C1 — advancedwork35 words
Meetings & negotiation
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prègovori | negotiations (plural only) |
| prédlog | proposal, suggestion; preposition (grammar) |
| dȍgovōr | agreement, arrangement |
| úslov | condition |
| ùstupak | concession — what one side gives up in the other's favour (učiniti ustupak; pl. ustupci) |
| kompròmis | compromise — a solution in which both sides give ground; a one-sided concession is ustupak |
| pòzīcija | position, stance (pregovaračka pozicija — negotiating position); job position in an advert |
| spȍrazūm | an agreement (between states or parties; a private contract is ugovor) |
| ùgovōrnā strána | contracting party (the other side at the table is druga strana) |
| prȍtivpredlog | counter-proposal, counter-offer (dati protivpredlog — to table a counter-proposal) |
| prìstati | to agree, consent — na + accusative (pristati na uslove); perfective, impf. pristajati |
| insistírati | to insist — na + locative (insistirati na roku, na svom predlogu); imperfective |
| razmòtriti | to consider, examine (a proposal, a question) — accusative; perfective, impf. razmatrati |
| popùstiti | to yield, give way (to someone — dative); to ease off (of pain, cold); perfective, impf. popuštati |
| odùstati | to drop, back out, abandon — od + genitive (odustati od zahteva); perfective, impf. odustajati |
| obavézati se | to commit oneself, undertake — na + accusative (obavezati se na rok) or da + clause; perfective, impf. obavezivati se |
| gàrantovati | to guarantee, vouch — accusative object, dative recipient (garantovati isporuku); za + accusative for vouching |
| usaglásiti | to align, harmonise, agree on (a text, terms); perfective, impf. usaglašavati; usaglasiti se — to reach accord |
| obrazlòžiti | to justify, to give reasons for (pf.; ipf. obrazlagati; noun obrazloženje) |
| pod ùslovom da | provided that, on condition that — introduces a clause (pod uslovom da potpišete do petka) |
| nísam sȉguran da | I'm not sure that — formula of softened disagreement; fem. nisam sigurna da |
| bòjīm se da | I'm afraid that — formula of softened refusal or bad news (bojim se da to nije moguće) |
| razmòtrićemo | we will look into it — set formula deferring an answer instead of a direct yes or no |
| tȏ je tȅško izvòdljivo | that is hard to carry out — a softened refusal (izvodljiv — feasible, workable) |
| prihvàtljiv | acceptable (neprihvatljiv — unacceptable; obostrano prihvatljiv — acceptable to both sides) |
| prímedba | objection, remark — on a point, a text, a proposal (imati primedbu na + accusative); a complaint to a seller is prigovor |
| argùment | argument, point made (izneti argumente — to put forward arguments) |
| usaglašávānje | alignment, harmonisation — the process of bringing positions or a text into accord |
| dnȇvnī rȇd | agenda (of a meeting) |
| zápisnīk | minutes (of a meeting); official record, report |
| tȁčka dnȇvnōg réda | item on the agenda (prva tačka dnevnog reda — the first item) |
| ùzeti u razmátrānje | to take under consideration — accusative object (uzeti predlog u razmatranje) |
| povúći pònudu | to withdraw an offer (povući — to pull back; also povući predlog, povući potpis) |
| stúpiti na snágu | to come into force, take effect (ugovor stupa na snagu danom potpisivanja) |
| uz dúžno poštovánje | with all due respect — formal preface to an objection |
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