraditi
Ukapirati
Razrijeiti
Trenirati
Rjeavati
Zavriti se dobro

WORK UP
Dotjerati do

Dogurati do

PUT DOWN
Spustiti
Zabiljeiti
Deponirati
Omalovaavati

PUT UP
Podii
Trpjeti
Dignuti

GET ON WITH
Slagati se s kim
Nastaviti
Napredovati

GET UP TO
Smiljati (nepodoptine)
Smjerati
Stii do

GO DOWN WITH
(+an illness) oboljeti od (neke bolesti)

Potonuti
Sii
Pasti na dno

GO IN FOR
Baviti se
Odati se neemu
Posvetiti se

KEEP AWAY
Drati se podalje
Izbjegavati nekoga

GET SB BACK
Vratiti
Osvetiti se nekome

GET BACK AT sb
Osvetiti se nekome

WEAR OFF
Istroiti se
Izblijedjeti
Ieznuti

HOLD ON
Priekati
Pridrati

GO OVER
Pregledati
prijei

HAND IN
Predati (seminarski rad i sl.); submit (a paper)

WORK AWAY
Nastaviti raditi marljivo na neemu

GET THROUGH sb
Doprijeti do nekoga

SETTLE INTO
Smjestiti se
Snai se
Uklopiti se

2) Find the synonyms of the following words in the text


Shows reveals
Reached a decision concluded

Serious grave
Hardly barely
Distant and far away remote
Having special rights and advantages privileged
Unbelievable incredible
Defeated and controlled - conquered
Choose select
Admit, accept acknowledge
Left abandoned
EXPRESSIONS WITH TAKE, HAVE, DO
Take an example
Take a photo
Take a shower
Have a bath
Have breakfast
Do sports
Do homework
Do the dishes
Do the cleaning
Do exercise
Do business

PHRASAL VERBS
Put a stop to something- to stop something, zaustaviti neto

Put up with sth/sb to bear patiently, strpljivo podnositi


Put sb down to demean sb by making him feel inferior, poniziti nekoga
Get on with = get along with slagati se s kime
Get on- to make progress, napredovati
Get round (a difficulty/ a regulation)- zaobii (tekou, pravilo)
Go for attack, napasti
Go into investigate thoroughly, temeljito istraiti
Go through with finish, zavriti s neim
Come off detach itself, otpasti
Come across find by chance, sluajno pronai, susresti
Come round to recover consciousness, doi k sebi
Make out understand, shvatiti, razumjeti
Make for travel towards, putovati prema
Make up-invent, izmisliti
Take away remove from a certain place, odnijeti
Take off 1. To remove - skinuti
2. to achieve well use of popularity, to launch; zapoeti
2. to rise into the air uzletjeti
Take offence uvrijediti se

COMPOUND ADJECTIVES
BOOKCASE
BOOK SHELF
BOOKSHOP
BOOK TABLE
BOOKWORM
BOOK SOFTWARE
BOOK TOKEN
BOOKMAKER
RECORD BOOK

COMPUTER PROCESSOR
COMPUTER CONTROLLER
COMPUTER TABLE
COMPUTER BULB

VIDEOSHOP
VIDEO MAKER
VIDEO RECORDER
VIDEO CONTROLLED

BOAT COMPUTER
BOAT BULB
BOAT SHOP

SPEED LIMIT
MAIL SPEED
SPEEDBOAT
SPEED-CONTROLLER
TIME-CONTROLLED
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED
REMOTE-CONTROLLED
FOOD POISONING
JUNK FOOD

PLEASED TO MEET YOU


LOST HER HEAD WAS UNABLE TO ACT CALMLY AND SENSIBLY
KEEP A COOL HEAD TO STAY CALM
KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE TO STOP ONESELF FROM LAUGHING
PULLING HIS LEG TO PLAY A JOKE ON SOMEONE MAKING THEM
BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT ISNT
TURN YOUR NOSE UP TO REJECT
1. FALL HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE - Fig.

to fall deeply in love with

someone, especially suddenly


LAUGH ONES HEAD OFF - Fig. to laugh very hard and loudly, as if
one's head might come off
HAVE A MIND OF ONES OWN - Think independently, reach one's own
opinions or conclusions

MAKE UP ONES MIND - reach,

make, or come to a decision about

something
BE OUT OF ONES MIND - unable

to behave or deal with


things normally because something has made you
very worried, unhappy, or angry; to be silly, senseless, crazy and
irrational;
SEE EYE TO EYE WITH BE IN AGREEMENT WITH
CRY ONES EYES OUT - To

weep inconsolably for a long time.


PUT ON A BRAVE FACE - to behave as if a problem is not important or
does not worry you; to face adversity cheerfully;
KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP to act as though you are not upset.
BE UNDER YOUR THUMB - be manipulated or controlled by another
person
HOLD ONES TONGUE - Fig. to refrain from speaking; to refrain from
saying something unpleasant
A PAIN IN THE NECK - a bothersome annoying person
GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST to unburden oneself; to confess something;
to criticize or make a personal complaint to someone
TEAR YOUR HAIR OUT to be extremely worried or upset about
something
PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT to say something by accident that embarrasses
or upsets someone

6. Make antonyms of the following adjectives:


CONSIDERATE- INCONSIDERATE (NEUVIAVAN)
EFFICIENT - INEFFICIENT (NEDJELOTVORAN)
MATURE - IMMATURE
OBEDIENT - DISOBEDIENT (NEPOSLUAN)
RATIONAL - IRRATIONAL
AFFECTIONATE - UNAFFECTIONATE (NEODAN)
SECURE - INSECURE
SELFISH - UNSELFISH

MIND THE TRAP


Make the opposites of the following adjectives:
CALM
STRONG-WILLED
HESITANT
STUBBORN
ANNOYING (DOSADAN)
EXASPERATING (RAZDRAUJUI)
CHEERFUL
FUN-LOVING
CARELESS
COCKY (SAMOSVJESTAN)

CALM NERVOUS, ANXIOUS


STRONG-WILLED WEAK-WILLED
HESITANT DECISIVE
STUBBORN FLEXIBLE
ANNOYING PLEASANT
EXASPERATING PLEASANT
CHEERFUL MISERABLE
FUN-LOVING SERIOUS
CARELESS CAREFUL
COCKY MODEST
OVERSENSITIVE INSENSITIVE
TEMPERAMENTAL EVEN-TEMPERED

METAFORA (METAPHORE) preneseno znaenje koje se ostvaruje u cijeloj


slici, a ponekad u itavoj pjesmi ili prii; tzv. skraena poredba;
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have
their exits and their entrances (Cijeli svijet je pozornica i svi mukarci i ene
tek glumci, imaju svoje ulaske i izlaske.. )
As you Like It, William Shakespeare
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ("Umjetnost ispire
prainu svakodnevnog ivota iz due.")
Pablo Picasso

POREDBA (SIMILE) - figura je koja nastaje usporeivanjem pojmova na


temelju slinosti. Zbog toga se ponekad smatra podvrstom metafore. Najee se, u
hrvatskome jeziku ostvaruje pomou rijei kao i poput.
Hlapi je bio malen kao lakat, veseo kao ptica, hrabar kao Kraljevi Marko,
mudar kao knjiga, a dobar kao sunce.

It was Franoise, motionless and erect, framed in the small doorway of the
corridor like the statue of a saint in its niche. Swanns Way, by Marcel Proust

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