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biti dobre volje The patient is in good spirits and that will speed her recovery. Tom wasn’t in very good spirits after he heard the bad news.

(sl.) društvena osoba, “društvenjak” (someone who likes being with other people and who is good at working with people) (an outgoing, gregarious person with good communication skills.)

(kol.) nerazumno razmišljati; čudno se ponašati (pod utjecajem droge/alkohola) Is he going to build the extension himself? He’s out of his tree!

(kol.) pobrkati stvari; pokvariti nešto/loše uraditi I’ve made a muck of it – I’ll have to do it again.  

borilačke vještine Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a variety of reasons: self-defense,competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development.

(kol.) visiti o koncu His political career is on the ropes.

(fig.) baciti se na (posao i sl.) I guess that Mary really likes John. She practically threw herself at him when he came into the room. 

brzo zaboravljati / dugo pamtiti If someone has a long memory, they can remember events that happened along time ago.

lupetati, odvaliti (glupost i sl.) The man’s talking through his hat. He doesn’t know the first thing about banking.