Likely - Probably Going to Happen, Or Probably True; Vjerovatno;

UNIT 11 – VOCABULARY

- public limited company - a kind of public company (publicly held company) in the United Kingdom, some Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland. It is a limited (liability) company whose shares are freely sold and traded to the public, with a minimum share capital of £50,000 and the letters PLC after its name; javno društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću; otvoreno dioničarsko društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću;

- likely - probably going to happen, or probably true; vjerovatno;

- sole trader – sole proprietor - a type of business entity that is owned and run by one individual and in which there is no legal distinction between the owner and the business; (samostalni) preduzetnik;

- partnership – ortačko društvo; komanditno društvo;

- private limited company - zatvoreno dioničarsko društvo sa ograničenom odgovornošću;

- incorporated - A firm or company that has been formed into a legal corporation by completing the required procedures; najčešće odgovara našem pojmu “akcionarsko društvo”;

- fishing tackle is the equipment used by fishermen when fishing. Almost any equipment or gear used for fishing can be called fishing tackle. Some examples are hooks, lines, sinkers, floats, rods, reels, baits, lures, spears, nets, gaffs, traps, waders and tackle boxes; oprema za pecanje;

- proprietor – owner; vlasnik;

- bowling – kuglanje;

- entrepreneur - someone who uses money to start businesses and make business deals; preduzetnik;

- admittedly - used for saying that you admit something is true, especially when this makes your main idea weaker; doduše;

- household name – opšte poznato ime;

- venture - a new business or activity; poduhvat;

- spot – notice; primijetiti;

- chartered accountant - certified public accountant; sertifikovani javni računovođa;

- the light dawned - understanding came at last; konačno shvatiti; - cumbersome - large, heavy, and difficult to move or carry; kabast;

- back-office – administrative; administrativni;

- payroll - a list of all the people that a company employs and the money that each of them earns; platni spisak;

- slip – kliznuti; propustiti;

- flop – to be unsuccessful, to fail; propasti, doživjeti fijasko;

- sortie - an attempt at an activity or business; ispad, propali pokušaj;

- peculiar - especially true or typical of a particular person, thing, or situation; poseban, svojstven nečemu;

- concede - to admit that something is true; priznati;

- shift – switch; preći, promijeniti;

- squeeze - to press something firmly, especially with your hands; pritisnuti; stisnuti; smanjiti pod pritiskom;

- cost-efficient – isplativ;

- stagnate - to stay the same without growing or developing; stagnirati;

- inventory – stock; zalihe, inventar;

- pursue - to follow a course of activity; pratiti, realizovati, preduzeti;

- buying spree – a short, intensive period of buying;

- due to – because of;

- embark on – to start; početi;

- slump – plunge; doživjeti veliki pad, stropoštati se;

- infighting - Contentious rivalry or disagreement among members of a group or organization; unutrašnji sukob;

- brainchild - a clever system, organization, or plan that someone thinks of and develops; zamisao, ideja;

- compile – put together; sastaviti;

- slot together - to fit together exactly, or to fit things together exactly; uklopiti; - commodity – a product that can be sold; roba, proizvod;

- post - to put information or a message where the public can see it, for example on a wall; objaviti;

- stress – emphasise; naglasiti;

- swansong - "Swan song" is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that the Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is completely silent during its lifetime until the moment just before death, when it sings one beautiful song. The belief, now known to be incorrect, had become proverbial in Ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC, and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art.; labudova pjesma;

- apricot - /ˈeɪprɪˌkɒt/ - kajsija;

- reluctantly – with hesitation; oklijevajući;

- strain - worry that is caused by having to deal with a problem or work too hard over a long period of time; stres, napor;

- associate – partner;

- assembly – montaža;

- seek – ask for; tražiti;

- pedestrian – a person who walks; pješak;

- commuter - someone who travels a long distance to work every day;

- letterbox - narrow hole in a door, or a special box outside a house where letters, packages etc are delivered; a box in a post office or street, in which letters are posted; poštansko sanduče;

- take something by storm - to be very successful in a particular place or among a particular group of people; munjevito osvojiti;

- draw - to receive an amount of money regularly; dobijati novac, podizati novac;

- bright – light; svijetlo;

- sweep to power – brzo i munjevito doći na vlast;

- startup - a small business that is just being started; tek započeti posao, posao u povoju;

- guidance - advice about what you should do or how you should behave; savjetovanje; - daunting - something that is daunting makes you worried because you think that it will be very difficult or dangerous to do; opasan, zastrašujući;

- hurdle – obstracle; prepreka;

- overcome - to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem; savladati;

- determined – resolute; odlučan;

- drawback – shortcoming; mana, nedostatak;

- inherit – naslijediti;

- resilient – resistant; otporan;