criminal offence
krivično djelo
retaliate
osvetiti se Izgovor In late July, the EU also blacklisted some key economic sectors, prompting Russia to retaliate by banning food imports.
sovereignty
suverenitet; nezavisnost Izgovor The EU and the US have already imposed sanctions against dozens of senior Russian officials, separatist commanders and Russian firms accused of undermining Ukrainian sovereignty.
midst
sredina Izgovor in the midst of – usred “We have to be aware of what we are facing: we are in the midst of the second Russian invasion of Ukraine within a year”
rein in
držati pod kontrolom; zauzdati konja The crisis in eastern Ukraine is “slipping out of control” and needs to be reined in to avoid a military clash with Russia, Germany has warned. rein – uzda, povodac (fig.) to give full/free rein to – dati slobodu/oduška (mašti i sl.)
according to the latest figures
prema posljednjim brojkama Of the 3,069 cases reported since the outbreak began, 40% of them have emerged in the past three weeks, according to the latest figures.
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immense strain
ogroman napor The outbreak has put immense strain on medical resources in West Africa.
outstrip
prestići, nadmašiti This far outstrips any historic ebola outbreak in numbers, as the largest outbreak in the past was about 400 cases.
bleak assessment
neoptimistična/nevesela/mračna procjena In what amounted to be a bleak assessment of the disease, the WHO said it believed the virus was still being spread in a “substantial number of localities” and added that “the outbreak continues to accelerate”.
take sth in one’s stride
lako savladati There are often problems at work but she seems to take it all in her stride.
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