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Meetings & negotiation
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prègovori | negotiations (plural only) |
| prédlog | proposal, suggestion; preposition (grammar) |
| dȍgovōr | an agreement, an arrangement; a deal |
| úslov | condition (in a job ad, Uslovi: the requirements) |
| ùstupak | a concession (to make a concession) |
| kompròmis | a compromise (both sides give ground; a concession is ustupak) |
| pòzīcija | a position (in talks, on a team; a stance); a post (in a job advert) |
| spȍrazūm | an agreement (between states or parties; a private contract is ugovor) |
| ùgovōrnā strána | a contracting party, a party to the contract |
| prȍtivpredlog | a counter-proposal, a counter-offer |
| prìstati | to agree, to consent (to: na + Acc.; perfective) |
| insistírati | to insist (on: na + Loc.; imperfective) |
| razmòtriti | to consider, to examine (a proposal, a question; perfective; imperfective razmatrati) |
| popùstiti | to give way, to yield (+ Dat.); to ease off (of pain, cold; perfective) |
| odùstati | to give up, to back out (od + Gen.; perfective) |
| obavézati se | to commit oneself, to undertake (na + Acc. or da…; perfective) |
| gàrantovati | to guarantee, to vouch (for: za + Acc.; biaspectual) |
| usaglásiti | to harmonise, to align, to agree on (a text, terms; perfective) |
| obrazlòžiti | to give reasons for, to justify (a decision; perfective of obrazlagati) |
| pod ùslovom da | provided that, on condition that (introduces a clause) |
| nísam sȉguran da | I’m not sure that (softened disagreement) |
| bòjīm se da | I’m afraid that (softening a refusal or bad news) |
| razmòtrićemo | we’ll look into it, we’ll consider it (deferring an answer) |
| tȏ je tȅško izvòdljivo | that’s hardly feasible, that’s hard to carry out (a softened no) |
| prihvàtljiv | acceptable |
| prímedba | a remark; an objection (to a text, a proposal) |
| argùment | an argument (a reason in support; a quarrel is svađa) |
| usaglašávānje | harmonisation, alignment (of positions, of a text) |
| dnȇvnī rȇd | agenda (of a meeting) |
| zápisnīk | the minutes (of a meeting); an official record (also by the police) |
| tȁčka dnȇvnōg réda | an agenda item, an item on the agenda |
| ùzeti u razmátrānje | to take under consideration (a proposal; + Acc.) |
| povúći pònudu | to withdraw an offer |
| stúpiti na snágu | to come into force, to take effect |
| uz dúžno poštovánje | with all due respect (before an objection) |
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