B2 — upper-intermediatestudy30 words
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| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| právo | a right (to something); law (as a subject); being right |
| shvȁtiti | to realise, to understand (to grasp) |
| skòro | almost; recently; soon (less often) |
| krȃj | the end; an area, a region (of a country); beside (+ Gen.) |
| prȃvda | justice, fairness |
| hȉtan | urgent, pressing; emergency (before a noun; colloquial hitna, the ambulance: Zovi hitnu!) |
| krȋv | guilty, at fault (it’s my fault); crooked |
| ljȗt | angry; spicy (hot, of food) |
| ȉskūsan | experienced; seasoned (of a person) |
| žȋv | alive, living; lively (of a person, a debate) |
| pòklon | a gift, a present |
| skȗp | expensive (opposite of jeftin) |
| rȍk | a deadline, a time limit |
| náročito | especially, particularly, in particular |
| famìlija | family, kin (colloquial; the neutral word is porodica) |
| bezòbrazan | rude, insolent, shameless; indecent (a strong word) |
| spȍr | slow (opposite of brz); (noun) a legal or formal dispute (sudski spor) |
| rȅdōvan | regular, routine; full-time (of studies, staff) |
| prȁv | straight, even (of a line, a road) |
| kȁzna | a punishment, a penalty; a fine |
| òbraz | a cheek; honour, a sense of shame (as in having no shame) |
| magàzīn | a magazine; a TV magazine show |
| šȕma | a forest, woods |
| lȋst | a leaf, a sheet; a newspaper (a periodical); the calf of the leg |
| zátvor | prison, imprisonment; constipation (medical) |
| dìrektan | direct (a flight, a broadcast, contact); blunt, straightforward (of a person) |
| bȕkva | a beech, a beech tree |
| brániti | to defend, to protect; to forbid (someone; imperfective) |
| ljúbiti | to kiss (not ‘to love’) |
| závod | an institute, an institution; an office (a public body) |
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