load down
preopteretiti Don’t load down my car with too many people. Tom loaded himself down with work every weekend.
drop
odustati, napustiti, izostaviti Drop it! – Prestani! Let’s drop the subject! – Ostavimo tu temu!
keep track of somebody/something
biti u toku nečega I’ve never been very good at keeping track of how I spend my money. You’ve moved so many times, how can I possibly keep track? He’s had so many different jobs that it’s difficult to keep track.
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He who laughs last – laughs best (the hardest).
“Tko se zadnji smije, najslađe se smije.”
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snitch
(kol.) tužibaba, potkazivač, cinkaroš, doušnik; cinkati, potkazati, denuncirati Hey, I’m no snitch, so you won’t get that information out of me. He lied to the police who agreed to drop the drug possession charges if he turned snitch.
bank (up) on
računati sa; pouzdati se u (nekoga) I will be there on time. You can bank on it. I need a promise of your help. I hope I can bank on it.
be full of oneself
biti pun sebe Mary is very unpopular because she’s so full of herself. She doesn’t care about other people’s feelings. She’s too full of herself.
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play on words
igra riječi The name of the shop – ‘Strata Various‘ – is a play on words, because it sounds like ‘Stradivarius’, the famous violin maker.
within an ace of
zamalo, “za dlaku” I came within an ace of getting into an accident. We were within an ace of beating the all-time record. We were within a hair’s breadth of beating the all-time record.